These dead soldiers were all good soldiers. After boarding the ship, they quickly subdued the soldiers on the ship without causing large-scale alarm.
Cheng Wuting found a target and swam quickly on the dark river. He grabbed the low side of the boat with both hands and used his strength to climb onto the deck. On the way, he suddenly felt a heat on his face. In his shock, he didn't have time to think more, and he had already flipped over.
On the deck.
Then I saw a canal transport soldier on the deck holding his loosened trousers with both hands. He looked in shock as a man suddenly emerged from the water. He was stunned. He was about to shout a warning, but he remembered something and shut his mouth tightly.
Cheng Wuting's eyes twitched, and his chest twitched.
Mother! This guy is urinating...
Cheng Wu was so disgusted that he jumped onto the deck. When the soldier was shocked but did not scream loudly, he raised his foot and kicked him hard in the heart.
There was a muffled "bang" sound, and the soldier grunted, his body flew forward six or seven steps, and then his legs fell backwards and he fell face down on the deck.
There was a noise outside in the cabin, and someone asked in a low voice: "What's going on?"
When the door of the rear cabin opened, some people wanted to come out to check. At this time, Sun Renshi and others also turned on the deck. They rushed into the cabin with a horizontal knife.
The strange thing is that even though the soldiers on the ship were surprised by the surprise attack, they did not shout loudly...
The situation is critical at this moment. Half of the storage area has been ignited with a huge fire, and it is spreading towards the side near the city gate. The light of the fire makes half of the night sky red. Countless garrison troops are already moving closer to this side. People are shouting, and Cheng Wuting has not come at all.
Don't think too much.
When he rushed into the cabin door, he saw five or six soldiers staggering inside the cabin. They had been subdued, their hands and feet were tied, and their mouths were gagged. Although he did not want to kill ordinary soldiers, if these soldiers resisted violently, they could only be brutally beaten.
Killer, now it seems that these soldiers obviously have no strong will to resist.
It wasn't until he looked towards the innermost part of the cabin that he was shocked and realized why these soldiers didn't resist...
Even though he had changed into the clothes of an ordinary rich man, Cheng Wuting could still recognize His Highness Prince Qi who was huddled in the corner, looking up at him with a tearful face...
How could King Qi appear in such a dress, at such a time, and in such a place?
Just as he was about to ask, he suddenly heard someone shouting outside: "All ships have docked. Thieves have sneaked into the storage area and set fire to them. All ships must be stopped for search!"
Cheng Wuting, Sun Renshi and Qi King Li You all changed their expressions. Li You was about to speak, but Sun Renshi covered his mouth. Then he tore off a piece of clothes and stuffed it into his mouth. He then tied his hands and feet tightly, and let him go.
Li You squirmed and shouted, but it was of no use.
Cheng Wuting had already turned around and came to the cabin door, looked out from the crack of the door, and whispered: "There is a group of soldiers driving a boat to block the river in front. There are many people on the shore, and there seems to be people responding. As soon as the fire started, the reaction of the rebels was unexpected
So fast?"
I don’t quite agree with the image of the mob.
Master Sun Ren said angrily: "It must be the soldier guarding the door earlier. I just thought there was something wrong with that man's question. Sure enough, he noticed something unusual about us, and then secretly ran to call someone!"
If the soldiers had just suspected that they were coming from a wrong way and had unclear motives, then now that the fire was raging outside, even if they thought about it with their feet, they should know that they came here just to set the fire.
Cheng Wuting leaned against the crack of the door and looked into the distance. Although he couldn't see clearly through the shadows, he was sure that there were only a few official ships lying on the river in front of him within a certain distance, which were different in shape from the canoe ships, so he said calmly: "
No problem, just row the boat and let's get ashore."
"Here!"
A few dead men went to the back cabin and rowed the boat slowly forward. The cannons seized by their companions on both sides followed the lead of the boat and also moved forward slowly.
Seeing the two sides getting closer, Sun Renshi said nervously: "How about I go to the deck and confront them, maybe I can fool them."
Cheng Wuting shook his head and said: "It's useless. They were clearly prepared when they appeared here and had already confirmed where we were coming from. The reason why there is no large army coming right now may be that they think we don't have many people, so they decided to monopolize it."
The thought of merit.”
To be able to capture alive the dead enemy soldiers who sneaked into the storage area and set fire to it was a real achievement. No one could ignore it and did not want the credit to be shared by Baoze's friendly troops.
And this is also the only chance for him to escape.
The two sides were getting closer and closer, and they could already clearly see countless soldiers standing densely beside the side of the ship on the opposite side. The light of the torches flickered in the drizzle, but the fire in the western storage area made the river flicker with light and shadow.
"Stop the ship immediately! Be searched!"
"If you dare to move forward again, you will be killed without mercy!"
There was a burst of shouting from the boat on the opposite side, and then in the light, we could see that the soldiers on the boat had already drawn their bows and arrows, and were ready to attack.
Cheng Wuting ordered: "Send a signal to everyone. Don't be reluctant to fight. Speed up and rush over!"
"Here!"
Immediately, a dead soldier lit a firecracker and sent a signal in the back cabin to the nearby cannon that had been robbed by the dead soldiers.
The dead man rowing the boat exerted all his strength and rowed the oar quickly.
It's just that the main purpose of the canal boat is to transport smoothly, and there are no waves on the river. All the designs are for more stable navigation and more loading, and never for traveling faster, so even if the dead soldiers rowed the boat hard,
The speed of oars and canoe boats is not very fast either.
The other party was obviously determined to kill. Seeing that these cannons not only did not stop but gradually accelerated, they made a decisive decision and immediately ordered an attack.
"Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow!"
"Swish swish"
One after another, the feathered arrows came from the string, instantly crossing the distance between the two sides, and "snatching" them into the hull and side of the ship.
However, the dead soldiers here are all experienced in battles. Since they have no long-range weapons in their hands, they stay behind the bunker, letting the opponent's arrows rain down like a rain of arrows.
Although the speed of the boat was not very fast, with the help of the current, the two sides were brought close to each other in a short time.
The moment the sides of the ships met, the dead soldiers who were hiding behind the bunker and being suppressed by crossbows jumped up and jumped onto the enemy ship with half the agility of a monkey, wielding horizontal knives, and started killing.
Cheng Wuting pointed at Qi Wang Li You, who was tied up like a shrimp, and told the two dead soldiers: "No matter what the situation is, keep an eye on him!"
"Here!"
The two dead soldiers received the order and stood on both sides of Li You, one on the left and the other on the right, never leaving.
Cheng Wuting then walked out of the cabin, stood on the deck and shouted loudly: "Don't be reluctant to fight, fight quickly and decide quickly!"
Although this group of enemy soldiers were probably trying to attack and therefore did not mobilize more troops to intercept them, the fire in the storage area was getting bigger and bigger at the moment, and all the garrison troops were already alerted. It would not be long before all land and water routes were completely blocked.
It's hard to get out successfully.
We must seize the time to defeat this group of soldiers.
Fortunately, although the number of dead soldiers under his command was not large, all of them were brave men. They fought directly on the side of the river without fear of death, killing the opposing soldiers until they cried for their fathers and mothers, wolves ran about, and the sound of falling into the water was endless. Some were killed by
After being killed, they fell into the water, and some simply jumped off on their own.
The battle soon came to an end. More than a hundred dead soldiers fought hard and killed all the soldiers on the two warships. Then they drove the warships to the river bank and made way for the middle channel. The cannons slowly came forward, just waiting for the response.
The dead men boarded the ship and left.
Suddenly, two long dragons composed of countless torches came galloping from both sides of the bank from far to near. The speed of the galloping horses was countless times faster than the boats. They reached both sides of the bank in an instant, and countless light horses crowded the bank.
, the water is blocked.
Then, several more warships came side by side from the far side of the river, filling the wide river.
Cheng Wuting's heart sank instantly.
Enemy reinforcements are coming...
The rebels did not want to capture anyone alive at all, and surrounded all land and water routes. Then several oncoming warships quickly approached. The lights on the ships were brightly lit. They first fired several rounds of crossbows to suppress the dead soldiers, and then countless soldiers fought on their own.
They jumped off the ship and jumped onto the canoe to fight.
Just a reversal from the previous scene. This kind of warship is a sharp weapon on the river. Each ship can carry two hundred soldiers. If the five or six warships in front of you are all full, the number of soldiers can reach a thousand. They also have bows and crossbows and other sharp weapons.
, enough to kill more than a hundred dead soldiers.
The battle broke out in an instant, surrounding the cannons and warships. Both sides fought bravely, blood spattered, and corpses continued to fall into the river.
Cheng Wuting and Sun Renshi also waved their horizontal swords to resist the rebels who kept jumping off the warships. The number of dead soldiers around them decreased one by one, but the enemy troops continued to flow.