Chapter 3117: Jinling has been recovered, those who surrender will not be killed!
At this moment, dozens of fireboats with blazing flames were speeding towards them along the river. They were about to collide with the small boat behind them. The people on the small boats immediately grabbed the wooden boards and climbed onto the big ship in a hurry.
Zhu Chengjin was shocked: "How could this happen?"
Guo Mi and the others also rushed over, holding onto the railing at the stern and looking forward. Lu Guangwei suddenly pointed somewhere upstream and shouted, "Sir, there are people over there!"
Everyone looked in the direction of his finger.
Sure enough, they then saw that there was a protruding shallows about several miles upstream. Because of the lush vegetation in summer, it was like a wall erected there, extending directly into the center of the river. All the fireboats swam out from behind the shallows and then floated towards them along the river.
Nan Yan understood immediately after seeing it.
These small boats must have been transported to the top of the shoal and tied with ropes during the day. They should have been piled with straw and soaked with tung oil, but they were hidden there until night fell and it was dark, so no one would find them. When Zhu Chengjin's men crossed the river and began to fight on the shore, the people who had been hiding on the shoal set fire to the small boats and cut the ropes, letting these fireboats full of flames float down the river.
The water flow was very fast at night. Soon, the fire ships had rushed into the small boats following the big ship. The two collided and flames immediately jumped onto the small boats.
In an instant, the fire burned into a raging fire.
Water and fire are obviously incompatible, but at this moment, the surface of the river turned into a sea of fire. The flames burned fiercely, and the crackling sound almost drowned out the shouts and screams on the shore. The fire illuminated every face on the ship, some of which were terrified or desperate.
No one expected that Jiang Bei would have such a skill!
"Sir, what should we do?"
At this time, people on the surrounding small boats jumped into the water one after another and climbed onto the big ship in a hurry. After climbing up, the frightened mood was also transmitted to the people on the boats, and everyone became panic-stricken. What's more, there were more people on the small boats who were engulfed by the flames before they could react. These people let out shrill screams and jumped into the river with flames on their bodies. However, the river water had already been burned hot by the continuous fires on these small boats. Even if they jumped into the water, they screamed and eventually died in this purgatory of water and fire.
Lu Guangwei, Guo Mi and the others were panicking: "Master, we have to leave, otherwise the fire will spread to the ship."
"What?!"
Zhu Chengjin frowned and looked down while holding the railing. Indeed, those small boats that were still burning were still floating towards this side. Soon, some of the small boats had collided with the big ship, and the flames gradually jumped onto the big ship.
It was almost foreseeable that soon this big ship would also be engulfed in flames.
Lu Guangwei shouted, "Sir, let's turn around!"
Zhu Chengjin looked at the shore with resentment. It was obvious that they still had the upper hand, but now, the people fighting on the shore had also seen everything that happened on the river. Both the pirates from Xingluo Lake and Zhu Chengjin's own men realized that if the boat was gone, they would have no way to retreat.
This is like burning your boats.
However, they did not want to do this, but were forced to do so because their ships were burned by the people in Jiangbei. Once they realized that their retreat was gone, their mentality changed.
What to do? There are no boats going back.
Can we go back?
Even if we can go back, Jinling City has been occupied by the imperial court. Where else can we go?
The people's hearts were in chaos and the army's morale collapsed one after another. Soon, the situation on the battlefield was reversed. These originally murderous bandits became a little hesitant. Once the strength in their hands dissipated, the opponent immediately felt it.
The soldiers in Jiangbei immediately began to regroup and formed a new battle formation.
So, the people who landed began to retreat step by step.
Li Chen and Fang Zhen also discovered that these people were accustomed to fighting desperately on the river, so they shouted loudly: "Don't panic, don't get confused, wait until we enter Yangzhou City, we can still -"
However, their voices were soon drowned out by louder noises.
It was the rumbling sound of drums.
Everyone looked up and saw that in the depths of the Jiangbei navy camp, where it was pitch black without a trace of light and where they thought there was no one at all, heavy drum sounds were heard and a flame slowly lit up there.
It’s Xu Shifeng.
He was riding a tall horse, and the long sword in his hand was illuminated by the torches that were gradually lit around him, flashing a dazzling cold light. As more and more torches were lit, everyone saw that thousands of soldiers and horses had already gathered there. They were all wearing soft armor, holding long spears, riding tall horses, and exuding awe-inspiring majesty in the night.
It turned out to be cavalry!
Xu Shifeng actually transferred his cavalry to Yangzhou!
You know, the impact of cavalry on infantry is almost devastating, but the terrain in the south of the Yangtze River is not as open as that in the north, which is not convenient for large-scale cavalry combat, so Zhu Feng almost never raised cavalry in the south of the Yangtze River.
However, on such a wide and flat river beach, the charge of the cavalry was enough to make those who landed on the shore never return!
Zhu Chengjin was also shocked when he saw this scene.
Xu Shifeng is actually fine! ?
From the second naval battle, after Xu Shizong captured Ran Xiaoyu, the news reported clearly that Ran Xiaoyu stabbed Xu Shifeng in the chaos, and then was taken away by the people here. But now it seems that Xu Shifeng is not injured at all!
Could it be that it was just a deception?
If that's the case, then Ran Xiaoyu is now in the Jinling Palace——
Just when Zhu Chengjin's mind was in a mess and he was about to make sense of it, the people under Xu Shifeng suddenly shouted at them: "Jinling has been recovered, and those who surrender will not be killed!"
"Jinling has been recaptured. Those who surrender will not be killed!"
"Jinling has been recaptured. Those who surrender will not be killed!"
These sounds even drowned out the rumbling drums, ringing in everyone's ears like thunder. Even the boiling hot water and burning flames on the river seemed to be shaken, constantly impacting the large ships that were still barely holding on.
Nanjing has been recaptured, and those who surrender will not be killed?!
Could it be that Jinling has really been occupied by them?
If this is the case, then now, they only have this small place in the world to live. If they fight again, there will really be no place left for them!
Thinking of this, the soldiers who had already rushed to the shore stopped fighting.
Several people subconsciously threw their swords to the ground.
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