Ming Zuo

Chapter 246 Staying In The Battle [Additional]

The northwest wind in early winter was very strong, and when the fire broke out in the reed marshes, it quickly brought sparks everywhere.

The new army entered Anshan Lake from the north, so they were not affected by the fire. They only had to watch the reeds turn into a sea of ​​flames.

The reeds for several miles were quickly engulfed by the fire, roaring like a devil on the water.

Not long after, I saw more than a dozen small boats rushing out from the other side of the reed marsh, howling and running towards the distance.

Sure enough, the White Lotus Sect set up an ambush in the reed marsh.

"Chase."

As soon as Mao Yuanyi gave the order, Zuo Menggeng stopped him.

"Don't chase."

Mao Yuanyi looked over and didn't understand why he didn't let him take advantage of the victory to pursue him.

Zuo Menggeng is as stable as Mount Tai.

"Shuibo is very big, but it's not too big, but the environment here is very complicated, and we are far less familiar with it than the White Lotus Sect. In this case, we can't rush, just move forward slowly."

Mao Yuanyi agreed with it from the bottom of her heart, but she still didn't forget to remind: "If you fight like this, I'm afraid it will take a long time."

Zuo Menggeng asked with a smile: "Then underestimating the enemy and advancing aggressively may suffer a disastrous defeat, and you have the chance to win every step of the way. How would you choose?"

"This……"

Geng Zhangguang followed the battle for the first time, and he was very curious.

"Zhongheng, isn't this kind of fighting going to render the general useless?"

Seeing the thieves of the White Lotus Sect fleeing in a hurry, Zuo Menggeng decided to teach the newcomers a good lesson.

"On the battlefield, most of the battles are rigid and dull. Because not only you are smart, but your opponent is not stupid. When everyone is smart, there is not much room for strategy. For example, when the two armies are confronting each other, why do they have to wait until the formation is completed before starting to fight? Why don't they wait for the enemy's foothold to be established before attacking?"

Everyone fell into thinking and each had their own realizations, but the newcomers all looked at Zuo Menggeng, waiting for his answer.

Zuo Menggeng smiled and said: "Because our soldiers also need to form an array to display their combat power. If you don't form an array, it will be a mess. Don't talk about beating people, you will collapse. But when you form an array, you Isn't your opponent also lined up?"

Everyone was stunned and had to agree with this statement.

Geng Zhangguang, Li Qingshan and others have a deep understanding of the way of the army formation.

It turns out that the feather fan towel and the ingenious plan to secure the world are all fantasies.

The stability of the new army made Guo Yunbiao feel uncomfortable.

After the reeds were burned out, the entire water moor was unobstructed, and there was no obstacle before the fleet began to move forward slowly.

The formation is kept quite complete, and there is no chance for anyone to take advantage of it.

With a local snake like Li Qingshan around, it is even more possible to prevent problems before they happen.

"San Zuo, there is a fork here, you can take a small boat to go around from a distance, and get soldiers to guard it."

Zuo Menggeng was a good follower and left a company of troops here.Not only that, but people also cast fishing nets in the Chakou River.

In this way, even if the White Lotus Sect thieves wanted to dive in, they would not be able to come.

But it didn't take long before the fleet was intercepted.

The first big ship didn't know what hit it, and turned around in the water, and then someone came to report.

"San Zuo, the thieves dropped iron chains in the water and blocked the waterway."

Iron chains across the river have always been a sharp weapon in river warfare.

Zuo Menggeng looked at Li Qingshan, but Li Qingshan looked at Ma Yingchao.

"Brother Ma, I leave it to you."

Ma Yingshi was gearing up, and said to Zuo Menggeng and the others: "I've already thought that Guo Yunbiao would use this move, everyone, take care."

Ma Ying tried to go to another big ship with a big winch installed on it.

Ma Yingjie and several people worked together to remove the huge grapple, then jumped into the water and swam towards the place where the iron chain blocked.

On the way, one of them suddenly let out an "ah" and then sank quickly.After a while, strands of blood floated on the surface of the water.

The boat was shocked and shouted one after another.

"There are water ghosts!"

Li Qingshan and the others did not hesitate for a moment, and entered the water one after another.

At this time, the new army couldn't help, so they could only lie on the side of the boat and watch nervously.

The underwater world is extremely dangerous. You can't see anything from the surface of the water, you can only stare anxiously at the rolling waves.

It took a long time for a stick of incense before people showed their heads.

Li Qingshan, Ren Qi, and Zhang Qi were all there, dragging the pale horse to try and swim back.

"Rope ladder, prepare ginger soup and clean clothes."

After a while, several people boarded the boat, and they were all frozen to death.

Fighting in such a cold world is simply unbearable for human beings.

Ma Yingchao was stabbed in the abdomen, the gash was quite long, and he was bleeding all the time.Fortunately, there was a doctor accompanying the army on board, and he began to deal with it immediately.

These military doctors were originally good at treating wounds from swords and guns, and had studied anthropology with Deng Yuhan for a period of time, so their skills were superb.

They first used alcohol to treat the wound on the horse, then used gold sore medicine to stop the bleeding, and then used fish gut to suture.

As long as there is no inflammation in the follow-up, there will be no serious problems for the horse to take the test.

Li Qingshan and others watched the doctor sew needles on the meat without changing his face, shaking like chaff.Rao is a hero who is not afraid of life and death. Seeing this scene gave him chills down his spine.

But seeing Ma Yingshi calmly fell asleep after being rescued, Li Qingshan and the others felt completely at ease.

For habitual bandits like them, the most worrying thing about being a new refugee is being treated as cannon fodder.

Seeing Ma Yingshi being treated with all kinds of good medicines without money, they were completely convinced by Zuo Menggeng.

Although Ma Yingshi was injured, he hung the grapple on the iron chain.

Then a dozen or so powerful soldiers worked together, shouting and turning the winch.

The grapple got tighter and tighter, and finally stretched out of the water, bringing out the underwater iron cable.

In this way, the iron chains were removed one by one, and the road for the new army was once again opened up.

In the afternoon, after tossing all the way, the new army finally drove into the center of Shuibo.

Compared with other places, the water area here is undoubtedly much wider, and the tank boats of the new army can all be laid out.

Here, the shadow of Juyi Island can already be seen.

Li Qingshan came up with an idea: "Sensei, our boats have artillery, so there is no need to storm Juyi Island. We can line up the boats, circle around Juyi Island, approach slowly, and then bombard Juyi Island with artillery."

Zuo Menggeng followed good advice, and the fleet immediately changed its formation.One after another, it turned into a long dragon, and then swirled towards the center like a whirlpool.

Guo Yunbiao was at the highest point of Juyi Island, watching the officers and soldiers getting closer and closer in fear, and the dark gun muzzle on the ship gave him great pressure.

"Quickly, let them set fire to the boat and prevent the officers and soldiers from going to the island."

The subordinates immediately conveyed the order.

After a while, all the fire boats on the shore of Juyi Island were ignited, and after they were released, desperate thieves charged towards the big ship of the new army.

Not only that, hundreds of fireboats sailed out from the dark side of an earth embankment behind the new army fleet, attacking from both sides.

After all, Guo Yunbiao is more familiar with the terrain in the water than Li Qingshan and others, so he created such a lore formation.

Mao Yuanyi quickly made a decision.

"Let the small boats go up to block the fire boats behind. Tell all the artillerymen to aim at the fire boats in front, and I will sink them all."

The ministries received the order and acted immediately.

The small boat rushed towards the fire boat behind it mightily, and among the soldiers on it, those with good marksmanship began to snipe and kill the thieves driving the boat.

The accuracy and range of the flash cap gun have been able to guarantee long-distance shooting.

One after another, the thieves were killed, and those who were still alive all lowered their bodies and hid behind the fire, fearing that they would also be killed.

Liu Dacai, the head of the fourth regiment, was in charge of commanding the boat.

He knew that his small boat had no advantage over the thieves, so he was very nervous.Hold the binoculars and keep watching the water.

When he saw some people slipping into the water on the side of the thieves, he immediately ordered: "Get ready for thunder."

The so-called dull mines are actually similar to sea mines.

It is an underwater bomb that can explode and kill, developed by the Weapons Institute to attack the water lake this time.

The specific method is to build airtight and waterproof clay pots, which are filled with gunpowder, iron nails, gravel and other objects.There is a small opening in the upper part of the clay pot. When using it, just insert the fuse into it to ignite, and then seal the small opening with waterproof mulberry paper.

It is enough to ensure that the inside of the clay pot will not be soaked in water for a period of time that can guarantee half a stick of incense.

In this way, it can explode in water.

Seeing that the distance between the two sides was almost [-] meters, Liu Dacai immediately ordered the soldiers to throw Menlei out with a trebuchet, and then all the ships stopped where they were, waiting for the follow-up.

Hundreds of muffled mines filled the waters between the two sides.

Because there is air in the clay pot itself, the sinking speed is very slow.

Not long after, I saw huge waves suddenly breaking up in the waters in front of me.Among them were broken corpses, tattered cloth strands, scarlet blood, and overcooked fish and shrimp.

The White Lotus Cult rebels also wanted to use the superb water-based ship chisel, but they suffered a big loss in front of science.

None of the thieves who entered the water survived.

Next, Liu Dacai only needs to concentrate on dealing with the fire boat.

(End of this chapter)