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Chapter 222 Turn the tide of the battle

Faced with such an unfavorable situation, the Song Xiang Army once again showed their weak side. Even though Lin Henian on the ship behind him was so anxious that he jumped and shouted loudly, the first reaction of these officers and soldiers was to turn their heads and escape, and they had no courage to fight head-on with the enemy.

This gave the water bandits who had not yet rushed out of the island. Seeing that the government troops were already in chaos, many people jumped into the water directly from the boat, and they took the opportunity to counterattack. After a few dull sounds, several small boats were pushed into the water by them. However, this time it was no longer a tool for arson, but dozens of water bandits carrying weapons rushed towards the government troops. The target they selected was the official army on the west side of the island that had not been affected by fire ships.

There were still dozens of steps away from the official warships. The water bandits had already shown their bows and arrows, shooting a rain of arrows towards the already disarray of the government troops, killing them again, and jumped into the water like a headless fly, without even bothering to stop the water bandits from coming to the front.

Although the village soldiers on the warships led by Sun Tu were also panicked, they did not scatter in the voices of the commanders of several commanders. Instead, they raised the wooden shield that they had previously thought was burdened and pushed them in front of the ship, blocking the waves of arrows. Then Tang Feng shouted loudly: "Shoot the arrows, don't let them approach easily!"

At this time, Sun Tu had already given up on cutting the fishing nets that were obviously unable to be cleaned in a short period of time, and brought his subordinates back to the ship. Looking at the water bandits of only thirty or forty people, they were filled with anger: "There are only a few dozen people who dare to launch a counterattack against our official army. They really don't take our Jiangzhou officers and soldiers seriously at all! Let them come over and I want to take their ships!"

Hearing his order, the village soldiers who had long been used to following the orders immediately stopped firing arrows, which made the soldiers around the wing who were a little relieved and asked in surprise why it was so. But Sun Tu was too lazy to explain to them at this time. He stared at the boat that was constantly approaching in front of him with the burning firelight around him. After calculating the distance, he suddenly shouted: "Crash with me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he had suddenly sank at the bow of the boat. The man had already swung high and flew around a distance, and rushed towards a small boat of thieves below. Although the village soldiers on the same boat were far inferior to his martial arts, they were also infected by the bravery of their own training. They were shouting to kill and all jumped forward. However, they could not jump to Sun Tu so high and far, and they were still a long distance away from the enemy ship, and they had already entered the water one after another. However, these people were all proficient in water. After entering the water, they swam towards the enemy ship.

This time, the water bandits caught them off guard. The officials in front of them were already in trouble and even had the courage to resist. Why did someone counterattack now? Especially Sun Tu, who was in the air, paniced them. Two archers immediately raised their bows and arrows and fired arrows at the falling figure.

Sun Tu was in mid-air but had prepared accordingly. When he saw the arrows flying, he immediately waved his swords one by one, knocking the two arrows away while falling towards the bow of the boat at a faster speed. When the others waved their swords and guns and stabbed them at him, his toes were already on the bow of the boat. The man then curled up and turned in. While removing the momentum of falling, he did the attacks of these people.

Then, before he could turn over, a cold light appeared in Sun Tu's knife, and he cut over the two water bandits who had just come to the front, and fell into the water with screams. At the same time, the rural soldiers who followed Sun Tu jumped into the boat. Without saying a word, they had already turned over and jumped in with the side of the boat. The weapons in their hands rushed forward and slashed forward, killing the dozen water bandits in the boat without the power to fight back. With the screams, they continued to fall into the river water stained with blood.

The other pirate ships that wanted to take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle were also frightened when they saw this and quickly turned to retreat, trying to stay away from these rural soldiers. But at this time, dozens of other rural soldiers also made the same move after being inspired by Sun Tu, and gave up their own warships, shouting and diving towards the enemy. Before these guys could take a few steps, the sides of the ship had been caught by the rural soldiers, and then the same number of rural soldiers had already launched a fierce attack on them, so that they could not make any moves to retreat.

In just a moment, this bandit who wanted to fish in troubled water was besieged and wiped out by the village soldiers, and their three small boats fell into the hands of the official army. Sun Tu felt a little better when he saw this. At least the village soldiers he brought still had the courage to fight head-on with the thieves, which was worth the hard work he had in the past two months.

"What should we do next when training the regiment?" A soldier asked with confusion as he looked at the government troops still in chaos around him.

Sun Tu looked at the small sandbank island in front of him. Although there were still many torches there, it was still a black and dirty area from a distance, and it was impossible for people to see how many water bandits there were on his head. But at this moment, he had a bold guess in his mind. He immediately stretched his knife forward and shouted loudly: "Today, for Jiangzhou, I will get along with me! Those who know how to water will dive to the water, and those who don't have water will take a boat to the water!" After saying this, he was the first to jump into the water again. When his body unfolded, he headed towards the island like a swimming fish.

After hesitating for a moment, the other soldiers all shouted: "Kill the thief and eliminate the harm!" Then they jumped out of the water in a constant thump, followed Sun Tu and swam towards the island ahead. Then, some other people who were not very good at water picked up Lu Da and others who had been watching over there for a long time and followed him on a boat.

The choice of these village soldiers immediately stunned the frightened soldiers. When did these village soldiers who had always been underestimated become so brave to fight? But even though they were amazed, these soldiers did not dare to jump ship to attack the island. They were already afraid of the ferocious dragons because of their several failures since last year. They had just encountered such an attack, so naturally they did not have the courage to fight back.

At this time, the reversal of the battle situation in the west finally affected the overall situation of the battlefield. The wing troops finally burst out with certain combat power in desperate situations, and their own military strength far exceeds that of the water bandits, so after paying the price of dozens of people being killed, they still resisted the counterattack of small groups of thieves, forming a stalemate with them.

When the battle situation in the west suddenly changed, the water bandits were a little panicked and didn't care about fighting with the government troops. They turned around and ran back, wanting to rush back to the island to support and block.

It’s a pity that the official army’s ships were either burned down by fire or were still entangled by fishing nets. They could not take the opportunity to fight back. Apart from shooting arrows and killing a few thieves who fell to the end, they could only watch them go away.

On the island, the left-behind water bandits had already seen the government troops pushing back to the west, which surprised them: "When did the Jiangzhou official troops dare to fight so hard? Hurry up, all the brothers will go to the west to guard the beach, and you must not let the official troops go to the island!"

The bandits were too aware of their weaknesses in military strength. If they could not gain an advantage by the convenience of the geographically and waters, they would probably be destroyed by the official army in this battle. So with this order, forty or fifty people left on the island were quickly killed towards the west of the island, facing Sun Tu and others who had already arrived near the island.

The rapid swimming of more than a hundred steps did consume a lot of Sun Tu's strength, but after he stood on the ground with his feet, he quickly stepped out his legs and shouted at the thieves who were coming quickly: "Sun Tu is here for the Jiangzhou regiment in the Song Dynasty. You don't quickly abandon your weapons and surrender!" Then he rushed to fight.

After hearing this inspiring words, the village soldiers following him no longer shouted loudly, rushing over with all their strength regardless of their physical fatigue.

After a few breaths, the two sides collided fiercely. Sun Tu took the lead in front of the enemy. With just one knife, he cut the head of the thief who rushed the most urgent and fastest and flew into the air. At the same time, he supported the ground with his right foot and kicked out with all his strength. He took the opportunity to kick the thief's body that had lost his head and threw it backwards, hitting the two behind him, blocking their offensive.

Before these two men could stand firm, Sun Tu had already pounced on him again. The knife in his hand flashed and had already passed through their throats. Then his body flashed to the side. At the same time, the knife had stabbed hard into the chest of the gun-holding thief who had exposed his flaws because of his full strength.

In just one meeting, Sun Tu had killed four people in a row. Their blood splattered his head and body. Cooperating with his hair loose due to swimming, his wet body was as terrifying as the evil ghost Shura in everyone's eyes. He was so scared that the others didn't dare to lean over for a while, and subconsciously retreated.

However, their choice gave Sun Tu a chance to breathe. In fact, he, who seemed fierce, was already weak after killing four people in a row and could not continue to explode in a short period of time.

But this was enough, because just when these thieves were stunned, the village soldiers who followed Sun Tu to the island had arrived. The one who ran in front was Lu Da, who couldn't water. After seeing these obviously timid thieves in front of him, he had no intention of hiding his hands. He shouted loudly, and swung the iron Zen stick in his hand and rushed in.

Then hundreds of township soldiers rushed over under Tang Feng's leadership. In a blink of an eye, these official troops had completely swallowed up only half of the number of evil dragon water bandits.
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