0781 The Scourge of Thieves
Liu Zheng, the general of the front line of the slave army, was a three-story tower ship called Feilu. Although the size of the ship was not as large as the Huainan Army's ferry and Chang'an ship, it was also a large warship several meters wide. It was used for the observation room, the ge cabin for soldiers, and the mechanical cabin for powerful crossbows and strong bows. In the female wall on the ship, there were 800 soldiers in a strict array. The wings of the hull carried hundreds of boatmen on each side, and the masts in front, middle and back were all led by the commander to order Zhang Fan.
On both sides of the Feilu battleship, there are also Chima, who are also among several warships, and have gathered nearly 5,000 naval forces.
At this time, the front of the slave army had already been defeated and collapsed by the strong attacks of the Huainan army warships, and became a mess. However, the back formation had not yet collapsed and had a strong naval army, which was in charge of the establishment and strict drums. However, the soldiers were also often chaotic and howling. The water battles in the night were already chaotic, and the battle relied more on the experience of the soldiers. As for the squad, the roles that could play were very few.
Therefore, although Liu Zheng frequently issued combat orders on the ship, the soldiers of the slave ship still fought for their own battles, and even fewer were willing to obey the orders.
"These gangsters are really seeking death!"
At the beginning of the war, he was completely at a disadvantage, and the orders were ignored. Liu Zheng was also very angry and couldn't help but curse on the boat.
Although the Qingxu army did not belong to the first combat force of the Jie Kingdom, it was definitely not mediocre because it had been confronting the southbound refugees between Huai and Si for a long time. Moreover, these soldiers had a variety of combat methods, and could not only run on land to make contributions in field battles, but also cross the water to break through the enemy. Whether used in the north or south, they were a strong brigade division.
The previous fall of Huaiyin was not a complete defeat. Shi Kan, who had always served as their chief general, suddenly left the town. Although Guo Ao, who succeeded, was also a veteran of Jie Kingdom, was not very popular in Xu Town, and could not unite inside and outside and gather all the forces. What's more, the Xuzhou army they faced was also a brave army, and it was reasonable to lose this way.
Liu Zheng was a powerful general in Xu Zhen of Jie Kingdom. He was by no means a mediocre person. He even led his army across the sea to invade the coastal counties and counties along Jiangdong several times. He said that the combat experience of water wars was definitely the best among slave countries. But no matter how rich combat experience he had, he was really helpless in the face of the current chaotic situation and felt powerless to turn the world around.
Although the slave army had an advantage in numbers, it was useless. Moreover, even the advantage of this crowd would be greatly reduced in the specific battle. Because the soldiers on the front line of the slave army were originally mixed and organized, including the defeated soldiers from Xuzhou, the mixed Hu Yicong, and the Shihu Zhongjun who was eliminated. The flag organization was extremely chaotic, and even if they were usually commanded, they were blocked. In such a fierce battle, there was no such thing as command at all.
Therefore, Liu Zheng was only responsible for the name of supervising the war on the front line, and the only ones who could command were the few thousand remnants from Xu Zhen near the border.
In fact, Liu Zheng had already advised the King of Zhongshan that there was no need to rush to fight with the Huainan army, nor did he have to scatter in the wild to build boats. The slave army did not have ships, but many coastal counties had ships to store ships to invade Jiangdong across the sea. It was just that due to the loss of Huainyin, this part of the warship was trapped outside the war zone and could not enter Huainan, but it has not yet fallen into the hands of the southerners.
Therefore, the most important thing at the moment is to gather combat power to open up the Huai River channel, transfer those warships into the Huai River, and at the same time gather the original Xuzhen soldiers to cross the Huai River as a large army to fight in front of the Huai River. After obtaining a stable stronghold on the south bank of the Huai River, the subsequent army can rush down.
However, when he made this opinion, he was soon opposed by Shi Hu's confidant generals. Some even fiercely rebuked him for just trying to make a fuss for himself, and wanted to use the power of the Zhongshan King's Army to seek benefits for himself, ignoring the trap of the army.
Liu Zheng was really unreasonable about this. It is true that he had certain selfish intentions in making such a plan. He wanted to replace Shi Kan's position in Xuzhen with the support of the King of Zhongshan, but this was also beneficial to the army. At least it was not necessary to use clumsy weapons to drive troops to the river and die, and make a fuss, just to contribute to the southerners' military merits!
Liu Zheng was so depressed, but he didn't know that he could not know the most confidential information of the slave country because he was not the confidant of the King of Zhongshan. Even if he had good strategies, his fundamental foothold was wrong. Shi Hu had no intention of continuing to fight in the south at the moment, and of course he would not adopt any good strategy.
The slave army is already in a mess, but the Huainan army's offensive has been fierce and high. Now the battle scene on the Wokou River is like a tall and large adult playing with a staggering baby.
Lu Yongzi's plight of Liu Zheng's failure to implement the commands, the Huainan Army had been planning for a long time to deal with this battle, and had its own drum horns, lights, and other methods to ensure that every combat command could be clearly and clearly passed on to every warship.
Although the Huainan army had an absolute advantage on the battlefield at this time, Lu Yong did not underestimate the enemy and did not directly order the warships to rush forward and carry out heavy casualties. When fire attacks and other long-range attacks tore open the front of the slave army, the Huainan army warships circled around the river, just like the tactics of cavalry surrounding the infantry formation on land, they snatched the crowds layer by shooting around the slave army formation.
Although there are many brave soldiers in the slave army who drive ships to approach and throw out hook ropes to try to climb and catch strings, similar attacks do not have a complete combat idea at all, and they are often just the sudden actions of slave soldiers on a single ship.
For example, several slave ships suddenly rushed out of the chaotic military formation and rushed straight towards Lu Yong's ship. Outside the large ship, two light boats used for orders, were forced to retreat and knocked away, causing great riots in the front of the Huainan Army. Several fighting ships near the border were eager to return to the rescue and suddenly turned the rudder, causing considerable loopholes in the entire encirclement.
Seeing his comrades rushing straight to the enemy's main ship, full of heroic spirit, the front-line slave soldiers suddenly burst out with a burst of fierce screams to enhance their power. There were also slave ships who wanted to take this opportunity to rush out of the Huainan army's warships, but because they were connected with each other, they could not escape in time.
"The Southern thief takes his order!"
The three slave ships were made into product. The slave soldiers rushed to the front, and were very strong and strong, roaring with spears in both hands. However, what responded to him was the giant arm-like slap of the Lianfang ship. The rod fell down with a bang. The two slave ships were immediately broken and shattered as the blast. Another ship survived, but was directly overwhelmed by the huge waves that aroused, and the soldiers fell into the water!
"Continue to siege and do not slackew!"
Lu Yong stood in the viewing platform of the large ship's bird's room. The huge lights on both sides shone out his heroic figure with his sword-standing erect. The majestic drum roar is inspiring. The originally slightly out of order of Huainan military formation quickly adjusted and recovered. He continued to roam the river surface and stripped away the slave ship.
The battle lasted for more than half an hour, and the surface of the Wokou River was filled with fragments of boats and corpses of slave soldiers. Most of the ship formations that were originally powerful in the slave army had been destroyed, revealing the rear formation supervision camp of Liu Zheng, the slave general of the rear formation, which was only a few dozen feet away from the Slave Army's Water Gate. In addition to the few ships lost by the fire attack before, only three fighting ships in the Huainan Army had slight water leakage during the impact of the slave ship. Some unlucky Huainan soldiers were injured by a runaway arrow shot and did not suffer large-scale damage.
However, after fighting for so long, the manpower was also severely exhausted. The speed of the warships that had previously rushed freely on the river surface decreased, and from soldiers to boatmen, they were exhausted and unsustainable. The arrows, flying stones and other objects carried on the ship were consumed and needed to be supplemented urgently.
"Strike!"
The casualties in the front were so heavy, even if these soldiers were not his own, Liu Zheng regretted the fierce battle situation. Nearly ten thousand slave soldiers and hundreds of boats in the front were almost destroyed by the Huainan army! Only some of the people who were close to the back were survived by the water camp crossbows and the cover of stones. However, in addition to Liu Zheng’s thousands of naval troops, there were only a few more than ten small boats that were left on the river.
At this time, Liu Zheng also noticed the weak offensive of the Huainan Army and made a quick decision to order an attack. So his ship, including several fighting ships near the shore, rushed towards the Huainan Army's ship formation like arrows. Before the people were approaching, the powerful crossbow had been stomped on the string and whistled out.
The long-term crushing battle and the severe physical exhaustion caused the Huainan Army to react slightly slower. When this Xu Zhennu Army rushed out, two warships that were too close to the slave formation were injured. One of the warships was broken by a thrown stone, and the stern of the ship collided with a slave ship. Then more than a dozen soldiers fell into the water due to a huge shock in the hull.
The Xu Zhen's slave army was naturally not as unruly as the slave soldiers who rushed to the front before. The slave soldiers on the upper floor led their bows to suppress the Huainan army's counterattack. The slave soldiers at the bottom threw out long cable hooks and ropes to tightly hook the enemy ships near the side, and then the nooses were pulled closer to each other. When the two ships had their outer slings and wooden frames that were shattered, slave soldiers had already rushed past the cables and fought against the Huainan army!
At this point, the two armies, which had always had unparalleled strength, finally broke out some battles that were worthy of attention. Although the warships were accused of catching each other, the soldiers of the Huainan army were not panicked. The soldiers on one side of the catching slings waved their swords and shaking their guns to fight, while the soldiers on the other side firmly protected the side cabin to ensure the power of the boat. The soldiers also gritted their teeth and rowed the hull to cross over to obtain the protection of friendly troops near the border.
"Roar up!"
Lianfang ships jumped down the bird room and stepped onto the deck. Nearly a thousand boatmen worked hard under their command. This big ship like a floating city on the river rushed straight to the center of the battle. As the warships sped up, the river surface splashed several feet high under its crush, like an eternal ancient ferocious beast. The huge shadow outline in the night was pressing towards the slave warship!
"Avoid your actions, avoid your actions!"
Liu Zheng has also been paying attention to the dynamics of the main ship of the Huainan Army. Seeing its majesty coming, he hurriedly ordered it, and his heart was full of resentment. Xu Zhen also had such a large warship, and there were many. He even won the same boat and machinery as the only one, compared to the Huainan Army. However, due to the fall of Huainan, these warships were isolated near the Huainan River and could not be used. As a result, they are now oppressed by the enemy's weapons.
The slave ships that had already approached the Huainan Army's ship formation quickly turned around. Even if such a large ship had no other attack methods, the huge waves caused by it could line up the nearest boats and even the boats collapsed and perished.
The other slave ships could still retreat, but the slave ships that were fighting with the Huainan army were not as calm as this. Seeing the large ships rushing straight towards this direction, the slave soldiers did not care about fighting with the Huainan army anymore and fled back one after another. The soldiers and boatmen of the Huainan army who were able to withdraw were also quickly put the sideways into the water and quickly evacuated the warships.
Half a quarter of an hour later, the big ship had rushed straight, and the thick wooden bow of the ship directly bombarded the hulls of the two closely connected ships. The two warships were hit by this collision, and even half of the hull was damaged and flew away, the remaining wreckage of the boat was rowed dozens of feet away from the river surface, hitting heavily on the water grid of the Nuying!
At this point, the ship gradually retracted, but it still rushed outside the water grid near the slave camp before completely pausing. Because of its rapid momentum, such a huge thing was placed on the river, so that the slaves near the camp dared not easily approach it.
"Encircle this ship!"
Liu Zheng was so happy when he saw this big ship rushing straight into the formation. Although the big ship was huge, it was a dead thing after all. If it was running, it would be invincible. However, once the ship speed slowed down, it would not be invincible. If it was besieged, there would be no help from both sides, and it would not be difficult to conquer and seize it. Although there were still many Huainan soldiers in the near future, they all fought for the exhausted division for a long time, which was not a problem. If this big ship could be captured, the subsequent battle situation would be reversed! In spite of this big ship, the slave army would no longer be like the previous scattered sand and allowed to be encircled and suppressed.
So Xu Zhennu’s warships turned around and headed towards the Huainan Army’s large ships. However, even if the large ship stopped, it was definitely not a soft persimmon that could be controlled by anyone. There were more than 2,000 soldiers on the ship, all of whom were raising energy. Even if they didn’t use poles or throw stones, they would shoot at the front of the battle. The large ship was nearly two feet taller than the slave warships, and they were absolutely condescending. Any slave ship that was close to him was a target of movement. Anyone who was approaching would have to withstand the violent rain of arrows like water splashing!
"Continue to urge the troops to disembark, and you must seize this large ship!"
Seeing that the situation of the war had turned around, Shi Hu in the water camp couldn't help but be energetic and continued to order. At this time, the warships in the slave camp were already seriously ineffective, and the soldiers who drove them to board the ship earlier also realized that the war was not good. Although they boarded the ship, they were reluctant to move to the front line to die, and they all gathered near the water grid. It was true that the retreat route was cut off after boarding the ship, but the soldiers and generals on the shore wanted to force them to drive them forward and die.
With Shi Hu's order, the slave soldiers of the central army who had already been charged into various battalions stepped up to drive the soldiers on the ship and fought fiercely, and even led their bows and arrows to drive them. So the slave ships hovering on the river started to come to the big ship. At the same time, Shi Hu was worried that the big ship would be unable to stop the return of the big ship, and the fighter planes were fleeting, and even some central army soldiers were thrown into the river. If the warships were not enough, they would directly dismantle the wooden fences in the camp as floating boards, and they would definitely capture the big ship!
For a moment, the big ship seemed to be trapped in a pack of wolves. Although the firepower was still rapid, the pole was swaying frequently, and the stones were thrown down like hail, the slave soldiers still flocked in. Gradually, the slave soldiers threw the hook ropes up and climbed up the ship. The big ship, including Lu Yong, all ran along the ship to put out the fire.
This situation lasted for nearly half an hour. Although the slave soldiers had not successfully boarded the ship on a large scale, they also surrounded the ships. There were nearly ten thousand slave soldiers around the ships, and they were filled with people's heads in their sights, and they could hardly see the waves of the river! The entire ship was completely trapped, and it was only a matter of time to take them down!
However, just as the slave soldiers were completely in a state of madness and were trying to achieve great success, a large number of lights appeared on the western river surface, which almost paved the entire river surface. The Huainan Central Army fleet finally arrived at the battlefield!
"This is a trap, this is a trap! Quickly withdraw troops and return to the camp!"
When Liu Zheng saw more warships of the Huainan Army sprinting towards him, he suddenly realized it and shouted loudly, and at the same time ordered the soldiers on the ship to beat drums and order to retreat quickly. However, although he was called the General, he had no control over the army at all, and even his direct troops could not be dispatched at this time. Because his troops were closest to the Huainan Army's large ship, he was now surrounded by large ships, and he surrounded his troops at the core, and he could not escape the battle at all.
Although Lianfang ship was surrounded by a group of people, it was almost like a castle floating on the river. It would not be possible to capture it in a short time. However, the Huainan Army's rear army had already been approaching. Once it arrived at the battlefield, it would be a disaster for these slave troops!
"Burn the boat!"
In a critical moment, Liu Zheng made such a decision. As for the fact that the Huainan Army's Lianfang Ship was naturally not the Huainan Army's large ship. The fire protection facilities of this large ship were excellent. The hull alone had three layers of outer covers to protect it. As for how to arrange the deck at a higher level, the slave army is attacking all the way, and it is still unclear. Even if it is set, it is impossible to strengthen the fire in a very short time.
So, with Liu Zheng's order, the slaves on the boat picked up the tiled jars, firewood and other items in the oil, threw them onto friendly ships near the border. At the same time, rockets shot everywhere, and soon the firelight came to light. The slaves near the border retreated to avoid the fire, which allowed Liu Zheng's ship to gain some room for movement and turned the bow of the ship back and evacuated.
"The Southern People's Congress ship serves as bait to lure our army into attacking and quickly withdraw to the camp, which can still save your life!"
Liu Zheng ordered the soldiers to warn, and the ship rushed straight to the water grid. He had seen the powerful firepower of the southerners in the previous stage. At this time, the army followed again. If the slave army, including his troops, still stayed on the river to fight the enemy, then he would definitely be alive!
At this time, as long as the slave soldiers on the river were not blind, they could see the huge fleet of Huainan Army approaching rapidly, so they all tried their best to move the river back. However, when they wanted to return to the camp, they were blocked. All the water gates that had originally opened wide doors fell down, and at the same time, a desperate roar sounded in the camp: "Kill the enemy in the face of the battle, advance or retreat! Anyone who is afraid to retreat, kill the formation immediately!"
This military order is by no means intimidation. The roars were accompanied by sharp arrows shot from the slave army formation. All slave soldiers near the camp gate were shot into the water one after another!
"The slave master is dead, and ** is fighting for the throne! Ji Long is afraid to fight and is determined to return! He will die if he follows the thief, and kill the slave and pay for his crime!"
As the Huainan Central Army came to the front line, the first thing that arrived at the sharp arrows was not the sharp arrows, but the loud roars of the Huainan Army.
"So that's it, so that's it..."
Liu Zheng's ship was also blocked outside the camp gate. At this time, he heard the roar of the Huainan Army. The confusion arose due to the sudden use of Zhongshan King's unconscious moves and random commands suddenly became clear, and he was in a breath of rebellious air in his heart. Only then did he realize that these people were just the bones of this Jie slave who paved the way home!
The slave soldiers who were blocked outside heard the roar, and the situation became even more panicked. They rushed left and right to find a way out, but they collided with each other, and there were countless people who fell into the water.
Many Xu Zhennu were blocked from the camp at this time, and they were also very frightened at this moment. Some approached Liu Zheng's boat and boarded the boat and said with a sad face: "General, may we be killed here today? The King of Zhongshan is cruel and unkind. He built a blood barrier with our lives and followed such a vicious thief. Could it be that God punished him today?"
Liu Zheng had no idea for a moment and snatched his mouth from the blood. Although he had heard of Shi Hu's cruelty, he did not expect that the Jie thief had no bottom line at all. Even if he surrendered in the moment, he would definitely not get any benefits, because he had repeatedly invaded Jiangdong in Xuzhen and had bloody hands. What's more, the Huainan Army has already gained the upper hand and would never accept a slave general like him with a bad record.
"Let's go, don't die for Nuer!"
Liu Zheng was covered in blood and tears, and jumped into the ship's bird room and shouted: "Jie Nu was inhumane and did not care about the old people. The death of the slave owner was the result of God's punishment of the thief. All soldiers who want to live will follow me to escape from the formation! The Huainan King's Army only killed the traitor Ji Long, and would never chase and defeat the crowd!"
The slave soldiers in Xu Zhen near the border suddenly shouted loudly and repeated Liu Zheng's roar, so the chaotic slave soldiers seemed to have a backbone and moved towards Liu Zheng's ship. The roars of these slave soldiers were also heard by the Huainan army. As expected, the ship formation gradually contracted, leaving a way for these defeated people to escape.
"The dog thief hurt me!"
Shi Hu in the water camp saw such a situation outside the camp, and was already angry and slashed hard. Originally, he was still able to stabilize the morale of the army and slightly break the roars of the Huainan army. However, now his army generals fled with their members, which confirmed the accuracy of the news.
For a time, with the escape of the slave army on the river, the slave army in the camp gradually became turbulent and began to feel uneasy to defend.
"Impact, hit the camp! If Ji Long can be captured alive, he will be praised for his achievements in the north and south, and will be praised for his great achievements in China. He will be awarded the title of Marquis of the Leopard Tail!"
Chapter completed!