In the gradually dimming sky, fireworks continued to rise in the river.
"Don't run away, don't run...Stop..."
Li Baozhen, the envoy of the Western Zhejiang Navy and the envoy of the Danyang army, stood on the boat and shouted hoarsely, but couldn't stop the defeat of his subordinates.
It’s like a replay of history that has happened before. These sails have become riddled with holes or broken and broken, and they are all in tatters or burning fireworks. They rushed past without hesitation. He took the ship as the center, and the surrounding water surface of the many warships gathered, but he ignored any command from the Chinese army, and fled without looking back.
The left front of the navy that used to chase the remnants of the army has been inexplicably defeated; and the right forward, who turned around to meet and intercept, is also difficult to resist the trend of defeat and confronts the newly emerging enemy ships. It also caught fire or overturned one after another. But at any rate, he won a little bit for his midfield, a buffer opportunity for hurriedly paddling, raising the sails, adjusting the position and gathering together;
However, at this time, he regretted it secretly. When he attacked the grass thieves' camp near the coast, he brought the artillery stones, coals and arrows used by the rebels from the ship, but only some melee battles were left. The used racket, hitting the head and jumping from the side to meet the enemy Jiabinger. Now it is the downwind of the upstream again, and even the means of accumulating collision with the strong hull of the ship has been weakened a lot.
"Blow the snail, row up with all your strength, and collide with the other, our boat is harder and more solid... can we have the upper hand?"
"The ship's escort teams were ordered to begin armouring and crossbows, ready to jump from the side to meet the enemy..."
At this time, Li Baozhen once again heard the faint thunder from closer distance; then he finally saw clearly the appearance of the enemy ships rushing out of the wreck of the official ship burning along the river under the cover of fireworks over the river.
It was a weird warship whose sideboards were shielded with baffles and big names, and apart from the towering rigid sails and paddles, the situation on the deck could not be seen clearly; but it was vague in terms of form. It is still like the Jiangping flat boat with pointed toe and round tail in Jingchu. Obviously it was the grass thief reinforcements from the upper reaches.
But Li Baozhen was relieved. Since it was the style of the Jingchu River boat he knew, it meant the means and experience to deal with accordingly. At least the river ships built by the people, in terms of sturdiness and durability, cannot be compared with the standard ships under their command, which are good at traveling between the river mouth and the coastal waters.
However, how did the enemy defeat the left and right fronts of his subordinate naval division? As the main force of the Danyang naval division brought out this time, the left and right fronts are each of the size of stern, battleship, zigzag, river boat, etc. There are hundreds of warships, and the number of soldiers in ship and water warfare often counts for two to three thousand;
Even if the gunstone arrows on the ship are used up early, it will definitely not be easily defeated in the melee battle; is it just that the opponent is only relying on the baffles that seem to be able to prevent arrows and coated with mud and flame retardant. Thinking of this, his heart became more vigilant and anxious, and looking at the enemy ships that were shot on the head and filled with rockets, they just smashed the warships around him head-on.
Suddenly, the dull pounding sound blew up not far from Li Baozhen's boat, but it was the first to bear the brunt of several official ships that were hit by sideways. Suddenly, numerous fragments and broken oars were spattered at the impact site, and the officers and soldiers gathered on the boat gang nearby were knocked down and pierced through the ground with a horrific sound.
However, behind the barriers of those enemy ships, there was no movement to kill in the next step. Instead, the remaining officers and soldiers who rushed up with blood and courage were clinging to them, and they climbed with swords and axes while chiseling and chopping. More arrows shot past, and the fire urn filled with charcoal was carried out of the cabin.
At this time, sparks suddenly appeared on the handover enemy ship, and it fell among the officers and soldiers attached to it like an ant. Suddenly, thunder-like roars rang from the deck and side of the ship. The smoke swept up and fluttered and rolled up with a big flame, and in a flash, the shirtless or armored officers and soldiers were enveloping them.
After the smoke ball was blown away by the river wind again, the rebels lay on the deck where they met the enemy, with bloody and bloody corpses and wounded soldiers; even the soldiers and soldiers carrying the large urn of the coals. I was taken in and screamed and fell to the ground; and the fire urn was rolled into the hatch that was lifted out. After a few breaths, the charcoal fire ignited the inner chamber and rose. There was a big fire tongue visible to the naked eye.
And this was just what happened within a few moments. More enemy ships rushed into these official fleets, and they continued to use the flames and cracks from the collision and throwing of the ship. The official ship was shrouded in smoke and lighted fire. And the thrown firearms have also become a lot of fierce fire grease packed in cans, which will flow around and ignite when broken.
Then every time the officers and soldiers on these warships wanted to swing the rackets, swivels, pile heads and other equipment to counterattack, they would be attacked by these thrown firearms, and the screams would immediately collapse from the deck. Open. Occasionally, there will be dull thunder sounds again, and then the official ship that is engaged in the battle will suddenly begin to capsize and sink slowly.
"Mingjin, hurry up and push the enemy ship away with all your strength, and don't let it come by... Order the peripheral ships to leave the enemy quickly, regroup and fight again..."
Seeing this scene, Li Baozhen was already sinking, and shouted at the left and right with all his strength.
Then, he saw the watchman and messenger standing in the mast bucket, and several of them were shot again by the distant streamer, and they fell silently and smashed the blood on the deck.
And an enemy ship whose bulwarks and guards have become incomplete, and whose size is only slightly smaller than that of the ship he was in, is also throwing arrows and throwing fire to the outside, while slowly slanting sideways toward the ship he is on. come. Li Baozhen not only flicked his knife in shock and anger, but also shouted forward in the lead:
"With me invincible, let me kill all these thieves..."
"Kill the thief...Kill the thief..."
"Protect the army envoy, follow and kill the thief..."
With the roar of energetic morale from the left and right, many armored officers and soldiers came from the warehouse and on the deck, like a rushing wave of rage rushing toward the enemy ship coming from the boundary, and one after another bows. The dense slaps and nails rained like arrows fell on the side and deck of the opponent's ship.
But at this moment, the ship was full of smoke and became incomplete, and on the deck of the scarred enemy ship, suddenly there were several large groups of fire rushing out from the gap; suddenly these elites gathered together The armored soldiers slammed into it like an invisible huge force, and they smashed away with flesh and blood on their backs; while the people behind were like rice grains blown down by the gale, they became flesh and blood overturned and pounced. Rolled on the deck.
And Li Baozhen, who was surrounded by them, was pushed to the ground by the people in front of him, and fainted with heavy piles and squeezes on the spot. At this time, a sharp whistle sounded from the enemy ship, and with the ups and downs and tremors that collided together, one after another climbed and jumped to the ship, the largest and most colorful official ship. .
At this time, some officers and soldiers in the lower deck pushed away the corpses blocked by the messy pile of flesh and blood, and wanted to continue to do the stubborn resistance of the trapped beasts. However, they were shot on the body by multiple crossbows from the front, with a full chest Short arrow without tail fell in again; then, someone raised a placard to cover and wanted to continue rushing out, but was hit by the thrown fierce cup, and fell into it with a scream of firelight.
After a while, the officers and soldiers who appeared on the deck were cleared out, and the enemies who had thrown most of the corpses were cleared and thrown; they began to follow the exits and panes, and threw another fist into the lower cabin. The large corded firearm, followed by a series of canopy vibrations and muffled noises. After a lot of gray smoke and air waves with bloody debris were ejected from the portholes and air ports, there was no more life under the cabin. Up.
Even the flames rising in the cabin dimmed, and then a flag was taken out and followed by a capable soldier, climbing to the top of the mast and hung on the burnt half of the bucket to fasten it. Since then, the commander’s seat has been successfully changed hands.
Seeing the huge cyan flag that the chief commander of the Chinese army was on the ship was gradually being raised to the mast, the official warship that was fighting fiercely nearby on the river seemed to have suddenly lost the fighting spirit and the support of the mainstay. It suddenly appeared. The trend of falling apart.
Immediately amid various screams, wailings and wailings spreading rapidly, they all desperately shook their oars and tried to get away. And without hesitation, he smashed away the approaching friendly ships, or did not hesitate to swing the oars on the struggling water, trying to cling to the heads of the officers and soldiers who were crying for help, just to clear a way out;
Or they are racing to abandon the boat and escape like dumping dumplings, or they are hopelessly on the deck, throwing down their weapons on the spot, please forgive them. . . . .
When the battle on the river surface gradually ended under the denser sky, bursts of cheering roars and shouts began to be sent to the shore with the wind, turning into clear and audible waves:
"Tianbu averages, rebuilds peace..."
"Qingping the troubled times, recreating peace..."
"Sweep away the demon atmosphere and recreate peace..."
Then these sounds in the wind gradually affected and infected the volunteers who were clustered on the shore to watch the battle, and they yelled in unison.
"Recreating peace..."
"Recreating peace..."
"Peace..."
"Peace..."
Finally, following the cheering crowds who didn't know the so-called, when the shouts of one after another spread to the city, only the words "Tai Ping" were left all over the mountains.
And in this terrible cry on the shore, it is rare that Meng Wei and Zhu Lao San had not survived for a long time, both pale and relatively wry smiles, but they could not think of such a transition and change. .
In the newly illuminated Xunyang Tower, the deputy general of the rebel army, Shang Rang, and the group of generals around him were already in a stunned, horrified silence, all kinds of speechless and speechless for a long time.
As for the Huang Chao standing at the head of the city, and the military subordinates and generals next to him, they also have complex expressions looking forward to and looking at each other, their eyes are flowing, and they don't know what to say.
This dullness and awkwardness lasted for a while, until Huang Chao relaxed his tight face, and suddenly smiled at the corner of his mouth, and broke it himself:
"It turns out that the brothers of the Taiping Army came to support me. I don't know anyone who is willing to meet and greet him on my behalf..."
"What Huang Wang said is quite true, it's all right now..."
"Wang Wang is right, it is time to greet him..."
Since Huang Chao publicly stated his position and set the tone first, these somewhat embarrassed and hesitant, perturbed and wait-and-see people, etc., seemed to be greatly relieved, and suddenly realized or rushed like a dream. The echoes.
"I wish to go to Xuanwei for one or two on behalf of King Huang..."
Some people asked for orders, but it was Zhao Zhang, the right branch envoy of the army. But the etiquette among the crowd made Cui Miao's eyes become extremely cold at this moment.
However, it is like a wave of truth that has not settled. Just as Zhao Zhang was about to take his order, he went away into the darkened sky, but suddenly there was an intermittent uproar.
"It's not good, the army has attacked..." (End of this chapter)