When the two official ships approached the area where Gao Zhiping was ambushed, the three small sampans that had been waiting for a long time quickly crossed the hull of the ship, blocking the way of the official ships.

The official ship was sailing in the center of the river, but when it saw that the road ahead was blocked, it had to turn the rudder and change direction to avoid it.

Originally, the official ship could crash into it without any care, and even if the huge official ship hit twice as many small sampans, it would be safe and sound, as for whether the people on the three small sampans were dead or alive, what did it matter to them.

There are two reasons why the official ship chose to avoid it, one is that they don't want to make trouble, and it is no secret that someone will assassinate and intercept them on this trip, so for the commander of the first soldier and the envoy group on the official ship, it is better to have more than one thing.

Second, and most importantly, this is already the territory of the Ming Kingdom, if the official ships of the Dali State commit something here, it is equivalent to cutting off the intention of marching to Jinling Mansion, who can guarantee that the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom will not be angry with the envoy group because of this, after all, the reputation of the Ming Emperor who loves the people like a son has long been propagated in the world.

Therefore, the two official ships chose to avoid, but the five hundred armored soldiers on the two official ships waited with bows and crossbows, closely watching the sampan in front.

Not only that, but a large number of soldiers on board gathered on the port side of the ship to guard against the sudden attack of the three sampans, resulting in the official ship being slightly inclined to the port side, so that a larger part of the area on the right side of the official ship was exposed, and the defensive strength on the starboard side was weakened a lot.

And the three sampans did not stop their advance because of this, they continued to approach the official ship from three directions.

The soldiers on the officer ship became more and more nervous, staring at the three sampans without squinting. And the crossbow in his hand began to pull the strings.

In fact, it was not these three sampans that the soldiers on the official ship were nervous about, because with these three sampans alone, it was absolutely impossible to get close to within five feet of the official ship.

As long as they are within range of the crossbows on official ships. It can be said that a shot from a crossbow can completely cover it until there is not a single living creature left on the sampan.

The soldiers on the officer were nervous about the possible follow-up attack behind the three sampans.

Because no one in this world will come to die for no reason, and if you really think that someone would be stupid enough to do this, then you will definitely die sooner and faster than him.

This is a truth, a truth that is eternal and unchanging.

But at the moment, there is no time for the generals of the officers and soldiers to think. The three sampans rushed towards the official ship faster and faster, and in an instant they had already entered a distance of fifteen zhang.

The generals of the armoured soldiers of the two ships had no choice but to give the order to shoot.

At this time all worries are superfluous. It doesn't matter if it's the territory of the Ming Kingdom, how can you still have the leisure to ask what the intentions of the Ming visitors are.

Because when the three sampans were within fifteen feet, smoke was already burning on the ship.

This represents the most vicious intention of these three sampans, which is to set fire to the two official ships.

Under this form shì. The generals on the official ship could only order the attack. The premise of a qiē negotiation is that the official ship can survive, because the loser and the dead cannot negotiate with people.

The dense arrows were like a wall more than a foot thick, whizzing into the three sampans.

The estimate was correct, only three rounds of arrow fire completely covered the three sampans, and the speed of the sampan that hit it at a rapid speed was significantly slowed down, and even the boat operator above could be seen falling into the river continuously.

After another three rounds of arrows. The three sampans stopped at a distance of seven or eight feet from the official ship, and slowly circled in place. Because there are no living people on the sampan, the three sampans are like three "hedgehogs", and their volume has obviously expanded a lot.

At this time, a continuous "boom" sounded, and the three sampans had ignited before they collided, and at this time, they were completely burning.

The sampan was soaked in flammable materials with fire oil, and the three sampans were instantly burned into three fireballs.

The people on the two official ships finally let out a sigh of relief, because after the three sampans burst into flames, there were no new enemies or anomalies in their path, and the crisis seemed to have been resolved.

At this moment, two hundred assassins who were lying in ambush on the cliffs on the south bank rose up and attacked at the same time.

Locust-like arrows also whistled towards the official ship, and at this time most of the defense force on the official ship was concentrated on the port side.

People can't run as fast as arrows.

The decision of the soldiers on the port side to return to the starboard side in a split second was also the main reason for the large number of casualties.

Many of the running soldiers were hit by a dense barrage of arrows, and only then did the ship's general give the right order to take shelter on the spot.

In fact, only arrows were attacked, and no personnel attacked directly, as long as the safety of the official ships and personnel was ensured, it was the most correct choice.

But the assassins on the cliff seem to have expected such a reaction from the official ship.

The next thing they fired was no longer ordinary arrows, but rockets.

Ordinary arrows are different from rocket arrows, and rocket arrows have one more barb on them than ordinary arrows, so that once they are shot into the ship's wood, they can be firmly fixed and will not fall off lightly.

However, its sharp Cheng dù is far inferior to that of ordinary arrows.

Dense rockets with long fireworks rushed to every exposed wood on the starboard side of the official ship, and instantly nailed it firmly, and the linen strips soaked in fire oil wrapped the arrow shaft, burning non-stop, slowly igniting the starboard side of the official ship.

The official ship caught fire, causing the soldiers and members of the envoy group who had been calm to fall into a panic.

The soldiers got up from their hiding places to put out the fire at the shouts of the generals, but at this time, the arrows fired from the cliff again killed again.

This made Gao Zhiping, who was hiding in the shadows, cry out in his heart for pity.

If at this time, hundreds of more people were sent to attack the official ship by boat, then victory was in sight.

But Gao Zhiping arranged the real ambush in Rongzhou, and there were no extra personnel around him.

Gao Zhiping could only cry out in his heart for pity.

The fire on the two official ships grew stronger and stronger, and the soldiers on them could not get close to the starboard side under the pressure of the crossbowmen on the cliffs, and the crossbowmen on the official ships could not return fire at the enemy on the cliffs.

There is a world of difference between shooting from the top and shooting from the bottom up.

The bows and crossbows on the ships could not reach the enemies on the cliffs.

Seeing that they were in a disadvantageous position of being passively beaten, the generals on the official ship could only choose to retreat.

Duck back in the direction of the three sampans that are still burning, as a way to dodge enemy arrows on the cliffs.

As long as the ship was moved a few feet to the left, the arrows on the cliff could not suppress the ship due to their range, so that after extinguishing the fire, the armor on the ship could reorganize the counterattack against the enemy.

This decision is undoubtedly the most correct, and the preservation of the official ship is the key to victory. (To be continued......)