But if you want to resist the Dingguo army, the hope is very small. Back then, the Dingguo Army was able to storm Wuzhou City, but could it still take Yangzhou City? Thinking of this joint, those Yangzhou generals were so frightened that they all knelt on the ground, and said in unison, "General Li forgives me, I am so confused, I was almost bewitched by He Tianxiao, and I hope that General Li has a lot." ”

He Tianxiao died, so he carried all the black cauldrons. Of course Li Bao won't take these people's words seriously, if they don't have the intention of currying favor on both sides and watching at the same time, what is the use of He Tianxiao just talking about it? However, Li Bao will not be stupid enough to point out, since He Tianxiao has carried the black pot, and the generals of Yangzhou have stepped down, then push the boat down the river, after all, it is the top priority to keep Yangzhou now.

Li Bao successfully waited for the talisman, and finally left Jin Peng alone, the generals of Yangzhou retreated, but Li Bao looked at Jin Peng coldly, "General Jin, give Li a reason, don't tell this general that you are really loyal to His Royal Highness the Regent." ”

Jinpeng is loyal to the regent? Just kidding, he is not from the Dingguo military system, and he is not from the Suzhou Mansion, so how can he be loyal to the regent? Li Bao asked, Jin Peng did not hesitate, and said slowly with a stiff face, "General Li is too worried, most officials in Yangzhou City can take refuge in King Yun, but Jin can't, because Jin and Meng Lian have a common hatred, Meng Lian killed my whole family back then, and Jin burned his ancestral house, so Yangzhou City is broken, either Jin dies or Meng Lian dies." ”

Li Bao carefully observed Jin Peng, and after confirming that it was not a fraud, he nodded slowly, "Okay, Ben will believe you, General Jin, now Ben will give you a task." Pick out all the soldiers with good water in the Yangzhou camp. Ben would have been of great use. ”

Here Yangzhou. Located in the waters of the south of the Yangtze River, all the children of the south of the Yangtze River have been accompanied by water since childhood, so there are not a few people with good water in the Yangzhou camp. After successfully seizing control of the Yangzhou camp, Li Bao was also relieved, after the news that the Yangzhou camp completely fell into the hands of Li Bao, many people, especially Song Xi, the prefect of Yangzhou, were frightened. I thought Li Bao was an elegant person. I didn't expect this person to be so ruthless and resolute, how long did it take to take the Yangzhou camp in one go. Sure enough, there are no weak soldiers under the strong generals, the people brought out by the regent do not have a fuel-efficient lamp, the Yangzhou camp is under the control of Li Bao, and those who have put their minds to Yangzhou have to endure it for the time being, then Li Bao is the regent's hardcore henchman, and Hu Cheng is the regent's brother-in-law, if they know which person dares to fornicate with the rebels. The result is only one word, and that is death.

At night. The rebels are still on the offensive, Li Bao is standing under the gate of the sluice, his breathing is getting shorter and shorter, if anyone dares to tell him that the rebels have low combat strength in the future, he must be fanned with a big-eared scraper. Li Bao would not believe what Jin Peng said, he asked people to inquire roughly, and after confirming that what Jin Peng said was true, he had the courage to send Jin Peng to the east. Now the eastern sluice has been broken open by the rebels, the boat is blocking the drinking road, and the two sides are fighting near the sluice, and no one can help anyone for a while. Hu Cheng personally rushed to the front, but he was already powerless, and there were many injuries on his body. If it weren't for the death of his own soldiers dragging Hu Cheng to the rear, I'm afraid Hu Cheng would have suffered by now. The moonlight is very beautiful tonight, but the red blood flow makes this moonlight so terrifying, looking at the starry sky, Hu Cheng's eyes are blurred, he doesn't know which star in the sky he belongs to, he doesn't want to die, and he doesn't want to die, because the Hu family is left with a male man, if he dies, the Hu family will be extinct. If there is anything else on my mind at this moment, it is to hope that my sister will live well, and it is best that my sister can change her child's surname to Hu and continue the bloodline for the Hu family, but it is destined to be wishful thinking, how can the child of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent change to another surname?

A sound of footsteps came, and it sounded like there were quite a few people coming, and a thin man ran over with a knife and arched his hand towards Hu Cheng, "General Hu, the last general Yangzhou infantry is all in charge of Jinpeng, and he is specially ordered by General Li to come to help, I don't know what General Hu commands?" ”

Hu Cheng couldn't help but be overjoyed, there were still reinforcements, I don't know how Li Bao controlled the soldiers and horses in Yangzhou, but since he came, he had to use it. Hu Cheng propped himself up with a knife and said in a trembling voice, "General Jin, please let your people bypass the sluice, jump into the water from the east bank, try your best to destroy the ships used by the rebels, and try your best to force the rebels to the fork in the road. ”

"Oh" Jin Peng didn't say a word, led people to the sluice, he didn't do this out of loyalty, as he said, everyone can surrender to Zhao Kai, as for him, he and Meng Lian have a common hatred, and he will not have a good end if he surrenders to Zhao Kai. So the only hope is to follow the Dingguo army and fight all the way until the rebels are defeated. Although I don't understand why Hu Cheng must force the rebels to the three forks, I think there is a reason, and this time I also took the opportunity to see what the Dingguo Army is capable of, whether it is as brave and good at fighting as the legend.

The night is as cool as water, the battle is still going on, Meng Lian is worthy of being Zhao Kai's confidant, he is really a tiger in the south of the Yangtze River in terms of water warfare, in comparison, Li Jun and the Ruan brothers from Liangshan are much worse, those people's underwater kung fu is good, but in terms of commanding operations, Meng Lian is not a little bit worse. By the time we arrived, the water battle had already taken on a stalemate, with the two sides fighting each other in the Grand Canal, and I don't know how many corpses had been deposited near the locks. Progress has been made in the east, and it is about to enter Yangzhou City, but I don't know where to kill a group of reinforcements. Meng Lian can conclude that these reinforcements are not the Dingguo Army, and the Dingguo Army is not a dryland flying dragon, can they still fly into the air? Sure enough, after careful inquiry, I learned that it was the old enemy Jin Peng who led the troops. The appearance of Jinpeng in the east sluice gate is not a good sign, so doesn't it mean that the soldiers and horses of the Yangzhou battalion have all been mastered by Li Baohe and Hu Cheng?

Meng Lian has been struggling, at first he was really full of confidence, don't look at the fact that there are a lot of soldiers and horses in Yangzhou, but those Yangzhou soldiers and horses are not the same heart as the Dingguo army, they have their own interests, driven by their own interests, how much combat effectiveness can they exert? But now it is different, if Li Bao has already controlled the Yangzhou camp, he must make corresponding changes. The torches are shining, the boats are leisurely, and the river is watched under the light. Listen to the constant sound of fighting in the distance. Meng Lian pondered carefully. He quickly raised his head and snorted, "Pass the order, attack the west sluice gate and withdraw half, gallop to the east with all your might, don't care about the sluice first, cooperate with the soldiers and horses in the east, and attack the Jinpeng headquarters that are out of the city." ”

The soldiers and horses in Yangzhou City couldn't help it. But Jin Peng dared to lead people out of the city, so if he didn't laugh at this gift, wouldn't he be sorry for God's gift? Meng Lian quickly made adjustments, and the pressure on Li Bao's side dropped sharply, but the Jinpeng troops who went out of the city to attack were in great trouble. The moonlight shone on the entire Grand Canal, and now there was a long queue in the canal, and the boats were very close together, covering the entire river all day long. From the air, the boats are connected like a long snake that twists and turns. At first, Meng Lian's plan to destroy the ships went well. There are Dingguo army water ghosts to demonstrate, those Yangzhou soldiers also took awls and special small axes to dive to the bottom of the water, at those small boats is a fierce chisel, the bottom of the boat leaked, causing many small boats to sink slowly, although not completely sinking to the bottom, but it is enough to block the rear ships to advance.

When the reinforcements sent by Meng Lian arrived, Jin Pengke was killed, and many of his brothers were shot dead by those rebels, and the rest also quickly retreated in the direction of the sluice. was only halfway through the retreat, and ran into Hu Cheng, who came with an injury. It turned out that Hu Cheng led people to impact the rebels who stayed in the sluice gate after resting, and it was not easy to repel a wave of attacks from the rebels, so he hurriedly ran out, he didn't worry about Jinpeng, if Jinpeng didn't drive the rebels to the three forks as planned, then the matter would be a big deal. Sure enough, it was true that Jinpeng was brave in battle, but he didn't understand the tactics of the Dingguo Army, so in order to survive, he withdrew to the sluice gate without thinking about it. As soon as he met Jin Peng, Hu Cheng raised his steel knife and shouted, "General Jin, you can't withdraw, quickly follow the original plan and drive the rebels to the three forks." Cheng Yuanyuan put out the prepared things and burned the ships for Ben. ”

Cheng Yuan led hundreds of soldiers of the Dingguo Army to run along the river bank with things on their backs, and after attacking the city for so long, the bows and arrows of the rebels had already been exhausted, so they could only open their eyes and watch Cheng Yuan lead people to pounce. As soon as they got closer, the sailors threw the prepared fire-starters into the boats, and the rockets were fired, and soon a fire broke out on the canal, which at first glance looked spectacular and beautiful. The rebels had been in a hurry to storm the city, and in order to transport their troops up in waves, the ships had been connected, and now the fire was together, and with the help of the breeze, the fire was soon connected. How did you do it back then? If it weren't for Cao Agui's chain of iron cables, the fire plan would not have been successful, and now on the Grand Canal, the situation is more terrible than back then, the Grand Canal is said to be wide, but it is also relative, if the water supply army fights, dock warships, and fight in formation, the Grand Canal is still narrow. The fire spread faster and faster, and many rebels did not want to ship directly, and jumped off the boat and wanted to go ashore, but unfortunately there were already prepared Yangzhou soldiers and Dingguo army soldiers on the shore. In desperation, the rebels could only flee south along the Grand Canal as much as possible, in the east and in the west, after losing half of the soldiers and horses, Li Bao seized the opportunity to open the gate of the sluice gate, personally led the troops to launch a counterattack, and only one charge to repel the rebels.

Meng Lian is not a foolish person, retreat, maybe retreating is not a bad thing, if the soldiers and horses in the city can follow all the way out and fight with the army outside the city, he Meng Lian can't ask for it.

"Order all departments, try their best to retreat south, and gather with the soldiers and horses in the east at the three forks, when the time comes, I will let these thieves know how powerful we are" Meng Lian also knows the three forks, it is the widest place in the south of the Grand Canal, the water surface is wide, and the advantage of their own forces can be expanded, and they can start a decisive battle with the Dingguo Army and the navy in the wide area, why not, so save the sluice and go to the sluice desperately. The sluice gate was too narrow to give full play to the advantage of the troops. Meng Lian thought so, but he never dreamed that he was walking into the trap that Li Bao had dug step by step.

In the middle of the night, when he should have been asleep, there was a lot of war on the Grand Canal, and Jinpeng followers fought all the way, rushing towards the three forks little by little. Both sides almost put their hopes on the three forks, so there was no accident, very smoothly came to the three forks, Meng Lian launched a formation on the water surface of the three forks, and the number of large and small ships was countless, among which three big dragon ships were in front, Meng Lian stood on the deck, looking at the front with a proud face, come quickly, as long as he wins this decisive battle, he can lead the troops into Yangzhou City.

Meng Lian didn't wait too long, the Dingguo Army came soon, but under the moonlight, there seemed to be something on the ships of the Dingguo Army. Li Bao was in front, his sword in his hand, and when the distance was about the same, he shouted, "Release the centipede boat, cut this group of rebel dogs with Lao Tzu, and the rest of the troops are ready to enter the water to block the enemy." ”

The centipede ship, as the name suggests, looks very much like a centipede, and this kind of ship is a warship carefully built by Li Bao when he was on Salmon Island. The hull is slender, the outer side of the hull is wrapped with iron sheets, which can resist fire and arrows, and there are rows of iron knives inlaid on both sides, which is very similar to centipedes, so the centipede boat is also called a water iron pulley. The speed of the centipede ship is very fast, and the position of the iron knives on both sides is relatively high, where have the rebels seen this kind of strange centipede boat, one is not careful, either the hull is cut, or the soldiers on the ship are directly cut by the steel knives on both sides, and the killing sound is loud for a while, but only the rebels are injured. Meng Lian was in a cold sweat, and kept asking in his heart, what kind of weird thing is this? Cut and cut can't be broken, and don't dare to stop it. There were some people who were not afraid of death who turned the hull sideways and tried to block the centipede ship, but they were directly hit into a hole by the sharp head of the centipede ship, but the ship was split in half, and the sergeants on the ship were also killed and injured.

As soon as the centipede boat came out, it showed its might, many rebels were knocked into the water, Meng Lian had nothing to do about it, and was rushed around by the centipede boat, and soon the whole formation fell apart. These are still secondary, mainly because they have been beaten passively, and the impact on morale is too great, and now many rebels have begun to doubt whether to continue fighting.

The moon is high, the wind is just right, human lives are being consumed, Meng Lian is not afraid of death, but he doesn't want to die like this, he is defeated like this, it is too much. He personally led the warship to rush to Li Bao, and Jin Peng had already set his sights on Meng Lian, and there was a way that the enemy was very red when he saw him, at this time Jin Peng had no idea, and there was only one thought in his heart, that is, to leave Meng Lian, even if he died, he would die with Meng Lian. As soon as the killing began, it would not stop, and the rebels, who should have had an absolute advantage, became a mess under the blows of the centipede ships, and the so-called advantage was gone. Naturally, the Dingguo Army would not let go of this good opportunity, and cooperated with the centipede ship to cover and kill from behind, and the tall warship rushed over and tore apart all the enemies that stood in front of it. (To be continued......)