The Huainan Army's profound understanding of water warfare is far from being comparable to that of the slave army that is still groping, especially when it knows that the other side will inevitably rush to the crossing, and the defense is even more thorough.

The slave army wants to rush across the Huaishui, even if there is no interception by the Huainan naval army, there are not many locations to choose. Nowadays is the heyday of Huaishui, the water is turbulent and mighty, to let the boat sail smoothly in this turbulent and mighty water, smoothly docking, for the slave army who do not know the water affairs is a test.

Moreover, since ancient times, the Bandu division is the most dangerous moment, and the landing site chosen must be flat and open, so as to form a formation as quickly as possible, defend the river, and avoid being driven into the water again by the defenders, causing most of the rout.

Previously, the slave army frequently invaded Huainan in small groups, and it should have been deliberately spied on the military situation in Huainan to choose the place to seize the landing. Although the slave army had occupied Huainan for more than two years earlier, Huainan at that time was very different from Shen Zhezi after entering the town, especially after the defeat of the slave army in Yingkou, they were frenzied and restrained, and they also began to face the opponent of the Huainan army, so they made this cautious move.

These suitable landing sites, there is no doubt that it is the first choice to transfer from Huaishui to Huaishui, especially when the Huainan naval army leaves the town and has weak control over the waterway, the slave army can rely on the momentum of the boat to go straight to the city of Shouchun along the Huaishui and storm the heart of Huainan.

Even the slave army can see that the Huainan army dares to ignore it, so Feikou is the top priority of this defensive battle.

Unlike the previous enemy who was defending the land with Yingkou backwater, this time Feikou needed to defend against the enemy on the river, so there was also a great difference in the layout of defense.

The Feikou Camp itself is a fortified floating fort made of wood and stone. Outside the fort, several water grates are formed, which protrude out of the river surface for more than ten feet, and are connected to a slapping rod driven by water power. These rods are different from those loaded on boats, and are more similar to giant water stools.

When the water hits the water wheel, the water wheel rotates naturally, and the tough noose is tied to the water wheel, and the noose is naturally wound and pulled closer, and the other end is guided by the pulley on the suspended wooden frame, which can make the pull of the noose up and down freely. The other end of the noose is connected to the end of the rod, and the rod is pulled high. The end of the thick rod arm is pierced with perforated boulders weighing hundreds of catties and even harder and heavier iron cones. When the animal is full, the noose is untied from the water wheel and tied to the side, waiting only for the enemy.

At this time, the slave army's front boat had rushed to the near side, and through the shining firelight, they also saw these arrangements of the Huainan army, even if they couldn't think of what they were used for a while, they could guess that it was not a good thing. But even if he was nervous, the momentum of the ship had reached an extreme speed at this time, and it was difficult to stop immediately for a while, so he could only wave his sword and gun on the deck and howl and roar to strengthen his momentum.

There are not many Huainan soldiers on the floating board, scattered next to each noose but two or three people, wearing thick iron armor, although the slave army in the distance has drawn the bow frequently, but its position is unstable, coupled with the fierce river wind, the arrow accuracy is too poor, most of them are missed, even if there are occasional sporadic hits, they are all knocked off by the armor pieces on the body.

They were still eye-watching the distance of the slave boat, until the slave boat rushed to a certain distance, and then suddenly raised the sledgehammer in their hands and smashed the wooden wedge holding the noose in place. The noose, which had been stretched to the limit, suddenly flew up and flew violently, while the slapping rod connected at the other end suddenly smashed into the river like a giant's long arm heavy fist due to its own gravity!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The huge smashing sound of firecrackers generally sounded on the surface of the river, and some slave ships were in the middle of their bodies, and the hull of the ship suddenly trembled violently, and it tilted on the surface of the river, and the river water rolled into the crack of the deck, and the whole ship was disintegrated and cracked by the impact! As for the slave soldiers who bore the brunt of the attack and were under the iron-stone giant hammer, they broke their tendons and fractures, and they died in an instant. The burst of blood soon mixed with the river water, and the smell of blood also melted into the river breeze and swept into the night.

Another slave ship was hit at the head and tail, the whole ship was like a shuttle suddenly tilted into the river, the soldiers on the boat were caught off guard, one after another, in the turbulent waves of the load and float, struggling to grasp the floating objects that can be borrowed, but many hands and feet failed, only the river poured into the belly, although the death was tragic and unwilling, but finally the belly was full, not a hungry ghost.

Even if a slapstick misses and smashes directly on the water, it will instantly smash a hole several feet deep on the water surface, stirring up more than a wave. The water can carry the boat, but also can capsize the boat, the waves are lifted, and the occasional surviving slave ship is also due to the inability to respond and the panic of the soldiers to aggravate the swaying of the hull, and the whole ship is overturned!

In this single round of attacks, nearly half of the incoming enemy ships were eliminated, and the rest were relatively light, and the men were desperately rocking and rowing, just hoping to escape from this chaotic area.

As for the Huainan soldiers who manipulated the slapping rod, they didn't have the heart to take a closer look at the results. As soon as the slap rod fell, he quickly ran to pull the noose back to hang on the pulley, and continued to wrap around the water wheel, so the slap rod was quickly raised again, and the previous animal power state was restored again.

In this round, the slave army sent nearly 40 ships and more than 3,000 soldiers to attack both sides of the strait, but as a result, they suffered heavy losses without even touching the Huainan military camp, and less than half of them were able to flee back. There was even a lack of boats and boats fleeing in a panic, or directly hitting the floating barrier on the river, and falling into the water in another attitude, and some simply sailed to the center of Huaishui at a desperate speed, which was already extremely far away from the main formation.

There were only a dozen ships left that really returned to the camp, and the soldiers were also panicked, and in the face of the reprimand and reprimand of the commander, they all said the tragic and strange picture they saw.

The situation of the enemy's position as mentioned by the soldiers was quickly transmitted to the ship of the general of the battle of the army. And the slave generals were also worried when they heard that the Huainan Army was so strong and difficult to break through the defensive line.

In this battle of the slave army, Shi Hu did not directly go to the front line to command, and many generals and veterans were also left by his side. Therefore, the slave generals who participated in the war this time are also somewhat similar to the situation of the Huainan Army, and they are all young generals. The qualifications and positions of these generals are also similar, and there is no clear subordinate to each other, and Shi Hu did not specify it before the war, but only rewarded the meritorious generals who rushed to the crossing.

Therefore, this rush to cross the Huaishui is also a test for these young generals, if anyone can stand out in this battle, they will inevitably become the leader of the generals under Shi Hu's command.

These slaves have no subordinates to each other, and they are unwilling to be subordinate, so they are all very hard-working. As soon as they realized that the fat mouth was difficult to enter, some people were unwilling and continued to lead the crowd to try, wanting to rush with the crowd. Others, intimidated by the might of the Feikou defense line, began to avoid this place, preparing to find another place to rush ashore. There are also those who plan and then move, and they begin to think about how to make use of their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.

The slave army's unorganized attack caused a lot of trouble to the Huainan army for a while. When the navy left the town, the control of the waterway was already inferior, and the land troops were not sufficient, so they could only focus on defense. But the so-called focus is also the direction chosen by the Huainan Army based on its own understanding. But now the slave ships are scattered on the river, and everywhere they are trying to land.

In many of the directions that his army had tried, there were many areas that the Huainan Army had previously assessed that it was not suitable to seize and therefore neglected to defend. But this is not appropriate, and it is only relative to other regions, if you want to successfully land, you must pay a greater price, and it is not completely unaccessible.

But now those slave generals are fighting on their own, and there is no unified command strategy, and few can judge the terrain and make the right choice. Therefore, for a time, many defensive points on the south bank of Huaishui began to be in a hurry, and almost all of them were more or less attacked by the slave army.

Shen Zhezi sat in the Feikoushui camp, and soon the letters of urgency poured into the camp, and many places were in urgent need of rescue. In some places, there were no defenders at all, only one or two outposts were planted, and although the slave army had difficulty sailing to the shore, it was not hindered by the defenders and began to land.

In the past, most of the predicaments of this kind of indiscriminate punching of the master to death were deeply victimized by Shen Zhezi, but now he deeply felt this kind of distress. Although the slave army is not good at water warfare, but there are many soldiers, and in the absence of the Huainan naval army to contain and obstruct, they can unscrupulously spread out the soldiers, large-scale trial and error. In this way, it is much more difficult to deal with than the gathering of his army and the onslaught of Feikou.

Shen Zhezi did not have a better response to this, so he could only put all the reserve forces of Feikou into the battlefield, so as to be able to plug the omissions and flaws and not create a stable breakthrough for the slave army.

Soon, the battle in the night spread from Feikou to the upper and lower reaches of the river, and the flames of war burned almost everywhere along the Huainan line.

However, this does not mean that the intensity of the battle in Feikou will be weakened as a result, and it is difficult for the Huainan army to make an accurate judgment on how much boat and ship military strength the slave army invested in this night, in this chaotic and dark environment.

However, the enemy in front of Feikou was endless, and the wreckage of the slave ships that were sunk and shattered by the slap rod in front of the water fence alone covered the waters of Feikou, and there were still a large number of slave ships rushing towards it. After all, as an excellent breakthrough in Huainan, this is an accurate judgment that can be made without much experience in water warfare, not to mention that water power can be borrowed directly here, and even Shuishui itself will go straight to Shouchun!

Finally, with the frequent attacks, the sound of rupture sounded again outside the front-line water fence. It's just that this time it was no longer the slave ships that were damaged, but the Huainan Army's slapping rods. However, judging from the results of the battle, the results achieved by these slapsticks were already brilliant, and with some simple machinery combined with wood and stone and a small number of soldiers, they were able to block the attack of the slave army for a long time, and inflicted a lot of casualties on the slave army.

However, from the current war situation, the damage of the slapping rod greatly encouraged the slave army, and the battle line that was supposed to sacrifice their lives to fly over actually collapsed by itself, which is tantamount to heaven helping it. Therefore, for a while, the slave army all cheered and roared, and the forward attack became even more turbulent. Although there were still sniper interceptions such as trebuchets and lances, they were not enough to discourage the enthusiasm of the slave army.

Once the soldiers go crazy in a water battle, even if the destructive power that erupts is even more amazing. Everyone has a fear of death, even if the madness is only temporary, but when encountering a tragic death threat, the will will will be more or less shaken and timid. However, once the water war falls into madness and the boat rushes wildly, it is a situation of indomitable progress, and there is no way back at all.

The Huainan Army's follow-up defense line counterattack was still fierce, and the trebuchets threw a large number of stones, and hail generally fell down on the enemy ships, or caused large or minor damage to the enemy ships, and even the soldiers could not stand such a fierce blow and jumped off ship and fled. But even if the boat was just a skeleton, it still followed the original momentum and collided directly into the Huainan Army defense line, and the violent collision again and again broke down the water fence defense line.

Of course, in the process, the slave soldiers also paid a lot of casualties. Although the Huainan Army could not go out of the camp to clear out the slaves who fell into the water, the front end of the platoon lance was sharply stabbed, like a bamboo row, and it was smashed out by a huge force, clinging to the water surface like a flying shovel, directly cutting the struggling slave soldiers in the river through the waist!

However, this kind of gain is still not enough to save the layers of disintegration and collapse of the defensive line. In the current battle situation, it is not only the soldiers who are decisive, but also those ships that have gone crazy that have a greater impact.

The advance in front brought greater encouragement to the slave soldiers in the rear, and the sound of drums and trumpets was even more earth-shattering, even if the Huainan army was in the water camp, it was so painful that the eardrums were painful. And after the slave ships really rushed forward, even if the successor slave army noticed the heavy casualties on the front line, they could not stop or retreat at this time. Not to mention that the speed of the boat cannot be stopped at all, even if you turn around, you can't avoid the collision of the boat that is also rushing from the back road.

In such a situation, the disadvantage of the slave army not being good at driving ships has become an advantage, and there is no longer room for sidelines, but can only go all the way.

Such an unruly impact lasted for more than an hour, and by the time the sky was getting brighter, many arrangements of the Huainan army in Feikou had been destroyed, and even most of the water camp was filled with the wreckage of the severely damaged warships of the slave army. The only thing left to be afraid of was half of the land-based fortification. Moreover, due to the temptation of the slave army elsewhere, the defenders in the battalion were mostly reinforced. At present, the defenders in the camp, including Shen Zhezi's personal guard and supervision array, are less than 5,000 people.

What followed was an even more severe and tragic hand-to-hand combat.

Of course, the results of this night's battle were also brilliant. At this time, the field of vision gradually broadened, and the whole picture of the slave army was also presented in front of the Huainan army. The entire Feikou water area was littered with shipwrecks and fragments, as well as a large number of white-washed corpses of slave soldiers who had been soaked in the river. Such a completely disorderly attack, coupled with the fact that the slave army is not good at fighting in the water area at all, the price paid by the slave army can be imagined to break through to this point!

At this time, the slave army was no longer rushing for its life without hesitation. Such a tragic picture on the river made them also frightened, they couldn't believe their eyes, they couldn't believe that what they had been rushing towards before was such a tragic Shura battlefield! Originally, they thought that the front was advancing one by one, and they should hope for victory, so they were afraid of falling behind, but when the facts were in front of them, they were dumbfounded, and the only thing they could be thankful for was that they were left behind, so they were lucky to save their lives.

"There are only half of the remnants of the southerners, and there are thousands of tired soldiers, which is no longer enough to keep our army out! As long as you break the enemy in front of you, Shouchun will be in the palm of your hand, and the king will have a heavy reward! ”

Although the slave generals were also shocked by the tragic casualties, when they saw the Huainan military camp that was close at hand, there was no strong fort, and there was no strong fort to be feared, they naturally cheered up again and shouted loudly to boost morale.

When the slave soldiers heard this, they all swept away their previous fatigue and shouted loudly: "Capture and kill the raccoon slave Shen Weizhou, and give the festival to the marquis!" ”

In the meager morning light, the Huainan army looked at the group of slave soldiers who had completely poured into Feikou through a slightly damaged fence, and heard their arrogant roars, they were ashamed and abnormal, and they all asked to fight.

There are also generals who walked in front of Shen Zhezi and said in a low voice: "The slave army is not compassionate about the lives of the soldiers, and they are fighting for their lives, and the fat mouth is already in an emergency." We will stick to this, and ask the horses to return to the town to gather people to help. ”

Feikou still has more than 100 slave ships gathered, and many of them have not fought on the front line and remain intact, and at this time they are moving their boats and ships to the front and vacating the ships, presumably preparing to hurry up and return to the other side to transport troops south. There are more than 5,000 slaves in front of him alone, and they are already approaching the shore, and Feikou is not just in an emergency, but has already lost it soon.

Shen Zhezi also knew that the general was not pinning his hopes on reinforcements, in fact, if the Huainan Army still had men and horses that could be calmly dispatched, it would definitely have to be invested in such a crisis at this time. But the slave army not only attacked Feikou, but also the direction of Kip Stone City, once Kip Stone City was broken, even if Feikou was held, Shouchun would be in danger, so even if there was still an army left behind, it was impossible to leave the city and invest in Feikou.

In saying this, he is just giving him a step to return to the city. But at this moment, how could Shen Zhezi abandon the army and leave, he didn't think about it at all, after hearing the words, he just climbed to a high place, personally held the drumstick and said loudly: "In a battle at night, more than 10,000 slaves were killed!" All the people who fight in Huainan can be proud of this and boast about it! The slave is so poor that he is at the end of the crossbow, and if there is an inch of iron in his hand, what is the fear of the slaves! Tie the soldier's life here, protect my Huainan countryside, and protect my Sangzi father. After this battle, you can have no regrets for the rest of your life! ”