Banyue Bay is a lake shaped like a crescent moon, lying across the road leading to Sanlihuaihuai.
There are dense woods on both sides of Half Moon Bay.
Spring is in full swing, and the surrounding trees have been stripped and dyed with layers of green, bursting with vitality. After Yang Banhou and his party arrived at Half Moon Bay, they were located at one end of Half Moon and needed to take a boat to follow an arc.
Drive ahead to cross the lake. At the ferry on the shore, civilian boats are lined up neatly.
Yang Banhou did a rough scan and found that there were hundreds of small boats.
Each ship can only carry thirty to fifty people.
Yang Banhou looked at Li Xiucheng and asked: "General Li, you have more than 2,000 soldiers. I also have more than 2,000 soldiers. The boat next to the ferry is too small. More than 4,000 people took the small boat with great fanfare.
The march is too eye-catching. If you ask people to look for civilian ships, aren't there any big ships that can carry hundreds of people?"
Li Xiucheng spread his hands, shrugged, and explained helplessly: "I spent a lot of effort to raise 120 small boats for these civilian ships. Although the boats are small, as long as they can transport soldiers for half a month
The bay is enough. This is a lake, not a naval battle. Besides, the foreigners have my general Zhang Sha watching over them, so nothing will happen to them. We must rush there earlier. If we get there late, we won’t have time to arrange it. Although the civilian ship is small,
, it’s okay to be patient.”
Yang Banhou sneered in his heart, but said: "Okay, just bear with it and it will pass."
When Li Xiucheng heard this, the smile on his lips suddenly bloomed.
Immediately, Li Xiucheng pointed to the small boats beside the ferry and said loudly: "I asked the soldiers to find all the civilian boats. To avoid suspicion, you choose the boats first."
"Okay, I'll stop being disrespectful."
Yang Banhou waved his hand, looked at Lu Shaochuan who was standing next to him, and ordered: "Commander Lu, you take a hundred soldiers to select civilian ships. Check carefully to make sure there are no omissions."
"yes!"
Lu Shaochuan agreed and led his soldiers forward.
When Lu Shaochuan came to the edge of the ferry and walked into a small boat, he carefully looked at the situation inside and outside the boat. Not only that, Lu Shaochuan turned his back to the people on the shore and quietly tapped the edge of the hull. Lu Shaochuan knocked
The frequency is to hit twice in succession, pause for a moment, and then hit three times violently in succession.
Although there is a banging sound, it can be thought that it is testing the strength of the hull.
After the knocking sound, a head emerged from the water.
Due to the obstruction of the ship's hull and the fact that Lu Shaochuan's burly body blocked the view of the people on the ferry, no one noticed the head popping up. The man underwater was clearly a pirate soldier under Lu Shaochuan's command.
The soldier didn't speak, just nodded, and then sank into the water with a splash and disappeared. A ripple appeared, and the water surface gradually became calm again, as if nothing happened.
In about ten minutes, Lu Shaochuan selected sixty civilian ships.
The remaining sixty civilian ships all belonged to Li Xiucheng.
Lu Shaochuan returned to the shore, walked to the opposite side of Yang Banhou, turned his back to Yang Banhou, nodded, winked and smiled, and said seriously: "Deputy commander, all ships have been inspected.
, all intact. I selected sixty civilian ships for our more than two thousand soldiers to ride on."
Yang Banhou nodded and said: "Okay!"
Li Xiucheng found that the title between Lu Shaochuan and Yang Banhou was a bit strange, but he didn't have time to think about it.
Yang Banhou said: "General Li, our ship goes behind, you go first!"
Li Xiucheng rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Okay, I will lead the troops in front." Immediately, Li Xiucheng led two thousand soldiers to board sixty civilian ships one by one, and ordered the rowing boats to move forward.
Seeing this, Li Zhen asked: "Shaochuan, are the soldiers ready?"
Lu Shaochuan said: "Don't worry, Commander, everything is ready."
Yang Banhou said: "Commander, let's get on the boat too. This time Li Xiucheng got into the urn he set up, and it is easy to catch him." Yang Banhou ordered more than 2,000 soldiers to enter the civilian ship and start rowing forward.
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On the lake, the waves are sparkling and the water is clear.
The private boats sailing one after another form an excellent scenery when viewed from the air.
Fifteen minutes later, sixty civilian boats led by Li Xiucheng had entered the center of the lake and had gone halfway. Li Xiucheng was sitting on the boat with a serious look on his face. Seeing the civilian boats behind them carrying officers and soldiers, his face suddenly became grim.
When he cooled down, he ordered the people next to him: "Tell the water ghosts underwater to dig through the bottom of the officers and soldiers' boats."
"Yes!" The soldier immediately went to deliver the order.
Li Xiucheng then ordered: "Let all the soldiers cheer up and prepare for battle."
A series of orders were passed on one after another.
In an instant, the mental outlook of the Taiping soldiers changed.
This situation all fell into the eyes of Li Zhen and Yang Banhou.
Li Zhen said with a smile: "Ban Hou, the soldiers under Li Xiucheng's command are all holding their guns and preparing. It seems that they have given the order to take action. Unfortunately, how can the water thieves in the lake compare to the pirates who make a living at sea? It's like learning.
If the common people who are just doing business with crops want to fight with the properly trained soldiers, they will definitely lose."
Lu Shaochuan interrupted: "Commander, you have to give credit to my soldiers this time!"
Li Zhen nodded and said: "If you defeat Li Xiucheng in this battle, you will definitely be rewarded. Okay, let's stop playing games with Li Xiucheng and order the soldiers in the water to dig through the bottom of the opponent's boat."
When Lu Shaochuan heard this, he immediately asked someone to pass on the order.
"Chirp! Chirp!!"
Suddenly, there was a clear and clear sound of birdsong on the water, which was clear, pure, and very beautiful. When the sound was heard, dark shadows could be vaguely seen swimming around the civilian boat on which Li Xiucheng's soldiers were riding.
"Ding! Ding!!"
A series of chisling sounds came from the bottom of the ship.
"General, the bottom of our boat has been punctured, and lake water has leaked in."
"There's a leak, there's a leak in the bottom of the boat!"
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Noisy roars were heard one after another among the Taiping soldiers. The soldiers roared hysterically, with a hint of vibrato in their voices. Although some of the Taiping soldiers knew how to swim, there would not be much danger even if they fell into the water.
, but most soldiers cannot swim, falling into the water is equivalent to being killed.
Li Xiucheng sat on the boat, looking at the soaked soles under his feet, his face turned pale.
The body was trembling slightly.
His hands were shaking uncontrollably.
Li Xiucheng believed in the idea of making every move, always planning before taking action. But now he found that everything seemed so absurd, because the trap he had laid had been seen through, and the trap was also set by others who followed his plan.
what to do?
Li Xiucheng looked around and found that the boat was in the center of the lake, making it difficult to dock.
Lake water was still seeping into the bottom of the boat, and the boat itself was shaking constantly, making it difficult to maintain balance and unable to carry dozens of soldiers sitting inside. Li Xiucheng took a deep breath and shouted: "Stop the leak and move forward quickly.
Hurry, as soon as we cross Half Moon Bay, we will land ashore and evacuate."
At this moment, Li Xiucheng had no idea of fighting. His boat began to leak. Even if he ordered to fight back, the hull could not hold on. If he got into a fight, everyone would surely be buried in the lake.
The only way is to leave Half Moon Bay quickly.
ps: The second bird in the fourth watch, please give me flowers.