Li Hongchao had extremely bad luck. Ever since he escaped from Cao Xinyu's sight, he had been hiding in the Wuxi River. The Wuxi River was curved and could barely accommodate a five-masted warship. Along the way, there were many dangerous shoals and dangerous obstacles everywhere.

Knowing the danger, Cao Xinyu is unlikely to turn his attention to

This tributary of the Cangjiang River allowed him to live a peaceful life for several years. This time, he was driven to the shelf and sent Lin Qi and his party to Xiangcheng to land. He was trembling with fear, and later even did not hesitate to kill a small fishing village.

Everyone inside is just asking for someone to return early.

But after the first time, there will be a second time. After Xie Zhao sent troops to Jingzhou, Lu Xi, the governor of Bazhou, organized the Bazhou town army and rushed to Yuzhou to support Xie Shilin so that he could hold back more troops in Jingzhou.

In order to speed up the Northern Expedition Army, Li Hongchao's fleet was also used to deliver soldiers. After all, it was much faster to use warships to deliver soldiers than crossing mountains and ridges.

Li Hongchao had to go out again. But this time, his luck was obviously bad. Before he arrived in Xiangcheng, he encountered Cao Xinyu's navy.

When the two sides were several miles apart, they discovered each other. Li Hongchao immediately ordered to turn the helm and escape. Behind him, Cao Xinyu's fleet was already flowing down the river, like blood-eating sharks that smelled the smell of blood and opened their blood basins.

The big mouth pounced straight over.

What is even more unfavorable for Li Hongchao is that his fleet has dozens of ships of various sizes, all filled with Bazhou town troops, while his opponent Cao Xinyu has just unloaded the troops and items on the ship, one with heavy loads and one with

With an empty ship, the difference in speed between the two sides was too great. Both sides were escaping and chasing each other. In less than an hour, the distance between the two sides had increased from the first few miles to the Lish Road, and they were about to enter attack distance.

Li Hongchao looked at the opponent's warships getting closer and closer on the river with some despair. He had seen the firepower on the main warships of the Northern Expeditionary Army. Even if his warships were equal in number to the opponent's, he could not compete with the opponent at all.

What's more, now we are outnumbered and outnumbered.

Cao Xinyu moved a chair and sat on the command platform above the flagship. This battle was not on the same level at all. There was no need to command. He just went up and started a group fight, and the battle could be easily concluded. Water battles

Unlike land combat, sometimes you can't even escape, and now, Li Hongchao has fallen to this point.

Li's fleet was in chaos, and the Bazhou town army on board was even more panicked. They were in the Cangjiang River, and they had nowhere to use their strength. The only thing they could do was to hold on to the boat tightly and shout loudly.

They yelled at the sailors and immediately docked. There was a chaos on the river. Some ships followed Li Hongchao's flagship downstream to escape, while others, under the threat of the Bazhou Town Army, sailed sideways to the shore, preparing to grab

Stall.

The rumbling sound continued, and Cao Xinyu was surprised to see that many of the opponent's ships panicked and rammed into friendly ships. The huge collision force caused the colliding ships to immediately spin in the river, completely losing their bearings.

After taking control, the enemy soldiers on the boat fell into the water like dumplings. In a moment, the river surface was full of soldiers who fell into the water and struggled desperately.

"Grandma, there's an army on board!" Cao Xinyu understood in an instant. It seemed that just like him, his opponents were also sending soldiers to Yuzhou, but they were so unlucky that they bumped into him.

"General, do you want to save someone?" The general on the forward ship called a signal and asked Cao Xinyu.

"Save the ass, run over, run over, catch Li Hongchao alive!" Cao Xinyu danced, "When the battle is over and they are still alive, come and catch them again!"

The navy ships of the Northern Expedition Army sailed mercilessly over the human heads floating on the river. As the ships passed by, there was suddenly a layer of corpses on the water.

"Thunderbolt, prepare to fire!" The commanders on the three forward five-masted battleships issued the order almost at the same time.

The red flag waved and fell suddenly. The five-masted battleship's huge hull paused slightly and sank. Dozens of stone bombs flew into the air, directly attacking the last troop transport ship. I saw the black stone bombs.

Flying in the air, the Bazhou Town Army on the boat let out a cry of despair. Many people simply jumped from the boat into the water, with a glimmer of hope of survival. Even a cow would be hit by these stone bullets.

Beaten to death on the spot.

The last troop transport ship was hit by more than a dozen thunderbolt cannons at the same time. The sound of clicking continued. Suddenly there were more than a dozen holes as big as basins on the hull, and the cold river water came out. And this

Surrounding more than a dozen holes were bloody corpses.

The ship sank very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, only the bow of the ship was left high in the air. The surviving Bazhou town soldiers frantically shouted for help and waved their arms, but the approaching Northern Conquest Army

The battleship didn't even look at them and sped away. In front of them were Li Hongchao's only remaining five-masted battleships.

"Get ready for the braised pork!" the navy generals shouted excitedly. There is no more relaxed and comfortable battle than this. You can only attack without worrying about the opponent's counterattack. No general does not like this kind of battle.

Li Hongchao's many red horses and Mengchong warships relied on their small agility to row desperately towards both sides of the bank. As long as they reached the shore, they could abandon the ship and escape for their lives. However, the five-masted warships of the Northern Expedition Army ignored them and only looked at them.

Staring at several large ships in the river, this

This gave them hope. The five-masted warship was large in size, and the areas near the two banks were relatively complicated. The five-masted warship did not dare to lean to either side at will except when traveling in the middle of the river. If it ran aground or hit a reef, it would

Will die faster.

Li Hongchao took the lead in escaping, and a few remaining five-masted warships followed closely. However, the heavily armed ships were still constantly being approached by their opponents, and the red horse ships fled to both sides of the strait, which opened up the path for their opponents to pursue.

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The navy generals of the Li Department understood this, but the generals of the Bazhou Town Army did not understand. They saw that many Mengchong Chima small ships had already approached the shore, but the five-masted warships were still stuck.

The ground rushed forward, and a panicked general of the town army pulled out his sword and rushed to the command sword of the five-masted battleship. He put the knife on the neck of the navy general and roared: "Get to the shore, get to the shore!"

"General Lu, you can't dock here, you will be stranded!"

"Leave your mother alone and get to the shore, or I will chop off your head immediately!" the general named Lu roared, watching as a five-masted warship behind him was hit by countless red fireballs flying from the opponent's ship.

Suddenly a raging fire broke out, and he became even more panicked. The knife pressed on the opponent's neck sank slightly, and a trace of blood seeped out.

Feeling that if he didn't obey orders, this crazy guy would really kill him, the navy general reluctantly began to give orders, "Turn the helm and dock!"

The five-masted battleship deflected and sailed towards the left bank. After a moment, there was a bang, and something hit the bottom of the ship. The huge hull shook a few times, and it was really stranded in the river, unable to advance or retreat. The Northern Expeditionary Army Fleet

The five-masted warship sailed quickly past the stranded warship. The Bazhou town army could clearly see the opponent's face and the opponent's proud smile.

"Father, we can't escape!" On the flagship, Li Hongchao's son Li Wei ran to the command podium, "In half an hour at most, we will be overtaken."

Li Hongchao swallowed and whispered to his son: "Keep your voice down. There is a small boat at the stern of our flagship. I will order the ship to turn around to meet the enemy in a while. You take the opportunity to put down the small boat and bring a few reliable soldiers to wait for me.

Do you understand?"

Li Wei was startled for a moment and nodded repeatedly: "Father, I understand."

"Go quickly!"

Between the pursuit and the escape, the two sides had been chasing for dozens of miles on the Cangjiang River. The remaining five-masted warships of Li Hongchao's fleet suddenly drew a lonely line in the river, turned their bows, and headed towards Zheng.

The Northern Navy navy rushed back.

"You know you can't escape. The trapped beast is still fighting. Do you want to find a few at the bottom?" Cao Xinyu laughed and grabbed the command flag of the ordering soldier beside him. One by one, the orders were immediately sent to each ship through the flag language, all the way

The chasing Northern Army fleet began to change its formation, one ship after another, forming a straight line on the river. All the thunderbolt cannons and demon-subduing crossbows on the ship were ready to fire.

Li Hongchao ordered to turn back to fight. When he escaped, he was at the front. At this time, everyone turned around, and his flagship fell behind. When everyone's attention was focused on the enemy ships going down the river in the distance, Li Hongchao and Li Wei

The father and his son led a dozen soldiers down the string ladder at the stern of the ship and quietly fell onto a small boat. The dozen soldiers waved the oars desperately and fled towards the shore.

Half an hour later, Li's last five warships completely lost their ability to move and were surrounded by warships of the Northern Conquest Army. There were heavy casualties on board, and white flags were raised one after another on the warships. And that ship

The five-masted battleship that ran aground was the first to raise the white flag and surrender. Because they did not resist, they saved the lives of everyone on board.

Cao Xinyu stepped aboard Li Hongchao's warship. The ship ate several pieces of braised pork. At this time, a raging fire was burning, and the Northern Expeditionary Army who had boarded the warship was working hard to put out the fire.

"Where is Li Hongchao?" Cao Xinyu asked as he looked at a Li general who was being escorted in front of him.

"Returning to General Cao, when General Li ordered to turn around to meet the enemy, he had already escaped in a small boat!"

"Run away again?" Cao Xinyu was furious. He turned around and walked to the side of the ship. He looked around and saw that on the distant shore, a small boat had docked. More than a dozen people had climbed ashore and were fleeing into the mountains in panic.

, and the warship of the Northern Conquest Army that was closest to them was still far away, and they would definitely not be able to catch up.

"This bastard is a rabbit!" Cao Xinyu cursed angrily, stamped his feet and shouted: "After cleaning the battlefield, these prisoners have taken a good look at it, gathered them on a few boats, and taken them to the North!" (To be continued.
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