Datang: Acting as a celestial mystery at the beginning

Rondo's water village is in the north of Li Yi'an's camp.

Li Yi'an had just arrived here, so he didn't intend to dodge it, what he did was very obvious, as if telling them that he was coming.

Therefore, it was soon discovered by Long Duo and the others, and the entire water village was strictly guarded, for fear that Li Yi'an would come to attack suddenly.

Now the Tang army has no warships, and they are not very good at water warfare. For the time being, they will not attack water fortresses. Even the place where they are stationed is on land, and they have no ability to build a water fortress.

The weather was getting colder and colder, and the cold wind blew gently, making Cheng Chumo tremble from the cold, and seeing Chang Sun Chong wrapped in a thick cotton coat, he almost pushed him to the ground to beat him.

"Sir, in the current environment, how else can we fight?"

Cheng Chumo rubbed his nose and said: "We just went to ask the people nearby, and we can only buy more than a dozen boats. The price is still extremely high, and the rest is far from enough. If there is a fight, we will definitely suffer."

They looked at the water village in the north from a distance, and saw that it was very large in scale and heavily guarded. It really was the strongest rebel, and they didn't dare to say that they were the strongest without any skills.

"It's definitely possible to fight."

Li Yian recalled all kinds of famous water battles in history, thinking about how they won and how he could learn from them.

He looked at the boat he had just bought, and then looked at the boat that Rondo docked next to the water village. It was not at the same level at all.

"If we knew this earlier, we would have brought the big ship."

Li Dejian said.

"It is impossible for our big ship to come here, unless you are a god and transform it."

Chang Sun Chong shook his head and said.

"Sir, how do you plan to fight?"

Xue Li asked.

"I can't think of it yet, what do you think of Ding Fang?"

Li Yi'an looked at Su Lie beside him.

Su Lie wondered: "I've been making fires in the north, and I don't know much about water warfare. Maybe the people here don't understand."

They shook their heads at the same time. They really didn't know how to fight, and they encountered a knowledge blind spot.

Rondo saw their weakness and turned the camp into a water village.

Su Lie continued: "If we don't go through the water and attack the water stronghold from the land, Rondo is definitely not our opponent. But it is impossible for the rebels to stand on the water stronghold and wait for us to attack. If we escape, even if our boats can catch up, they may be counter-killed. If we occupy this water village, they can make a second one. The thief is stuck in the water."

Xue Li added: "It's freezing cold now, and the water battle is not good for us."

Li Yi'an thought for a while: "Tomorrow, I'll go to see their water village before making a decision. Let's go back first, it's cold outside."

This battle cannot be fought now, but sooner or later there will be one.

the other side.

When Rondo and the others saw that Li Yi'an hadn't come to attack, they relaxed their tense nerves.

"Boss, I don't think they dare to come!"

A man beside Rondo said: "The Tang army doesn't even have a boat, so they can only fight from land, but as soon as they fight, we board the boat and run away. I see how they will chase them!"

Another man said: "We just got the consent of several families in Yaozhou. They expressed their willingness to support the leader. As long as we can wait until next year, when we grow stronger, we will no longer be afraid of Tang Jun, and we can even beat Yaozhou."

Long Duo nodded slightly and said: "What you said is reasonable, but what I want is that the whole Yaozhou is against Datang, and my country is established here, which is still far behind. The strength of Datang is not weak. Some time ago, Li Xiaogong It was almost wiped out by us, and it was not easy for them to suppress us in the end!"

It is a fact that those two confident people fell silent very quickly.

"Let's get over the current crisis now."

Long Duo squinted his eyes, recalling the scene of the battle with Li Yi'an at Lujin Pass that day, and continued: "The current leader of the Tang Army is called Li Yi'an, who is not much worse than the former Li Xiaogong, and the generals under him are also not weak. As long as you hold on For this water village, next year I have plenty of ways to resist the Tang army."

The people around him didn't know what his method was, but seeing how confident he was, they felt relieved.

……

early morning.

There are many water systems in Yizhou, and many of the soldiers under Li Yi'an's command are from Yizhou, but in fact, many of them know water.

And because of the topography, the water in Yizhou is turbulent, and there are not many people who dare to go out of the water. Most of them are big ships of those aristocratic families who are not afraid of the water.

Most of the people who can serve as soldiers have little to do with aristocratic families, they are all poor people, so they have little experience in sailing on water.

Li Yian asked about it. Since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, there has never been a sailor in Yizhou. Most of their soldiers are trained on land. Coupled with the restriction that the soldiers "serve the people in peacetime and serve as soldiers in wartime", even if there are sailors training There are not many opportunities.

Li Yi'an frowned after learning about this, but it was not difficult to find someone who could punting among these soldiers.

Soon they prepared three boats, and after a while they went deep into the Erhai Lake, and then looked at Longduo's water village from a distance.

"Come closer."

Li Yi'an said.

The soldiers who punted had to use their strength to drive slowly towards the water stronghold. After getting close to a certain distance, he said: "General, you can't get any closer. If the rebels inside find out, they will come out to intercept us. very dangerous."

Li Yi'an nodded and said, "It's almost enough to get here."

The water village is very large, and all the houses are connected together. Because there are many bamboo forests in the southwest region, which are easy to cut down, most of the water villages are made of bamboo.

They first used wood as a foundation to drive into the water, and then built a house with bamboo on top.

At the outermost edge of the water village, there is a row of their boats, some big and some small.

"Did you see anything, sir?"

Su Lie asked.

"I probably have an idea in my mind, and I don't know if it's feasible."

Li Yi'an looked at it for a long time before saying: "Go back first, I need to prepare."

The soldiers who punted immediately turned around and went back to their barracks.

"Sir, we seem to have been discovered."

Li Dejian suddenly pointed in the direction of the water village.

Everyone looked up, but saw more than a dozen boats sailing out of the water village, coming towards them.

The surface of the lake is so wide, it stretches as far as the eye can see, and the line of sight is unobstructed. Even if you don't get close, you can easily be spotted by the enemy.

Li Yi'an was not surprised by this, and continued: "Quickly punt the boat, the others are ready to bow and crossbow."

They have three ships in total, and there are seven people on each ship, holding bows and crossbows in their hands at the moment.

The soldiers in charge of punting almost tried their best.

However, the wind direction at this moment was blowing from the north, and the chasing rebels followed the wind and flowed at a fast speed, closely chasing after them and getting closer.

The rebel boats suddenly spread out in the rear, outflanking them from the left and right sides. They sailed faster. It was obvious that the people on board were all masters in the water.

"Sir, they are coming to surround you!"

Yuchi Baolin yelled loudly, and immediately raised her bow and crossbow to prepare to fight back.