The fierce fighting lasted all night, and the Kunpeng 10th Army fired nearly 400,000 feathered arrows and more than 26,000 giant crossbows, directly burning and sinking 153 rebel ships and killing and wounding more than 11,000 enemies.

However, when it was just dawn, Bao Xinyan immediately commanded the three hundred elite warships that had rested for the night to launch a counterattack against Nie Xianzeng and them.

The huge hull set off churning waves on the river, and the rebels took advantage of the wind to rush directly to the Kunpeng fleet, and in the blink of an eye, they fought with the Zhenjiang naval army.

As the day before, the Broadsea Division's building ship batters slammed into the flywheel warship, and the rebel light armor sailors, wielding short knives and spears, jumped into the gang one after another, and slaughtered into the Kunpeng soldiers with great ferocity.

All of a sudden, the earth-shattering shouts of killing sounded on the surface of the river again.

This time, Bao Yuchun also sent his own unique stunt, Jiao Pawn, to attack the Kunpeng fleet.

The so-called "Jiao Pawn" is a special unit composed of some veterans of the broad sea with excellent water ability. They are not only skilled in martial arts and fearless of death, but also very good at sneaking in the water, able to stealth underwater for a long time, using axes and hammers and other powerful tools to chisel through the bottom of the warship, divert river water into the cabin, and cause the enemy ship to sink.

More than 200 Jiao soldiers approached the main battlefield in a small boat, and then turned over one after another and slipped into the water, and then silently attached to the bottom of the Kunpeng warship, and chiseled through it with their hands.

After a while, seven or eight flywheel bucket ships began to leak water in their cabins, and there were not just one place, but a dozen or dozens of places pouring into the river at the same time, and they could not be stopped.

The officers and men of the 10th Kunpeng Army immediately reacted: Someone is making a ghost underwater! So they didn't hesitate, they jumped into the water with short knives in their mouths, and fought fiercely with Bao Yuchun's pawns.

Hundreds of figures chased after each other under the water, some completely twisted together, some hung in the water and stabbed each other, and some grabbed each other's feet or strangled each other's necks and dragged them deeper.

Soon, streams of red blood poured out of the river, swirling downstream.

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While fierce battles broke out underwater, the fighting on the water had also entered an even more tragic stage.

Bao Xinyan's warship took the lead, leading the fleet of the headquarters to break through the two defense lines of the Kunpeng Army in a row and directly break into the core area.

Nie Xianzeng immediately mobilized reserves into the battlefield, and used more than 270 new warships that had been recuperating for a long time to block the impact of Bao Xinyan.

The more than 200 ships of the new force were all the Jinhe Fleet that had been taken from Yin Chengyi's hands not long ago. Those warships with obvious northern characteristics, a large individual size, a strong shell, although not as flexible and maneuverable as a flywheel fighting ship, but the advantage is rough skin and thick flesh, particularly collision-resistant, for the impact of the broad sea army, it is easier to play a restrained role.

In the roaring impact, the big ship in the north stood still, barely shaking violently a few times, as steady as a giant reef in the water. At the same time, the deck of the big ship suddenly opened, and thousands of light infantry, temporarily seconded from the Second Fire Army, brandished their swords and slaughtered, constantly jumping onto the rebel warship to attack.

Hundreds of large ships on both sides of the enemy and us were huddled together, as if they were connected into a small piece of land, and the soldiers on both sides fought endlessly on this undulating, swaying land.

Archers and crossbow archers fired mercilessly at close range of a dozen paces; Long knives, short spears, sledgehammers, giant axes, and all kinds of weapons are slaughtered back and forth between masts, stairs, and decks; Blood splattered in all directions, and the wooden hull was smashed and shattered.

After the battle, people did not even have time to distinguish which side their ships belonged to, and only knew where the enemy appeared, and rushed to it.

Throughout the morning, the 10th Army of Zhenjiang Kunpeng finally withstood Bao Xinyan's onslaught, and the rebels saw that the momentum was exhausted, but the other side became more and more courageous, so they had to ring the gong and temporarily withdraw to the south bank.

Who knows, they retreated, but Nie Xianzeng refused to let go easily. One hundred and twenty flywheel fighting ships came out of the formation, approaching Bao Yuchun's main formation in a sharp formation.

In order to cover his nephew Bao Xinyan, Bao Yuchun ordered the Nulong to go into battle, leading two hundred ships to pounce on the area in the middle of the river, and struggling to block the pursuit of the Kunpeng sailors.

A fierce battle broke out again.

The flywheel ship was as fast as a galloping horse on the river, and in a blink of an eye, it rushed into Bao Yuchun's formation, rushing left and right, shuttling back and forth. The archers on the ship were skilled in archery, aiming at the rebel sailors and killing them all, causing a lot of casualties to the opponent.

Bao Yuchun was the first famous general in the Shengtang Water War, how could he be trapped by this situation, he hurriedly ordered the battleships under his command to adjust the angle and posture while marching. Hearing the order, many large ships moved sideways on the spot, like small hills, and tried their best to block the route of the flywheel fighting ships.

Soon, the interspersed outflanking turned into a melee fight, and the soldiers on both sides fought face to face again.

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The Battle of Oe was fought from early morning to late afternoon. The rebels charged in six clusters and were all repulsed by the Kunpeng fleet; Nie Xianzeng organized four interspersed onslaughts, but they were also all blocked back by Bao Yuchun.

The men and horses on both sides were exhausted, and the whole river became dark red and muddy.

After the sun completely set, Li Jiangyao received a message from the front: Nie Xianzeng thought that the time had come, and asked for the consent of the Dadu Protector to launch a general attack!

Li Jiangyao thought for a moment, then turned his head and asked Xu Youchang next to him, "What do you think?" ”

"I think it's about the same." Xu Youchang responded: "In the fierce battle of two days and one night, the enemy has almost exhausted all the impact power, and they are almost on the verge of exhaustion. It's time to make a final move. ”

Li Jiangyao thought about it again, shook his head and said: "No, Bao Yuchun is a veteran, and his grasp of the preservation of combat power is far more clever than we imagined. In my opinion, the enemy still has some strength left, and it will have to be delayed a little longer. ”

Xu Youchang couldn't help frowning: "Do you want to delay?" I'm afraid the Tenth Army won't be able to hold on. ”

"If you can't hold it, you have to hold it," Li Jiangyao said in a firm tone: "The number of enemy warships is slightly more than ours, and they are all directly under the command of Uncle Bao Yuchun's uncle and nephew all the year round, whether it is morale or endurance, it cannot be underestimated." I know that the Tenth Army is hard, but if the enemy is exhausted, the general offensive will not be effective. ”

Xu Youchang hesitated for a moment, but was finally persuaded by Li Jiangyao and nodded, "You are right." Bao Yuchun's cleverness is not bragged, but the battlefield precipitation that has been tempered thousands of times. The duel of the same number of troops is a dangerous gamble, and whoever can really drag down the opponent will be the final winner. ”

Seeing that he agreed with his opinion, Li Jiangyao turned to the herald and ordered, "Go and tell Nie Xianzeng that the time for a general attack has not yet come!" Let their 10th Army give me the courage to fight to the death and continue to organize the offensive! Consume the enemy for at least three more hours! ”

"Yes!" The herald replied loudly, turned and galloped away.

Not long after, the sound of war drums was heard again on the river in the distance, and the shouts of killing were endless. The officers and men of the Kunpeng Tenth Army broke through the limit and relaunched a new offensive against the rebel fleet on the opposite bank.

"Fuck! Is the Zhenjiang Army crazy?! Bao Xinyan couldn't help but scolded angrily: "After fighting for so long, aren't they tired?" How can you still come! ”

Bao Yuchun's face also appeared unprecedentedly solemn.

He couldn't understand why the other party was so tenacious and tenacious because the number of ships was smaller than his side, and it was a new army that had just been formed? Moreover, their desperate and stubborn tactics have no chance of winning at all, is it ......

Have they made up their minds to die together?

Bao Yuchun couldn't help but hesitate. At present, he still has a reserve team in his hand, which is composed of 300 warships, from the beginning of the battle to capture Jiangxin Island, until now, they have not been sent to the battlefield by Bao Yuchun, the purpose is to stay in the final decisive moment to play a miraculous effect.

But now, it seems that maybe it won't work without them.

Nie Xianzeng's unreasonable repeated attacks not only exhausted the rebel fleet to the limit, but also provoked Bao Yuchun's dignity to a large extent. As the first person in the water war of the Holy Tang Dynasty, he has never been forced to this point by anyone, and there is no reason to be angry with a junior boy of the Martial Arts Naval Division!

Bao Yuchun sneered and asked, "Yan'er, do you think there is still any strength left on the other side?" ”

Bao Xinyan said indignantly: "There is a fart to spare! Nie Xianzeng is an unreasonable madman! This kind of practice of clearly wanting to die together is simply a shame for the imperial capital's martial arts hall, how can he teach such an unbearable martial arts student? ”

Hearing his nephew say this, Bao Yuchun felt more and more that it was time to dispatch the reserves and settle the battle. He pondered for a moment and said loudly: "A madman is not terrible, as long as he hurts him completely, he will naturally come to his senses." Yan'er, let the tiger shark attack! ”

The "Tiger Shark" is the elite reserve force that penetrates the defense, with 200 building ships and 100 large ships under its jurisdiction, and is the decisive force in Bao Yuchun's hands.

When Bao Xinyan heard this, he immediately lifted his spirits, agreed, turned around and left.

He ascended to the lookout post of the mast and ordered his men to blow the horn and signal the lights in the direction of the rear line.

After a while, a horn echoed in the distance, and three hundred warships suddenly flashed out of the darkness and quickly moved towards Jiangbei!

At this time, Nie Xianzeng's fleet had just crossed the position in the center of the river and pressed towards the rebels in an all-round way, and the tiger shark warship suddenly rushed out from the side, which immediately attracted the attention of the Kunpeng soldiers.

"General! New ships of the enemy! They are all intact, probably Bao Yuchun's reserves! ”

Hearing this, Nie Xianzeng hurriedly held on to the railing and took a closer look, and by the light of the stars and torches, those imposing battleships looked really unscarred and high-spirited.

Nie Xianzeng couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart: Dadu Hu is really powerful, and he saw in advance that Bao Yuchun was secretly hiding his back hand, if he launched a general attack early, this new force alone could lead to the failure of the entire plan.

Thinking of this, he brandished his sword and shouted, "Brothers, that is the last hope of the rebels, give me a hard beating!" ”