Under the leadership of Yang Zhi, the rural soldiers showed everything they had practiced in the past two months. They cooperated with each other and used spears and steel knives to fight the water bandits. Their fighting spirit was so high that they were not afraid at all. Yes, they actually completely blocked the attack of this group of fierce water bandits who had no rivals in the Xunyang River for the past year.
But after a period of melee, the problems of the rural soldiers themselves were quickly exposed. On weekdays, they only practiced on land, and few of them were familiar with water warfare. So now they are doing the same thing when fighting against the fierce dragon group. They are not as comfortable in advancing or retreating as they were on the shore.
In the eyes of ordinary opponents, this would not be a problem, but Jiang Shihu was watching from behind. After seeing the flaw, he immediately gave a loud order: "Hit their ships. Their water quality is not as good as ours. As long as they attack Without water, you are no match for us!"
The fierce dragon people have long been accustomed to obeying the instructions of the second leader to fight. At this time, when they heard this greeting in the chaos, the man who had been attacking for a long time without any effect changed his tactics. After retreating for a while, he rowed forward violently. , the bow of the ship hit a warship so hard that the two boats almost fell apart. Both sides of the boat staggered.
But the situation on the water bandits' side was obviously better than that of the country soldiers. After a struggle, they quickly stabilized their bodies and took advantage of the situation to jump onto the opposite ship. However, those country soldiers were weak at their feet, and two of them fell directly into the river with exclamations. They were suddenly in a hurry, and it would take a lot of effort to get back into the boat.
But the water bandits would not give them such a chance. After jumping on the enemy ship, they quickly slashed at the local soldiers in front of them with their swords, knocking down their opponents who had not yet stabilized their position, and then fell down again. He turned around and assassinated the country soldier who had just struggled to cling to the side of the ship to get back in the water.
As soon as this end was opened, the water bandits became more arrogant, and many ships all imitated the same pattern and fiercely attacked the local soldiers. As long as the soldiers above had the slightest flaw, they would board the ships as quickly as possible to attack. Although the local soldiers defended themselves with crossbows during this period and shot down some thieves, the original stalemate and trembling situation was completely broken, leaving the officers and soldiers to retreat slightly in order to protect themselves, thus making the original secret There were cracks in the airtight defense.
Jiang Shihu wants this result. He knows that in today's situation it is no longer possible to win in defeat. Maybe more officers and soldiers will come and kill after hearing the news. All he has to do now is to escape with his brothers. Here, he gave the order to the confidants on the ship to sail, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Brothers, follow me and rush out!" As soon as he said these words, the ship under him rushed forward at a fast speed, It looked as if it was about to collide with a certain ship ahead. The country soldiers on the ship were so frightened that they hurriedly turned the steering wheel to dodge, but they did not dare to collide with them.
The other pirate ships also made similar moves. With their extraordinary boat maneuvering abilities, they actually raised the speed of the boat to extremely high speed in a short distance, and then rushed forward at full speed. Seeing that the first boat was about to break through the defense line, suddenly the people on the boat exclaimed: "Our boat is leaking!"
Originally, the strangulation and collision of many small boats would inevitably bring river water into the boats, so no one paid much attention to it. But now, as the distance between the two sides widened, the battle was no longer as fierce as before. The thieves on the boat noticed something was wrong. The water had reached around everyone's knees, and was still rising little by little. On the contrary, the boat was Slowly sinking!
"The bottom of our boat is broken!" After being surprised, someone finally discovered the source of the problem and shouted in surprise. And then, people on many other boats also screamed in the same way: "Our boat is also leaking... There is something strange under the water!" Someone finally thought of something and immediately turned their attention to the river under the boat. , and then they saw a black shadow leaping away quickly from below. By the time they reacted and stabbed it with swords and spears, the figure was already far away.
"Wow!" Li Jun's upper body suddenly emerged from the river water far away from the other party. After smiling sternly at the guys with distorted faces, he quickly got into the water after regaining his breath and moved towards the target ship again.
He, the Zhang brothers and others all grew up playing in the Xunyang River. In terms of their familiarity with the Xunyang River and their exquisite underwater skills, no one in Jiangzhou could match them. The reason why the fierce dragons were able to run rampant here before was just relying on the strength of numbers, but now that they have the support of the government and the army, they have been able to fully utilize their advantages.
Not only Li Jun, but also two brothers, Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun, had taken advantage of the water bandits to fight with the officers and soldiers and sneaked under their boats and punched several holes in their boats with the chisels in their hands. Although the holes were not very big when discovered by the enemy in time, over a period of time, all the pirate ships had been flooded. Let alone allowing them to sail away from this place, after a while, these ships would completely sink into the river. Go to the bottom.
At this time, Jiang Shihu's cronies on the boat also noticed a dark figure approaching under the water, and immediately raised their spears and stabbed them there fiercely, but the opponent was as nimble as a swimming fish and easily dodged it with just a turn. This blow. But in this way, he couldn't get close to the ship and do anything below. He could only retreat angrily. After a while, Zhang Shun's head emerged from the water, staring at the last ship. Undamaged ship.
He had just discovered that the guy on the boat was the leader of the ferocious dragon, and it was just because there were too many enemy and friendly ships nearby that he couldn't get by. Now even if the other party finds out his whereabouts, he has no intention of giving up: "Zhang Lian, I will avenge you today, I will not let them go!"
Looking at Zhang Shun, who was about to attack again at any time not far away, and at his subordinates who were already unable to protect themselves, Jiang Shihu felt a pain in his mouth. How should he escape this time
Just when he fell into despair, the local soldiers over there attacked again. How could Yang Zhi let go of such an opportunity? This time if the ships of both sides collide again, the only ones who will suffer are the thieves whose ships were already damaged.
What made the fierce dragon group even more desperate was that at this moment, a sail shadow suddenly flashed across the front downstream, and then the thundering drums and trumpets sounded again, but the government's reinforcements also arrived at this critical moment.
When they saw that Jie Jiao's group of thieves were really stopped by the local soldiers, the troops in the Xiang army were greatly inspired in admiration. They shouted and rowed the oars faster, and quickly rushed towards this side. With the flags waving, some ships quickly headed upstream, blocking the last escape route for the thieves.
"Second leader, what should we do?" The men around him had no idea at all. They could only look at Jiang Shihu in confusion, and he had already fallen into despair. Even though he was resourceful and resourceful, he was unable to do anything surrounded by the army.
"Back... back!" A weak voice suddenly sounded from beside him. When Jiang Shihu lowered his head, he saw that his seriously injured brother had opened his eyes.
Eyes, he said with difficulty: "There may be a way to survive there!"
"Return to the village!" Jiang Shihu gave the order without any hesitation. The ship he was on immediately fell back. The other pirate ships were just about to follow the order, but due to the serious speed of the ship taking in water, Slowly, they were entangled again by the official boats that had rushed forward, but they could not escape. In the end, only two small boats with good luck followed them and escaped back to the entrance of the fishing village.
But just when Jiang Shihu's boat was about to enter the fishing village, the water surface parted, and a figure suddenly jumped up from below. The figure was in mid-air, and the harpoon in his hand had already been thrown, and the man in front of the boat's bow was killed in one stroke. He fell into the water, and the man took the opportunity to get on the boat and kicked out. The person in front of him who was about to react was also kicked into the water by him. At the same time, he had snatched the knife from the other person's hand and quickly slashed it into the neck of the third person. It almost split his entire head off.
This series of movements was extremely fast. Before the others raised their weapons, this person had already killed three people in a row. Then he roared and pounced on the remaining water, who were already timidly shrinking. bandit.
Perhaps in terms of underwater ability, Zhang Heng was not as good as Li Jun and his younger brother, but in terms of fierceness, he was far superior to these two. He was secretly lurking here and went straight to the culprit as soon as he made a move. At this time, his eyes were already red: "Fanjiangjiangdalong, give back my brother's life!" Before he finished speaking, he knocked down another person. The boat, and then the knife in his hand was already pointed at Jiang Shihu, who was obviously stunned.
Although Jiang Shihu also knew some boxing and kicking skills, he only had some tricks. Now faced with such a fierce Zhang Heng, he was completely unable to move. He could only watch the sword coming, but he couldn't even make a dodge move.
"Second brother, get out of the way!" Seeing that he was about to be struck to death by a knife, Jiang Dalong, who was still slumped on the boat and seemed unable to move, suddenly shouted angrily. He suddenly raised his body and grabbed a tree on the side. The oar then stood in front of his brother.
"Poof" Zhang Heng's knife was blocked by the oars, but Jiang Dalong's body lost his balance and hit the side of the ship heavily. A mouthful of blood spurted out from his mouth, and at the same time, the wound that had just been bandaged also burst. When he opened it, half of his body was already soaked in blood.
"Brother..." Jiang Shihu suddenly exclaimed, but before he could react further, Zhang Heng slashed at his chest with another knife. An unexpected scene happened. Jiang Dalong, who had seen his energy running out, stood up again. While blocking his brother with his body and enduring the blow, he used his hand again to push Jiang Shihu towards him. He was sent to the river next to him, shouting: "Ten Tigers, let's go!" Then, regardless of the knife that passed through his body, his hands suddenly reached out and grabbed Zhang Heng's arm, making it difficult to escape immediately. Own.
At this time, several small boats had quickly rushed from behind. During this period of entanglement, the ferocious water bandits whose boats were leaking and about to sink had been defeated by the officers and soldiers. Many officers and soldiers quickly pursued them for credit. come over.
Jiang Shihu, who was knocked into the water by his brother, only glanced behind him and saw that his brothers were either killed or captured. He knew that the team that his two brothers had worked so hard for was completely over. Brother also...
Without any further hesitation, Jiang Shihu plunged into the water and swam quickly towards the fishing village. Although his martial arts skills were extremely weak, his water quality was not bad, and he had already escaped into the fishing village before the officers and soldiers rushed over.