Updated: 2013-10-02

In the dead of night, dozens of large and small ships loaded with cargo are docked in the small island in the middle of Luhu Lake, and the sailors and guards of the cargo ships have already camped on the island to rest. Just in case, there are also people on duty around. At this moment, the vast majority of people have slept peacefully.

There were several bright lights erected around the simple camp, and there were fires burning around them, and the bright light illuminated the camp within three or four hundred paces like a full moon night.

"Whoosh...... There were several strange sounds, dozens of iron arrows from the darkness 'shooting' at the lights hanging around the camp, and with a few clanging sounds, one by one the lanterns were 'shot' by the arrows, and then they broke and the fragments fell from the poles. A moment later, the lights around the camp and the ships were extinguished.

"Dangdang's ......" A gong sounded, accompanied by the exclamation of the person on duty, "Someone raided ......" In an instant, the whole camp became lively. However, the personnel in the camp were not panicked, and they were fully armoured, even weapons, and they were clenched in their hands, as if they were resting.

At the same time, the ships docked in the water also began to move, ready to disperse to welcome the sailors and escorts on land. The other ships on the periphery were mobilized by Keith and lined up in two columns to form a defensive pattern.

At this moment, dozens of armed merchant ships came out of the surrounding reeds, and hundreds of fishing boats also came out of the surrounding areas, and the red lights made the entire island around the island a fiery red for more than ten miles.

In the middle of dozens of armed merchant ships, there is even a building ship, a three-story building ship, even among ordinary sailors, there are few such large ships. These four ships from the former sailors are the cars of the Songling water bandit Quyang. The middle-aged man standing on the bow of the building boat is Quyang, the leader of the Songling water bandits.

After learning that the Jieyi Army was transporting a large amount of supplies and money, its original intention was to participate in it unintentionally. After all, the Jie Yi Army is not comparable to ordinary businessmen. However, the water village lacked supplies, and the Jieyi army did not have a strong water division. Therefore, under the persuasion of his subordinates, Qu Yang finally decided to take action.

Of course, not only that, but also because several other small groups of water bandit leaders advised him that he could intercept these materials and completely occupy the waters of Taihu Lake to stand on his own. Otherwise, no matter whether the Qi army or the Jieyi army occupy this place in the future, these water bandits will not have any good results.

After following this fleet of the Righteous Army, and finding that there were no other ships of the Righteous Army to escort him, Qu Yang decided to take action in the last resting place of the fleet.

"Brothers, get on me, and take their ships and their supplies. Their men were all on shore and robbed me of their boats. Qu Yang shouted loudly as he looked at the Jieyi Army ships that were still shaking in front of him.

Suddenly, countless small boats immediately rowed towards the dozens of large and small ships of the Jieyi Army. Countless bandits wielded their weapons and hooks, ready to get close to the ship to hook the opposing ship, board the ship and grab the opponent's ship.

Surprisingly, after these small boats approached the cargo ships of the Jieyi Army, when the sailors on the ship were about to hook the other party's ships with long hooks, the torches on the ship suddenly lit up, and on these dozens of cargo ships, the black pressure was all armored, and the front end of the longbow that they raised their hands to draw, countless arrows flashed with a cold cold light, and at the moment when the firelight was lit, they were 'shot' off the string.

Suddenly, it dawned on them that they were the prey.

Most of these were sailors, and the rest were also crossbowmen of the Jie Yi army. At this moment, all of them are strong walking bows, forty or fifty steps at a close distance, and the three-edged iron cluster is full of sharp arrows that can 'shoot' through ordinary leather armor, but among the people who besieged the cargo ship, there were only seven or eight armor-piercing people in a hundred. Moreover, most of these small boats are fishing boats, the sides of the boats are low and spacious, and the group of cowards are standing on the board of the boats ready to fight broadside battles, and there are not even simple shields, where can they resist the strong bow and shoot at close range?

"Want to rob us? You deserve it too! Give me 'shoot', 'shoot' hard! Let these water bandits know what our righteous army can rely on to defeat the Qi army. On the boat, Hu Le's violent shouting with murderous intent came out.

Suddenly, on dozens of cargo ships, the strings were drawn in unison, the feathers were like rain, the sound of breaking the sky was like a swarm of locusts flying by, and then the sound of "poof" into the 'meat'. Two rounds of arrows were 'shot', and almost one-third of the hundreds of people on the boat who rushed out to seize more than 100 sailors were 'shot' and fell into the water in this first round of 'shooting'.

It turned out that there was no cargo loaded on these cargo ships at all, and the goods in the port were all some sundries, which had already been replaced in the first resting place. Now the ship is full of soldiers.

"Brothers, kill me! The big ship moves, hit me! "On more than ten large ships, officers have successively issued military orders.

Hu Le led the armed merchant ships of the escort fleet in the front, and was the first to engage with the intercepting ships, all of which had trampled wheels inside. As soon as the military order was given, the oarsmen in the cabin stomped on the wheels and drove the ship forward. The front half of the armed vehicle and the side side of the ship were covered with iron, the iron ram of the bow as thick as a beam was four or five feet long, and the soldiers on both sides were armed with bamboo stabbing guns that were more than a foot long. The four armed vehicles and ships did not pause in the slightest, and after breaking through the interception ship formation, they did not turn around and fight, and went straight to the crowded ships in front of the dock to kill.

The rest of the cargo ships also showed their fangs at this moment, and they rowed their fast oars to spread the ship on both wings, and immediately behind the armed vehicles and ships, they spread their formation a little. Those who intercept the ship far away will not let people ignore it, and those who are close will throw the clay pot full of lamp oil and ignite the rocket; If you get closer, you will have a spear or a bamboo spear to stab you—and you will not engage the interceptors with a broadside battle, nor will you have arrows, but you will keep in formation and attack the enemy ships crowded in front of the island with all your might......

At the same time, the soldiers who landed on the island also began to wield their power, and they used nothing else but the 'bed' crossbows they brought with them. The 'bed' crossbow 'fired' in unison, and immediately pulled out a blood belt among the stunned water bandits above the water. Kept shooting crossbow arrows, passing through several fishing boats and killing the bandits on them.

"Damn! We've been tricked, and there's no cargo on this ship at all! Qu Yang suddenly roared. If he didn't understand at this moment, he wouldn't have become the leader of the water bandits.

"Brothers, do not be afraid, kill me! We have more men than theirs, and we have more ships than theirs, kill them! Qu Yang ordered sharply.

At this moment, ......the earth-shattering drum sound came from the surrounding reeds, and in the night, even the fierce shouting could not be concealed. Immediately afterward, the entire island was surrounded by flames for miles.

The bandits looked back in shock, but found that in the surroundings, around hundreds of ships of all sizes on their side, hundreds of ships of all sizes had been killed again, large and small. However, the large ship with the flag on it made all the bandits' faces pale. Because, these ships are not someone else's, officially under the banner of the rebel army. Moreover, the more than 30 large ships that appeared were all warships. On it, the outside of the ship was not only covered with iron sheets, but also had ramming horns in front of it, even the 'bed' crossbow and catapult they also had. Moreover, there are as many as five building ships, which are far from being comparable to these water bandits.

The water bandits immediately understood that they had been surrounded by the sailors of the Jieyi Army. But what shocked Qu Yang and several other water bandit leaders was that there was a water division in this righteous army. Whether it is a building ship or a ship, this is only available to sailors, but how can the righteous army have it.

But they forgot that the Jieyi Army occupied such a large place, especially after taking Wu County, there were not a few ships seized, that is, the ships of the local water transportation inspection ya'men', which also fell into the hands of the Jieyi army. Originally, these ya'men would not have these sailor warships. However, these ships were all owned by the Yangzhou Navy Division in the past, and later the Yangzhou Navy Division was transferred, and these old ships became owned by the local ya'men, and some ships were even owned by local Haoqiang. Of course, the weapons and ramming angles on it are naturally unloaded. After falling into the hands of the Jieyi Army, there are naturally renovations.

"If you want to live, kill me!" Qu Yang didn't have any extra words, just ordered sharply. He also knew that this time they had fallen for the calculations of the righteous army, and all the transportation of goods was to attract them out and eliminate their lies. However, Qu Yang was not very worried, although his side was ambushed, but the number of ships and troops on his side was far greater than that of the other party. Even if it is a desperate fight, he will not be left behind by the Jieyi army. Although the Jieyi army had warships, their other ships were still fishing boats.

"Order, let the crossbow arrows and catapults on our ship also take action, and let the Jieyi army know that we can Taihu Lake waters, and not everyone can pinch it. If you want to encircle and suppress us, you must have that ability. Qu Yang ordered in a cold voice.

But soon, he got another bad news, one of the three bandits suddenly attacked him, and changed their banners and became a member of the Jieyi army.

"Damn! Hateful! Qu Yang almost vomited blood in anger. Now he understood why the leaders of the three bandits had been persuading him to participate in this operation, and what he said about surrendering to him afterwards. It turns out that these people are the internal response of the Jieyi Army.

"Kill me! Crossbow bolts! ”

All of a sudden, crossbow arrows and boulders continued to fall between the two sides, causing dense water 'flowers' on the surface of the lake, although these catapults were small, but at this moment, they had an extraordinary effect. Every time a boulder falls, a huge column of water rises from the surface of the lake, and if it lands on top of the boat, it can be smashed over. This is how many of the bandits' small fishing boats were smashed.

Although there were some catapults on the armed merchant ships of the bandits, they were not as powerful as the warships of the Jie Yi army. Not only because the warships of the Jieyi army were larger than their armed merchant ships, but because the sailors of the Jieyi army were organized, while the sailors were 'mixed' and fought separately. In particular, the other six bandit teams were 'mixed' together, even if they were military orders, and it was difficult to convey them in time.

Thundered...... Suddenly, a boulder flew out from the top of the Jieyi Army's warship, drawing a long arc in the sky, and then landed on a small boat beside Qu Yang's car, the boat couldn't dodge, and was smashed by the boulder, and the more than ten water bandits on the boat were naturally smashed to the bones, and the whole ship was broken from the middle on the spot, and under the surge of 'waves' and 'flowers', the ships and people disappeared quickly. The boulder penetrated the boat and smashed into the lake, rising and tumbling 'waves' and 'flowers'. Engulfing the broken ships all, in a moment, only a huge whirlpool remained on the surface of the lake, on which only a few scattered pieces of wood chips floated.

Qu Yang watched his subordinates disappear with his own eyes, and watched a ship beside him become fragments, and for a moment, he felt a chill and anger.

"Hateful, after this time, Lao Tzu and your righteous army didn't play, even if it was to surrender the Qi army, I have to know with you that it will not be so simple to fight our attention." Qu Yang muttered to himself with hatred.

As soon as Qu Yang finished speaking, there was a loud bang, and a huge stone fell into the water not far from him, and the splashed water column hit the deck like a cannonball, and the two sailors on the deck were caught off guard, and were washed down by the water column on the spot, and one rolled on the deck, without grabbing the place where he started, so he directly overturned from the side of the boat into the lake water, smashing up strings of blood-red "waves" and "flowers". The other was lucky enough to grab the cable, and luckily stood up, frightened, and did not know where a crossbow bolt flew from nowhere. Just as he 'shot' his chest, he screamed and tumbled and fell into the lake.

"Kill! That's the car of Qu Yang, the leader of the Songling water bandits, chase me down! Qin Shouyi, the deputy commander of the Naval Division of the Jieyi Army, pointed to the unique building boat among the bandits and shouted loudly.

Suddenly, the three Jieyi Army Navy ships all approached and approached the Quyang Building boat. However, more of the sailor ships rushed towards the ships of the Sailors, making it impossible for the Sailors to 'press' the boats.

'Damn!' Bed 'crossbow, give me 'shot'! Qin Shouyi roared angrily.

"Chirp ......" On the three warships, none of them had four large bows and crossbows, and at this moment, they all adjusted their directions. Facing the water bandit ship that is intercepting again in front of it is a crossbow arrow. The rain of arrows fell overwhelmingly, "tuk tuk ......"

There was a loud bang, as if it had been 'fired' by a machine gun. These armed merchant ships were immediately attacked by the Jieyi Army's naval army.

Suddenly, two of them became the primary targets of the warships of the Jieyi Army's naval divisions, and suddenly, the water bandits on these two armed merchant ships, which were much smaller than the Jieyi Army's warships, were suddenly torn apart by crossbow arrows, and their flesh and blood flew sideways, and the entire side of the ship was like a sieve, and the sides were all full of large and small 'holes', and water was leaking everywhere.

Later, under the control of several stone bullets, one of the two ships appeared in the side of a large 'hole', and the surrounding lake water was constantly surging. The merchant ship was gradually submerged by the lake, but the bandits above were still stubbornly scooping the water out of the ship's basin, hoping to save it.

Squeak Quack......

Under the blows of the Jieyi army and the continuous erosion of the lake, the ship finally shattered, snapped into two parts, and the bow and stern were raised high, and then slowly sank into the lake. The water bandits above had no choice but to jump into the water to escape. When the boat broke, some of the bandits were crushed to death by the broken wood, or they were stuck and unable to move. The water bandits on it also jumped into the water one after another, waiting for rescue in the dark night. Unfortunately, a small warship of the Jieyi Army passed by, and there was a rain of arrows whizzing, so there were no more active people in the water.

The ships of the bandits were destroyed, and likewise, the warships of the Jie Yi army were also destroyed by the bandits. Fire oil has become a sharp weapon in water warfare. Some small boats have become a big torch in the water at the moment, illuminating the entire lake.

In order to survive, the water bandits have been fighting with the sailors of the Jieyi Army at this moment. Some warships have now begun to engage in broadside battles and 'hand-to-hand' combat.

Around the big ship where Hu Le was, three bandit merchant ships had already poured up, and the water bandits on them were ready for battle, one of them was a big man, holding a flying cymbal in his hand, and threw it hard, successfully hooking the side of Hu Le's ship, and dozens of water bandits immediately rushed up to the boat, pulling the flying cymbals at the same time, so the water bandit ship quickly approached the armed merchant ship where Hu Le was. The bandits on top of those boats also squatted down, clutching their weapons, just waiting for the two boats to collide, and they immediately jumped onto each other's boats, engaged in 'hand-to-hand' combat with each other, and snatched each other's sharp big boats.

However, Hu Le naturally didn't want them to take this opportunity, and only heard the sound of whizzing 'shooting' arrows, and more than a dozen archers emerged from the side of the armed merchant ships, facing the dense water bandits was a rain of arrows. Then more than a dozen crossbow archers emerged, killing each other with their ferocious 'shooting' with crossbow arrows. The water bandit who threw the flying cymbal was also 'shot' by the arrow and struggled to fall, and the rest of the water bandits also fell a lot.

"Fire oil, fire oil!" Hu Le roared.

In an instant, more than a dozen clay pots filled with fire oil were thrown out, still on the other party's boat, and they were broken in an instant. The oil in it was suddenly all over the opposing ship.

Dozens ......of rockets soared into the air and landed directly on the opposing ship.

With a bang, the bandits' ships were covered in flames, and the bandits on them screamed fiercely. They also know that in this case, these flames cannot be extinguished. So, all these bandits jumped into the water in order to survive.