Jiangzuo, near Miangou.
At this time, the river was full of Jiangxia military warships heading north.
The naval force of the Xiakou Camp had a total of more than a hundred large and small warships, which should have been a considerable combat force. But because Su Fei was accidentally captured, they were defeated without a fight.
The ships were leaderless, and it was even more chaotic when turning the rudder; but fortunately, Yuan Jun on the shore could not launch, so most of the warships were able to escape from the south bank with all their tails and tails intact.
Except for the high-rise ship where Su Fei was, there were not even one out of ten fighting ships left on the bank of the Xiakou River.
A boat rushed up, and Zhang Shuo was losing his temper: "Zhuzhu, didn't you fucking eat? Row faster!"
The oar leader ran over and gasped: "Marquis, we have reached the middle of the river. Let's take a rest. Brothers are rowing almost to death."
Zhang Shuo looked around and saw his own warships on both sides. He patted his head and said, "Yes, Yuan Jun has no warships. Why are we rowing so fast?"
"Hey, hey, slow down, our ship is in front of you, don't hit it!"
"Helmsman, you're blind. Turn the helm quickly. I've already knocked over two boats. Don't knock over this one too!"
At the critical moment, the oarsmen on the stern side stopped paddling, and in cooperation with the helmsman, they finally slightly changed the direction of the ship, allowing the small boat in front to survive the collision.
Although the collision was avoided, Zhang Shuo still cursed: "Zhuzhu, why do you care about the people under you? You are rowing so fast because you are rushing to reincarnate!"
The face of the oar commander Zhuzhu was full of grievances: "Marquis, you have to speak with your conscience!"
"You were the one who yelled the loudest when we were turning the helm just now. Zhuzhu, where are you? If we don't row the boat, Yuan Jun will rush up and seize the boat."
"Zhuzhu, don't stand there stupidly. You can also row the boat for me. Yuan Jun's arrows have hit the soles of my feet."
"Zhuzhu, don't worry about whether there are other boats in front of you, just use your strength to row!"
Zhu Zhu learned the lesson perfectly, Zhang Shuo immediately raised his hand and said angrily: "Shut up, or be careful I'll beat you up!"
When Zhang Shuo raised his hand, Zhu Zhu quickly retracted his head. Zhang Shuo didn't really want to hit him and said:
"Get out of here and let the brothers stop paddling. Once you have rested enough, you can slowly row back to Miankou."
"Yes, Junhou."
As soon as Zhu Zhu came down from the cabin, the fake Marquis next to Zhang Shuo suddenly raised his hand and pointed to the south bank and exclaimed: "Marquis Jun, look, there are a lot of small boats coming from the south. Could it be that Yuan Jun is chasing us?"
Zhang Shuo turned around and saw that many small boats appeared out of nowhere in the distance behind him.
"What are you afraid of? It's not a battleship coming here. Although these walking boats are fast, they are no match for our ship."
"Set off rockets as a warning first!"
"promise!"
Zhang Shuo's warship was far away from those small boats, and there were several stern battleships in between, so the bows and crossbows could not reach them.
But Zhang Shuo can fire a few fire arrows towards the back to remind other ramming battleships to be careful behind.
At this time, the prisoners of Jiangxia Army who had been released by Yuan Jun were rowing boats desperately to stay away from the Xiakou Camp, which was a nightmare for them.
"Captain, what are these sailors doing firing arrows at us? Are they going to shoot us with arrows?"
Su Fei's other captain, Deng Long, was wearing the clothes of an ordinary soldier at this time, and he was still congratulating himself that he was so clever just now.
That's right, when Deng Long saw that the momentum was not right, he immediately changed his outfit and pretended to be an ordinary soldier.
After being caught, Yuan Jun rushed to the shore without identifying the prisoners, and asked them to climb into the boat and roll to Jiangbei.
There are hundreds of small boats in Xiakou Village. Except for a few that go out of the way, most of the small boats are mainly used to transport baggage and food unloaded by large ships. They have no protection or combat capabilities.
"Shoot who?"
Deng Long looked at the fire arrows. Although they looked good, they were of no use. They all fell into the water after flying dozens of steps.
It’s still far away from me!
"Look, other ships are shooting rockets at us too!"
Following Zhang Shuo's warning, the few stern fighting ships at the rear also discovered the small boats following behind, so they fired fire arrows one after another, firstly to respond to Zhang Shuo's signal, and secondly to warn each other.
After these fire arrows were shot out, they landed near the boat one after another, but they were still some distance away from the closest boat.
But Deng Long had a bad feeling in his heart. You know, the arrows of fire arrows are tied with fire cloth soaked in oil, so the range is much shorter than ordinary arrows.
Is it possible that these turrets are calibrating their range and targets?
"Don't shoot arrows, I am Deng..."
Deng Long felt something bad and immediately shouted out, but in the middle of his words, countless arrows came towards his face, causing Deng Long to choke back the second half of the sentence.
In the vast darkness, no one could clearly see the flying black arrows.
But Deng Longfu was lucky. Although dozens of arrows flew towards his ship, none of them hit him.
One of the arrows passed through Deng Long's armpit. If it missed even half an inch, Deng Long would be hit by an arrow in his heart and die.
The other Jiangxia soldiers were not so lucky. They screamed one after another. Four died immediately and seven were injured.
Deng Long felt a moment of fear and immediately lay down on the boat.
The few boats sailing at the front all suffered disasters. These Jiangxia soldiers were defenseless and were shot like flying flowers.
There were no shields on the ship, and most of the people's clothes and armor had been stripped off by Yuan Jun. In addition, the arrows were still thrown over, and the low hull of the ship did not provide much protection.
Everyone didn't want to die, so they could only take the risk and stand up straight and shout towards the cockpit battleship.
"Stop shooting, we are the subordinates of Captain Deng Long and Deng, and we are all brothers Pao Ze!"
"Stop shooting, I am the chief of Colonel Deng's men, and I know your Colonel Chen!"
"I know you Zhang Shuo and Zhang Junhou!"
"We are our own people!"
Seeing that the boat had no counterattack, the Jiangxia Army officers on board the fighting ship also realized that something was wrong and ordered them to stop firing arrows.
It was much clearer now, and I finally heard the shouts on the boat clearly.
"Damn it, I didn't expect that I didn't die in the hands of Yuan Bing, but in the hands of one of my own!"
"Damn it, when I resisted Yuan Bing, they ran away and now they are shooting their own brothers!"
"..."
"Hey, Junhou, it seems that these small boats are our own people or subordinates of Captain Deng. I don't know how they escaped from Yuan Jun."
On board the warship, Fake Marquis stood at a high place and watched while reporting to Zhang Shuo.
"Here they come, these boats are rowing so fast!"
Zhang Shuo also climbed to the high platform and looked in the direction pointed by Fake Hou. He saw only a few walking boats. Taking advantage of their small speed, they were weaving in and out of the fighting boats, rowing very fast.
"Look, does the man standing at the bow of the ship look like Captain Deng?"
"Hey, it seems true." Zhang Shuo nodded in surprise and said, "Why are there so many casualties on Colonel Deng's ship?"
"Damn Yuan Jun!"
Zhang Shuo hammered the mast with his fist, turned around and ordered:
"Turn the rudder to the left and let Commander Deng's ship go first. It's important to treat the wounded!"
The boat rushed slightly away from its original direction, making way for Deng Long's walking boat to clear the waterway.
As the gondola passed by the side of the river, Zhang Shuo shouted loudly: "I am the Marquis of the Army, Zhang Shuo. I have long admired the reputation of Colonel Deng!"
"Captain Deng is so brave, Yuan Jun is so brave, he really can't stop you!"
The fake marquis next to him looked at the people walking away and reminded Zhang Shuo: "Marquis Jun, something is wrong!"
"What's wrong?"
"It's true that he is Captain Deng, but why is he wearing the armor of an ordinary soldier?"
"There are more than a dozen people on this ship, and none of them is armed. Something is wrong! I'm afraid they didn't break out, but were let go by Yuan Jun..."
Zhang Shuo quickly reached out and blocked Jiehou's mouth.
"Whether he broke through or was let go, Captain Chen is gone now, who should we rely on in the future?"
"Captain Deng is a confidant of Governor Huang. If you can serve under his command in the future, are you afraid that you will have no future?"
Walking on the boat, a wounded soldier next to Deng Long who had an arrow in his shoulder rushed towards the boat where Zhang Shuo was and said viciously:
"Captain, the first one to fire rockets at us was this ship."
"They thought we were Yuan Jun!"
Deng Long's face was extremely gloomy. At this time, he rushed up to say hello. Deng Long followed the sound and happened to see Zhang Shuo standing on the high platform.
Deng Long's eyes widened angrily, staring at Zhang Shuo, and he secretly memorized the name and appearance of this military lord.
Zhang Shuo was overjoyed as he rushed forward. He grabbed the fake marquis and said excitedly, "Look, Captain Deng is looking at us."
"He noticed us. There are so many stern warships. If I give way to him, he will definitely remember me!"
