"Sun Lang, you certainly have a great chance of winning by using such a trick, but what if something goes wrong in the middle? Then you, and tens of thousands of soldiers, are in an extremely dangerous situation.

"Not to mention anything else, once the Liangzhou army knows your route and sets up an ambush in the middle of the road, what should you do if you are on the ship and are difficult to fight?"

This is the worry raised by his wife Xiao Qian when Sun Ning decided to personally lead the troops to risk a surprise attack on Liangzhou.

This concern is naturally reasonable, but Sun Ning also has his own ideas, and finally appeases his wife, who is pregnant with Liujia, and resolutely decides to take the risk of sending troops.

As a result, now, it turns out that Xiao Qian's concern is correct, and the enemy really expected that the army would go north from Cao River one step earlier, and made multiple arrangements and ambushes at this most dangerous Tiger Leaping Gorge!

But now it was too late to regret it, Sun Ning dodged the flying rubble, and shouted loudly: "Shield, go up!" new

At this time, thinking about everything is superfluous, and protecting yourself and your subordinates is the key.

Fortunately, the officers and men in the ships of this Northern Expedition were all elites in the Southwest Army, even though they were not familiar with the water, even if they were still a little seasick, and it coincided with a sneak attack, they still quickly regained their composure.

Under the shouting orders of the generals and commanders, huge shields appeared on each ship one after another, standing up in front of everyone to block the flying stones.

At the same time, some people took out their crossbows and fired arrows at the cliff banks on both sides, trying to return fire.

However, the boat in the center of the Cao River is still too far away from both banks, and the people are at a high place, even if it is a strong bow and crossbow, it can only be able to shoot arrows, but the lethality has been sharply reduced.

However, almost all the ships in the middle of the river, because they could not move, became a living target, and were smashed down by the continuous flying stones, and were already damaged, and several of them were serious, and they were about to break and sink like the two ships in front.

"We can't be passive like this anymore!" A resolute glint flashed in Sun Ning's eyes, "Qian Zongliu!"

Qian Zongliu, who was trying his best to command the crew to hold steady, heard the emperor's call, hurriedly agreed, and quickly leaned over: "What does Your Majesty command?"

Now with shields on either side, the people on board were safe for a while.

The large stone could only hit the side of the ship, and the smaller ones were all blocked by the shield, and even the five-story building behind it was not badly damaged.

But after all, the ship was only made of wood, and it was constantly beaten, and the damage was naturally getting more and more serious, and it was necessary to think of plugging and reinforcing the leak, which was exactly what Qian Zongliu was busiest doing now.

Sun Ning glanced at him, "Can we get our boat to come to shore somewhere?"

Qian Zongliu was slightly stunned, but he still told the truth: "Yes, yes, but in this way, the attack we will encounter will be more fierce, and I am afraid that the ship will be completely destroyed."

"We can't take care of the boats, or the longer we drag, the more dangerous we become. Lean in, and then attack the enemy!" Sun Ning said in a deep voice. If he wasn't worried that the soldiers would be chaotic, he would have planned to fly directly to the side of the cliff.

Chen Qingyun also immediately understood Sun Ning's thoughts, and immediately supported: "What Your Majesty said is that self-preservation and defeat the enemy is the key now, and everything else can be put aside. Brethren, life and death are just a moment!"

After he shouted the latter sentence, the soldiers around him also followed with a roar: "Kill them all on the cliff!"

Seeing this, Qian Zongliu no longer cared about anything else, and immediately gave the order to drive the boat to the cliff on the left.

Because just now in order to avoid the ship in front of them, the big sea ship they were on also suddenly turned sideways, and it was not easy to stop. At this time, the bow of the ship is facing the cliff bank on the left, which is convenient for sailing that way.

With the sound of the trumpet, the sails that had only been half dropped just now rose rapidly, and the boatmen rowed directly into the water with their oars, barely controlling the ship that had been damaged in many places, and gradually moved, trembling towards the cliff bank ahead.

At the same time, the other ships that received the flag order also began to try to restart, and headed for the cliffs on both sides.

Since you can't run away or dodge, let's just fight head-on!

The many ambush soldiers on the cliff bank over there were also clearly aware of the intentions of the officers and soldiers, and for a while there were whistles one after another, the trebuchets ran faster, and the flying stones rained down on the ships.

The sound of thudding was incessant, and the ships trembled a little, and the lower parts of the two ships cracked and entered the water, and the hull of the ship suddenly sank.

But at this time, everyone no longer cared about anything else, but just rushed forward with all their might, vowing to rush onto the cliff shore with all their might, and make those ambushers pay a terrible price!

Although Sun Ning's sea ship was larger and bulkier, it could not reach the same speed as other ships in a short period of time. But relying on his own growth, he rushed to the shore faster.

After all, the river here has narrowed sharply, and a few miles of waterways are just a matter of time.

But just as everyone had already made a landing and launched a fierce attack, and at the same time the shield hand was firmly fixed in front to block the most ferocious wave of resistance that could be made, the large ship, which had been steadily moving forward, suddenly shook, and then the momentum stopped.

"What's going on?" Sun Ning hurriedly asked, Qian Zongliu beside him was also surprised, could it be that this was a rock?

That's not right, he and his men have carefully checked it just now, and the water here is deep enough, at least it can allow the big ship to rush straight through.

At this moment, the shaking of the big ship started again, and this time it became more and more violent and continuous, so that everyone on the ship was a little unstable on their feet, and they staggered for a while, and the shield array was flawed, and a few flying stones came in, beating several soldiers who had not been on guard to the point of bleeding.

Immediately, the ship began to sink in the midst of the vibration.

"Oh no, there's water down there...... I shouldn't be!" Qian Zongliu understood nervously at this time, and shouted quietly.

This is a big ship that can sail on the sea, not to mention anything else, the prevention of water ingress below must be extremely strong, otherwise it would have sunk at sea a long time ago.

But now the facts tell him that the ship is really flooded in a lot and is about to sink and run aground.

Sun Ning already knew what was going on at this time, but he didn't bother to say more, and only dropped a sentence: "Even so, we have to pass!" After speaking, the man had already rushed out with an arrow step, and after jumping high, he stepped the protrusion of the bow of the ship, and the man had risen again with strength.

At this moment, his whole person flew straight up like a Dapeng bird and swooped towards the cliff bank more than ten zhang away.

Since it is no longer possible to let the ship dock smoothly, then simply rely on his own strength to kill it, this distance of more than ten zhang is really not out of reach for him now!

And His Majesty the Emperor's example also completely inspired the courage of the soldiers on the same ship. Although most of them did not know much about water, they all shouted without fear, rushed out of the boat, fell into the water, and threw themselves forward.