The Shanyue people who were attacking continuously were startled by the roar erupting from the top of the mountain, and when they heard the slogan of "fight to the death" from the opposite side, they were all stunned.
Didn't it mean that the other side only had two or three hundred people? Faced with the siege of thousands of people, these people actually didn't lose their fighting spirit?
To put it bluntly, the purpose of the Shanyue people was just to kill Yang Fan.
But now we are encountering a life-and-death resistance. Who is willing to throw away his life?
What's more, if you lose your life and others take the credit, who will think about your elderly and children?
The Shanyue people who were charging into the battle thought more and more, and their morale gradually declined. Many of them even slowly moved back.
At this moment, a loud voice rang in my ears: "Are you worthy of being the descendants of Shanyue? You are so cowardly that you don't have to fight!"
The charging Shanyue people shuddered and turned to look at the place where the sound came from.
A majestic figure is standing on the hillside, looking at the eagle as if the devil has come to the world!
It turned out that Lei Kunming, the commander-in-chief of the Shanyue people, was supervising the battle on the hillside in the distance.
Looking at the corpses scattered all over the mountains and plains, and then looking at the frightened tribesmen who were afraid to move forward, some even retreated directly, Lei Kunming was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
When did my own people become so useless?
Thousands of people besieged hundreds of people, and even if one of them could drown them with just a drop of spittle, there would still be people who retreated from the battle?
Looking at the figures on the side from the corner of his eye, Lei Kunming always seemed to feel that Changsun Chong, who was wearing a bamboo hat not far away, was laughing at him.
Lei Kunming's face couldn't help but heat up, and he was furious. He pulled out the sword hanging from his waist and roared: "The Han people are weak. They can only rely on sharp weapons to resist. But there are only a few of them. How many bullets can they have?"
"Commander of our sect rushes to the front. Let us use our bodies to resist the Han people's firearms. Sons of Shanyue, follow and kill!"
After saying that, Lei Kunming waved his sword and rushed towards the ironworks with strode.
Seeing the leader looking forward, all the Shanyue people were infected by Lei Kunming's aura.
This is our sect commander, our leader, simply like the invincible commander given to us by God!
In an instant, the morale that had been reduced to the extreme was suddenly aroused, and everyone followed Lei Kunming's charge with blood-red eyes.
Some people even stood in front of him, willing to shoot bullets through their bodies to protect their leader!
The Shanyue people all over the mountains and plains launched their charge again, and Yang Fan's guards were a little confused for a while.
Xi Junmai was also very enthusiastic.
He didn't believe that the flesh and blood of these Shanyue people could withstand pistol fire, and he didn't believe that their morale wouldn't collapse when corpses littered the fields!
I saw Xi Junmai commanding the guards to fight and retreat. He raised the horizontal sword high in his hand and shouted: "Give me alternate cover and retreat, and shoot!"
Although the charging Shanyue people continued to fall, there was no retreat at all under the circumstances of Killing the Red Eye.
The Shanyue people have always been a group of unruly followers, and their destructive power is far greater than that of ordinary people.
Their production method is mainly based on agriculture. They grow grains but do not cultivate intensively. They have a lot of cultivated land but lack of food and clothing.
And because "copper and iron come out of the mountains", they often "cast their own armor", but they have no way of smelting it. They occupy a lot of iron mines but can only make advanced armors.
Therefore, the Shanyue people were poor and hard-working but had little to eat. They were widely dispersed and loved freedom. They relied on the mountains and forests to form armed forces and were extremely resistant to the feudal regime.
No regime can tolerate the existence of such tribes that do not obey orders.
Throughout the dynasties, officials were targeted for extermination by the imperial court.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Sun Quan ordered the various states to divide their troops to seize dangerous places, divide and surround the mountains and rivers, and repair and defend the offensive in various places without engaging in confrontation.
Every time when the grain was about to ripen, he would launch an attack and force the Shanyue people to go out to beg for food or even surrender due to hunger.
After decades, Jiangdong gradually conquered the Shanyue people.
So Sun Quan selected 40,000 of them as soldiers, and the rest moved to the plains to serve as tenants.
After decades of brutal conquest, most of the Shanyue people in the south of the Yangtze River were forced out of the mountains and moved to cities and towns.
Some were used to replenish the army, and some became farmers. At this point, the mountainous terrain gradually subsided.
However, when the Jin Dynasty moved south, the nobles who went south occupied high positions in the court and suppressed the local wealthy families in Jiangdong.
The government and opposition parties are constantly fighting for power. The court's control over remote areas has been greatly weakened, and Shanyue is gradually resurrected.
When chaos broke out at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Central Plains was in chaos, and the Jiangnan gentry was no longer able to control the mountainous areas. Mountains rose again and gradually became a troublesome problem for the imperial court.
Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Liao people in Lingnan and Shanyue in Jiangdong have caused chaos several times. They can be said to be rebellious people who do not obey discipline!
These people occupy the vast fertile land of mountains and forests but do not engage in production. They only know how to plunder and plunder to make a living.
Although they have survived in the mountains and forests for generations, they have no cultural heritage of their own.
Whenever the Han people were weak, they would rush out of the mountains to burn, kill and plunder.
If the Han people were strong, they would go deep into the mountains, endure hunger, and wait for opportunities.
At this moment, Yang Fan was facing such a group of people.
In the face of the natural law of survival of the fittest, although such a tribe may be strong at times, it cannot dominate the world.
Due to natural selection, now that the Central Plains has been unified, these Shanyue people can only live in isolation.
As for the final outcome of the Shanyue people, they will either be forced to integrate into other tribes and be assimilated by other ethnic groups, or they will be lost in the deep mountains and old forests and rot with the dead trees, turning into ashes in the long river of history.
Of course, Yang Fan didn't want to die in the hands of such a group of barbarians. He responded calmly, swinging the long knife in his hand at the Shanyue people who were charging with their heads down without fear of death.
Although countless Shanyue people fell down in screams, once a person's eyes were red with blood, he felt no fear at all. The people behind stepped on the corpses and charged with howls.
After all, Yang Fan's number of guards was small, while Shan Yue's number was too large.
When the Shanyue people suppressed the fear in their hearts, the muskets became much less of a deterrent to them.
Especially Lei Kunming, the commander-in-chief of the Shanyue Sect who rushed to the front with a group of people. He wielded a big sword in an airtight manner.
Obviously, this guy took advantage of the poor accuracy of the pistol and moved his body from time to time. The pistol couldn't hit him, and the bow and arrow couldn't hurt him at all!
Yang Fan swallowed his saliva, where did this person come from?
This guy is simply awesome!
If he can be used for his own purposes, he will definitely become an unparalleled general!
Under his leadership, these Shanyue people charged bravely and fearlessly, approaching the ironworks step by step with piles of corpses.
This reminded Yang Fan of the tactics of later generations—human sea tactics, death squads...
The suppression by pistols and bows and arrows was ineffective, and the Shanyue people quickly passed by.
Yang Fan gritted his teeth, tore off a strip of cloth, tightly entwined his hand with the horizontal knife, and then tied a knot.
Now it seems that a physical battle is inevitable.
Now, Yang Fan only hopes that Su Ding, who is staying on the river bank to repair, will find something strange and bring troops to help.
Xi Junmai and Wang Xiaojie, who were beside him, both followed suit. They wrapped the horizontal sword tightly in their hands, and then guarded Yang Fan on the left and right, staring closely at the Shanyue people a dozen steps away.
Wang Xiaojie licked his lips and shouted in a low voice: "My lord, I will follow you and defeat a hundred thousand Tubo cavalry without fear at all. Now these reckless men dare to lead troops to invade. They are looking for death. If they want to face the lord directly, they will not be afraid unless they step through it." Someone’s corpse!”
Xi Junmai was tall and tall, raised his sword eyebrows, and said with a big smile: "A certain person was shot through the body by a crossbow and didn't die. This is just a group of ignorant people who can only rely on the number of people and the continuous filling of lives." It's just a lot of credit to be able to rush to us. Brothers, let's kill the thief together and make meritorious service. Get ready!"
Zhai Changsun was obviously much calmer than the two young men. He calmly commanded the guards and archers to put down their bows and arrows, all picked up their swords, and lined up in front of Yang Fan.
The charge of the Shanyue people also stopped. These people approached step by step with devouring eyes and thunderous footsteps. The two sides were about to engage in hand-to-hand combat!
"Vigorous..."
For a moment, the shouts were loud, and the two parties strangled each other.
While the killing was going on here, the river in the distance was extremely quiet.
The river wind was biting and the river was turbulent. Huge warships galloped down the wind and headed straight for Su Dingfang's fleet.
As the general manager of the annihilation of Shanyue, Zhang Liang had the power to mobilize the government troops and Jiangnan Navy.
At this time, Jiang Chang, the deputy general of the navy, looked majestic and majestic, with his hand on his waist and the sword across his waist, his eyes as sharp as an eagle, staring at the rows of warships in the distance.
Guard Wang Liang stood beside him, looking a little worried: "General, is this inappropriate? After all, this is the governor's fleet. We are attacking for no reason. If this news is leaked, the emperor will be furious, and the court will be too. If we get to the bottom of this, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the general to stay out of the matter, so please think twice."
Jiang Chang's eyes narrowed, and he sighed slightly in his heart. He was a little helpless, but he said: "We are all the first-class combat power of the imperial navy. Facing a fleet composed of a group of guards, we will definitely defeat it in one fell swoop! As long as we kill everyone Kill them all and burn all the warships on the spot. Who will know that it was us?"
Wang Liang remained silent. As a member of a poor family who was single-handedly promoted by Jiang Chang, Wang Liang obeyed Jiang Chang's words.
He knew very well that Jiang Chang was making a desperate move.
Since Jiang Chang was Zhang Liang's adopted son, the Jiang family's current status was precisely because of embracing Zhang Liang and the Jiangnan noble family, which allowed the Jiang family to occupy a place in Jiangnan.
Wang Liang came from a poor family, and he didn't quite understand Jiang Bu's idea of revitalizing the family at all costs.
In his view, only when people are alive can there be hope!
If everyone dies, what will happen no matter how strong the family is?
What's more, once it fails, it will also affect the family, which is really not worth the loss!
But what Wang Liang didn't know was that there was nothing Jiang Chang could do.
As a member of the Jiang family, a noble family in the south of the Yangtze River, who could bear to see Yang Fan coming to snatch their interests?
This is not an obvious attempt to steal food from their mouths. There may be a day when the Jiangnan nobles won't even be able to drink soup.
More importantly, how much hardship did you put in to get to where you are now?
He even lost face and recognized Zhang Liang as his adopted father to achieve his current status, and it also allowed the Jiang family to occupy a place in Jiangnan.
Without Zhang Liang's help, Jiang Chang could not imagine his family's fate.
After a moment of silence, Jiang Chang shouted in a deep voice: "All warships lower their flags, and the soldiers take off their armor and change their clothes, and prepare to suppress the bandits!"
The news spread, and the rest of the fleet received orders.
The ship lowered the navy flag, and the soldiers took off the navy's armor and stomach, and suddenly transformed from the regular army of the imperial court into the unruly Shanyue people.
When the leading warship came to the rear of Su Dingfang's fleet, Jiang Chang pointed out and shouted: "Brothers, it's time to get promoted and make a fortune! As long as this fleet disguised as bandits is wiped out, all the supplies on board will be yours to share. You will also be rewarded with 100 pieces of money, and in addition, I will also ask the imperial court for your merits!"
The sergeants on each ship were in jubilation.
They don't care about asking for credit. Credit is only useful to officials.
For them, golden money is the most real thing.
Therefore, even if Shangguan asked them to do something extraordinary, no one had any other ideas.
Everyone has done this kind of thing a lot over the years.
This time not only was each person given a hundred guan, but the supplies on the ship were freely distributed. This sentence alone made everyone excited.
After all, 100 coins is worth several years.
If it were in the past, the big head would definitely belong to the commander, who would get the poor soldiers like them.
It seems that today's goal is unusual, but who cares?
Wearing armor and stomach, we are the majestic navy of the Tang Dynasty;
Take off the armor and stomach, and we will suddenly become the most ferocious water bandits on the Yangtze River!
The warship went around the other side and entered the wide waterway, and a huge fleet appeared in front of them.
When they saw at least hundreds of ships, all the navy soldiers were dumbfounded.
Mother!
Is this the bandit fleet you're talking about?
This damn equipment is almost as good as our navy’s!
The most important thing is, why would the bandits dare to appear on the river with such fanfare?
There is actually a reason why these sailors and soldiers were surprised.
After all, the Navy of the Tang Dynasty inherited the shipbuilding technology of the Sui Dynasty and was the most advanced in shipbuilding.
According to the "Book of Sui Yang Su Zhuan": "The big ship built in the Sui Dynasty, first called the Five-Tooth Warship, has five floors and is more than a hundred feet high. There are six cypress poles on the left and right, the poles are fifty feet high, and it can accommodate 900 warriors... …”
In the early days of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, in order to destroy the Chen State, appointed Qinghe Gong Yang Su as the general manager of Xinzhou. He planned a strategy in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and made military preparations to conquer Chen.
Yang Su was stationed in Yong'an, Xinzhou, and supervised the construction of large five-tooth warships.
The five-tooth ship has a five-story structure and is more than thirty meters high. The bottom four floors are for troops, and the top floor is the observation and command platform.
There are forty long oars on both sides for propelling.
There are two rocking oars at the stern, which can be rocked by multiple oarsmen to control the direction of travel.
There are parapets on the decks of warships and war sheds, which can hide half of the body.
There are crenels on the female wall for archery. There are transverse bulkheads on the ship, and longitudinal beams are set on the transverse bulkheads, and wooden planks are laid on them.
The cabin and combat platform are set up on the wooden planks, and earth and rocks are filled under the wooden planks to maintain the stability of the ship. There are six shooting poles on the left and right of the warship.
The so-called shooting pole was shaped like a large mast with a huge boulder on top, and was controlled by a winch installed under the deck. It was a powerful weapon in water warfare at that time.
During combat, the boulder was raised to the top of the pole with a windlass, the boulder was released, and the falling boulder was used to smash enemy ships approaching the battleship.
This boulder can be used repeatedly, and once it gets close to an enemy ship, it can quickly destroy it.
It is no exaggeration to say that the five-tooth battleship is the limit of the cold weapon era, and its combat effectiveness and deterrence are equivalent to the aircraft carriers of later generations!
Not to mention the Sui and Tang dynasties, even if such a behemoth was placed in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, it would still be a super killer weapon that traverses the waters!
Jiang Chang's vehicle was originally a five-tooth battleship, and he thought he was invincible.
But when I saw these warships docked on the river, I suddenly gasped!
On the river, the warship modified by Yang Fan was smaller than the navy's five-tooth warship, but it was not much smaller.
If forced, the Navy's five-tooth battleship may not be able to take them all.
More importantly, there are hundreds of such ships, and their navy only has a dozen five-tooth warships. How to do this?
For a moment, all the soldiers were stunned!
People are speculating in their hearts about who the enemy is this time.
