Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 754 The slave who fell into the water, fat fish and shrimp

The Huainan Army did not disappoint Taobao. After forcing back the enemies on the embankment and wiping out all the survivors, they immediately launched a breakthrough against the embankment itself.

The large Lianfang ship that gave people a lot of pressure retreated slowly under the drag of the fighting ship, and then more small and medium-sized warships filled the gap.As the slave army had been massacred before, they withdrew from the front line under shock. Only the Taobao and hundreds of guarding soldiers remained nearby, and they were all standing miles away from the river bank. Therefore, the Huainan army at this time The adjustment of the boat front was not hindered at all.

Next, the Huainan Army did not send people to dig and destroy the embankment as Taobao thought. Instead, they directly set up more than a dozen small boats, each of which carried more than ten people. Sharp giant wooden punch.When the formation is unfolded, the bow of the ship is aimed at the dike.Then the boatmen rowed hard and rowed, and soon the boats began to gallop on the river. The faster they went, the faster the speed increased. When the boat speed reached a certain level, the boatmen abandoned the boat and jumped into the river. Swim backwards.

Almost instantly after Zhao Fu abandoned the boat, those fast boats slammed into the embankment heavily, and suddenly there was a sound like a drum beating, which spread along the river for an extremely long distance.It is true that those small boats were smashed in the impact, but the dikes and dams could never remain intact after being severely damaged. Large pieces of earth and rock were shaken off and collapsed, and then were swept into the river by the turbulent current.

"Back, back..."

Seeing this scene, Taobao knew that this dam built with a lot of manpower was no longer an obstacle, and under such a violent impact by the southerners, it could last for very little time.He finally saw the strength of the Southerners' navy, which is as stable as a hill if it doesn't move, and as fast as a thunderbolt when it moves.

The heavy casualties of the dike and the loss of defense had caused the soldiers to panic.Tao Leopard also needs to hurry up and make adjustments after sitting in the water for a period of time, so as to avoid being driven straight in by the southerners.

Not long after Taobao led his troops away, the Huainan army's attack on the dam has not stopped, and the dam itself is not an indestructible solid structure. After three or four collisions, the whole dam collapsed and was suddenly penetrated. The water flow not only broke down the dikes that were already full of cracks, but even uprooted the stones at the base and the wooden fences on the side defenses, and were soon swept away by the turbulent river.

In the process of breaking through the dam, although more than [-] fast boats were lost, this did not affect the overall combat effectiveness of the Huainan Army, but it gained precious time.When Rushui was able to flow through, the successor navy warships led by Xu Mao had already arrived here.

The soldiers in front of the battle came forward to report the situation of the battle. Xu Mao was also in a good mood when he learned that the battle was going smoothly and there were no twists and turns.He and Lu Yong are responsible for the task of supporting the army and civilians in Runan this time, but besides that, they also shoulder other tasks. After confronting each other for the past few days, their mood can be described as irritable and uneasy.

"The slave army is ignorant of the bravery of the southern army. In this night's battle, they will show their strength with swords and soldiers. Know that Huainan is not to be insulted!"

Standing on the bow of the ship, Xu Mao waved his arms and sounded the drum of attack. All of a sudden, the boats raced, and all the Huainan army roared loudly in response, marching towards the waterway further north of Rushui!

Although the dam between Ru and Shen is heavily defended by the slave army, it does not mean that after the breakthrough, the rear road will be unimpeded.This place is still more than [-] miles away from the place of Xuanhu, and the Huainan army does not know the specific defense arrangement of the slave army's back route, so the first attack from the front is all light and fast 艨艟, red Horses and other light boats that are less restricted by water conditions, followed by medium-sized fighting ships.

As for the Lianfang ship, which had previously brought great deterrence to the slave army, it did not join the attack this time. When the embankment was completely collapsed, it was dragged and then retreated, returning to the berth during the day. s position.After all, this type of large ship can only exert its greatest combat power in open waters, but Rushui obviously does not have such combat conditions. Even turning and retreating on the river can only be completed with the help of other ships. If it is not, good and bad will be unpredictable in the unknown water conditions.

At this time, the Taobao had retreated into the follow-up water stronghold, and the soldiers who had withdrawn from the vicinity of the embankment had also joined the follow-up army. There was a bit of chaos in the Jiahe camp, but at this time, after all, it was night, although there were The fire was shining, and the field of vision was not wide, so the setbacks in the previous battle did not cause too much panic in the army.Most of the chaos in the rear division was caused by the rapid adjustment of defense, but under the strict orders of the commanders, the situation was still within the controllable range.

In the latter part of the Rushui River, although there is no solid defense like the dam that was just destroyed, it is not completely unobstructed. Several floating board water villages are scattered on both sides of the river, protruding into the river.However, Tao Bao was still a little hesitant about whether to send more soldiers to press on him. After all, the amazing destructive power displayed by the Lian Fang ship had cast a big shadow on him, and he was worried that those water villages built with bamboo and wood would suffer the same fate .

But the rapidity of the Nanren's offensive did not leave much time for Taobao to respond. Soon after he returned to the camp, the Nanren's boats rushed north from the dam that no longer existed.Faced with the generals' request for instructions, Taobao could only order to defend first according to the original plan.Scheduling in the middle of the night is not easy, and he has not come up with a better blocking strategy right now, so there is no need to mess up the position.

However, he did not gain nothing from watching the battle before. After hoping that the front line could block it a little, he continued to go to the rear camp, dispatched more than [-] soldiers and ordered them to line up along the river. Many earthen jars of grease were ordered to be carried to the riverside.The previous fire attacks had little effect. It was not because the Nanren boats were not afraid of fire attacks. On the contrary, it was because they were too afraid that they had enough precautions.The method of stacking salaries and starting fire is too rigid, and it simply cannot deal with the comprehensive arrangements of the southerners.

Taobao is dispatching from the back camp, and the front team has already started a confrontation.

The Huainan military boats soon encountered the first obstacle, which was a floating board water village protruding out of the river for nearly twenty feet.There are more than a thousand Jienu soldiers lined up on the water fortress, and they are divided into two rows. The people in the front row are squatting on the floating board, and there is a sharpened bamboo spear more than two feet long between their arms and knees.The more than [-] soldiers in the rear row each drew their strong bows, and once the Huainan army rushed into the waters within the range, they would immediately draw their bows and shoot frequently.

The huge shield on the warship of the Huainan Army obliquely blocked most of the flying arrows.But this also restricted their vision, and they did not see the bamboo spears held by the slave soldiers, one end of which was buried in the river, suddenly picked up from the surface of the water and pointed at the front.So the boat rushing to the front directly hit the long bamboo spear.

The huge impact force erupted between the sharp stabs of the bamboo spear and the shield surface, and some giant shields were pierced through, and at the same time, the bodies of the soldiers behind the shields were also pierced by the bamboo spear!Even if the shield was not broken by luck, even the body was thrown into the water by the bamboo spear held by the slave soldier.

Of course, those slave soldiers with guns were not having a good time either. The huge shock force increased along the body of the gun. Some slave soldiers' jaws were shattered, and the bamboo gun fell into the water immediately when they couldn't hold it, while others hugged the gun body tightly. However, the force along the body directly fell on the floating board under his feet, and the floating board was shattered due to this!

Half of the more than a dozen warships in the front line were blocked by this kind of attack, their speed was slowed down, and casualties began to occur.However, the Huainan army responded quickly. The soldiers were equipped with more rattan armor, which was more suitable for water warfare. In addition to protection, it also increased buoyancy. Even if they were picked up and fell into the water, they could float on the waves and rescue the subsequent ships.

At the same time, the rest of the uninterrupted warships rushed past here and immediately turned to attack the enemy on the floating board. They could only shoot one arrow in the extreme speed. When the body hit the floating board, Dang even let out a fierce roar, and went directly to kill the enemies on the floating board!And the enemies on the floating board also greeted them with knives, and the two sides quickly fought in one place.

In the hand-to-hand combat, the bravery of the slave army was displayed, and they were able to stop the enemies who boarded the floating board for a while, and even killed several teams directly and forced them into the water.However, the Huainan army still took the initiative on the river, and after a short fight, they found that the surrounding area was blocked by boats, and more Huainan soldiers jumped onto the floating board.Due to the sudden increase in load-bearing, the floating board became unsteady, and even the beams supporting the river bed shook.

Many warships of the Huainan Army gather and disperse on the river, and the soldiers gather and disperse faster than the slave army, and soon an equal or even more soldiers jump on the floating board, and the enemies on the floating board are grouped together. surrounded.Before the Zuojin slave army had time to reinforce, the end of the floating board connected to the river bank had already been cut off by the Huainan army.So in this very short period of time, the Huainan army outflanked and intercepted, besieged and killed, and did everything they could.

The slave army may indeed have an advantage in hand-to-hand combat, but when a large number of Huainan army boats gathered here, several times the enemy's participation in the battle, it was like a group of ferocious vultures pounced on several carrion corpses.After nearly a quarter of an hour of fighting, the slave army's formation began to collapse, and many slave soldiers no longer had the heart to resist, and jumped into the river and fled dragging their swords, guns and blades.

But among them, they don't know much about water, and their uniforms and weapons are heavy, and many of them will sink straight after falling into the water.Even if there are still those who are smart and quick to strip off their military uniforms and writhe on the river for a while, they will all be chased by the Huainan army cruising here, and they will kill each one with a single shot like a fisherman.

When the soldiers of the Huainan Army returned to their respective boats and continued to rush northward, the waters were already covered with floating corpses, and the river water was painted red. , was swarmed by several times the enemy, and was completely slaughtered, leaving no one alive!
Ships from the south and horses from the north, the southerners have their own boats and ships, and their combat advantages on the water are as good as those of cavalry on land. Although there is no horsepower to borrow in real battles, they still have to fight hard with knives and guns. However, they were able to gather superior forces in a very short period of time, and bullied the few slaves who were already threatening to come south with their numbers!

Similar to floating water villages, the slave army has also set up many places in this section of waters. The warships of the Huainan army are like a pack of wolves. Many soldiers drove the slave army into the water, and then drove the boat around the water to reap human lives!With such a fierce fighting method, several slave camps were destroyed in a row!
Of course, the counterattack of the slave army is not weak. Once the boat fails to destroy the connection between the floating board and the shore in time, the slave soldiers will fly behind and then swing the iron hook connected by the long cable to the Huainan army boat. When the boat was hooked, hundreds of people worked together, desperately pulling the rope to pull the boat towards the shore.When the boat is pulled to the shallow beach, if the soldiers fail to abandon the boat and move in time, they will be swarmed by the slave soldiers and smashed into a ball of blood, and there are very few people who can survive.

After losing more than a dozen warships and hundreds of soldiers in this way, the Huainan Army found a way to deal with this type of attack at the cost of human lives.

Although Mo Zhong is now the leader of the Huainan Army, he can be considered as one of the mid-level commanders and generals, but whenever he faces a battle, he still charges forward and breaks through several slave camps one after another.On the way to the next slave camp, suddenly the bottom of a friendly ship approaching one side slammed into a hidden pile buried in the water by the slave soldiers, so there was a slight pause in the charge, and then the wind rang in my ears, and several iron hooks had already been thrown Going to the boat, he hooked the side of the boat tightly, and then the hull was dragged uncontrollably to the shore.

Seeing this, Mo Zhong quickly ordered all the soldiers on the boat to jump into the river and abandon the boat, but there were still a few chauffeurs who moved a little slower, when they fell into the water, they were less than a few feet away from the slave army formation on the tidal flat.Mo Zhongji turned his boat to meet the people who fell into the water, but he couldn't prevent his own warship from being hooked and pulled.

At this time, there were not many friendly troops nearby, and the slave soldiers had already discovered the existence of Mo Zhong, the commander of the Huainan Army who was very active in the chaos, so it was planned for a long time, and more than [-] people were waiting here. Desperately pulling the boat to the shore, he wanted to catch this one, which was much more powerful than the beheading of ordinary soldiers.

Mo Zhong's warship was a bit bigger than the usual warships, and it carried more than a hundred soldiers. It also had bows and knives to supplement the left and right combat needs. When the hull was hooked and pulled, there were already more than a dozen soldiers. He jumped into the water hastily.However, Mo Zhong came from a small scholar family, he couldn't bear to abandon the boat, nor the equipment on the boat, he hesitated for a while, but he made a decision in his heart, when he stopped the movement of the soldiers who were about to fall into the water, he himself He grabbed a pole with his own hands and swung his arms frequently.

When the rest of the soldiers saw this, they immediately had a clear understanding, so they all followed suit and helped Zhaofu.It's just that the direction of their boats was not to escape from the shore, but to go straight in the direction of the pull of the slave soldiers.The enemy and our sides exerted force in the same direction, and the speed of the ship suddenly soared by more than a factor of [-], and it rushed straight to the slave army formation on the bank like an arrow off the string.

Seeing the big fish falling from the hook, the slave soldiers laughed wildly at first, not lacking in ferocious colors, but seeing the boat rushing towards them, their grinning smiles turned into panic, and they turned around and fled away, no longer caring about encircling any big fish. .Those who moved a little slower were directly smashed by the bow of the ship!

"kill!"

Before the boat ran aground and hit the mud on the shore, Mo Zhong had already grasped the long-handled war knife, and jumped up high with the momentum of the boat. Suddenly, countless people were directly cut in half in the tidal flat!
The remaining fifty soldiers of the Huainan Army on the ship jumped ashore one after another because of the example of the captain, and chased and killed the slave soldiers who had turned back and fled. Several bloody slave heads!
At this time, a boat on the river had already discovered that Mo Zhong's boat was stranded on the shore, so they sent two boats to help tow it, and more than [-] boatmen worked at the same time, and finally pulled the boat that had almost washed up on the shore to solid soil. The warship pulled back into the current.When the slave soldiers came back to fight back, Mo Zhong had already led the soldiers with more than a hundred beheaded soldiers to board the ship calmly and walk away.

With such an example, the next scene will be staged frequently.The slave soldiers couldn't stop them on the floating boards on the water, and they were in danger of dying. Standing on the shore to fish boats was no longer safe, and the enemy would use their strength to rush to them.

Therefore, after a fierce battle of seven or eight miles, the resistance encountered by the Huainan army was slightly weaker, and they were able to advance towards the hanging lake at high speed.

At this time, the eastern sky was gradually revealing white, and the dawn was faint. More than [-] boats and boats of the Huainan Army were lined up in this section of the river, and the sails were racing.Even the hanging gourd in the distance seemed to have glimpsed the grandeur of the army, and cheers came from afar from time to time.The soldiers of the Huainan Army also continued to advance, while shouting loudly in response to "the king's division is killed, the soldiers and the people are saved".

Hearing the roars of the soldiers on both sides echoed, Taobao's expression became even more ugly.Originally, he thought that more than 2 soldiers Chen Yu would be enough to intercept the Huainan army, but the Rushen dam was broken faster than he had imagined, and the battles in the second half of the night were frequently urgent, so he had to leave Among the troops surrounding Xuanhu, some reinforcements were dispatched here.Since then, the original plan to preemptively encircle and suppress Xuanhu soldiers and civilians who have blocked him for many days will not be able to be implemented due to the deployment of too many troops.

The boats and boats of the Huainan army had rushed to the Rushui River section, which was only a few miles away from the place where the hanging lake was, and the section of waterway that went further was dug and dredged by the Runan army and civilians, and it was always guarded as a way of retreat.Once the Huainan army rushes into this section of the waterway, it will be even more difficult for Taobao, who is already short of boats and boats, to stop the Huainan army with simple bamboo rafts and floating boards.

Although he has already restrained and blocked the main force of the Huainan water army from Jing Ye, if King Zhongshan reacted in time and rushed to cross at night, he should have reaped his merits at this moment, and Taobao has also completed the task of restraining.However, during this night's restraint, Taobao's troops have been at a disadvantage because they gave up their superior positions before, and the casualties were extremely heavy.Tao Bao couldn't bear the result of paying such a high price, but only receiving support.

Therefore, he wants to severely injure the Huainan army during the last part of the water journey, and even the tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Runan do not intend to let them go, and they want to completely kill and take it for themselves!

Seeing that the Huainan navy was approaching the last part of the journey, Taobao finally gave an order and put the final killer move prepared for Xiao Midnight on the battlefield.

Located in the last section of Rushui River, there are more than [-] slave soldiers lined up on both sides of the river, waiting for battle by the water.When the sound of drums and trumpets sounded, all the slave soldiers near the river roared, and each lit the earthen pots filled with ointment and other things with fire, and then swung them with iron hooks and rushed to the Huainan army boat in the river. Throw it away.

Dozens of Huainan military boats rushed to the forefront, because the target was in sight, and the enemy's resistance was weak, so it was inevitable that they would slack off for a while.When those flaming earthen jars were thrown over, more than a dozen warships were directly hit!Those earthen jars were filled with ointment, which was already spraying in mid-air, and when they fell into the ship, the ointment lay horizontally, and sparks raged and spread.If the fire was only on the deck, it could still be extinguished, but there was no shortage of ointment and flames poured directly on the person, and soon ignited the rattan armor on his body.

All of a sudden, the dozen or so boats that were hit were all shrouded in flames, especially the rattan armor on the soldiers, which was oily. Once it was ignited, it would be difficult to extinguish it.Fortunately, the river has gradually opened up, and the boats did not get too close. Seeing this, the other warships stopped moving forward one after another, turned their bows, and at the same time rescued the comrades who fell into the water.

The slave soldiers were suppressed and beaten for half the night, and now seeing the Huainan army finally showing their embarrassed posture, they couldn't help laughing wildly.Seeing that Taobao had finally sniped the Huainan army's advancing momentum, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and prepared to hand over this battlefield to the generals, while he himself had to get out and personally command the final battle to kill the soldiers and civilians in Runan.

However, he had just finished his orders, and before he left the battlefield, he saw that the Huainan army's battle formation had changed again. Those warships full of soldiers all shrank their wings, and some empty ships were transferred to the front. After this adjustment, continue to maintain the original forward momentum.

"Those empty ships are supposed to be ready to pick up those gangsters in Runan. Now that the southern bandits are trapped, they want to use these empty ships to consume what our army is attacking..."

Taobao watched the battle for a while, and quickly guessed the Huainan army's intentions. These civilian ships did not carry too many soldiers. If they were burned by fire, the loss would be no more than empty ships. But if they did not attack, the civilian ships would approach the hanging Hu, at that time, those Runan soldiers and civilians will naturally rush forward, and they will escape from the sky.

After understanding Nanren's plan, Taobao's bearded and bearded old face suddenly showed anger.These southern thieves are just reckless, and they want to use boats to consume his fire attack!In his opinion, this is undoubtedly an extreme waste!After he came to the south, he was stuck with the useless boats for a long time. In the past midnight, he was so disgusted by the southern boats that he couldn't bear it. He would rather exchange his life for these boats!
Very good, if you don't want these boats, then I will!
Seeing this behind the scenes, Taobao temporarily gave up the plan to encircle and suppress the soldiers and civilians in Runan, and returned to the front again, signaling the soldiers on both sides of the strait to move forward. The soldiers prepared to float down the river to snatch those civilian boats, and at the same time ordered: "If you can capture a boat from the Southerners, you will be credited with beheading the general!"

Hearing such a generous reward, all the soldiers reacted fiercely and joined in enthusiastically.You must know that in the current world, when a general is about to fight, he is protected by Qu Gongwei, a direct confidant, even in a fierce battle, it is difficult for ordinary soldiers to directly kill the enemy general.Such a promise at the moment, of course, makes people happy in the past.

Therefore, when Taobao issued this order, no matter if they were familiar with the water or not, the army dared to jump down the river with a plank in their arms, and went straight to the southern boats that did not carry troops.

There was more than one commotion. At this time, the sky was getting brighter and the field of vision had broadened.The soldiers and civilians gathered in the place of Xuanhu also found that the king's division was intercepted by the fire attack of the slave soldiers, and saw that many boats were still sailing here, but there were slave soldiers entering the water to intercept them on the way.

For a moment, everyone was afraid that the last way of life would be taken away by the slave army, so many people jumped into the river and swam desperately towards the boat.

At this time, Mao Bao had already seen that the aid generals should not be satisfied with the results of the battle, so he made such an arrangement. First, the civilian ships will go forward. If the slave army is not moved, then they can only complete the supporting task and give up.But if the slave army can't stand the temptation and robs them, they can attract the slave army to the water, and annihilate their opponents on a battlefield they are not familiar with!
The Huainan Army had such an intention, so it was naturally inconvenient for Mao Bao to explain it to the people in detail, and repeatedly discouraged the people from acting rashly.But right now, the life is right in front of our eyes, many people are already blind, and there are still many people who will throw themselves into the river without hesitation, exploding their last life energy to swim to the boat, chasing after the seemingly close but out of reach where the vitality lies.

When the waterway in front had begun to loot the boats, the formation of the Huainan navy continued to adjust. The front soldiers who were in charge of the charge before all retreated due to exhaustion.The middle and rear formations that have been recharging their energy quickly pushed forward. These soldiers are no longer just wearing rattan armor soaked in tung oil, but cold iron armor. fire thing.

When some of the slave soldiers had successfully boarded the ship to show their successors, the cheers on the ship were even more encouraging, so more slave soldiers devoted themselves to such a great achievement.Taobao was eager to ask for a boat before, but he didn't expect that the soldiers would be so enthusiastic that they had already destroyed the original tactical arrangement. When the southerners rushed into the battle, they hurriedly ordered to stop such behavior. However, this situation is no longer the same. Time can stop it.

"Attack! All the slaves who fell into the water will be as fat as the fish and shrimp in Rushui today!"

Following Xu Mao's order, the Huainan Army boats raced out again. Although there were still a large number of slave troops throwing fire from the left and right, there were wide shields on the sides of the boats to block them, even if one or two slipped through the net and fell on the ground. On the deck, it was immediately burned by wet felt, and there was no way to stop it!
　After writing the Runan section in one big chapter, the Huaishui will be written in the next chapter. . .

　　
　
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