Chapter 296: Lieutenant Gao’s Lien-Battles and Losses (8)
Qiu Yue commanded the ship to overturn three empty boats, and the river surface returned to its former calm. Riding the wind and waves, he could not travel more than three miles on the water, but he saw three fast boats, and they came over like flying. On the first boat, I saw more than a dozen people sitting there, all applying indigo, yellow pills, earthen vermilion and clay powder on their bodies, tying their hair into buns, and whistling wildly. They obviously did not pay attention to those majestic officers, soldiers and warships. On the left is Tong Wei, the "dragon out of the cave", and on the right is Tong Meng, the "mirage over the river." There are only seven or eight people in the two boats on both sides of the boat, each painted in red or green.
Qiu Yue, the vanguard of the officers and soldiers, saw this and asked the ship's archery tower to open their bows and fire arrows. Before the arrow feathers like birds covering the sky fell, the Green Forest Army on the opposite side shouted, and they all abandoned the ship and jumped into the water together. As they passed, Qiu Yue's ships sailed past, knocking those small boats over again and causing them to fall into the river.
When Qiu Yue saw it, he couldn't help laughing proudly.
After being unable to travel more than three miles on the waterway, we saw three medium-sized boats coming on the water. Each boat had eight oars, which were rocked by eight people at different times. More than ten small men were sitting on the boat with a red flag, surrounded by a leader. On the head, the upper body is naked, and the lower legs are exposed with dark hairy legs. There are several iron chisels and copper knives stuck in the waist, and an iron gun is held in the hand. Behind him is a green flag, which reads: Water The military leader "Chuan Huo'er" Zhang Heng came closer in a boat, cupped his hands towards Qiu Yue Gong, and said loudly: "Thank you for sending the boat here."
The pioneer felt unhappy after hearing this and shouted: "Fire the arrows!" When the crossbows rang out, all the heroes on the three boats opposite somersaulted and jumped into the water. The water splashed down and there was no more trace on the river. But those three medium-sized boats were lying across the river. Qiu Yue did not dare to rush recklessly. They were no better than those small boats. Qiu Yue was afraid that one of them would accidentally miss the boat and cause serious trouble. He was approaching the foot of Shou'an City, and the farther he went, the farther he was. To be more cautious, Qiu Yue ordered the naval forces to enter the water and row the ships away from the river. However, it was late winter weather, and the sailors and sergeants recruited from the official and military ships would not dare to enter the water.
While hesitating and pushing, he heard a sudden barrage of artillery fire from the mountains to the left and right. The small loaches protecting the flanks on the river were suddenly exploded, and scattered wood chips flew across the river. The officers and soldiers above The explosion caused blood and flesh to fly everywhere, and countless people fell into the water. Looking at it like this, the surface of the river was like dumplings under boiling water. It was so lively. When Qiu Yue looked at it, he was anxious and wanted to order the ships to break through here. , but saw thousands of small boats swishing out of the reeds. They were walking on the water like locusts. There were only four or five people in each boat. I don’t know what was carried in the cabin. They were all using grass. Cover it tightly.
"Here we go again." Qiu Yue had long heard that the previous two defeats were due to this. Now that he saw this strategy with his own eyes, he didn't take it seriously. With a fearless look, he raised his flag in the wind. He waved his hand and ordered the turbine unit to move forward at full speed, vowing to run rampant and destroy all those small boats in the river.
But who would have thought that it would be easy for them to stop, but difficult to start again. Now when the big loach boat was about to hit, it couldn't hit it. Although the officers and soldiers at the bottom were shouting slogans and pedaling as hard as they could, but , but the entire crew was motionless. It turned out that when they were intercepted by Zhang Heng and others who abandoned the ship, Zhang Heng had already sneaked into the bottom of the river with his brothers, and first hung a large net made of thick hemp rope under the water. On the wheels, rotten wood and broken iron ground had filled up the wheels exposed under the water, so naturally the spokes inside could not be stepped on.
The news that the engine wheel was jammed quickly reached Qiu Yue's ears in panic. Seeing the boats approaching one after another, Qiu Yue waved the flag in a hurry. The soldiers on the archery tower received the order and immediately raised their bows. The arrows were loaded and fired towards the small boats like a violent storm. At the same time as the arrows were being released from the crossbow tower, the Green Forest Army on the small boats were already prepared. Each one of them had a board to protect them, and there were no arrow feathers. One is fully clothed.
Arrow Feather could not stop him. Qiu Yue watched helplessly as the Green Forest Army was about to force the generals to close in. However, he was so anxious that he had no choice but to draw out his sword first. At this time, he also shot a scratching hook over and caught it with a bang. Qiu Yue hurriedly ordered the officers and soldiers on the ship to draw their swords, but before the order was sent to other ships, fifty or sixty Green Forest Army troops emerged from each small ship. Climbing onto the vanguard ship with arrow feathers.
There was a sudden dagger fight on the vanguard ship. The Green Forest Army climbed onto the ship like ants in an endless stream. Soon the deck was full of bloody fighting. Qiu Yue commanded the officers and soldiers of the ship to be able to resist, but other vanguard ships No decent leader has the ability to remain calm in the face of battle. Soon, in a panic, he was killed by the officers and soldiers. It was very unseemly. Such a close-quarters fight could not take half a stick of incense. Many vanguard battalion warships All the officers and soldiers were killed, either dead with swords or axes, or chopped down and fell into the water. In the end, many forward sea loaches fell into the hands of the Green Forest Army.
The imperial naval force following behind saw that the momentum was not right, and quickly reported the news to the Chinese army. Gao Qiu was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered the rear team to change to the front team and hide first, but who would have thought that as soon as the order was given, there would be something behind him. The report came over and said that the rear was also blocked, and the whole army was blocked in the river again, unable to advance or retreat eagerly. Just as the front ship was fighting in a melee, there was another shout from the rear ship, and Lieutenant Gao and Staff Officer Wen were on the way. On the Chinese military ship, they heard a commotion behind them and were anxious to go ashore. However, they heard the golden drums among the reeds on both sides beating loudly and shouting for death. Captain Gao was so shocked that he immediately gave up the idea of going ashore. Captain Gao was deeply afraid of those people. The Green Forest Army climbed onto the boat and ordered the whole army to fire arrows and draw swords. At this moment, the sergeants in the cabin were in chaos and shouted together: "The bottom of the boat is leaking, the bottom of the boat is leaking, it's leaking, it's all leaking," Water gurglingly emerged from the crack in the bottom of the boat.
While other ships were looking around, they heard clanking sounds coming up from the bottom of the ship one after another. Just when the officers and soldiers were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, as the sounds became clearer and clearer, they became more and more clear. When it became more violent, there was a final click, and sharp chisels and knives came out of the hole in a mess, and then the river gurgled out. The officers and soldiers hurriedly carried buckets to get water and ran up and down, from the front to the back. , everything was lost, and it slowly sank. I looked around the small boat like ants, looking for the big boat to come.
Lieutenant Gao was running around anxiously, stamping his feet anxiously and angrily, but looking at the chaotic scene, he was so anxious that he had no way to go to the sky or the earth.
"There are people under the boat," the officers and soldiers started shouting after discovering why such a solid battleship was leaking.
It turned out that Zhang Shun led a group of skilled sailors, who were all his former fishing men. Now they all brought axes and chisels, dived into the water, and dug through the bottom of the boat, choking water everywhere.
The officers and soldiers hurriedly mobilized their guns and swords and got out of the cabin. They stabbed them randomly from the holes where water came out. The green forest navy who were digging the boats below did not expect it, and many of them were hit by knives and bullets. , but there are countless others who have gone on to succeed.
At this moment, Lieutenant Gao saw more and more small boats coming out from all directions. Even the arrows of the officers and soldiers were rushing upward in waves. The sound of scratching hooks and hooks was denser than drumbeats. The Green Forest Army They all came up to kill them with knives in their mouths. Gao Qiu was so frightened that he hurriedly climbed to the helm and called for help from the rear boat. At this time, he saw a man stepping on the rope of the scratching hook, maintaining balance extremely well and running up with a knife in his mouth. He chopped down two people. The officers and soldiers sent to intervene jumped up to the helm and shouted to Gao Qiu: "Lieutenant, I'm here to save you." Gao Qiu was surprised when he heard this, but when he looked back, he didn't recognize it.
Just when he was stunned, the man leapt forward and without saying a word, he grabbed Gao Taiwei's scarf with one hand and the belt around his waist with the other. He shouted loudly and threw Gao Taiwei into the water. Gao Qiu was so frightened that he fell into the water and choked without struggling twice. The officers and soldiers on the ship turned pale with fright, but none of them dared to come up to rescue them. They watched Captain Gao sink into the water after flopping twice. , I saw two small boats nearby, flying to the rescue, and dragged the Taiwei aboard.
The man standing at the bow of the boat threw Gao Qiu onto the boat stick, struck his back twice with his hands, and finally stamped his foot. He turned around and said with a smile: "I can't die anymore."
That person is Zhang Shun, the "white stripe in the waves". He can catch people in the water like catching turtles in an urn, and he can pick them up at his fingertips.
Qiu Yue, the vanguard of the front boat, saw the chaos in the battle and was looking for a way to escape. He saw a sailor walking out of the crowd of sailors next to him. Qiu Yue was not alert and was caught up by him. He only hit Qiu Yue with a knife from the back of the head. He cut Qiu Yue off the boat with a plop. When Mei Zhan saw that he had killed the pioneer Qiu Yue, he rushed to fight. Unexpectedly, in the thicket of sailors, he climbed up along the hook and climbed up to seven or eight green forest sailors. The ones behind him The navy troops came out one after another and attacked from behind.
Seeing that he was not the leader, Mei Zhan jumped into the water to escape. Unexpectedly, someone was already under the water, so he suffered a big loss underwater and was finally captured alive.
The Green Forest Army was divided into two groups to counterattack and attack. Wu Yong was in charge of the water route, and Shi Jin was in charge of the dry road. Don't say that the water route was a complete victory. Let's say that Shi Jin led the generals and horses from the road in front of the mountain, killed the generals, and was fighting with the vanguard Zhou Ang's horse head. When they met, Zhou Ang saw him and took the lead. Relying on the fact that he was the leader of the 180,000 forbidden troops, he shouted loudly: "Rebel, do you recognize me?"
Shi Jin reined in his horse and shouted: "The unknown young general is dead now, and we don't know yet."
When Zhou Ang heard this, he was furious and shouted: "My master is Zhou Ang, the current leader of the 180,000 Imperial Guards." After saying this, he leaped on his horse with his ax and marched straight towards Shi Jin.
Before Shi Jin moved, Lin Chong behind him shouted: "You are a man with no reputation," and he raised his gun and went straight to Zhou Ang. Zhou Ang also swung his axe, and mounted his horse to attack the enemy. The two generals clashed on the road in front of the mountain. Zhou Ang To show off his skills, he swung the gold-dipped ax in a fierce and deadly manner. Lin Chong was bent on suppressing him and waved the spear in his hand, showing no mercy.