Chapter 724: Fire Attack
The Yellow River is full of waves.
Pei Yong stood on the pontoon, his feet were a little trembling, he was from Hedong Wenxi, from Hedong Pei's family. If you trace the genealogy, you can also climb relatives with Pei Lian, the chief of the dynasty, and Pei Ju, the Qing of Zhao Guohonglu Temple.
However, when Pei Yong's grandfather arrived, he was appointed to Hanoi, and he moved less with the people of the clan, but he became estranged.
This time, the government army was selected, and the Tang army mobilized on a large scale in Hedong, and selected troops from the government households with three or five dings. As a strong sect that has always had children to serve as the household, Pei was among the selections. Therefore, Pei Yong, who is only 16 years old this year, volunteered to let two family brothers take care of his wife and children at home, honor his parents, and bring two domestic slaves to join the army.
Captain Zhichong of the government army saw Pei Yong and liked his filial piety, coupled with his father's official system, so he named him the team.
Now Pei Yong is wearing a military uniform, holding a bow and arrows, standing on the pontoon bridge, and his left and right are this group of Tang soldiers, they raised their bows, and their faces were full of nervousness towards the Zhao fleet that was advancing downstream.
"That's unwise!" Pei Yong whispered.
The servant on the side listened and asked, "Why did the young master say that?" ”
Pei Yong pointed to the sandbar in the river, near the river floating city, and said: "If you can resist the Zhao army, it is enough to rely on these floating cities, if the Zhao army warships even break through the floating city, and approach the pontoon bridge, what can we do with thousands of men and horses gathered on the pontoon bridge?" On the contrary, the pontoon bridge is narrow, and thousands of people and horses cannot advance or retreat on the bridge, which will cause chaos. ”
Pei Yong said this, and the house slave nodded.
At this time, the Zhao warships had already lowered their sails one after another, and they were approaching the pontoon bridge. Three Zhao Junlou ships. Five Zhao ships approached the lower end of the pontoon.
Several Tang warships in front of them wanted to step forward to block them. Immediately, he was beaten to pieces by the ballistas and throwing stones on Zhao Junlou's ship. Sinking in the rapids of the Yellow River. When Pei Yong saw the soldiers, he immediately approached the Zhao warship, but he didn't do it, and sank into the turbulent Yellow River.
"Ready!"
Pei Yong roared, and his pontoon soldiers all lit their torches with arrows, and then shot at the approaching Zhao warship. The Tang army was good at shooting, and his soldiers had a bow.
Thousands of arrows pierced the air and swept away, the sound of the wind blowing through the trees on the surface of the river, and the sound of soldiers screaming in pain from time to time on the Zhao army's warship.
"Good shot!"
Pei Yong's voice fell, but he saw that the Zhao army battleship in front of him was slowly turning around on the river. Parallel the side of the ship longitudinally with the pontoon. The ballistas of Zhao Jun on the side of the ship are eye-catching.
The ballista had a range of more than 150 paces, but Zhao Jun brought the battleship close to the pontoon bridge only fifty paces away.
But seeing that the hull of the ship was slowly rotating in the center of the river, the soldiers of Zhao on the left and right of the ballista were also adjusting the direction of the ballista up and down, left and right. But the Tang troops who were pointed at by the ballistas were all pale and bloodless. They struggled to grasp the wooden shield in their hands, as if it were a life-saving straw.
Clang!
Suddenly, there was a sound of a wooden mallet hitting the battleship of the Zhao army. Driven by this huge force, even the huge Zhao Junlou ship. It also shook from side to side on the surface of the river.
Pei Yong's legs were weak, and he didn't care about his face, so the moment he shot the ballista, he lay down on the pontoon.
The ballista on the bow of the ship shoots arrows. In one go, it pierced the pontoon bridge and blew up countless sawdust. The Tang soldiers attached to the pontoon bridge, several of them could not stabilize their bodies. Under the whips, he fell into the river. And more Tang soldiers were also lying on the river bridge like Pei Yong. I didn't dare to stand up straight at all.
Boom!
Boom!
The ballistas on Zhao Junlou's ship fired a salvo, and several stones were thrown from the bow. Far and near smashed on both sides of the pontoon, splashing countless splashes. Fortunately, Zhao Jun's stone thrower does not seem to have a high hit rate, and if one hits the pontoon, the damage caused must be greater than that of the pontoon.
Pei Yong's uniforms were soaked, and he knew that if this continued, even if there was a pontoon bridge with iron cables, it would not break, but the Tang soldiers on the pontoon bridge on their bodies could not save their lives.
"No, go on like this." Pei Yong strode up and ran towards Zhongtan City, where there was the protection of the city and the cover of the floating city on the river.
As for the Tang Army's sailors, looking at the riverboats that were sunk by the Zhao Army for 6 consecutive periods on the river, Pei Yong had no illusions at the moment. In fact, it was not only Pei Yong alone, the Tang sergeant on the pontoon bridge saw that all the artillery arrows on the Zhao army's battleship were smashed towards the pontoon, and he had already made preparations to abandon the pontoon bridge, and immediately fled on the pontoon bridge to the floating city in the river.
But Pei Yong knew that these soldiers were not the worst, the worst was the Tang army that stayed on the south bank of the Yellow River and had not had time to retreat to the pontoon bridge.
Don't leave us behind!
On the south bank, who had attacked the southern city of Heyang, the Tang soldiers shouted desperately, and they swam across the river to escape to the pontoon bridge. The wounded soldiers could only watch when they could not move, and the other soldiers who could move all rushed to the pontoon bridge.
Coming from the south bank, the Zhao warships had already sent small boats to approach the pontoon bridge, and they were on the Yellow River to intercept these Tang soldiers who were about to escape back to the pontoon bridge. But seeing that Zhao Jun's boat was rampage, many Tang soldiers floating in the river were directly knocked unconscious by the boat and sank to the bottom.
And the soldier Zhao on the side of the boat took a spear and forked it into the water, this scene was like a fisherman holding a spear fishing.
The way back to retreat was completely cut off, and there were nearly 1,000 Tang troops left on the south bank, and now that the pontoon bridge was blown up, they could only watch their soldiers go back from the pontoon bridge, and they, as the abandoned party, stayed alone on the south bank.
On a building boat, You Ying stood tall on the boat, holding a shield in one hand and a horizontal knife in the other, standing tightly beside the captain.
You Ying looked at the water of the Yellow River and remembered that she and her father were here to rescue a woman who didn't know anyone from a small boat to her own boat. He still doesn't know who this woman is, but he knows that when he sees this woman, he won't fall in love with a second woman in his life.
Dad saw his thoughts and told him that even if his old You family caught fish for another five hundred years, he would never think that he would be able to marry this girl. Even if you are refused, you are not qualified to mention a parent. You Ying listened to him and understood that this girl was like a fairy in the sky in his heart. How could he have such a blasphemous mind?
But You Ying said to his father, I don't fish anymore. I'm going to join the army in the future.
The father was very angry when he heard this, saying that he was the only son in the You family, how could he let him join the army. You Ying insisted on refusing, he was not willing to fish on the Yellow River all day long, he wanted to see the world, at least if there was a chance to see this girl again, he could sue her, her surname was You, and her single name was Ying. That's all.
So You Ying, like many men who dream of being a woman, wants to join the army.
In the last battle with the Tang army on the Yellow River, he made meritorious service and was promoted to the head of the Zhao army. And now he has been promoted to lieutenant general, serving around the captain all day. The last time he engaged the Tang army, he jumped on the Tang army's warship and captured three Tang warships.
But this captain is very skilled. But he is not good at boating, and You Ying was born in the Yellow River and grew up on the Yellow River, so boating is commonplace for him. Moreover, no one in the Zhao army knows the water situation of the Yellow River better than him.
Therefore, the ship's general promoted him to deputy general, and was responsible for everything on the ship except for fighting. The captain said that if he had won military merit in this battle, he would recount the merit for him.
You Ying's face was resolute. At present, the surface of the Yellow River under the southern city of Heyang is already red, and the corpses of countless Tang soldiers are floating on the river. With the waves rushing down. So far, the southern city of Heyang has been saved, but the pontoon bridge of the Tang army has not been destroyed, as long as the pontoon bridge of the Tang army has not been burned, they can still cross the river continuously and attack the southern city.
You Ying's eyes were fixed on the floating city on the sandbar in the river, if you want to break the Tang army, you must occupy the sandbar in the river, and if you want to occupy the sandbar in the river, you must break through these floating cities on the water. The floating city on the water is attached to the Shazhou in the river, which seems to be a bit difficult to do.
But the ship's commander is confident.
"Let's break through the Tang Army pontoon bridge first and rush upstream!"
You Ying listened to the command of the ship general, and when he was busy, he had to speed up if he wanted to break through the Tang army's blockade. You Ying immediately ordered the soldiers on the side of the ship to cut down the cables that hung the Taiping baskets on both sides of the ship. The Taiping basket loaded with the stone of the ship was smashed into the water of the Yellow River from both sides of the ship's side, and there were several loud bangs. After missing the Taiping basket, the degree of the battleship suddenly became a little faster.
You Ying personally steered behind the ship, raised half a sail again, ate the wind and moved forward, and rushed straight to the Tang Army pontoon bridge over several ships at once.
The Tang Army's pontoon bridge was already beaten to pieces under the salvo of the ballista guns of the battleships of the Zhao Army. The two big iron oxen on both sides of the fixed pontoon bridge were overturned by the Zhao soldiers who killed them on the shore, and even the iron cables were cut by the Zhao soldiers.
As the battleship approached, the impact angle at the front end effortlessly broke through the pontoon bridge and rushed upstream of the pontoon.
Seeing this scene, the boat general couldn't help shouting excitedly, and boasted to You Ying: "Good brother, good job, don't stop for me!" ”
You Ying was very happy to hear the general's praise, and continued to drive the boat upstream, and more than a dozen Zhao warships behind him also did the same, breaking the pontoon bridge and going upstream.
"Get me the good stuff out of the cabin!"
The ship's sailors all went into the cabin and took out the barrels that looked like sealed oil drums and put them on deck.
"Give me a tap!" The boat will say loudly.
"The brothers all went to the firewood boat and lit the boat for Lao Tzu!" The ship will give a shout.
"Why?" Everyone was puzzled.
"Tell Lao Tzu, don't be verbose, I'll let you watch a good show."
You Ying heard that the boat was going to be set on fire, and he was very reluctant in his heart, but he also knew that the fire boat would be used to attack the river with fire. The general told himself that during the Battle of Chibi that year, the Sun-Liu coalition army also defeated the powerful Cao army with fire.
So You Ying personally lit the fire on the ship and returned the ship to the downstream. With no one at the helm, the battleship staggered downstream.
When the battleship rushed to the floating city of the Tang Army, there was a sudden violent impact, followed by an earth-shattering loud bang!
Rumble!
The surface of the river suddenly turned into a sea of fire. (To be continued......)
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