Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 263 Ambush on the Canal in the Fog
The bleak trumpet,
Constantly floating over the canal.

Zhao Si, Eunuch Zhao was a little worried and called Xiao Dongzi to stop again, who knew that Xiao Dongzi sat on the ground with his ass being frightened.

Seeing this, Zhao Si scolded;
"Useless things, what are you afraid of? Go out and tell Li Qianhu to lead people to guard the surroundings of the boats. Any suspicious boats or people approaching will be shot and killed. The miscellaneous family will go out in a while."

Xiaodongzi regained his composure and replied;

"Yes, godfather, Xiao Dongzi will remember."

Holding the door frame, he stood up, opened the door and walked out, turned around and closed the door, walked a few steps forward, and came to the corridor on the side of the building, where he saw a row of people from the Imperial City Division holding crossbows and hiding behind them. After the wall stack.

Scared by this scene, Xiao Dongzi also squatted down, walked forward with his waist bent, ran over when he saw Li Qianhu who was directing in front,
"Master Li, Master Li!"

Hearing someone yelling at him, Li Yun also turned his head to look, and saw that it was the little eunuch next to Eunuch Zhao, who immediately understood that Eunuch Zhao had something to say, so he came over and asked;

"Little Eunuch, but what orders does Eunuch Zhao have?"

"Yes, my lord, Godfather ordered that all suspicious ships and people approaching will be shot and killed. Our ship's safety comes first."

Xiaodongzi didn't dare to speak loudly, for fear that the sound would be too far away to startle something.

Li Yun nodded and replied in a low voice;

"Tell Grandpa, don't worry, I understand that there will be no problems, Ben Qianhu will watch over here personally."

"Then Master Li, be careful."

Xiaodongzi's words had already arrived, but he didn't dare to linger any longer, so he went back with his back bent.

Li Yun, on the other hand, returned to the high place and continued to stare at the surroundings, but the fog was getting heavier and heavier, and the outlines of the boats in front were vaguely unclear.

A little anxious in my heart, I immediately shouted,

"Keep your eyes wide open, shoot and kill any suspicious ships and people approaching the building!"

"Yes, my lord."

The surrounding soldiers all responded.

And on the building boat in front, after Zhang Jinyu ordered the sound of the warning horn, Commander Lu also realized that Master Hou must have discovered the situation.

Also in armor, went out.

The frontmost fighting ship that went out to investigate also slowly approached the merchant ship.

At this time, the water bandits in the mist were also a little uneasy, and their hearts trembled when they heard the sound of the horn ahead. The head of Qingyun Village looked at the other dozen water bandits ahead, and also ordered the second head,

"Second brother, tell our people not to move, and wait any longer. It seems that this time is difficult. Let's wait for the people in front to do it."

"Got it, big brother!"

And the leader of the men in black at the forefront of the water bandits was waiting for the news from the east bank.

On the river to the east, rows of bucket ships and fast boats were all ready early, except for the people on it who were dressed in black,
The weapons and battleship armor are exactly the same as those of the guards, and the entire fleet of black-clothed soldiers waited silently there.

On the command ship of a large ship,

A masked old man saw that the fog had arrived and saw that the people in front of him were indifferent, so he said sharply;

"General Jiao, do you still not do anything?"

Jiao Ke's expression was solemn, and when he heard the old man's voice, his expression was also the same, and he said slightly angrily;

"Why do you need to come here to tell me what to do?"

"You, the time will pass if you don't shoot."

The old man held back his anger and reminded him from the side.

Jiao Ke also knew it, and his face was a little anxious, but he still didn't let go;
"The time has not yet come. I haven't heard the warning horn of the navy in front. Suspicion has arisen in the front. We still need to wait."

"General, wait any longer. If the fog clears at noon, we can still go. As for escaping now, General, the old man is just like you. Can those people in Jiangnan let me wait?" .”

The old man also stopped urging, and his deep words seemed a little helpless and sad, and now he couldn't help himself.

The sky is already bright, and the fog is at its heaviest. As the saying goes, the fog will slowly dissipate after this time, and it will clear up at noon.

General Jiao Ke, who was covered with fine sweat against the cold wind, then ordered;

"The whole army listened to the order, raided from the east, aimed at the opponent's building ship, and launched a projectile. The clipper used the ram to ram the opponent's fighting ship. If there is a chance to kill the opponent's building ship, if there is no result, there is no chance, paste it and board the ship , kill and fight hand-to-hand."

"Yes, General."

The lieutenant general next to him began to pass orders, and the old man in black felt relieved and said;

"General, I have nearly 2 people under my command, and it is a surprise attack on the water. It is bound to succeed in one fell swoop. The opponent's ship is too big to turn around, and there is still a chance."

"I hope, but the most elite frontier army in Dawu is really so easy to deal with, and there are so many guards to fight, this battle will be difficult."

General Jiao Ke didn't have a clue in his heart, and he didn't feel good, even a trace of fear.

The old man didn't think so, so he said in relief;
"The general can't say that, grow others' aspirations and destroy his own prestige. Although the old man doesn't know what the so-called capital performance is like, even if he is the first, but it is on the road, and now he is in the water, even if he is a tiger. It’s also the case of a tiger falling into Pingyang and being bullied by a dog, isn’t it?”

That's true, what the old man in black said made sense, General Jiao didn't bother anymore, and kept ordering, and the messengers also came out in all directions. After a while, hundreds of fast boats sailed into the fog of the river one after another, slowly heading towards the river. drive forward.

Zhang Jinyu continued to observe the river ahead, and the merchant ship had already floated over. Visually, there was no one on it, only a large area of ​​blood. Don't ask the boatman must have been murdered, so someone must be there ahead.

"Duan Hong, warn, there are enemies ahead, they should be coming towards us."

"Here comes the armor."

Zhang Jinyu asked his personal guards to put on the Yunying armor given by the emperor, and took out the treasured sword.

Duan Hong also saw a merchant ship not far away behind him, and a large piece of Gan Ze's blood was still there. The people in front were not good people.
"Blow the horn, there are enemies ahead."

Immediately, another warning horn sounded.

"woo woo woo woo!"

At this moment, the sergeants of the entire naval fleet became tense, knowing that an enemy was approaching.

At this moment, a slight sound came from the clouds, and Dong Zhongyuan's apprentice Lin Zhenhong who was standing beside Zhang Jinyu suddenly shouted;

"Enemy attack, be careful of the arrows ahead!"

Before Zhang Jinyu could react, she was directly pressed down by Lin Zhenhong and lay on the ground. As soon as she finished speaking, she saw a rain of arrows appearing in the clouds.

"Whizzing."

The sound was endless, and the entire navy fleet was attacked for a moment, which was not bad. The soldiers in the fleet were already prepared and all were in armor. Even if they were shot, they would still be slightly injured.

Zhang Jinyu lay on the ground, looking at the wooden wall behind him, "Deng Deng." He kept nailing the arrows, and shouted in anger;
"Counterattack, counterattack, Lin Zhenhong, you are in command."

"Yes, Lord Hou."

Lin Zhenhong squatted behind the wall, looked at the direction of the arrow, roughly calculated, and shouted;
"The group listens to the order, [-] steps ahead, throw, throw! Let go."

Following Lin Zhenhong's order, the sergeant on the upstairs boat picked up the crossbow trigger and aimed at the front and began to press the trigger. The same was true for the bed crossbow. Faintly heard screams.

The rest of the building boats and escort ships also shot arrows at the suspected places in front of them. The two sides came and went for a while, and three out of ten were luck. Such a thick fog was almost a blind shot.

Zhang Jinyu came to the back of the wall and stretched out his head to look over. There were already many small boats passing through his own building and heading towards the fleet behind. This is.

"Lin Zhenhong, order to shoot the people on the surrounding clippers. Duan Hong, warn the fleet behind, enemy attack!"

"It's Lord Hou."

The two commanded the people on the boat to attack the surrounding boats at close range, while Duan Hong signaled the soldiers to keep blowing their horns.

The short and rapid sound of the horn signaled that the enemy had begun to attack.

At the end of the building, Eunuch Yang was flustered when he heard the sound of horns sounding in front of him continuously and hurriedly warning him.

"Little Dongzi, is there an attack ahead?"

"Godfather, I don't know."

Xiaodongzi also replied with a vibrato.

"Go out and see!"

"Yes, godfather."

Xiaodongzi swallowed his saliva, and had no choice but to walk outside the door. At this moment, Li Yun and Li Qianhu on the building boat saw many fast boats coming ahead, and immediately shouted;

"Attention all, shoot the boat in front, and make sure not to let the boat approach."

"It's an adult."

Immediately, the guards on the upper boat and the people of the Imperial City Division began to shoot at the boat. Naturally, being condescending took advantage of the position, and the enemy screamed incessantly.

When the voice came, Xiao Dongzi didn't have the courage to go out again, and Eunuch Zhao's pale face was also gloomy.

Those people in the south of the Yangtze River are really courageous, even dare to attack the ships of the imperial envoys and miscellaneous families, they deserve to die.

Although Zhang Jinyu's navy was standing in a favorable position, there were more and more enemy ships, and people began to surround them densely.

Many men in black on the boat threw hooks to hook the building boat, and then began to climb over under the protection of their own archers.

"The Pioneer Battalion listened to the order, and those near the deck were ready for melee combat, raising their shields."

Duan Hong saw many enemies starting to board the ship, and immediately shouted.

Many frontier soldiers had already drawn out their scimitars and shields and waited behind the deck.

Seeing so many enemies and ships, obviously waiting for him, Zhang Jinyu also looked annoyed, damn it, this is crazy.

"what."

"Kill!"

"dash forward."

"Quick, stop it, brothers!"

"Quick, quick, rush up,"

"Those who retreat will be cut, and they must survive."

The surrounding shouts, shouts, and screams resounded throughout.

Arrows, crossbows, and broken stones are constantly being fired, and the two sides continue to die, especially the attacking side. The corpses keep falling, the river is gradually covered with a layer of blood, and there are more and more floating corpses, slowly drifting downstream with the river. .

At this time, the people on the West Bank moved!
(End of this chapter)