Late Tang

([-], Happy Year of the Horse!)

Liang Yan was not scared off, although the first attack suffered a big loss, apparently losing more than 600 ships and nearly 2 horses.But in fact, the first round of attack was just a trial attack, and the real loss was only [-] soldiers.

After suspending the attack and resting for a day and a half, on the eve of dawn on the third day, Liang Zuan once again put all the ships he had mobilized into battle.

And this time, Liang Yan stopped probing and divided all the troops, more than 3 horses, into more than 3000 ships at a time, divided them into eight groups, and attacked Hu Douzhou from different directions. Under the cover of darkness, the charge was launched.

This was a gamble, and Liang Yan bet that the Qin army on the island had no more than a hundred warships and no more than [-] troops.The most important point is that Liang Yan was betting on the previous battle, and the Qin army's firearms should have been almost used up.

And this time he chose to attack suddenly in the dark night before dawn this time, and divided the soldiers and horses into eight groups to attack with all their strength, which was also considered for a long time.

Even if the Qin army still had gunpowder on the island, would the Qin army navy dare to intercept it separately?If separated, even with the help of firearms, the Qin army will only be weaker. The Huainan army can completely defeat the Qin army one by one by relying on their numerical superiority.If the Qin Army's navy did not intercept them separately, it would not matter if one or two of Liang Zuan's Eighth Route soldiers were eaten up, they could still land on the island.As long as they land on the island, the Qin army will eventually win or lose.

Facing the sudden massive attack of the Huainan army, Wu Qian led the water army to fight, and lost the superior weapon of firearms. Wu Qian, who only had more than a hundred boats, did not dare to divide his troops in the dark.As a result, although the First Fleet fought fiercely, Liang Yan's plan was still successful.

Liang Zuan lost one fleet, but the other seven groups eventually managed to land.

After landing, two groups were blocked by infantry on the island and were routed.But Liang Yan also won time, mobilized the other five battle groups, and finally surrounded Lin Song's infantry at the foot of Wolf Mountain.

Wu Qian and Deng Huan's navy guarded Lin Song's left-wing coast along the coast, but they also suffered great losses. Under Liang Zuan's shark tactics, the First Fleet lost almost half of its warships. The army faces each other, but it is already difficult to support.

"Report to Junzhu Wu and Junzhu Deng, and Junzhu Lin sent his subordinates to tell them that far away water is difficult to solve near fire, Jianghai Town is difficult to hold on, and reinforcements are hard to come for a while. Junzhu Lin is willing to lead the brothers of the Ninth Army of the Township Army to the rear to cover Brothers from the First Fleet and the No.18 Army evacuated." One of Lin Song's soldiers said to Wu Qian with a resolute expression.

Lin Song's Ninth Army had been surrounded, and even if he wanted to leave, he couldn't leave now.But the First Fleet and No.18 Army are still at sea. Although there are many enemy ships around, if Tiexin wants to escape, there is still a chance.

Wu Qian turned his head and looked around. There were flames everywhere on the river. It was a ship from Huainan.Although those ships cannot be called warships at all, the ants killed the elephants. Not only did Wu Qian run out of gunpowder, but he also ran out of crossbow nails, arrows and boulders in the previous battle. Close combat.

"How many boats do we have?" Wu Qian asked.

Yang Weili, who joined the First Fleet, gritted his teeth and replied: "There are still two large ships, three fighting ships, five sea falcons, and two warships. About two thousand."

This was an extremely heavy casualty, and it can be said that the first fleet was the worst casualty since the establishment of the First Fleet. The First Fleet plus the No.18 Army had only 2000 people left.Although they sank the enemy army several times their own, they also reached the end of their destruction.

"Zhang Canjun, how many brothers do you have in the Ninth Army?" Deng Huan asked while holding a horizontal knife in one hand after being injured in a battle.

"There are still more than [-] people." Zhang Canjun was in a low mood. Facing the enemies rushing from all directions, although the Ninth Army fought back desperately, Liang Zuan and others were not idle people, and they beat the widows with crowds. , but no matter what, they are just rural soldiers.

Wu Qian gritted his teeth, he had no other choice right now, leaving Lin Song behind at this time, they could escape without seeing him.That being the case, then simply take a gamble, abandon the ship and go ashore, and retreat to Langshan with Lin Song. There is a military camp there, which occupies a favorable location and can hold on. Maybe they can hold on until King Qin sends troops to help.

He shared his thoughts with Deng Huan, and Deng Huan immediately agreed without hesitation.

"Burn the boat, let's fight Huainan dogs!" Wu Qian roared.

"Fight!"

At this point, there is no other choice.Even if the navy and township soldiers have not been the top-ranking soldiers of the Qin army, they are not comparable to ordinary soldiers of other forces.At the very least, the navy and township soldiers were trained completely according to the same set of combat troops.Their fighting will is not weak.

At this time, Lin Song and the Ninth Army were completely surrounded. In the dawn light, Lin Song was covered in blood, and led his troops to fight and retreat.Their eyes are to return to Wolf Mountain, and guard against the danger of the mountain.

But no matter whether it is Liang Zuan, Bi Shiduo, or Li Hanzhi, these people can all be regarded as the titans of the world, and the soldiers led by them are even more incomparable to the rural soldiers under Lin Song.Lin Song and the Ninth Xiangbing Army can be very proud of being able to survive several times the number of enemy troops.

Swinging the Mo knife in his hand and slashing hard, Lin Song killed another fierce Huainan soldier.Today, more than twenty Huainan soldiers died under his knife.

Lin Song's ferocity also attracted the attention of the Huainan Army, but with the specially made Mo Dao in Lin Song's hand, it was difficult not to attract attention.It can be said that there are not many generals who carry Mo Dao as their weapons.What's more, it is rare for Lin Song to ride a horse and hold a Mo knife.But the most eye-catching thing is his ferocity, almost no one can stop him.

"Damn it, such a brave soldier is actually a village soldier? Such a fierce general is actually a village soldier general?" Qin Yan watched Lin Song turn around, and beheaded a tall Huainan soldier with the Mo Dao in his hand. Fly, the corners of his eyes twitched involuntarily.Damn it, in his opinion, the soldier in front of him is almost the same as the old brothers in the battalion under him, and this general with the Mo knife cannot be found in his battalion.But such a soldier, such a general, can't even be ranked in Li Jing's battalion, and even ranks below the united army. It is regarded as a reserve force, at most a garrison force, which is really unbelievable.

"They are good soldiers, and that officer is also a rare and fierce general. The order will go on, as long as they are willing to surrender, they will be treated preferentially and not killed." Liang Yan lost a lot this time. Half of the [-] soldiers I brought would also be lost. It would be great if I could supplement these Qin troops.

"Abandon your weapons and surrender without killing!"

Li Hanzhi charged towards his horse with an eight-edged golden cudgel in his hand, swung it vigorously, and immediately swept away two village soldiers, killing them with one blow.

Lin Song saw a bald head approaching and killed two brothers in a blink of an eye, he couldn't help opening his eyes wide with anger, and roared, "Bald head, you want to die!" There was a clang, and a burst of sparks splashed.Li Hanzhi felt his shoulders go numb, and couldn't help but secretly startled at how powerful this Mo Saber General was.

Lin Song was entangled by Li Hanzhi and couldn't escape, and Bi Shiduo led a group of Caojun brothers who followed him to surrender Gao Pian and killed them together.For a while, the Ninth Army was about to collapse. At the time of Guan Jian, Wu Qian and Deng Huan had already led 2000 troops to charge all the way.

Soon the First Fleet, No.18 Army, and the rest of the Ninth Army joined together.

Seeing Wu Qian and Deng Huan who were also covered in blood, Lin Song couldn't help but wry smile: "Why don't you leave!"

"I can't bear to see you being slaughtered." Deng Huan laughed and stabbed a Huainan soldier to death with his sword.

"Damn you stupid, I still want to wait for you to bring in the rescuers, this is good, let's get together and wait to die." Lin Song wiped the blood from his face, panting heavily.

"Don't worry, the King of Qin must have known the news here, as long as we can withdraw to Langshan, maybe we can save our lives." Wu Qian explained.

Lin Song's face was a little sad, and it was not so easy to retreat to Langshan.The Huainan army on the island is not only more numerous than them, but also more fierce than them, they have no advantage at all.

The fact is just as Lin Song expected, although Wu Qian and Wu Huan led more than [-] people to help, but the same, the soldiers who originally besieged the navy also rushed over and gathered together.Liang Yan could calmly put all his troops into besieging and killing them. The surrounding Huainan soldiers became more and more besieged, but the brothers around him were besieged less and less.

Seeing that it was about to dawn, there were less than 1000 Qin troops left in the encirclement, and the entire army was about to be wiped out.But even so, Wu Qian, Deng Huan, and Lin Song didn't pay any attention to Liang Zuan's surrender, and even the thousand or so soldiers from the countryside refused to surrender.

"Damn it, it looks like we're all going to die here today. There's nothing to say. We'll see you at the Hall of Valor. We'll be a hero again in 18 years!" Wu Qian yelled, holding a wound on his abdomen and gritting his teeth.

"The old and young wives and children in the family are under the care of King Qin's pension. I have nothing to worry about. Killing one is enough money, and killing two is enough to earn one. I killed enough early today, and now I kill all for money." Deng Huan also shouted on the side.

Lin Song was injured all over his body at this time, and he was exhausted from holding the Mo Dao. He was about to die. It was a pity that he had slept with countless women in this life, but unfortunately he hadn't married a serious wife and had a son and a half.Damn, I'm about to die, I'm really not reconciled.

The site of the Navy in Zhexi Town, Changshu, Suzhou, on a mountain opposite the Wolf Mountain.

Xu Wen rode up to him, "Brother, Liang Juan has already captured Hudouzhou, and the Qin army on the island is almost completely wiped out."

Yang Xingmi raised his eyes to look to the north and let out a long sigh.

Li Shenfu on the side said with full of admiration: "The Qin army is indeed amazing, with a mere 1 troops, and it is still a third-line army in the Qin army. It turned out that it was able to defend for so long under the attack of Liang Zuan's [-] soldiers and horses, and suffered heavy losses. Liang Yan. Liang Yan eats them, and he also loses a lot, more than half."

"It's a group of heroes, what a pity." Yang Xingmi also sighed.They came from Luzhou, originally intending to find an opportunity to rescue some Qin troops.As a result, the Qin army on the island had a chance to abandon Hu Douzhou, but they actually stayed to fight to the death, which was beyond his expectation.Although he felt that the defenders on the island were a bit pedantic, Yang Xingmi was shocked by their bravery.

The other Huainan 36 heroes behind them were also silent.Even if they wanted to save each other, they couldn't help at the moment.

In the western Zhejiang town of Changzhou, Zhou Bao, the governor of the town's navy, had secretly assembled a large army here.

"Your Majesty, Liang Yan has already attacked Hudouzhou, and the tens of thousands of Qin troops on the island are about to be destroyed. The governor of Hangzhou sent someone to ask if he should take action immediately?" A Zhenhai staff member was over [-] years old with a copy of the military information, but he was still burly, But Zhou Bao, the king of Runan County and the envoy of Zhenhai, who wore a blindfold on one eye, asked.

Zhou Bao, like Li Keyong, has one eye, and both are famous generals in the Tang Dynasty.However, Li Ke's one-eyed eye was born, but Zhou Bao's one-eyed eye is different. When Zhou Bao was an officer of the imperial army in the capital, in order to be appreciated by the emperor, he knew that the emperor loved polo, so he practiced polo desperately. In a polo match that the emperor came to watch, he performed extremely bravely and scored goals again and again. As a result, he fought too hard and was hit by a polo ball in one eye. As a result, he was blind and did not leave the field. , and finally won the favor of the emperor, and has been promoted continuously since then.

At that time, Gao Pian was only Zhou Bao's junior, and he was honored as the eldest brother.

It was only later that although Zhou Bao had already become handsome, Gao Pian's future was even brighter, and he came from behind, gradually overshadowing his limelight.

Today, Gao Pian is appointed as the Jiedu Envoy of Huainan, appointed King of Bohai County, and served as a servant.Zhou Bao took over Gao Pian's original Zhenhai Jiedu envoy, made him king of Runan County, and entered Zhong Shuling.

The two are separated by a river, and being neighbors is a good thing in the first place.But in the end, because of different ideas about dealing with Li Jing, the conflict between the two of them for many years was finally detonated, until the former brothers became the current enemies.

Before Li Jing fought with Gao Pian, and finally sent troops to garrison Hu Douzhou. In fact, Li Jing got Zhou Bao's acquiescence, and it was the result of the two suppressing Gao Pian together.Hu Douzhou is actually the territory of Zhen Haijun.

After Gao Pian was killed by Huang Chao and defeated by Huang Chao, Gao Pian immediately ignored Huang Chao's rampage and retreated to Yangzhou. It was not because he was afraid of Huang Chao. Go to the imperial court and Huangchao, and focus on self-protection.

This time Gao Pian finally saw the opportunity, secretly formed an alliance with Li Keyong and others, and blatantly attacked Li Jing, in order to break the iron chain that Li Jing and Zhou Bao joined forces to bind Huainan.

If you pull a hair and move your whole body, if you move Gao Pian, Zhou Bao will naturally not sit back and watch.

In terms of strength, Li Jing's strength is far above Gao Pian, but Li Jing is far away from the southeast, beyond his reach.

Gao Pian's Huainan army is on top of Zhou Bao's naval forces, and previously relied on Li Jing's power to suppress Gao Pian. If Gao Pian pushes Li Jing's forces out of the southeast, then Zhou Bao must be Gao Pian's next target. .

Gao Pian is very shrewd, and Zhou Bao is not stupid.

Everyone knows the current situation in the Tang Dynasty, the world is going to change, who will be willing to commit suicide.

Whether it is Gao Pian or Zhou Bao, if these two close neighbors want to expand, they must first settle the other side.

One of Zhou Bao's eyes flickered, and finally he said in a deep voice: "Be still, let Liang Yan wipe out all Li Jing's subordinates on Hu Douzhou, and then we will take action. Well, let the governor of Hangzhou stare at Hu Dou Zhou, in the middle of the night tonight, let him lead the eight capitals of Hangzhou as the vanguard, and make an immediate move."

Liang Zuan is one of Gao Pian's twin bis, and the other bi, Zhang Lin, has died at the hands of Huang Chao. If he can kill this other bi, Liang Zan, and eat up his 5 horses, it will undoubtedly be It was a huge blow to Gao Pian. Moreover, after killing Liang Yan, he could also show Li Jing the maintenance of the two alliances, and at the same time, he could take Hu Douzhou back into his hands.

Why not kill two birds with one stone.

When the staff heard the name of the Eight Capitals of Hangzhou, they calmly reminded, "The governor of Hangzhou can't really control the Eight Capitals of Hangzhou. Today's Eight Capitals of Hangzhou are actually headed by Dong Chang from Shijing Town. This Dong Chang's ambition is not good. Small, plus there is a guy named Qian Liu under his command who is very powerful, and there is already a faint sign of replacing the governor of Hangzhou to stand on his own, the king of the county must guard against it."

"Hangzhou Badu, Dong Chang, Qian Liu." Zhou Bao read a few names softly, snorted coldly, and said with a smile: "This king has heard about some interesting little guys, and I heard that they are not good enough. Xiao, therefore, originally they were specially transferred this time, but I wanted to see them fight against Liang Yan and others, to see if they lived up to their names."

The staff member's heart turned cold, and he had already understood that the county king already knew all about these things.This time, the eight capitals of Hangzhou were transferred and placed in front, probably because they wanted to borrow a knife to kill someone. (To be continued.)