Chapter 750 The speed of life and death on the river
The team leader of these Liang army rangers had no choice but to ride a horse around the intersection of the two rivers, and suddenly thought of something loudly: "Raise the arrow!"
Then a light rider shot an arrow into the air. Amid the roar of the arrows, a red smoke of more than ten high appeared in the air. Then the same two arrows rose into the air.
After a while, there seemed to be no movement. A rider said to the team leader: "Boss, there are not as many waterways as in the north as in the west or south. Our water cruise fleet is afraid that it will not happen to meet here. Let's transport the injured and dead brothers back to the city for treatment first."
The team leader cursed hatefully: "Damn it, we have suffered a loss and have a discount to these grandchildren. Next time we bump into them, we must avenge this arrow!" After that, he took more than ten riders back and flew back.
Not long after they walked, the sound of arrows came from the distance, and a red smoke rose from a very far place. Because the distance was too far, the sound seemed very weak, and the red smoke was only vaguely visible. However, these light cavalry flying feathers did not see them. They had already raised the casualties' hands and feet on the war horse and left in a dejected manner.
On the water, the shuttle boats were nervous for a long time when they saw the Liang army's ranger fire out arrows, but after a while there was no movement. They expected that the Liang army was just bluffing. But they heard the faint sound of arrows, but the leader laughed and said, "This must be the arrow shot from the Liang army's secret whistle. Don't pay attention to them. We just rush our own way. When the Liang army's ranger comes around, we have long gone."
The Mahan soldiers were relieved and began to chat while leisurely paddling the oars. One of them said, "How many Liang Bing Rangers did we kill and hurt just now?"
"There are at least five or six people!"
"It won't be so. I see there are at least ten people!"
"How come there are so many people? I can see clearly that there are seven or eight people and horses."
"Hey, we don't have to be so nervous. We can shoot one more round of arrows and kill at least five or six of them."
"What nonsense is it? The Su family Duli King specifically explained that saving yourself is more important than killing the other party. We may kill five or six more of them, but they may also be shot and killed by them. You don't know how powerful the Liang army's iron cavalry is. Although we kill less than ten people now, we are not hurt at all. This is the best result."
A man's exclamation ended their argument: "Look, what is on the river ahead? ... It's a ship, not our ship!"
Everyone looked into the distance, and sure enough, several mast sails rose from the horizontal line in the distance. It was obvious that these ships were surging up the water with the wind.
"It must be Liang Jun's warship! Boss, what should we do with Smida?"
Their leader bit his back teeth and shouted, "Did we cross an estuary just now?!"
"Chief, I just passed the estuary of the Snake River, but if we turn around and enter, we have to sail against the current and wind! And that waterway is a dead end!"
"We are going against the current and against the wind, and the Liang army warships chasing us will be the same. In addition, the Snake River is a small river, and I concluded that the Liang army warships may be stranded. They are not like our shuttle ships, which can sail on a few feet deep. In addition, somewhere upstream, it is less than a hundred battles away from another river. We can carry the shuttle ship to another river channel. Quickly, turn the bow and enter that tributary."
"Zun Ling Simida!"
The Mahan soldiers moved when they heard the sound, turned the bow of the ship and fled upstream. The Liang army fleet behind them was the Viking warship. At this time, their dhows were full, and the sailors were also rowing hard. They had seen the sound of arrows and fireworks from the relay far away, so they rushed here.
Mahan's shuttle ship was traveling very quickly, but Liang's Viking ship was also traveling very quickly. Because it took a while for the shuttle ship to turn around, the distance between the Viking fleet and them was shortened to more than a hundred battles, and followed the shuttle ship into the Snake River. After both sides chased each other, the shuttle ship went to a slow place of water flow.
The leader Mahan turned his head and sighed, "The hull of Liang's army is so big that he can sail in shallows." Of course, he sighed so much because he didn't know much about the characteristics of the Viking warships. In fact, the largest Viking ship that can sail from the ocean is less than two feet deeper than their shuttle ships.
Leader Mahan swept his eyes across the shore and shouted loudly: "That's it, stop here! Get ashore quickly! If we go south for more than a hundred times, we can enter the river channel of another river!"
The Mahan soldiers leaned the shuttle boat onto the river bank with all their strength, and ran south quickly with their shoulders and backs. The shuttle boat was carved from a single wood, which was naturally much lighter than the Viking boat. It was not at all difficult for several people to carry it.
When the Viking warships came after them, they saw that they had already landed on the ship and ran away, so they had to stop chasing. Although the Viking ships could also be carried on the shore by the sailors, they could only move slowly like storm speed. The leaders of the sailors looked at the backs of these Mahans and sneered.
The Mahans threw the shuttle boats heavily into the water, boarded the boats one after another, and went down the water again. They began to laugh and laugh again and began to mock the Liang army. Their leader said proudly: "The Liang army is like a tiger falling into a swamp, and we are teased at will."
Everyone burst into laughter, but after a few breaths, their smiles froze on their faces, because five or six Liang army Viking warships surrounded the river bend and appeared in their sight.
"No! Turn around quickly!" a soldier exclaimed first. Their leader gritted his teeth and said, "It's too late. The distance is too close. At their speed, we can catch up as soon as we turn around. In that way, we will expose our backs to them. Moreover, the Liang army fleet in the upper reaches may have been ready to intercept us. We can only fight to the death with this Liang army fleet!"
All the Mahan soldiers immediately took out a pair of strange weapons, but did not hold them in their hands, but installed them on the two blades of the oars. The oars immediately turned into a strange double-blade water battle weapon.
Several shuttle ships lined up in formation and headed towards the Viking fleet, which were also lined up on the river. The battle between the two sides was about to break out.
When the two sides were less than ten battles apart, the rotating flying axe and javelin were densely projected towards Mahan's shuttle door. The soldier in front of the shuttle ship, which was the first to be hit, had a flying axe embedded in his forehead and fell into the water in a crooked manner...
Chapter completed!