Because Liyang County is rich in iron ore, there will be a large number of ore ships to carry ore or pig iron here every year, the busy shipping traffic makes the scale of the wharf in Liyang County very large, up to about three miles, at this time, the hundred warships of the Sui army are moored on the long wharf.

The warships of the Sui army are generally tall and sturdy, most of them are 2,000 stone warships, their mooring is very orderly, the huge warships are moored on the periphery, and the inner circle is the grain and grass and other baggage ships, and there are more than 20 patrol boats patrolling near the big ships to prevent sneak attacks.

The moonlight on the river is clear, the water waves are slight, sparkling, and dense boats appeared on the river about two miles away from the Sui warships, most of them are small boats of hundred stones, the boats themselves look no different from the common fishing boats on the river, but the small boats are full of young soldiers, revealing their true identities.

These small boats are Du Fuwei's sentinel ships on the Yangtze River, there are more than 100 of them, commanded by Du Fuwei's henchman Qi Liang, generally moored in Chaohu Lake in Lujiang County, usually more than a dozen ships patrol the Yangtze River, and it is the first time that all of them have been dispatched like this.

Two years ago, Du Fuwei also had a fleet on the Yangtze River, consisting of more than 80 thousand-stone warships, but was defeated by the Poyang Lake water thief Lin Shihong in the struggle for control of the Yangtze River, and all 80 warships were destroyed, and Du Fuwei had to withdraw from the Yangtze River, leaving only some patrol boats.

Lin Shihong also acquiesced in the existence of these sentinel ships, and the two sides did not invade each other for two years, and there was nothing wrong with each other.

After Du Fuwei failed to control the Yangtze River, he turned to face the Huai River, and he subdued the Huai River water thief Miao Haichao, making the Huai River completely his sphere of influence, until this time Zhang Xuan led the Sui army to kill him, completely eliminating his Huai River water army forces.

In the midst of the dense sentinel ships, there was a large sentinel ship of 500 stones, and a general stood on board. It is Du Fuwei's subordinate Qi Liang, Qi Liang is a native of Lujiang County, his ancestors have been Chaohu fishermen for several generations, he grew up in Chaohu Lake since he was a child, and his water nature is excellent, and he joined the Chaohu water thieves at the age of sixteen. It has been more than ten years since the Yangtze River Chaohu Lake.

Qi Liang is burly and powerful, so that a pair of sixty-pound halberds have been fighting in the Yangtze River for 12 years, winning the nickname of 'Little Ganning'.

He had already received an order from Du Fuwei to seize the warships of the Sui army at the third watch, and he had 2,000 men under his command, and he could completely capture the hundred warships of the Sui army.

In the darkness of the night. Qi Liang's eyes eagerly stared at the huge warships on the dock in the distance, after they were defeated by Lin Shihong, they were not allowed to have ships above a hundred stones, which made him feel very aggrieved, if they could capture these hundred ships, they would form a powerful naval army.

"General, it's time for the third watch!" One of his men reminded him in a low voice.

A flame burned in Qi Liang's heart, and these warships seemed to belong to him. He waved his hand, "Strike!" ”

More than 100 sentinel ships, loaded with 2,000 sentinels, rushed towards the Sui warships from three directions

The 2,000 Sui army led by Wei Chigong did not live in a big ship. Instead, it is stationed on the wharf, and there are more than 200 big tents neatly installed on the wharf, and there are camp fences around the big tents, which is also a large camp for miners, but there is no big tent at ordinary times, only a circle of camp gates. The tents in the camp were all brought by the Sui army themselves.

The time has reached the third watch, the night is dark, the soldiers of the Sui army are asleep, only two lanterns are hung in front of the camp gate, and there are several Sui army sentries standing on the guard towers on both sides. Only a small figure of them could be seen.

In the wilderness a mile away from the Sui army camp, Du Fuwei led an army of 10,000 people who were ready, Du Fuwei stared coldly at the Sui army camp in the distance, and then his eyes moved to the river, and he paid more attention to the hundred warships there.

Du Fuwei originally wanted to burn down the Sui warships, but then he changed his mind, it would be a pity to burn these warships, it would be better to capture them all and bring them back to Chaohu Lake to form his own new naval army.

"Your Majesty, the hour has come!"

Du Fuwei stared at Liyang City in the distance again, there were no rockets at the head of the city, which meant that the Sui army had not gathered, he pulled out his war knife and shouted: "Kill into the camp!" ”

"Kill!"

Ten thousand thieves and soldiers jumped up from the ground and slaughtered the Sui army camp on the dock like a tide

At the same time, the thief sentry ship in the Yangtze River was hit hard, and countless archers suddenly appeared on the outer warships of the Sui army, and the dense arrows shot at the thief army on the sentry ship, and the thief army was caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties.

Qi Liang, the general of the thief army, brandished his halberd and fired the arrows aimed at him, his heart was shocked, they were ambushed, the Sui army was obviously prepared, he was anxious in his heart, and shouted: "Retreat!" Stand back now! ”

Without his order, the thief sentry ships were so frightened that they sailed backwards, attacking ships and attacking cities are not the same thing at all, there are ladders for attacking cities, you can climb them with your feet, you can also use shields and spears with both hands, and the ladders are not so easy to overturn.

The attacking ship relies on a rope to climb, must be used at the same time, and more importantly, the rope can be easily cut with a knife, so the attacking ship can only rely on a sneak attack, taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, secretly climb onto the big ship, once the other party is prepared or discovered, the attacking soldiers will be wiped out, this is beyond doubt.

So when Qi Liang found out that the Sui army had an ambush, his desire to attack immediately subsided, and it was a kind of luck to be able to escape the ambush.

The Sui army's arrows rained down, and there were constantly thieves who were shot and fell into, at this time, Qi Liang couldn't dodge and was shot in the thigh, he screamed, his footing was unstable, and he fell into the river.

The soldiers gave first aid, but they couldn't find his people in the night river, the Sui army's arrows flew quickly, and several people on the main ship were shot down, helplessly, the thief soldiers had to be forced to retreat.

Not long after, nearly seventy sentry boats of the thief soldiers escaped the ambush and disappeared into the river, leaving more than thirty empty ships under the big boat, and all the soldiers on board were wiped out by the Sui army's arrows. ”

The Sui soldiers on the big ship stopped shooting, and small sampans rushed out of the gaps between the big ships, which were the sentries of the Sui army, who were responsible for cleaning up the battlefield, towing back the boats, and picking up the wounded and undead thief soldiers, and dozens of small sampans went in and out, extremely busy.

"Caught!"

A small boat scooped the drenched thief general onto the boat and tied him up.

Wei Chigong propped himself on the side of the boat, watching the situation in the river with full attention.

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Du Fuwei's army did not encounter any obstacles, and directly entered the Sui army camp, Du Fuwei rode on his horse, and looked at the soldiers on the sentry tower above his head in surprise, those soldiers were motionless, and they were clearly several straw men.

"King, it's an empty camp!"

There was not a single Sui soldier in the big tent, and Du Fuwei's men shouted one after another, and Du Fuwei suddenly realized that he had been tricked.

"Retreat!" Duvowe hissed and shouted: "The whole army retreats immediately!" ”

But it was too late, and a scream suddenly sounded behind them, and the Sui army led by Zhang Xuan had launched a surprise attack from the rear on the thief army outside the camp.

At the same time, a fire broke out in the camp, and the fire ignited the hay and sulfur that had been placed in the tent in advance, and the tent was coated with grease, and the fire burned rapidly from all directions, and the fire spread very quickly, and suddenly the smoke was billowing out, and the smoke was burning, and the thousands of thieves in the camp were in chaos.

Du Fuwei was flustered, turned his horse's head and ran towards the southwest corner, where there were not many tents, the fire was slightly smaller, and his hundreds of personal soldiers smashed a large gap in the camp fence, escorting the lord to desperately break through.

The Sui army besieging the southwest corner was about 2,000 people, led by the general Su Dingfang, and at this time, the Sui soldiers had already melee with hundreds of brave Du Fuwei's own soldiers.

In the scuffle, Su Dingfang suddenly found that one of the generals was wearing a golden helmet and golden armor, and he was suddenly overjoyed in his heart, and pointed at the golden armor general with a big knife: "That's the king of thieves over there, surround him for me!" ”

Hundreds of Sui soldiers surrounded Du Fuwei, and Su Dingfang galloped to the ground, slashing with his sword, 'Dangchang! With a loud bang, the big knife in the opponent's hand was split and flew out, the two horses were staggered, Su Dingfang grabbed Du Fuwei wearing gold armor alive and slammed it on the ground, "Tie me up!" ”

More than a dozen soldiers rushed up, scrambling to tie him up, and even some soldiers wanted to cut off his head, seeing that his life was in danger, this 'Du Fuwei' was so frightened that he shouted, "The general spares his life, I am not Du Fuwei!" ”

Su Dingfang was stunned, only to see that this Du Fuwei looked like a thief, behaved obscenely, where was there a little bit of a strong appearance, Su Dingfang knew that he had fallen into the golden cicada's plan to get out of the shell, he looked around, only to see hundreds of steps away, more than a dozen thieves and cavalry surrounded by one person was running fast.

Su Dingfang was angry and hateful, turned the horse's head and chased after him, but he couldn't catch up, and after chasing hundreds of steps, he had to watch their backs disappear into the night. (To be continued.) )