Chapter 3118 The situation is over
Thinking of this, the soldiers who had already rushed to the shore stopped fighting.
Several people subconsciously threw their swords to the ground.
Sometimes, emotions spread faster than anything else, especially disappointment and even despair. When the first sword clanged to the ground, the surrounding soldiers stopped charging forward one after another and stood there with weak hands and feet.
Immediately afterwards, people kept throwing away their weapons.
"I, we surrender."
One of the timid people raised his hands tremblingly and said, "We can't afford to eat, so we surrender. Please spare us."
Once one person takes the lead, others will naturally follow suit.
They dropped their weapons, raised their hands, knelt before the imperial guards, and shouted, "We surrender! Don't kill us! Don't kill us!"
"Mercy, mercy."
"Please spare us, we don't want it either."
Seeing the people around them surrendering one by one, the others were fine, but the Xingluo Lake bandits immediately became furious. Among them, Fang Zhen was even more furious. He picked up the big knife in his hand and chopped down a soldier who was about to kneel down to surrender.
"damn it!"
A scream rang out, and blood immediately sprayed onto his face. Fang Zhen, with a ferocious expression, raised his still-dripped sword and glared at the people around him: "Whoever dares to surrender will become like you!"
Seeing this, those who were originally ready to move immediately stopped moving.
The whole scene froze for a moment, while those who had just jumped off the boat and hadn't had time to react were still rushing towards the riverbank. Seeing them about to charge up again, Xu Shifeng, knowing that the opportunity was now or never, immediately raised his sword high and shouted, "Follow me!"
He had been with Zhu Feng in Beiping City for more than ten years and was able to win the hearts of the people in the army. He was able to command the troops even in such difficult circumstances because he, like Zhu Feng, was able to lead the troops in battle.
After giving the order, he rushed out first on horseback.
The cavalry behind him naturally did not want to be outdone, and immediately rode their horses to charge towards the riverbank. Xu Shifeng took the lead and rushed directly in front of Fang Zhen. The people around Fang Zhen were shocked and hurried forward to stop him, but the horse under Xu Shifeng was fierce and powerful, and had experienced many battles. At this moment, it suddenly stood up, raised its strong hooves and kicked those people directly.
There were only a few muffled thuds, and those people didn't even have time to scream before they were kicked to the ground. Their chests were all sunken, and it was obvious that their sternums were broken by the kick. They immediately started bleeding from all seven orifices and died on the spot.
The people around were about to rush forward, but when they saw how those people died, they suddenly became weak in the arms and legs.
Fang Zhen had been on the edge of a knife for many years, so he was not afraid of this. He immediately raised his sword and was about to chop at the horse under Xu Shifeng, but Xu Shifeng was quick-witted and swift-handed, and swung his sword to block his sword. The two men's swords collided, and a flash of fire appeared in the air.
Seeing that the two men were in a stalemate, the blades of their swords rubbed against each other, making a harsh sound.
However, Xu Shifeng was young and strong after all, and Fang Zhen, no matter how heroic he was, was already old. Although he resisted with all his might, he was pushed down by him little by little. Seeing that one of his legs was bent behind him and was about to be unable to support his entire body, Xu Shifeng sneered, and suddenly turned his wrist, and the long sword lifted up the big knife in Fang Zhen's hand.
There was a "whoosh" sound, and the big knife flashing with cold light flew out and fell into the river.
Fang Zhen's knuckles cracked, and he still couldn't believe it. He held his wrist with one hand, and just as he looked up, Xu Shifeng raised the long sword in his hand again -
A cold light flashed, and Fang Zhen's head fell to the ground.
This time, the entire battle situation was shocked.
The pirates who had hoped to break into Yangzhou City and rob again were frightened when they saw that their elders had been killed. Those who were trying their best to resist stayed where they were. At this moment, the cavalry behind Xu Shifeng took advantage of the situation and rushed down. Before these people could react, they had already rushed into the crowd. Suddenly, there was a flash of swords and knives, and even the horses rushed up and trampled many people to death.
In an instant, the only sounds that could be heard were the roars of people and the neighing of strong horses.
Someone in the crowd cried out, "Retreat, retreat!"
At this time, no one knew whether they were Zhu Chengjin's people or Xingluo Lake's people, but they all realized that tonight they had no way to go up to heaven or down to earth. Even the Jinling City behind them had been recaptured by the court. Looking around the world, they had no way to go.
But where can we retreat to?
At the beginning of the battle, Chen Xuan arranged his troops into a goose formation in order to encircle the enemy. When these people wanted to retreat, they found that their retreat route had been completely cut off when Xu Shifeng showed his prowess just now. They couldn't even get on the boat.
What's more, looking towards the center of the river, it was already burned down.
All the small boats had been engulfed in flames at this time, and the small boats surrounded the large ships. Although there were many boatmen on the side of the ships using bamboo poles to push the small boats apart, the fire was too big after all. Soon the flames had burned up along the bamboo poles, and the scorching temperature made the people on the boats sweat profusely.
There were already many people on the boat, and with so many people climbing up from the small boat, it was even more crowded.
Even Zhu Chengjin was bumped into several times.
His face turned pale as he saw that the situation on the shallows was hopeless. Although he didn't know what the situation was in Jinling City, seeing Xu Shifeng, who was "stabbed" by Ran Xiaoyu, go into battle unscathed proved that they had been in cahoots for a long time. Now that Ran Xiaoyu stayed in the Jinling Palace, and with those people rushing out of the Zichen Palace, the situation was probably not optimistic.
They are now really at a point of no return.
Seeing the urgent situation, Lu Guangwei and Guo Mi rushed over to protect Zhu Chengjin and shouted, "Master, what should we do now?"
“……!”
Zhu Chengjin gritted his teeth and watched the situation become hopeless.
At this moment, a voice rang out from the chaotic boat: "It's already like this, and you still want to stay here? Are you waiting to die?!"
The voice was particularly deep and sounded familiar.
Nan Yan turned around and saw Lu Linchuan standing not far behind him. He had just boarded the big ship with the people around him after his small boat caught fire. He was wet and even his hair was dripping with water. The people around him also had disheveled hair and looked like water ghosts.
Upon hearing his words, Zhu Chengjin and the others were stunned.
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