The Dongyang also surrounded seven or eight loach boats, and by the light of the fire, Lin Jian stood on the deck and saw that there were more than ten or twenty people standing on each Shuizhai loach boat, all shirtless, biting knives in their mouths, gesturing to climb the boat, and there were people in the bow who threw the rope with a nail hook over to hook the boat. The ballast stones loaded by ordinary sea ships are all large pieces of long granite, one of which weighs thousands of catties, but the ballast stones carried by the Dongyang this time are all twenty or thirty pounds of stones, which can be used as falling rocks in preparation for water battles. Two or three hundred stones were brought up and neatly placed on the deck, although with the help of the tall body of the Dongyang ship, smashing the stones down, not to mention smashing people into brains, maybe they could smash the bottom of the light and thin loach boat out of a big hole, but Lin Jian wanted to avoid attracting more thief ships to besiege the Dongyang at this time, and he couldn't be too showy, so he only ordered people to use axes to cut off the hook and rope thrown by the loach boat, and took a long bamboo penny with a long iron nail at the tail to poke at the loach boat to prevent the loach boat from approaching, and let people swing the hull to the right with the half-raised sail by the wind. By virtue of the height of the ship, he overturned the two loach boats at once, swept all thirty or forty people into the water, and did not shoot the lake thieves who fell into the water, but let them escape, and only prevented them from climbing onto the boat.

There are few bows and arrows for lake thieves, seven or eight boats on eight or nine hunting bows, sparse archery over, the side panels of the Dongyang cabin are originally high, Xiang Yong takes a wooden card to cover it, and the lake thieves shoot all the arrows in a mess, only two Xiang Yong accidentally shot one in the arm and one shot in the calf.

When the loach boat saw that the big ship was in trouble, he lit it with a straw soaked in oil and threw it at the boat, and smashed it with a clay pot full of oil. The oil floated to the deck and flowed everywhere, and it burned in a large area, and the fire was very scary, and the villagers were in a hurry to carry buckets to fetch water to extinguish the fire. Lin Jian asked Zhao Qingshan, Lin Jiyuan, and Chen Shouyan to restrain Xiang Yong to prevent the enemy from climbing the boat, this kind of fire just looks scary, the deck is covered with cooked cowhide, and it is soaked in advance, this fire may not be able to burn the cooked cowhide through. Besides, water can't extinguish the oil fire, and if you pour water, the oil fire will spread around when it floats on the water, and it will be more difficult to clean up. Zhao Qingshan and the others watched the more than ten sailors of the Dongyang quickly extinguish the fire, very orderly, and felt ashamed. Lin Mengde can be regarded as a person who has seen the world, he has never encountered such a large-scale water battle, and his heart is pounding in a panic, and he has only calmed down a little at this time.

At this time, the lake thief turned a slightly larger river boat, and saw several strong men standing on the bow deck, holding long bags like cloth pockets, and carrying things on one heavy end. The men vigorously slammed the bag over their heads, and after two laps on the top of their heads, they let the bag fly over. The long bag is filled with sharp edges and corners, there is no defense here, see the thing smashed over, still take the wooden sign to block, some people can't eat this vigorously, suddenly there are two or three people's arms to be broken, along the side of the wooden wall also appeared holes, I saw that the river boat and the Wupeng cabin loaded more than a dozen people to throw the short bamboo gun in their hands towards the hole, at the same time there are a few stone bags smashed over, immediately there are several people who dodge the bamboo short gun, the stone hit, the flesh and blood are blurred.

Zhao Qingshan was in charge over there, he couldn't bear it anymore, and asked the injured to be carried to the cabin for treatment, he concentrated all the thirty bows he had at hand and shot at the riverboat, and Lin Jian also ordered the Dongyang to rush towards the riverboat. The front crest of the Dongyang boat is also equipped with a ram bar with sharp thorns, looking at the speed of the boat is not fast, but the waist will hit the river boat, and the sound of the other party's boat board cracking can be clearly heard in the ears, and then the wave will chase away, the river boat with a load of less than one-tenth of Dongyang, and it is also a big ship in Hongzepu will be pressed by the Dongyang ship crest and overturned. There was no mercy here, and by the light of the fire, he looked at the people under the water, and poked them with a long bamboo penny with long iron nails, and the nearby water surface was immediately stained red with blood.

Although the lake pirates did not have a large ship comparable to the Dongyang, there were also several ships with cooked cowhide covered backs, open holes in the two compartments, crossbow windows and spear holes on the left and right, and a hazy warship that was convenient for water warfare. This is the new force that the Shuizhai forces have secretly accumulated over the years, and no one will hide their secrets this time, but their target this time is Qin Chengbo, it doesn't matter if Qin Chengbo escapes, the key is to leave the few boats that Qin Chengbo was on in Luoyang Lake. As long as the Qin Mansion fleet is left in Luoyang Lake, even if it is a big ship like the Dongyang, they don't have to frown if they want to build a hundred. The main warships of the Shuizhai forces are used to bite the Qin fleet, and the fight is in full swing over there, so they naturally can't spare their hands to deal with the Dongyang, those small boats see that the Dongyang is too strong, and the defense is also rigorous, they can't climb the boat, and they use the boat to ship on the water, and the loss is too great, and at this time they can only disperse far away, only to prevent the Dongyang from going to rescue the Qin family's ships.

Lin Jian stood on the deck, watching the situation on the lake, although the Qin family's boat was entangled, but relying on the hull of Pang Jian, while resisting the lake pirates jumping boat, while slowly moving south, to withdraw to the Shiliang River to flee south. In the cramped and crowded fast oars, three or five oarsmen snatched weapons and killed them indiscriminately, and then jumped into the water to escape, which could make a mess of the fast oars, and worse, the other oarsmen were not trusted and drove them into the water. The fast oars boat that the two Xiangyong took was better, but the foreigners who were born were driven into the water, and the familiar local people were still on the boat to control the oars, and the other four fast oars on the Dongyang horse infantry drove the oarsmen down together, the boat did not have oarsmen, and the Dongyang horse infantry sent people to row the oars, but the oars paid attention to coordination, and rashly derived the oars, and could only row the boat in the middle of the water. More than 100 Dongyang horse infantry could only be slaughtered after falling into the water together, and they saw seven or eight loach boats shuttling back and forth in that water, spears and spears constantly stabbing under the water, and the casualties were unbearable.

There are also many oarsmen in the lake, and although these oarsmen are mixed with fine work, most of them are coolies who live in Shanglindu. The people of the village could not help but save it, Lin Jian immediately ordered the Dongyang to drive to the lake there, and Zhao Qingshan and others also made people shout, asking the oarsmen to swim this way.

The oarsmen were more proficient in water than the horse infantry who fell into the water, and when they rowed, they were shirtless and thin-clothed, and they were nimble in the water. The Shuizhai loach boat will not be too difficult for these coolies, only intercepting and killing officers and soldiers in the lake, and letting the oarsmen swim to the Dongyang. The Dongyang threw down the rope ladder and asked the oarsman to report his hometown loudly while saving people. Most of the Xiangyong on the boat were the children of the four towns and eight miles near Shanglinli, and it was difficult for them to get on the boat, so they saved forty or fifty people on the boat in a blink of an eye, and more than ten officials and gentry who fell into the water at the earliest were also rescued. These official gentry watched Lin Tie humiliate Qin Chengbo in Lin Du coldly, and at that time they only felt that their hearts were tight, and at this time, when they saw Lin Tie rescue them, they wiped their noses and tears and regarded Lin Tie as their reborn parents, and the two ships of Dongyang official gentry were forty or fifty, and they were almost left to survive at this time. They didn't care about saving Qin Chengbo, and cried and asked Lin Tie to let the boat flee south and move reinforcements to Shiliang County.

"Come, send all the adults and villagers to the cabin to rest, and don't let people disturb them......," Lin Jian commanded.

"Lord Lin, why did the lake thieves suddenly make trouble?" Shiliang County Instructor Lu Dongyang also didn't care about the loss of decency in wet clothes, and fled to the Dongyang after falling into the water, he felt like a second person, and he came on the boat to be a little calmer than others, and he saw that Luoyang Lake was full of lake thieves, and he didn't know why the sky suddenly turned over.

Forty-eight shallow lakes are connected to Hongzepu, the mountains on the west side are continuous, the so-called poor mountains and bad waters, the fishermen and boat owners in Hongzepu are also anti-donations, and also for anti-theft, spontaneously settle down in the dangerous terrain and live in the village, forming the water village force of Hongzepu, which has a history of hundreds of years. Under normal circumstances, the degree of confrontation between these forces and the government is much weaker than that of the real bandit villages and rogue forces, and they also generally exist in the Huai River Valley, and the government also turns a blind eye to the existence of the water village forces, and does not treat them as chaotic people. It was precisely because of the drastic increase in fishing taxes and donations in Hongzepu last year that seriously threatened the survival of fishermen and boat owners in Hongzepu, and the months-long anti-donation and anti-tax campaign made the organization of these water village forces even tighter.

Regarding Lu Dongyang's doubts, Lin Jian also replied wordlessly, this official gentry who sat on the deck like a lost dog usually had less exploitation of fishermen, why did the situation deteriorate to such a point. They only know that these weak people and fart people are easy to bully, and they are usually eager to rip them out of the bone and suck the marrow of the marrow, leaving no room for it, and when the contradictions intensify to the point that they cannot be reconciled, they are so puzzled and puzzled.

"Find a clean ......dress for Lord Lu," Lin Jian said.

"No, give me a knife, and I can help you kill the thief and defend against the enemy." Lu Dongyang said.

Lin Jian saw that Lu Dongyang was much more backbone than other official gentry, so he asked him to bring dry clothes to change into, let him put on a leather armor, and gave him a waist knife, so that he could stand on the deck and watch the enemy situation with him.

At this time, the Dongyang horse infantry that fell into the water also killed the lake thieves. There were also four fast oars boats, each carrying 120 Xiangyong and 150 horse infantry, because the horse infantry boat lacked oarsmen, Lin Zonghai did not dare to drive the fast oars boat in the bow to kill the enemy in the lake, so he and the horse infantry boat were horns and stopped in the lake to defend against the enemy. As soon as the fast paddle boat loses its agility, it suddenly falls into passivity. The lake thieves who had just made the Dongyang also hit the rocks, more than a dozen bags of angular stones flew into the bags and smashed over, and the four fast paddle boats immediately suffered heavy casualties.

After all, in addition to the Dongyang horse infantry on the four fast paddle boats, there are more than 100 Xiangyong who are all children of their hometowns, even if Lin Jian can bear not to save them, Zhao Qingshan, Lin Jiyuan, Chen Shouyan and others will not sit back and watch them kill all the lake thieves. Lin Jian ordered the Dongyang to rampage over, expel the Shuizhai boats on the right side of the fast paddle boat, relieve their pressure, and at the same time shouted that Lin Zonghai should lead the fast paddle boat to cruise nearby, wait for the Qin family's fleet to rush out and converge, and not rush to the rescue.

Lin Zonghai still wanted to go to Liqigong just now, but at this time, he saw that the lake thieves were emerging in endlessly, he stood on the bow of the fast oar, he couldn't see far, and he didn't know how many lake thieves had gathered in Luoyang Lake, so he didn't need Lin Lian to say, he didn't dare to go to the center of the lake to help the Qin family's fleet.

Lin Zonghai wanted to go to the Dongyang, and shouted to Lin Tie to throw the rope ladder over, one was the strong body of the Dongyang ship, and there was no water village ship nearby that could match the Dongyang, and boarding the Dongyang could temporarily safely get on the Dongyang for him, which would be more convenient to command the three hundred townsmen to fight.

Lin Lian blinded the lard before letting Lin Zonghai come on the boat, and said loudly: "Uncle Zong Hai drives the boat to resist the enemy and charges into battle, and the little nephew is here to cheer for Uncle Zong Hai and protect the back road, Uncle Zong Hai doesn't have to worry about this ......."

Lin Zonghai thought that Lin Lian had just come to save them, and he had already read the feelings of his fellow villagers, so he no longer hoped that he would be able to command the overall situation on the Dongyang at this time. With the Dongyang to rely on, Lin Zonghai commanded more than 100 Xiangyong to operate two fast paddle boats without worrying about outflanking the Shuizhai boats, and the attack was sharper, after all, Xiangyong's boats, equipment and personnel training were far stronger than these Shuizhai miscellaneous soldiers. The two Dongyang Mansion horse infantry boats saw that there was a big boat to shelter, and they were no longer panicked, and they sent a few long pennies over, and the penny was always easier than paddling, and they didn't have to be trapped in the lake anymore, but the oarsmen rescued by the Dongyang were no longer willing to give them the boat control.

After a bitter battle, the boat that Qin Chengbo was riding finally moved to the edge of the south entrance of Luoyang Lake.

The defense force of the Qin family is mainly concentrated in the building boat, which can carry more than 400 people, and there are 300 elite warriors, and after encountering the enemy, nearly 200 people are transferred to the building ship for defense. On the other hand, the defensive strength of other ships was much weaker, one ship was divided into less than twenty guards, the escort fleet of Dongyang Mansion was cut off at the periphery, the Lou ship withdrew to Nankouzi, and the other ships of the Qin family's fleet fell one after another. In order to prevent the lake from borrowing these big boats to attack the building boats, when the people on the boat abandoned the boat to escape, they all set fires, and the fire reflected the sky at this time, illuminating the small Luoyang Lake clearly.

The main warship of the water village is naturally biting the building boat, and everyone will take it for granted that Qin Chengbo will hide the most gold and silver treasures on the building boat, and Shen Rong, Lin Tingli, Liang Zuoren and other major officials of Dongyang Mansion and Shiliang County are all accompanying Qin Chengbo on the building boat, as long as they are intercepted and killed, no one in Dongyang Mansion will stand up to organize an effective counteroffensive in a short time, which is also very important for the Hongzepu Shuizhai forces to win enough preparation time.

Although there are more than 100,000 fishermen living in the vicinity of Hongzepu, only more than 3,000 people have been organized in advance for the water villages, after simple training, and distributed weapons to be able to participate in water warfare. The building ship has not been launched, the main force of the Qin family is still not injured, the building ship and the two Qin family ships are still more than 400 elites, and the Dongyang escort fleet still has nearly 500 combat power, especially the advantage of the Lou ship and the Dongyang fast sailing ship on Luoyang Lake is too great, of course, the Shuizhai forces do not dare to be sloppy, and mobilize all the combat power and big ships that can be mobilized, and hand over the Qin family ship that was captured and set on fire to the reserve manpower to deal with. These reserve personnel were improvised fishermen, who had not undergone much training, and only informed them to come to Luoyang Lake to gather before the incident started, but it should not be difficult for them to go to the boat that set fire to transfer the materials and treasures that Qin Chengbo wanted to bring to Yanjing, so Cao Ziang and Ge Cunxin took people to take a boat to mix in these boats and wait for the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.