Jiang Jing squinted his eyes at the dense warships on the shore, which were like a pile of garbage in the eyes of the people, and they were all priceless treasures in his eyes, more than 400 warships! If it were all his own, he could build a powerful caravan, but unfortunately......

Jiang Jing also knew the strategic resources of the Tang Army of these warships, even if Qiu Mingda had a hundred guts, he would not dare to sell them to himself, he didn't want more, ten ships were enough. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Well, these big ships aren't bad!"

"Yes, money is not a problem, but it's a pity that the Ministry of War has already registered."

Jiang Jing implicitly reminded Qiu Mingda that he must solve the matter of the Ministry of War's register, otherwise he will be in danger, Qiu Mingda laughed, what he wanted was this sentence, 'Money is not a problem', as long as you can afford it, are you afraid that there will be no way to solve the matter of making a book?

Qiu Mingda smiled: "Even the stock of grain will rot, ships!" It will also be naturally damaged if it is soaked in water all year round, and it may be accidentally burned by beggars cooking, not to mention that more than half of it needs to be repaired, and I think the loss of a few ships will not be pursued by the imperial court. ”

"And how much can I take?" Jiang Jing asked.

"If the price is right, I can come up with twenty."

Jiang Jing was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Let's go back and talk in detail!" ”

"Jiang Dongzhu, please!"

"Please!"

The two turned around and walked towards the city, as for the chaos in front of the barracks, Qiu Mingda turned a blind eye, at this time he only had money in his eyes, where would he care about the military discipline and appearance of the soldiers.

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Night fell quietly, more than a dozen small boats and two ferries slowly moved in the Yangtze River under the cover of night, quietly sailing to the dock where the warships were docked, Liu Lancheng stood on the shore and watched the distant ships, he knew that if he just wanted to destroy these warships, he didn't even need to take action himself, a small Northern Sui naval army could destroy them.

The reason why the marshal did not choose the fleet, but chose to attack by himself, was to create momentum, coerce the Tang army, create a crisis for the Tang Dynasty, and force the Jiangxia army to retreat westward, so what should he do to get the maximum coercive effect?

Liu Lancheng had a little regret about his plan, if his goal was to target the military camp in Jiangbei, maybe the effect would be better, but at this time, the arrow was wound, and he could no longer make a choice, so he had to go on according to the established plan.

"General, it's time to go!" A soldier led his horse forward and whispered a reminder to him.

Liu Lancheng nodded, he turned on his horse, whipped the war horse fiercely, and then went around in the direction of the county seat, and the three thousand cavalry behind followed him all the way, and soon disappeared into the night.

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More than a dozen small boats sailing on the Yangtze River departed from 30 miles away from Yidao County, including two ferries, a total of 17 boats, and dozens of soldiers who were proficient in water operated on the boats, led by the deputy general Zhang Li himself.

Zhang Li himself is from the navy, the water is also very strong, the year before last he led his men to burn the cargo ship docked in Zigui County, and this time he repeated the old trick to deal with more than 400 warships docked on the river, but compared with the year before last, this time they were more prepared, carrying a large amount of high-slave oil, enough to burn these warships clean.

More than 400 warships were moored densely on both sides of the wharf, because there were too many of them, the ships were close to each other, and they were chained to each other to prevent the ships from being washed away by the river.

At the time of the two watches, more than a dozen Sui ships arrived at the wharf, and during the day scouts observed the peripheral patrol ships of the Tang army, they found a loophole, the patrol ships basically did not care about the waters where they docked, because there were soldiers guarding the shore, so the patrol ships were lazy, but the shore was standing guard facing outward, guarding against beggars or thieves coming from the land.

The Sui ships quietly moved along the shore and sailed silently into the huge fleet under the cover of night.

No matter how closely lined up the more than 400 warships, they still occupy a huge area, as many as thousands of acres, and when you look down from a high place, the whole scene of stopping ships is very spectacular.

Zhang Li's experience in burning ships can be called the first in the world, he has presided over the large-scale three burning of ships, has long been handy, after the fleet sailed into the dock, basically will not be discovered by the Tang soldiers, at this time they need to choose the best position, first of all, the upwind direction, as long as the big ship burns, with the wind burning, the fire spreads very fast, followed by the shore first, at this time, in order to prevent the soldiers on the shore from dividing the ship, and then followed by all-round, the best east, west, north and south, plus the center of the shipyard, the five fire points have the fastest effect.

As for the part of the burning ship, Zhang Li prefers to start burning from the top, which is mainly to prevent soldiers from fighting fires, as long as the deck and mast catch fire, soldiers will not be able to get on the ship to fight the fire, the hull will be burned clean sooner or later, and from the bottom of the fire, the ship often sinks before it burns.

The seventeen ships were divided into five routes, and the soldiers climbed the big ship first, hoisted barrels of high slave fire oil onto the ship, splashed it all over the deck, and then lit the fire with torches, first the easternmost part of the fire appeared, and then the dozen or so large ships in the middle also began to burn.

After a while, fires also broke out in the north and south, and finally to the west, which was also the direction in which the Sui soldiers evacuated, and the small boats they carried also burned, and the soldiers jumped into the river and swam to the west.

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The patrol soldiers at the head of the city were the first to notice that the shipyard was on fire, and he immediately sounded the alarm, "Dang! While! While! "Rapid sirens sounded throughout the city.

The soldiers stationed on the dock also found out that the warship was on fire, and immediately became in a commotion, and the soldiers got up one after another to prepare to participate in the firefighting, and the generals on the dock also sent people into the city to report.

Qiu Mingda was called up by his own soldiers as soon as he fell asleep, and when he learned that the shipyard was on fire, he was immediately scared into a cold sweat, you must know that it is an extremely important strategic resource of the imperial court, although everyone is usually very disgusted, but these ships really have an accident, and the Son of Heaven is going to kill.

Qiu Mingda hurriedly put on his armor and ran towards the city gate with dozens of personal soldiers, and as soon as he arrived at the city gate, he encountered the dock soldiers who rushed to ask for help.

Qiu Mingda roared angrily: "Who set the fire? ”

"We don't know, General Zong said that maybe the weather was too dry to cause a fire, but.... But ....."

"But what?"

"General, the fire is too big for us to extinguish."

"Bastard!"

Qiu Mingda scolded loudly and ran towards the city, the city was already full of soldiers, everyone looked at the river worriedly, only to see that the river was full of burning fires, especially in the easternmost part, the flames had been connected, the smoke was billowing out, and the fire was amazing.

"General, what should I do?" Several generals asked worriedly.

They all know the importance of these warships, and if they are burned, everyone will be punished.

Qiu Mingda looked at the fire burning on the river, suddenly thought of Jiang Jing, his face suddenly turned pale, and he also saw more than a thousand soldiers helplessly splashing water on the dock to put out the fire, he suddenly gritted his teeth and ordered: "Pass my order, all the soldiers go out to fight the fire!" ”

Qiu Mingda knew in his heart that the warship was burned, and he couldn't escape the crime, even if he could escape the death penalty, he couldn't escape the living crime, but to escape the capital crime, he must also have a reason to get rid of the crime, the dry weather caused the fire was just an excuse, but his attitude was the key, even if he pretended, he had to show that he was desperate to put out the fire.

Let all the soldiers go to fight the fire, this is his attitude.

The city gate opened, and 4,000 soldiers poured out of the city gate with barrels, tubs, and brooms in the direction of the dock.

At this moment, the right side of the official road suddenly burst into flames, a cavalry rushed out into the darkness, the Tang soldiers were caught off guard, they were stabbed by the cavalry, and suddenly there was a cry, the soldiers were terrified, turned around and fled, but the other cavalry had already taken the opportunity to kill into the city, to the hundreds of Tang soldiers who had not had time to get out of the city.

Qiu Mingda was stunned for a moment, he didn't even think that it was the Sui soldiers who set the fire, it was 108,000 miles away from Hebei, how could the Sui soldiers fall from the sky.

But the scene in front of him was truly presented, and at this moment, the main general Liu Lancheng shouted, "The enemy will die!" ”

With a wave of the spear in his hand, he stabbed when he was distracted, Qiu Mingda had no weapon in his hand, only a sword, he drew his sword to resist, but was picked off by the spear, Qiu Mingda was so frightened that his soul flew away, turned around and fled, more than a dozen personal soldiers rushed up to block Liu Lancheng, Liu Lancheng picked over more than a dozen people in a row, and then saw that Qiu Mingda was already far away.

Liu Lancheng was furious and shouted: "Kill me!" ”

The night attack of the Sui army turned into a one-sided massacre, and the 5,000 Tang troops were slaughtered all over the place, and the casualties were extremely heavy, only a few hundred escaped the slaughter, and the remaining 4,000 people all died under the spears and knives of the Sui army.

The fire in the shipyard burned for three days and three nights, and when Duan Zhihong, the general on the north bank, led his army to the south bank, the Northern Sui cavalry had already retreated without a trace, and more than 400 warships were all burned down.

(To be continued.) )