For Meng Shan, the defender of Xishan Island and the head of the powerful Meng family on Xishan Island, he really regretted it at this moment. When Shen Tuxiong, the rebellious general of the Qi army, sent people to him to recruit water bandits in the waters around Xishan Island in An, Monsan did not care, and of course, did not help.

Because the Meng family and many Haoqiang on Xishan Island have a deep relationship with the water bandits in the surrounding waters. Not to mention that there are several water bandits around, all of which are teams secretly pulled up by Haoqiang on Xishan Island, that is, the stolen goods obtained by those water bandits, and they are not sold through them at a low price? And they can make a lot of profit from it.

It can be said that these heroes on Xishan Island can stay on Xishan Island and become stronger day by day, which has a great relationship with the surrounding water bandits. Shen Tuxiong sent people to recruit the water bandits, wouldn't it affect their interests? If the Qi army sailors rise in the waters of Taihu Lake, it will definitely affect his status on Xishan Island. If the Qi Army's Naval Division is based in the central waters of Taihu Lake and fights against the Jieyi Army's Naval Division, then this Xishan Island will inevitably become the garrison of the Qi Army's Naval Division. At that time, he, a small left-behind captain, was afraid that he would be replaced by a new sailor general. These are very inconsistent with the interests of Monsanto and the current Haoqiang of Xishan Island.

Therefore, neither Monsan nor the Haoqiang on Xishan Island helped out, and even secretly let the water bandits around Xishan Island die down. Shen Tuxiong's envoy, Yan Mingfeng, had to launch an operation from the southern part of Taihu Lake to recruit several bandits in the southern part of Taihu Lake who had a greater influence in the central waters of Taihu Lake.

However, at this moment, Meng Shan deeply regretted that he did not pull all the surrounding water bandits into the chariot of the Qi Army Water Division that day, and let them fight with the Jieyi Army Water Division. After all, even if the Qi Army's Naval Division wants to gain a foothold here and establish Xishan Island as a naval division's camp, the status of Mengshan and various powerful people will decline, and their interests will be affected. But that won't make him Monshan, the Meng family, and all the heroes cease to exist.

Now that the Jieyi Army Sailor defeated the Qi Army's Sailor Division and began to attack Xishan Island, the water bandits around him who originally had an interest in him became the vanguard of the Jieyi Army's Sailor Division's attack after being defeated by the Jieyi Army's Sailor Division. In order to survive and reward money, these water bandits are now attacking without their lives.

After gaining a foothold on the dock, the sailors of the Righteous Army immediately began to move the bed crossbows and catapults on the warships to the docks, and began to bombard the horses and fences. In an instant, these horses and fences, which were originally obstacles to the advance of the Jieyi Army's sailors, suddenly became fragments under the bombardment of the Jieyi Army's catapults and bed crossbows.

Although Monsan's men and horses also have bed crossbows and catapults in their hands, after all, he is a left-behind captain on Xishan Island, and he is not as good as a county order, how many such sharp weapons can he have? It is the weapons used by the defenders now, and they are also privately hoarded by various powerful people in Mengshan and Xishan Island.

However, the defenders of Xishan Island are not without a little advantage, after all, this is the territory of the Qi army, and they have built a simple city wall here as a fortification, so the defenders have not been defeated because of the approach of the Jieyi army.

This Xishan Island originally had former soldiers, plus 1,500 private soldiers trained by Monsan and private soldiers in the hands of various powerful people, which has made the defenders here a lot. In addition, coupled with the three withdrawn water bandits, the strength of the defenders of Xishan Island was even stronger, because of the geographical advantage, the crossbow arrows of the defenders of Xishan Island still brought great casualties to the attacking Jieyi Army. Of course, the main casualties are still those who have been killed.

"Your Excellency, the orientation has been determined and adjusted, and the twenty catapults are ready to be launched!" The colonel next to the catapult of the sailors of the Jieyi Army reported to the officers beside him.

"Put!" Behind the sandbag-built fortifications, the officers of the Sailor Division of the Jieyi Army shouted loudly.

Suddenly, dozens of boulders the size of millstones were thrown high, with a terrible scream, tumbling and rolling towards the camp of the defenders of Xishan Island on the opposite side, and smashed on the fence wall built by the defenders of Xishan Island with logs.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The huge sound of the crash sounded endlessly, and the proposed walled city, which was built with logs the thickness of a strong man's thigh, suddenly began to groan and tremble, and in a moment, the proposed city wall was lost and collapsed. The flying sawdust flew away, and many defenders of Xishan Island were concentrated by the flying sawdust. In addition, some soldiers were directly hit by stones, broken bones and tendons, and died on the spot......

"Good...... Brothers, follow me! The road ahead has been opened, kill! Among those water bandit captives, some of the prisoners who had been appointed as military judges by the sailors of the Jieyi Army suddenly had their eyes lit up and shouted loudly.

"Quick...... Fast...... Fast...... Bed crossbow, fire! Seeing the swarm of enemy troops, the officer of the defenders of Xishan Island behind the wooden wall roared fiercely.

"Chirp ......" The bed crossbow of the defenders of Xishan Island above the still intact wooden wall suddenly began to shoot crossbow arrows non-stop, and the crossbow arrows frantically shot at the advancing water bandit soldiers, making the advance of these attacking water bandit soldiers and the sailors of the Jieyi Army become very difficult, and the ground near the dock was all stained red with blood in an instant.

Of course, the bed crossbows of the Jieyi army did not stop, their crossbow arrows were equally fierce, the same ferocity, and one of the crossbow arrows shot out like raindrops. In addition, the medium-sized warships approaching the pier outside the pier also leaned on the pier and began to fire bed crossbows to suppress the bed crossbows of the Qi army's sailors and cover the advance of the soldiers on the pier.

"Vertical shield! Stack the giant shields in their hands and cooperate with each other to block the crossbow bolts on the opposite side. Don't panic, the crossbow shot is just a straight line, and it won't turn, why are you panicking? The officers of the Sailing Army's sailors shouted at the advancing water bandits around them. These water bandit captives had not been trained by the sailors of the Jieyi Army, and they were not familiar with cooperating with the battle at all, and they were used to fighting alone.

Now, however, among them, the Jieyi Army has arranged for some non-commissioned officers to serve as junior officers, and has begun to instruct them to follow military orders. And the sailors of the Jieyi Army also prepared a large number of shields for them, and even heavy tower shields. These shields are not easy to use on the water, but they are just right for the battle on land. Fastening the huge tower shield together, it becomes an airtight protective wall. It is precisely because of these shields that these water bandits dare to rush forward, otherwise, no matter how good the promise of the sailors of the Jieyi Army is, no matter how much persecution is made, I am afraid that these water bandits will not be so fast, even if they are forced to advance by the Jieyi Army, I am afraid that they will have already been consumed by the enemy's arrows and crossbow arrows.

"Get our men ready and ready to strike!" Seeing that those water bandits had cleared the obstacles such as the horse-barring fence between the front of the dock and the wooden wall suggested by the other party, Qin Shouyi said to the herald beside him in a deep voice.

Naturally, the sailors of the Jieyi Army will not rely on these water bandits to take here, and their individual combat effectiveness may not be bad, but in terms of overall cooperation, they are far behind. The main force of this battle, of course, is still the soldiers of the sailors of the Jieyi Army.

Because the wooden wall built by the defenders of Xishan Island was not broken by the catapults of the Jieyi Army in the northeast, and those water bandits also began to charge towards the northwest gap, and the defenders of Xishan Island also began to assemble towards the gap, wanting to intercept the approach of the Jieyi soldiers. Seeing this situation, Qin Shouyi immediately ordered the Jieyi soldiers, who had already been prepared, to attack from the southern end.

In an instant, the catapults of the Jieyi Army, which had been prepared for a long time, began to fire at the south again, and dozens of stone projectiles smashed fiercely on the slightly empty wooden wall in the south, smashing a huge gap in the place. In addition, the entire wooden wall began to crumble and almost collapsed.

Immediately, after full preparation, the sailors of the Jieyi Army suddenly swarmed up and launched a fierce attack on the southern part of the wooden wall built by the defenders of Xishan Island. At the same time as the sailors of the Jieyi Army launched an attack, the catapults and bed crossbows at the dock began to launch a torrential attack on the southern wooden wall, and on the lake beyond the dock, the warships of the Jieyi Army's sailors also approached and attacked the wooden wall fence with dense stone projectiles. Sure enough, the unexpected attack of the Jieyi army quickly achieved results.

Thundered......

Holding shields, the soldiers of the Sailors of the Jieyi Army braved the rain of arrows from the defenders on the wooden wall, and soon reached the front of several horse-barring fences in front of the wooden wall. These horses and fences are made of wood, and the horses are better to say, they are directly hooked with a long hook, and the soldiers use their hearts to pull them down. As for taking the fence, it was also built temporarily by the defenders of Xishan Island, so it was not much stronger than rejecting horses, and with the easy efforts of the spears or axes of the sailors of the Jieyi Army, it could be torn apart. The sailors and soldiers of the Jieyi Army are now becoming more and more courageous, while the defenders of Xishan Island have found that the situation has changed, so they are hurriedly deploying troops and generals to defend here.

"Damn! What a cunning rebel army! Meng Shan, who was in command on the battlefield, scolded with a pale face.

"Get those death squads on! Tell them that if they can repel the sailors of the Jie Yi Army, we will provide the food they need on the island! If it fails, don't talk about food, it's whether your life can be saved! Monsan coldly ordered the herald beside him.

The dead soldiers mentioned by Monsan are those small groups of water bandits who have rushed to Xishan Island from other directions. After they were assembled by Monsan, they were naturally arranged by Monsan on the front line of the battlefield, because their strength suffered heavy losses in the previous attack of the Jieyi army, and they were threatened by Monsan with food and materials, and let them fight to the death with the Jieyi soldiers.

After the appearance of these death squads, the casualties of the sailors and soldiers of the Jieyi Army gradually began to increase. It's not that they are brave, nor how powerful they are, but that they are not afraid of death and exchange their lives for their lives, which makes the soldiers of the Jieyi Army suffer a lot. These death squads, even if they were all killed, would never take a step back, so although the sailors and soldiers of the Jieyi Army were gradually approaching, the speed of advance finally began to slow down. Let the defenders, who had begun to run to the north, turn back again.

Chirp tweet! The whistling crossbow arrows continued to shoot out, which suddenly increased the pressure on the attacking sailors of the Jieyi Army, and the sailors of the Jieyi Army had to shift from rapid advance to defense. The battle between the two sides began to stalemate, and under the dense and ferocious angry arrows, even the most brave soldiers could not rush directly into it at this moment. And those defenders who were arranged by Monsan as dead soldiers seemed to know that their fate could not be escaped, so they went out and fought one by one. After all, if Monsanto kept his word, their death would be able to exchange a certain amount of food and money for their families.

"Damn, I almost broke through the wall! There is still a death squad in the hands of this Xishan Island guard general Monshan? Looking at the guards who were directly in front of the wooden wall to set fire to intercept the advance of the Jieyi Army's sailors, even if they were killed by the Jieyi Army, Qin Shouyi said to himself with a solemn face.

"General, those people are not the death squad trained by Xishan Island itself, even if they are death squads, they will not be so willing to die. According to some of the bandits in our army, these so-called death squads are just a small group of bandits who have rushed to Xishan Island to assist them in guarding here. I'm afraid that they were used by the guards of Xishan Island and forced them to become death squads. An officer beside Qin Shouyi reported in a deep voice.

"This Monsan, it's really ruthless! By the way, when he immediately passed this news to Hu Changshui and asked him to persuade the surrounding bandits to surrender, he also brought this news with him, so that the surrounding bandits knew how Xishan Island, which they still regarded as relying on in their hearts, treated their own people who supported Xishan Island and assisted in the defense. Qin Shouyi said coldly. He didn't express any dissatisfaction with Monsan's approach, and if he had been replaced, he would have done the same. After all, isn't the team that the Jieyi army is now using to storm and attract enemy fire also those water bandit prisoners?

In addition, these water bandits would rather surrender to the Qi army on Xishan Island than to join their own side. For these water bandits, Qin Shouyi did not have the slightest good impression. Therefore, Qin Shouyi did not have the slightest sympathy for their fate.

"Can our ships get a little closer? The space above the pier is limited, and our catapults simply cannot be fully operational! "With the advance of the Jieyi army, the battlefield is still deepened, and the warships cruising on the lake cannot provide direct assistance at this moment. The advantages of the powerful equipment of the Jieyi Army's sailors cannot be brought into full play. Qin Shou looked at the distance between his warship and the shore of the lake, and asked the old sailor beside him in a deep voice.

"Yes, yes, the bottom of the lake here is full of mud and sand, and the big ship is slowly approaching, so there is not much damage to the warship, if you can't retreat, you just need to use other warships to tow it. However, if the situation is not right, our retreat will not be as smooth, and it will take some time to assist. The old sailor reported in a deep voice.

"Then bring the two ships forward from the south and let the catapults on them work. I need a catapult on top of the boat to hit right there! As he spoke, Qin Shouyi pointed to the southern direction of the attack of the Knuckle Righteous Army's sailors.

"No problem, General, please wait!" Now that Qin Shouyi has made a decision, they, the sailors, naturally will not raise objections. Even if something happens, it's not their turn to be responsible.

"The defenders of Xishan Island want to counterattack? That is naturally impossible, and this operation must be taken down. ”

Soon, the two building ships and several fighting ships began to slowly move forward, gradually approaching the shallow water area until they could no longer move forward. At this moment, the catapult and bed crossbow on the warship can already shoot to the target's location.

"Pass the order, let the soldiers in front retreat slightly!" Qin Shouyi saw that the warship was ready, and immediately ordered in a deep voice.

Thundered...... After a while, the refusing soldiers who were storming the wooden wall began to slowly retreat, and in an instant, from the top of the Jieyi Army's sailor warships on the lake, they continued to throw huge stone bullets and smashed them around the wooden wall. Accompanied by stone bullets are crossbow bolts the thickness of a baby's arm.

"How so?" Seeing that the bed crossbow and catapult on the warship of the Jieyi Army could still hit his own wooden wall, Monsan couldn't help but be surprised. When he built these wooden walls, he had already considered a possible attack on the ships. Therefore, the location of these wooden walls is basically beyond the straight line attack distance of the warship. Therefore, even if the Jieyi army broke through the wooden wall in the north, it was because the Jieyi army gained a foothold on the dock and set up a catapult on the pier.

But in that case, there would not be many catapults at the disposal of the rebels, and they would not pose a lethal threat to both sides. But now, not only the catapults on the pier are bombarding the wooden wall in the north, but also the wooden wall in the south, and now they are also being attacked by the warships of the Sailing Army, which cannot but make Monsan feel frightened.

"My lord, the warships of the Jieyi Army have sailed into the shallow water, so ......" The lookout reported the information he had seen to Monsan.

"Damn it......" At this moment, Monsan could only scold so secretly, but he couldn't do anything about it. He was above the surface of the lake and had no power to fight back. And on the land, it was even more pressed and beaten by the men and horses of the Jieyi Army. Therefore, he was powerless for the Sailor Naval Division of the Jieyi Army to sail into the shallow water area.

"No, I'm afraid that this place won't last long, so let's prepare to retreat to the city in the center of the island!" In Monsan's mind, this thought suddenly came to mind.

Of course, this is not the last line of defense of Xishan Island, in the center of Xishan Island, it is the foundation of Xishan Island's strength, and it is also the last line of defense of Xishan Island. However, in Monshan's prediction, even if he is defeated by the Jieyi Army, he will have to hold out here for a period of time before retreating to the rear to defend it, not now.

"Turn back at once, tell my brothers and the heads of the various families, and let them prepare for battle. The situation here is already bad, and we will retreat to the city at any time to defend ourselves! Meng Shan beckoned a child of the Meng family and told him to immediately turn back and give orders.