It was getting dark, and the river where they had been fighting all night was full of floating corpses and debris from sunken ships.
The huge Beiyu Water Formation was burning and sinking. Now, only the last two hundred or so warships can still follow the formation.
Jiang Meng's face was pale, and after spending a whole night, he still failed to break through from the east. The Western Shu naval forces from all directions have completely formed a siege. The Shu people's attack has not stopped at all. If they can't hold on for much longer, the entire Beiyu Water Formation will turn into river ghosts.
"General, what should we do now? The morale of the army is weakened!" The assistant general came over and spoke reluctantly.
At first, the navy of more than 30,000 men was eager to rush to Lingzhou, but now, there are less than 7,000 men and more than 200 ships left.
Jiang Meng raised his head with difficulty and suddenly laughed.
"In that case, I'll wait for the last few rounds. It doesn't matter if I die!"
"Get ready to fight with me!"
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"Wai——"
At this time, both Miao Tong and Fan Ruma Yilin followed the direction of the encirclement and suppression, completely blocking the enemy's path and not giving any chance to break out.
Miao Tong's eyes showed murderous intent. According to the instructions of his little military advisor, this Jiang Meng cannot be allowed to escape alive. At present, the morale of these Beiyu people has declined greatly, and they have no chance to resist.
"The entire army is listening to the order and preparing to join the ship! Defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!" Miao Tong roared.
"kill!"
In the forest to the east, there was also a fighting spirit on their faces, ready to cooperate with the main army and give the Beiyu people the final blow.
But at this moment——
"General Lin, there is information coming from behind the water formation."
"What?"
"More than a dozen merchant ships are coming from behind. Are they not far away?"
Lin Zhong frowned, "Don't be careless and send people to drive them away. If they go any further, they will be treated as Beiyu spies and killed!"
Although he was just a naval assistant, victory was within sight and he didn't want any problems to arise.
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"Brother, this is the front. Look, the arrogant General Jiang Meng is like a dead dog. He was beaten so many times behind closed doors that he will probably have the will to die."
Behind the navy in the east, on a merchant ship, two middle-aged men in white clothes stood steadily and talked coldly.
"The young general from Xishu is not too stupid, so he asked someone to drive him away."
"Shoot."
On top of more than a dozen merchant ships, suddenly, many people dressed as merchant ship guards came out one after another, raised their bows and arrows, and fired at the several Xishu warships that came to drive them away.
By surprise, at least ten Shu troops were killed in a hail of arrows.
"Side sail, light the kerosene!"
"Side sail——"
Of the dozen or so warships, only ten quickly raised their sails, and the hay and other things on the ship quickly burned as the kerosene ignited.
Then, taking advantage of the wind from the side sail, it rushed into the Xishu water formation to the east. Under the momentum, Lin Zhong immediately turned around, and his face was suddenly shocked when he saw this scene.
"Enemy attack! Huo Fang enemy attack!" Lin Zhong's face turned red.
"Avoid the fire boat!"
"Damn these merchant ships!" The voice in the forest was angry. These people were clearly covered by merchant ships, and when they got close, they launched a fireboat.
"Three buckets of rice, enter the rice road, and the whole world will eat from the same trough!" Two middle-aged men in robes spread their hands, cheering and shouting.
"The whole world eats from the same trough!" On the merchant ships that followed, there were also shouts.
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"Today's defeat is not my fault, Jiang Meng! Even if I die, I, Jiang Meng, will not be a prisoner of the Shu people!" Standing on the bow of the ship, Jiang Meng roared angrily. He was forced into a corner and could not break through after a long attack. At this time, he He was already holding the sword with trembling hands and had the will to kill himself.
"General, wait a minute, wait a minute!" The assistant general ran over in a hurry.
"General! Reinforcements have appeared in the east, and they have launched a surprise attack with fire boats!"
"What did you mean...reinforcements?"
"Exactly! The Shu navy to the east is already in some commotion!"
Jiang Meng's face paused, without any hesitation, "Quickly, form a formation, raise the flag and order all warships to form an formation immediately and break out to the east!"
"The general has ordered the entire army to break out to the east!"
"There is fire in the east..."
Jiang Meng no longer cares about it. Compared with other places, the east location is now the last choice.
"Rush over!"
The last hundred or so Beiyu warships looked like crazy, sailing recklessly and quickly to break out of the encirclement to the east.
Under the attack of the merchant ship Huo Fang, the east-facing army in the forest already had a flaw in order to avoid the fire. By the time Lin Zhong gave the order to form a formation, it was already too late.
"Stop them!" Lin Zhong was shocked, "Send the order to the long-range shooting camp to block Beiyu's breakout force-"
Ma Yi and Fan Lu, who were not far away, also lost color in their faces and rushed forward quickly. Seeing that the people of Beiyu were about to be exterminated, something suddenly happened at this time.
"Be the first to hit the boat!"
On the Beiyu warship in the lead battle, countless soldiers cried and handed over their hands.
"Farewell...general."
More than twenty of Beiyu's first battleships rushed straight towards the merchant ship Huofang, fighting a bloody path for the fleet behind them.
"Rush out!" Jiang Meng burst into tears.
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"Mi Daojiang Zhong, Yao Rong, welcome General Jiang!" On a merchant ship in the rear, two middle-aged men in robes laughed and raised their hands.
At this time, Jiang Meng's face was full of fear. After seeing the friendly forces, he stood on the bow of the ship and clasped his fists.
"Don't worry, general. We have hidden fireboats every twenty miles in the direction of Wuzhou to help the general escape all the way. We have heard that the Western Shu navy is extremely elite, but this time, we, Mi Taoist, were It’s all over the place.”
"Thank you, martyr!" After the disaster, Jiang Meng slumped down, still breathing heavily. The past two or three days were like a nightmare, making him breathless.
I am afraid that for a long time, he would not dare to take another step into the river. Even if they could escape now, only a few thousand of the more than 30,000 troops brought out would die. Eight or nine hundred warships were also destroyed. This is equivalent to using up almost all of Beiyu's Jiangnan reserves at once.
"Xishu should not be underestimated!"
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The next day, on the bank of the Lingzhou River.
Dongfang Jing put down the information, his face extremely bitter. He swayed, closed his eyes with difficulty, and slowly collapsed on the wooden wheel.
After all the various arrangements, Jiang Meng was allowed to escape back to Kezhou in the end.
"Dong Laimi's Taoism has ruined my great cause in Western Shu." Dongfang opened his eyes respectfully, his eyes full of coldness.
"One day, I, Dongfang Jing, will let your smoke disappear."
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