Chapter 890 Crossing the River and Landing Zheng Qiu looked carefully at the water surface with his clairvoyance. When he found a small reed pole floating upright on the water surface, he couldn't help but smile. He turned around and faced Xu Shubao waved his hand. Xu Shubao had been following Zheng Qiu for many years and was already very familiar with Zheng Qiu's gestures. He immediately ordered the archers to be ready, and a group of sailors carrying fishing nets were waiting on the side of the ship. When they saw the reed pole approaching the side of the boat, the sailors immediately dropped the fishing net. Four or five people pulled the rope at the same time. Soon, a water ghost from the Su Bei Army was picked up by the fishing net. He was still struggling crazily. He had already The prepared archers immediately fired their arrows, and a moment later the water ghost in the fishing net was shot into a hedgehog. The fishing net was only spilled once, because the water ghosts of the Black Flag Navy had already quietly descended from the other side. On the seemingly calm river, blisters soon began to bubble in places, and then the water turned red. No one can see the fierce fighting under the water, but from the blood that keeps pouring out, you can guess how tragic it is down there. The middle-aged man on the east bank, known as Mr. Xishan, held up his clairvoyance for a while and then his face changed color. He stood up suddenly, a trace of anger flashing in his eyes. "What's wrong?" Sun Yingdian asked quickly. Mr. Xishan, who is like this waste, is obviously disdainful, but he is covered well by him. He slowly shook his head and said: "It's nothing, we just lost some fishermen. The navy of the Black Flag Army looks like the Yangtze River Navy of the Sui Dynasty, but isn't this navy in the hands of Luo Tu? Why are we following him now? "Fang Jie?" Seeing Mr. Xishan's understatement, Sun Yingdian didn't take it seriously: "In this world, betrayal is very common. What's so strange about following Luo Tu today and Fang Jie tomorrow?" The navy is stronger than the Black Flag Army, and the navy may come to join me tomorrow." Mr. Xishan looked back at Sun Yingdian after hearing these words, with a hint of deep meaning in his eyes. "Blow the trumpet and let the boat come by. Our boat is small but there are many. Let the sailors climb on the big boat and stop the archers from firing arrows here!" Mr. Nishiyama gave an order and docked on the east coast. Hundreds of small boats immediately rowed out. The battle between the underwater water ghosts ended quickly. Although the fishermen of the Northern Sui Army were good at water, their sleeping fighting skills were far inferior to those of the navy. It did not take more than ten minutes from start to finish. There were hundreds of corpses floating on the water, drifting southward along the river. ?Looking at the attire of those people, most of them are fishermen. The navy¡¯s water ghosts suffered almost no losses, which was of great significance for improving morale. The sailors on the big ship immediately burst into cheers. The people watching the battle on the shore didn't know what was going on, because they couldn't see clearly from a distance, but when they heard cheers from the Black Flag Navy, they cheered too. "What happened?" the person behind asked eagerly, for fear that he would miss something good. "I don't know!" The people in front who were shouting at the top of their lungs shook their heads: "Whatever, if our people cheer again, they must have won for a while!" The people behind him nodded after hearing this, and also roared along. call. Hundreds of small boats quickly approached the big ship. In front were soldiers holding huge shields. Their task was to block the arrows scattered from the big ship for the soldiers behind. There were no archers on the small boats of the Soviet Union Army. They were all selected soldiers with good martial arts skills, and their purpose was to board the ship. When we were still about a hundred meters away from the big ship, a small boat in the front suddenly shook violently. Although the soldiers of the Northern Jiangsu Army on the small boat were not landlubbers, they were a little unsteady due to the shaking. At this moment, someone suddenly appeared from the water. With one hand, he grabbed the side of the boat and with the other, he grabbed the ankle of a soldier from the Northern Jiangsu Army and pulled hard. The soldier shouted and fell into the water. A moment later, someone slashed his neck. The body slowly floated up. The water ghosts of the Black Flag Navy were swimming back and forth under the boat with knives in their mouths, just like sharks waiting for opportunities to prey. The soldiers of the Northern Jiangsu Army on the boat were so frightened that they were on full alert. Because they were going to fight in close quarters on a big ship, none of them carried long weapons, so they were somewhat unable to deal with the water ghosts. Mr. Xishan's face looked a little ugly. In just ten minutes, at least a dozen soldiers of the Northern Jiangsu Army on small boats were overturned and fell into the water. The sleeping Black Flag Army water ghosts pounced on them like ferocious sharks. In a moment, In an instant, the Soviet soldiers who fell into the water were bitten to pieces. "It's almost time, let the water ghost come back." Zheng Qiu gave a faint order. The horn was blown on the big ship, and then I remembered the sound of the horn,Calm returned on the surface, which showed how well-trained the Black Flag Army's water ghosts were. "Ballista!" Zheng Qiu waved his hand, and the flag bearer on the mast immediately waved the flag. When the ships saw the signal, they turned their ballistas around and adjusted their angles to aim at the small boats. As soon as the flag of the order was waved, dozens of heavy crossbows smashed into the Soviet Union's fleet like meteors. The heavy crossbow with a fine steel tip and thin iron feathers is so powerful that even a wooden boat cannot withstand it. Even if the boat hit by the heavy crossbow is not punctured, the hull will shake violently. A heavy crossbow directly smashed the huge shield on the bow of the ship. The crossbow arrow continued to fly backwards after tearing the heart of the shield hand apart without losing its power. The soldiers of the Northern Jiangsu Army who stood in a row behind were all unlucky. The heavy crossbow actually passed through the bodies of four people at once. There was no way to heal the wounds caused by the forearm-thick heavy crossbow. Even if they did not die at the time, they would not survive for long. A series of four soldiers from the Northern Jiangsu Army fell into the water, and the water was immediately dyed red. "Archers! Shoot!" After the boat got close, the generals of each ship no longer needed to read the flags on the flagship and took command separately. Feather arrows were aimed at the small boats one after another and shot over, as dense as the heavy rain. Although there was a huge shield in front of them, many soldiers of the Northern Su Army were hit by arrows and fell into the water. After losing hundreds of people, the small boat of the Soviet Union Army finally had a chance to approach the large ship of the Black Flag Army. But just as they prepared the ropes and iron claws to board the ship, dozens of centipede boats suddenly rushed out from behind the ship. Like a monster crawling quickly on the water, it fiercely crashed into Su Bei's fleet of boats. ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ The Centipede Clipper can carry fifty sailors, and everyone can paddle. But when fighting on the water, half of the well-trained navy soldiers will participate in the battle, and the other half will operate the oars. On each Centipede Clipper, more than twenty soldiers used easy-to-carry repeating crossbows to massacre the soldiers on the small boats of the Northern Soviet Army at medium distances. The Soviet Union's army had only one purpose, which was to allow soldiers to risk boarding the ship to prevent the Black Flag Army ship from docking, so they did not bring bows and arrows with them at all. At this time, they were simply a living target for the Black Flag Army navy soldiers. The Centipede Clippers passed through the fleet of the Northern Jiangsu Army. The crossbows kept firing. One after another, the Northern Jiangsu Army soldiers fell down wailing. Some people fell into the water and were quickly swept downstream by the river. The gap in equipment, training level, and combat experience makes the battle on the water not a battle at all, but a massacre. "Let the archers line up on the shore!" Mr. Nishiyama's face looked a little ugly: "We don't know anything about the Black Flag Army. We never knew that the Black Flag Army had such a well-trained navy. Now we can only wait until The Black Flag Army is attacking, and we can no longer control the water. Blow the horn and tell the boat to withdraw!¡± The soldiers of the Northern Su Army quickly blew the horn. The soldiers on the boat were eager to withdraw immediately. When they heard the signal, they immediately turned the bow. Have some fighting courage. At this moment, Du Dingbei, who was standing on the shore, had a look in his eyes. "Drum beat, attack!" As the drums sounded, countless centipede clippers were pushed out from the shore. The soldiers pushed the boat into the river, then ran down the river and then climbed up. Countless centipede boats were suddenly carried out from the crowd of soldiers on the shore, as if real countless giant centipedes had descended into the river. "Not good!" Mr. Xishan's face on the other side changed drastically this time. He originally thought that the Black Flag Army would rely on those big boats to cross the river, but he didn't expect that the other side would be so cunning. He hid the centipede boat in the crowd on the shore and only used it when attacking. Lift it out! As the drums from the Black Flag Army rang, centipede boats entered the river one by one. The soldiers slid their oars at the same time and rushed towards the east bank as if they were flying against the water. At this time, the Subei Army's fleet had not had time to retreat to the shore. Their boat speed was obviously much slower than the Centipede Clippers. They were quickly overtaken by the soldiers of the Black Flag Army half the distance across the river. Soon, the boats on both sides were mixed together. "What to do! What to do!" Sun Yingdian stood up anxiously. "Let the archers fire their arrows!" Mr. Nishiyama shouted. "No!" Sun Yingdian shouted: "My people are still there and haven't come back!" "I can't care about that much anymore!" Mr. Xishan gave Sun Yingdian a hard look: "Let the soldiers of the Black Flag Army stick to ours If you come back from behind the ship, the loss once you land is much greater than this!" He ignored Sun Yingdian and went straight over to grab the flag and wave it. see ?At the order, the archers of the Northern Jiangsu Army on the shore were obviously stunned for a moment, but soon began to shoot arrows at the boats on the river under the command of the general. Du Dingbei was sitting on the bow of a centipede boat. When he saw the archers over there releasing arrows, he immediately turned around and shouted: "Lower your body! Ignore it! Just rush forward and row harder!" Arrows were shot over like overwhelming numbers, and many soldiers were hit by arrows. Du Dingbei held up a shield to cover half of his body, taking a look from time to time to see how far away he was from the shore. At this time, he had forgotten about nervousness and fear, and all his attention was on the enemy on the other side. "Remember!" He turned around and shouted loudly: "Don't rush forward when you get to the shore. Fight to create an open space for the following teams to land!" Fang Jie looked at the battle with his clairvoyant eyes and nodded. : "It's quite satisfactory. I've basically done everything I can. Using a big boat to attract the enemy's attention, and using a centipede boat to cross the river and mix up the enemy's rout is a bit new." Wu Yiyi nodded: "It's indeed a bit unexpected, Zheng Qiu It almost attracted the attention of the other side. The enemy's arrow array was almost placed to guard against the big ship. It was a little late to see the Centipede Clipper launched and rearranged the arrow array, which minimized the loss of crossing the river. This young man Available." On the river, Zheng Qiu saw that the team led by Du Dingbei was almost rushing over, so he directed the ship to move towards the east bank. "Don't feel bad about the arrows, let me empty the arrow pot!" He pulled out his sword, pointed it forward and roared, and the archers on the big ship immediately poured out the arrows. On the other side, Mr. Xishan glanced at the black flag fleet rushing straight towards the Chinese shore. He immediately guessed the enemy's purpose. He turned back and ordered: "Let the three hundred heavy armors behind you be ready and wait for me at any time. Order! Once the enemy troops land, run over them and drive them into the water!" At this moment, several cavalrymen came from a distance with anxious expressions.