Chapter 251: The Battle

The east bank of Zhejiang Province is different from the opposite bank of the sword and murderous scene, but it is a busy scene. Although the Huainan Army defeated the Zhenhai Zhoushi in Huangtiandang in the third year of Ganning, it has greatly damaged its vitality, but the rebels and Xuan and Huzhou Navy were even short of naval forces, so they did not worry about crossing the river to attack. At this time, the autumn grain had been harvested, and Qian Miao, the King of Yue in Hangzhou, had ordered the boat troops to transport grain across the river, thinking that it was a long-term plan. A large group of civilian sailors on the dock were busy repairing the ships and moving them. Carrying goods, although there are no two or three-story large warships in the Zhenhai Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine Marine

On a hill not far from the dock, two men dressed in geese dressed in fishermen saw Zhenhai Water Army driving out of the dock, and quickly took out the flint to light up the fire. After that, they carefully lit the four fires that had been prepared on the side. Soon, four black smoke floated straight upwards, and it could be seen clearly around more than ten miles away. After the two of them lit the fire, they quickly ran to the reed marsh below, and disappeared in a short while.

In Huzhou Junshui Village, a fat black man was lying in the tent, his round belly was undulating rhythmically with the snoring sound. He was still holding a half-chewed lamb leg bone in his hand, his face was full of alcohol, and he was sleeping soundly. It was Zhou Anguo, the commander of the Huzhou Zhou Shishi. Just now, a burst of rapid footsteps came from outside the tent, and one person rushed in, shouting: "Commander Zhou, Commander Zhou, and the Zhou Shishi Shishi have been dispatched."

The man came in and saw Zhou Anguo like this, and quickly shook and slapped again and again, trying to wake Zhou Anguo up, but no matter what the man did, he still slept like a dead pig, snoring like thunder. The man had no choice but to see a wine jar beside him, and he took it and shook it. It seemed that there were still many, so he poured it down from Zhou Anguo's head and gave him a glimpse of enlightenment.

Zhou Anguo woke up immediately, smearing the wine on his face, and shouted: "I was drinking with my brothers just now, so why did I fall into the water."

The man quickly explained: "Commander, the Seizuo on the other side has sent a signal that the Zhenhai Navy has dispatched, and there are four wolves in total. Based on one ten, there are already forty ships. I am afraid that this time they will be their escort of the grain brigade." However, he didn't know that the two Seizuo were afraid that the other party would come over to find the wolves, so he had time to lit four piles and escape, but he didn't know that the other party had nearly a hundred warships in total.

Zhou Anguo had already fully understood and ordered loudly: "Get my armor quickly and order the soldiers to raise their sails and anchor, prepare sand on the boat, and light the stove."

The man quickly took the order and left. Zhou Anguo stood up, touched his hair, licked his fingers in his mouth, and complained: "It's a pity that this good wine."

When Zhou Anguo arrived at the riverside, there was already a chaotic scene on the dock. While driving the soldiers and oars onto the warships, the officers drove the secret weapons onto the ship. On the one hand, for the sake of confidentiality, and more importantly, the black mucus in the clay pot was very flammable and exploded. If it caught fire on the ship, the only thing left by the Huzhou navy would be gone, and then they would be in tears.

There were more than 30 naval forces in the Huzhou Army, but only seven of them were medium-sized warships, seven or eight feet long, and could carry more than 20 soldiers and more than 40 oarsmen. The rest were either small boats that could only carry more than ten people or civilian ships temporarily collected, so they naturally could not match the Zhenhai Navy. When the Huzhou Navy left the dock and sailed towards the middle of the river, the Zhenhai Navy's navy was about to reach the dock next to Hangzhou City.

"It's too late." Zhou Anguo shook his head in frustration. Seeing that the other party was only half a mile away from the dock, even if the wings of Lesheng were on his side, he would definitely not be able to catch up. Once the enemy ship was on the dock and there were so many archers on the shore, even if he had such a powerful weapon in his hand, he would definitely not be able to get it. It seemed that he could only wait for the enemy to return to see if he could burn several civilian ships.

Zhou Anguo was still unwilling to let it go, so he ordered the fleet to approach the other side's wharf. At this time, the Zhenhai Marine Marine's craft had gradually approached the wharf. They lined the warships outside and asked the civilian ships carrying grain and fodder to get close to the wharf, preparing to load and unload the cargo. Because there were too many civilian ships coming over for a while and not so many berths were loading and unloading at the same time, most of the civilian ships broke down on the water surface near the wharf, waiting for their turn to unload the goods.

The Zhenhai Navy also saw the Huzhou Zhoushi who was following him. They just sent a dozen small boats to monitor the enemy warships. The main warships were still docked near the dock and stared at the enemy with vigilance. After all, their main purpose this time was to escort the grain ships rather than destroy the enemy.

Zhou Anguo carefully observed the opponent's arrangements several times, and sent several fast ships to provoke a conflict and lure the warships out to fight, so as to use secret weapons to destroy the opponent in one fell swoop, but the opponent also saw his intention and did not want to be troublesome, but just drove him away with a small boat and returned.

"What should I do?" At this time, Zhou Anguo was like an ant on a hot pan. He knew the plan of long-term siege proposed by Lu Fang during the coalition military discussion. However, once the food and fodder of nearly a hundred ships were transported into Hangzhou, it would mean the bankruptcy of the siege strategy, and the results of his five years of struggle in Moyedu would be destroyed. He could almost imagine the wrath of the commander. As a surrender without foundation, his fate could be imagined.

When Zhou Anguo thought of this, he took two steps at a time, jumped onto a small boat beside him, and decided to go close to see the enemy's formation and see if there was any chance. At this time, he was like a fox who was extremely hungry in the cold winter, looking carefully outside the fence of the chicken coop, wanting to find a gap and have a full meal.

The small boat where Zhou Anguo was located surrounded the Zhenhai Navy three or four circles. Zhenhai Jun seemed to be used to the opponent's actions. Even the small boats were just slowly rowing and were too lazy to come and drive them away. Only when the enemy ship was getting too close would they shoot a few arrows at the opponent. It was more like warning than an attack.

"The attack from the front is not good. The opponent's numerical advantage is too great, and almost half of the ships have corners. As long as they surround them from both sides, they can easily smash us. There is a section of the river on the side without warships, but the other side is too close to the shore. Once the opponent is forced from the outside, it will be easy to get stuck. Slow down." Zhou Anguo suddenly had an idea in his mind. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this method was feasible. Although it was very risky, if it was successful, it would not only destroy the enemy navy, but also burn the grain transported by the enemy ashore. Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and shouted to the oarser: "Come on, let's go back to the fleet."

As soon as the boat leaned onto the flagship, Zhou Anguo jumped up, and the deputy general beside him asked in a low voice: "Commander, you have to return to the army."

Zhou Anguo ignored the deputy general and shouted to the personal soldiers beside him: "Order the entire fleet to speed up the sails and move forward in two columns, prepare the rockets, spray drums, and targets." At this point, Zhou Anguo pulled out his sword from his waist and pointed directly at the river surface that was not blocked by Zhenhai warships.

The deputy general looked in the direction Zhou Anguo pointed, and couldn't help but be shocked: "Commander, it's too close to the shore, not only will it be easy to get stuck, but the enemy troops on the shore will also shoot arrows at us. It's a death place!"

The deputy general's voice was loud. When the soldiers around him heard his voice, they looked over and their hands slowed down. It turned out that the Zhenhai warship surrounded a semicircle outside the dock, protecting its own transport ship. Perhaps because they were afraid that it would be easy to get stuck when they were too close to the shore. There was also his own side on the shore, leaving only a vacant near the shore, without guarding it.

The deputy general was admonishing loudly, but he didn't see Zhou Anguo's face turned pale, his eyes showed fierce light, and he scolded: "You have been in the army for many years, can you tell that the 17 prohibitions and laws in the army are 54 beheadings?"

The deputy general heard the murderous intent in Zhou Anguo's words and couldn't help but take a step back. Just as he was about to defend himself, he heard Zhou Anguo shouting loudly to the personal soldiers beside him: "Come here, when this person called, he looked embarrassed and said something to refuse, so he pulled him down and killed him!"

The deputy general was about to beg for mercy, but he had been dragged down by his personal soldiers like a wolf. A moment later, the bloody head had already been sent up. Zhou Anguo pointed at the head and shouted to the soldiers: "This person was neglecting the military order and had been killed. If you hesitate, you will be like him. When you act according to this general's order, you will definitely defeat the enemy. Everyone will be rewarded at that time."

The soldiers and sailors on the ship saw the deputy general put a bloody head in front of him, and no one argued. They quickly lined up in two rows according to the military orders issued by Zhou Anguo, using sailboats and sailed quickly towards the gap.

When the chief general of Zhenhai Army saw the enemy's actions, he couldn't help laughing: "The Huainan Army is no one, and he actually sent such a fool to command the navy. The waterway was very shallow and there was no room for maneuver. Isn't this kind of military use seeking death?"

The surrounding generals of the town and the navy also agreed, so they used small boats to surround the enemy ships, and the remaining large ships remained in the deep water area, blocking the enemy warships from rushing to the deep water area, preparing to annihilate the Huzhou Navy in one go.

"Commander, the enemy's boats are already close, but should all ships be ordered to sail?" asked the captain next to him. When water wars approached wars in ancient times, the sails were generally lowered, which was to facilitate the control of ships, and to reduce flammable materials and the area of ​​ammunition.

"No need, order the entire army to speed up the paddle, and ignore the small boats," Zhou Anguo stood on the boat building with a blue face, not looking at the enemy boat on the side, but just stared at the gaping water surface.

"Yes." The captain was about to say something, but when he saw the bloody head hanging beside him, he closed his mouth.
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