The thief army in the south also discovered the appearance of the Sui warship, although the appearance of the Sui warship was also unexpected by the master beggar, but they did not panic, let alone be as powerless to resist as Jiangnanhui.

This time, Cao Shi Qi led 7,000 sailors to encircle and suppress nine transoceanic boats, which is bound to win, even if there is a Qingzhou Navy to kill, they are not afraid, Cao Shi Qi is a famous brave general, he is the king of the Yangtze River, and the Yangtze River is his territory.

"First fight the enemy ships!" The drill roared and gave the order.

One hundred and five thief warships began to turn around and head towards the rushing Sui warships.

This transaction between the Qingzhou Army and the Jiangnan Society was planned by Fang Xuanling, but the army was sent by Zhang Xuan, sending a total of 10,000 sailors and 200 warships, led by Zhou Meng, a partial general of the navy.

The Qingzhou Army itself was sincere in carrying out this transaction, but the unexpected appearance of Lin Shihong's water army when transporting pig iron in Liyang County and the special relationship between Lin Shihong and the Jiangnan Society made the Qingzhou Army have to be careful, so Fang Xuanling made comprehensive arrangements for this.

The deployment of the navy is just in case, if the transaction is smooth, the navy will not appear, once an accident occurs, the navy will appear immediately, Li Qingming received the information that the thief fleet crossed the river at night, and immediately sent someone to inform Zhou Meng, this transaction is a trap.

On the water surface of the Yangtze River estuary, hundreds of warships crossed and broke in, quickly fought together, the waves surged, the ships collided, the arrows rained out, and the screams were everywhere, when the two ships staggered and met, the thieves and soldiers jumped to the other party's warships, which was the consistent tactic of the water thieves to rob merchant ships, jumping on the other party's ships to kill people and cross goods.

But what they encountered today was the Qingzhou Naval Division, the strong combat effectiveness of the Sui sailors was stronger than the brave but untrained water thieves, and with the tacit cooperation of the Sui soldiers, the thief soldiers who jumped on the warship were gradually eliminated.

But no one could have imagined that it was the nine giant ships that really decided the outcome of the battle. Dozens of thieves' thousand-stone warships surrounded the nine transoceanic ships like wolves, and these nine giant ships were the targets of their attack this time.

As long as these nine huge ships were taken down and driven away, the battle was over, and at this time, long logs of more than ten zhang long were suddenly erected on both sides of a transoceanic boat, and the ends of the long logs were filled with cast iron. It's like a hammer.

Without waiting for the thief army to react, two long-handled iron hammers of more than ten zhang slammed into the thief warships on both sides, only to hear a loud bang on the ground, and the weight of thousands of catties smashed on the warships on both sides, smashing wood in all directions, several thief soldiers were smashed into meat cakes, and dozens of other people were affected by the impact force, overturned and fell down the river.

The ship was smashed into a large hole, and a huge crack appeared on the deck. With a terrible cracking sound, the warship held out for a moment, then broke into two pieces and quickly sank into the river.

The other ship also leaned, and was immediately hit by the big boat, and finally lay down on the river.

The other eight transoceanic boats also raised their huge arms and smashed into the warships on both sides for only a moment. Nearly 20 thousand-stone warships were sunk or wounded, and the wounded ships quickly withdrew from the battlefield.

The drill begged to see it clearly. He couldn't help but be taken aback, and hurriedly ordered: "Quickly pass the order, the warship must not get close to the enemy's big ship!" ”

The master had no choice but to change his tactics, first concentrating on dealing with the Sui warships, and after destroying the enemy warships, he turned back and slowly cleaned up the nine transoceanic boats.

The command flag was hoisted on the mast of the main ship. Ordered the warship besieging Hengyangzhou to withdraw, not far away, Zhou Meng could see clearly, he had been looking for the main ship of the thief army, and the appearance of the Ling Qi undoubtedly exposed the identity of the main ship of the thief army.

Zhou Meng ordered left and right: "Rocket preparation." Attack that flag-flagged thief ship! ”

The drill beggar was also experienced, and after giving the order, he prepared to withdraw from the battlefield to prevent his main ship from being besieged.

But at this moment, a three-thousand-stone five-tooth warship came from the side, this is Zhou Meng's ship, and it is also the main ship of the Qingzhou Naval Division, there are more than 300 soldiers on board, a war drum sounded, only to see countless rockets shot at the sails, and soon, the sails of the main ship of the thief army were ignited and began to burn.

"Lowering the sails!"

The drill was so anxious that he shouted, and dozens of thieves worked together to drop the burning sails, and in a shout, the sails crashed down and smashed on the deck, sparks splashed everywhere, and the smoke filled the air, and the thieves immediately splashed buckets of water on the burning sails, and the ship became a mess.

Without sails, the boat of the master beggar was spinning on the river, unable to evacuate the battlefield, at this time, two Sui warships attacked the ship of the master beggar left and right, and crashed into the boat of the master beggar with their heads.

Broken wood flew, the ship shook violently, again and again, the mast broke, the deck broke, the left compartment was knocked into a large hole, the cabin began to flood a lot, the hull slowly tilted to the left, and if it continued to hit, the main ship would be hit and sunk by the Sui army, and as a last resort, the master had to order a small sampan to be thrown down, and he was ready to get on the sampan and escape, change ships and fight again.

Zhou Meng had already stared at him, and when he saw the opponent's big ship throwing down the small sampan, he understood the intention of the opponent's commander, and hurriedly ordered: "Transfer a hundred crossbowmen and shoot the thief general who is about to get off the ship!" ”

The rope ladder was thrown down from the back boat, and more than a dozen personal soldiers followed the trainer to climb the rope ladder to the small sampan down, at this moment, a dense array of arrows shot at the operator, the trainer begged to dodge, and was hit by more than a dozen arrows in the back, he screamed and fell into the river.

Without waiting for the pro-soldiers to go down to the rescue, the tail of the 3,000-stone warship collided, crushing the sampan, and more than a dozen pro-soldiers were also killed and injured, and they fell into the water one after another.

Shot in the back of the neck by one of the arrows, the master fell into the river, never to wake up, and the heavy armor dragged him to the bottom of the river, and the Yangtze River bandit died in the melee.

Without the command of the main ship, the thief army began to fight separately, the Qingzhou Navy division warship cooperated tacitly, plus the strength was twice that of the thief army, the water battle began to be one-sided, before nightfall, more than a dozen thief warships hurriedly fled from the warship and became the survivors of this water battle.

In this battle, more than half of the 6,000 thieves were killed and wounded, more than 40 warships were captured, and more than 30 warships were sunk, including the main ship of the thief army also sank to the bottom of the river.

This is also Lin Shihong's most casualty battle, including the Jiangnan Society's hundreds of sand boats and a large amount of grain and cloth on board, all of which have become the trophies of the Qingzhou Sailors, which is exactly the stealing of chickens and a handful of rice, both Lin Shihong and Jiangnan will suffer unprecedented huge losses.

At the third watch, the cleaned up Qingzhou Navy Division's fleet, together with nine Hengyangzhou, left Hutuzhou, waved north, and returned to the base of Donghai Island to rest and recuperate, and Donghai Island has become the most important transit place for Qingzhou Navy Division.

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In the Bird Mouse Valley in Xihe County, Bingzhou, this is the nest of the bandits in Bingzhou, and Li Yuan, who is the envoy of Hedong, led 20,000 troops to encircle and suppress the largest bandits in Bingzhou.

Wu Duan'er turned out to be just a bandit who occupied the mountain as the king, and there were only more than 1,000 minions under his command, but since he went down the mountain to capture Jiexiu County, in just one year, the team has rapidly expanded to more than 50,000 people, and they have robbed houses and houses in Xihe County, Shangdang County, Linfen County and the southern part of Taiyuan County, plundering grain, which is extremely harmful.

Li Yuan, as a raider, is mainly tasked with destroying this bandit.

In a valley about eight miles west of Jiexiu City, Li Yuan led 20,000 troops to ambush at both ends of the valley, behind a big stone, Li Yuan seemed a little worried, this is an ambush is the second son Li Shimin's strategy, he led 3,000 soldiers to provoke Wuduan'er's old nest Jiexiu City, and led Wuduaner to this valley.

Li Yuan, first, did not know whether the strategy could succeed, and secondly, he was worried about the safety of his second son Li Shimin.

Liu Wenjing, the strategist next to him, said with a smile: "Gong Li doesn't have to worry about Erlang, Erlang has no last resort, and this battle will be completed." ”

Li Yuan sighed softly, "I hope so!" ”

In this operation, Li Shimin first made a full investigation, and Wuduan Er urgently needed a batch of Mingguang armor to equip the pro-guard army, but the deal with the Guanlong nobles failed, so Li Shimin led 3,000 old and weak soldiers wearing Mingguang armor to Jiexiu County to challenge, and he would definitely be able to introduce Wuduan into the encirclement.

Li Shimin also tested that there was no problem with this group of old and weak soldiers running ten miles, and their physical strength would be exhausted after running ten miles, which could ensure that Wudu'er would not be able to catch up with them in a short time, so Li Yuan's ambush soldiers were ambushed on both sides of the valley eight miles away.

At this time, Liu Wenjing whispered to Li Yuan again: "If all these 50,000 bandits are surrendered, Li Gong can select their elite to be incorporated into the army, and at least more than 20,000 troops can be obtained." ”

This suggestion reached Li Yuan's heart, and he also had this idea, Li Yuan pondered for a moment, afraid that Gao and Wang would secretly report to the Son of Heaven.

Liu Wenjing sneered, "Now that the world is in chaos, the faint monarch is hiding in Jiangdu, the military power is in the hands of Yu Wenhua and his hands, and the imperial court can't even control Zhang Xuan's capture of Liaodong, can he still manage Taiyuan?" Now is the time to raise the army, how long will the public hesitate? ”

Li Yuan sighed secretly in his heart, even if he wanted to soldier, Wuchuan Mansion might not agree!

He couldn't say this to Liu Wenjing.

At this moment, there was a shout in the distance, and I saw that the east was dusty, and a defeated army was fleeing to this side in a hurry, and the general was riding a white horse, wearing a silver helmet and silver armor, and holding a long lance, which was Li Yuan's second son, Li Shimin.

A hundred paces behind them was a chasing force, in close pursuit.

Li Yuan suddenly became excited and shouted, "They are here, ready to fight!" ”

Li Shimin ran a little embarrassed, after all, his 3,000 men were all old and weak, and they were already a little tired after running for seven or eight miles.

A hundred paces behind them, the bandit leader Wu Duan Erzhen led tens of thousands of troops in hot pursuit, Wu Duan Er, who was about forty years old, with a big beard and a very rude appearance.

He happened to secretly buy Mingguang armor with the Guanlong Dou family, but it was unsuccessful, and the Dou family refused to trade with him, which made him very annoyed, and he always wanted to use Mingguang armor to arm his personal guards, but he couldn't think about it.

But he didn't expect that today he unexpectedly found that the three thousand old and weak soldiers who came to challenge were all wearing bright light armor, which made him overjoyed, and at this time he didn't care if there would be an ambush, and wanted to capture this group of soldiers from Taiyuan alive.

"Hugh wants to flee, surrender and don't kill!"

Wu Du'er and the soldiers shouted in the back, but they didn't notice the change in the terrain, and they gradually rushed into the ambush circle of Li Yuan's army. (To be continued.) )