The Han army came to the shore where the ships were placed.
"General, are we really going to the sea?" A general approached Li Sizhong.
Li Sizhong glanced at the warships ramming on the sea, gritted his teeth secretly, and said: "Stop talking nonsense, push the ship into the sea immediately."
"General, why don't you go discuss it with the commander-in-chief. If it's really not possible, just send some people into the sea to rescue people!" said the general begging.
It is easy for him to go to the sea, but it is difficult to come back.
Li Sizhong looked back at the Eight Banners soldiers who were following him and said to him: "You think this general is willing to go to the sea. Look around you. Is it okay if you don't go to the sea?"
Hearing this, the boss raised his head and looked around.
However, after only a few glances, his eyes shrank back.
At some point, there were a lot of Eight Banners soldiers around, and these Eight Banners soldiers all had weapons in their hands, and there were also many archers among them.
The arrows were cocked, and the arrows were pointed in the direction where they, the Han troops, were.
"Okay, don't look at it. Take the people and go to the sea to rescue people. Even I can't escape. I will go to the sea with you." Li Sizhong looked bitter.
After he defected to Daijin, although he gained the title of a guerrilla general and Niu Luzhen, he was still a chess piece in the hands of the Jurchens that could be discarded at will.
Small boats were pushed into the sea one after another, and Li Sizhong and the Han soldiers boarded the boats one after another.
As the commander-in-chief of the Han army, he still could not escape the fate of taking a boat to the sea. His only privilege was that he could choose which ship to take.
Of course, there is another privilege that is not a privilege, which is that he is not required to row the boat.
Li Sizhong did not get on a boat that was too close, nor did he get on a boat that was too far back. Instead, he sat on a small boat in the middle and behind. There was a commander and a few ordinary Han soldiers on the boat.
"General, please take off your armor. Once you fall into the sea wearing such thick armor, no one around you can save you." The general said, looking at Li Sizhong's armor.
With the help of the captain on the same ship, Li Sizhong took off his heavy armor.
Armor can save his life on the battlefield, so he was reluctant to throw it away. Instead, he put it on the boat, thinking that if he could go back alive, he would bring the armor back together.
Dajin is short of iron. If he loses his armor, the Jurchens will not replace him with a pair of iron armor. If he wants to get the armor, he can only capture it from the enemy by himself.
Not long after the boat rowed in the sea, a soldier on the bow suddenly said: "General, there is someone in the water!"
Li Sizhong pressed one hand on the side of the boat and leaned out to look into the sea.
A black thing floating on the sea hit the boat they were riding on.
It was quickly recognized that it was the body of an Eight Banners soldier.
"Turn over the corpse." Li Sizhong ordered the soldiers on the ship to turn over the floating corpse.
At this time, the back of the body's head was facing upwards, and its face was completely immersed in the seawater.
Several soldiers on the boat turned the body over in the sea with its face up.
Li Sizhong brought his face closer and took a closer look at the face of the corpse. When he found that it was not Azig's body, he withdrew his gaze and said, "Keep rowing forward."
He could also go back to deliver Azig after rescuing Azig or finding Azig's body, instead of staying in the sea to continue taking risks.
As for the corpse of the Eight Banners soldier floating on the water, he didn't even care.
The purpose of the Han army going into the sea was to save the Eight Banners soldiers who were still alive. He no longer cared about the dead Eight Banners soldiers.
The boat rowed forward some distance. glutinous rice
At this moment, several warships of the Tiger Flag discovered the approaching Han army's ship, immediately changed their direction and rammed towards the Han army's ship.
There was a huge difference in the size of the ships on both sides. The small boats the Han army was riding in had no power to compete with them. Several ships were knocked over by the warships with the Tiger Flag.
The Han soldiers on the boat fell into the sea.
Shouts for help rang out in the sea. Some Han soldiers with good water skills swam toward other nearby Han ships, hoping to board other people's ships so they could be rescued.
Unfortunately, in front of several large warships of the Tiger Flag, the small boats of the Han troops were helpless. Before these Han troops could save the people who fell into the water, they soon became one of them.
As more and more Han troops fell into the water, the remaining Han troops who did not fall into the water began to flee for their own lives and wanted to row boats to escape to the shore. As for rescuing the Eight Banners soldiers, they had long been forgotten.
"General, let's escape too. If others fail to save us, we will risk our own lives." The captain on the same ship looked at Li Sizhong.
If Li Sizhong had not been on the boat, he would have ordered his men to turn around and return to the shore.
It is a pity that Li Sizhong on the ship is the commander-in-chief of the Han army and has the best status. The people on the ship can only follow the arrangements of Li Sizhong, the highest-ranking person.
Li Sizhong said with a gloomy face: "Do you think you can survive if you go back? Don't forget that those Eight Banners soldiers are waiting on the shore. If we can't rescue Azig, even if we escape back, those Eight Banners soldiers will chop off our heads." "
The captain on the same boat shrank his neck in fright.
The Eight Banners soldiers were ruthless to their own people, and even more ruthless to the Han army.
If you escape privately without completing the military orders, in the Ming Dynasty you only need to take care of yourself and save your life. However, in Daijin, if you disobey the military orders and flee privately, you will definitely die.
Of course, this only targets the Han army.
The warships of the Tiger Flag knocked over more and more Han army ships. Not only that, the sound of fire cannons was heard from time to time on the stationed ships, and at the same time, Han soldiers who were hit by fire cannons fell into the sea.
There is still a slight chance of survival if the boat capsizes and falls into the sea, but if you are hit by a gunshot and fall into the sea, you will definitely die.
The warship with the tiger flag in front of him was getting closer and closer to him, and Li Sizhong's hand on the side of the ship began to tremble uncontrollably.
If he were on land, he wouldn't be so scared, but at sea, it would be a luxury to fight the enemy with his life.
"General?"
The captain on the same ship also noticed the ship that had arrived not far away and looked at Li Sizhong nervously.
Li Sizhong looked struggling.
On the one hand, he was afraid of being hit by a big ship and falling into the sea. On the other hand, he was afraid that he would be caught by the Eight Banners soldiers if he escaped. He was in a dilemma for a while.
"No, the enemy ship has collided." The commander's expression, who had always been paying attention to the Tiger Flag warship, suddenly changed.
Several ships just in front of the ship they were on were knocked over by oncoming warships.
"Quickly row to avoid them." Li Sizhong asked the boatman to row to avoid them with an anxious look.
Unfortunately it's too late.
Before the boat had rowed far, there was a bang, and the warship with the Tiger Flag collided with the boat they were on.
All the people on the boat fell into the water.
boom! boom! boom!
The sound of fire and cannons sounded on the warship. Li Sizhong felt a pain on his back, his limbs gradually became weak, and his whole body sank toward the bottom of the water.
