Chapter 203: The Fish That Slipped Through the Net
Yan Gui and the others took the opportunity to look at the water surface of the sailor battalion, only to see that the sailor warships had already started slowly in order.
Cheng Yousheng knew the order in which the warships sailed, and the first one to sail according to the plan was a No. 1 Dafu ship led by Zhuang Yingchang, followed by the Fu ship led by Niu Liang, Zhan Yuan, and Lan Zhengji, and then followed by the batch of sailor warships commanded by Zhang Wentai.
At this time, in the entire naval division battalion, only two lucky boats did not move, and the right side of the two warships was full of vigilant Zhenshan battalion birds, their purpose was naturally to stop the officers and soldiers of the opposite naval division battalion, so that they could not attack the water gate of Shuicheng.
The gunners on the left side of the "boom boom" ship fired several more flowering shells, and the roar of artillery ammunition once again resounded over the naval battalion.
Feng Jian couldn't help but sigh when he saw through the binoculars that the officers and soldiers on the southwest side had completely collapsed.
He could also guess the mood of the officers and men of the Navy Division at this time, the jobs he relied on for survival were suddenly taken away by someone, and the resentment in his heart could be imagined, and most of the officers and men of the Navy Division wanted to recapture the warship.
However, the three rounds of continuous bombardment by the guns of the warships on the opposite side and the huge casualties among the officers and men of the naval division made the officers and men of the naval division completely lose the confidence to continue the attack.
Listening to Huang Jinjiang in his ears: "Commander, look, the Lord of Haiphong Dao on the opposite side began to jump over the wall in a hurry, and he actually rushed up in person!" ”
Feng Jian put down the binoculars and looked at the Haiphong Dao Wang Hui with an angry face, and said with a slight pinch at the corner of his mouth: "Let's sail the sailor warship away from here, not only will we break the dream of this Haiphong Dao Wang Hui to be promoted to become rich, but also directly let him fall into a desperate situation, it is normal for a dog to jump off the wall in a hurry!" ”
Huang Jinjiang clenched his fists and said, "It's best if this old boy loses his mind and is killed by the ammunition of the bird soldiers!" ”
Feng Jian said with a smile: "These officials take their lives very seriously. How can it be easy to take risks! ”
The Tang garrison rode at the back of the procession, under the strict orders of Lord Haiphong Dao. He had to personally step forward to command the officers and soldiers of the Sailor Division, and he also knew that once the Sailor Warship sailed away from the Water City. That includes the impending consequences for all the Watertown officials in him.
The garrison of the Pingdu Prefecture Flood Battalion was also a little too ruthless, and he actually drove away with all the sailor warships left, completely ignoring the many officials in Shuicheng and the sailor officers and soldiers left on the shore! Tang Shoubei thought hatefully.
Riding a horse to the officers and soldiers of the stagnant naval division, he visited General Liu who had been injured by the lead of the bird, and saw that he was only injured in the arm, and the wound had been bandaged at this time.
Tang Shoubei said a few words of reassurance, and asked him to reline and prepare for the attack, and the general Liu agreed, turned around and rearranged the attack formation. He ordered the players in the queue to line up to the left side of the formation.
Because the positions of the land and the warship were parallel, and the shots of the birds and guns on the ships came from the left, the rattan players of the officers and men of the sailors were concentrated on the left side of the queue, which could effectively resist the shots of the birds and guns on the warships.
The rest of the officers and men armed with spears, iron forks, and axes lined up on the inside of the rattan soldiers, ready to attack the blockade area of the opposite bird soldiers again.
Seeing that the sailor warship that had entrusted his life was sailed away from the station, these officers and men of the sailor division also held their breath.
In order to improve the courage of the officers and soldiers to attack, Tang Garrison promised not to lose the opportunity, as long as the officers and soldiers broke through the blockade and regained control of the gate of Shuicheng. Each officer and soldier of the Navy Division present was rewarded with three taels of silver.
Three taels of silver can buy nearly one stone of grain, which can allow the family to live without worrying about food and clothing for a while, which is a great temptation for the officers and men of the sailor battalion who are often in arrears of food and wages, and they are encouraged by this. The fighting mood of the officers and men of the naval division has been greatly enhanced.
As the Tang garrison shouted, the sailor Liu Jiangzong led a team of nearly five hundred people to rush to the area blocked by the Earthquake Mountain Battalion Bird Gun Soldiers again.
"Tom tom tom" continuous bird bang sounded, due to the blockage of the rattan card. At the beginning, the officers and men of the Navy Division Battalion were hit by bird guns and were injured by the birds, and the officers and men of the Navy Division were significantly reduced, which gave hope to the Tang garrison, who stayed in place to watch the battle.
Seeing that the rattan player blocked worked. The sailor general shouted, and the officers and soldiers of the sailor division in the team rushed forward frantically with a shout.
The sound of the tom tom is continuous. The area blocked by the bird gun seemed to have become an insurmountable forbidden place, and the sailor always felt that this area was extremely long, as if there was no end, and he listened to the endless "tom" sound in his ears, and watched more and more officers and soldiers of the sailor who were hit and fell to the ground screaming, and the sailor became terrified.
Tang Shoubei felt trembling on the back of his horse, the lethality of the opponent's bird hand was too great, and it could continue to fire.
Because the route of the officers and men was parallel to the position where the birds and guns were standing on the warship, the officers and men never ran out of the range of the birds and guns for a long distance.
The officers and men of the naval division advanced a distance of about 100 steps, and there were more than 100 officers and men who fell to the ground groaning and screaming; as the rattan players in the front row were gradually reduced by the number of hits, more and more officers and men of the naval division fell to the ground and suffered casualties, while the opponent's bird gunners were mercilessly shot by their subordinates, which not only hit the confidence of the attacking officers and men.
An officer and soldier of the sailor division saw that the rattan player on his side suddenly fell, and then the companion in front of him suddenly covered his face and screamed loudly, the officer and soldier of the sailor division completely collapsed, and turned around and fled desperately.
The escape of one person immediately caused a chain reaction, and this group of enthusiastic officers and soldiers who were inspired by the three taels of silver could no longer endure the merciless fire of the birds and soldiers on the warship, and began to join the ranks of the escape.
The entire queue began to disperse, and some of the officers and men continued to attack the front, some turned around and fled to the rear, and some lay on the ground and kowtowed and begged for mercy......
Wan Youfa looked at the more than 100 officers and men of the Naval Division who continued to rush forward, and these officers and soldiers would soon rush out of the range of the bird's gunners.
Obviously, these officers and soldiers rushed out of the bird gun blockade, and they would directly kill the water gate, he did not know the water gate guards, but he realized that he must not let these more than 100 officers and soldiers of the water division smoothly rush through the range of the bird gun blockade.
He shouted to the birds: "All the birds are aimed at the officers and soldiers at the front, raise your hair!" ”
Almost at the same time, all the birds that could be fired at the more than 100 officers and men of the sailor division who continued to rush forward, and the birds and guns on another warship also poured at the officers and men of the more than 100 sailors almost at the same time.
Suddenly, nearly half of the more than 100 officers and men who were attacking with all their strength screamed and rolled to the ground, and the remaining officers and men did not care about the wounded who were screaming on the ground, and ran even more desperately forward.
Wan Youfa looked at the more than 50 officers and soldiers of the sailor division who rushed through the blockade of the birds, and said angrily: "The fish that slipped through the net are really cheap for them!" ”
Feng Jian looked at the remaining fifty or so officers and soldiers of the Sailor Division, and said to Huang Jinjiang beside him: "If you can escape the killing of the Earthquake Mountain Battalion Bird Soldiers, these people are afraid that they are all people with strong hearts, and Cheng Yousheng, who sticks to the water gate, is afraid that they will have to be tested."
Huang Jinjiang hesitated and said: "I think these people have lost their hearts, and they should not pose a threat to Brother Cheng and them!" ”
Feng Jian shook his head and said, "I hope so!" ”
Wang Hui led more than ten horsemen to stay at the position where the Tang garrison stayed, of course, it was not within the range of the birds' guns, and the officers and soldiers of the naval division on the southwest side were defeated by the opponent with artillery, which had already cooled his heart for most of the time.
Looking at the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division who were impacting here, seeing that the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division finally couldn't withstand the blow of the opponent's bird gun and suddenly collapsed, Wang Hui's face was difficult to see.
I don't know if the Pingdu Prefecture flood camp can break the ice, it can be said that there are warships sailing away from Shuicheng, but now seeing that the other party has sailed all the warships away from the dock, seeing that his dream of escaping from this dangerous place and using it to get promoted and make a fortune is about to be shattered, Wang Hui's heart is full of despair.
"The garrison of the Pingdu Prefecture Flood Camp from this bandit is simply too vicious, and he drove away all the warships in the sailor's camp, not even one or two warships that escaped for their lives were not left!" Wang Hui couldn't help but curse.
He looked back in the direction of the south gate, knowing that this was the case with the Navy Division's battalion, he should have mobilized all the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division to attack the Shuicheng City Gate. If that is the case in Shuicheng, it is useless to regret it at this time, and now we can only hope that the Fang garrison will quickly send reinforcements to seize the gate of Shuicheng, and block as many sailor warships as possible in Shuicheng.
Tang Garrison had been paying attention to the situation on the battlefield, and he suddenly shouted excitedly: "Lord Wang, look, Liu Jiang led a part of the sailors and soldiers to rush over, and the opponent's bird guns have been unable to hit them!" ”
"What!" Wang Hui suddenly felt his heart almost jump out of his mouth, and the huge surprise shook him dizzy.
Hurriedly looking at the opposite side, the first thing to focus on was the officers and soldiers who had fled back and the dead and wounded who were lying in the blockade area screaming. Outside the blockade area on the opposite side, there was a group of frightened officers and soldiers of the Sailor Division, and the leader was General Liu, who had injured his arm.
Wang Hui's heart was beating "bang", he hurriedly raised the binoculars in his hand to observe the other party's guards at the gate of Shuicheng, and saw that the other party only had more than 20 people alone at the gate of Shuicheng, while there were more than 50 officers and soldiers of the sailor division who rushed through the blockade of the opponent's birds.
In Wang Hui's impression, fighting with twice as many troops as the opponent would naturally be able to easily capture and control the Water Gate.
As long as this group of officers and soldiers of the Navy Division retreats the opponent, and then quickly puts down the iron gate of the Water Gate and closes the Water Gate, it will be the other party who is in a hurry to get on fire, and then there will naturally be a way to force the other party to return the Navy warship!
As soon as he thought about it, Wang Hui's heart was full of hope, and his eyes began to become bright again.
He shouted loudly: "Tang Garrison, quickly give orders to your soldiers, let them seize the water gate as soon as possible and block the warships leaving the water city." ”
Huang Jinjiang's eyes were firmly fixed on the group of officers and soldiers of the Sailor Division who rushed past the threat of the birds, and said in a tense voice: "Commander, look, these people are really rushing in the direction of the Water Gate!" Brother Cheng, they are in danger! ”
Feng Jian said in a deep voice: "I believe that your personal guard battalion is not a bad seed, and Cheng Zi is not a person who likes to be beaten passively, you go and give the order to set sail, and let the Haiphong Dao adults on the shore gather and jump their feet!" ”
!! (To be continued......)