Author: Dongchen Yuanxiu

Chapter 263 Ambush in the Fog Canal

The desolate trumpet sound,

Constantly floating in the canal and in the sky.

Eunuch Zhao from the Zhao Division was a little worried and called Xiao Dongzi to stop again. Little did he know that Xiao Dongzi was frightened and walked away.

When Zhao Si saw this, he cursed;

"It's useless, what are you afraid of? I'll go out and tell Li Qianhu that he and his men must be on guard around the boats. If any suspicious boats approach people, they will be shot dead. The Zajia family will go out in a moment."

Xiaodongzi settled on Dongshen and replied;

"No, godfather, Xiao Dongzi has remembered."

He stood up holding on to the door frame, then opened the door and walked out. He closed the door behind him and took a few steps forward. When he came to the corridor on the side of the building, he saw rows of people from the Imperial City Division hiding with crossbows.

Behind the wall.

That scene was so frightening that Xiao Dongzi crouched down, bent over and choked, and when she saw Li Qianhu who was directing from the front, she ran over.

"Master Li, Master Li!"

When he heard someone calling Han Jiji, Li Yun turned around and saw the little eunuch beside Eunuch Zhao. He immediately understood that the eunuch had something to say, so he came over and asked;

"Little father-in-law, may I have any instructions from Eunuch Zhao?"

"No, sir, my godfather ordered us to shoot any suspicious boats or people that come close to us. The safety of our boats comes first."

Xiao Dongzi didn't dare to shut up loudly, for fear that the sound would spread far and disturb someone.

Li Yun nodded and whispered back;

"Tell the Grand Eunuch, don't worry. I have a humble position and Minghong will never have any problems. Ben Qianhu will be there to keep an eye on me personally."

"Then Mr. Li, be careful."

Xiaodongzi's words had already reached him, so he didn't dare to stay any longer, so he crouched and swam away.

Li Yun, on the other hand, returned to a higher place and continued to stare at the surroundings. The fog was getting heavier and heavier, and the outline of the ship at the front could not be clearly seen.

Feeling a little anxious in my heart, I immediately shouted,

"Keep your eyes open. If there are any suspicious boats or people approaching the boats, they will be shot!"

"No, my lord."

None of the surrounding soldiers responded.

As for the building and boat in front, after Zhang Jinyu ordered to blow the warning horn, did Commander Lu react? The Marquis must have discovered the situation.

He put on his armor and walked out.

The fighting ship that went out to explore at the front also slowly approached the merchant ship.

At this time, the water bandits in the mist were also a little uneasy, and their hearts trembled when they heard the horn sound in front of them. The head of Qingyun Village looked at the other dozens of water bandits in front of him, and he also ordered the second head,

"Second brother, let their people not move, and wait here again. It seems that it will be difficult that time. Let's wait until the people in front move their legs."

"I know, brother!"

The leader of the men in black at the forefront of the water bandits was no longer waiting for news from the east coast.

The river to the east is there, and rows of warships and speedboats have been prepared early. The people inside are all dressed in black.

The weapons and battleship armor were exactly the same as those of the guards. The entire fleet of black-clad soldiers were waiting there silently.

The command ship on a building ship is in,

When a masked old man saw that the fog had arrived and the people in front of him were indifferent, he said sharply;

"General Jiao, you can't move your legs?"

Jiao Ke's face was solemn, but when he heard the old man's voice, his face also changed, and he said slightly angrily;

"What do you need me to do? I'm here to give instructions."

"I, the time will pass if I don't attack."

The old man held back his anger and reminded from the side.

Jiao Ke didn't know, he looked a little anxious, so he didn't let go;

"The time has not come yet. I didn't hear the warning horn sound from the navy ahead. I'm temporarily suspicious ahead. I need to wait."

"General, please wait until we go east. The fog will definitely dissipate at noon, and we will be able to leave by then. As for escaping now, General, I am the same as us. Those in the south of the Yangtze River can let him go.

Just wait."

The old man stopped urging, his low words seemed helpless and sad, and Ru Ming couldn't help himself.

The sky is already bright, and the fog has reached its heaviest. As the saying goes, the fog will slowly dissipate after that time, and will be gone by noon.

General Jiao Ke, sweating heavily despite the cold wind, then ordered;

"The whole army listened to the order and made a surprise attack from the east. They aimed at the wrong ship and launched a projectile. The clipper used the ram angle to ram the wrong ship. If there was a chance to kill the wrong ship, there was no result and no chance.

We are going to board the ship, and we are going to fight hand to hand."

"No, General."

The deputy general next to him began to go east to deliver orders. The old man in black felt relieved and said;

"General, if there are nearly 20,000 people in the east, and the water is attacking, he will definitely succeed in one fell swoop. The wrong side of the ship is too big to turn around, so there is no chance."

"I hope, maybe Dawu Tiandong's most elite frontier army is really so easy to defeat. There are so many guardsmen fighting on the east leg, and that battle will be difficult."

General Jiao Ke didn't have any confidence in his heart, and he didn't feel bad either. He actually felt a little bit of fear.

The old man didn't take it seriously and said with relief;

"General, you can't say that. To make others' ambitions destroy your own prestige. Although I don't know what the so-called martial arts performance in the capital is like. Even if he is not the first, can he still be on the road? If Ming is in the water, even if he is not the first

Isn’t it true for a tiger to be bullied by a dog when it falls flat?”

So it doesn't matter, and the words of the old man in black are unreasonable. General Jiao no longer hesitated and kept giving orders to the east. The messengers also came out in all directions. After a while, hundreds of speedboats sailed into the fog of the river one after another.

, driving forward slowly.

Zhang Jinyu continued to observe the river in front. The merchant ship had already floated over. Visually, there was no one on it, but there were large blood stains. There was no need to ask whether the boatman must have been poisoned, so there must be someone in front of him.

"Duan Hong, warning, there are enemies ahead, should we come towards them?"

"This person is wearing armor."

Zhang Jinyu asked the personal guards to put on the Yunying armor given by the emperor, and took out the sword.

Behind him, Duan Hong could also see the merchant ship not far away. There was a large area of ​​bloodstains that was not sweet. The people in front of him were not doing anything wrong.

"Blow the horn, there are enemies ahead."

Immediately, another warning horn sounded.

"woo woo woo woo!"

At that moment, the sergeants of the entire naval fleet became nervous, knowing that an enemy was approaching.

At that moment, a faint sound suddenly came from the clouds, and Dong Zhongyuan's disciple Lin Zhenhong, who was standing next to Zhang Jinyu, suddenly shouted:

"Enemy attack, be careful of arrows ahead!"

Zhang Jinyu didn't react very quickly, and was directly pressed to the ground by Lin Zhenhong. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a rain of arrows appear in the clouds.

"Whizzing."

The sound continued, and in a moment the entire navy fleet was attacked. Fortunately, the soldiers in the fleet were well prepared and all wore armor. Even if they were shot, they were not seriously injured. A few unlucky guardsmen were shot to death on the spot.

Zhang Jinyu was lying on the ground, looking at the wooden wall behind him, "Thump thump." He kept nailing arrows, and he became angry and shouted;

"Counterattack, counterattack, Lin Zhenhong will take command."

"No, Lord Marquis."

Lin Zhenhong squatted behind the wall, looked at the direction of the arrow, made a rough calculation, and shouted;

"Group, listen to the order, two hundred steps ahead, projectile, projectile! Release."

Following Lin Zhenhong's command, the sergeant on the ship picked up the crossbow, aimed forward, and started to press the trigger. The crossbows were the same, several crossbows could not release the string at the same time, and the huge arrows could not be fired at the same time.

Submerged in the thick fog, I could faintly hear screams.

The rest of the tower ships and the escort ships also shot arrows at suspicious places in front of them. Both sides went back and forth for a while, and even three out of ten were unlucky. It was almost impossible to shoot blindly in such a thick fog.

Zhang Jinyu came to the back of the wall and stretched out her head to look over. There were already many small boats passing through her building and heading towards the fleet behind her. So what?

"Lin Zhenhong, order the people on the surrounding clippers to be shot. Duan Hong, warn the fleet behind that there is an enemy attack!"

"No, Lord."

The two of them commanded the people on the boat to start attacking the surrounding boats at close range, while Duan Hong signaled the soldiers to blow the horn continuously.

A brief and rapid sound of the horn signaled the enemy to begin their attack.
To be continued...