In order to successfully capture Liangshan Water Village this time, Sun Tuzhen used all his cards. Not only did he send people pretending to be the Ruan brothers to go to Beizhai to ask for help, he also made various preparations to intercept and attack halfway. In addition to sending a large number of ships to set up an ambush in the middle of the road, they also took out all the water warfare weapons that could be used in the warehouse system and let the soldiers who are good at water warfare use them.
The reason why underwater soldiers can hide from water combat masters like Zhang Shun is because of their diving equipment that is a thousand years old. Because people at this time never dreamed that someone could actually stay underwater for an hour. Even if they were as strong as Zhang Shun and others, they usually had to come up for air after diving for a cup of tea. They might have thought that someone had been secretly following them underwater. .
At the same time, what was even more deadly was that Sun Tu took out several underwater spearguns from the system warehouse and asked people to use them as weapons to kill the enemy. Although this thing is not as lethal as a real gun, it is still an extremely powerful weapon when placed in the water. Zhang Shun never thought that someone could shoot an arrow underwater, so naturally he was hit by this shot. Seriously injured and comatose.
As their leader went into the water and never emerged again, the Beizhai minions on other ships were completely demoralized. Although some were still making a last-ditch struggle, in the face of the officers and soldiers surrounding them on all sides, as well as the overwhelming attacks from the sky, When the arrows came, their struggle was in vain. For a moment, screams continued, and large areas of people fell into the water, dyeing the lake in this area red. It was really shocking.
Subsequently, the official and military ships continued to approach, and the soldiers could not help but threaten them. They shouted and ordered the soldiers to drop their weapons and kneel down to be bound. The leaderless Liang Shanshui army finally collapsed completely, and everyone who was still on the ship surrendered. He picked up the weapon and knelt on the boat with his head in his hands as required, not daring to make any more moves.
Seeing that all the enemies had surrendered, Shan Tinggui, the holy water general who directed the ambush, let out a long sigh of relief. He finally did not mess up the matter. As a former imperial military attaché and leader of Liangshan who had surrendered to Sun Tu along with Han Tao and others, Shan Tinggui, a general who could also fight on water but had little advantage in land fighting, had always suffered from the lack of opportunities to make meritorious deeds.
It was only today, after learning that Sun Tu had this plan and arrangement, that he asked Sun Dujian for orders. However, because he knew that he was facing a master of water warfare like Zhang Shun, he did not dare to relax at all. It was only then, after watching hundreds of enemy troops being wiped out and even Zhang Shun being unconscious and captured, that he was convinced that he Having succeeded, he immediately ordered: "Take them and go to Beizhai!"
Setting up an ambush to defeat this naval force was only the first step. Their real goal was the Liangshan Water Village.
At that moment, dozens of ships rushed towards Bei Village. After rushing to the front and seeing that Zhang Heng had ordered people to strictly guard the walls of his village, Shan Tinggui ordered without hesitation that Zhang Shun and all the prisoners be captured. He came out and shouted loudly to the people in the stronghold: "Zhang Heng, please see clearly who they are? If you refuse to open the stronghold and return to the government, then these prisoners will have to die before you. You are The culprit who killed them!”
"You are so despicable, you actually used my brother as a threat to me!" Zhang Heng was really furious in the village. He wanted to lead his troops to rush out several times, but he was held back by his brothers: "Brother Zhang , if you go out like this, you will definitely lose, you might as well stay
Stay at the village and wait for brothers from other parts of the village to come to the rescue! "
Zhang Heng hasn't made a decision yet, but Shan Tinggui is pressing closer and giving an ultimatum: "Zhang Heng, please listen carefully. We don't have much time to argue with you. I'll give it to you." After a cup of tea, if you still refuse to surrender, we will kill all the prisoners first, and then set fire to your water stronghold. Their life and death are only determined by your thoughts!"
The other party did not give him any more time to delay his consideration. After looking at his brother Zhang Shun, whose face turned pale under the firelight from a distance and was obviously seriously injured for a moment, Zhang Heng finally gritted his teeth and said: "Open the stronghold and surrender!"
"Brother Zhang..." Someone suddenly became anxious and shouted loudly, trying to dissuade him, but Zhang Heng did not give him any chance to speak, and immediately interrupted: "I have lost one of my three Zhang brothers. I can no longer watch my second brother die before me. At worst, I can just die to apologize after I save my second brother! Open the village!"
There are many subordinates who used to follow the Zhang brothers in Beizhai, and the two of them have been recognized by everyone in the past, especially Zhang Shun, who is kind and generous, and has won the hearts of all the brothers. Seeing him being tied up by the officers and soldiers in front of everyone, no one wanted anything to happen to him. Even though a few people objected to surrendering to save him, under Zhang Heng's order, many people rushed forward and opened the strong village gate.
When Shan Tinggui led his army into it, it meant that the Liangshan Water Village had completely fallen into the hands of the official army, and brothers Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun became prisoners of the official army!
There are three water villages around Liangshan. Now the two northwest villages have fallen. Only the east village is still safe, but the situation is obviously not optimistic.
When there was a fire and the sound of killings coming from the Xizhai, Li Jun and others immediately noticed something had changed. After climbing to a high place to check, their expressions became more serious. The two brothers Tong Wei and Tong Meng People are also anxious to send people to rescue.
But unlike Zhang Shun who was unable to dissuade Zhang Heng from his decision, Li Jun had enough prestige to suppress the brothers below him. After all, the Tong brothers were thieves under him in the beginning. Now that they were both in Dongzhai, they naturally also It's up to him to take the lead.
Knowing that his duty was only to guard the water stronghold, and it was still dark outside at this time, for fear of encountering an ambush, Li Jun insisted on choosing to stay with the entire army and prepared to defend against the enemy.
But as a result, after an hour or two, there was no trace of the enemy troops in the East Village. On the contrary, there were killing sounds from the North Village. This made other people even more nervous and no longer dared to take it lightly.
This night was really long for Li Jun and the others. Without knowing what happened outside, they were even more suspicious. It wasn't until the village sent someone down to convey Song Jiang's military order that the brothers in the village were not allowed to go out without permission. Calm down a little.
But as the light gradually brightened, an even more terrifying scene unfolded in front of Li Jun and the others - on the lake a few miles away from them, forty or fifty boats, large and small, were lined up in a row, and among them There were many large ships at the rear, and many officers and soldiers were busy between the ships. They moved some jars to each ship and poured some of the liquid inside into the ships. Looking from a distance, they could even see a lot of hay on the boat.
and wood etc…
"What are they going to do?" Tong Wei had actually guessed the other party's intention, but he still couldn't help asking in a low voice.
"They want to launch a fire attack on my Dongzhai!" Li Jun's face became extremely ugly. The words almost burst out from between his teeth, and he felt weak in his heart.
As the leader of Dongzhai, he knew the weaknesses of the village very well. Although the village is built on the water, because most of the buildings are made of wood and bamboo, as long as there is a fire, it will inevitably get out of control. And now, the officers and soldiers actually used kerosene, hay and other fire starters. Once they were allowed to put the burning ship into the stockade, the entire Dongzhai would be set on fire, and hundreds of brothers would really be helpless. No place to escape.
In fact, the Liangshan brothers had considered this issue before. There were three water forts on the lake. If one side encountered a fire attack, the other two forts would be able to attack the enemy from the rear, thereby destroying the enemy's overall plan.
But now, both northwest villages have been destroyed, and only the east village is left, so it is no longer possible for foreign aid to come to rescue. It was not until this moment that Li Jun confirmed the terrible result that both northwest villages had fallen, which made his body start to tremble slightly.
Since the rise of Liangshan, we have never encountered such a huge crisis today. What should we do
Just when everyone in Dongzhai was in danger, a small boat slowly came out of the official and military ships in front. It stopped just a stone's throw away in front of the village. Then a soldier with a loud voice shouted: He shouted inside: "Master Hunjianglong Li Village, and other Liangshan brothers, listen up. Now that both of your water villages have surrendered to the imperial court, we have even set up a fire attack formation in front of your village. As long as With a single order, the fireships will attack and your water stronghold will be burned to ashes, with every jade and jade stone destroyed! But after all, my family has a good moral character and does not want to cause more casualties, so as long as you are willing to open the gate of the stronghold and submit to the government , you can avoid this disaster. In addition, our governor can also promise you that as long as you surrender to the government, you will forget the past and all your past mistakes!"
As soon as these words reached the village, many people's expressions changed. It was obvious that they were a little moved.
When Tong Weitong saw this, his heart suddenly sank, and he said urgently: "Brother Li, why don't we just lead our brothers to rush out, and there will be no more explanations for defeating them. When it comes to water battles, we haven't been afraid of anyone yet. !”
Hearing this, Li Jun smiled bitterly and shook his head. If it were an ordinary opponent, he could really lead his army to take a gamble, but facing him was the elite Shandong army led by Sun Tu, and he was not sure at all. They attacked two villages in a row last night. Morale is high.
What's more, the current formation of the officers and soldiers has already prevented their own dogs from jumping over the wall and rushing out. Now those fireships have not been lit yet, in addition to trying to persuade them to surrender, it is also because the wind is in the wrong direction. But once they really rush over and come to the fire ship, as long as the other party lights up the fire, Dongzhai's fleet will collapse without a fight.
It can be said that the only two choices before Li Jun and the others at this time were surrender, or the village would be attacked by fire and completely destroyed.
Liangshan Water Village finally faced the biggest crisis today. It is very likely that it will all fall and the entire army will be annihilated...