Chapter 12: The Pursuit

Wu Yingying thought that after all, Cai Yu's safety was at stake, and in order to prevent the Song army from boarding the ship, I was afraid that Zhu Lingyun had already selected elite soldiers to guard the stern, and looked around and shouted: "Those who don't listen to the general's order will be killed, do you understand?" The surrounding soldiers had already received Zhu Lingyun's general order, and responded in unison: "Understood." ”

Wu Yingying continued: "Everyone shouted 'Kill!'" All the soldiers shouted together: "Kill!." ”

Wu Yingying frowned and scolded: "You don't have any eggs? Come again, kill!"

All the soldiers did not dare to spare their strength, and shouted loudly together: "Kill." ”

Wu Yingying said again: "Come again, speak neatly, kill!" ...... Several times in a row, more than 100 soldiers at the stern of the ship shouted and killed gradually loud and loud. Wu Yingying said: "Very good, you will listen to my orders later, and it will be refreshing to kill people with such vigor!"

The ministers in the upper cabin were startled by the sound of shouting and killing, Cai Yu hurriedly ordered someone to go to investigate the situation, and reported that it was General Wu of the Northern Han Dynasty who was leading the soldiers to deter the enemy, Cai Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled at Zhang Yan beside him: "This Wu hero has some doorways, I listened to the shouts of the soldiers close to the sound of the palace merchants, like 'breaking the array music' as murderous, presumably the Song army will be frightened when he hears it." ”

Zhang Yan said in his heart that those murderous soldiers in the northern country would not be intimidated by such shouts, and the warriors still had to see the true chapter on the sword, but he said: "What Your Majesty said is very true." ”

Outside, the Song ships were getting closer and closer, and the crossbow arrows on both sides had been able to shoot to each other's shipbuilding, and the archers of the Southern Tang Navy Division began to send arrows to the Song army from afar, but unfortunately the river wind was very strong, and many arrows were blown out of accuracy, and a small number of those who shot into the Song army's ship did not penetrate the ship's board, but fell on the shield raised by the Song army. Only a few rounds of arrows were fired, and the ships of the Song army's sailors chased a lot closer.

At the beginning of the arrow battle, Wu Yingying ordered his subordinates to raise their big shields and close them together, forming an impenetrable formation, and several sword and shield hands who wanted to put down their shields for a while because of their sore hands were all slashed by Wu Yingying with their scabbards a few times, and also threatened them that once they committed another crime, they would be immediately beheaded according to the order of disobedience.

Just as the archers of the Southern Tang Dynasty scolded and continued to bend their bows and arrows, the Song army on the deck suddenly put down their shields together, and released a round of arrow feathers together with the full-time crossbowmen on the ship's floor. Hearing the wails coming from everywhere, a few awake soldiers at the stern of the ship couldn't help but cast a grateful glance at Wu Yingying, who was as fierce as a murderous god just now, but Wu Yingying just stared at the Song warship that was getting closer and closer

With a huge earthquake in the hull of the ship, the soldiers in the stern of the ship were almost unstable, and the Song ship that was currently chasing finally launched a crossbow arrow with a thick barb, it is conceivable that the arrow made of fine iron pierced deeply into the hull made of thick wood, and the cable behind it was tightened, and dozens of bilge cablemen of the Song army pushed the huge turntable hard, and the thick cable pulled the two ships closer and closer. Another Song warship saw that the friendly ship had succeeded, and even faster rocked, seeing that it was about to rush to the front to block the bow of the Southern Tang warship.

The soldiers at the stern of the ship followed Wu Yingying to concentrate on the enemy, and Zhu Lingyun on the ship's floor was so anxious that he shouted: "Cut the cable, quickly send someone to cut the cable!" Wu Yingying didn't hear it, Zhu Lingyun had to order Wang Hun of Yuhou, the marquis of Zhan Du, to lead a few warriors to the bilge that was shot by the crossbow arrows of the Song army, and be sure to cut off the cable.

There was another loud bang accompanied by a huge shock, and the bow of the Song army finally landed on the stern of the Nantanglou ship, and after a round of dense and powerful arrow rain, dozens of Song warriors began to raise their shields and rush up along the outstretched plank. Wu Yingying noticed that the Southern Tang soldiers around him were a little timid in front of the fierce momentum of the Song army, and shouted: "Everyone keep in formation, pay attention to my orders." Kill!" The last word killing was shouted out, driving the soldiers at the stern of the boat to reflexively shout in unison, which really made the Song army in front of him burst out of his heart, Wu Yingying took the opportunity to lead the first team of more than 30 Southern Tang soldiers to take a step forward, just stuck in the Song army's boarding step, with a shield to open the knife of the Song soldier in front of him, swinging the knife into his throat, and dodging the blood arrow spewing out of his side face.

For the courage of the army, more than 30 soldiers led by Wu Yingying personally saw that the main general was so brave, and the army's heart was greatly boosted, and they brandished their swords together, and immediately stabbed to death several Song soldiers who grabbed the board of the ship first, and under Wu Yingying's strict orders, no one dared to leave the formation to besiege the lone Song army or get closer to the side of the ship. However, when all the soldiers saw that it was so easy to kill the first few Song soldiers who boarded the ship, they were all a little at a loss, and Wu Yingying shouted again: "What are you doing in a daze, take half a step back." ”

Everyone took half a step back together, just a few more Song soldiers jumped on the board, and the soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty were like chopping melons and vegetables, and after a few rounds, the stern of the boat was left for the Song army to board the ship, and the place where the Song army stepped on the boat was already full of corpses, and the blood on the ground made the board extremely slippery, although Wu Yingying kept reminding the soldiers to pay attention to their feet, there was still a soldier who accidentally slipped when he stepped up to stab the enemy, so that he was nailed to death on the spot by a dying Song soldier. In Song Jun's opinion, except for the neat killing sound at the beginning, the battle at the stern of the ship was unusually quiet, and Song Jun, who jumped on the plank, disappeared on the tall plank of the building ship as if it was absorbed by a sponge.

Constant blocking and precise slashing and stabbing are extremely physically demanding sports, although the battle has been extremely smooth so far, Wu Yingying also felt a little out of breath, so he gestured for Xin Gu to bring his team to come up and take over, and he led the first team to rest in the back.

The second team of the Southern Tang soldiers are also the elite of the battle formation, but they have never fought such a smooth battle, just now I saw the first team led by Wu Yingying to fight, many people have already had experience, under the leadership of Xin Gu, the gourd is still firmly occupied by the advantage of the stern battle, at this time, the hull is a huge shock, Wu Yingying's heart moved, it seems that another warship of the Song army has blocked the bow, this time it will be a never-ending game.

The soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty at the stern of the boat are all fighting on the water all the year round, Wu Yingying wants to get them, and they naturally want to get it, seeing that the ship is blocked by the front and rear, the military heart begins to float, although Xin Gu is extremely brave, but he can't restrain the soldiers around him, and several times almost let the soldiers of the Song army break through the sword and shield array.

Wu Yingying sighed, turned back to the soldiers beside him and said: "I know that you are afraid of the Song soldiers, just today we have killed so many of them, do you still expect to save your lives after surrendering?