The loud sound of drums and horns upstream and the firelight rising into the sky immediately attracted the attention of the officers and soldiers downstream who had finished cleaning the battlefield and decided to return to Jiangzhou. Everyone turned their heads in surprise and stared there with all kinds of uneasiness. The mood quickly spread from the soldiers. Could it be that the water bandits were not defeated and they would make a comeback
Seeing Lin Henian looking confused and uneasy, Sun Tu beside him finally said: "Prisoner, don't panic, this is the main force of our local soldiers attacking the lair of the water bandit Jiao. I believe that after this battle, this The water bandits who have been causing trouble on the Xunyang River for many years will be completely wiped out."
"What did you say? Isn't the main force of the rural soldiers here?" Lin Henian was even more surprised and asked anxiously. He saw with his own eyes that Sun Tu led these hundreds of local soldiers to charge back and forth to turn the tide. Such combat power far exceeded that of the Xiang army under his command, couldn't they still be called the main force
"There are only a hundred rural soldiers here, but there are more than two hundred rural soldiers there who are ready, so that is the main force." Sun Tu gave the explanation calmly, but everyone around him was stunned. Shocked, I thought that these 100 people were the elite rural soldiers, but according to what he meant, it turned out that the more than 300 rural soldiers were all elite soldiers!
But at this time, Supervisor Lin was more concerned about the war there: "How could they find the thief's lair?" As soon as the words came out, he suddenly understood: "You just told me not to rush to pursue you because you were well prepared. People have been ambushing you in the dark for a long time. Is this a hard-to-get trick?"
After seeing Sun Tu nodding, the doubts in his heart not lessened but increased: "Why did you make this arrangement? Did you already know that there would be such a result?" As he said that, his eyes were fixed on the other party, and he felt in his heart Surprise, anger, joy and sorrow... it's really a mixed bag of emotions.
Sun Tu did not make any evasion, looked at him calmly, and said calmly: "To be honest with the governor, in fact, it was not until just now that I was convinced that you had not colluded with the fierce dragon group, so I didn’t tell the truth about my overall plan before.”
"What do you mean by this?" Lin Henian's heart tightened suddenly, but a terrible thought emerged from the bottom of his heart. After all, he was not a fool. Sun Tu had made his words so clear, so he naturally guessed what he meant. . Sure enough, Sun Tu said in a solemn tone: "In fact, after knowing that our officers and soldiers were defeated by the fierce Jiao group several times, I already suspected that someone from my government was secretly colluding with them, and promptly ordered the officer to The military deployment is sent to them early, so that they can deploy it in a targeted manner. The enemy knows us but I don't know the enemy. This is the key to why you have been defeated by the water bandits several times. "
"This... how is this possible..." Although Lin Henian said this, his blue face and slightly trembling body showed that he did agree with Sun Tu's statement.
"Otherwise, Lin Dujian, how could the enemy escape early and turn defeat into victory when you suppressed bandits in March? You said at that time that the ambush force that launched a sneak attack on you from behind was bypassed underwater, but In my opinion, they hid behind our troops early in the morning and then found the right opportunity to launch a sneak attack. In today's battle, they actually used the same tactics. Haven't you noticed the trick yet? Problem?"
Lin Henian was in a daze as if he had been given a slap in the face, but he had to admit in his heart that according to what Sun Tu said, everything was more reasonable. The latter's words continued: "Another
In addition, today's arrangement of the bandits further proves that Xianguan's prediction was correct. They set up nets around the island as their lair. They already knew that we would send troops in these two days, and the only one who knew this was I am a member of the Jiangzhou government.
"I took advantage of this. I obviously led only a hundred people to follow and suppress the thieves, but secretly asked the main force of our local soldiers to wait in front. As soon as the thieves' real lair is exposed, it is the best time for us to attack them unprepared." Following Sun After Tu finished saying this, as if to confirm the credibility of his statement, there were already bursts of killing sounds from upstream. It was obvious that the local soldiers there had really started a confrontation with the thieves.
Looking at Lin Henian, who was still in a sluggish state, Sun Tu suddenly bent down and handed over his hands: "Lin Du supervisor, now is the best time to eliminate this serious harm to Jiangzhou. Please give the order right now, and the army will go to support and provide assistance. The thief’s final blow!”
This sentence finally woke up Lin Henian completely. He made a decision immediately, turned around and shouted to the herald beside him who was also dumbfounded by Sun Tu's explanation: "There is no time to wait. Immediately order all ships to turn around and attack upstream without any delay." !”
The herald was stunned for a moment, and then he loudly agreed. Then the drums sounded and the flag turned, and he turned around with the more than 20 ships, heading straight upstream where the sounds of killing were heard. Rushing away, this is the best and last chance for this army to redeem itself.
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Seven or eight rounds of rocket launches had caused the building in front of the small fishing village to be completely engulfed in raging fire, but Yang Zhi did not dare to slack off at all, and still strictly ordered all soldiers and horses to stand ready, waiting only for the enemy to escape before attacking them head-on. Thrash: "Keep your spirits up. As soon as the thieves show up, use random arrows to greet them. The shield bearers are also ready. The thieves may use bows and arrows to clear the way, but don't let them disrupt our defense line!"
With roars coming down one after another, all the soldiers performed their duties, and no one dared to relax. Seeing this scene, the Zhang brothers and a sturdy man with a slender body and a lot of rust on his arms and face on the boat showed admiration: "This is what an official army should look like. It is better than before." Those soldiers and horses are much stronger."
"Brother Li, we must not weaken our momentum when Fanjiang Jiao and the others come out later. We must not let them have a chance to escape." Zhang Heng, who had a sinister face and a short stature but was holding a long sword as tall as himself, had murderous eyes. The ground spoke.
"It's natural. Ever since Fanjiangjiao and his gang came to the Xunyang River, they have robbed me of all my business. Naturally, I won't let them have an easy time this time." Li Jun, who is known to the locals as Hunjianglong, said and suddenly narrowed his eyes. He raised his eyes, stared at the river below and whispered: "They are coming!"
As expected of a master of water warfare who has been fighting in the river for many years, Li Jun could judge the enemy's movements only through the subtle changes in the river water. While speaking, he had raised a short spear to his chest. The Zhang brothers and others The companions also raised their weapons in response and assumed a fighting posture.
At this moment, a roar suddenly came from the entrance of the fishing village: "Kill, kill all those government minions!" Then there was only a bang, and many buildings suddenly fell down and hit the water heavily. , while causing heavy waves, several ships used this force to rush out of the village and plunge directly into the government and military defense lines outside the village.
This attack really surprised the soldiers outside the village. While they were stunned, the thieves who rushed out quickly started to shoot arrows at the officers and soldiers.
Yang Zhi was the one who reacted the fastest. When he saw the arrow coming, he shouted: "Shield up!" While shouting, he already grabbed one from the hand of an obviously startled country soldier beside him. With a wooden shield, he curled up and blocked the shield in front of himself.
It wasn't until the arrows came and several soldiers in front were struck by arrows that they fell into the water. Others woke up from their dreams and put up their shields to protect themselves, blocking the rest of the arrows.
But this was enough to create an opportunity for the fierce dragon bandits behind. Jiang Shihu shouted and ordered the remaining ten or so ships to rush forward at full speed. While firing arrows to hinder the army from encircling him, he looked for gaps. Prepare to fight to the center of the river in one go.
But this time, what they faced was no longer the Jiangzhou Xiang army with low morale and on the verge of collapse, but the rural soldiers who had already regarded following orders as their top priority after months of training. Seeing the enemy rushing towards them, they did not flee in a hurry, but continued to stick to their posts amidst Yang Zhi's scolding. At the same time, accompanied by his roar, they fired arrows at the enemy ships.
After only charging a short distance of fifty steps, more than a dozen of the water bandits without shields had already been hit by arrows and fell into the water, which suddenly slowed down their forward speed. Yang Zhi also seized this opportunity and loudly ordered again: "Surround us and annihilate all the thieves today!"
As he shouted these words, the ship under him was already flying towards the enemy ship first. When the two ships were less than seven or eight feet away, he stepped on the bow of the ship with a single arrow, and jumped up with the help of his strength. He pounced on the pirate ship at the forefront.
Seeing this, the water bandits on the boat had no time to fire any more arrows, so they quickly raised their swords and spears to attack him, but Yang Zhi easily blocked them with his sword and suppressed them, forcing them to retreat continuously. The situation is far more dangerous than any of the combatants.
"That's really good martial arts!" Li Jun and others at the back of the team couldn't help but cheered when they saw this, and then looked at each other: "It's time for us to show off our skills!"
Although they said this, they did not rush towards the enemy in boats like officers and soldiers. Instead, they turned around and jumped into the river with a slight leap. In a moment, all these men disappeared. .
Yang Zhi's heroic performance also quickly inspired other soldiers and soldiers, allowing them to completely escape from the tension of the first battle. They shouted loudly and rushed forward in their boats. After blocking the escape route of the thieves, they Shouting and waving weapons to attack.
Suddenly, on the river in front of this small fishing village, hundreds of people and dozens of boats from both sides of the government and thieves were all in a mess. While all roads were blocked, it was difficult to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.
Seeing this scene, Jiang Shihu, who deliberately fell behind at the last moment, turned pale. Looking at his brother who was still in a coma on the same boat, he knew that this was the most severe test for his brother and the fierce dragon...
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