Chapter 3773: Encircled
These dead soldiers were all good soldiers. After boarding the ship, they quickly subdued the soldiers on the ship without causing large-scale alarm.
Cheng Wuting found a target and swam quickly on the dark river. He grabbed the low side of the boat with both hands and used his strength to climb onto the deck. On the way, he suddenly felt a heat on his face. In his shock, he didn't have time to think more, and he had already flipped over. On deck.
Then I saw a canal transport soldier on the deck holding his loosened trousers with both hands. He stared in shock at a man suddenly emerging from the water. He was stunned. He was about to shout a warning, but he remembered something and shut his mouth tightly.
Cheng Wuting's eyes twitched, and his chest twitched.
Mother! This guy is relieving himself...
Cheng Wu was so disgusted that he jumped onto the deck. When the soldier was shocked but did not scream loudly, he raised his foot and kicked him hard in the heart.
There was a muffled "bang" sound, and the soldier grunted, and his body flew backwards for six or seven steps, and then he fell face down on the deck with his legs backwards.
There was a noise outside in the cabin, and someone asked in a low voice: "What's going on?"
Then the rear hatch opened, and someone wanted to step out to check. At this time, Sun Renshi and others also turned on the deck, and rushed into the cabin with a horizontal knife, and a tendency of ping -pong pong was accompanied by exclaiming screams and quietly.
The strange thing is that even though the soldiers on the ship were surprised by the surprise attack, they did not shout loudly...
The situation is critical at this moment. Half of the storage area has been ignited with a huge fire, and it is spreading towards the side near the city gate. The light of the fire makes half of the night sky red. Countless garrison troops are already moving closer to this side. People are shouting, and Cheng Wuting is not coming at all. Don't think too much.
When he rushed into the cabin door, he saw five or six soldiers staggering inside the cabin who had been subdued, their hands and feet bound, and their mouths gagged. Although they are unwilling to kill ordinary soldiers, if these soldiers resist violently, they can only kill them ruthlessly. Now it seems that these soldiers obviously have no strong will to resist.
When he looked towards the innermost part of the cabin, he was shocked and realized why these soldiers did not resist...
Even though he had changed into the clothes of an ordinary rich man, Cheng Wuting could still recognize His Highness Prince Qi who was huddled in the corner with his face raised and looking at him in tears...
How could King Qi appear in such a dress, at such a time, and in such a place?
Just as he was about to ask, he suddenly heard someone shouting outside: "All ships have docked. Thieves have sneaked into the storage area and set fire to them. All ships have been stopped for search!"
The expressions of Cheng Wuting, Sun Renshi, and Qi King Li You all changed. Li You was about to speak, but Sun Renshi covered his mouth. Then he tore off a piece of clothes and stuffed it into his mouth. He then tied his hands and feet tightly, and let him go. Li You squirmed and shouted, but it was of no use.
Cheng Wuting had already turned around and came to the cabin door. He looked out from the crack of the door and whispered: "There is a group of soldiers driving a boat to block the river in front. There are many people on the bank, and it seems that there are still people responding. When the fire started, the reaction of the rebels was unexpected So fast? ”
I don’t quite agree with the image of the rabble.
Master Sun Ren said angrily: "It must be the soldier guarding the door earlier. I just thought there was something wrong with that man's question. Sure enough, he noticed something unusual about us, and then secretly ran to call someone!"
If the soldier had just suspected that they were coming from a wrong way and had unclear motives, then now that the fire was raging outside, even if he thought about it with his feet, he should know that they were here to set the fire.
Cheng Wuting leaned against the crack of the door and looked into the distance. Although he could not see clearly through the shadows, he was sure that within a certain distance there were only a few official ships lying on the river in front of him that were different in shape from the canoe ships, so he said calmly: " No problem, row the boat and let’s get in.”
"Here!"
A few dead men went to the back cabin and rowed the boat slowly forward. The cannons seized by their companions on both sides followed the lead of the boat and also moved forward slowly.
Seeing the two sides getting closer, Sun Renshi said nervously: "How about I go to the deck and confront them, maybe I can fool them."
Cheng Wuting shook his head and said: "It's useless. They were obviously well prepared when they appeared here and had already confirmed where we were coming from. The reason why there is no large army coming right now may be that they thought we didn't have many people, so they decided to monopolize us." The thought of merit.”
Being able to capture alive the dead enemy soldiers who sneaked into the storage area and set fire to them is a real achievement. No one can ignore it and don't want the credit to be shared by Baoze's allies.
And this is also the only chance for him to escape.
The two sides were getting closer and closer, and they could already clearly see countless soldiers standing densely beside the side of the ship on the other side. The light of the torches flickered in the drizzle, but the fire in the western storage area made the river flicker with light and shadow.
"Stop the ship immediately! Be searched!"
"If you dare to move forward again, you will be killed without mercy!"
There was a burst of shouting from the ship opposite, and then the light could be seen that the soldiers on the ship had already drawn their bows and arrows, and were ready to attack.
Cheng Wuting ordered: "Send a signal to everyone. Don't be reluctant to fight. Speed up and rush over!"
"Here!"
Immediately, a dead soldier lit a firecracker and sent a signal from the back cabin to the nearby cannon that had been robbed by the dead soldiers.
The dead man rowing the boat exerted all his strength and rowed the oar quickly.
It's just that the main purpose of the canal boat is to transport smoothly, and there are no waves on the river. All the designs are for more stable navigation and more loading, and never for traveling faster, so even if the dead soldiers rowed the boat hard, The oars and the canoe boats are not moving very fast either.
The other party was obviously determined to kill. Seeing that these watercraft did not stop but gradually accelerated, they made a decisive decision and immediately ordered an attack.
"Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow!"
"Swish swish"
One after another, the feather arrows came from the string, instantly crossing the distance between the two sides, and "snatching" them on the hull and side of the ship.
However, the dead soldiers here were all experienced in battles. Since they had no long-range weapons in their hands, they stayed behind the bunker, waiting for the enemy to get closer and then start a boarding battle.
Although the speed of the boat was not fast, with the help of the current, the two sides were close together in a short time.
The moment the sides of the ships met, the dead soldiers who were hiding behind the bunker and suppressed by crossbows jumped up and jumped onto the enemy ship with half the agility of a monkey, wielding horizontal knives, and went on a killing spree.
Cheng Wuting pointed at Qi Wang Li You, who was tied up like a shrimp, and told the two dead soldiers: "No matter what the situation is, keep an eye on him!"
"Here!"
The two dead soldiers received the order and stood on both sides of Li You, one on the left and the other on the right, never leaving.
Cheng Wuting then walked out of the cabin, stood on the deck and shouted loudly: "Don't be reluctant to fight, fight quickly!"
Although this group of enemy soldiers were probably trying to attack and therefore did not mobilize more troops to intercept them, the fire in the storage area was getting bigger and bigger at this moment, and all the garrison troops were already alerted. It would not take long for all land and water routes to be completely blocked. It's hard to get out successfully.
We must seize the time to defeat this group of soldiers.
Fortunately, although the number of dead soldiers under his command was not large, they were all brave men. They fought directly on the side of the river without fear of death, killing the opposing soldiers until they cried for their fathers and mothers, wolves ran about, and the sound of falling into the water was endless. Some were killed by After being killed, they fell into the water, and some simply jumped by themselves.
The battle soon came to an end. More than a hundred dead soldiers fought hard and killed all the soldiers on the two warships. Then they drove the warships to the river bank and made way for the middle channel. The cannons slowly came forward, just waiting for the response. The dead men boarded the ship and left.
Suddenly, two long dragons composed of countless torches galloped from both sides of the bank from far to near. The speed of the galloping horses was countless times faster than the boats. They arrived at both sides of the bank in an instant. Countless light horses crowded the bank. , Water is blocked.
Then, several more warships came side by side from the far side of the river, filling the wide river.
Cheng Wuting's heart sank instantly.
Enemy reinforcements are coming...
The rebels did not want to capture anyone alive at all, and surrounded all land and water routes. Then several oncoming warships quickly approached. The lights on the ships were brightly lit. They first fired several rounds of crossbows to suppress the dead soldiers, and then countless soldiers fought on their own. They jumped off the boat and started fighting on the boat.
Just the opposite of the previous scene. This kind of warship is a sharp weapon on the river. Each ship can carry two hundred soldiers. If the five or six warships in front of you are all full, the number of soldiers can reach a thousand. There are also sharp weapons such as bows and crossbows, which are enough to kill more than a hundred dead soldiers.
The battle broke out in an instant, surrounding the cannons and warships. Both sides fought bravely, blood spattered, and corpses continued to fall into the river.
Cheng Wuting and Sun Renshi also waved their horizontal swords to resist the rebels who kept jumping off the warships. The number of dead soldiers around them decreased one by one, but the enemy troops continued to flow.
A feeling of despair began to spread. (End of chapter)