Soon in the night, the Huainan Navy suddenly made a big move, and a large number of soldiers suddenly left the big ship on the big ship that was originally moored in the middle of the river, or scattered to the left close fighting ship and the boat by hanging rope or swimming crossing, and the waterline of the big ship with a heavy draft rose somewhat.

At the same time, the warships that had been guarding the big ship around the big ship were scattered, and then the big ship was dragged by several fighting ships and sailed quickly along the water. Originally, this road was only more than ten miles of water, and the navigation situation of the road ahead was still not good, but because the weight of the big ship only retained the basic power of the man, coupled with the towing assistance of the fighting ship, the speed quickly soared, and in a very short time it rushed to the embankment at the intersection of Rushui and Shenshui.

The slave army had long been preparing for a night attack by the Huainan army, so they reacted quickly, sensing that this behemoth was floating from the water, and soon issued a warning sound. Originally, in order to lure the Huainan army deeper into Rushui during the day, the defenders on the embankment had been evacuated by Peach Leopard, but they lurked back at night. At this time, seeing the Huainan army's boats and boats advancing, there were soon traces of people running and shouting on the embankment.

The riots on the river soon spread into the camp where the peach leopard was, although he was also a strong general, but the age was similar to Zhao Zhushile, and he was also a veteran of the year of the Jiazi, and he was thirsty and sleepy at night, but when he heard the urgent sound of the soldiers, the peach leopard's tiredness was also swept away, and he got up and put on his armor after the cold water and went out of the camp, and soon went to the bank of the Rushui River in a hurry.

Several military orders have been issued along the way, sending scouts down the river to spy on more moves of the Huainan army, and at the same time ordering the gathering of troops to strictly guard against the riverbank, and at the same time trapping the hanging place, not giving the soldiers and civilians in the interior a chance to break through the chaos.

By the time the leopard reached the embankment, the scene had become intense. The fire on both sides of the river embankment was raging, and the fire even spread to the river, which was the firewood that the slave guards had ignited to spare the firewood to resist the Huainan boat. For a time, the fire was great, and this area was completely lit up, and dozens of warships of the Huainan Army and thousands of soldiers on board were all in the light of the fire.

In the middle of the river, in the light of the fire, the most eye-catching is the dozens of feet long, cascading five-fold ship. Such a behemoth lay across the river, like a small hill on the back of a turtle and floating on the water, which brought a lot of impact to these slave soldiers who were not accustomed to boating.

Of course, there were also big ships in the slave army, and the ships that the craftsmen built for Shi Hu, the king of Zhongshan, in Luoyang were larger than the big ships in front of them. However, the big ship is still stuck on the Ying, and the slave army is already quite difficult to drive in the river, and it is impossible for the southerners to advance so flexibly and freely into the real war.

"The southerners are just deceitful, the embankment in the river is blocking the way, there are big ships but there is no way forward! Don't be surprised, if you can take this big ship, I will be the king of Zhongshan, and I will make great contributions! ”

After a short wait-and-see, Peach Leopard laughed and said, and at the same time mobilized troops to rush to the embankment, although he was heroic, he was also worried that the empty embankment would be difficult to stop the big ships, so that the Huainan army could break through the blockade and the military and civilian divisions of the hanging place.

It was the elite of the Peach Leopard lineage who was responsible for defending the river and blocking the Huainan Naval Army, and although the Huainan Army's sudden advance was sudden, and it was a dim moment when it was difficult to distinguish the banner and military order in the night, the reaction of the slave army could still be called agile. The heralds who were on standby beside Peach Leopard acted quickly and methodically sent many military orders to the surrounding battalions to the commanders.

After receiving the military order, the soldiers who had already been on standby in the battalion soon marched into their respective battle formations in an orderly manner under the leadership of the commanders. Although the mobilization of troops was frequent, there was not much panic in the scene, and all military orders were carried out without discount.

On the other hand, the reinforcements of the camp farther away did not react well, and under the fierce reprimand of the commanders, the soldiers poured out of the camp in a scattered formation and rushed towards the river bank in a noisy manner. There is no shortage of soldiers sleepy-eyed, thin and resentful, on the way to the rush is still busy arranging the clothes and draping, many bows, arrows, swords and guns are lost in the chaos of running in the night, when they arrive at the camp near the river bank, many soldiers are empty-handed.

Although the peach leopard has been in battle for a long time, it actually has no experience in fighting with a powerful naval army, and the previous arrangements can still make appropriate arrangements according to the accumulation of experience, but when it comes to the real battle, it requires agile impromptu response, and there is still no lack of apprehension. After all, the Huainan army had the previous victory at Yingkou, and the strength of the boat was clearly in front of him, so in order to dispatch reinforcements nearby, he still mobilized nearly 20,000 soldiers to line up on both sides of the river, wanting to use the advantage of numbers to make up for the negligence that may occur in the real battle.

The 2,000 soldiers of the slave army had already rushed to the embankment, and the first time they climbed the arrow tower, and there were also arrays on the embankment, leading the strings to shoot, and began to snipe the Huainan boats that were getting closer and closer. However, the current situation is different from that of the day, and it is already necessary to fill in the human life to build an embankment in a short period of time, so the embankment is not too high beyond the water surface, but more than half a zhang.

And if you talk about the prosperity of bows and crossbows, even if it is the main force of the Peach Leopard Slave Army, it will not have an advantage in front of the Huainan Army at all. At this time, the ship had turned sideways, and the tall and thick bulkhead side was not inferior to the arrow battlements of the city wall, and although the slave army fired frequently, the arrows full of strength could not cause any damage to the hull at all, and some even only swept sideways the thick and slippery mud on the hull, and then fell into the water.

At this time, the Huainan soldiers scattered on the ships of the remnant boat also returned to the big ship again and began to counterattack.

As the main warship of China and North Korea to destroy Wu in the south, the advantage of the Lianfang ship is not only that the hull is huge, but also that various tactical concepts based on water warfare together form a powerful combat force. There are more crossbows on the side of the hull, and after the loading of arrows, the slave army in the front array is tantamount to a live target, and the crossbow is suddenly spread out, and the embankment is empty in an instant!

Those array slaves have no shortage of strong shields, but under the impact of this powerful bow, the protection that can be collected is really minimal. In particular, among these powerful crossbows, there are many crossbow carts and even more powerful bed crossbows, each of which is several inches thick, and even some small and medium-sized warships can be chiseled through the ship's board with a single blow, not to mention the flesh and blood covered by a few shields. Such a powerful crossbow shot out steeply, the enemy in front was unable to parry at all, and in an instant, several people were pierced, and the castration was still inexhaustible, and it was deeply rooted in the embankment.

From this night, those crossbow arrows that pierced through the corpses of slaves and were several feet long were like flesh and blood saplings rising from the ground on the embankment! Even if the spectators are lucky enough to be spared, they are so frightened that they retreat in panic and fall directly into the water on the other side of the embankment!

In the chaotic battlefield, although there was a fire, but in the river breeze and the figure swayed, the peach leopard far away from the battle line did not see the amazing combat effectiveness of the Lianfang ship, but saw that the defense line on the embankment suddenly became weak, resulting in weak sniping, more Nanren fighting ships rushed forward, and the heart was already a little anxious, when even if two thousand standby slave troops were mobilized to rush up the embankment to enrich the battle formation, so as not to lose this defense.

At the same time, he was speeding around the riverbank, trying to figure out how to get close to the southerners. At present, although his strength is superior, he can only stay on the shore, and if he gets too close to the river bank, he will be covered by the bows and arrows of the southerners' naval army, and he will be shot and killed. Although the firewood prepared before was piled up on a simple bamboo raft and ignited and pushed into the river, the effect of using fire to stop the enemy did not receive much.

The southerners' boats were mostly plugged with external rejects, and the fire could not spread to the ship at all, and the bulkheads of these boats were mostly coated with mud to prevent fire, although the means were simple, but the effect was excellent, even if they directly rushed through the enemy who even rushed through the raft fire line to attack the shore, some of the sparks splashed and contaminated could not burn the hull at all. Obviously, the southerners also have full experience in dealing with fire attacks.

At this time, the scouts of the South Road had returned, and informed Taobao's successors that the Nanren boats and boats were coming one after another, and the water camp army came out together, not only attacking this main stream of Rushui, but also some other small tributary bays, but wherever they could be navigated, there were Nanren boats and boats.

Taobao had previously drawn a lot of ditches near Rukou, which was originally intended to divert Rushui, but because there were no strong troops stationed there, it provided more offensive channels for the Huainan army. The Huainan Army, which had been unable to lead troops before, was dispatched as soon as it attacked, and rushed along the waterway to the tributaries of the Rushui River Basin!

On the one hand, he sent people to report that the King of Zhongshan had been able to rush across the Huaishui, and on the other hand, he called back the scattered soldiers, so as not to be broken by the Huainan army and cause unnecessary casualties.

The southerners attacked in a big way, although this was exactly the situation that Peach Leopard wanted, but when it was really like this, it was still a little apprehensive. This change is too fast, the difference between before and after is so big that even Peach Leopard is a little overwhelmed, and even can't help but think deeply about what kind of deep meaning is hidden behind Nanren's move.

If it was in previous years, he wouldn't have thought so much, no matter how ingenious his strategy was, he still had to rely on strength to speak in the battle array, but as he grew older and his power position was getting higher, his thoughts and thoughts would inevitably become complicated. Especially the king of Zhongshan was newly defeated by the cunning of the southerners, so at the moment, for the slightly strange tactics of the southerners, Peach Leopard couldn't help but think deeply.

"General, the levee has suffered heavy casualties, do you still need to increase troops to hold on?"

When the peach leopard was groaning, the battle general hurriedly came, and asked in a slightly anxious tone.

"Heavy casualties?"

When the peach leopard heard this, his eyebrows couldn't help but jump, and when he led a few pro-soldiers to hurry to the vicinity of the embankment, the stacked corpses and tragic scenes against the firelight suddenly made him dumbfounded, and he was directly stunned on the spot!