"Paddle harder!" "Open the water fence!" "Fire the arrow!"
The soldiers of the Song Dynasty prepared to attack the Tang army amidst shouts and sailed a ship from the shore to the center of the river.
Not long after, Tang army ships could be seen drifting down quickly from the upper reaches.
"The Tang army's boat is small, block it!"
Immediately, Song soldiers carried large sharpened wooden stakes and fixed them to the side of the ship.
Most of them were troop transport ships. I didn't think the ships were big, but when I compared them with the Tang army, I immediately gained confidence. "Fire the arrow!"
The arrow was shot against the wind and landed lightly in front of the Tang army's warship. Only one round later, the distance between the two sides had been quickly shortened. "Bang."
First, the weak water fence was knocked open. The soldiers of Song Dynasty had fixed the tree stumps and ran away to prepare for the impact.
In their eyes, the small boats of the Tang Army were like small sampans.
"coming!"
The sun shines on the river surface, reflecting the dazzling light.
A soldier who was running on the deck turned around and hurriedly saw the iron sheets wrapped on the side of the Tang army's warship.
"Bang!"
The troop transport rocked violently, and indeed it withstood the impact of the small sampan.
There was a creaking sound as the wood broke. It must have been that Tang Jun's boat hit the sharp wooden piles and cracked.
"Are they broken?" "Kill them."
The soldiers held their bows and ran towards the side of the ship. When they looked out, they were surprised.
I saw that the sharpened wooden stake had been knocked crooked, and the Tang army boat covered with iron sheets was stuck in the side of the troop transport ship like a dagger. A Tang soldier was holding a long pole to pull it out.
And their troop transport ship has been knocked out of a deep crack.
"Fierce oil tank!"
The Song military commanders shouted and urged the soldiers to burn the Tang army warships with fire.
Unfortunately, their own ship had begun to sink slowly, and the soldiers no longer bothered to set fire and retreated in panic.
"Bang!"
Not far away, several more Tang Army warships collided with the troop transport ship nearby.
This time, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty saw clearly that although the Tang army warships were small, they were covered with iron, and small thorns like thorns were cast on the iron, which made them appear extremely hard.
Can break wooden boats.
"Bang!"
After several consecutive collisions, the ships of the Song Army were smashed into pieces, and pieces of wood flew down the river. Some soldiers fell into the river.
They swam towards the shore. However, the river was strong and many people were swept away.
In just a short moment, the defense line on the river had been torn apart.
The navy of the Tang Army planned to directly penetrate the Song Army's defense line and go to Kuizhou to support.
Seeing this situation, Su Liuyi couldn't help but become anxious and kept urging his warship to sail towards the center of the river, intending to intercept the Tang army's navy from the side.
"Quick! Hook him up for me."
Where Su Liuyi raised his hand and pointed was the main warship of the Tang Army. The other warships of the Song Army had intended to retreat, but seeing him like this, they had no choice but to follow.
There was another "bang", and his warship finally rammed diagonally into the Tang army's fleet.
"Board!"
The sound of collisions continued, and at the same time, the sounds and screams from weapons such as arrows, fire tanks, and thunder cannons came to my ears one after another.
"Smash it!"
"Cut off their flags!"
Taking advantage of their commanding position, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty threw down porcelain tribulus fireballs.
To Su Liuyi's surprise, the opposing general was not afraid of being intercepted by him and also chose to pick up the ship.
Iron hooks were thrown onto his deck, and murderous cries reached the edge of his ship.
"No retreat!"
Su Liuyi raised his spear and ran to the edge of the ship in person. A group of soldiers quickly followed with their spears and shields.
The main battleship of the Tang Army was slightly shorter. Su Liuyi rushed to the edge of the ship and saw the Tang soldiers clearly, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Navy soldiers for
They are easy to move around and often wear no armor or only small lightweight leather armor. However, the soldiers of the Tang Army were all wearing black armor.
The Song army's arrows landed on those armors and could not penetrate, so they could only fall down powerlessly.
Su Liuyi thought it was iron armor at first, but after taking a closer look, he realized that it was not.
"Tengjia?"
He murmured, thinking of something he had vaguely heard. It was said that Li Xia sent troops to Wuchi Dao in his early years. This was where Zhuge Liang captured Meng Huo seven times. Therefore, his army had built some rattan armor in recent years.
, but no one has ever seen it
Just as I was thinking of this, "General, be careful!"
A soldier threw Su Liuyi down and rolled twice on the shaking deck.
"Whoosh", a big arrow passed between two rows of soldiers, instantly splashing blood.
Su Liuyi stood up in embarrassment and stared at the enemy ship. Only then did he realize that the Tang army had placed a large three-bow crossbow on the deck and had already loaded another arrow.
"Damn, there's everything on this little old boat"~~
As the war progressed, more and more Tang army warships appeared
Going down the river, they either collided with Su Liuyi's warship, or surrounded it from the side and hooked it to the side.
The Song army's ships sailed from the river, and their speed was much slower.
As the speed slows down, the momentum becomes weaker, so the soldiers become more hesitant and move even slower.
"General! There are more and more enemies! Retreat!" "Fight again!"
Su Liuyi glanced at the enemy ship from behind his shield and had already locked onto the enemy general's figure.
It was a very short Tang general who looked unimpressive, holding a harpoon and waving it while commanding, looking a little clumsy.
Suddenly. "General! The boat is leaking!"
"How is that possible? This is the Yangtze River."
Su Liuyi was startled, and then turned to look at the Tang general. He no longer thought he was clumsy, but cunning.
He did not expect that the soldiers of the Tang army were so good at water, and could sneak into the river in such rapids and cut through the bottom of his boat.
There was a "bang" sound, but a huge crossbow penetrated the side of his ship.
Sawdust was flying.
When Su Liuyi raised his head again, his face was covered in blood from pieces of wood.
He glanced downstream again, thinking that after holding off the enemy for so long, the downstream should be ready, so he ordered: "Withdraw!"
~~"Sink it!"
Zhang Shun stared at the dilapidated main warship of the Song Army in front of him and gave orders loudly.
So the boat chased toward the north shore for a while.
But I heard the sound of a horn sounding in the distance, and the flag on a ship in the middle of the river was waving.
"General, the second general said that General Song wants to lure you onto the rocks." "Damn it."
Zhang Shun stared at the big flag with the word "Su", wiped the blood on his face, spat, and ordered: "Ignore these dogs and hozens, go downstream to save Kuizhou!"
"Also, repair the boat."
The ship changed its sail direction, gradually returned to the center of the river, and sailed rapidly downstream.
The river was surging, and the scenery on both sides of the river kept receding, and in a blink of an eye, several more mountains were passed.
~~Chengtou of Kuizhou.
Yao Pang glanced at the Tang army in the city, feeling a little scared.
Fortunately, he could see that the city was indeed running low on food supplies, and Zhang Qiyan was no longer as stubborn as he had been a while ago.
Hu Huaixiao, who had just escaped from Wanzhou, was still trying to persuade Zhang Qiyan.
"General Zhang scolded me for treason, but he didn't know that I was a minister of the Song Dynasty, and I have been deeply grateful to the emperor for generations. When Li Ni rebelled, Zhang Jue used his old army as a tribute
Qing, the road to Kuizhou is reversed. I have endured the humiliation and bear the heavy burden, and I have been waiting for today."
"Hu Huaixiao, I will kill you."
"It's okay for General Zhang to kill me, but why do the people in the city deserve it?" Hu Huaixiao advised earnestly: "No matter what you think of me, the current situation is that Wanzhou in the upper reaches has returned to the Song Dynasty, and Kuizhou has become an isolated city. If General Zhang
Failure to surrender will only increase the casualties of soldiers and civilians."
Yao Pian listened and gradually felt relieved.
He felt that Hu Huaixiao had found his form, and his righteous words made it seem as if he had actually rebelled against the soldiers in Wanzhou City, beheaded the Tang army's defenders, and then dedicated the city to the Song Dynasty.
In fact, Hu Huaixiao just escaped secretly to the ship of the Song Navy, but this is no longer important. What is important is that his words are sincere enough to convince Zhang Qiyan.
After talking for a while, Yao Pian said, "Why don't we let General Zhang think about it and discuss it with his generals." Today, as long as they are allowed to board the city and leave safely, many people in Kuizhou City will surrender.
He knew that surrender would happen sooner or later, and there was no rush. Therefore, Yao Min planned to make progress by retreating.
He pulled Hu Huaixiao and bowed to Zhang Qiyan, and then said: "By the way, I heard that General Zhang was once the old subordinate of Zhu Xi's grandson Zhu Anshi. Zhu Anshi is now in the army. General Zhang can meet him next time.
"
Zhang Qiyan said nothing and nodded to his subordinates, indicating that he allowed the two Song envoys to leave.
So they started to prepare to put down the hanging basket on the top of the city. Suddenly.
"General!" a Tang soldier shouted: "Look upstream!" Yao Min, who had just stepped into the basket, was inexplicably startled and turned to look to the west, anxious.
~~"Bang!"
The collision has occurred in the fleet of the Song Navy.
The shouts and screams were blown away by the river wind and could not reach Jia Sidao's main ship for the time being.
But Jia Sidao and Xia Gui were still sitting and talking.
"Ping Zhanggong, since the founding of our dynasty, regardless of the civil and military officials, there have always been rules for promotion, qualifications, examinations, and recommendations. The so-called 'correct merit within a limited number of years, and advance by rank.'"
Jia Sidao listened indifferently, and secretly cursed Xia Gui, a rude warrior, for being able to speak his mind when his own interests were really involved. He pretended to be like a civil servant, which made people even more angry.
I talked a lot of nonsense, which is nothing more than "Seniority is the official rule of the Song Dynasty. You, Jia Sidao, can't break the rules by mentioning Su Liuyi to my son and son-in-law."
He listened impatiently for a while, and when Xia Gui finished speaking, Jia Sidao patted his knee and said, "What you said is right, but the matter is urgent. Then he told Li Ni to promote these mud-legged men to generals and marshals."
, is there any limit on years and steps?"
Xia Guidao: "That's why Li Ni broke the rules, and we have to come to attack him. Therefore, Li Ni is unpopular, and the heroes of the Central Plains are unwilling to rely on him."
"Hehehe."
Jia Sidao smiled perfunctorily, thinking of the dispute he had with Li Xia many years ago.
At that time, Li Xia chose a seemingly more difficult path to transform the entire
A dynasty was smashed and rebuilt with great difficulties; at that time, Jia Sidao chose a more promising path and stood at the pinnacle of power in the Song Dynasty, taking charge of state affairs.
But now, with Li Xia's Northern Expedition, the Central Plains clans who were dissatisfied with him in the past can only surrender and reduce their own power, because Li Xia is the one who sets the rules.
And he, Jia Sidao, still lives within the rules of the Song Dynasty: "Ping Zhang Gong, Ping Zhang Gong."
"What's the matter? Didn't you see that I was discussing important military matters with Marshal Xia?!"
"Oh no! Tang Army reinforcements have arrived."
Jia Sidao was not surprised and said: "Stop them and don't let the Kuizhou defenders see reinforcements."
"I'm afraid we can't stop them, they have already crashed into our defense line."
"What did you say?"
Jia Sidao stood up, but before he could speak, he suddenly heard a collision in the distance, and the ship's plank began to shake under his feet.
He was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Xia Gui, wanting to ask why he wasn't on guard.
Xia Gui, however, had already stood up and shouted: "Hurry! Disperse the fleet quickly, don't let the Tang army burn the entire fleet, disperse!"