Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Could it be that the reason why the officers and soldiers dared to come to challenge this time is because some of them are skilled in spells?

Under the influence of Emperor Daojun, Taoism was worshiped in the Song Dynasty, especially in the Jingdong area, where Taoism had a greater influence.

In Yanzhou on Jingdong East Road, there is a famous Taoist mountain Daishan, and in Laizhou on Jingdong East Road, there is also a famous Taoist Valley.Therefore, most of the people born on Jingdong Road are obsessed with Taoism.

Many of Wang Yuan's pirates were from states along the Jingdong Road, and they were naturally superstitious about Taoism.

At this moment, seeing the Taoist priests casting spells in the officers and soldiers, many pirates couldn't help feeling uneasy.

Chapter 677 The Cannon Rings and Booms His Mother

"What are you afraid of? That Taoist bird is just pretending to be a ghost, and he can also fool the master? The wind has not changed, and the clouds have not changed. How can the Taoist bird know any magic? Turn around and kill the Taoist bird first. Give me the Taoist bird first." Shoot and kill in the sea!" Seeing that some of his soldiers were shaken, Wang Yuan raised his knife and shouted with a ferocious face.

Hearing the island owner's words, the pirates cheered up, turned the bow of the ship, picked up their bows and crossbows, and rushed towards the southeast official army with a murderous look.

How did the pirates know that it was the private navy brought by Ximen Qing who flew the flag of the Dengzhou Ping Navy at sea, not the official navy.

At this time, it was the official Ximen Qing who pretended to be a Taoist priest and played ghosts there.

Behind Ximen Qing, "King Kong in the Cloud" Song Wan reported to him: "Your Excellency, the artillery has been aimed, do you want to fire?"

"Aim at the pirate leader's ship and bombard me!" Ximen Qing pointed at Wang Yuan's warship.

"Fire!" Song Wan gave an order to the gunners of the navy.

"Boom~boom~boom..."

The war fleet led by Ximen Qing was equipped with ten cannons. At this time, the ten cannons fired one after another, which was really deafening.

Ximen Qing shook his head, thinking that fortunately, I was prepared to stuff my ears with soft silk cloth as earplugs, otherwise my ears would suffer.

Ximenqing was worried about the safety of Yue Fei and the others before the naval battle, and was inspired. After inventing a cork life jacket for the navy, he thought of producing earplugs and earmuffs for the artillery to protect their hearing.

Only then did Ximen Qing suddenly realize that he had overlooked a problem in the past few years, that is, cotton had not yet been popularized in the Central Plains.Ximen Qing wanted to use cotton to make noise-cancelling earmuffs, but even if he had money, he couldn't buy them.

In desperation, Ximenqing could only use silk and hemp to make simple earmuffs for the gunner who fired the artillery and himself, so as not to be dizzy and tinnitus from the sound of the artillery.

The pirates on Sea Snake Island were stunned. They saw a miracle they had never seen before.I saw the Taoist sword on the opposite officer's ship pointing, accompanied by the dazzling fire, there was a constant "rumbling" thunder.

The flames on the official warships flashed, and immediately two pirate warships were blown to pieces of wood as if struck by lightning, causing casualties.

The "big crocodile and whale" Wang Yuan, who roams across the East China Sea, met Ximen Qing, which was a lucky accident.He was laughing at Ximen Qing's pretentious tricks at the bow of the ship, and before he could stop laughing, he was hit by a cannonball.

After the fire flashed, a broken arm holding a ghost-headed sword fell from the sky. Wang Yuan, the owner of the majestic Sea Snake Island and the "big crocodile whale" with more than 1000 ferocious pirates, was blown to pieces.

Ximen Qing on the opposite side could not have imagined such a result.

Although under Ximen Qing's guidance, Ling Zhen had already added a rear sight and a sight to the cannon, which improved the cannon's shooting accuracy.But because the barrel was not rifled, these smoothbore guns could not hit every shot.

Just like in the first round of artillery attack, only six shots hit, destroying the two fastest-moving pirate ships, but the shells of four more shots fell into the sea, causing four waves of water to soar into the sky.

I don't know if it was because Wang Yuan's warship was the closest to Ximen Qing's fleet, or because he was really unlucky, one of the six shells that hit the pirate ship hit Wang Yuan.

Thus, this unlucky pirate leader became the first well-known person to be sacrificed under Ximen Qing's cannon.

The tragic death of Wang Yuan and the destruction and sinking of two warships full of the most ferocious pirates plunged more than 1000 pirates into chaos and terror.

Just at this time, the second round of attack by the officers and soldiers came to the pirates' ships again.

After Ximen Qing's fleet started shelling, Xu Wen's and Ling Zhen's fleets in the southwest, who blocked the pirates' return, also launched artillery attacks.

Because the pirates and Liang Shanshui army were turning their rudders to attack Ximenqing, they exposed the side of the ship to the front of Xu Wen's fleet.

As the No.1 cannon of Ximen Qing, how could "Thunderbolt" Ling Zhen let go of this opportunity?He decisively fired ten cannons and hit five pirate ships after a salvo.

The five pirate ships were shot in the side, water poured into the ship, and soon capsized and sank into the sea.

The pirates and Liangshan robbers on the ship who were not killed also jumped into the sea, struggling in the cold water.

"Brother Gongming, Chai Daguan's warship has entered water and is about to sink. Do we have to rely on it to rescue it?" Li Jun asked outside the cabin.

Song Jiang secretly scolded Li Jun for being so ignorant, the enemy army is so ferocious at this time, his boat is full of mud bodhisattvas crossing the river, he can't protect himself, why go to save Chai Jin who is fighting for power?

It doesn't matter if Chai Jin and Wang Yuan are dead, as long as I can lead these pirates out of the encirclement of the officers and soldiers, won't they obey me?

It's a pity that brother Jiang Jing is on Du Qian's boat at this time, not by my side, otherwise he would be able to come up with an excuse for me without my asking.

"Brother Li Jun, Mr. Chai was killed. You and I have to shoulder the heavy burden and lead the brothers out of the siege! You can't stay here for long!" Song Jiang made a difficult decision.

"Brother Gongming, I'll break out from the shore!" Li Jun hurriedly ordered his men to turn the rudder, and sent a signal to Xiang Chong, Li Yan and others, ready to lead the army to flee to the Dengzhou coast in the northwest, and go ashore to avoid the terror of the officers and soldiers. navy.

Even if there are officers and soldiers ambushing on the shore, it is expected that the infantry of the officers and soldiers will not be as strong and invincible as this navy army!

While Li Jun was talking to Song Jiang, the fleet of Ximen Qing and Xu Wen launched a second round of shelling.Seven or eight warships outside the pirate fleet were shot and sank slowly into the sea.

The two armies fought for only a short while, and before the coalition forces of the Sea Snake Island pirates and Liangshan bandits had a chance to get close to Ximen Qing's army to shoot arrows, half of the warships were damaged.

At this time, Wang Dingliu's fleet, which was in charge of luring the enemy in the northeast, also turned its bow and came back.

Although Wang Dingliu, Shi Jin, Jiao Ting, Yue Fei and others did not have artillery, they had strong bows and crossbows and Shi Jin's [-] elite infantry who were good at hand-to-hand combat.

Under the leadership of all heroes, Wang Dingliu's fleet is also a terrifying force at sea.

Song Jiang, Li Jun and others could see clearly that the strength gap between them and their opponents at sea was too great, and they had no power to fight back.The only chance now is to abandon the ship and go ashore, use the bandit expertise of the Liangshan Army, flee to the mountains, and fight for a way out.

However, at this time, Ximen Qing's army was approaching, and Song Jiang and others wanted to escape, and the time was right.

Li Juncai turned the bow of the ship, and the pirate fleet was in chaos.

In front of the bows of Song Jiang, Li Jun and other Liangshan troops, there was a large ship blocking the waterway, blocking the escape route to the northwest.There are also pirate ships in a mess on the left and right, making it impossible for Song Jiang and Li Jun's ships to break through.

"Isn't that the brother Du Qian's boat? Why didn't he turn around? It's a big mistake for me!" Li Jun looked at the big boat blocking the way and complained.

On the warship of Du Qian who was "touching the sky", Jiang Jing, the "magic fortune teller", was tied up and locked in the cabin.Du Qian stood on the deck and shouted loudly: "Brothers, the officers and soldiers know sorcery! We can't escape, surrender if you want to save your life!"

Chapter 678 It's All About You

Ximen Qing pretended to be a Taoist priest and pretended to be a ghost, in order to deceive the pirates on Sea Snake Island, making them mistake the artillery attack they had never seen before as a powerful spell.

After the pirate leader Wang Yuan was blown to the point where only one broken arm remained, Chai Jin, who was seriously injured and unconscious, sank into the bottom of the sea along with the wrecked ship. Turning around like a fly, how could he listen to Li Jun's command.

Now Du Qian's voice of "touching the sky" is like the sound of nature in the ears of the pirates.Seeing that the Liangshan army on Du Qian's ship first abandoned their weapons and knelt down and surrendered, as if they had grasped a life-saving straw, they followed the same pattern, knelt on the deck and chanted their surrender.

The boats of Song Jiang, Li Jun, Xiang Chong, and Li Yan were blocked by pirate ships who did not obey the command. They jumped angrily and scolded Du Qian for being greedy for life and afraid of death, but it didn't help.

The Ximen Qing army, under the flag of the official army, surrounded from three sides, surrounded the remaining dozen or so pirate ships, and shouted in unison, "Disarm and don't kill."This accelerated the surrender of the pirates and Liangshan robbers.

Du Qian had already seen that it was Ximenqing's navy attacking.Immediately led his confidants to secretly cooperate with Ximen Qing's army to encircle and wipe out the pirates.He deliberately blocked the way of Song Jiang and others by sailing a boat, and uttered words to disturb the morale of the army, just to let the officials of Ximen Qing wipe out the remnants of Song Jiang.