In the Liao Kingdom's Shuiying, there are currently only two Jinzhou and Laizhou tribes left.
Originally, there were three branches in Liaodong: Chenzhou, Suzhou, and Kaizhou. However, as Liaodong was captured by the Jurchens several times, the soldiers of these three water camps died, fled, and surrendered.
As for those who escaped, they were merged into the Jinzhou Division, so Jinzhou Shuiying had more people and boats than Laizhou Shuiying.
We set off from Jinzhou Shuiying in the morning and can reach Laizhou in about two or three hours. We then rest in Laizhou for a while, eat some food and walk around, and then return to Jinzhou in the afternoon. We can arrive back at about dark.
Jinzhou Shuiying has done this all these days, and today is no exception. They set off early and rode the wind and waves all the way to Laizhou.
There is nothing to talk about in Laizhou, and there is no need to entertain them anyway. Jinzhou's water camp soldiers pay for food and drink at their own expense. As for their willingness to go ashore and hang out, they are spending their money in Laizhou. Laizhou is not happy about this.
Jinzhou Shuiying currently has more than a dozen sea-going ships and more than 1,300 naval forces. This is a collection of remnant soldiers from Liaodong. Otherwise, according to the organizational structure of Jinzhou Shuiying, there will only be eight sea-going ships and 500 soldiers.
Now that the ships have all sailed over, there are only about a thousand soldiers. The rest are assisting in the garrison in Jinzhou City and are half-rested.
The military commander of Jinzhou Water Camp is a Khitan named Yelu Lianheng. He is a commoner and has nothing to do with the royal family. He is sitting on a big chair on the deck in a daze, wondering when will this miserable life end. .
Khitan people don't like water very much, let alone having to sail on the sea every two or three days. This is simply painful torture for him. He can't remember how long it has been since he rode a horse on the grassland.
But they had to sail back and forth like this. They couldn't defeat the pirates, and they couldn't evacuate all the people ashore. Once the people were ashore, the dozen or so ships were all gone. This ship was not like a fishing boat, and it could be dragged to the shore. This kind of naval battle The boat can stay in the water.
Yelu Lian became more and more upset as he thought about it. He sighed and looked at the sky. He felt that it was almost time, so he asked his soldiers to notify the people in each small camp. Then less than half an hour later, the Jinzhou Shuiying Fleet began to set sail and headed back. travel.
It was afternoon at this time, and more than a dozen sea-going ships had not gone far out to sea. They were probably within sight of the shore.
There are no other cities between Laizhou and Jinzhou. At first on the boat, you can still see sparse fishing villages on the shore. But after driving for more than an hour, there are more sea cliffs and cliffs and mountains, with only water birds and gulls. Heron on fishing flight.
Yelulian was lying in the cabin sleeping, and when he was dreaming back to the grassland, suddenly there was a loud "bang" outside, and then the hull of the ship began to tremble violently.
He suddenly sat up from the ground, looking confused, but then his expression changed drastically, and he staggered up. Before he could walk out of the building, a soldier came to report: "Commander, yes, there is an enemy attack! "
He was really worried about what was coming. Yelulian frowned. There could be any enemy attack here. It could only be the pirates. What he was most worried about these days was that he would be attacked by pirates when he went back and forth. He didn't expect it to happen. Encountered.
"Give me the order to turn around and come back to the state!" Yelu Lianheng ordered hurriedly. He was dissatisfied with these pirates at first. He had never seen anything like pirates in his life. Even some people in Shuiying had already The old sailors who went home to retire have never seen a pirate in their life. Where did the pirates come from in the Bohai Bay?
But after two head-on encounters, he discovered that these pirates were simply Jurchen soldiers on the water, and they were impossible to fight!
The Liao's warships were not as strong as the other's. Although they were both of the same size, the other's was obviously stronger and more useful. When the two ships collided, the Liao's warships were no match at all.
The navy is not as good at fighting as the other side. Although the pirates on the other side have less protective armor, they are all extremely fierce. Regardless of their martial arts skills, they are like lunatics who are desperate for their lives. Moreover, their water resistance is far better than that of the Liao Navy.
In addition, these pirates have a special weapon, which is similar to the bed crossbow of the Song Dynasty, but it is different. It is very powerful. It can not only hit rocks, but also spears. If there are too many hits, cracks will appear in the hull. If one is bad, it will break.
Yelu Lian ran out as he thought. He wanted to see how many pirate ships there were outside. If the opponent's ships were fewer, there would be some hope of running away. If they were similar to his own, then he would have to fight hard.
At this moment, there was another "rumbling" sound from the ship's hull. Yelu Lianheng was almost knocked to the ground. His arm hit the wooden wall of the cabin hard, and a crack appeared in the wooden wall with a creaking sound.
The soldier ran down again with a cry in his voice: "Commander, I can't run away, I can't turn around and come back to the state."
Yelu Lianheng grabbed the soldier's shirt: "Why can't you turn your head?"
The soldier looked horrified and said: "Commander, outside, outside..."
He was so frightened that he couldn't speak. Yelu Lianheng pushed him aside fiercely. He quickly ran out of the building and took a look. Suddenly there was a "buzzing" sound in his head, and there was nothing. On the sea, there are pirate warships in all directions...
More than half an hour later, Yelu Lianheng was tied up and kneeling in front of Zhao Tong. He was covered in blood, and there was a bone-deep scar on his face. At this moment, his scarlet flesh was turning outwards.
The Jinzhou water camp was completely wiped out. More than half of the nearly a thousand sailors were killed, and the remaining four to five hundred people were all captured.
The pirates also suffered injuries, with dozens of people killed and more than a hundred injured.
However, this result was somewhat beyond Zhao Tao's expectations. Facing the Liao soldiers who were far superior to their own in both numbers and strength, under the violent bombardment of the ballistae, they did not choose to surrender immediately. Instead, they fought with the pirates. After a round of fighting, until the sword and gun were finally placed on his neck, he threw down the weapon and knelt on the ground.
These Liao soldiers wanted to run when they first saw the enemy. If they couldn't run, they would fight hard. If they couldn't fight, they would surrender. Zhao Tong thought for a moment. If it were the Imperial Guards, the second step would probably be omitted. But the Western Army of the Song Dynasty didn't know. After all, he I have never really come into contact with the Western Army. When I was in Longyou, they were all Xiang armies composed of mixed Fan and Fan soldiers.
"What's your name?" Zhao Tong looked at Yelu Lianheng in front of him and asked.
Yelulian rubbed his neck and said, "Yelülian!"
Zhao Tong saw that he had an angry expression, but he answered his own question. He couldn't help but frowned and continued to ask: "What official position do you hold in Shuiying?"
Yelu Lianheng said: "Commander of the Jinzhou Water Camp, if you have anything else to ask, just ask them together!"
Lei Hu said next to him: "Sir, this Liao man is really strange. He looks like a stinker, but instead he asks questions and says nothing. Isn't this sick?"
Zhao Tong shook his head and sighed: "But you don't understand this. It's not a disease. It's because you beat them hard and convinced them. That's why they were willing to talk. Otherwise, it would be a trick to catch him. He wouldn’t say it so easily.”
Lei Huhu wondered: "Sir, didn't you say you want to convince people with virtue? Why do these Liao people rely on beatings?"
Zhao Tong said: "But you don't know that some foreign countries do this, so don't talk to them about virtue, but beat them hard. Only when you hurt them can they obey you. Yelu Lianheng, I'm right. Still wrong?”
Yelulian turned his head and said: "If you can't defeat you, of course everything you say is right!"
Zhao Tong looked at him with a smile and said, "Yelü Lianheng, let me ask you, now that you are captured by me, do you want to die or live?"
(End of chapter)
