The sails were blowing, and Lin Tie stood on the deck, causing four cables to be thrown, connecting the four fast paddle boats to the Dongyang. In the unlikely event that a fast paddle boat entangles an enemy ship, it can be forcibly towed out of trouble with the help of the Dongyang's sail power. After a fierce battle in the middle of the night, the oarsmen, the village warriors, and the horse infantry were exhausted even if they did not suffer many casualties, and it was difficult to break out of the encirclement with manpower rowing; Dongyang adopts a duplex longitudinal sail structure, fifteen duplex sails are opened together, even if the ship is full of 200,000 catties of goods, it can turn on the water as fast as a galloping horse, at this time the wind is in full swing, and it is not effortless to drag four fast paddle boats on the empty boat.

The lighthouse on the top of the tail cabin was also lit for the first time at this time, like a bright moon rising, and the light reflected off the polished concave bronze mirror, illuminating the water surface more than 300 steps ahead.

This kind of searchlight equipment can be said to be the simplest structure, there is nothing special about it, when the world has long known the principle of concave mirror concentrating, the lighthouse used by Lin Tie in the corner tower of the estuary is even bigger than this, which can project the light to 600 steps away, and provide enough lighting for the night boat, but where have the fishermen and boat owners of Hongzepu seen this kind of lighthouse, the water village boat blocking the Dongyang suddenly illuminated the light pillar of Xueliang, and saw the Dongyang Zhang Fan breaking the waves and rushing violently, so he naturally panicked and avoided.

Hongzepu Zhujia Water Village has paid quite heavy casualties for the capture of the building ship, at this time the building ship is almost not completely captured, and the main force of the water village is biting the building boat; Dongyang and the four fast oars on the boat Xiang Yong and Dongyang horse infantry still have four or five hundred people who have not suffered much damage, not to mention that compared to the building boat that Qin Chengbo is on, the Dongyang has no value of hard gnawing, Zhujia Shuizhai is just to prevent the Dongyang to go to the aid of the building boat, except for a few river boats connected together with cables to form a river barrier interception, there is no meaning to ignore casualties.

The shipyards in the Jianghuai area use pine and cedar for shipbuilding, and the thousand-stone boats that walk on the inland rivers can generally be made with a thousand taels of silver, and the sea ships generally use pine and cedar, but the wood is thickened, and the keel is made of good materials, and two thousand taels of silver is enough to build a solid thousand-stone sea ship, but there are also sea ships that are particularly particular about materials. The planks, keel and reinforced side plates of the Dongyang are all made of Chuanjiang nanmu. Pine and fir wood are made in thirty or forty years, and Chuanjiang nanmu is made in one hundred years, and the wood is dense and corrosion-resistant, and the wood is selected for shipbuilding. In addition, the whole ship of Dongyang is divided into 13 watertight compartments with thickened Nan wood transverse partitions. In this way, a broken bilge does not affect the safety of the whole ship, and the transverse bulkhead also strengthens the structural strength of the lateral hull of the ship, which is not afraid of wind and waves or the impact of the ship from the side. The actual price of the Dongyang was not less than 4,000 taels of silver, and Lin Jian only took advantage of the low price of Jianghuai Caoyun at this time, and bought three ships at the same time at a low price of less than 3,000 taels of silver.

Lin Lian saw that several river boats were connected together with cables to form a river barrier to intercept in front, without the slightest intention of stopping, and directly caused the Dongyang to rampage. Perhaps such a brutal collision will cause damage to the hull, especially the fragility of the side and stern parts, but as long as the overall structure of the ship is not greatly damaged, it is important to break out of the encirclement first.

The fierce battle on the building boat has also reached the point of white heat, the fire has wrapped the entire bow of the building ship inside, the Qin family warriors did not have the means to extinguish the fire, the five Mengchong warships of the water village bit the building boat from the side behind, the offensive is still endless, and the water village of Zhujia finally even put forty or fifty armor-piercing lake thieves on the boat to fight. The Qin family fought fiercely with the Hu warriors for half the night, suffering heavy casualties, and the people who still insisted on fighting were also exhausted, and the tail deck that had been firmly occupied by the Shuizhai Lake pirates was about to enter the first cabin.

"Lin Binding, you eat the court and the court, and you can't bear to ignore the righteousness of the same clan and the same clan, and see that we are all caught in the hands of the enemy!" Shen Rong watched the Dongyang rampant from behind, he made Lin Tingli, Liang Zuoren and the others in the cabin of Feilu shout together, he knew in his heart that the ship could not dock at this time, whether it could have the last ray of life, it all depended on Lin Tie, who was despised and disdained by everyone in Shanglindu at dusk last night.

Shen Rong and their shouting was also just the right time, Lin Jian stood on the deck and heard it clearly, he smiled and asked Lu Dongyang beside him: "Lord Lu, this ship respects you, whether to save or not, it all depends on Lord Lu's thoughts." ”

Lu Dongyang is also only a teacher of Bapin County, one grade higher than Lin Tie Guan, listening to Lin Tie say this, there is nothing to do, looking at the fight over there is extremely dangerous, if Qin Chengbo and Shen Rong die together, it will be fine, if one or two people who escape come out, the crime of abandoning them will be big, and he said hard: "The auxiliary general is the weight of the society, and Lord Shen is the respect of Dongyang, how can he not save it?" Please Lord Lin be brave and save them," and worried that Lin Jian would save people with his life, and added, "Do your best to obey the destiny of heaven......"

There were more than a dozen Dongyang officials and gentry on the Dongyang who were rescued, looking like they were finally about to get out of danger, and they were going to rush to the center of the battlefield at this time, all of them were depressed, and the psychology of the night of fear was extremely fragile, and some people couldn't help but dissuade them: "Lord Lin first leads us out of the encirclement to preserve our strength, and it is important to reorganize our forces and return to avenge the auxiliary generals and Lord Shen, so don't take risks rashly at this time...... General Fuguo and Lord Shen are considerate of Lord Lin's hard work even under Jiuquan. ”

"I think what Lord Lu said is reasonable, please all the adults and village elders go back to the cabin to hide, wait a minute, maybe there will be a fierce battle," Lin Jian said, ordering the Dongyang to turn around and rush in the direction ......of the southwest Yonglou ship.

The Dongyang, which had been fighting passively all night, suddenly turned to the reinforcement of the Lou ship, and the five Mengchong warships of the main force of the Shuizhai were firmly attached to the Lou boat and could not get out, and the Shuizhai did not have a big ship that could resist the Dongyang in the nearby waters to intercept it, and the lake thieves on the loach boat and the river boat even threw their weapons over to block the Dongyang from approaching the Lou ship, but the Dongyang took advantage of the wind and traveled very fast, and these blocks did not work at all. Some Shuizhai boats thought of intercepting from the side and back, and the two Xiangyong fast paddle boats led by Lin Zonghai and the two Dongyang Mansion Mabu Army fast paddle boats were towed behind the Dongyang to carry on these offensives.

Lin Tie vacated a piece on the right side of the ship, making people stand on the deck and shout: "The sails do not fall, the two ships will blink when they meet, don't hesitate to escape, although Lin Tie is willing to kill himself for the adults, sacrifice his life for righteousness, but this boat's life, Lin Tie can not ignore it, Lin Tie can only do this step, I hope you adults are not strange...... "The stern of the building boat has been occupied by the lake pirates, Lin Tie does not want to fight with the lake pirates, only dares to use the side to connect with the Lou boat, and to prevent a large number of lake pirates from jumping over, the connection time will not be too long, Lin Jian didn't want to fall into the ground, but that's all he could do.

Qin Chengbo was out of breath, he hadn't put on armor to fight for nearly twenty years, he wore thirty or forty pounds of thick armor, and he couldn't breathe after fighting for a moment surrounded by guards. Qin Chengbo looked at the Dongyang that was speeding away, they had been entangled by the lake thieves who rushed on the boat, if he returned to the cabin at this time, the lake thieves would also swarm into the cabin, in order to give more people in the cabin on the second floor a chance to jump on the Dongyang to escape, he could only grit his teeth and lead the guards to hold on to the end, biting the lake thieves at the stern of the boat, Qin Chengbo cheered up a little, and said to Zhu Suihu: "I, Qin Chengbo, enjoy a life of glory and wealth, and I have no regrets about dying here, sons, do you have any regrets?" ”

"There is no regret about dying with the general!" Zhu Suihu was also exhausted, and at this time, the will to live and die gave the family in the cabin a chance to escape, but a new force poured out.

Seeing that the Dongyang was getting closer and closer, Lin Lian's young but resolute face could already be seen very clearly, Qin Chengbo regretted it in his heart, he really shouldn't despise this son, his performance in assisting Gu Wuchen in Jiangning to successfully counter Wang Xueshan has far surpassed ordinary people's Shuihuai, and he will not be a thing in the pool one day. Qin Chengbo gasped for a moment, and said in a loud voice: "Lin Si Prison has great talents, Qin regrets that he can't recommend it to the imperial court in time, there are survivors today, please praise Lin Si Prison on behalf of Qin, and praise Lin Si Prison's name of courage and urgency......"

Lin Jian saw that Qin Chengbo had been entangled by the lake thieves and it was difficult to get out of trouble, Qin Chengbo said these words to calm his heart, and to ask him to rescue more Qin family members without worrying about being held accountable afterwards.

Lin Jian saluted Qin Cheng Bozuo, and then stopped caring about him, at this time, the arrows shot at the Dongyang became denser, and there were rockets shooting towards the sails, and the pressure on the Dongyang was also extremely great. Fire prevention is the first priority of the water war, Lin Jian spent a lot of thought, the sail is cotton weaving, at this time can not find other better fireproof material to replace, but before the war he made people paint the sail with a layer of hard-to-burn mud, and when the sail was raised, he was watered and soaked, and in a short time he was not afraid that the sail would be ignited by the lake pirates.

The Dongyang was careful to engage the ship, to prevent the fire in front of the Dongyang to burn the Dongyang, and also to prevent the lake pirates behind from jumping overboard. In the cabin on the second floor of the ship, some people couldn't wait for the Dongyang to get close, so they jumped over, some jumped far away, landed on the deck, and broke their legs in a hurry, and some pressed on the people in front of them, and some broke the front face; There are also people who jump close and fall into the water through the gap. The front left side of the building boat has been covered by fire, and Lin Lian can only throw a few ropes down to watch their own creation.

The lake pirates also thought of countermeasures, they no longer used bows and arrows to shoot at the armor-piercing licensed soldiers on the deck of the Dongyang ship, but instead shot arrows at the people who jumped in the gap between the two ships, and stopped listening to the people who kept screaming and falling into the water.

Liang Zuoren was also hit by an arrow in his arm and waist when he jumped ship, but fortunately the person rolled down on the deck, and two villagers here quickly took a wooden card to block Liang Zuoren and protect him. Lin Tingli is the core figure of the Lin clan, without Lin Bin's orders, when he jumped off the boat, someone in Xiangyong took the initiative to poke out the wooden card to cover him, and he jumped on the boat safely. There seemed to be someone in the lake thieves who were specifically staring at Shen Rong, and when Shen Rong jumped ship, Lin Jian also asked people to use a wooden card to cover him for one or two, and the sound of the wind brought by an arrow was like a sharp whistle, piercing Shen Rong's chest at a rather tricky angle.

Some of the lake thieves had archery skills that were not under Fu Qinghe and Zhou Pu, and they shouldn't make a fuss, but this arrow was shot in front of his eyes, which still made Lin Jian startled. Although Shen Rong's scheming is terrifying, but this person is very important, save him, tonight's responsibility can let him all be carried off, Lin Jian watched Shen Rong fall into the water, and shouted at Zhou Pu: "Catch me......" He flew out first to catch Shen Rong, and Zhou Pu and another guard soldier caught him back into the boat in time. It's just that at this moment, Lin Jian also suffered two arrows around him, one arrow shot on his back armor, but it didn't penetrate, and it fell directly into the water, and the arrow pierced his right arm deeply.

Shooting a sharp arrow through the arm, at such an urgent moment, he couldn't take care of it, so Lin Jian ordered to immediately turn the sail and continue to break through to the south.

"Lower the sail and lower the sail, whoever dares to sail, I will take his life!" A young man in brocade clothes held a dagger and shouted to stop the Dongyang, Zhou Pu stepped forward and easily snatched the dagger in his hand, the young man came over and grabbed Lin Tie's collar, shouting and begging, "Lord Lin, my father is still fighting to the death on the ship, this ship can't be opened, you just need to ask my father back, the Qin family has gold, silver and jewelry to reward you......"

"Young Master Qin, the auxiliary generals fought bravely so that Young Master Qin and more Qin family members could escape from the thieves, if we return to fight again, we will live up to the hard work of the auxiliary generals, so that the auxiliary generals will not be blind even if they die in battle!" Liang Zuoren endured the great pain brought to him by the arrow wound and dissuaded.

Lin Jian really wanted someone to say this for him, he asked him to cut off the arrow that shot through his arm with big scissors, pulled out the arrow shaft and threw it aside in pain, poured a lot of medicinal powder into the wound and tied it with a bandage to stop the bleeding, and picked up the waist knife on the deck just now, and glanced back at the building boat that was gradually moving away, there were only three or five people left in Qin Chengbo's entourage who were still struggling, and Qin Chengbo surrounded hundreds of lake thieves, and it was impossible to escape the wings. Lin Jian ignored the pleading of Qin Chengbo's son, and asked him to kill the dozens of lake thieves who jumped overboard, so that the Dongyang dragged four fast oars to quickly rush the Shuizhai blocking boat formation to the top of the forest.

A fire also burned in the direction of Shanglinli at this time, I don't know what happened, maybe the lake thieves sent a group of soldiers and horses to attack Shanglinli.