The first five-tooth warship had been ignited by the fire and began to burn rapidly, and with the help of the wind, the fire spread very rapidly, not only the entire bow of the ship was engulfed in flames, but also the mast and deck were on fire, and the soldiers on board panicked and jumped into the water to flee for their lives. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Suddenly, 'Boom! With a loud bang, the front half of the ship broke and collapsed, sinking into the water, but the fire did not decrease, the fire spread rapidly to the middle and tail of the ship, and the whole ship gradually turned into a huge fireball, and the second largest ship behind could not retreat, and was also ignited by the fire.

At this time, small boats rushed out from the narrow passage on the side, but in front of them were twenty Sui warships sunk in the river, like a large reef blocking the entire river, Lin Zhengwei's army was anxious, and the desire to survive made many soldiers jump into the water, trying to clear a channel, but even if they moved out of a waterway, it was not interesting, and there were more than 80 warships in front of the river.

At this time, 8,000 Chu soldiers rushed out of the forest, stretched out their bows and arrows fifty steps away from the shore, and intensively fired arrows at the Sui warships and soldiers in the river, trying to force back the Sui warships with overwhelming arrows, and suppressed the attack of the Sui army for a while.

There were even many soldiers who rushed into the water to grab the warship, and the Sui soldiers in the boat fought back, slashing with knives and spears, shouting and screaming, and the two sides fought fiercely.

At this time, the main force of the Sui army led by Laihuer finally killed Qigong Island, Laihuer only saw the dense Sui army snakeboat blocking the river, and the island was burning with fire, it must be the enemy's warship burning, Laihu'er was overjoyed, his plan was finally successful, he immediately ordered: "The whole island is on fire, and the shipwrecks of the Zhou generals are ordered to evacuate!" ”

Countless rockets were fired into the forest on the island, the rockets ignited the dead branches and leaves in the woods, more than a dozen fire points appeared in the forest, and the wooden guard tower on the shore was also ignited, and the soldiers in the guard tower shouted in fright and rushed to the island.

In order to accomplish the goal of burning the island as quickly as possible, groups of soldiers began to board the island in small boats, and they carried a large number of flammable and igniting materials, and threw them around the island with fire oil, sulfur powder, and fire cloths, and then lit fires, and raging fires were ignited everywhere the soldiers passed.

At this time, the wind on the water began to strengthen, and the fire spread rapidly by the wind, and the northwest and southwest corners were pine forests, burning more violently, and the two fires gradually joined together and began to burn deeply.

At the same time, the Sui warships began to sink gradually, the soldiers on the boat went ashore one after another, evacuated to the southeast, the fire burned fiercely, and there was not much time left for them to evacuate, at this time, countless Chu soldiers also ran out of the dense forest, they encountered the evacuated Sui soldiers, but at this time the battle between the two armies was gone, and the Chu soldiers knelt down and surrendered, begging the Sui army to save their lives.

The soldiers jumped into the lake and swam to the big boat a hundred steps away, Lai Hu'er stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the groups of Chu soldiers standing on the shore and crying for mercy, these cries were his native voice, so that he couldn't bear it in his heart, Lai Hu'er immediately ordered: "Go and tell them, take off your armor, put down your weapons, swim over naked, you can allow them to get on the boat!" ”

Several small boats sailed towards the shore, and the soldiers on board shouted: "The general has an order, take off your armor, put down your weapons, and swim naked to the Sui army ships to surrender!" ”

After the soldiers on the boat shouted a few rounds, the soldiers on the shore took off their armor, threw away their weapons, tore off their shirts, and even jumped into the lake naked and swam towards the big ship of the Sui army.

The sky has been bright, including nine transverse boats, nearly 100 large cargo ships have also arrived at Qigong Island, they are specially to receive prisoners of war, the big ship will transport a shipload of prisoners of war to Sanshan Island, the Sui army has set up a temporary prisoner of war camp here, all prisoners of war must be screened and registered here, and then sent to Pengze County for detention, by the commander Zhang Xuan finally decide their fate.

The fire on Qigong Island burned for two days and two nights, all the trees, houses and ships were burned down, and thousands of soldiers died in the fire, but the Sui warships did not leave, but waited for the fire to be extinguished.

As soon as the fire was extinguished, the island was full of black, scorched wood, and the scorching ground had not yet cooled, so Laihu'er ordered 4,000 soldiers to divide into two routes and enter the inner lake along the open space on both sides of the passage to search for and capture the surviving Chu soldiers.

At noon, a group of surrendered Chu soldiers were escorted out, at this time, the general Qi Liang got on the big boat, bowed down and reported: "Old General Qiqi, the granary has been burned to the ground, but the three treasury is made of huge stones, there are two iron doors locked, basically well preserved, there is a little inventory, there are about 800,000 copper coins, about 100,000 taels of gold, hundreds of large boxes of jewelry and jewelry, as well as more than 100,000 pieces of cloth, and countless silk and satin. ”

This is also what Zhang Xuan specially told, Lin Shihong has been rampant on the Yangtze River for more than 20 years, I don't know how many merchant ships have been robbed, and countless wealth has been accumulated.

Lai Hu'er was overjoyed, and then instructed Qi Liang to order: "Let the brothers clear a passage, and the big boat will enter the inner lake to carry property." ”

"Obey the order!"

Qi Liang turned around and was just about to leave, but Laihu'er stopped him again and asked, "Have you found out Lin Zhengwei's whereabouts?" ”

Qi Liang scratched his head and said: "The brothers searched Neihu and caught more than 5,000 surviving thieves, but they didn't find Lin Zhengwei. ”

It's a little strange to come to Hu'er, could it be that Lin Zhengwei has been burned to death in the boat? If that were the case, wouldn't even the body be found? ”

Qi Liang saluted and quickly got off the boat, at this time, He Man, who joined the army, stepped forward and suggested with a smile: "How could Lin Zhengwei die easily, since he can't find it in the inner lake, then he must be escorted to Sanshan Island disguised as a soldier, and the general can offer a reward for arrest, and within an hour, someone will definitely come to tell him." ”

This is a solution, and Lai Hu'er immediately ordered: "Pass my order, all the surrendered soldiers, whoever helps the Sui army to capture Lin Zhengwei, will be released home immediately, and a reward of 100 taels of gold will be awarded." ”

Lin Zhengwei was indeed hiding in the temporary prisoner of war camp on Sanshan Island, he slashed his face, bleeding profusely, and stabbed him in the left shoulder and leg with a dagger, and bandaged it indiscriminately, and then naked, he looked like a wounded soldier, and two personal soldiers also pretended to be wounded soldiers to cover him.

Lin Zhengwei assumed the alias Feng Xiaonian, which was his cousin's name, and even his accent changed, becoming the accent of southern Poyang County, and he called himself a native of Yiyang County.

Lin Zhengwei had already passed the screening and registration, got a prisoner of war bamboo card, stayed with hundreds of prisoners of war who were also from Yiyang County, and was ready to be escorted to Pengze County, which made him secretly proud that he was not recognized by the Sui army in the end.

At this time, a lieutenant walked into the cabin with dozens of soldiers, and the lieutenant asked, "Is this a prisoner of war from Yiyang County?" ”

Everyone agreed, and the captain shouted: "Go to the deck and line up in five rows!" ”

The prisoners of war drove to the deck, Lin Zhengwei felt a little bad, but he had to follow the prisoners of war to line up, soon, more than 300 prisoners of war lined up in five rows on the wide deck, the captain looked at their wooden cards one by one, walked in front of Lin Zhengwei, the captain looked at his sign, and then looked at Lin Zhengwei and said: "Your name is Feng Xiaonian?" ”

"The villain is exactly!"

The lieutenant looked back and waved, "Bring it on!" ”

Several Sui soldiers brought a soldier, Lin Zhengwei suddenly stiffened, this person was a personal soldier who had covered him before, the soldier knelt down and cried: "I'm not greedy for bounty, my mother is old and sick, I want to go home to serve my mother, ask the young master for forgiveness!" ”

"You bastard!"

Lin Zhengwei was furious, kicked his own soldiers over, turned around and ran towards the side of the ship, "Catch him!" The lieutenant shouted.

The Sui army had already prepared, and before Lin Zhengwei ran to the side of the boat, he was covered by a large net on his head and caught him, and several soldiers rushed up, pressed him firmly to the deck, and tied him up with ropes.

Lin Zhengwei screamed, "My life is over!" ”

(To be continued.) )