Boosted by another torrent, a dozen small boats were flying towards Jinmen. Many soldiers had already swung their hooks in their hands, waiting to throw them out to the city as soon as they reached the position. Some people also lit rockets and planned to set the door on fire. With the strength of this water gate, it might be seriously damaged by various means of people on more than a dozen ships.
The soldiers of the Wu army who finally noticed this change were also panicked. They stopped firing arrows at the large ships that were about to exit the shooting range, and instead fired all the weapons at hand towards the smaller boats that were getting closer and closer. . It's just that this time their attack on the enemy was not as effective as before, because during this time, several small boats had already sailed into the blind spots of the city's sight, and neither arrows nor wood or stone could reach them. They are.
Li Jun and other Song soldiers who had retreated a long distance cheered when they saw this. Then the horns sounded again, and ships of all sizes rushed towards Yongjinmen again. Their purpose this time was no longer to defeat the enemy on their own, but to create more favorable conditions for the small boats approaching the water gate.
Due to the influence of the waves, Zhang Shun's boat was unable to rush over immediately. When he tried to make such a move again, the arrows from above were falling like raindrops, so he had to give up trying again. After deciding, he could only retreat slightly angrily, still a little angry in his heart: "It seems that the first step to destroy the city cannot be won. If I had known that the Jinmen Gate was so ineffective, I should have persuaded Brother Gongming to invest all the brothers in it. Came during the war!"
Li Jun, who continued to press forward from behind, suddenly felt a shock in his heart and felt something was wrong. Because he raised his eyes and saw that the Wu army on the city had regained its stability at this time, and turned its attention to its own large ship, instead of paying attention to the more threatening small ships. What on earth was going on
The answer appeared after a moment. As soon as the boats arrived at the best position and were about to take action, suddenly each boat shook and stopped immediately. This surprised everyone on the boat. You must know that the river water from behind is still flowing in continuously, and the thrust is full. How could a small boat suddenly stop sideways
Someone hurriedly leaned over to take a closer look under the water, and then exclaimed loudly: "There is something entangled in our ship under the water, it is a fishing net... The rebels actually laid out layers of fishing nets here early in the morning, and rushed in It will only trap all the ships here, making it difficult to move forward!"
This discovery immediately made everyone panic, because their position was really awkward at this time. Not only were they separated from their own fleet, but they were still some distance away from the Golden Gate in front, and they were not close enough to destroy the city gate. The situation. And more importantly, since the enemy has made such arrangements, how could he not have a next step plan
The uneasiness in their hearts made some sailors immediately think of retreating, but no matter how they rowed back, the boat entangled in layers of fishing nets could not move. At most, it would spin in place. The ship was entangled tighter and the situation became more dangerous.
The ships behind also saw their danger, and Li Jun immediately shouted: "Quick, send a few ships to respond!"
Zhang Shun, who had not been able to rush to the front before, heard this and without saying a word, he took several small boats and quickly headed over there. As a master of water warfare who has been on the water for many years, he quickly judged the specific contents of that dangerous area.
Under his command, several responding boats easily avoided the fishing nets and stopped steadily on the river some distance away from the trapped ship.
But just when the sergeants on the ship were about to dive and swim over, something changed again.
With a creaking sound, the previously closed Yongjin Gate suddenly opened, and a row of boats rushed out against the current. With just a glance from a distance, Zhang Shun could see the doorway. Wu Jun actually built another gate inside Yongjin Gate, and then impounded water to raise it, so that the ships between the two gates were at a higher level than the river outside. Now, as soon as the door is opened, the water flows down to the ground, and then carries the row of small boats out against the current.
But what is strange is that there are no soldiers and horses on these small boats rushing out. But after seeing the pots and pans on the boat and the hay spread on the boat, Zhang Shun's face twisted in shock: "Jump off the boat quickly, they are going to attack with fire!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several more ships appeared inside the city gate, but these ships did not take the opportunity to rush out again, and they were also filled with archers. Following the order, countless rockets were quickly shot out and landed on the empty ships that were still charging forward. With the roaring sound, those empty ships turned into fire ships, accelerated their speed, and crashed forward.
All this happened so fast that the hundreds of soldiers trapped on the ship had no time to react, let alone take the opportunity to jump off the ship and escape. As a result, a terrible scene happened in front of Zhang Shun's eyes. Those fire boats directly hit the trapped ship. While making the people on board stagger for a while, they quickly ignited the ship they were on, and also ignited these helpless soldiers. His body made them scream in agony. At the same time, some people jumped into the water below without caring about anything else.
But at this time, the situation in the water was also very complicated. The entanglement of the ships caused the fishing nets that had sunk to the bottom of the water to lift up. When a sergeant jumped in in a panic, he was also entangled in these fishing nets. For a moment, their hands and feet were bound. The more they struggled, the tighter they were bound. No matter how good the water was, they had no use for it. They could only scream and wait for the fire from the surrounding ships to spread and devour them.
The screams of despair echoed on the river, making the Song soldiers at the rear unable to bear to hear them. Zhang Shun gritted his teeth and watched all this, wishing he could have sacrificed his life to rescue some people. But his reason told him that this was unrealistic. Not only could he not save people in the past, but he would also risk his life.
Li Jun, who was further behind, also had a dejected look on his face. He thought he could take advantage of the opportunity, but he didn't expect that the enemy had already planned it. If the enemy hadn't tried desperately to stop him before, the big ship under his feet would have been broken in front of Yongjin Gate. Now it seems that the only option is to admit defeat and retreat...
It's a pity for those soldiers who were trapped and died in the fire. They were all brothers who once served in the Liangshan Boshui Army. In the end, they did not die on the battlefield fighting the government troops, but they were aggrieved and were designed by the rebels and died tragically on the battlefield. Under this fire.
Just when Li Jun made up his mind and wanted to give up today's siege and retreat, the ship beneath him suddenly shook, and then the surrounding soldiers exclaimed: "No, we also have fishing nets below..."
"What's going on? Weren't you able to come and go freely just now? Where did these fishing nets come from?"
After seeing the miserable experience of their comrades at the front, the Song Army soldiers felt not only anger, but also unspeakable fear. And now, after discovering
After his own boat was actually entangled in a fishing net, this fear increased exponentially, because it meant that he was likely to face the same fate as the screaming Paoze brothers in front of him.
"I should have thought that since they had already made arrangements, how could they only set up an ambush in the area in front of Yongjin Gate, but leave a large area of the river in front of them empty?" Li Jun regretted it greatly, and at the same time he also wanted to understand the root cause. location.
In fact, there were already layers of fishing nets under the surface of the water where he came from. Logically speaking, he should have been entangled in the first round of attack and it would be difficult to escape. However, due to the previous release of water from the upstream, the river surface rose rapidly, and the fishing nets actually fell to a position where they could not affect the navigation of the ship.
If that were the case, it would naturally not be any problem for the Song Navy. But then, in order to catch all the Song troops trapped in front of Yongjin Gate, they suddenly opened the city gate. Although the position of the river rose again at first, soon, as the waterway was completely unblocked, the river in front of the city gate became much shallower. In this way, those fishing nets can once again pose a threat to the ships above.
As a larger ship with a heavier tonnage and a lower waterline, it was naturally affected faster and was quickly entangled in layers of fishing nets.
"Quick! Adjust the sails quickly and use the wind to pull down the fishing nets below. Let's evacuate this place first!" Soon, Li Jun regained his composure and hurriedly ordered. After all, a big ship is different from a small ship. It has stronger power, and can a small fishing net trap it even if it is trapped
Just when the Song army's ships quickly changed their tactics and wanted to retreat. The drums at the top of the city became urgent again, and the ships that had been left inside the city gate suddenly gathered their strength and rushed out at the fastest speed, heading out.
Compared with the warships outside that had at least twenty or thirty people in each boat, these small boats that rushed out only had seven or eight people in each boat, and all of them were naked and only carried a few weapons such as bows and arrows. As a result, the waterline of these ships was more than half shallower than that of the Song Army's boats. They actually rushed through the waters densely covered with fishing nets and ropes and attacked the large ships in front that were trying to get rid of the entanglement.
The two sides were still some distance away. With bursts of shouting, arrows, spears and other weapons were lit and flew towards the three large ships, vowing to leave all these enemies in front of Yongjin Gate.
As a result, the situation of the soldiers on the big ship would be dangerous. Their movements were already blocked, and the target was so big that they couldn't dodge the incoming fire attacks. Suddenly, fire started everywhere.
Zhang Shun, who had already wanted to lead the other boats back, was furious when he saw this: "It's really too much to bully others. Do you really think that my brother Liangshan is so easy to bully?" He immediately took off his unlined clothes, and then He put the short knife at his waist to his mouth, stood up, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, enter the water to fight the enemy!" As soon as he finished speaking, the man had already plopped into the cold river water.
The other navy officers only hesitated for a moment, then followed suit and entered the water with their knives in hand.
As the ace army of Liang Shanbo, they are not only able to fight on the water with boats, but they are also like dragons when they go down to the water!
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