Faced with such an unfavorable situation, the Song Dynasty Xiang army once again showed their weak side. Even though Lin Henian on the handsome boat behind him was so anxious that he jumped to his feet and yelled loudly, the first reaction of these officers and soldiers was to turn around and run away, without any contact with the enemy. The courage to fight head-on.
And this gave the water bandits who had not yet rushed out of the island the courage. Seeing that the officers and soldiers were in chaos, many people jumped directly from the boat into the water, and they took the opportunity to counterattack. After a few muffled sounds, several small boats were pushed into the water by them, but this time they were no longer tools for arson, but carried dozens of water bandits with weapons and rushed towards the officers and soldiers. The target they chose was a group of officers and soldiers on the west side of the island that had not been affected by the fireships.
Still dozens of steps away from the officers and soldiers' warships, the water bandits had already drawn their bows and arrows, and fired a hail of arrows at the officers and soldiers who were already in disarray, killing them so much that they screamed again, like He jumped directly into the water like a headless fly, not caring about stopping these water bandits from killing them.
Only the local soldiers on the warships headed by Sun Tu, although they were panicking in their hearts, did not scatter in response to the orders of several generals. Instead, they raised the wooden shields that they had previously considered cumbersome and held them in front of the ship. After blocking the waves of random arrows, Tang Feng shouted loudly: "Shoot the arrows, don't let them get close easily!"
At this time, Sun Tu had given up cutting the fishing nets that obviously could not be cleaned in a short time, and took his men back to the boat. Looking at the water bandits who were only thirty or forty people, there was nothing but doubt in his eyes. , even more filled with anger: "Just a few dozen people dare to launch a counterattack against our officers and soldiers. They really don't take our Jiangzhou officers and soldiers into consideration at all! Let them come over, I will seize their ships!"
Hearing his order, the country soldiers who had long been accustomed to obeying orders immediately stopped firing arrows. On the contrary, the surrounding Xiang soldiers who were slightly relieved by this were shocked and asked why they were doing this. But Sun Tu was too lazy to explain to them at this time. He stared at the approaching boat in front of him through the burning firelight. After calculating the distance, he suddenly shouted loudly: "Come over with me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly sank a little closer to the bow of the ship. He bounced high into the air, passed a distance of about ten feet, and then rushed towards a thief's boat below. Although the martial arts skills of the country soldiers who were with him were far inferior to him, they were also infected by the heroic performance of their regiment. They all shouted "Kill" and jumped forward, but they couldn't jump like Sun Tu. At such a high altitude, they were still quite far away from the enemy ships, and they were already entering the water one after another. But these people were also proficient in water. After entering the water, they swam towards the enemy ship.
This time, the water bandits were really caught off guard. It was clear that the officers and soldiers in front of them were already in disarray and no longer had the courage to resist. How come someone actually counterattacked now? Especially Sun Tu, who was in the air, made them panic. Immediately, two archers raised their bows and fired arrows at the falling figure.
Sun Tu was already prepared in mid-air. When he saw the arrows coming, he immediately swung his sword and knocked the two arrows away. At the same time, his body fell towards the bow of the ship below at a faster speed. When others swung, Hit him with a knife and a gun
When he stabbed him, his toes were already on the bow of the boat. The man then curled up and somersaulted inwards. While losing the momentum of his fall, he dodged the attacks of these people.
Then, before he could stand up, the knife in Sun Tu's hand flashed with cold light, and he chopped down the two water bandits who happened to be in front of him, and fell into the water screaming. At the same time, the country soldiers who followed Sun Tu and jumped out of the boat also swam to the boat. Without saying a word, they turned over the side of the boat and jumped in. With their weapons in their hands, they stabbed and slashed forward, and they had already killed this man. A dozen water bandits in a boat were killed until they were unable to fight back. Amidst the screams, they fell into the river that was already stained red with blood.
Several other pirate ships that wanted to take the opportunity to expand their victory were also frightened when they saw this, and quickly turned to retreat, trying to stay away from these local soldiers. But at this time, dozens of other rural soldiers also made the same move after being inspired by Sun Tu. They also abandoned their warships, shouted and dived towards the enemy. Before these guys could wait, After a few steps, the side of the ship was already being clung to by rural soldiers, and then an equal number of rural soldiers launched a ferocious attack on them, leaving them no longer able to move and retreat.
In just a moment, this group of water bandits who wanted to fish in troubled waters were besieged and wiped out by the rural soldiers, and all three of their boats fell into the hands of the government troops. Seeing this, Sun Tu felt a little better. At least the country soldiers he led had the courage to confront the thieves head-on. His hard work in the past two months was really worth it.
"What should we do next during the group training?" A soldier looked at the officers and soldiers who were still in a mess around him and asked with doubts in his heart.
Sun Tu looked at the small sandbank island in front of him. Although there were many torches there, it was still dark from a distance, making it impossible to see how many water bandits there were. But at this time, he had a bold guess in his heart. He immediately put the knife in his hand forward and shouted loudly: "To eliminate the great harm to Jiangzhou today, brothers, follow me! Anyone who can swim can do it." Jump into the water and swim to the island. If you can't swim, just punt!" After saying this, he jumped into the water again, stretched out his body, and headed towards the island like a swimming fish.
After the other soldiers hesitated for a moment, they all shouted: "Kill the thieves and eliminate the harm!" Then they jumped into the water with constant splashing sounds, and followed Sun Tu and swam toward the small island ahead. Then some others, who were not very good at water, picked up Ruda and a few others who had been watching over there for a long time, and then followed him in the boat.
The choices of these rural soldiers immediately stunned the frightened Xiang soldiers. When did these rural soldiers whom I had always looked down on become so brave and brave? It's surprising to see that these Xiang troops didn't dare to jump off the ship and attack the island. They were already afraid of the fierce dragon group because of several defeats since last year. They had just suffered such an attack, so naturally they no longer had any courage. fought back.
At this time, the reversal of the war situation in the west finally affected the overall battlefield. Those Xiang troops finally burst out with a certain amount of fighting power in the desperate situation. In addition, their own strength far exceeded that of the water bandits. Therefore, after paying the price of dozens of people being killed, they still withstood the counterattack of a small group of thieves and formed a formation with them. A stalemate.
But when the battle situation in the west suddenly changed, the water bandits were a little panicked, and they immediately stopped thinking about it.
Instead of fighting the officers and soldiers, they turned around and ran back, hoping to rush back to the island to support and intercept them.
It's a pity that at this time, the official and military ships were either destroyed by fire or still entangled in fishing nets. They were unable to take the opportunity to fight back. Apart from shooting arrows to kill a few thieves who were last, they could only watch them helplessly. Go away.
On the small island, the water bandits who stayed behind had also seen the officers and soldiers pushing back from the west. This surprised them: "When did the Jiangzhou officers and soldiers dare to fight so much? Hurry, all brothers go to the west." Hold the beachhead and never let the officers and soldiers go to the island!"
Those bandits are very aware of their side's military disadvantage. If they cannot gain an advantage by relying on the various conveniences of the geographical location and water areas, I am afraid that everyone here will be wiped out by the army in this battle. So following this order, the forty or fifty people left on the island rushed towards the west of the island, facing Sun Tu and others who had already arrived near the island.
The rapid swimming of more than a hundred steps did consume a lot of Sun Tu's energy, but after he stood on the ground, he quickly moved his legs and shouted at the fast approaching bandit: "Da Song Jiangzhou" Tuan Lian Sun Tu is here, why don't you abandon your weapons and surrender quickly!" He then rushed to meet the attack.
After hearing these encouraging words, the country soldiers following him shouted loudly and rushed over with all their strength, regardless of their physical fatigue.
After a few breaths, the two sides collided fiercely. Sun Tu took the lead and rushed to the enemy. With just one swing of his knife, he chopped off the head of the fastest and fastest thief and sent it flying in the air. , at the same time, he put his right foot on the ground, kicked out his left foot with all his strength, and kicked the headless corpse of the thief until it was thrown sideways and backwards, hitting the two people behind him, blocking their attack.
Before the two of them could stand firm, Sun Tu had already pounced on them again. The knife in his hand had passed through their throats in a flash, and then he ducked to the side, dodging the oncoming stab. At the same time as the gun, the knife had been stabbed hard into the chest of the gun-wielding thief who was stabbing with all his strength and exposed his flaw.
In just one meeting, Sun Tu had killed four people in a row. Their blood splashed all over his head and body. Combined with his hair that was disheveled due to swimming and his wet body, he looked as scary as an evil ghost Shura in the eyes of everyone. , was so frightened that the others did not dare to come closer for a while, and subconsciously stepped back.
Their choice gave Sun Tu a chance to breathe. In fact, even though he seemed fierce, he was already exhausted after killing four people in a row and could not continue to explode in a short period of time.
But it was enough, because just when these thieves were stunned, the soldiers who followed Sun Tu's footsteps and came to the island had already arrived. The one running at the front was Luda, who couldn't swim. He had been holding back his anger for a long time. After seeing the obviously timid thieves in front of him, he had no intention of holding back. He shouted loudly, picked up the iron Zen staff in his hand, and charged straight in.
Later, hundreds of soldiers from the countryside, led by Tang Feng, attacked fiercely. In the blink of an eye, these officers and soldiers had completely engulfed only half of the fierce Jiao Shui bandits.
This battle finally turned completely around with the sudden outbreak of Sun Tu and his country soldiers!