'Woo! ~Woo! ~Woo! ~'Three shrill whistles sounded from the boat on Niulanshan. After a while, seeing that Niu Jingui's ship did not react at all, Niulanshan's ship once again signaled with three whistles.

"Humph! I still want to command Lao Tzu! Niu Jingui scolded in a low voice. At this time, the two ships were already approaching the pontoon bridge being laid by the Kipchak Khanate, and this signal meant to overtake the ship in the Yuan State's "Regulations on Shipping Signals". Niulanshan issued such a signal at this time, naturally to tell Niu Jingui that Niulanshan's boat was going to enter the middle of the river and directly hit the middle part of the river on the pontoon.

After such a voyage like you chasing me, Niu Jingui no longer doubts the determination of Niulanshan. At this time, Niu Jingui no longer wanted to scold the old enemy Niulanshan, the boats on the Dnieper River collided with each other, whether intentionally or not, Niu Jingui, as the leader of the fleet, already had a lot of experience. Using a boat to directly ram the pontoon, Niu Jingui was also the first time in his life. He didn't know what it would be like to crash into the end, if Bullpen Mountain was willing to hit the head...... It seems to be good.

Riding in the saddle and turning the steering wheel, Niu Jingui's boat deviated slightly to the left of the river, completely relinquishing its position in the middle of the river. After a while, the boat of Niulanshan cut into the central course of the river, and then adjusted back to the straight course.

"Good boy! Boss, they're coming for real! The sailor who was guarding against arrows with a wooden plank couldn't help but shout to Niu Jingui.

Niu Jingui didn't speak, even if he had to be careful at the helm, he almost couldn't take his eyes off how Niulanshan controlled the ship. A little more than a hundred meters ahead is the Mongolian pontoon bridge. At this time, Niu Jingui also felt that he was a little weak in his heart.

After adjusting the direction of the boat in Niulanshan, it rushed straight up. Niu Jingui suddenly smelled a smell of burnt things. When I turned my head, I saw that many new arrows had been inserted into the hedgehog-like deck. Each arrow was wound with incendiary material behind its arrows, and the smell of burnt food came from those that were burning.

It was not only the deck that was hit by the arrow, but also the sail that had been put away was inserted into the arrow. Looking at the rockets that continue to stubbornly burn, it is only a matter of time before the sails catch fire.

"Your mother!" Niu Jingui scolded angrily. But he couldn't help it, as long as he broke away from the defenses supported by the planks of the few crew members on the left, who were not afraid of life and death, he would be exposed to the rain of arrows of the Mongol army. At this time, I can only watch dryly, praying that the fire will burn later.

The Mongol army on the shore at this time fully understood that the purpose of the two Yuan ships rushing down was not to surrender, but to destroy the pontoon bridge. They switched to rockets and fired at the two ships. Turning his head to look at the boat on Niulanshan, he saw that his boat was only more than sixty meters away from the pontoon, and after a while, it was fifty, forty, thirty, and twenty meters.

The Mongol soldiers who were rowing small boats saw the big boat rushing towards them, and some of them rowed desperately, trying to break away from the front of the bow. Some of them couldn't get out of it, so they simply jumped out of the boat and tried to escape the disaster by swimming. With the sound of wood breaking, the boat of Niulanshan finally crashed into the pontoon.

The sheepskin raft is tightly sewn from the whole sheepskin that has been peeled off, and the person blows it inside, and the air vents at the four legs of the lamb are tied to form a hollow sheepskin ball. Place these balls under planks to provide buoyancy to the boat. After the big ship collided with it, I saw that the sheepskin ball at the impact part was either instantly squeezed or flew around under the impact and pressure. Hearing the sound of those wood breaking, Niu Jingui was overjoyed. Having had so much experience in loading, he knew that although the big ship was damaged, it was not fatally wounded. The front of his ship's bow was reinforced with iron sheets, and it was unlikely that he would suffer any serious injuries.

Less than half a minute after the boat on Niulanshan hit the pontoon, there was a sound of gold and iron coming from the lower bow of Niu Jingui's boat, and the iron sheet obviously played a role in preventing the wood from stabbing the hull.

When I looked up again, I saw that the paddle wheel on the left side of the boat on Niulanshan in front of me seemed to be grabbed by something and fell off violently. Before Niu Jingui could figure it out, his boat suddenly shook as there was a screeching sound from the bottom of the boat. There was a crackling sound of wood crackling and breaking at the paddle wheel.

The sound is familiar, as is the case in the event of a ship crash on the Dnieper River and when the paddle wheel is damaged. Then Niu Jingui saw a long thing dragged up behind the boat in Niulanshan, and when he looked at it, it turned out to be a long iron chain.

"Fuck you!" Niu Jingui scolded. Before the scolding fell, with the crackling sound, Niu Jingui's boat shook violently, and the speed of the ship decreased rapidly.

Turning his head to look at his boat, he saw two paddle wheels that were still struggling to turn with thick iron chains. At this time, Niu Jingui finally understood that the Mongols first put iron chains in the river, tied sheepskin balls to iron chains, and laid wooden planks and other things on the iron chains. At this time, the two paddle wheels, which were tightly wound by iron chains, let out a terrible mournful cry and stopped completely. The river was still trying to push the boat, but the iron chain that was entangled in the paddle wheel was not broken, and Niu Jingui's boat was stopped in the river by the iron chain.

Knock knock! Knock knock! The Mongol rockets continued to shoot at Niu Jingui's ship. The boat stopped, and the angry scolding of the Mongols on the shore became clearly audible. All the angry scolding was left with only one "Kill them!" "Kill them!"

"Boss! The Mongols' boat is coming! ”

"A lot of ships are coming! Ah~~" With a scream, a sailor covered his face and ducked back behind the plank. The anti-stampede was seen through the crack in the plank, and was cut in the face by one of the dense arrows. Even if he pressed his hand on his face, blood gushed out from his fingers.

Niu Jingui only felt that his heart was beating faster and his face was swollen violently, but he couldn't think of a way. The ship loses power and is immobilized again, and this is a dead end. At this moment, another sailor shouted: "The ship of Niulanshan has returned!" Top dog! The ship of Niulanshan seems to be back! ”

Turn your head to look. I saw that although the boat in Niulanshan lost one paddle wheel, the other paddle wheel stirred up a lot of water and pushed the boat to reverse and come back, as if it wanted to drive back to get close to Niu Jingui's boat. Niu Jingui didn't expect his sworn enemy to be like this, and he didn't know what to say. However, after a moment, Niu Jingui retracted his gaze, and the sails of his ship were finally ignited by the many rockets inserted into it, and there were also fires on the deck where the cables were stacked.

Looking further into the surrounding waters, many small Mongolian boats were approaching. The Mongols on the ships were wielding weapons, all of them looking fierce. If the crew jumped into the water to escape, they would not have escaped the pursuit of these small boats. Looking at the ships on Niulanshan again, I saw that the route they took was indeed the direction of Niu Jingui's ships. Niu Jingui shouted to the crew who were struggling to hold on to the planks: "Get off deck, wait for the ship from Niulanshan to come, and then get on their ship." With that, he jumped out of the saddle of his helm and held on to two planks.

The rest of the crew let go of the planks that blocked the arrows and scrambled to the entrance to the lower deck. When they went down, Niu Jingui held the plank and retreated step by step, and the plank tilted down in the direction he was moving, barely blocking the rain of arrows that came from him. When Niu Jingui jumped into the entrance, two wooden planks were just covered at the entrance.

In the cabin below deck, all a dozen crew members gathered on and off the ship, and if they faced tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry on land, they would be trampled into powder by horses' hooves in a few seconds. Now these people did not realize that they had really delayed the attack of tens of thousands of Mongols, they were just anxious and did not know what to do next.

"Boss, what should I do?" Seeing Niu Jingui coming down, someone immediately rushed up and asked.

"You look for something that can protect you, and when the Bullpen Mountain comes over, let's go to the deck and get on their boat." Niu Jingui shouted.

The crew seemed to understand it, but they also began to run around looking for something. The first mate was still carrying an iron pot in his hand, so he directly lifted his clothes and wanted to stuff the iron pot into the clothes on his chest.

"You have a fart in the front and a fart in the back!" Niu Jingui scolded as he rushed into the hammock cabin and carried a thick quilt on his shoulder.

Just after being in a panic for a while, I heard a faint scream and the sound of falling water from outside the ship. Before everyone could understand, a violent tremor caused the crew to stagger. Something crashed into Niu Jingui's ship. Not long after, a loud voice came from outside the cracked ship, "Niu Jingui, Niu Jingui, you hurry up!" ”

Hearing this voice before, Niu Jingui would only have murderous intent. At this time, the voice of Niulanshan came, and he only felt like heaven. Putting a batch of quilts on his body, Niu Jingui shouted to the crew who were struggling to get up: "Hurry up and get on deck." ”

The crew didn't expect Niulanshan to really drive the boat to save everyone, and they didn't need Niu Jingui to say a second word, everyone rushed to the deck. The first mate rushed to the front, and as soon as he reached for the plank covering the entrance, he let out a scream. Niu Jingui went up to take a look, but saw that the underside of the wooden board had been burned. He pushed the plank through the quilt. Even if there is a quilt to insulate the heat, I still feel a burst of heat. Pushing the wooden board away, a thick smoke came to his face, making Niu Jingui choke and cough continuously, and he couldn't even open his eyes.

Rubbing his face vigorously, Niu Jingui poked his head out of the quilt, and saw that flames were already rising on the deck, and thick smoke was billowing out. He rushed to the hot deck first, and then shouted to his brothers in the cabin, "Come out, everyone." ”

Everyone ran out of smoke and fire, and heard the loud voice from the right side before, "Niu Jingui, Niu Jingui, come here!" We...... We won't be able to carry it for long! Everyone looked for the sound and saw that the ship of Niulanshan was inserted into the side of the ship of Niulanshan in the standard collision pattern. Needless to be taught, the crew fled along the part of the collision between the two ships to the ship where the fireworks had also risen from Niulanshan.

In addition to the burning of the boats in Niulanshan, some small Mongolian boats have also come up. Angry Mongols desperately tried to climb onto the ship, and destroyed the pontoon bridge, killing many of their brothers' crew members desperately. Niulanshan was a tall man, carrying a large knife and slashing at the Mongols who were trying to climb up with his crew.

The ships on the Dnieper have a maximum of a dozen or so crews, and there is a clear shortage of boats guarding tens of meters. When Niu Jingui's crew fled to the ship on Niulanshan with the guys, the manpower suddenly became sufficient. With a slash, the Mongols' fingers and the Mongols fell into the Dnieper.

Niu Jingui was draped in a quilt and jumped onto the boat on Niulanshan after the last crew member, and just as he was about to jump from the smashing stern to the deck, Niu Jingui couldn't help but turn his head to look at his own boat. Seeing that his ship had completely burned, the smoky Niu Jingui burst into tears, and in the tears could only faintly see the shadow of the mast standing alone in the flames. Then a cold burst entered the body from the chest that was not covered by a thick quilt, and the cold immediately turned into a hot heat. Niu Jingui looked down and saw a rocket plunging deep into his chest.

The strength of his body was inexplicably drained by this arrow, and Niu Jingui fell softly on the sparse stern of Niulan Mountain. He suddenly felt that his brain was inexplicably ethereal, and the questions that plagued him in the confusion but had never been able to reach had an answer.

When the pontoon bridge was hit before, the boat in Niulanshan was dragged off a paddle wheel by an underwater chain. The two paddle wheels on Niu Jingui's ship were all tightly wrapped in iron chains. Why is Niulanshan so lucky?

Maybe Niu Jingui had thought of it before, but he didn't have the brainpower to turn the final result of his thoughts into a clear answer. A burst of rust-smelling bloody gas came out of his lungs, making Niu Jingui couldn't help coughing twice, and immediately felt an even stronger taste of blood in his mouth. In this bloody atmosphere, Niu Jingui smiled bitterly. He added ramming iron plates to his boat, and these extra loads allowed his boat to have a deeper draft than the boats at Niulanshan. This is also why Niu Jingui suddenly hesitated before hitting the pontoon, but he didn't understand this at that time.

The whole person didn't even have the strength to move a finger, and Niu Jingui said helplessly in his heart: It turned out to be self-inflicted!

At this time, someone rushed over and dragged Niu Jingui's soft body to the deck. The loud voice of Niulanshan sounded, "Go, go!" Let's sail! Leave the boat alone and let the boat rush to the beach! ”

Only one paddle steamer remained, and the Mongols still had no intention of letting them go. The Mongols on both sides of the boat howled, shot their bows and arrows at the boat, and tried to climb onto the boat. There are even Mongolians who pluck up the courage to pounce on the paddle wheel and slowly rise with the help of the patron wheel. The people on the ship could only stay on the deck and continue to fight. Several sailors were shot one after another, and the sailors who were relatively lightly wounded knew that this was a matter of life and death, and as long as they could fight, they all insisted on staying on the deck to fight the Mongols who kept trying to climb onto the ship.

Just when the situation seemed to be untenable, I heard the gunfire on the shore. A moment later, a shell flew over and fell into the water near the Mongolian boat. Everyone turned their heads to look over, and saw that there were already many Yuan cavalry on the bank, they took off their cavalry spears and fired fiercely at the Mongols in the Dnieper River, and more Mongolian cavalry rushed to the shore, they jumped off their horses and rushed to the shore with their cavalry guns to join the ranks of shooting the Mongol army. Several field guns were also erected on the shore and began careful test firing.

Under such a blow, the Mongolian boats finally began to disperse, and it was not long before the burning civilian boats finally came to a halt on the shore. As soon as the gangplank was erected, the Yuan army rushed up to many people, who helped the crew to extinguish the fire and helped the injured crew to get off the ship.

An arrow was stuck in the shoulder of Niulanshan, and in order to be able to fight, he reluctantly broke the shaft of the arrow. Although he wanted to stay on the ship and direct the firefighting, he was forcibly escorted down by the soldiers. A military doctor immediately came up to help him check on his injuries. Niulanshan grinned as the military doctor made a small cross on his shoulder and pulled out the arrow. While he was bandaging, he heard someone ask loudly, "Who is the captain?" ”

When I looked up, Niulanshan was shocked. He had met the returning crown prince Hao Kang several times. I saw Hao Kang dressed in military uniform, facing a group of wounded people and asking loudly. Without waiting for the bandaging to be completed, Niulanshan hurriedly stood up and said in a hoarse voice: "Prince, I am the captain." ”

When Hao Kang heard this, he hurriedly took a few steps forward and stretched out his hand. I saw the doctor rushing to bandage the wound in Niulanshan. He took another step forward, grabbed the hand of Niulanshan who was not injured, and said loudly, "Thank you!" Thank you! I thank you! Thank you, Motherland! ”

Just now he came with his troops to block the Mongol army crossing the river, and saw with his own eyes the feat of two boats hitting the pontoon bridge. At this time, Hao Kang was full of excitement, he never expected that the Yuan Kingdom would have such loyal ministers. Under the excitement, the first half of the inscription engraved on the Great Song Martyrs' Shrine blurted out. At this time, there are no words that can better express Hao Kang's mood at this time than 'the motherland thanks you'.

Niulanshan didn't know what to say. His nose was sour, and tears flowed from his eyes. He hit the bridge was also a last resort, under the situation at that time, the Mongols crossed the river, Niulanshan's home, Niulanshan's business was bound to be ruined. When he was determined to crash into the pontoon bridge, he did not expect that the army would arrive in time to save them from the mortal situation. The prince was so excited, and Niulanshan's heart was also full of gratitude.

After Hao Kang greeted Niulanshan, he hurriedly asked, "What about the other captain?" ”

He saw the situation clearly. Niulanshan is extremely heroic, and after hitting the pontoon bridge, it can be escaped. Unexpectedly, he reversed the ship and returned to save another ship. This character is simply noble. But another ship from the very beginning attracted the bow and arrow fire of the Mongol army with its hull. Moreover, Niulanshan only cut one iron chain, and the other ship cut all the iron chains on the shore, so that all the efforts of the Mongol army to build a pontoon bridge were in vain. If Hao Kang had such comrades-in-arms who fought side by side, he would be like Niulanshan, desperate to return to rescue his comrades-in-arms. What kind of captain is there on that ship that burns like a torch, Yang Kang wants to see it no matter what.

Hearing this, Niulanshan fell silent. He saw with his own eyes that Niu Jingui was hit by an arrow, and the army of the Yuan Kingdom was carried down by four people. Depending on the situation, Niu Jingui is afraid that he is hopeless. When the boat rushed to the pontoon, Niulanshan never expected that Niu Jingui would catch up, let alone that Niu Jingui would rush to the pontoon bridge with him. Niulanshan knew that Niu Jingui was a brave man and his mortal enemy. Now his hostility towards Niu Jingui has long been gone, and after a moment of silence, Niulanshan said loudly: "Please come with me, the prince." ”

took Hao Kang to Niu Jingui's side, Niu Lanshan pointed to Niu Jingui, who was being rescued by the military doctor, and said loudly to Hao Kang: "Prince, this person is called Niu Jingui, and he is the captain of that ship. ”

Seeing the feathered arrow that was deeply inserted into his chest, Hao Kang's eyes turned red. Leaning down and looking at Niu Jingui's smoky face, he could still see the pale face, and he asked the military doctor who had stood up in a low voice, "This captain...... What happened to this hero? ”

The military doctor also admired Niu Jingui very much, and after listening to the prince's question, he sighed and shook his head slightly, "Prince, he ...... This hero has injured the major artery, and I dare not even take out the arrow......"

The major artery was injured, and the arrow blocked the wound to a certain extent, and the bleeding in the head was not too serious in a short time. Once you forcibly take the arrow, you will die immediately. But this blockage is also very limited, and if it continues to bleed so internally, death is only a matter of time.

Hao Kang squatted down to hold Niu Jingui's dirty hand, and he asked in as gentle a voice as possible, "This hero, are you...... What else is there to say no? ”

Looking at Niu Jingui's weak breath, Hao Kang was very skeptical that his voice had been heard by Niu Jingui. Unexpectedly, Niu Jingui asked in a weak voice: "I...... Am I hopeless? ”

Hao Kang's tears welled up in his eyes, and he really didn't know how to answer. If there is any way to save Niu Jingui's life now, he will do it at all costs.

At this time, Niu Jingui felt that he was in a wonderful state, the pain of the wound in his chest, the burning sensation of his internal organs, and the cold feeling of his body tortured him extremely painfully. At this time, except for the feeling that it was still a little cold, all the pain was disappearing, and the whole person seemed to be in a very relaxed state. Although I can feel that I am dying, I don't bother to bother with it. All the sounds seemed to be separated by something, and they seemed to come from outside the sky. In such a state, Niu Jingui said what he cared about the most, "Take care of me...... Family ......"

When these words were spoken, Niu Jingui only felt that everything in front of him quickly darkened, and the whole person seemed to fall somewhere. He's dead.

Hao Kang only heard the words 'family', although he didn't hear them all, these three words were enough. looked at Niu Jingui's head tilted to the side, as if he was sleeping quietly. Hao Kang hurriedly shouted: "Doctor! Doctor! ”

The military doctor squatted down again, pressed his hand on the major artery on Niu Jingui's neck and stopped for a while, he stood up and sighed: "Prince, he has returned to heaven." ”

Hearing this, Niulanshan was already choked up. Niu Jingui's crew gathered around and cried loudly. It was the first time Hao Kang had encountered someone he recognized and admired dying in front of him like this, and a wave of sadness welled up in his chest, making Hao Kang cry too. After crying for a moment, Hao Kang suddenly stopped crying and stood up. There was an impulse in his heart that such a person had to do something when he died. In Song Kingdom, he had cried many times, but there was no way to do it. At this time, he had already returned to China and was the crown prince of the Yuan Kingdom. He could already do something about it. But Hao Kang didn't know what to do. This kind of cognition made Hao Kang feel empty in his heart, and even a little scared.

"Prince, order the killing of all the Mongols! Avenge the Niu Jingui brothers! Niulanshan saw Hao Kang stand up and said viciously.

After listening to Niulanshan's words, Niu Jingui's crew also shouted: "Please ask the prince to avenge us!" ”

Hao Kang instantly understood the fear in his heart, he didn't speak, just raised his eyes to look at the Mongols on the other side of the river. At the edge of sight, Niu Jingui's ship was still parked in place, burning like a torch.