The fierce battle on the river has been going on for nearly two hours, both sides have suffered heavy losses, more than 20 warships of the Sui army have been burned and sunk, and the loss of the warships of the Chu army is also nearly half, the initial formation of the two sides has gradually dispersed, turned into a melee on the river, the entire river has become a sea of fire, there are broken ship planks and broken masts floating everywhere. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The big ship approached, the soldiers rushed to the enemy ship and fought bloodily, the hull of the ship was smashed open by the strong stone cannon, the river water poured in, so that the ship sank rapidly, but the most used in the battle of the warship is the bow and arrow, the arrows on the river are like rain, and there are constantly soldiers screaming at arrows and falling into the Yangtze River.

Mixed with the rain of arrows were rockets, dozens of warships had already been set on fire, the river was filled with smoke, the flames soared into the sky, the drums were thundering, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.

Numerous small boats, specialized search and rescue vessels, risked being sunk and shot to rescue wounded soldiers from overboard.

A search and rescue boat left the battlefield and quickly sailed to the south bank, on the small boat lay Lin Lei, covered in blood, he finally failed to capture the Sui army's warship, three arrows fell into the general, his warship was destroyed by fire, and all the soldiers were shot or killed by the Sui army.

Lin Lei was already in a coma, his injuries were very serious, especially the excessive bleeding, he was already dying, and it was difficult to save him.

In the melee, Li Ying's warship finally slowly approached the main ship of the Sui army, which was a huge ship of 3,000 stones, Li Ying had already seen the unfavorable situation of the battle, the defeat of the Chu army had appeared, if there was no need to defeat the Sui army with surprise soldiers, then they would be wiped out.

And this strange army is to destroy the main ship of the Sui army, as long as the main ship sinks or retreats, the Sui army will also retreat, of course, this is the consistent combat concept of the water thieves, seize the main ship carrying the merchants, and the other cargo ships will obediently stop, so it is not surprising that Li Ying has such an idea.

Li Ying's warship gradually approached the main ship of the Sui army from the side, at this time the main ship of the Sui army was fighting fiercely with three other warships of the Chu army of 500 stones, Li Ying's warship was also one of the ten main warships of the Chu army, which was originally the Wuya warship of the Sui army's naval division, with a load of 2,000 stones, and more than 200 troops on board.

Arrows rained down on the river, boulders flew, and soldiers on both sides fought fiercely on the river dozens of paces apart, mainly with bows and crossbow arrows, at this time the rockets on both sides seemed to have run out, and they could only rely on the traditional way of water warfare to fight.

Li Ying also saw that the opponent's main ship had no rockets, and secretly rejoiced in his heart, and ordered his warship to quickly move closer to the other side of the opponent's main ship in a sneak attack, as long as his army killed the enemy ship, then the two warships would be able to defeat the main ship of the Sui army.

"Old General, an enemy ship is preparing to sneak attack from the other side!" A soldier rushed to report in front of the guard.

Lai Hu'er saw the enemy ship that was trying to sneak attack, less than a hundred paces away, and he sneered: "Prepare to shoot the pole!" ”

The slap rod is a unique water warfare weapon of the Sui Water Army, generally the five-tooth warship has, Yang Su led the Sui Army Naval Division to defeat the powerful Xiliang Naval Army on the Yangtze River, the secret weapon used is the slap rod, just because this time the ships are mainly warships built after the Great Cause, and they are not equipped with the slap pole, only the main ship of the Hu'er is equipped with this secret weapon.

More than 20 soldiers pulled up the clapper pole placed on the side of the ship, the clapper rod was as high as eight zhang, thick and tough, when Li Ying's warship was still five steps away from the main ship, more than 20 soldiers shouted, and the clapper rod slapped down violently, only to hear 'Bang! With a loud bang, the slap rod slammed on the deck like a giant whip, and the hull of the ship shook violently, and several Chu soldiers were smashed into meat cakes, and sawdust flew sideways on the deck, smashing a long crack, and even the mast was shaky.

In the violent shaking, Li Ying was unstable on his footing, and was thrown out more than a foot away, he grabbed the cable to avoid falling into the water, Li Ying looked at this wooden pole like a 'long whip', his heart was terrified, of course he knew what kind of weapon this was, but it was the first time he saw it, the power was so powerful, so that he forgot the crisis in front of him for a while.

At this moment, a soldier shouted in terror: "General Li, it's coming again!" ”

Li Ying suddenly came to his senses and ordered repeatedly: "Turn around and leave!" ”

But it was too late, the slapstick slammed down a second time, this time with more force than the last, and although the soldiers dodged, the deck could not dodge, only a violent blow was heard, and many of the soldiers covered their ears in pain and closed their eyes.

This time the crack in the deck became a foot wide, and the crack quickly spread to the hull, and there was a terrified cracking sound throughout the hull, and even the mast could not support it, and after shaking twice, it collapsed, and the hull was split in half, and the soldiers on the deck cried and jumped into the water to flee for their lives.

Li Ying also jumped into the river and swam desperately to the south bank, but in a few moments, the broken boat sank into the river, and the rolled up water vortex sucked dozens of soldiers who could not escape into the bottom of the river.

Lan Pingwang was already red-eyed, and gathered the last more than 70 warships to fight to the death with the Sui army, at this moment, a soldier pointed to the distance and shouted: "Look, it's the Sui army's warship!" ”

Lan Pingwang turned around, only to see hundreds of warships on the river in the distance, all with the Qinglong Red Flag, which was the arrival of reinforcements from the Sui army.

Lan Pingwang sighed in his heart, and had to order: "The whole army retreats west!" ”

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Dusk came, the tragic battle was over, and the blood-red sunset shone on the river, as if the warship was still burning, and the whole river was set on fire.

Both sides suffered heavy losses in this battle, more than 200 Chu warships were sunk, and less than 50 warships fled in a hurry, while the Sui army was also heavily damaged or sank nearly 40 warships, with more than 3,000 casualties, which was also the heaviest casualty since the establishment of the Sui army's naval division.

At this time, more than 100 Sui warships dragged more than a dozen heavily damaged warships to moored in front of the wharf in Pengze County, Pengze County is the westernmost county seat of Jiujiang County, and it is also an important defense town in the east of Chu State.

It's just that the vicissitudes of the sea, Pengze Lake has gradually disappeared, becoming a water swing on the Yangtze River, covering an area of thousands of acres, although the area is less than the original one, but it is a natural military port, before Lin Shihong's warship was moored in the water.

Pengze County is not big, just a middle county, with a population of only more than 20,000 people, but because it is an important defensive town, Lin Shihong rebuilt the city, and the city became tall and strong.

Although Poyang County is also good, but it is inconvenient for the navy to go to Poyang County, and it is difficult to cooperate with the water and land, or Pengze County is close to the Yangtze River, which is more convenient to cooperate with the navy.

Beginning the next day, hundreds of Sui transport ships arrived in Pengze County, bringing with them a large number of tents and food supplies, and Lai Hu'er led the army to begin building a plank barracks outside Pengze County.

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After Lin Shihong's 30,000 infantry left Poyang County, they went overland to Huancheng County in Jiujiang County, because Lin Shihong was not in the army, the 30,000 army did not have a supreme commander, and the Lin brothers were basically in charge.

That night, the army camped on the side of the official road to rest, they did not have a tent, each soldier had a blanket, spread on the grass, the soldiers slept with A, but in a forest there were several big tents, this is the camp tent of the Lin brothers and Zhao Fang, a big tent was brightly lit, and the Lin brothers and Zhao Fangzheng gathered together to drink.

Lin Zhengbiao looked at the wine glass in his hand and said, "Third brother, brother-in-law, I want to discuss something with you." ”

"It's rare to see the fourth child so serious, what do you want to say?" Lin Zhengxiong said with a smile.

"It's about my father's heir, my father has given up on the eldest brother, but he doesn't seem to want the second brother to inherit, so it's the two of us, does the third brother have an idea?"

Lin Zhengxiong was stunned for a moment, and said for a while: "Should this be designated by my father?" Could it be that the fourth brother has an idea? ”

Lin Zhengbiao nodded, "This heir is none other than me, I hope that the third brother and brother-in-law can fully support me." ”

Lin Zhengxiong and Zhao Fang glanced at each other, their faces changed a little, they couldn't see that the fourth brother had such great ambitions, Zhao Fang asked tentatively: "How does the fourth brother need our support?" ”

"It's very simple, from now on, I am the commander of these 30,000 armies, and you two must obey my orders unconditionally."

"How can this work?"

Lin Zhengxiong immediately jumped up, and he said with anger on his face: "This is my father's army, my father is the commander, and without my father's consent, no one has the right to proclaim himself commander!" ”

"What about my brother-in-law?"

Lin Zhengbiao asked coldly: "Does my brother-in-law also want to listen to my father's decision?" ”

Zhao Fang felt that something was wrong, he was cunning, he didn't dare to make a clear statement, and said hesitantly: "This matter came too suddenly, I was not mentally prepared at all. ”

At this time, Lin Zhengxiong said angrily: "I hope I don't mention this matter again tomorrow, otherwise even my brother won't be able to do it." ”

He turned around and rushed away angrily, but as soon as he walked to the door of the tent, he saw a person rushing out of the tent, covering Lin Zhengxiong's mouth, and cutting Lin Zhengxiong's neck with a knife, Zhao Fang was taken aback, turned around to escape, and a cold arrow shot at him, hitting his vest, Zhao Fang screamed miserably, and fell to the ground.

Lin Zhengbiao immediately pulled out his knife and stabbed Zhao Fang to death.

The Lu brothers walked into the big tent, and each of them killed one person, Lu Fei killed Lin Zhengxiong, and Lu Ping shot Zhao Fang with an arrow.

Lin Zhengbiao had already made up his mind, he stabbed himself with a backhand, and said to the Lu brothers: "Search the whole army immediately and arrest the assassin!" ”

The whole army began to stir, and a news quickly spread among the army that three Sui assassins had assassinated the third prince and General Zhao, and stabbed the fourth prince, demanding that the whole army search and not let the Sui assassins go.

The army began a large-scale search, but the Sui assassin was not caught until dawn, and at this time, Lin Zhengbiao ordered all the generals to gather in the big tent.

Lin Zhengbiao had bandages on his forehead and left shoulder, and seemed to be seriously injured, and he said to everyone: "My brother and brother-in-law were unfortunately assassinated by the Sui army, and I have sent someone to report to my father, but the army cannot be chaotic, from now on, my brother and brother-in-law's army will be temporarily commanded by me, waiting for my father's final decision, I hope everyone will strictly abide by my military orders and not disobey!" ”

Although the generals felt a little strange, Lin Zhengbiao was the son of the lord after all, and he knelt down together and said loudly: "I am willing to listen to the general's order!" ”

"Good! Passing on my orders, the army was transferred to Jianchang County. ”

The generals ordered to go down one after another, and at this time, Lin Zhengbiao said coldly to the Lu brothers: "It seems that my last step has to go out, and I will leave this matter to you." (To be continued.) )