The person who shoots the arrow is none other than Bao Xinyan.

He was originally commanding his men to fight fiercely with the Zhenjiang army at the front, but suddenly heard that his uncle's flagship Angry Dragon had been attacked by the enemy around the flank, so he hurriedly ordered the battleship to turn around and move closer to Bao Yuchun.

Just as Luo Yuan's flying knife was thrown at Bao Yuchun, and at the same time his body stood up, intending to jump off the deck of the Angry Dragon, Bao Xinyan's ship happened to arrive nearby. His hands were quick and his eyes were quick, and he immediately shot a fast and ruthless arrow, right in the middle of Luo Yuan.

Seeing that the fierce general of the Zhenjiang Army fell into the water, Bao Yuchun smiled coldly, and immediately waved to his nephew not far away, so that he didn't have to worry about his side, and hurried back to continue to fight with the fleet of the Kunpeng Tenth Army.

By this time, the two sides had been fighting for three or four hours, and the fleets on both sides had suffered damage, but on the whole, the rebels still had a slight upper hand. If it weren't for Luo Yuan's risky surprise attack and disrupting Bao Yuchun's command for a while, I'm afraid that the Broad Sea Army would have launched a full-line charge by now.

At this moment, the crisis on his uncle's side was resolved, and Bao Xinyan immediately led his men back to the forefront of the fierce battle and attacked the Kunpeng army again.

Seeing that the enemy had launched a new round of offensive and was unstoppable, Nie Xianzeng immediately ordered the fleet to temporarily retreat and move to the mouth of the Canal River and the mouth of the Guazhou River respectively.

The rebels had already risen up, and when they saw that the Zhenjiang army was invincible and chose to retreat, they couldn't help but become even more rampant, and they all chased after Nie Xianzeng and them.

Bao Xinyan led his troops to the direction of Guazhou, Yao Mingjie and Han Lin led the team to pursue the canal, and the two rebel fleets rowed hard and were violent, obviously intending to complete the battle and completely defeat the 10th Kunpeng Army in Zhenjiang.

However, to their surprise, Nie Xianzeng's retreat from Queen Cang was actually a trick to lure the enemy. He personally commanded a warship to escape into the mouth of the canal, causing Yao Mingjie to recklessly chase after him. The rebels had not walked forward for seven or eight miles, when there was a sudden explosion of killing on both sides of the riverbank, and countless fireballs and giant crossbows suddenly rose from the ground and smashed into Yao Mingjie's fleet.

All of a sudden, the rebel ships were shot and caught fire, falling into chaos, and at this time, Nie Xianzeng also took the opportunity to lead the fleet to turn around and fight back, and he pressed Yao Mingjie's head in the canal and beat him fatly.

Relying on the advantage of agility and maneuverability, the flywheel fighting ships quickly interspersed and outflanked, constantly destroying the rebel warships that were already on fire and chaotic. Hundreds of broad-sea soldiers jumped overboard to escape, and then were captured on the spot by the soldiers of the Zhenjiang Army on the shore.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Han Lin took the lead, led more than a dozen large ships to block the whole army, and desperately blocked the surprise attack of the flywheel fighting ship and covered Yao Mingjie's main force to withdraw from the canal.

The same situation also happened on the other side of the Guazhou River.

Not long after Bao Xinyan led his men to chase into the river, they were hit both sides of the river, just like Yao Mingjie and Han Lin. Arrows, crossbows, stone bullets, and oil bombs rained down from mid-air, making the rebels' elite sailors cry wolf.

Bao Xinyan was taken aback, knowing that he had fallen for the other party's plan, he quickly ordered the rear team to change into the front team, quickly retreat the same way, and return to safety.

However, his reaction was a little late after all. After several rounds of ferocious long-range strikes, more than 200 Kunpeng warships rushed over in the blink of an eye, rumbling and imposing like rainbows, and instantly sinked more than a dozen large ships in the wide sea.

Bao Xinyan himself was also affected by the oil bomb, burned all his hair, and was injured in many places, and he relied on his subordinates to protect him desperately, so he was lucky enough to return to the river.

This fierce ambush caused heavy casualties to the rebel fleet, and the warships of both sides returned to the river and confronted each other again.

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At this time, it was already night, and the whole river was full of warships and ships, and those countless lamp balls and torches were reflected by the river, like the stars in the sky falling to the world, shining brightly on the north and south sides.

Countless flaming feathered arrows rose into the air and shot at the enemy ships on the opposite side; And rockets of the same size also rose into the air from the opposite side, raining down on them. The arrows drew dense lines of fire in the black night sky, magnificent and terrifying.

Li Jiangyao stood on the high lookout, his eyes looking into the distance for a moment, his expression resolute.

Before the war, he had fully estimated the cleverness of Bao Yuchun and the strength of the rebel sailors, and he was also mentally prepared that this battle would not be easy to fight. However, he was still deeply shocked by the scene in front of him.

The fierceness of the Battle of Oe was no less than the battle in the plains.

This level is not easy to pass, but the Zhenjiang Army must pass!

Xu Youchang hurriedly stepped onto the lookout platform, and said with a long sigh of relief: "The people below just sent back the news that Luo Yuan has been rescued. This kid's life is so hard, he was hit by an arrow in the chest, and he soaked in the river for more than half an hour, but he didn't die. ”

Hearing this, Li Jiangyao finally put his mind at ease and asked, "How are the people?" ”

"To be honest, it hurts badly." Xu Youchang walked to his side, looked at the battlefield in the distance, and said in a deep voice: "When Nie Xianzeng arranged for the boat to send him back to the shore, the whole person was only half a breath and almost couldn't be saved. Fortunately, Ning Han made a timely move and protected Luo Yuan's heart with his innate qi, so that Lang Zhong was able to do his best. ”

Li Jiangyao smiled bitterly: "This kid is really fierce. Bao Yuchun's Jiaosha, even Teacher He was afraid of three points back then, and I couldn't say that I would win, he actually dared to go up directly to launch a melee raid on him. ”

"As the so-called newborn calf is not afraid of tigers," Xu Youchang said with emotion: "Although the Kunpeng Tenth Army is a sailor, its brave temperament is exactly the same as that of the army. You say, if this is changed to the Battle of Plain, Du Jian will not rush up? Xiong Yunjie and Jigriz won't rush up? ”

Li Jiangyao glanced at him: "Don't talk about them, I think Xu Shuai, you will also chase Lao Bao desperately." ”

Xu Youchang smiled embarrassedly: "I'm different from them, I spare my life." A master of the same level as Bao Yuchun is naturally left to Dadu Hu to cook by himself. ”

Li Jiangyao was amused by Xu Youchang and laughed, and then gave him a light punch: "You guy, don't play with iron guns, but with flower guns." ”

Xu Youchang knew that Li Jiangyao was so happy because he heard that Luo Yuan had picked up a life, and he also said with a smile: "There are so many good brothers who kill the enemy bravely, of course I don't need to pick up a big iron gun." ”

Li Jiangyao bowed slightly, raised his hand and pointed at Dajiang: "When Bao Yuchun's fleet is completely defeated, you will be allowed to sweep Jiangnan with everyone." Rest assured, Xu Shuai's powerful spear that shatters the enemy's courage will eventually come into play! ”

Xu Youchang looked in the direction of his finger and said in a deep voice: "The battle situation is much more stalemate than we imagined." ”

Li Jiangyao was silent for a moment, and responded: "This is the pinnacle duel of the navy, and it is natural to have a fierce battle. Nie Xianzeng and their new army, they can fight with Bao Yuchun's uncle and nephew's broad-sea fleet in this situation, and it should be the rebels who are surprised and nervous! ”

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Li Jiangyao was not wrong at all, at this moment, Bao Yuchun was the most surprised person on the battlefield.

He didn't expect in advance that the Kunpeng Tenth Army would be so tenacious and brave, and in the head-to-head battle, it would actually fight with him in a five-to-five situation.

Previously, although Nie Xianzeng had led his troops to defeat the rebel naval division many times, in the eyes of Bao Yuchun's uncle and nephew, those battles were either despicable sneak attacks by the Zhenjiang army, or his own subordinates were too light on the enemy and mistakenly fell into the opponent's tricks.

They never thought that the dignified and upright battle on the water could make the Kunpeng fleet, which had only been formed for two years, play such an effect, and they couldn't believe that they were even helpless against the other side.

After a day and a night of fighting, both sides had their own losses, and they were comparable, and the battle line returned to the original position, changing close combat to mutual long-range strikes.

Bao Xinyan had bandages wrapped around his head and legs, obviously the injuries were not light, but he didn't care about these at all, and strode aboard the flagship Angry Dragon and came to Bao Yuchun's side.

"Uncle, the casualties of the second battalion are too great, I have asked them to withdraw first, and the thirteenth battalion will go up."

Bao Yuchun nodded silently, looked at the rocket shooting not far away, and didn't say anything.

Bao Xinyan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

In terms of long-range competition, the Kunpeng Tenth Army had the advantage. Not only were they plentiful in their arrows, but they were also equipped with extremely long-range and powerful crossbows, and with a distance of hundreds of paces, it was no wonder that the second battalion would be crippled.

However, due to the late day at this time, the sight was difficult to see, and the soldiers and generals under him were already exhausted, so the rebels did not dare to launch close ramming battles and side battles as easily as they did during the day, so as not to be severely damaged by the stray fire of the Zhenjiang army.

Someone once suggested that they should temporarily return to Jingkou Water Village to rest and wait until dawn before counterattacking. However, Nie Xianzeng obviously didn't want to give the rebels this opportunity, as long as they retreated slightly, the Kunpeng fleet immediately moved forward, clearly refusing to give up even if it shot all the way into the military port.

The rebels had no choice but to hold the battle line and carry the superior blow of the other side.

"Uncle, let me go!"

The nephew's words pulled Bao Yuchun's thoughts back: "Are you on?" What are you going to do? ”

Bao Xinyan looked at the rain of flames and arrows that were constantly speeding on the river, and said fiercely: "I led a team of strange soldiers, taking advantage of the night, to go around the enemy's flank and launch a surprise attack!" Disrupt their formation in one fell swoop! ”

Bao Yuchun shook his head: "What you can think of, Li Jiangyao, Xu Youchang, and Nie Xianzeng can also think of it." Yan'er, during the day, their general was almost cut off by the Jiao Sha knife, what's the matter? Now that it's night, are you going to go back to the cheap Starfall Knife? ”

Bao Xinyan was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then said depressedly: "But it's not a way to keep fighting like this." The two armies are shooting at each other across the river, and we can't kill each other! ”

Bao Yuchun frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Of course I know this!" In a war, there is always a time when the offense and defense are switched, and when the timing is unfavorable to me, I can either top or flee, and it is useless to be in a hurry! You go and pass my order, leave half of the battleship to defend it, and the other half of the battleship retreat for a while, and give me a fierce counterattack as soon as the morning dawns! ”