Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 790
Chapter [-] Wagang Veteran General Chang He

It was loaded with kerosene, and the bow was equipped with an iron hook. As long as the fire boat hits the fast paddle boat of the Eastern Palace guards in front, the fast paddle boat will not be able to get rid of it.Soon four or five fast paddle boats were ignited by the fire boat, forming a large fire.

Under the leadership of Yu Chigong, the Qing Dao team of the Eastern Palace trained strictly and reacted very quickly. Some of them put out the fire, while others quickly maneuvered the boat to avoid it.

However, they were not good at water warfare, so they made a mistake in their busy schedule and knocked over two of them. Seeing that there were less than half of the dozens of fast paddle boats in the back of the palace, at this moment, Wei Zheng's face revealed a serious expression. thinking look.

Li Jiancheng looked at the increasingly fierce shore, threw away the flashy saber at his waist, and took a horizontal knife from the soldiers beside him.A saber is just a decoration. When facing armored targets, it is very powerless. Even a sword that cuts iron like mud is also powerless when facing armor. After all, a sword that is good at stabbing is far less effective than a horizontal knife.

Wei Zheng suddenly said: "Your Highness, this is probably a trap!"

"What? What did you find?" Li Jiancheng turned to Wei Zheng and said, "Did you find anything?"

"Yes!" Wei Zheng said unabashedly: "This kind of water warfare method of blocking the front and chasing after it is the water warfare method of Wagang Village. Among this group of incoming enemies, the old general Wagang should be in command!"

"Old general of Wagang?" Li Jiancheng's eyes were fixed.

After Wagang's death, other generals, Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Xie Yingdeng, and Niu Junda all took refuge in Li Shimin, but Li Shiji and Wei Zheng took refuge in Li Jiancheng, while Luo Shixin took refuge in Chen Ying.It doesn't mean anything just because Wagang's old general makes a move.

Li Jiancheng saw it clearly. Although the horse and infantry led by Donggong Zuo Qingdao were considered elite after landing, their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced when fighting on an unfamiliar ship.For armor-piercing soldiers, it is too inconvenient to operate underwater. If the armor cannot be taken off in the water, it is more likely to drown, and to emerge is to kill the enemy water ghost attached by the nearby ants. kill.

At this moment, more than a dozen centipede boats quickly surrounded Li Jiancheng's boat.This kind of centipede boat is actually a small speedboat, just like the dragon boat race in the Dragon Boat Festival. Usually, there are more than ten or twenty oarsmen on a boat, paddling fast, extremely fast, and very fast. flexible.This kind of centipede boat has an extremely shallow draft, even if the water depth is only more than three feet, it can sail like flying on the water.

Standing on the deck, Li Jiancheng saw a dozen or so No. 20 people standing on each centipede boat, all shirtless, with a knife in their mouth, trying to climb the boat, and someone at the bow threw a rope with a nail hook to think To hook the boat.

The building boat is about four storeys high, and it is very tall. In order to avoid overturning, many ballast stones are installed. These ballast stones are large long strips of granite. .Taking advantage of the height and size of the ship, throwing stones down, not to mention smashing people's brains, might be able to smash a big hole out of the bottom of the thin and light centipede ship.

Li Jiancheng was also worried that Yu Chigong was an immediate general and did not understand water warfare.Who would have thought that Yu Chigong only ordered people to cut off the hook rope thrown by the loach boat with an axe, and then stabbed at the centipede boat with a long penny with a long iron nail on the tail, so as to prevent the centipede boat from approaching, and let the centipede boat With half a person raising the sail, the hull was swung to the right by the wind. With the help of the tall hull, the two centipede boats were immediately overturned, and all three No. 40 people were swept into the water. Only to prevent them from climbing aboard.

These enemies have few bows and arrows, seven or eight boats only have eight or nine hunting bows, and they shoot arrows sparsely. The side panels of the cabins of the buildings are already high, and the guards of the Eastern Palace are wearing armor, covering them with shields, and shooting all the arrows in disorder. Only two soldiers accidentally shot one in the arm and one in the calf.

Seeing that the boat was difficult to chew, the centipede boat lit an oil-soaked grass handle and threw it towards the boat, and then threw a clay pot full of oil at it.The oil floated to the deck and flowed everywhere, and when it burned, it was a large area. The fire was so frightening that the guards of the Eastern Palace were in a hurry to bring buckets of water to put out the fire.

At the critical moment, Wei Zheng stopped him.Wei Zheng said: "This kind of fire is only scary to look at. The deck is covered with cooked cowhide, and it was soaked beforehand. This fire may not be able to burn through the cooked cowhide. Besides, water can't put out the oil fire. Water will make the oil fire float." It will spread everywhere on the water surface, and it is even more difficult to deal with it. Soldiers with experience in water warfare know that they need to use prepared fine sand and soaked cotton to smother the fire."

More than a dozen Donggong guards quickly extinguished the fire, very orderly.

Li Jiancheng can be regarded as a person who has seen the world. He has never encountered such a large-scale water battle.

At this time, a slightly larger square boat came over, and saw a few strong men standing on the bow deck, holding a long bag like a cloth bag, and stuffing things at one end.Those people swung the long bag over their heads vigorously, swung it twice above their heads, and then let the long bag fly over them.

A guard held a shield to block it, but couldn't withstand such a huge force and was knocked over on the deck.Wei Zheng bravely stepped forward, opened the cloth bag with a knife, and found that the inside was Chinese pine charcoal soaked in kerosene.

Wei Zheng said: "The enemy is preparing to attack with fire!"

Without Wei Zheng's reminder, Yu Chigong also gave the order to cover the archers.

As the shrill sound of piercing the air sounded, arrows rained down on the enemy, and after a short while, the square boat was shot into screams, and several ballast stones were smashed over, and several people took refuge immediately. It was too late to be hit by a ballast stone, and the flesh was bloody.Even the square boat was smashed with a big hole.

However, in this situation, the building boat finally docked slowly. Relatively speaking, Donggong Qingdao, who is good at land warfare, would rather face the enemy on land. Anyway, the waterway has been blocked. There is no way to walk along the river.

With a strip of pallets spread on the shore.Li Jiancheng and Wei Zheng boarded the shore quickly.

Li Jiancheng waited until he came to the shore and he had not yet breathed a sigh of relief, but he heard a group of cavalry rush out of the dense forest in the east of the shore, and a black-faced man at the head shouted: "Don't leave Li Jiancheng..."

All the Hebei rebels, together with the Turkic cavalry, marched in the direction of Li Jiancheng.

Wei Zheng and Li Jiancheng's eyes met in the air, and they seemed to understand that the enemy in the water was just to force them to go ashore, and let Liu Shishan kill Li Jiancheng. Once Prince Li and Tang died in Hebei, the family members of Hebei might have to go the same way with Liu Shishan It's dark.

Liu Shishan took the horse and shouted loudly: "Don't let Li Jiancheng go!"

Hundreds of Turkic cavalry surrounded Yuchigong, and it was difficult for Yuchigong to take care of Li Jiancheng for a while.Yuchi Gong screamed anxiously, Yu Chigong swung his horse, and killed the Turkic cavalry on their backs.

Just when Liu Shishan led a group of cavalry to rush towards Li Jiancheng, suddenly a sharp arrow flew towards Liu Shishan's rib, and Liu Shishan fell off his horse.

Chang He led a team of personal guards into the battlefield, fiercely cut down the Turkic cavalry around Li Jiancheng, and protected Li Jiancheng to retreat.

Liu Shishan got on his horse and tried to regroup his troops to attack Chang He.

At this time, Yu Chigong killed the surrounding Turkic people, led Donggong Zuo Qingdao and led his troops back to help, and defeated Liu Shishan.

Liu Shishan fled in a hurry.

All Tang soldiers shouted excitedly: "We have won."

Li Jiancheng watched in shock as the surrounding Tang soldiers shouted victory!

All the generals congratulated Li Jiancheng one after another.

Li Jiancheng asked in surprise: "Which general was it that rescued the palace just now?"

Chang He came out and bowed and said: "The last general, Chang He, see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Wei Zheng turned around quickly, looked at Chang He in surprise and said, "Old Chang! When did you arrive?

Chang He said: "Master, a certain family was transferred to the Hebei Army under the order of Xu Shuai's army. They have just arrived."

Li Jiancheng looked at Chang He talking with Wei Zheng in astonishment.

Li Jiancheng stepped forward and asked, "Xuancheng...do you know each other?"

Wei Zheng smiled faintly, pointed at Chang He and said, "Your Highness, Chang He is a veteran general of the Wagang Army. After Li Mi's defeat, Chang He was recruited by Wang Shichong and guarded Hulao Pass. The Battle of Hulao was his battle with Dawei. Tang Xianguan."

Li Jiancheng asked curiously: "Chang'an orders troops, how come I haven't seen General Chang?"

Chang He smiled wryly and said: "After the Battle of Hulao, the last general was ordered to transfer to Jinyang in Hedong."

Li Jiancheng asked more curiously, "Why?"

Wei Zheng hastily explained: "General Chang, Xu Shiji, and Shan Xiongxin were life-and-death friends when they were in Wagang. After Wang Shichong was defeated and surrendered, General Chang and Xu Shiji pleaded for Shan Xiongxin, which angered His Royal Highness King Qin and was transferred to Huaizhou .

Li Jiancheng suddenly said: "If Dou Jiande had listened to Xuan Cheng's words and had gone south two months earlier, wouldn't Hulao Pass..."

Chang He said: "Then, I will definitely dedicate Hulao to King Xia."

Li Jiancheng sighed: "This is destiny. If Dou Jiande doesn't use Xuancheng, he won't get General Chang. Hulao is gone, and his foundation is gone."

Wei Zheng and Chang He bowed their heads and remained silent.

Li Jiancheng went on to say: "General Chang has meritorious service in escorting. From today onwards, General Chang will be the leader of You Qingdao in the East Palace of this palace, and General Yuchi will personally guard the palace. General Chang will return to Chang'an with Jiancheng, and it will be of great use."

Chang He looked at Li Jiancheng calmly and said: "The last general thanked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

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In Taiyuan City, a Harpy Eagle swooped down and landed in front of Du Yan's window. Du Yan took out a note from the bamboo tube of the Harrier Eagle's leg. Li Shimin, who was fighting with Cheng Zhijie on the school field, said: "His Royal Highness, the matter is over, the fish has bitten the hook."

Li Shimin took the note and glanced at it hastily, and said to Cheng Zhijie: "Old Cheng, let's come here today, and notify the auxiliary machine, Xuanling, Keming, to come to discuss matters."

Cheng Zhijie breathed a sigh of relief and left quickly.

(End of this chapter)