Wu Ruotang and Shang Xiuxun boarded the standers of the ship, he looked into the distance, pondered for a moment, and smiled calmly at Shang Xiuxun: "Xiuxun, we can reach Jingling by walking five miles by water, now is a good time to check the enemy's situation, see it, on the hills over there, there are dozens of military camps of the Jianghuai Army!" ”

Shang Xiuxun followed the prestige, and sure enough, on a hill a few miles away on the left bank, there were densely packed with military camps, estimated to be at least seventy or eighty.

After looking at it for a while, Wu Ruotang suddenly became weird: "Oops, it's not good!" ”

"What's wrong?" Shang Xiuxun said nervously.

"As the soul of this ship, I have concentrated my mind, and here I look left and right, if I overturn the ship, won't I be ruined for the rest of my life?" Wu Ruotang trembled.

Looking at Wu Ruotang's pretended panic look, Shang Xiuxun smiled dumbly: "Everyone is so nervous, are you still in the mood to joke?" It's a little too child's play, be careful of capsizing in the gutter, when the time comes, I can't spare you! ”

Before Wu Ruotang returned, the sound of horses' hooves sounded on the right bank, and seven or eight cavalrymen of the Jianghuai Army chased after them along the coast, shouting and scolding them, and for a while, everyone's already tense nerves became even more tense.

Wu Ruotang's gaze moved from Liang Zhi, Xu Yang and others who were waiting on the boat to both sides of the river, only to see the two banks of the Han River, the farmland was abandoned, the once prosperous villages and towns were also destroyed and burned, only rubble fragments remained, and there were burned trees and forests everywhere. At this time, the cargo ship turned a sharp corner, and the cavalry of the Jianghuai army was blocked by a dense forest, and they were far behind.

When the boat re-entered the straight river, the castle had already appeared in front of it. However, the scene that appeared in front of him made Wu Ruotang, who had always been quite confident, couldn't help but stop breathing.

In the upper reaches of the river outside the city, more than 30 warships more than half the size of the cargo ship they were on were moored, with flags fluttering and spears dazzling. The momentum is overwhelming.

On the shore, there are large camps, surrounding the southeast of Jingling, and the lineup is at its peak, which is daunting.

"What are you doing? Why don't you stop the boat yet! Shang Xiuxun came back to his senses and exclaimed.

"No, if we anchor here, it will only plunge us into a bitter battle, and we may even be in danger of being annihilated by the Jianghuai army! The best solution at the moment. It is to venture through the enemy's ship formation. Rush directly to the dock outside Jingling City, so that we will have a chance to live! Wu Ruotang shook his head and said.

Luo Fang glanced at the situation on the enemy ship, nodded in agreement: "Lord Wu is right, this is called a surprise, it seems to be dangerous, but it is actually the most feasible method for us at the moment. ”

Shang Xiuxun listened to the suggestions of the two, nodded slightly, and did not speak again. Just then, a gust of wind blew, and the cargo ship was like an uncontrolled Crazy Horse. Glide across the water and charge towards the enemy ship.

"Prepare the rocket!" Shang Xiuxun ordered.

Wu Ruotang on the side was very sharp-eyed, he found that the soldiers on the Jianghuai Army's warships were all bending their bows and arrows, aiming at their own ships, but they were like fat sheep sent into the tiger's mouth, his heart suddenly became nervous, and he couldn't help shouting: "Quick, quick, set fire to the ship!" ”

"What?" Pegasus Ranch was stunned when they heard this.

Wu Ruotang couldn't explain. Under the stunned gaze of the crowd, he flew down to the stands and kicked the barrel containing the oil overturned.

Luo Fang came to his senses first and hurriedly lifted another oil barrel. Cast in the direction of the bow. The oil drum bursts, and the fire oil pours in an instant.

With the "Pon! With a bang, the flames raged, and the entire bow of the ship turned into a sea of fire, and spit out a large puff of smoke, with the wind. Go to the Jianghuai Army's ship array.

Liang Zhi and others came to their senses, and hurriedly threw the sundries to the bow of the ship, increasing the fire, and even the two old guys of Shangpeng and Shanghe joined in this action of setting fire to the ship.

Soon the drums of war sounded, and a rain of arrows rained down on them. Wu Ruotang raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, set up a shield array. ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! The cargo ship instantly tilted to the left and right, sawdust flew everywhere, and for a while, I don't know how many boulders were thrown by the enemy ship.

Everyone ducked behind the shield and used their shields to fend off the enemy's arrows.

Under the fire, the mast of the sail broke, and the whole sail toppled forward, crushing the fire in the bow of the ship. The flames rose in the sky, and then the sails burned, adding to the smoke of the fire, and swept towards the enemy's formation, and the situation was extremely chaotic.

"Boom!"

In the thick smoke and flames, I didn't know how to hit the warship of the Jianghuai Army, the cargo ship suddenly turned around like a frightened crazy horse, and the stern of the ship crashed into another warship, and then continued to slide into the Jianghuai Army's ship formation.

Three ranch soldiers were shocked to the ground on the deck, while the other two were swept through the chest by a rain of arrows and fell into the water.

On the surface of the river, thick smoke is thick, fire chips are in the air, boats overturn and people fall, and the scenery is difficult to distinguish. Wu Ruotang was calm, relying on his previous impression, he controlled the first half of the fireboat that was completely trapped in the flames, and directly collided downstream.

Wu Ruotang waved the dragon bird knife and picked up a steel spear thrown from the smoke for Shang Xiuxun, and shouted: "My mother, the stern of the ship is also on fire!" ”

"What?" Shang Xiuxun looked in the direction of the stern of the boat when he heard this, and sure enough, he saw two fires rising into the sky, and the voices of people shook the sky.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, the entire cargo ship tilted to the side, and almost sank directly to the bottom of the river!

When the cargo ship regained its balance again, it had already rushed out of the Jianghuai army ship formation and came to the wide river outside Jingling City.

Wu Ruotang sailed the fireboat towards the riverbank, and at the same time shouted: "Brothers, prepare to escape!" ”

Just as he finished speaking, "Bang! With a loud bang, the stern of the ship was hit by a boulder, the sawdust splashed, and the already devastated cargo ship finally sank.

Shang Xiuxun screamed, led the way to the shore, and the others did not dare to hesitate, and at the same time took up light work and jumped away from the cargo ship.

The arrows of the Jianghuai army were sprinkled at them like a torrential rain, and their bodies were exposed due to the volley leap, even with Wu Ruotang, Shang Xiuxun and other outstanding skills, they could only save themselves, and immediately five more soldiers fell into the river with arrows, and the situation was so tragic that people could not bear to witness.

Shang Peng and Shang He, the two veteran masters of the ranch, finally revealed their true kung fu at this moment, and formed a zigzag formation with the archdeacon Liang Zhi in the air, and together with Wu Ruotang, protected Shang Xiuxun in the center, blocked all the arrows shot for her, and landed safely on the shore.

Together with the soldiers who had been damaged earlier, there were only eleven people left in their group, and after everyone landed, they immediately flew in the direction of the gate of Jingling City. (To be continued.) )