CHAPTER XXXIX

The wave of attacks arranged by Gao Zhiping was eighteen sampans, each of which deployed twelve crossbowmen and eight boat operators, and the speed was very fast, so fast that only two rounds of arrows were fired by the soldiers on the official ship, and it was already close to within ten feet of the official ship.

And at this time, the crossbowmen on the sampan began to shoot.

In terms of numbers and equipment alone, the soldiers on the official ship must have an advantage, but on the battlefield they are not judged by this, and the soldiers on the official ship need to disperse to both sides of the official ship to block the eighteen sampans that come from all directions.

In terms of a single defensive area, the officer ships are at a relative disadvantage.

And each sampan only needs to face one direction, which undoubtedly occupies a relative advantage.

Just like wars between countries, it is difficult for a large country to deal with the simultaneous attack of several small countries.

In addition, the large hull of the official ship and the small sampan make it difficult for the crossbowmen on the official ship to hit the sampan in the night, and the crossbowmen on the sampan can always shoot the official ship without even aiming, as long as the direction is correct.

As a result, the official ship was attacked by rockets twice in one day, and finally burst into flames.

And with the fire, all the defenses became like paper, and they were broken with a single stab.

The soldiers on the ship could not hold on because of the burning fire, and they jumped into the water to flee for their lives.

These literati of the poor envoy group, considering their identity, were unwilling to learn from the soldier wolf bèi to jump into the water and escape, so they could only secretly grit their teeth and wait for themselves to bury the "princess".

Indeed, these ordinary soldiers can be said to have nothing to do as long as one person is fed, the whole family is not hungry, and they can escape for their lives. And these high-ranking officials, if someone really leaves the "princess" and escapes for their lives, let's not talk about whether they can escape. Even if he really escapes, then his family in Dali Mansion will probably die a miserable death.

The fire is getting bigger and bigger, at this critical moment.

The Ming guards who followed arrived in a hurry, but the Ming guards were only sixty-three people, and one wooden boat could not effectively block the eighteen sampans.

The shape shì was very bad, and the Ming State guards were under the orders of the captain who led the team. Quickly approached the official ship.

Although it encountered the combined force of the three sampans in front of it, the wooden boat guarded by the Ming Kingdom was obviously also a small boat, and it was not inferior in maneuverability. Coupled with the fact that the night and the grenade throwing explosion caused the river to cover the high zhang, it was difficult for the crossbowmen on the sampan to effectively inflict damage on the Ming guards from ten zhang away.

The ships of both sides approached rapidly, and at this time, the grenades of the Ming guards were clearly more effective than the bows and crossbow arrows.

Fragments and shock waves provoked by the explosion of a grenade. Not only is it lethal to the sampan and the people on board. It also makes it difficult for crossbowmen on the sampan to aim.

It was too late, it was fast, and there was no chance for the sampan to react, so the ship of the Ming State escort broke through the resistance of the three sampans and quickly approached the official ship, and these three blocking sampans, when they passed by the Ming ship, were thrown into the ship by the Ming State guards A few grenades were thrown into the boat.

In an instant, the bottom of the ship was blown up. It swung on the river for a while, spun and sank to the bottom of the river.

On the side of the official ship. Blood spills poured out one by one, and the water ghosts on both sides of the ship were still fighting to the death, but the water ghosts of the assassination team had obviously been dragged by the water ghosts on the official ship and could no longer continue to cause damage to the official ship.

When the ship of the Ming State escort approached the official ship, it was discovered by the sampan on the side and the other side.

But at this time, the sampan on the other side of the official ship wanted to turn around and attack the Ming ship, but it was too late, only the sampan on the same side as the Ming ship began to turn and attack the Ming ship.

They turned, but the crossbow arrows were already rapidly shooting towards the Ming ship.

Fortunately, the night was dark, and the Ming ships were not as large as the official ships, and the arrows were not very effective in suppressing the Ming ships.

But with the turn of these six sampans, the six directions are advancing towards the Ming ship.

As long as the distance is close, there is still only one ending for the Ming ship, that is, it sinks.

Now the most suitable way is to take the princess on the official ship, and then quickly break through in one direction before these six sampans form a circle, so that there can be a glimmer of life.

The Ming guards quickly sent people on board the ship and prepared to leave with the "princess".

For the dozens of people in the envoy group on the official ship, this Ming ship was their only hope of escape, so the moment the three escorts boarded the ship to identify themselves, the welcome they received was quite warm.

If it was said that in the first rescue of the official ship in Si'e Prefecture, the envoy group still had doubts about the identity of the Ming State guards, then this time, everyone on the official ship had reached the moment of life and death, and no one doubted the identity of the Ming State guards, even the generals of the armor soldiers were convinced.

But when the guards of the Ming Kingdom said very cruelly at the first time that they could only take away the "princess" alone, these members of the envoy group who had just ignited hope for life in their hearts collapsed instantly.

There are those who cry bitterly, there are those who stand still, there are those who scream hysterically, and several people rush towards the Ming State guards, tearing and venting.

At this time, the general of the armor soldier who was ordered by Duan Sicong quickly ordered, ordering the soldiers to immediately take down these members of the envoy group, and after killing them on the spot, the scene immediately became cold.

The surname of the general commander of the first soldier is the name of the duan.

This is not his original name, he was an orphan when he was a child.

In 936, when Duan Siping raised troops to seize the power of the Yang clan in Nanzhao, he picked up the outcast on the march.

Duan Siping raised him all the time, which was the usual way of cultivating cronies by wealthy ministers at that time.

In 959, the aborigines of Baiya and Rudian rebelled, and Duan Chongyi made great contributions to quelling the rebellion, and was given the surname Duan by Duan Siping, and named it Chongyi.

The only thing Duan Chongyi has to do in this life is two words, die on behalf of him.

One of the Dai Duan clan died.

This was the only way in his heart to repay Duan.

Therefore, when this moment really came, he decisively chose to stay behind the broken queen, he knew that if no one broke the queen, the sampan copied from the four breads was very likely to "swallow up" the wooden boat of the Ming Kingdom in a short time.

The light of the fire lit by the official ship at night illuminated the distance of five or six zhang in a radius.

Duan Chongyi could clearly see that the sampan was approaching rapidly.

After killing the members of the envoy group who were making trouble on the spot, Duan Chongyi ordered the soldiers to invite out the "princess" and hand it over to the three Ming guards.

Duan Susu was already riding a tiger, and at this moment, she was no longer panicked in her heart, but worried about the lives of the envoy group and Duan Chongyi.

Duan Chongyi approached Duan Susu and explained a few words softly, and after that, Xiang Mingguo's guards only said one sentence: "Let me break through to the north to attract the enemy, and you wait to break through to the south." ”

The Ming State guard nodded slightly, and then escorted the princess to the Ming Kingdom ship. (To be continued......)