With a big ship in hand, on the one hand, the people can be transferred more quickly, and on the other hand, as long as they are docked at the ferry, once there is a change in front of the village gate, the people and horses can immediately withdraw to the ferry and board the ship.
The Jin army was powerful in land combat, but when it reached the river, it was useless.
As long as the men, horses and boats can reach the river, the Jin army will be unable to do anything to them even if there are thousands of men and horses.
Gaokan had previously considered that when the stronghold was broken and there was nowhere to defend, the troops would try to break through from the side and retreat to the nearby mountains and forests for the time being.
It's not that the Tuohe River is bad, it's that they didn't have enough boats at that time. Just people entering the water were like living targets on the water. The Jin army was good at shooting, so they couldn't shoot one arrow at a time.
That's why we could only choose the nearby mountains and forests where the risk was extremely high. Even if we broke through and withdrew, the Jin army might still be chasing them.
Now that there is the small boat brought back by Qiao San and the big boat, the situation is immediately different.
Although Qiao San still didn't know what the fighting situation was like in the stronghold, he also knew that the Jin army was attacking the stronghold and it would only be a matter of time before the stronghold was destroyed. They had already known this from their previous exploration of the Jin army along the way.
That's why we specially found this big ship from Xilin Village, just to prepare for the withdrawal of all the troops.
Hearing Gao Kan's words, Qiao San also said: "My subordinates had this plan when they were looking for this big ship in Xilin Village, but they didn't expect it to actually work."
"Commander Qiao simply saved the lives of the brothers in the village!" Gao Kan praised.
"I also ask Commander Qiao and all the brothers to work hard and send the people in the stronghold to the other side no matter what, so as to avoid the enemy's humiliation. I will stay in the stronghold under Yang Jiaotou to prevent the Jin army from entering."
"I accept my orders." Qiao San responded with cupped fists.
The ferry was busy, and no one noticed that at the edge of the village wall, where it met the Tuohe River, there were figures moving under the dark night.
These people dived around the village wall and sneaked into the village by touching the river surface.
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was coming ashore, they hurried all the way to the village gate.
After Gao Kan talked with Qiao San and settled everything, he and Yang Zhi turned around and went to the village gate to inspect the defense again.
Only halfway through, Gaokan suddenly seemed to feel something in his heart and stopped immediately.
When Yang Zhi saw this, although a look of doubt flashed across his face, he was still on guard, and stepped forward and asked, "Is there anything wrong with you, Master?"
Gao Kan frowned when he heard this and said in a deep voice: "I didn't notice it at all, but I felt a little uneasy. I always felt that something bad was going to happen on the other side of the village gate, so I hurriedly walked over."
Yang Zhi nodded in agreement, beckoned the left and right to follow suit, and hurriedly came to the village gate.
Before he could get close, he heard someone shouting "enemy attack" from far away. His expression changed immediately and he subconsciously turned to look at Gaokan.
Gao Kan hurriedly said: "Don't worry about me, go over and kill him first, and don't ask the village gate to be opened under any circumstances!"
Yang Zhi also knew that the matter was urgent. After nodding in agreement, he called four or five people to protect Gaokan Zhouquan. He led the other four or five people and rushed towards the village gate with their swords drawn.
At this time, the village gate was in chaos. More than a dozen people from the Jin Army suddenly appeared out of nowhere and took advantage of the darkness to attack and kill several people one after another.
Fortunately, Gaokan had previously issued strict orders to the village gate to be on strict alert. Only then did the guards at the gate notice the clues and immediately shouted. However, the Jin army and horses below the gate were almost at the gate of the village.
At the same time, the Jin army outside the stronghold seemed to have been prepared for it. Just when the dozen or so people inside the stronghold gate were attacking, they saw hundreds of cavalry forming a surprise attack and heading straight to the stronghold gate to kill them.
In the blink of an eye, there was chaos inside and outside the originally quiet village gate.
When Yang Zhi led his men and rushed over, all the troops inside the gate of the village had already fought with the Jin army. There were soldiers even on top of the gate of the village rushing down to help.
However, although there were only a dozen people in the Jin army who infiltrated, they were all brave and skilled.
Facing the garrison soldiers who were several times their number, they seemed to be in an uninhabited land and rushed to kill them like crazy. The people at the gate of the village were unable to stop them for a while.
Seeing that these people are about to rush to the village gate, they only need to pull up the turntable behind the village gate to open the village gate.
At that time, hundreds of Jin Army thick-armored cavalry rushing straight from outside could easily rush into the stronghold.
Yang Zhi was so anxious at the moment that even though he was still several feet away, he couldn't help but point the sword in his hand at the enemy crowd opposite and throw it towards them.
The cold light was so sharp that it slashed a man to death in the air. He stepped up his pace, rushed to the nearest place, and raised his hand to strike.
The men at the gate of the village were unable to stop these golden soldiers, and they were forced to retreat again and again. Yang Zhi suddenly came and killed them, but like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, he immediately cut off the golden soldiers in the middle.
He didn't have a knife in his hand, so he rushed to the nearby area and just grabbed a scimitar from Jin Bing's hand and started slashing wildly.
The few people who followed behind also hurried forward to join the battle.
And with Yang Zhichong killing the enemy, the situation under the gate of the village immediately changed. The soldiers on the left and right also moved forward bravely, and finally pushed back these golden soldiers.
Gao Kan hurried over, and when he arrived, he saw Yang Zhi leading the charge, surrounded by at least several golden soldiers on his left and right.
Seeing this, Gao Kan hurriedly called the guards around him to come over and help.
The fighting here was fierce. Outside the village gate, the Jin soldiers and cavalry also rushed to the village gate. The archers on the village gate immediately fired arrows to stop them without giving orders.
Unfortunately, the Jin soldiers and cavalry were protected by thick armor. Ordinary bows and arrows could not penetrate the armor, and only continuous shooting of the horses would have some effect.
Gao Kan looked at Yang Zhi's charge and forced the Jin soldiers back. He knew in his heart that most of the Jin army's cavalry outside would definitely cooperate with the action, so he hurriedly bypassed the chaos and went up to the gate of the village.
As soon as we came up, we heard the sound of cavalry charging below, and we were already in front of us.
At this moment, it was too late to pull up the spiked wooden platoon in front of the village gate to guard against the cavalry charge. A cold light flashed in his eyes and he shouted in a deep voice: "Huoyou ditch, shoot arrows at Huoyou ditch!"
When the archers heard this, some of them immediately reacted and immediately changed their rockets and fired towards the gully that had been dug in advance and buried with kerosene about four or five feet away from the village gate.
There was a large amount of kerosene buried in the ditch, most of which Gaokan asked Lin Chong to buy in the city when he came from Zhending Mansion.
After occupying Bailing Village, they collected all the fire oil in the village. The quantity was absolutely sufficient. After digging the gullies, they only covered them with a layer of fine meadow soil to hide them.
A large number of rockets were fired over. Some of the rockets penetrated the fine soil and weeds covering the kerosene ditch, and hit the oil paper sealing the kerosene can below, immediately igniting the kerosene below.
Suddenly, bursts of "bang bang bang" explosions were heard, and rows of kerosene ditches were instantly ignited.
The violent fire and the impact of the explosion immediately caused chaos among the Jin Army's cavalry.
Under the blazing flames, the Jin cavalry could not rush straight to the gate of the village. They had to turn their horses and go back. Only after the fire subsided could they have a chance to attack again.
Looking at the dozens of corpses left by the Jin army outside the village gate, Gao Kan breathed a sigh of relief and then turned to look inside the village gate.
There, Yang Zhi had already led his men to kill all the infiltrated Jin soldiers.
