It seems that the Wagang Army is not the only team that rushed out of the ambush on the bank. After the Wagang Army appeared, another peasant rebel army in rags also rushed out of another dense forest at the same time, shouting and cheering. They rushed to the river, the number of people was obviously larger than that of the Wagang Army, but the flags were messy, the queues were scattered here and there, and the weapons in their hands were even more messy and crudely made, which was different from the Wagang Army with relatively uniform weapons and equipment It was extremely large, and it was very similar to the second and third line rebel troops that Chen Yingliang had encountered on the counter-insurgency battlefield before.
At the same time, another official ship had been dragged to the shore, and the Wagang army on the shore flew out dozens of ropes with iron hooks, which hooked the ship's side very accurately, and pulled it to the shore. Tow, the sailors and officers on the official ship screamed, but they couldn't stop the official ship under their feet from being dragged to the river bank. On the river bank, hundreds of Wagang Army soldiers with knives and guns were already gearing up, ready to rush. Get on board to kill and set fire.
The situation of the official ship under Chen Yingliang was slightly better. Because of Chen Yingliang's quick response and timely order, the officers on the ship cut some hook ropes in time, and the speed of being towed to the shore was a little slow. Seeing this scene, Chen Yingliang hurriedly yelled again, ordered the officers to continue cutting the rope, and even pulled out the horizontal knife to participate in the rope cutting, but the sailor's exclamation sounded from the bow, "It's an iron chain, it can't be cut!"
Chen Yingliang turned his head in shock, and saw that there was indeed an iron chain with a hook at the bow of the boat firmly hooked to the side of the boat, and at the other end of the iron chain, a small boat was almost on the river bank, shocked by the Wagang Army's attack. While being cautious, Chen Yingliang hurriedly shouted: "Smash the ship's side, smash that part of the ship's side to me!"
The race against time began. The sailors of the official ship hurriedly found the axe, rushed to the bow and slammed the side of the ship, and the tail end of the iron chain was sent to the shore at the same time. Leaning to the shore, the uncontrollable official ship was forced to approach the river bank, and sawdust flew across the side of the ship. Both sides were competing for speed, and the scene was so tense that it was almost breathless.
There was a loud bang, and finally, the side of the ship split by the ax could not stand the huge pull, and finally broke with a sky full of sawdust. Reeling to and fro, the official sailors on Chen Yingliang's boat also cheered loudly.
Chen Yingliang's ship was temporarily out of danger, but the other official ship that was dragged to the shore was in a miserable state. Before that official ship had even had time to completely land, the soldiers of the Wagang Army were already climbing and jumping in groups As soon as they got on the boat, they swung their knives to kill people. They killed anyone they saw without saying a word, and immediately threw them into the river after being hacked to death. The screams on the deck and in the cabin were loud, and many officials and sailors were thrown out alive. In the river, struggling in the canal and shouting for help, ups and downs, the Wagang Army team laughed wildly on the deck, and the shouts of "Kill all the dogs and officers and soldiers" can be heard vaguely.
Seeing this scene, the officials and servants of the Eastern Capital headed by Qian Xiangmin are of course all thankful that they did not suffer such bad luck, but Qian Xiangmin and others soon found that they were lucky too early. The chain was quickly picked up by the sailors of the Wagang Army, and it was thrown to hook the ship's side again, and more than ten small boats that had already hooked another official ship to the shore also changed their targets, rowing and paddling towards Chen Yingliang The boat charged forward, and the ropes with the iron hooks also flew into the air one by one, bringing the whistling hooks towards Chen Yingliang's boat. A particularly unlucky official was hit in the head by the big iron hook, and fell to the ground with his brain split and died.
Fortunately, with previous experience, this time there is no need for Chen Yingliang to order to respond. The officials and sailors on the ship have already cut ropes to fight against the common hook and repel tactics in ancient water battles in order to survive. The heavy iron chains and hooks on the deck that the army had finally thrown onto the deck were the first to throw them back into the river, not giving the Wagang army a chance to repeat their old tricks. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chen Yingliang hurriedly observed the entire battlefield carefully, and planned how to deal with it.
The Wagang Army on the shore has about 1,200 to 300 people. Judging from the flags, it should be about six schools. The other rebel army did not have a unified flag, so it can only be estimated to be more than 2,000 people. In terms of numbers, these The enemy is not terrible, as long as the two regiments of Guo Feng and Chen Ci can reach the battlefield, Chen Yingliang believes that it will not be difficult to defeat these enemies. At the same time, Chen Yingliang also discovered two small details. The first detail is that there is a big "Xu" written on the flag of the Wagang Army; Completely merged into one, but carefully kept a certain distance.
After roughly confirming the enemy's situation, Chen Yingliang hurriedly turned his head to look at the upper reaches of the canal, and was extremely disappointed to find that the upper reaches of the canal were empty and there were no boats or boats. Surprise attack, it is difficult to react immediately and calmly deal with it, and it is temporarily impossible to rush here to launch a rescue. Fortunately, Chen Yingliang has absolute confidence in the fighting power of the Nationalist Army. Report to the national army team to come to rescue him.
Thanks to the desperate efforts of the officials on the ship to save themselves, the Wagang Army's hook-and-repel tactics have never been successful. The distance between the boat and the river bank is always about ten feet. Chen Yingliang was secretly happy about it for a while, and said that this time he was saved. However, Chen Yingliang, who doesn't know much about water warfare and the Wagang Army, still underestimated the adaptability of the Wagang Army. First, the archers of the Wagang Army began to throw arrows at the official ship, and then there was a sudden sound from the flank of the official ship. There was a strange thud sound, and the sailors with experience in the water also shouted, "Master Fucheng, no, the Wagang bandits are chiseling our boat!"
"Chicken the boat?!" Chen Yingliang's expression changed drastically, knowing that if the Baoguo army could not arrive in time, he would have only two fates left. He was hacked to death with a knife, and the second was that the Wagang army dug through the bottom of the ship, flooding the cabin and drowning himself alive.
"Chen Jishi, what should we do? What should we do?" Qian Xiangmin grabbed Chen Yingliang's sleeve again, crying with snot and tears, "Wagang bandits are pulling boats and digging boats, what should we do?" ?What should I do?"
"Deal with all your strength to pull the boat and hit the underwater enemies with things!"
Chen Yingliang resolutely chose to struggle to the death, and personally picked up the sundries on the ship and threw them under the ship. The officials on the ship followed suit, but the experienced sailors immediately pointed out that it was useless to do so, because experienced shipwrights Ghosts usually hide at the bottom of the boat and dig upwards, but Chen Yingliang didn't care about that much at all. He just ordered the officers to continue to fight against the Wagang Army's hook-and-repel tactics, and once again smashed the heavy iron chain that the Wagang Army had finally thrown onto the ship's side and smashed it back into the water. , At the same time, he kept smashing the boat with heavy objects, desperately buying time.
Chen Yingliang's dying struggle completely angered the Wagang Army team on the shore. More Wagang Army sailors jumped into the water and swam to dig the boat. At the same time, those Wagang Army sailors who were driving small boats also began to climb the side of the ship, wanting to rush up to kill and set fire Fortunately, the officials on the ship had already made preparations this time, guarding the ship's side and condescendingly hacking and stabbing the sailors climbing the ship, temporarily not giving the sailors of the Wagang Army a chance to rush to the deck.
At this time, another official ship that had been captured by the Wagang army roared, "Damn it, it's porcelain! It's all a pile of broken porcelain! It's worthless!"
Of course, Jun Kiln porcelain, one of the five famous kilns in China, is definitely not worthless broken porcelain. After so much hard work and so much effort to pile up the garbage that looks good, the Wagang Army team on the shore suddenly became furious, and the roars of killing all the dogs and officers and soldiers continued one after another. The general of the Wagang Army who led the team was also very disappointed, and said angrily: "Fuck it, so many officers and soldiers escorted him, I thought it was some treasure, causing me to pay for a sloop! Send an order to kill all these dog officials, one Do not stay!"
Enraged by the enemies, the bows and arrows were shot more violently. Fortunately, the Wagang Army did not have too many bows and arrows, and the density of the arrow rain was not strong. Chen Yingliang would not be in much danger as long as he was careful, but the threat from under the ship was getting worse. It became more and more violent, and several Wagang Army sailors had already rushed onto the deck, struggling to fight with the escort officers who had nowhere to go. Said to have found water seepage.
Finally, all the officials and sailors in the cabin rushed out, yelling and reporting that the cabin had sprayed water in several places, and then the official ship gradually began to sink. Sweating profusely, he was undecided whether to dive into the water to escape—Chen Yingliang did know how to plan, but with this level of water skills, he had no hope of surviving in front of the Wagang army who lived by looting canals. Chen Yingliang was not at all sure.
After a few splashes, the sailors on the official ship couldn't bear the torment of fear, and several people jumped into the river to escape for their lives, but the screams they immediately let out, as well as the corpses that quickly surfaced, and the water stained red with blood, However, he warned the remaining officers and sailors on board that this way would not work. Seeing this scene, Qian Xiangmin knelt on the deck and hugged Chen Yingliang's legs and wailed. Needless to say, Chen Yingliang, who had never noticed the arrival of the Nationalist Army, was also in despair. I really want to capsize in this small ditch today?"
"There is a ship coming!" Chen Yingliang opened his eyes at the sudden cheers, and when he turned his head to look upstream, Chen Yingliang immediately despaired again, because the incoming ship was not a large official ship carrying soldiers of the Nationalist Army, but A small ordinary civilian boat.
"Huh?" In desperation, Chen Yingliang suddenly saw with great amazement that a man was holding a knife on the neck of a boatman at the bow of the civilian boat rushing towards him with its sails fully spread, forcing the civilian boat to approach quickly. I boarded my official ship that was sinking slowly. During this period, a Wagang Army sailor jumped onto the civilian ship to try to stop him. He was cut off by the knife-wielding man, and the blood spurted for half a day. Neither law nor power is ordinary.
The boat full of sails finally approached Chen Yingliang's boat, and a faintly familiar clear voice sounded from the boat, "Chen, jump aboard!"
"Fight it!" Chen Yingliang didn't care so much, he just jumped onto the civilian boat, fortunately the distance was very short, and most of Chen Yingliang's boat had sunk, so Chen Yingliang jumped off the boat safely. Immediately afterwards, Mr. Qian Xiangmin, who has always been extremely wretched, did not know where a burst of courage came from, and he jumped off the boat with Chen Yingliang, and fell heavily beside Chen Yingliang, crying again in pain Father calls mother.
It was too late, but soon, after Chen Yingliang and Qian Xiangmin successfully jumped off the ship one after the other, the civilian ship with full sails had passed the sinking official ship and rushed downstream. The Wagang Army roared in anger, and at the same time several Wagang Army boats chased after them.
"Go!" The knife-wielding man turned his back to Chen Yingliang and yelled an order. The kidnapped boatman had no choice but to shout to the boatman who was shaking: "Son, go quickly."
"Why is it you?!" Chen Yingliang finally recognized the familiar voice, and hurriedly stepped forward to look at the knife-wielding man. Sure enough, it was really Pei Cuiyun disguised as a man again! Shocked, Chen Yingliang blurted out and asked, "Why are you here?"
"I said, our business is endless." Pei Cuiyun's expression was as proud as a peacock spreading its tail, and hummed: "I saved you once today, how can you thank me?"
With a bang, before Chen Yingliang could reply, a Wagang army boat had crashed into the boat hired by Pei Cuiyun, and then another boat chased after it, and the Wagang army sailors on the boat jumped over one after another. Swinging the knife, Pei Cuiyun also knew that the matter was urgent, so he had to push away the boatman who was held hostage by him, and raised his knife to fight the Wagang Army sailor. Chen Yingliang met the enemy side by side, while Qian Xiangmin continued to crouch behind Chen Yingliang with his head in his arms and howl without mentioning it.
Both Chen Yingliang and Pei Cuiyun underestimated the contingencies of some Wagang Army officers and soldiers. Seeing that Pei Cuiyun was so skilled, the Wagang Army sailors who jumped over the ship did not fight head-on, but cut off the mooring ropes to make the sails fall. The speed of the boat slowed down, and at the same time, two sailors from the Wagang Army rushed into the cabin, forcing the boatman to go to the north bank, while the rest surrounded Pei Cuiyun and Chen Yingliang, cooperating very skillfully.
Under the coercion of the Wagang Army, Pei Cuiyun hired this small boat and soon approached the north bank of Yongji Canal. Numerous Wagang Army soldiers had already rushed to the shore, and quickly surrounded the small boat that was docked. Seeing this scene, not to mention Qian Xiangmin foaming at the mouth and Chen Yingliang's pale face, even Pei Cuiyun, who was fearless and fearless, was a little timid, and asked Chen Yingliang in a low voice: "Mr. Wang, are you sure to kill him?"
"I just want to be sure."
Chen Yingliang replied with a wry smile, he really had no confidence in his superficial martial arts, and he didn't even notice what Pei Cuiyun called him. But there is no such thing as a path, when out of the corner of his eye he saw a few Wagang soldiers on horseback appearing on the shore, the poisonous nest went undercover twice, Chen Yingliang, who had already developed the habit of adapting to the situation, suddenly had an idea, and immediately squatted down, facing him. Qian Xiangmin said in a low voice: "Master Qian, if you want to survive, then don't say a word, don't talk, and let me arrange everything."
"Chen Jishi, what did you say?" Qian Xiangmin, who was already full of tears and snot, asked back in surprise.
"excuse me."
Chen Yingliang laughed softly, then suddenly hugged Qian Xiangmin's shoulders, lifted him up, and quickly put a horizontal knife on Qian Xiangmin's neck, which was already wet in his crotch, and pointed at the Wagang on the bank. The army yelled: "Don't come here, or I'll kill him! Don't come here, or I'll kill him!"
It happened suddenly, not to mention Pei Cuiyun and Qian Xiangmin, even those Wagang soldiers on the shore who were grinning were all dumbfounded. Come over to threaten the army? But Chen Yingliang shouted loudly again: "Get out of the boat, or I will kill him with one knife, and let you get nothing!"
Of course, the Wagang Army who had already boarded the ship would not be forced to disembark, but they did not come up to fight - because things were too weird. But Chen Yingliang shouted again: "You Wagang want to be black and black, don't even dream about it! The treasure of the Southern Dynasty belongs to our emperor Liu. If you want to steal it, dream about it! The great old man cut him down with a knife, everyone don't want the treasure of the Southern Dynasty! "
The generals of the Wagang Army looked at each other even more in dismay. A general of the Wagang Army who looked like a leader rode out and asked Chen Yingliang, "Who are you? Who is the person you caught? What do you mean?"
"Don't pretend." Chen Yingliang sneered loudly, and said loudly to the general of the Wagang Army: "Wagang King over there, how about we make a deal, let us go, and when Liu Yuanjin and Liu Tianzi get the treasure of the Southern Dynasty, we will share it with you." You have 30%. If you must be black and black, then I'm sorry, I will kill him with one knife, so that you can never find the hidden treasures of the four dynasties of the Southern Dynasty for 170 years!"
"Are you from Liu Yuanjin?!" The general of the Nawagang Army was taken aback. Let me explain here. Liu Yuanjin was the leader of the peasant uprising army in Wu County. He claimed to be the Son of Heaven. Perhaps the famous generals Tu Wanxu and Yu Juluo were sent to join forces to suppress them, so there was nothing they could do about him for a while.
"That's right!" Chen Yingliang replied proudly, "I am Liang Chengliang, the Minister of Civil Affairs under Liu Tianzi's command. Under Liu Tianzi's order, he came to Dongdu to meet the former Chen Shaoling King Chen Jing under his name. I caught him. This person is the beloved son of former Emperor Chen Shubao, Prince of Shaoling, Chen Jing!"
"Ah!" The general of the Nawagang army was speechless, never dreaming that he would encounter such a miracle. Qian Xiangmin, who was held hostage by Chen Yingliang, was also tongue-tied and almost screamed out. Fortunately, Qian Xiangmin had already been promoted by Chen Yingliang to act as a big shot before. .
Shocked, the general of the Nawagang army hurriedly asked again: "Liang Shilang, what do you mean by the hidden treasures of the Southern Dynasty?"
"You don't know?" Chen Yingliang looked even more surprised than the general of the Nawagang army, and asked in surprise: "Then why did you rob our boat? Didn't you people from Wagang come to rob this King Shaoling?"
"No." The general of the Wagang Army, who was only in his twenties, shook his head and replied truthfully: "We have received a report that two official ships full of cargo entered the channel under the protection of four official ships. Ji Qu thought it was some valuable treasure, so he came to stop the boat."
"What?!" Chen Yingliang screamed, heart-piercingly, "You are all for the Jun kiln porcelain from the two boats? Then you should have said it earlier, King Shaoling and I must be on the same boat. I will give you the porcelain together!"
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, really misunderstanding." The general of the Wagang Army was fooled miserably, and he apologized to Chen Yingliang in turn, and said with a wry smile: "If I knew that you were King Liu's people, how could our Wagang brothers attack you?" ? Everyone is trying to overthrow the tyrant Yang Guang, and our Wagang Army never attacks friendly troops."
"It turned out to be a misunderstanding." Chen Yingliang breathed a sigh of relief, and put down the knife from Qian Xiangmin's neck, and said to the general of the Nawagang army, "Liang Cheng, the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs under the command of Emperor Liu of Wu County, has seen King Wagang. Dare to ask your Majesty Gao's name."
"I'm Xu Shiji." The general of the Wagang Army who was only in his twenties replied with his hands clasped.
The muscles on Chen Yingliang's face twitched involuntarily, and then he said: "It turns out that it is King Xu. He has known his name for a long time, and he is like a thunderbolt. I am lucky to see you today. Since it was a misunderstanding, King Xu, can we go now? If King Xu If you can raise your hand high, my Emperor Liu will definitely be rewarded in the future."
"Wait!"
Before Xu Shiji could speak, another rebel general on horseback rode forward, yelled to stop Chen Yingliang and others from leaving, and pointed at Chen Yingliang and said, "You can leave if you want to. Tell us first, what is the hidden treasure of the Southern Dynasty?"
Chen Yingliang's expression changed, and he immediately put the knife on Qian Xiangmin's neck, and asked the rebel general, "Who are you?"
"Jibei Lu Mingxing." The rebel general replied with a sneer, and then asked loudly: "Just now you said that the four dynasties of the Southern Dynasties have hidden treasures for 170 years. What do you mean? What does it have to do with the former King Chen Shaoling? I will let you go, otherwise you will never leave this place today!"