"Fanjiang Jiao" Jiang Dalong is the leader of this water bandit, known as the fierce Jiao. Today's round is exactly what he set up carefully, in order to completely defeat the Jiangzhou official army and achieve the goal of dominating the Xunyang River. Final goal.
For this reason, he had already made many arrangements, even exposing his original hiding place to the eyes of Jiangzhou officials, just to lure the officials and soldiers into a trap. In order to prevent the officers and soldiers from seeing his flaws, he only left less than a hundred people on the island to set fire to the morale of his troops, while he led a group of water bandits to hide in a river bend several miles away. When chaos breaks out here, they will take advantage of the cover of the dark night to catch the army by surprise.
Moreover, after several battles, Jiang Dalong also had a certain grasp of the army commander Lin Henian's tactics. He knew that he was accustomed to staying at the end of the team, so as long as he launched a surprise attack from the rear, he would definitely be able to inflict damage on him. A huge threat, thereby achieving twice the result with half the effort.
At the beginning, everything seemed to be happening as he expected. The government warships were trapped around the island and were in disarray. After his own men attacked with fire ships, they almost lost the ability to fight. It seemed that at any time They may collapse and escape.
But just when Jiang Dalong was overjoyed and led his two to three hundred men in a boat to quietly approach the stranded handsome ship of the official army from behind, something unexpected happened on the island in front of him. There was actually an official The army took the risk of abandoning the ship and rushed to the island, and in a short time defeated the hundreds of men he left on the island!
Because of the distance, he didn't know the specific situation of the war on the island, but he was shocked and hurriedly asked people to attack the official and military ships as soon as possible. But when they rowed with all their strength and launched a charge, the officers and soldiers who should have been completely defenseless quickly put into a defensive posture, and their crossbows were actually much stronger than before. All the brothers on the fast boat were wiped out.
This made Jiang Dalong suddenly feel frightened and angry. He had never suffered such a big loss in several confrontations with the officers and soldiers this year. Naturally, he could not accept such a result at this time. He immediately shouted: "Brothers, the officers and soldiers But just so, just rush over with me, as long as you get close, their crossbows will be useless! Kill!"
After all, they were ferocious water bandits who were killing people on the Xunyang River. Even in the face of such a situation, the ferocious dragon gang did not flinch at all. They immediately screamed and shouted, "Kill!" and then knocked them together. The ships quickly turned around and drew beautiful arcs on the river. They dodged the oncoming arrows and continued to rush towards the official ships.
When it comes to the ability to control ships, these people are indeed much better than the officers and soldiers. The boats move according to their wishes like obedient horses. In just a short moment, they have quickly closed the distance between the two sides, allowing some of their The archers also had the opportunity to fire arrows back.
"Boohoo…" Without Jiang Dalong's further orders, the archers on more than 20 ships had already fired a shower of arrows at the handsome ship. This immediately disrupted the rhythm of the officers and soldiers who wanted to continue firing arrows at them to block their approach. They all crouched down and hid behind the gang of boats. This gave the water bandits an opportunity to approach the official ship faster. With shouts, they dispersed and surrounded the handsome ship from three sides.
Even at night like this, the officers and soldiers on the ship could clearly see the movements of the thieves. They watched the many thieves shouting to be packed up.
, many people are already a little timid. The Xiang army of the Song Dynasty had always neglected to train, and had suffered losses at the hands of these water bandits many times. Seeing them fiercely attacking them, the first reaction in many people's minds was to escape.
Once this feeling of helplessness and fear became contagious, the crossbowmen became fearful. Only a few of them gritted their teeth and fired arrows at the approaching enemies, but the sparse arrows But it has lost the threat to the enemy.
Seeing that the thief had so easily rushed to his ship, Lin Henian's entire face turned as black as ink, and in addition to anger, there was also a hint of fear. But at this time, he had no choice. Those subordinates behind him had not escaped from the fishing nets, so they obviously had no hope. The soldiers led by Sun Tu who were further away were even less likely to come to rescue in time, so they could only rely on themselves. .
At that moment, he roared: "We have no way out today, we can only fight to the death! They belong to our Song Dynasty soldiers, just listen to my order, kill! Fire arrows!" While shouting loudly, he already kicked He kicked the man next to him who was so frightened that he couldn't even hold his bow and arrow, and kicked him to the ground. At the same time, he snatched the man's bow and arrow, turned around and raised his hand to shoot at the pirate ship rushing forward.
This roar really had an effect, waking up the archers, especially when they saw the governor firing arrows in person. The others no longer had any worries and raised their hands to shoot arrows at the enemy again. Immediately, the weak and weak arrows were scattered forward again, making the thieves scream in agony. From time to time, some of them fell into the water.
But at this time, several pirate ships that had circled and attacked from both sides had quickly approached the handsome ship. Then, under the cover of the archers at the rear, they had thrown the rope high and lassoed the people on the ship. After the wooden pillar, climb up the rope.
When the officers and soldiers saw this, they were naturally frightened. They hurriedly slashed the ropes with their swords to prevent the enemy from boarding the ship. However, in this way, the manpower was thin, which allowed most of the thieves in front to approach them more easily. And while these people were marching, they continued to fire arrows at the ship, which caused the officers and soldiers to be in a hurry again. They lost sight of the other, and finally let their bows bang against the side of the handsome ship, making the already unstable ship The constant shaking and shaking also caused the officers and soldiers to stagger for a while.
The water bandits who have long been accustomed to fighting on the water will not let go of such an opportunity. Amidst the shouts, someone directly holds a bamboo pen on the side of the handsome boat. The person has already used the force to jump high, and he has jumped without a rope. After boarding the official ship, he brandished his steel knife and slashed at the unsuspecting crossbowmen.
It wasn't until the crossbowmen fell in a pool of blood one after another, accompanied by bursts of screams, that the others reacted, roared and stepped forward with their swords, and fought with the thieves. But in this way, the officers and soldiers have completely lost their suppression of these bandits, allowing more enemies to either climb from the water or use ropes and pennies to attack the ship.
When the ship was completely lost, the balance of victory in this battle had already tilted towards the fierce dragon group. Originally, the fierce officers and soldiers were no match for these water bandits, and in terms of military strength, the crew of this boat was now at a disadvantage. In such a head-on confrontation, they were quickly beaten back, and finally retreated into the cabin. There were only about fifty people left making the final resistance.
"Kill me, kill all these people, and the Xunyang River will be completely clear from now on."
The world is ours, and a lot of money from now on will be ours! "Jiang Dalong was already in a full killing mood. With a loud shout, he chopped down another officer who was left on the deck before retreating. Then, wading through the blood on the ship, he took the lead and retreated into the cabin, saying: The last struggling officers and soldiers launched a fierce attack.
The other water bandits were also grinning ferociously at this time and kept moving forward, as if they could defeat the last layer of defense of the army at any time and achieve the final victory.
In the eyes of Jijiao's group, there was only this military ship and its opponents at this time. As for the other hundreds of officers and soldiers, they had already forgotten about them. Because in their minds, these immobile officers and soldiers could not possibly pose a threat to their own homes.
So at this time, the entire handsome ship was surrounded by water bandits inside and outside, but no one paid attention to the situation behind or to the side.
But at this moment, a sudden shout came from the river behind them: "Fire the arrow!" Then there was a sound of swishing arrows piercing the air from below. In just a blink of an eye, a sharp arrow shot out. The arrow had penetrated into the water bandit's body, which was completely unprepared and his back was completely exposed, and screams suddenly broke out.
This sudden change immediately stunned the water bandits. They screamed and turned around to meet the enemy. But at this moment, dozens of sharp arrows were shot from below and pierced into their bodies. , making them scream and fall down. In just two rounds of shooting, no less than a hundred thieves fell in a pool of blood beside the officers and soldiers they had just killed.
This was indeed beyond Jiang Dalong's expectation. When he came to his senses and hurriedly turned back to look out, he saw four or five more boats below, and there were rows of cold-looking people standing on the boats. Su's officers and soldiers shouted again and fired arrows from one of the ships, and another shower of arrows was thrown at them.
However, this time the water bandits had learned their lesson and hurriedly hid behind the gang of boats, finally not causing too many casualties.
But before they had time to breathe a sigh of relief, Lin Henian's hoarse roar came from the cabin: "Brothers, we have no way out, let's fight with the thieves. Kill!" Then, those who had just been The officers and soldiers who had been beaten to a corner actually took the opportunity to roar out and burst out with the most powerful fighting spirit since the battle with the fierce dragon. They directly broke through the defense line of the water bandits guarding in front of the cabin and viciously attacked the people who were thinking about it. Er responded to the thieves who were attacking from the official army below.
This time, they were completely red-eyed. The Paoze brothers suffered numerous casualties, and their own lives were hanging by a thread. These Xiang army soldiers who were usually obedient and had no fighting spirit turned into real warriors at this moment. They didn't even have the courage to fight. He made any defensive moves, but just frantically slashed at the enemy with thorns. It was a lose-lose posture.
Seeing these crazy officers and soldiers, the always fierce Jiao Shui Bandits finally felt fear. The swords and guns that were supposed to attack them quickly were delayed by half a beat. In fact, many people were cut down by the officers and soldiers, but they could not hurt them. to each other.
The officers and soldiers below also seized this opportunity and quickly climbed towards the ship along the ropes set by the water bandits just now, hoping to engage in a front-to-back attack with their colleagues on the ship.
At the same time, several firelights suddenly appeared on the small island in the distance, illuminating the last darkness before dawn...