First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 290
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Since the Tang Dynasty sent troops, the four armies in the southeast, northwest, and north have been winning consecutive battles, and they have always been in an advantage over Xiao Liang. Xiao Liang has more than 40 troops. When it comes to military strength, it is the top at that time, although many of the [-] troops are just numbers. Yes, but the tall ones are taller than the short ones, so naturally it is impossible for all of them to be trash.

Moreover, Xiao Xian still attaches great importance to his own safety, so when implementing the strategy of resting troops and farming, the soldiers and horses staying in Jiangling are all elite ones out of a hundred.

Now under the command of Wen Shihong, the Tang army was defeated, and the elites were naturally arrogant, chasing and killing, fearing that they would fall behind, vowing to show the prestige of Jingchu soldiers in case of shame.

While bravely chasing and killing first, his own formation has naturally been disrupted. Scholar Shihong has already noticed this, but he just smiled and didn't care. At this time, the morale is high, and it is the time to pursue the victory, and the formation is chaotic. , anyway, it is impossible for Tang Jun to have the power to fight back.

Scribe Hong is the main general, so it is naturally impossible to take the lead in chasing after him, so the five-tooth warship as the command ship fell to the end.

Jiang Baoyi led [-] elites in small boats such as 艨艟, 舴艋, etc., and made an unexpected assault towards the north of the river from the south bank of Bailizhou.

All the attention of Xiao Liang's navy was on chasing and killing Tang Jun. After all, it was a great opportunity to make meritorious deeds, and they didn't notice the strange soldier behind them at all.

"Attack at full speed", seeing that Xiao Liang's warships in front had no formation at all, Jiang Baoyi stood at the bow and immediately ordered to attack Xiao Liang's fleet at full speed.

"General, Tang, the Tang army and the ambush have arrived at the rear of our army," a school lieutenant came forward to report with a pale face.

Up to this time, there was no need to inquire, the rear army was already in chaos, the movement was really serious, Wen Shihong's expression changed suddenly, the muscles on Qingjun's face were tense, and his expression was serious.

"Arrange, don't mess".Scholar Hong ordered in a deep voice.

Although the general was calm and unruffled, those fighting soldiers didn't know it. They only knew that they had fallen into the Tang army's strategy again. The Tang army charged from behind as if descending from the sky, tearing Xiao Liang's fleet apart in one fell swoop.

"General, that's the enemy's command ship, and Wen Shihong should be in that group," a general of the Tang army said excitedly, pointing to the five-tooth warship where Wen Shihong was.

Jiang Baoyi looked over intently, only to see a group of people on the top floor of the five-tooth warship looking this way, who seemed to be guards and gestures, and Scholar Hong was among them.

"Full speed ahead, lean over," Jiang Baoyi ordered immediately.

"General, that's the five-tooth battleship, we can fly here..." Another general said hesitantly.

"Execute the military order, lean over at full speed", Jiang Baoyi scolded angrily, and then he took off his armor, holding a shield in his left hand and a knife in his right, and shouted: "Soldiers and soldiers, the enemy's commander is in front of you, follow me to kill him."

Seeing this, Tang Jun's morale was excited, and they went straight to the five-tooth warship in small boats.

Seeing this, Wen Shihong smiled contemptuously, raised his hand and swung it down heavily, "The trebuchet fires", several small trebuchets on the ship threw stones, although most of them fell into the water, but the splash was extremely strong. appalling.

The small boats such as Cai Meng were extremely fast, following the wind, they soon came to the big warship Wuya, without Wen Shihong's order, the six poles on the left and right sides of the big warship started to work, and took heavy shots towards the small boat in front of them.

It doesn't need to hit all of them, even if it hits the corner, the huge force is enough to turn the boat over, and if it hits the center, it can even break it apart.

Seeing this, Jiang Baoyi's expression also changed. He had seen it on Li Xiaogong's Five-toothed Warship before, but this time he saw its power with his own eyes, and he was really shocked.

But Jiang Baoyi knew very well that he couldn't retreat. Once he retreated, everything would be lost, so he immediately picked up his bow and arrow and shot. Jiang Baoyi grew up in the northwest frontier. When it comes to archery, he is also the best in the Tang army. Such a short distance, almost ten Send ten hits.

Jiang Baoyi threw down his bow and arrow until the warship collided with the five-tooth giant ship, "Brothers, whoever captures and kills the leader of the bandit will be rewarded with a hundred guan", he should take the lead and climb with a scratching hook.

The generals are brave, and their soldiers are not greedy for life. Although the five-toothed warship is huge, ants kill elephants. The bulky giant ship is besieged by a large number of small boats, and Xiaoliang's navy is overwhelmed for a while.

Although the six large poles on the left and right are powerful, they are extremely cumbersome. They require a lot of manpower to pull them, and they cannot be turned. This thing is more deterrent than lethal. , is also extremely frightening, but now Tang Jun is not frightened, and only cares about following the lead general Jiang Baoyi to climb onto the boat.

Wen Shihong was already terrified at this time. He didn't expect that the Tang army was so brave that he went straight to his command ship at a huge price. He shot down at the surrounding Tang Jun.

Hearing the sound, Jiang Baoyi turned his head to look, and saw a scholar in green shirt not far from above, who was drawing a bow and nodding an arrow. Immediately, his eyes lit up, listening to the order, he had already guessed that this person should be scholar Hong.

Even if he took a long spear, he spotted Wen Shihong and threw it with all his strength. Although he shot from obliquely below, it was not too difficult for Jiang Baoyi's arm strength at such a short distance.

Jiang Baoyi often sparred with Gao Chong, and he knew a little about Gao Chong's mace stunt. Throwing a spear and killing a mace had similarities, not to mention that throwing a spear was also a common method of killing enemies in the northwest frontier, especially to deal with cavalry. The lethality is huge and extremely effective. During the Warring States Period, Qin State swept the six countries, and the Qin Army was equipped with a large number of spearmen.

Wen Shihong's heart trembled, and before he could react, he was pierced through his abdomen by the spear and died on the spot.

Seeing this, Xiao Liang's generals were stunned, and then someone exclaimed: "General Wen is dead."

As soon as this remark came out, it was like a thunderbolt from the blue sky. Liang Jun, who was fighting back, was at a loss for a while, not knowing what to do.

Jiang Baoyi was overjoyed when he heard the voice, and immediately raised his knife and shouted: "Wen Shihong is dead, surrender to avoid death."

Tang Jun shouted in response one after another, and their voices shook the sky, spreading farther and farther.

On the other hand, Li Xiaogong's desperate counterattack also caused Xiao Liang's navy to be overwhelmed. As the news of Wen Shihong's death spread, they collapsed and fled in all directions.

Jiang Baoyi immediately ordered the encirclement. The water surface is not like land, and it is difficult to escape when defeated on land. However, the competition for escaping on the water surface is undoubtedly the speed of the boat and the skill of the arrow.

However, among the [-] Tang troops this time, there were only a small number of archers, and when it came to navigating ships, Xiao Liang's navy was even more proficient. Fortunately, Jiang Baoyi gave the most correct order at the first time, which was to encircle.

As long as they cooperate with Li Xiaogong's troops at the forefront to surround Xiao Liang's defeated army, the collapsed Liang army has no fighting spirit and can only be captured without a fight.

(End of this chapter)