Volume 1 Chapter 592 The Fleet Perishes
Seeing the crowded river, the fleet finally moved.
Zhou Bi said: "Shoot, shoot me all the time, shoot the arrow in the air!" ”
The development of events was all planned by Zhou Bi in advance.
In fact, there are many loopholes in their arrangement.
Even if the south bank burns up, there is still hope as long as a road is forcibly opened.
After all, it is close to the water source, and there are not many aircraft deployed on the south bank.
Or even if the other party retreats is a good idea.
The anti-thieves who came this time are only a large part of the anti-thieves in Tuqiaohe Town.
Among them, there are still many anti-thief ships in Tuqiaohe Town.
As long as these people retreat and regain their strength, it will still be quite troublesome for them to capture the Tuqiao River.
But what is the war fought?
It's human nature.
As long as the thieves are given a way to live, they will definitely escape.
There is a lack of one in the three circles, and it is written in the military book.
So how many ways to give him a way to live?
Then the other party has to weigh up and down and take the option to maximize benefits, right?
Even if the road is ahead of it, there is arsenic wrapped in honey.
In Childe's words, this is human nature.
Seeing that the thief had already taken the bait, Zhou Bi ordered again: "All archers only shoot small boats, not big boats." ”
Not long after his order was given, the boats on the river were set on fire by rockets, and soon they were more than halved.
Someone must ask, are these thieves sick in the brain?
Knowing that most of the regimental training troops are on the north shore, and the woods are so dense, won't this thief also shoot back with rockets? Or throw torches and burn them?
If you have this kind of doubt, it is generally that there is no doubt that the group of people who have watched too many TV series in another time and space.
Does anyone really think that a rocket is just a strip of cloth tied to the arrow, and then dipped in oil and ignited to shoot it?
That kind of thing, shoot it out, and it will be extinguished in mid-air, and even if it is not extinguished, it will accurately hit the trees on the other side, so that thing is useful?
Books are all dry wood?
Plug in the rocket and immediately burn?
The mechanics don't have long hands?
Actually, this thing can't shoot even if it shoots people, why? Because of the flames, the ghosts knew that they were going to flash.
In fact, the real ancient Chinese rocket was assembled from four parts.
Arrowheads, shafts, feathers, bazookas.
Yes, the most important thing is the bazooka.
This thing is made of bamboo and cardboard tubes, filled with gunpowder, the barrel is closed at the top, open at the bottom, and there are small rockets on the side of the barrel.
After ignition, the rocket burns in the barrel, producing a large amount of gas, which is then ejected backwards at high speed, creating forward thrust.
In fact, this is the prototype of the rocket in later generations.
According to the records in the book "Wubei Zhi", Xu He designed a total of two rockets.
One is the kind of kicking in the second generation, which ignites the kind that is purely scary.
There is also a kindling with a fire in it, and once the arrow is nailed to the ship's board, the lamp oil in the carton compartment will flow out.
Yes, the flame can also be extinguished.
But then as long as there is another source of fire, that fire will spread all at once, which is very tricky for the defender.
What's more, at this time, Zhou Bi's army also carried the Shenhuo Flying Crow, the Flying Sand Tube, a swarm of bees, two tigers chasing sheep arrows, and so on.
These things are not practical, but they are better than bluffing.
By the time the flotilla had crossed the first cable, the flotilla's small sampans had been broken.
Su Tianshu stood in the head boat, just breathing a sigh of relief.
Who knew that the fire along the south bank was spreading westward with the fleet, and it seemed that wherever the fleet went, the fire on the south bank burned.
Seeing this situation, Su Tianshu is not a fool.
The reason why the officers and soldiers burned the trees on the south bank can only show that there are not many officers and soldiers on the south bank.
"Go, divide the two boats of brothers and go to the south bank to kill the officials and soldiers who burned the fire to Lao Tzu!"
As long as they kill the officers and soldiers who burned the fire on the south bank, then they have one more escape option.
Even if there is an ambush ahead, you are not afraid, and it is a big deal to abandon ship and go ashore.
It can be said that Su Tianshu still has a bit of a brain.
It's a pity that this is also within Zhou Bi's calculations.
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly saw several small boats rushing out of the scattered water, heading straight for the fleet.
When he saw that these boats were coming strangely, he immediately became alarmed.
When the ship approached, Su Tianshu found out through the firelight on the south bank that these boats were all on fire.
But even if it was too late, the ships were already going down the river, and the bow was equipped with long iron nails.
With the help of currents, the small boats were soon nailed under the hull of the larger ships after the impact.
Su Tianshu was about to scold his mother.
These officers and soldiers, until now, have been like turtles with shrunken heads.
I only know fire attack, fire attack, fire attack. Doesn't anyone dare to come out with real knives and guns?
Desperately? Inexistent.
Xiao Er gave the order, and the rocket shot towards the boat.
Rumble......
In an instant, the first ship, the second and third large ships, as long as they were nailed by the small boat, all burned under the side of the ship.
And there is no way to save this fire.
The officers and soldiers behind him also chased after him.
The rain of arrows shot like money, so that everyone on the boat couldn't even lift their heads.
Soon, the first three boats were all overboard.
Su Long saw that his son's boat ride had become a torch, and he couldn't care much more about it.
"Leave one boat to save people, and the others will rush over with me! Rush over and ......"
Before he could finish his words, the boat that had entered the narrow river was blocked by a rope.
At this time, the entire fleet is more dangerous than it was just now.
Although the water is slightly wider than it was just now.
But so many ships were all crammed together, and there was no order at all.
If you want to retreat, there are pursuers behind, and it is difficult to turn around when you cut a big boat.
I wanted to move forward, but I was stopped by a wire in front of me and couldn't move.
If you want to rush into the scattered beach and fight hard with the officers and soldiers, the big ship will run aground when it enters, and then it will really become a live target.
There are only two ways to get there.
One continues to rush forward.
But no one knows how many more cables lie ahead......
It may not be there, or there may be countless others, and Su Tianshu does not dare to bet anymore.
That......
"Abandon ship and disembark from the south!"
As soon as the words fell.
Xiao Er rushed out of the beach with his men and horses in a small boat.
Before he could get close to the big ship, the rocket kept firing, focusing on the boat that hit the second cable.
Soon, the ship burned through and began to sink.
Xiao Er took a small boat, holding a spear, and shot at the dumpling-like anti-thieves, one at a time, effortlessly.
When a big ship came to chase them, they rode over the chains in small boats, and the people on the big ships could only look at the chains and retreat in despair.
As soon as they left, Xiao Er took people to the south bank to harass these people ashore.
An hour later, the whole fleet, a thousand men, and the ships had been burned to torches, and the men, either dead or still fluttering in the water, fled towards the south shore.
In this ambush, only three people were killed, and 27 people were wounded before the fleet of more than 1,000 people was wiped out.
In the morning mist, looking at the thief who was rescued and captured, Zhou Bi waved his hand and said, "Speed up, hurry up, we still have to go to Tuqiao River!" ”
"Yes......" replied in unison to the victorious soldiers.