Water Margin Survival

Compared with the imperial navy that was fully capable of congesting and paralyzing the river, the only fleet of the Liang Shanshui Army staying at the base camp seemed a bit shabby.At this time, the more than 20 large river ships carrying out the sniper mission were obviously not at the same level in front of the opponent's smallest fleet consisting of thousands of ships.

"The troop carrier took the initiative to retreat, and the warship intercepted our army to gain time for it to go ashore. It was a good plan!"

Liu Menglong, who was on the lookout, noticed the change of the Liangshan Army, and immediately guessed Hu Yanqing's strategy. Seeing him sighing, he said: "It's just that he wants to delay our army's marching speed with just over 20 ships, isn't it too much?" A little more confident? It seems that this person is quite courageous, but it's a pity, if a person is too confident, sooner or later something will go wrong!"

"Which of these generals doesn't have their nostrils upturned?" The commander followed the coach's words. "However, the young general is puzzled. At any rate, Liangshanbo can gather more than a hundred large boats. How can Hu Yanqing be the only one to carry the tripod when he sees the real chapter? Could it be that Sanruan, Li Jun and others are really vain people. The Chuandu people, who have no power to fight? But leaving Hu Yanqing, a widowed general, at the front line, is it necessary to emulate the joke of a mantis holding a chariot!"

"Perhaps I didn't expect us to come across the sea! Maybe there are bandit infantry on board and it is inconvenient to fight! So you reminded me, we must not ask them to unload their infantry and rush to support Hu Yanqing! Pass my military order , Order the Eighth Battalion of the former army to push forward one word, not to fight in a hurry, first to make Xunxun these fellows, while they are dizzy, and then seize the ship with a bare blade!"

The commander hurriedly issued an order, but he heard the drums and horns on Liu Menglong's flagship beeping in unison.Although the sound is mixed.But as long as an insider can understand the meaning.Regrettably, Hu Yanqing, the former commander of the Ping Navy, is also one of the experts.

"As soon as he came up, he gave a strong dose of medicine. He is going to try my weight!" Hu Yanqing listened carefully to the drums and horns in the opposite officer's army, and murmured. At this time, he did not hesitate at all, and immediately said: " Order. Withdraw all the sentry horses! The whole army is on alert, ready to fight!"

After Hu Yanqing finished speaking, he turned around and took two wet wipes, and handed them to Zhu Wudao: "It will be needed in a while!"

Zhu Wu nodded, took the wet wipe with a solemn expression, and covered his mouth and nose without saying a word.This move of his was undoubtedly telling Hu Yanqing that he, an outsider, would not interfere with Hu Yanqing's command in this battle.

Although Hu Yanqing had repeatedly persuaded him to withdraw with Xie Fu's fleet, Zhu Wu served as the temporary commander.Declining this kindness, Liangshan Army did not have the tradition of field commanders staying in the rear. Since Wang Lun set an example in Daming Mansion, this tradition has gradually been preserved.

Hu Yanqing frowned in deep thought, giving orders from time to time to adjust the formation.Deploy soldiers.Just making the final preparations for this battle after the end.

"Boom...bang..."

The two fleets finally encountered each other in the narrow channel of the Beiqing River. The first to kick off the war was the trebuchet carried on the official warship. Although Liu Menglong changed ships in Hangzhou Bay, all the weapons in the water battle were all One piece of regret.At this time, the ammunition carried by these trebuchets is not stones, but various standard fireballs in the Song Dynasty navy, mainly including two types, one is poison smoke balls, and the other is burning fireballs.

For the Jinling Navy, this battle is against the current.But there is one great advantage: Tailwind!And the pervasive poisonous gas smog needs the help of wind power to expand the effect of shielding and poisoning the opponent, and you don't have to worry about backlashing yourself, which is really a blessing.

The trebuchets carried by dozens of ships were launched together. In this narrow river, it was difficult for the Liangshan army to evade. After a while, the decks of many ships were already billowing with smoke. Even though Hu Yanqing had prepared in advance, the soldiers were all A wet towel was prepared, but the coughing sound could still be heard everywhere.However, everyone seemed to have expected this move long ago. After experiencing the initial panic, many people started to act, pouring sand and soil that had been prepared long ago on the burning smoke pile.

Although the Liangshan Army's defensive measures were complete, it was a little strange that the scene was only a unilateral attack by the officers and soldiers, while the Liangshan fleet remained silent. Even Liu Menglong wondered if the opponent was equipped with a trebuchet. weapon.

"Order the boats not to throw fireballs, and increase the intensity of the smoke balls! The river is narrow right now, and when the boats are burned out, the bandit infantry will land in the morning!" Liu Menglong wanted to rush for time, and he didn't care about using the safest method. The opponent's weakness also gave him a lot of self-confidence.

On the flagship of the Liangshan Army, a few leaders could not stand it anymore, they stepped forward and said to Hu Yanqing, "Brother! When will our army fight back!?"

Speaking of which, the Eighth Battalion belonged to the Xinnen in the Liang Shanshui Army, and had never experienced actual combat. Even though Hu Yanqing taught well, there were still some small leaders who couldn't bear it anymore and urged the commander one after another.

Hu Yanqing was not in a hurry, but he had a deeper plan in his heart, so he didn't say a word at the moment, but silently calculated the distance on the bridge. Seeing this, Zhu Wu took off the towel and said, "The first iron law of our Liangshan Army is What?"

Seeing that it was the elder brother of the military adviser who ranked fifth in the cottage who had spoken, the little leader timidly said: "All actions are subject to command!"

Zhu Wu didn't punish him at this time, but just said: "It's good that you know it, and everything is obeyed by the commander Hu Yan! Go down and take your positions, and set an example for the soldiers!"

Everyone retreated after hearing the words, Zhu Wu looked at Hu Yanqing with some worry at this moment, and was about to speak, when Hu Yanqing shouted: "Command, the whole army casts thunderbolt fireballs!"

At this time, the Liangshan fleet, shrouded in smoke, temporarily gave up the semaphore, and the drums were beating loudly for a while. The Liangshan sailors, who had suffered from the old nose, held back their energy and transformed the leader of the Shenji Battalion, Ling Zhen, into a special boat for the navy. The thunderbolt fireball was thrown fiercely.

Suddenly, in the smoke and dust, countless gunpowder balls with "ears" burst out of the dust, and fell towards the Jinling Navy in a parabolic motion.Liu Menglong's pupils on the watchtower shrank sharply, and countless question marks popped up in his heart: Since they are equipped with trebuchets, why don't the Liangshan Army use them first?

However, Liu Menglong is a general after all, and he suddenly thought that Hu Yanqing would only give it a go when all the forwards of the officers and soldiers were within range, but Liu Menglong still couldn't figure it out, and kept it in his heart.Think of it as nothing more than a thunderbolt fireball.What is the difference between throwing early and throwing late?

Did not keep Liu Menglong waiting long.The cruel facts told him the answer.What kind of thunderbolt fireball is this, but every landing point is a sound like thunder, and the movement is a hundred times more explosive than firecrackers and other things.Liu Menglong saw with his own eyes that on the passenger boat where the commander of the vanguard and rear army was located, there was an impact on the bridge, and suddenly there was no one standing.

Liu Menglong gasped, and repeatedly shouted: "Evil sect! Really evil sect!" The commander beside him was also frightened.Knowing that the opponent's shooting range has reached the limit, he still couldn't help persuading him: "Master, if a gentleman doesn't stand under a fence, please move!"

Liu Menglong hadn't decided whether to go down yet, but saw Liang Shanjun attack again, this time it seemed that there were some "big guys" among them, but it was ten times or a hundred times more violent than before, and the roar like the collapse of the sky made Liu Menglong's eardrums tear apart , Look at your former army again.Several thousands of ships had already begun to sink, and the sailors who survived on them had no fighting spirit, and they all screamed and jumped into the water to escape.

"Mister, Mr., do you want to change to a burning fireball? The poisonous smoke ball seems to be unable to restrain these thieves!" The commander shouted in Liu Menglong's ear in confusion.Fortunately, these "big guys" have a significantly shorter range than the Thunderbolt Fireball.Otherwise, the commander would have dragged Liu Menglong down to avoid him even if he was afraid of disobedience.

"Still throwing at these monsters? Are you out of your mind! Send me a military order. Put them all on top and seize the boat! Hand-to-hand combat!"

It's no wonder that Liu Menglong lost his composure at this time, it's just that the thief has a subversive secret weapon in his hand, the key is that he still doesn't know if the opponent's trump card is clear, if he doesn't take advantage of the number of people to fight to the death , was bombarded by the opponent for a while, and when his morale completely collapsed, then he, Liu Menglong, would really die without a place to bury him.

The Jinling Navy was brought out by Liu Menglong, and he poured countless efforts and sweat into it at this critical juncture.This group of great Song navy troops who realized that retreat means death, and that there is still a way out if they advance, led by Liu Menglong's flagship, charged towards Liangshan Army with full sail.

"This guy is really a character!" Hu Yanqing couldn't help sighing when he saw that the other party was being beaten so viciously, yet he was able to withstand it without retreating, and instead bullied him, wanting to fight hand-to-hand.

"So Liang Shanbo has such a magic weapon? Damn it, let it go! What are you doing in a daze, don't stop, tell these guys to taste our power!" Cheng Gui said excitedly. A battle that had no chance of winning, unexpectedly turned around in such a dramatic way.

"Boss Cheng, there are only the last two left! Hit them all?" the sailor in charge of the trebuchet looked at Cheng Gui with an embarrassed expression on his face.

Cheng Gui was taken aback for a moment, the fight was going smoothly, but at the critical moment, he couldn't use it. Is this fatal?I saw him shouting quickly: "Quickly ask the flagship!"

Facing the inquiries from the ships, the flagship had no choice.The annual production of gunpowder in the Song Dynasty was limited, especially the two main ingredients of sulfur and saltpeter. Liang Shanbo collected it for two years, and there were only a few of them. Wang Lun took the vast majority of them to Korea. There were not many cottages, and it was impossible for Hu Yanqing to leave nothing behind when he came out, so this unfavorable situation emerged.

I saw that after the gunpowder smoke cleared, the flag flag played by the flagship was: "Do everything possible to delay for half an hour!"

"boom!"

"boom!!"

"boom!!!"

The fierce collision between several protruding gangboats and sea boats announced the advent of hand-to-hand combat.At present, there are less than [-] Liangshan recruits who are about to face an enemy challenge that is several times larger than their own. At this time, not to mention ordinary sailors, even leaders like Cheng Gui and Di Yuan are all worried, wondering if they can survive this time. The most severe test in their lives.

"Come here! Escort the military division first!" Hu Yanqing pulled out his saber and was ready to go into battle himself, but before that, he had one more thing to do.

"This is running away! Brother, you want the Shanzhai brothers to laugh at me, Zhu Wu, for the rest of my life..." Zhu Wu was startled, but before he finished speaking, he was surrounded by a swarm of sailors, but he heard Hu Yanqing's order: "It's tied, you can only release it when you reach a safe place!"

"Huyanqing! You can't do it against me?" Unexpectedly, he was kidnapped by a group of naval forces. Zhu Wu couldn't help being furious. Huyanqing bowed to Zhu Wu and said solemnly: "If you survive this battle, my brother I will make amends with the military division!"

Zhu Wu, who was struggling, couldn't help the tip of his nose sore when he heard this sentence. Although he had a thousand words in his heart, he didn't know what to say, and finally he just choked out a sentence: "I'm waiting for you to come back and explain to me in person!"

Hu Yanqing smiled generously when he heard the words, and waved his hands to escort Zhu Wu to go first. At this moment, he heard the flag bearer on the mast shouting: "Our ships appeared behind! The flags that were hoisted seemed to be our infantry! ?”

"What?! Say it again, what banner is flying?" Hu Yanqing asked anxiously.

"It's really good, it's indeed the infantry flag!" the flag bearer confirmed.

Hu Yanqing and Zhu Wu immediately looked at each other in blank dismay, really wondering what the hell Sun An and Li Kui were doing.

Almost at the same time, Liu Menglong on the observation deck of the passenger boat also noticed this situation. He punched the platform and said very annoyedly: "Oops, I don't think these guys actually saved a hand. It seems that this battle is troublesome!"

Seeing this, the commander at his side also said: "It's so easy to wait for these guys to run out of mysterious weapons, but to ask them to come back with new troops, what should I do!"

After the commander finished speaking, he couldn't help sighing, turned his head subconsciously, and suddenly found that there was also a huge formation of sea ships in the river behind him. Liu Menglong's armor, said:

"Sanggong! Could it be that we also saved a hand?" (to be continued~^~)