At this moment, dozens of fire boats, carrying burning flames, rushed towards them along the river. Just as they were about to hit the boat behind, the people on the boat immediately climbed onto the big boat with wooden boards.

Zhu Chengjin was shocked: "How could this happen?"

Guo Mi and the others rushed over, held the fence at the stern and poked their heads out to look forward. Lu Guangwei suddenly pointed to a place upstream and said loudly: "Young master, there are people over there!"

Everyone looked in the direction of his fingers.

Sure enough, they saw that there was a prominent shallow in the upstream for about a few miles. Because in summer, the grass and trees were lush, it seemed like a wall was erected and went directly into the middle of the river. All the fire boats swam out from behind the shallow and then floated towards them along the river.

When Nanyan saw it, he immediately understood.

These small boats must have been transported by people to the top of the shallow during the day and tied with ropes. They should have been piled with grass and poured with tung oil, but they have been hiding there. When night falls and the sky is dark, no one will notice them at all. When Zhu Chengjin's men cross the river and start to land on the shore, the people who had already hidden in the shallow ignited the small boats to cut the ropes and let these fire boats full of flames float down the water.

The water flowed very fast at night. After a while, the fireboats had already entered the small boats following the big boats. When the two collided, the flames immediately jumped onto the small boats.

For a moment, the fire ignited into pieces.

Water and fire are obviously incompatible, but at this moment, the river surface was burning into a sea of ​​fire, and the flames were burning, and the beeping sounds almost overwhelmed the shouts of killing on the shore, and the flames illuminated every face on the ship, which was either terrified or desperate.

No one expected that Jiangbei would have such a trick!

"Young Master, what should I do?"

At this time, the people on the boats around jumped into the water one after another, climbing up the boat. After climbing up, the unstoppable emotions also spread to the people on the boat. Everyone became panicked. What's more, there were more people on the boats who were swallowed up by the fire without any time to react. These people let out shrill screams and jumped into the river with flames wrapped in flames. But the river water had already been burned hot by the continuous fires of these boats. Even if they jumped into the water, they screamed and eventually died in this purgatory where water and fire intertwined.

Lu Guangwei and Guo Mi were both panicked: "Young Master, we have to leave, otherwise the fire will burn onto the big ship."

"What?!"

Zhu Chengjin frowned and held the fence and looked down. Indeed, the still-burning boats continued to float here. Soon, some boats had already hit the big boat, and the flames gradually jumped onto the big boat.

It is almost foreseeable that soon, the ship will be engulfed by the fire.

Lu Guangwei shouted: "Young Master, let's turn around!"

Zhu Chengjin looked at the shore with unwillingness. They were obviously still on the upper hand, but now, the people fighting on the shore had already seen everything that happened on the river. Whether it was the bandits in Xingluo Lake or Zhu Chengjin's own men, they realized that if the ship was gone, they would have no way out.

This is like a boat trip.

However, they were not willing to do this, but their ships were burned down by the people in Jiangbei, and they were forced to "do the boats". Once they realized that their retreat had disappeared, the mood of these people also changed.

What to do? The boat back is gone.

Can we go back?

Even if we can go back, Jinling City has not been occupied by the imperial court, so where can we go?

As people's hearts were in chaos, the morale of the army also disintegrated one after another. Soon, the situation on the battlefield reversed. These water bandits who were already murderous intent became a little hesitant. As the strength in their hands dispersed, the other party immediately felt it.

The soldiers from Jiangbei immediately began to gather again and formed a new battle formation.

So, the people who landed on the shore actually began to retreat step by step.

Li Chen and Fang Zhen also discovered that these people were used to fighting desperately on the river, so they shouted loudly: "Don't panic, don't be confused, wait until we enter Yangzhou City, we can still--"

However, their voices were quickly swallowed up by louder sounds.

It's the rumbling drum sound.

Everyone looked up and saw that it was deep in the water army camp in Jiangbei, where there was no darkness and no light. They thought there was no one at all. At this time, there was a heavy drum sound, and a little flame slowly lit up there.

It's Xu Shifeng.

He rode a tall horse, and the long sword in his hand was illuminated by the torches gradually lit by him, flashing with dazzling cold light. More and more torches were lit. Only then did everyone see that there had already been thousands of people gathered there, all wearing soft armor, with long spears in their hands, riding a tall horse with a majestic look in the night.

It turned out to be a cavalry!

Xu Shifeng actually transferred his cavalry to Yangzhou!

You should know that the impact of cavalry on infantry is almost devastating, but the terrain in Jiangnan is not as wide as that in the north, and it is not convenient for cavalry to fight on a large scale, so Zhu Feng has almost never raised cavalry in Jiangnan.

However, on such a wide and flat river beach, the impact of the cavalry was enough to make the people who came ashore never come back!

Zhu Chengjin was also shocked when he saw this scene.

Xu Shifeng is fine!?

Since the second water battle, after Xu Shizong captured Ran Xiaoyu back, the news came from the newspaper that Ran Xiaoyu stabbed Xu Shifeng in the chaos and was taken away by the people here, but now looking at Xu Shifeng was not hurt at all!

Could it be that it's just a trick?

If that is the case, then Ran Xiaoyu is now in the Jinling Palace—

Just when Zhu Chengjin's mind was in a mess and seemed to have a clue, the people under Xu Shifeng's command suddenly shouted loudly at them: "Jinling has returned, and those who surrender will not be killed!"

"Jinling has returned, and those who surrender will not be killed!"

"Jinling has returned, and those who surrender will not be killed!"

These sounds should even pass the rumbling drums, and sounded in everyone's ears like thunder. Even the hot river water and burning flames on the river surface seemed to be shocked, constantly impacting these large ships that were still barely supporting.

Jinling has returned, will those who surrender not be killed?!

Could it be that Jinling has been really occupied by them?

If this is the case, then now, wouldn’t they only have a place to accommodate the world? If they fight again, they will really have no place to accommodate the world!

Thinking of this, the soldiers who had already rushed to the shore stopped fighting.
Chapter completed!