On Lianshan Island, the crazy Zhong Xiang drove more than 10,000 sailors to land and fight, Zheng Zhiqiang had less than 3,000 soldiers who could really fight, and the rest were some craftsmen, these people were skilled in making trebuchets and other equipment from a distance, but if they really wanted to engage in close combat, it would not work. The Bozhou Marines, who had opened up a long formation of skirmishers, avoided the trebuchet attack as much as possible, and finally attacked the first circular defensive line at noon.

Zheng Zhiqiang immediately ordered the destruction of the trebuchets in this area, and then withdrew these people to the rear, and each of them was distributed weapons to be used as reserves, if Zheng Zhiyuan's fleet did not arrive, then sooner or later they would all go to the front line of hand-to-hand combat.

The entire line of defense was pushed back about a hundred meters, and the ring line was a little smaller, but tighter and stronger. Retreating further, the body is already on the peak, on the other side of the peak, there is a steep mountain wall, and the Fuzhou Navy Division did not leave the slightest way for himself to retreat.

Zhong Xiang's reckless attack broke through in the evening, and the second line of defense was broken again, and Zheng Zhiqiang was forced to retreat to the top of the mountain, where there was their last rest, two bastions that were horns of each other. By this time, the marines had been reduced to less than 1,000 men, and the craftsmen finally put on their armor, raised their spears and crossbows, and walked up to the walls of the fortress, which would be the place of their last fight.

Standing on the top of the fortress, Zheng Zhiqiang looked at the boundless sea, big brother, where are you?

The peak is not so easy to capture, because of the terrain limitations, Zhong Xiang can not launch too many attack teams at a time, and can only send two to three hundred people to attack each time, and in the face of this kind of intense attack, the fortress can easily deal with it, and it will not pay too much price.

After attacking for more than half an hour, Zhong Xiang finally realized that Dingzhou's world-beating fortress offensive and defensive tactics had indeed been applied perfectly, and after another defeat, Zhong Xiang stopped this useless refueling tactic. Standing in front of the fortress, Zhong Xiang pondered for a moment, looking at the mountains of trees, he finally paid attention.

Zhong Xiang stopped the attack, Zheng Zhiqiang rarely gained a little respite, while seizing the time to recover his strength, but he did not stop sending a few soldiers with loud voices to stand on the top of the fortress, laughing and scolding Zhong Xiang, until the eighteen generations of the other party's ancestors were turned out, and they were counted all over again. Zheng Zhiqiang hopes to make Zhong Xiang angry and angry, and send troops to attack again, slowly consuming the opponent's strength, as long as the opponent is firmly pressed to the shore before the eldest brother returns.

Some trebuchets were brought up and lined up in front of the fortress, which was the part that Zheng Zhiqiang did not have time to destroy, but Zheng Zhiqiang did not care, the design of the fortress can effectively protect the stone bullets of the trebuchet.

But to Zheng Zhiqiang's surprise, the opposite trebuchet was not thrown on the stone bullets, but bundles of firewood, thick wood, watching these things pile up higher and higher under the two fortresses, Zheng Zhiqiang suddenly understood what the other party wanted to do, his face couldn't help but turn white, the dog said, he wants to set fire to us.

Zhong Xiang looked at the piles of wood branches and leaves, and said with a cruel smile: "Don't be afraid of your turtle shells, I will roast you into roast suckling pigs one by one today." ”

Rockets were fired at the branches that had reached the top of the forts, and after a few breaths, a fire burst into flames, filled with puffs of smoke, and swept towards the two forts with the sea breeze.

"Quick, wet the water with a cloth and cover your mouth and nose!" Zheng Zhiqiang shouted. Although the fire could not be burned in the fortress for a while, the smoke was even more unbearable.

The fire grew stronger and stronger, and gradually, the fire overshadowed the billowing smoke, and the outer walls of the fortress were faintly red, and at this time, the heat inside the fort was unbearable, and the stone walls several feet thick did not dare to lean against them, and once the bare muscles touched the stone walls, they would immediately make a snorting sound, and the smell of burnt flesh wafted in the fortress.

More and more soldiers fell, they were either accidentally burned against the wall, or choked by the billowing smoke, seeing the trebuchet on the opposite side throwing new wood into the fire, Zheng Zhiqiang was desperate, at this time, he was almost out of strength, if it wasn't for the fire that also blocked Zhong Xiang's attacking team, it only took a small group of soldiers to rush in, and the people in the fortress could be killed.

A smile finally appeared on Zhong Xiang's face, victory was close at hand. These hateful Fuzhou soldiers, after catching them, will hang them upside down on the top of the mast and light their sky lanterns.

"Boss, look at the sea!" Proudly, Zhong Xiang heard the voice of a personal soldier beside him tremble, glanced at him dissatisfiedly, turned his head to look at the sea, this look, the blood in his whole body almost coagulated, although the fire on the top of the mountain was raging, but Zhong Xiang still seemed to fall out of the ice cellar, and his whole body trembled.

On the sea, dozens of ships came by the wind, the open sails were blown by the wind, just a cursory look, this fleet has four or five large ships of 5,000 materials, and the other ships are even more difficult to count, they are overwhelmingly rushing towards Lianshan Island, on the mast, the Dingzhou military flag fluttering high shows the identity of the comer.

"Retreat, retreat to the ship!" Zhong Xiang roared hoarsely, and the Bozhou sailors, who were constantly cutting down trees and adding bricks to the fire, spread their feet and ran towards the sea.

The sailors who stayed on the boat did not need Zhong Xiang's orders, they raised their sails in a panic and lifted the iron anchor, but what made them panic was that most of the sailors were still stranded on the peak, and there was still a short distance from the sea, and judging by the speed of the opponent's ships, even if they returned to the ship in time, it would be too late to go to sea to meet them.

Zheng Zhiyuan looked at the peak of Lianshan Island, where the smoke was billowing and the fire was raging, and he was also anxious in his heart, could it be that Lianshan Island had been lost, and kept telling the sailors to speed up, and speed up again.

Zhong Xiang and his sailors finally ran back to the dock out of breath and returned to their boats, but the tragedy was that the Fuzhou sailors also happened to arrive at this time, and the docks were already directly under their attack, and before they had time to turn the bow, the boats of the Bozhou sailors who were densely packed on the docks were immediately on the live target.

"Rush out, rush out!" Zhong Xiang's eyes were blood-red and he yelled. The 5,000-strong ship he was on sped up, and after knocking over several of his own small boats on the side, finally rushed out of the narrow dock in the rain of arrows, stone cannons, and lit grease bottles on the sea.

The Fuzhou Navy Division immediately dispatched a 5,000-material battleship and three 3,000-material battleships to besiege it.

As night fell, countless torches lit on the ship of the Fuzhou Naval Division, and on the pier, the burning ships reflected the pier brightly, wailing, screaming, endlessly, and the general trend of the Bozhou Naval Division had gone.

Two hours later, the scarred Zhong Xiangzao ship broke through with difficulty, and behind him, several ships were in pursuit, and at this time, the other ships of the Bozhou Navy Division had basically lost their combat effectiveness. More and more sailors did not want to stay on the boat and be beaten alive, but it was difficult to fight back, so they simply stopped the boat on the shore, but the people ran to the shore, threw away their weapons, held their heads in their hands, squatted on the ground, and surrendered.

The battle was over, Zheng Zhiyuan stepped on the ground with both feet, too late to be happy, and immediately ran quickly towards the peak of Lianshan Island, just ran halfway up the mountain, he saw a mess, a team of soldiers with scorched faces, only showing two bones and rolling eyes, supported each other, and walked down from the mountain step by step, in front of them, it was his worried little brother, Zheng Zhiqiang.

Seeing the eldest brother, Zheng Zhiqiang, who had just turned around in front of the Hades Hall and ran back, ran over quickly, hugged each other violently, and two lines of tears rushed out of two white marks on his face.

The boy doesn't flick when he has tears, but it's not time to be sad.

Lianshan Island became a sea of joy on this night, although the Marine Corps suffered heavy casualties, but in terms of the whole battle situation, it was a huge victory, one of the three major naval divisions in the south, the Bozhou Naval Division, after this battle, has been in name only, no longer poses the slightest threat to the Fuzhou Naval Division, seeing the soldiers who are busy cleaning up the docks, inspecting the loot, and salvaging the sunken ship, Zheng Zhiyuan's face can no longer hide his joy.

"Report the victory to General Manager Zheng, report the victory to the marshal, the advance team of the Fuzhou Navy Division has completely annihilated the Bozhou Navy Division, except for Zhong Xiang's escape, since Zhong Li and below, the 20,000 Fuzhou Navy Divisions have disappeared."

When the good news reached Dingzhou, Li Qing was entertaining his current ally, Xiao Weiran, the younger brother of Xiao Haoran from the Xiao family of the Luoyang Imperial Court.

Xiao Weiran came to Xingshi to ask for guilt.

Tian Feng was escorted all the way to Dingzhou by Zhong Jing and others, and was warmly welcomed by Li Qing, and when Li Qing met Tian Feng, he immediately wrote a letter to Xiao Haoran and asked him for Tian Feng's family.

Xiao Haoran is heartbroken about the great changes in Qinzhou, he absolutely does not believe that Tian Feng has rebelled, but he must not tolerate the other party killing his grandson, if Tian Feng can surrender, maybe he can spare Tian Feng's dog's life, and only take the Tian Xinyu who killed Tianci, but Tian Feng's escape made him furious, what this veteran did was extremely fatal to the morale of Qinzhou's soldiers, and Li Qing's letter added fuel to the fire. Xiao Weiran came here for only one purpose, that is, to ask Li Qing for Tian Feng and escort Tian Feng back to Luoyang.

Li Qing entertained Xiao Weiran with a smile, but he was noncommittal to the other party's request. Tian Feng is Statistical Survey Department worked hard, and did not hesitate to expose the branch in Qinzhou to get people out, how could it be easily handed over to the opponent, and thousands of troops are easy to obtain, and it is difficult to find a general, like Tian Feng, who is both wise and brave, and since Tian Xinyu and other brave and unparalleled guys have fallen into their own hands, it makes sense to return them.

"Lord Xiao, Tian Feng trusts Li, and he has come thousands of miles to vote, how can I be untrustworthy and unrighteous, and hand him over to you, this is absolutely impossible, but I also know that Xiao Guogong is very distressed about his grandson's violent death, for this, I am very sorry, so, in order to make up for your losses, we in Dingzhou are willing to pay a certain price for Tian Feng's life."

Xiao Weiran's face was very ugly, although before he came, this result was expected, but now that Li Qing said it to his face, he still felt unacceptable.

"Li Dashuai, Tian Feng is our rebel general, but you accepted him, Dashuai, which makes us feel very unacceptable, Dashuai, what price can you bear to make up for our losses?" Xiao Weiran said with a calm face.

(To be continued)