Chapter 5: Tanka (6)

"Oh!" said Jeruchageri in a low voice, and then reluctantly followed after him.

The river beach was full of people, and the ground was muddy. A group of Khitan warriors rode war horses, chased the big boat, kept firing their bows and arrows, knowing that it would be difficult for the feather arrows to hit the big boats in the river, but they still had to try with all their might. A group of Youzhou Han troops dragged up the bed crossbow with their horses and rushed downstream with all their might. So that when the second trap downstream comes into play, they can rush over to help.

I don't know how many nets Zheng Ziming can break through? Yelu Huage raised his head in a daze, and his eyes looked through the surface of the river emitting a thin mist, and threw himself at the big boat that was flowing down the northerly side of the middle of the river. Deep down, there was a vague surge of anticipation.

He didn't know whether he was hoping that Zheng Ziming would be killed in the river, or whether he was hoping that the other party would create another miracle. He was still young, and he instinctively worshipped heroes in his bones. He is willing to see himself and his brother on the battlefield, defeating Zheng Ziming and then capturing and killing, but he does not want to see a hero die under the conspiracy. If no one deliberately leaked Zheng Ziming's whereabouts to the Da Liao side, and if no one deliberately pointed out the situation that the Cangzhou Army already had a naval division more than a year ago, if ......

There are not so many ifs, in fact, Zheng Ziming died in the shameless betrayal of the rats. In fact, at the last moment of falling into the trap, Zheng Ziming was most likely still kept in the dark, not understanding the size of the world, but there was no place for their father and son.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh......" The big ship entered the range of the ballista of the second ambush line, and the ballista hidden in the second ambush line began to wield. This time, instead of a sharp siege chise, it was a giant fire bolt tied with butter and wool.

The smoke immediately tore through the mist on the river, leaving a trail of black and thick tail marks. Soon the fire broke out on the ship, and a figure was crisscrossing in the thick smoke and flames.

That's Zheng Ziming! Yelu Huageri's eyes widened, and his heart also raised his throat. He couldn't hear what the other party was saying, and he couldn't guess what the other party could do to defuse the killing. However, he wished he could see more clearly and remember the last glory of this man.

"Junzi, try to get the boat to the north shore, and get closer to the north shore!" Zheng Ziming held the cable in one hand, took off into the air, and pounced on the crossbow rod that was winding around the side of the ship. The steel knife in his hand struggled to fall back, "Hack!" and slashed at the crossbow rod with the thick mouth of the bowl, deep into Yingcun. The flames burning on the crossbow immediately jumped up, burning his face black, and his eyebrows and hair smelled burnt at the same time. Zheng Ziming didn't care about the pain at all, continued to point at the side of the boat with one foot, and swung the steel knife vigorously in mid-air, "Click!" "Click!" "Click!", and after several strokes in succession, the crossbow rod finally broke, and the burning butter fireball tumbled and fell into the water.

"Shoot, shoot him!" On the south bank of the Liao River, countless people opened their throats and shouted, and then, the arrows were like flying locusts.

Most of the feathered arrows were blown off by the river halfway through, and only a few managed to get close to their targets. Seeing that he was about to be killed by random arrows, Zheng Ziming suddenly pulled the cable and soared into the air, like a harrier eagle out of danger, and pounced on the deck.

"Whew-" Yelu Huageri let out a breath instinctively, then quickly held his breath and looked around. lest people find themselves worried about the safety of the enemy general.

He noticed that there seemed to be more than one person around him who was holding his breath and looking around. The big guy tacitly staggered his gaze, then raised his arm, tore his throat, and shouted, "Shoot, keep shooting, shoot him!"

"Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" the second round of firebolts flew out again, and slammed into the undulating ship on the water.

Han Kuangsi is worthy of being a famous general in the world, and the ambush position was chosen very appropriately. Six bed crossbows that could fire fire arrows were stuck in the sudden narrowing of the river, lined up along the riverbank. In this way, the big ship that went down the river from the upstream, no matter how hard it tried to dodge, would have a long distance, and it would be completely within the attack range of the crossbow arrows, and it would be impossible to get rid of the capture of the giant crossbow.

Two firebolts entered the water behind the big ship, and the flaming butter balls were stimulated by the cold water and exploded, and the waves pushed the big ship up and down. The other two landed in front of the big boat, splashing two high columns of water. The last two, one in front of the other, swept the surface of the water and continued to fly, and under the eyes of tens of thousands of expectants, "Woo" and "Woo" collided with the side of the ship. Immediately the flames jumped high, and smoke swayed up the hull.

The big ship shook violently, and the speed immediately slowed down, and the soldiers of the Liao State on both sides of the strait couldn't help cheering in unison when they saw this. Before their cheers reached the peak of excitement, the hull of the ship shook slightly, Zheng Ziming and Tao Dachun, each pulling a cable, swooped down together, and in mid-air, like flying eagles, fell to the crossbow rod stuck on the side of the ship, and the steel knife in his hand splashed two lightning bolts.

"Click", "Click!" The sound of steel knives chopping into hardwood, piercing cheers, resounded in the hearts of everyone.

"Shoot him!" said Jerichachel, who snatched a horned bow and bent it to shoot.

"Shoot him, shoot him, shoot him!" In an instant, thousands of arrows were fired, even if they could not shoot Zheng Ziming and his companions into hedgehogs, they would still interfere with them, so that the two could not continue to cut the crossbow rod wrapped in the butter ball.

Due to the narrowing of the river, although most of the feather arrows were blown crooked by the river wind, there were still thousands of them that managed to reach the target area. Zheng Ziming and Tao Dachun couldn't avoid it, and suddenly, they fell down together and disappeared in an instant.

"Ahh However, in the next instant, two figures suddenly burst out of the water and jumped into the air like dragons. The steel knife in his hand waved, and slashed at the burning crossbow again, "Click!" "Click!" "Click!" "Click!", "Click!", the crossbow rod broke, most of the flames were like water along with the oil balls, and the smoke on the hull immediately dimmed by more than half.

"Shoot him with a bed crossbow, shoot him with a bed crossbow!" said Jerodza, whose face turned blue with anger, gritted his teeth and commanded loudly.

The bed crossbow is only suitable for attacking large targets, and is not suitable for sniping at all. The crossbowmen under Han Kuangsi's command chose to refuse without hesitation, and then aimed at the big ship and shot a new round of flame arrows again.

"Boom!" "Boom!" Three giant arrows fell into the water, exploded, and splashed into a monstrous wave. Three more arrows hit the ship's side, igniting more fires on the ship's side.

Another burly figure floated down from the deck, and together with Zheng Ziming and Tao Dachun, they joined forces to chop the crossbow rod. It was Guo Xin, Guo Xin, who Guo Wei sent to Lijiazhai to "assist" Zheng Ziming, at a critical moment, stepped forward and slashed at the crossbow rod with a knife.

Thick smoke billowed out, Zheng Ziming, Tao Dachun, and Zhou Xin, risking being burned by the fire, and the steel knife struggled to swing down. Tao Yong, Shi Chonggui and other Cangzhou warriors filled the river with wooden basins and leather bags, and poured them down the side of the boat.

The flames flickered and dimmed, the hull of the ship rose and fell, and the hearts of the soldiers of the Liao Kingdom on both sides of the strait also rose and fell. Seeing that the big ship was about to break away from the second ambush circle, on the south bank of the Liao River, a tall horse with a fiery red body suddenly rushed to it. On horseback, a man in his forties held a bow with both hands and put on an armor-piercing cone, no matter how the horse's back undulated, the cone was firmly aimed at Zheng Ziming's heart.

"Han Dashuai, Han Dashuai!" Youzhou soldiers cheered in unison, their dirty faces full of worship.

Han Kuangsi, the number one general in Youzhou, once shot his own daughter to death with an arrow across the riverbank! Yelu Huage quickly recognized the identity of the person who came, and his heart rose to his throat again.

I saw that Han Kuangsi quickly pulled the giant bow full, suddenly let go of his right hand, and the feather arrow roared out. Zheng Ziming, who was struggling to chop the crossbow rod, vaguely heard the sound of the wind behind him, and instinctively turned around and waved his knife to block, "Dang Chang!" With a sound, sparks shot out, the steel knife was crooked, and the feather arrow flew upside down and fell into the water.

Before he could see who had stolen the killer, the sound of a second feather arrow breaking through the air could already be heard in his ears. Completely instinctive, he tapped his foot on the side of the ship, swung a few feet away, and at the last moment, escaped from life. However, just when his body was in mid-air, relying entirely on a cable, the third feather arrow, which had already broken away from Han Kuangsi's bowstring, was impartial, and was in the middle of the end of the cable tied to the mast.

"Click!" The cable broke in two, and Zheng Ziming's body fell directly into the river. At the moment when his legs were about to submerge under the water, Tao Dachun flew in with another cable and grabbed his wrist.

"Up!" The two brothers have cooperated for many years, and they already have a tacit understanding in their hearts, shouting and exerting their strength at the same time. With the pull of the cable, he flew up from the water and jumped high to the deck.

"Good!" On the south bank of the Liao River, there was thunderous cheers, and I don't know if it was for Han Kuangsi's superb archery skills, or for Zheng Ziming and Tao Dachun to cheer for not giving up at the two critical junctures.

"Kid die!" Han Kuangsi was so excited by the cheers that he pulled out three wolf tooth arrows at a time in his right hand and sandwiched them between his fingers. Both arms forcefully stretched the horn bow continuously, "Whoosh!whoosh!", three arrows in succession, straight into the air are swinging towards the deck Zheng Ziming and Tao Dachun.

"Shameless!"

"Don't hurt people with hidden arrows!"

"Hidden arrows are not good men!"

On both sides of the Liao River, countless people instinctively shouted, and then quickly lowered their heads and covered their mouths. Even on the opposing side, they hope that when they are in trouble, they will have a brother who will not leave them. I can't bear Han Kuangsi's repeated sneak attacks.

"Go, leave me alone!" Zheng Ziming pushed Tao Dachun violently, let go of his hand, and let himself fall from mid-air. The first cold arrow flew past his scalp, and the second cold arrow grazed Tao Dachun's armpit and swept across the deck. The third cold arrow hit his right shoulder socket, instantly bringing out a cloud of blood mist.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" Han Kuangsi turned a deaf ear to the invective around him, and pulled the bowstring continuously, and it was another three arrows. This time, Zheng Ziming had no way to hide.

"It's over!" Yelu Huageri closed his eyes tightly, unable to bear to see Zheng Ziming's sad end of being pierced by a feather arrow and dying.

"Ahh Jeruhua Geri quickly opened his eyes and looked at it again. I saw a veteran with a rope tied to his waist and a shield in his hand flying down in the air, just in front of Zheng Ziming, blocking the three wolf tooth arrows from the shield.

"Pull me up!" Shi Chonggui commanded loudly, holding his son's waist in one hand and holding a shield in the other. In an instant, it seemed to be back to the age of seventeen or eighteen, taking the lead and being invincible.

"Be careful!" Tao Yong shouted with four Cangzhou warriors, while pulling the rope with all his might, pulling Zheng Ziming's father and son onto the deck.

Zheng Ziming landed on his legs and immediately broke free from his father's arms. He snatched a steel knife in his left hand and swung it in front of him. With a "click", the wolf's tooth arrow on his shoulder was cut into two pieces, and the second half of the feather fluttered down. Immediately after, he raised the blade of the knife and slapped it hard, "snap", and a stream of blood sprang out from behind his shoulder. The cluster of arrows and shafts that had already penetrated the shoulders were shot out together, and flew away close to the deck.

"Whoosh!" Li Shun manipulated the ship's crossbow and shot at Han Kuangsi, forcing this man to dodge on his horse.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" a new round of firebolts flew from the south shore, all of them landing behind the stern of the ship, and none of them hit.

There were no more launches, the current was fast, and by the time the ballista was reloaded, the big ship was definitely out of range. However, half of the hull was already burning, and smoke was billowing from it.

On the bank of the river, all the soldiers of the Liao State lost their interest in continuing to fire their bows and arrows, and watched the big boat go down the river, and decided to completely hand over the fate of Zheng Ziming and others to God. If the ship is sunk by fire, Zheng Ziming will be in trouble. If the fire is successfully extinguished by the Cangzhou warriors, it means that God does not want the heroes to die in the conspiracy, and no one needs to be villains again.

At this moment, a low horn suddenly came downstream, "Woo woo, woo woo, woo......

Howling like a wolf, heartbreaking.

Hundreds of fishing boats, about a foot long and four feet wide, covered in black lacquer and smelling of fish, sailed upstream. Like a crow fighting for carrion, it pounces on the burning lonely boat.

The Heishui Straw Warriors, who wore fish skins, ate fish flesh, and chopped up their corpses and buried them in the belly of the fish after their deaths, came! They were ordered by Yelu Chache, the king of Taining of Liao, to deal the final blow to Zheng Ziming.