Chapter two hundred and eighty third: the imminent battle
In response to floods and droughts, all the troops and troops arrived at Yongding City and set up camp fifty miles away. The green forest army's scouting horses had already rushed back to Yongning City to report their preparations. Shi Jin and other leaders led the army and came out of the city to camp, not far apart. From a distance, I saw a mighty army coming down from the city. The front army blocked the formation and refused to move the troops on both sides. I saw Wang Huan, the vanguard, coming out of the formation, wielding a long spear and shouting loudly on the horse: "Unprovoked grass bandits, dare to kill the villagers." , do you recognize General Wang Huan?"
At the beginning of the battle against the embroidered flag, Shi Jin personally took action and said to Wang Huansheng: "Wang Jiedu, you are too old to contribute to the imperial court. If you fight the enemy with a gun, you may make some mistakes and lose your life in vain. Ming, you go back and teach the younger ones to come out and fight."
Wang Huan seemed to be insulted and couldn't help but became furious and cursed: "How dare you resist the heavenly soldiers, you stinking-smelling country boy?"
Shi Jin was not angry after hearing this, and replied politely to his face: "Wang Jiedu, don't be so crazy. I have a group of good brothers who are upholding justice for heaven. I'm afraid, even if I let you, I can’t pick a soft persimmon,”
Wang Huan was unhappy when he heard this, as if he had stepped on his tail. He suddenly became furious and stabbed him with his gun.
Shi Jin didn't move at all. There was already a general behind the horse. When the luan bell rang, he came out with his gun. When everyone looked, it was Lin Chong, the "Leopard Head", who shouted loudly and came to fight Wang Huan.
The two horses crossed each other, and all the troops cheered for the battle. Lieutenant Gao also stopped his horse in front of the battle. He could only hear the shouts and cheers of the two armies. The sound of drums was beating and the sky and the earth were covered. Both armies focused their attention and looked towards the field. The two showed off various marksmanships, but they saw that one screen gun was as powerful as a thunderbolt, one horizontal gun was as brave as thunder, one sky-high gun was difficult to prevent and difficult to hide, and a wind-drilling gun was hard to resist. This one wanted to pierce the sky with his gun. Among the clouds, there is one who wants his spear to pierce through the nine bends of the Yellow River, one whose spear is like a python leaving the cave, another whose spear is like a dragon leaping over Bojin, one who wields the spear like a tiger swallowing a sheep, and one who wields the spear as handsome as a wolf pounces on a rabbit.
Wang Huan fought against Lin Chong for about seventy or eighty rounds. Regardless of victory or defeat, both sides paid gold. The two generals were separated and each returned to his own formation. He saw Jiedu envoy Jing Zhongdu riding to the front army. He bowed on his horse and reported. Lieutenant Gao said: "Young general, I would like to fight against this traitor for a while and ask for Jun's decree."
Just then, Lieutenant Gao saw that Wang Huan had not won, so he asked Jing Zhong to fight. When Jing Zhong came, he was intercepted and killed by Lin Chong and lost his prestige. He hated it in his heart and had an sworn hatred for Lin Chong. This time Among the ten military governors, he was the only one who suffered the loss. More than 2,000 of his troops were killed before fighting. Although others did not talk about such a record, they would inevitably talk about it behind his back, and even less people would look down on him. Jing Zhong saw that Wang Huan fought against Lin Chong, and the fight ended in a draw. It was like a slap on his already shy cheek. For the sake of face, and to be able to overturn his authority among the troops, Jing Zhong raised his sword. Flying out.
But at this moment, the brothers who did not wait for Shi Jin to arrange the duel, heard the ringing of the luan bell behind the horse, and Hu Yanzhuo coming to greet him with his whip.
Jing Zhong envoy wielded a large sword and rode a melon-yellow horse, and soon the two generals were fighting in the middle of the two armies.
Jing Zhong waved the big sword Pegasus in his hand and struck at Hu Yanzhuo's front. The sword came very fast and the strike was even more ferocious. Hu Yanzhuo started shaking his whips. As soon as he stood in front of him, he heard a bang and sparks flying everywhere. Then, Hu Yanzhuo gave way on his back, then turned around, and the two fought together again. After fighting for about twenty rounds, Hu Yanzhuo showed his weakness, passed the sword, picked up the steel whip, and struck the ground with a slap. He hit Jing Zhong in the middle of the head with his hand, causing his blood to burst out and his eyes to bulge. He flipped over and died under the horse.
When Gao Qiu saw that a Jiedu envoy had been killed, he was so anxious that he sent Xiang Yuanzhen to fight. Xiang Yuanzhen took the order and immediately drew his gun and flew out of the formation. He shouted like spring thunder: "Do you dare to fight me, Xiang Yuanzhen?" ,"
Shi Jin smiled and said nothing, and the junior captain Chi Sunxin shouted: "I'll play with you," and then rushed out of the formation to fight in Xiang Yuan Town.
Sun Xin just saw that Hu Yanzhuo's double whips were really impressive, and now he wanted to show off the skills he had learned from his brother Sun Li. When the two horses met, Sun Li gave a loud shout, whizzed around with his double whips, and hit the general. Go, Xiang Yuanzhen also comes to greet him with a gun. The two are not even close to each other. Sun Li blocks Xiang Yuanzhen's gun with his right hand, raises his hand and whips him. The whip comes very fast, like a thunderbolt in the sky. With a stab, he cut the iron gun barrel into two sections. Xiang Yuanzhen was so frightened that his face turned pale and he couldn't help but feel a little scared. Huo Di pulled back his horse's head, threw away the gun and left.
Sun Xin patted his horse to catch up, but Xiang Yuanzhen refused to join the formation and walked away along the formation. Sun Xin didn't know what the plan was and just wanted to capture this guy alive so that he could show off his skills. He then chased the guy on Pegasus, but Xiang Yuanzhen secretly He took out the bow and arrow from the flying fish belt, held the bow with his left hand, and nocked the arrow with his right hand. When the bow was full, he turned over and shot an arrow from his back.
Sun Xin heard the sound of the bowstring, and hurriedly raised his hand to block it with his whip, but he didn't expect that the arrow came too quickly, and hit his right arm. Sun Li screamed in pain, turned his horse back and left.
When Xiang Yuanzhen saw that he had shot the man, he immediately hung up his bow, twisted the arrow, and rushed after him by clapping his horse.
Hu Yanzhuo and Lin Chong saw him, and the two horses galloped out left and right, saving Dong Ping and returning to the battle. Seeing this narrow victory, Captain Gao wanted this opportunity, so he no longer delayed, and Li Kui commanded the army to engage in a melee.
Shi Jin first taught Mrs. Gu to protect Sun Xin back to the city, and then led the troops to rush forward to resist the officers and soldiers. Behind them were Wu Song, Xie Qianqiu, and Xu Ning each led their battalions to fight with the army. Sun Li was on the left, and Xie was on the left. Zhen, Jie Bao, Le He, Zou Yuan, Zou Run, and on the right wing were Luan Tingyu, Zhu Long, Zhu Hu, Zhu Biao, Hu Sanniang, Li Ying, and Du Xing, fighting mightily with the ten military governors. The sword blades intersected, flesh and blood flew across the sky, and the scene of fighting was so intense that it is difficult to describe it in words.
Here, more than 100,000 people were fighting in a melee on the dry road. Lieutenant Gao felt that the opportunity was too good to miss, so he immediately rushed to the waterside, dispatched people to meet the navy ships, and attacked Yongding City from the waterway.
Let's say that Liu Menglong and Dang Shixiong led the navy and took boats along the Luo River towards Yongding City. The warships stood tall and tall, with poles and poles constantly in the air. The mighty formations covered the water surface for more than ten miles. And look at the Luo River. , the water area is very wide, vast and swaying, full of reeds and reeds, densely covering the harbor branches. Just between the officers and soldiers walking, I can only hear the sound of a cannon on the hillside, and small boats are coming out from all directions. Looking from the ship, The reeds were as dense as a swarm of ants. The sergeant on the officer's ship felt frightened at first when he saw the Green Forest Army rushing towards them with intensive firepower.
Liu Menglong commanded the navy to run rampant, with a domineering look. He wanted to ignore these small boats. He knocked over the ones that should be knocked over, and sank those that should be knocked down. But he didn't want to. When the boats got closer, the officers and soldiers saw clearly that it turned out that the boats were loaded with equipment. The reeds were full of dry firewood and sulfur, and they rushed out of the reeds silently. When Liu Menglong looked at the depths of the reeds, they were everywhere. His heart suddenly became anxious, and all his officers and soldiers were panicked.
Liu Menglong knew the purpose of these boats, and immediately shouted "shoot, shoot," and the officers and soldiers were ordered to shoot arrows at the men on the boats one after another. The navy of the Green Forest Army saw the officers and soldiers pulling their bows to take arrows. They had already lit up the hay on the boat, and one by one they jumped into the water and disappeared without a trace. But instead of stopping there, the small boats became more and more like arrows leaving the string, ramming towards the fleet of officers and soldiers.
How could these official ships withstand the collision of these fire ships? Although these small boats were not as tall as the official ships, the flames on the ships burned higher and higher on the stacks of firewood. It looked like countless tall fire ships. The ships were surrounded, and the densely packed fire ships came together to break up the officers and soldiers. The officers and soldiers could not respond to each other. Most of the officers and soldiers abandoned the ship and wanted to leave. However, the officers and soldiers were swallowed up by walls of fire on all sides. The thick black The smoke completely covered the only sky above, and the fire spread to the official ship. In this "cage", the officers and soldiers became more and more like ants on a hot pot. The more anxious and bold ones abandoned their armor and jumped. Come down to the river.
But entering the water only escaped the burning of the fire, but it did not escape the shackles of death. The officers and soldiers who jumped into the water did not escape, but the "butchers" lurking in the water with reed pipes in their mouths, The bloodthirsty blades were prepared long ago. The officers and soldiers who entered the water splashed twice in the water. As the blood surged up, there was no more movement. It was a masterpiece specially given by Wu Yong to the officers and soldiers. This was what he had in mind when he recruited the water force. This is why he only valued water-based skills and ignored martial arts. These men who understand water-based skills can integrate well into this world and are actually the best killers. A sharp weapon, and all they need is a slender three-edged knife. Such a special knife has little resistance in the water, but the trauma it causes is immeasurable. Those wounds that are poked will make the blood flow in extreme A large amount of blood was lost over time, and it was difficult to stop the bleeding and cure it even on dry roads.
Under such a blade, the officers and soldiers who were forced to jump off the ship died in the water one by one, risking their blood. For a moment, there was a bright fire on the ship, but under the ship it was dazzling scarlet. Looking around, there was nothing but Outside the thick smoke that obscures the sky, there is killing everywhere, and the color of death is everywhere.
Wu Yong saw the officers and soldiers in disarray on the hill beside the river. The officers and soldiers jumped into the water one after another, like dumplings in the pot. The brothers lurking in the water had no time to understand them one by one. Wu Yong immediately waved the flag and drums were played on the top of the mountain. , rocking the boat among the reeds, a group of speedboats full of sailors rushed up from all directions. The people on the boat were armed with spears and swords, and they stabbed and beheaded the officers and soldiers swimming in the river. , there were endless howls on the river for a while, and the blood was even more pungent to the face.
Liu Menglong and Dang Shixiong watched in horror. When they were eager to return to the ship, they could not escape. The heroes of the Green Forest Army used small boats to load firewood and cut down trees and vegetation in the mountains in the shallow harbor they passed. The oars were broken. Unable to move, many soldiers abandoned their boats and launched into the water. Liu Menglong took off his military uniform, crawled across the water bank, and walked away on a path. Shixiong of the party hurriedly asked someone to put down the boat, and took a few of his own men to accompany the sailors. Let's go and get on the boat. Dang Shixiong just asked the navy to look for the deep part of the harbor branch. Within two miles, he saw three boats in front. On the boat were brothers from the Green Forest Army. Each one held a polygon leaf gun and approached the boat. By the way, many sailing sergeants were frightened and jumped into the water. Dang Shixiong stood on the bow of the boat with his iron shuo and fought with the heroes. The men from the Green Forest Army also jumped into the water, but instead He was like a fish in the water, and nimbly stabbed all the officers and soldiers to death in the water, then approached Dang Shixiong from both sides. Dang Shixiong saw that he was not fooled, and used his iron shuo to poke at the people surrounding him in the water, but he didn't want to These people were all men in the water transportation gang at the beginning, and all of them were good players. Even though Dang Shixiong stabbed these people repeatedly, it was more difficult to stab these people than to spear a fish. Those people seemed to be greedy and eager. Dang Shixiong became even more furious. Just as Dang Shixiong stabbed him fiercely, he suddenly saw a strong man emerging from the water. He avoided the assassination Tie Shuo and jumped up suddenly. He grabbed Tie Shuo with his hand, grabbed his clothes and pants, and pulled him into the water with a splash.
Dang Shixiong was submerged in the turbulent river water. Men had already rushed forward from the water. They beat the struggling Dang Shixiong away, drowned him half to death, and then dragged him to the shore. Throwing them on the reed stall, there were already more than a dozen green forest sergeants hiding there. Three or two lassoes flew over to catch them, and they were captured alive and brought into the city.