The main fleet of the Sui army is still moored at the mouth of Poyang Lake, in the cabin of the main ship, Lai Hu'er is pacing back and forth, patiently waiting for the news of Zhou Meng in front, according to their agreement, if Zhou Meng has no news, the warship will enter the lake mouth on time at the fourth watch, if the cooperation is not smooth, the enemy sees through their strategy, then there is no way, can only fight to the death with the enemy sailors in Poyang Lake. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But at this time, it was not Zhou Meng who came to protect the child's heart, but the thief army sentry ship that slipped through the net.

At this moment, a soldier outside the door reported: "Old General Qi, General Qu sent someone to report that the sentry ship that slipped through the net was caught!" ”

This news immediately made Laihu'er's heart fall to the ground, and he walked out of the cabin quickly and asked, "Where did you catch it?" ”

The soldiers sent by Qu Wu saluted and said: "Old General Qiyu, that sentry ship is very cunning, they stuck to the north bank of the Yangtze River to bypass our first blockade, and sneaked into Poyang Lake to the westernmost part of the lake, but my general expected it, and waited there to catch the rabbit, and none of the five spies on board escaped. ”

Laihu'er was overjoyed, and said to the soldier who reported the news: "Go and tell your general that if we win a great victory in this water battle, I will remember him for a great achievement." ”

The soldier saluted and left, Laihu'er was completely relieved, he was full of confidence in the success of this operation, and half an hour later, Laihu'er received news from Zhou Meng, and he immediately ordered the whole army to enter Poyang Lake.

Under the cover of night, the Sui warships entered Poyang Lake in three groups, and they did not sail along the east shore of Poyang Lake, but went south in a straight line, at this time he no longer cared if the other party would find them, they had to kill Qigong Island as quickly as possible.

Qigong Island is in the middle of Poyang Lake, and it will take at least an hour for the fleet to arrive, which is an extremely critical hour, depending on whether the forward fleet led by Zhou Meng can block the enemy ships in the lair of the inner lake.

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There was silence in the nest of the Chu army on Qigong Island, hundreds of ships were quietly moored on the water, the camp tents on the shore were pitch black, and most of the soldiers were asleep.

But the main general Lin Zhengwei couldn't sleep, and it had been ten days since all his warships retreated back to the lair, which was the first time since the establishment of the navy, and Lin Zhengwei didn't know if his decision was correct.

Lin Zhengwei is only in his twenties this year, and since last year he has become the commander of the navy, commanding the second most powerful navy in the world, but he was the youngest and most brutal water thief on the Yangtze River ten years ago, just like his father back then, so when Lin Shihong began to indulge in the luxurious life of the king of Chu, the command of the navy was naturally handed over to Lin Zhengwei.

Lin Zhengwei paced back and forth in the room, looking a little upset, but the reason why he couldn't sleep was not that the Sui army was attacking, but that his father died unexplained, and the other fourth brother Lin Zhengbiao seized Yuzhang County, you must know that Yuzhang County is the territory of the navy, and the fourth brother should go to Poyang County.

A few days ago, he received a news that Zhang Bianwei, a general originally stationed in Lujiang County, led 6,000 soldiers to defect to him, and they went to Yuzhang County, preparing to take a cargo ship from Yuzhang County into Poyang Lake, but Zhang Bianwei was killed by his fourth brother, and the 6,000 army was also annexed, which made Lin Zhengwei angry.

He had long suspected that his father and third brother were killed by Lin Zhengbiao, and in order to seize military power, he actually killed his brother and father, and now Lin Zhengbiao has seized his territory and cargo ships, and also annexed his own army, so that their brothers are already incompatible.

Lin Zhengwei was upset for a while, walked out of the cabin, came to the bow of the big ship, and happened to see Vice Admiral Lan Pingwang leading a team of sentry ships to sail under his ship and go outside the port to replace the patrol post, Lin Zhengwei hurriedly asked in a loud voice: "General Lan, what's the situation outside?" ”

Lan Pingwang hurriedly bowed down and said, "Back to the young master, everything is normal outside." ”

"I hope that General Lan will strengthen his patrols, and if he finds any Sui ships, he will ring the alarm immediately."

"Please rest assured, the young master will definitely strengthen the patrol, it's already four watches, the young master, please rest!"

Lan Ping saluted, waved the flag in his hand, and the fleet continued to move forward, gradually moving away.

But Lin Zhengwei's heart, which had just calmed down a little, was disturbed again, and he remembered that the Sui army had been overwhelmed, and Lan Pingwang's army had been defeated in Pengze County, so in Poyang Lake, would they be the opponents of the Sui army?

Lin Zhengwei sighed, turned around and walked towards the cabin, but as soon as he walked to the cabin door, there was a commotion behind him, and he faintly heard someone exclaiming, "Look, what is that?" ”

Lin Zhengwei was stunned for a moment, turned around and walked back, and asked a few soldiers, "What happened?" ”

"Young master, look over there!" Several soldiers shouted pointing to the north.

Lin Zhengwei also looked north, only to see a fire point flashing on the lake in the north, Lin Zhengwei was suddenly taken aback, isn't this the beacon on Sanshan Island?

At this moment, the alarm bell on the outer guard tower rang urgently, 'Dang! While! While! ’

Lin Zhengwei immediately shouted, "Quickly let all the troops get on the boat, and the fleet will enter the outer lake!" ”

He was angry and anxious in his heart, it must be that the Sui army had started to attack, he was so anxious that he stomped his foot and rushed towards his cabin, "Quickly put armor on me." ”

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At the same moment when the beacon of Sanshan Island was ignited, a hundred warships struck at the gap of Qigong Island, which was very small, only more than 30 zhang wide, connecting the inner lake and the outer large lake as a whole.

The patrol sentinel ship also spotted the Sui army fleet approaching quickly, and Lan Pingwang shouted in shock: "Stop them, don't let them enter the passage!" ”

Lan Pingwang reacted very quickly, if these boats entered the passage, the boats in the inner lake would not be able to get out, but the hundred-stone small sentinel ship was far from being able to block the impact of the five-hundred-stone worm warship, "Boom! With a loud bang, several sentinel ships were knocked over by the oncoming Sui warships.

Zhou Meng stood at the bow of the boat, he stabilized his body, opened his bow and set up an arrow, and shot an arrow at Lan Pingwang, Lan Pingwang couldn't dodge, was shot in the neck by an arrow, and turned over and fell into the water.

A company of more than a dozen sentinel ships were knocked over, a hundred Sui warships slaughtered into the channel, this channel is about four miles long, in fact a river, on both sides are dense forests, the widest point is forty zhang, located at the mouth of the inner lake, and the narrowest point is only fifteen zhang, located about three miles after entering the channel, is a ninety degree river turn.

It was here that the Sui warship encountered the enemy warship that was prepared, and a huge warship came head-on, which was unexpectedly a three-thousand-stone five-tooth warship.

Zhou Meng didn't know that it was originally the warship of the Sui army, and it was bought by Lin Shihong at a price of three hundred taels of gold in the eighth year of Daye, and at the same time there were nine other same five-tooth warships, these ten giant five-tooth warships were the treasures of Lin Shihong's naval army, and now they are also the treasures of Lin Zhengwei's army, Lin Zhengwei's ship is one of the five-tooth warships, and in any time of danger, it will definitely be these ten five-tooth warships that will be evacuated first, there is no doubt about it.

Zhou Meng was overjoyed in his heart, he didn't expect that the other party would let the heavy ship go first, it was simply God helping him succeed, he immediately ordered: "Ignite the fire and hit the ship!" ”

Zhou Meng has a lot of combat experience, and he knows that the best way to intercept the opponent's advance in the river is to scuttle the boat and sink itself and block the river, followed by using fire, which can also block the navigation of the opponent's ships.

The Sui army had already prepared, and the five grasshopper boats in the front were stored with a large number of fire-starters, and the soldiers set fire to their own boats and jumped into the water to swim to the shore.

The five warships in front were in flames, and although the soldiers had jumped ship, they still relied on their inertia to rush towards the opposing ships, only to hear a series of crashing sounds, and the five rapidly burning warships and the opponent's five-toothed warships collided together.

Zhou Meng shouted again: "Shipwreck! ”

More than 20 swindling boats in front of them sank one after another, the soldiers smashed through the bilge, a large amount of lake water poured in, the ships began to sink, nearly a thousand soldiers on board jumped into the water and swam to the shore, they were mainly concentrated on the south bank, but did not stay on the shore for a long time, but got on the ships behind.

The fleet was blocked in the passage and couldn't move, and Lin Zhengwei behind was so anxious that he yelled: "What's the matter, why don't you leave?" ”

At this time, a small boat came from the gap, and the soldiers on board climbed onto the big boat and reported: "Young Master Qiqi, there are Sui ships blocking the river in front, and the first few ships have also lit a fire!" ”

Lin Zhengwei was stunned, did the Sui army kill so quickly? What can I do?

He was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, but he had nothing to do, at this time, his general Tang Qian suggested: "Young master, it is impossible for the five-tooth big boat to occupy all the rivers, and there must be a spare passage next to it, so let the small boat behind go out first, and it can go out as much as it can." ”

Lin Zhengwei nodded, and he immediately ordered: "All big ships pull aside, and small boats under 500 stones go first!" ”

The order was conveyed, and the small boats behind began to sail up one after another, the Wuya big boat was about ten zhang wide, even the narrowest part of the river still had five zhang of space, so that the ships below five hundred stone could sail in formation, and one by one the small boats passed through the side of the Wuya big boat in turn, heading towards the outer lake. (To be continued.) )