Chapter 81: Life and Death (Licking Your Face and Asking for Votes)
But he said that Tanzhou Ma Yin regretted not being at the beginning, so he shouldn't have listened to Qin Yanhui and brought so much trouble to himself.
Putting down the battle book, Ma Yin asked, "Who can bring troops to support?" ”
The hall was silent, and the generals didn't want to go to the Jingjiang estuary, but they didn't know how to fight, and it would be useless to go.
asked several times, but no one answered, and Ma Yin's face was not good-looking.
There are dozens of military officials under his command, and none of them can lead the troops?
"Minister, I am willing to go."
Ma Yin saw that it was the general Xu Dexun.
"Haha, with General Xu coming out, I'm relieved."
So he ordered Xu Dexun to take away the 5,000 naval troops in Tanzhou, join the 2,000 naval troops in Xiangyin, and go directly to the Jingjiang estuary to join Qin Yanhui.
As for Yiyang's 2,000 sailors, they went directly to the Jiangkou to converge first.
Ma Yin made a bloody investment and staked all the sailors. Now is the critical moment, the lion fights the rabbit, and also uses all his strength, not to mention that the pressure on the estuary is extremely high now, and this is a key battle.
Xu Dexun hurried and hurried, and finally on the fourth day of the ninth month, he crossed Dongting, stopped in Yuezhou for a short time, replenished grain and grass, and went to the mouth of the Jingjiang River.
said that in the past few days, Qin Yanhui, Huang Fanjing and other reinforcements did not dare to fight.
Zhao Chenggui took a hundred fighting ships to call for battle in front of the water village.
Li Yu saw that he had not made any contributions for a few days, so he offered advice to his father-in-law Zhao Kuangning.
"Father-in-law, the enemy should not fight now, and he is obviously waiting for reinforcements. Our army should find another way to attack the enemy unprepared. ”
"Oh? What's your plan? ”
Li Yu whispered in Zhao Kuangning's ear.
The old father-in-law nodded as he listened.
"Well, well, that's a good idea!"
Zhao Chenggui called for a few days and no one responded, and he was very anxious. He also knew that the defenders of the water village must be waiting for reinforcements.
So several strong attacks were organized, but with little effect.
Seeing that this rival Li Yu and his uncle were biting their ears, their hearts were itching. He knew that Li Yu must have some good idea.
But he was too embarrassed to ask.
You said that you usually don't have a good face for others, and when you encounter a problem, you flatter in a low voice, and you really can't let go of your face.
Li Yu saw Zhao Kuangning's approval, and didn't say much, turned around and walked out of the ship, went to his own fleet, and visited the soldiers.
"Ahem."
"Uncle, what is the clever plan?"
Zhao Chenggui asked embarrassedly,
"Well, well, you wait, we'll find out in a few days."
Zhao Kuangning is also disrespectful to the old man, so he just doesn't tell him.
On this day, the Jiangkou Water Village suddenly sounded in unison, the gate of the village was wide open, and the mighty fleet was killed from the inside.
The black pressure is arranged in front of the water village.
Zhao Chenggui saw it really from the sentry tower.
Seeing that Shuizhai had finally responded to the battle, he was overjoyed.
The orders were sent to the armies to line up.
And a hundred of his fighting ships came to meet him.
Hundreds of feet away, tie up the formation.
Both sides are beating flags and beating golden drums.
The ship began to move slowly forward.
Suddenly, the sky darkened.
The white flowers of the stone flew towards the enemy ship.
Then there was a rain of arrows.
Then there is the slap stick.
After a long time of fighting, the two sides withdrew their troops.
Retreated again.
This time there were casualties on both sides, and it was a draw.
The water surface of the Jingjiang estuary is wide, the water flow is gentle, and the strength of the two sides is equal, so it is difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser.
Back in the building boat, Zhao Chenggui asked Uncle Ji.
"Uncle, at this time, the defenders have the upper hand, and my guest army is on the river, what can I do?"
There's nothing he can do now.
"Hehe, don't worry, the fighter will arrive in a few days."
But it was said that on September 15, the wind was beautiful and the breeze was blowing.
In the Jingxiang Section.
Zhao Kuangning looked at Zhao Chenggui and said with a smile: "Virtuous nephew, quickly prepare the things that will be ignited by the Songming torch, and attack the water village tonight." ”
"Uncle, but the fighter plane has arrived?"
"Exactly."
After Zhao Chenggui left, he ordered his fleet to prepare more things to ignite the fire, feast on war meals, and wait for the attack on the village.
However, he said that Li Yu returned to his fleet, found Wang Houju and Li Xiong, and told them to prepare for war.
The 3,000 musket soldiers followed the fleet all the way from the Han River to the Yangtze River, and now they have stopped at the mouth of the Jingjiang River for more than ten days.
But if you want to fight on the water, it's really not good, it's just that you don't vomit on a rocking boat, if you fight on a boat, forget it, you can't stand still, how to fight?
But he said that it was midnight.
There are lights on the north and south sides of the river, and it is dark in the middle.
At night, the river breeze grows stronger.
Standing on the ship, a light suddenly appeared in the darkness in the distance, and suddenly there was a high and low snort.
After three quarters, the light grew higher and higher, and the night sky turned red.
"Well, the fighter plane has arrived."
Zhao Kuangning smiled slightly and waved at Zhao Chenggui.
Zhao Chenggui hurriedly got off the boat.
The effort was not great, and the battleship lit up with lantern torches.
The swarthy water fortress rushed towards the water village.
The closer you go.
The bell is ~~~~~
A gong sounded on the water village to warn.
Torches were lit one after another on the wall, and a line of fire was lit on the water.
"Projection!"
At this time, although the lanterns and torches were lit in the water village, the warship had not had time to sail out.
Zhao Chenggui's fighting ship was already close to the wall.
In the dark, only the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground in the water village was heard, which shocked Ma Yin's water army and exclaimed.
Rumble~~
A fireball burst into flames on the trebuchet.
Shout~~~~
With a whistling, it catapulted out.
In the dark night, a bright line of fire was drawn and fell into the interior of the water village.
Woo Woo ~ ~
Woo Woo ~ ~
Hundreds of large fireballs flew into the water village.
It landed with a bang, exploding a large number of sparks and igniting everything combustible.
The oil skin that had been projected into it earlier had already exploded, splashing everywhere.
The water village of the water army is not just rooted in the water, he is partly on land. There are also barracks, warehouses, ship repair docks and other facilities inside the water village, and only the waterways in and out and the wall in the water are in the water.
Thus, the fireball ignited the fierce fire oil, which instantly ignited all kinds of wood and barracks.
The shouts and fires in the water village were chaotic.
"Storm the gate."
Li Yu sent two small boats and took advantage of the chaos to quickly approach the gate of Shuizhai Village.
The gate is made of thigh-thick hardwood, with a layer of raw cowhide attached to it.
There is a bamboo water cannon on the top of the walled gate, which is used to extinguish fires.
Boom boom boom ~~~
A few flashes of fire flashed in the darkness, and the defenders on the gate fell into the water.
The boat was clinging to the gate, and someone was snapping flint.
Sneer~~~
A few sparks flickered in the darkness, and the people on the boat jumped onto another boat and quickly rowed away.
As soon as it was drawn out about fifty zhang, the heavens and the earth suddenly became quiet.
A flash of fire illuminated the darkness.
The surface of the river sinks suddenly.
Thundered~~~~~
An earth-shattering bang drowned out all sounds, and the rushing waves overturned the boat. After a few breaths, a heavy object smashed into the river, setting off a huge wave.
The soldiers on the ship were filled with water before they were rescued one by one.
"Kill it."
Hundreds of ships, each carrying a dozen people, rushed over with swords and arrows.
But it was said that it was in the water village.
Xu Dexun arrived a few days ago, which made Qin Yanhui and Huang Fan feel a little at ease, at least they could resist Jing Xiang's attack.
The two sides had fought a tentative battle a few days earlier, and each of them had gathered his troops and returned to his camp, waiting for the right moment.
On September 15, it had been a stalemate for a few days, and the three of them had a bottom in their hearts, as long as they persisted, the supply of the Jingxiang army would be consumed, and they would naturally retreat.
Neither side can help anyone, why are they still deadlocked with each other? Does it make any sense?
If you have the bottom of your heart, you will relax.
Early this morning, a fleet came, and it turned out to be a wine seller.
They were intercepted, the ship and the merchandise were detained, and the people were put back.
Open the wine jar, and the fragrance will float for ten miles.
Alcohol is not allowed in the barracks.
Xu Dexun dissuaded: "Two generals, now is the time to fight against Jing Xiang, drink and make mistakes, don't drink." ”
"Okay, we know."
Qin Yanhui and Huang Fan listened to Xu Dexun's dissuasion, and agreed not to fight the idea of fine wine.
But the two of them were in a bad mood because of the defeat, as long as they went back, they were afraid that they would be guilty of it, and the two of them were depressed in their hearts.
In the dead of night, idle, thinking about their career prospects, both of them had the idea of drinking to drown their sorrows.
So I secretly took a jar.
Drinking, once you start, it's hard to control.
The two of them had an altar on the left and an altar on the right, and they soon got drunk.
The two of them snored loudly, but Xu Dexun didn't know.
After inspecting the sentry, he returned to the camp and lay down in his clothes.
In a daze, a soldier ran in.
"General, general, big things are not good."
"Huh?"
Xu Dexun was awakened and jumped up.
"General, Yuezhou enemy attack!"
"What?"
"Someone came to report that Yuezhou was attacked and asked for support."
He hurriedly ran up to the sentry tower and looked in the direction of Yuezhou.
But seeing a bright light in the direction of Yuezhou, I vaguely heard people shouting and neighing.
Oops, not good!
He ran into the hall and saw Qin Yanhui and Huang Fan drunk on the couch, smoking.
Xu Dexun was angry, and he pulled out the horizontal knife on his waist with a bang, staring at his blood-red eyes, and his hands and feet trembled.
I advise you not to drink, don't drink, you just don't listen, now the enemy is attacking Yuezhou, how is it good!
He turned around twice in front of the hall, ruthless.
"Order, order 5,000 sailors to rescue Yuezhou."
You must know that Yuezhou is the foundation of the water village, and if Yuezhou is captured, the water village will not be attacked.
He took reinforcements to Yuezhou, but who knew that Jiangkou Shuizhai could not protect itself.