Astral Apostle Chapter 217: Catch a thief

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The sound of war drums beating echoed on the great lake.

Fan Zong's water army marched towards the sandbar in the center of Qingpodang lake, and approached the quiet reed marsh in a short time.

Large troops dared not look into the grass, let the outside walk to explore the road, and set fire to the reed marshes.

Soon, the raging flames ignited, and the surface of the lake seemed to be covered with a layer of flames, and the fire was spreading to the inside.

Under the advice of military advisor Du Ying, Fan Zong did not intend to use his own weaknesses to attack the enemy's strengths. There are many naval warships under his command, it is inconvenient to move in complex waterways, and he is vulnerable to surprise attacks, so he wants to burn the reeds that cover his vision, forcing Chen Feng's navy to have nowhere to hide, and then advance steadily.

Not long after the fire, dozens of small boats rushed out of the reeds that were not completely burned on the flanks, carrying a group of water bandits into the outer formation of Fan Zong's navy, fighting on board.

White waves surged up on the surface of the water, and some water ghosts approached Fan Zong's fleet underwater, trying to scuttle the boat.

It's just that Fan Zong's navy is also good at water warfare. They also released water ghosts to deal with it.

Fan Zong's fleet formation is divided into internal and external, the internal are various warships, which are the main force of water warfare, and the external is a large number of brisk walking ships, which are used for reconnaissance, surprise attack, interception, etc. At this time, the battleships are peripheral.

The two sides fought for a while, and these dozens of water bandits were not opponents. Taking advantage of not being completely surrounded by people, they punted and retreated to the side, trying to escape into the reeds from another unlit position in a circle. .

At this moment, dozens of small boats also turned out from the other flank to harass Fan Zong's water army.

Fan Zong's soldiers did not chase after them. Du Ying found out that the other party was trying to lure the enemy in, so he asked people to call back the chasing team, thinking that there was no need to take risks.

The two harassing water bandits were defeated and retreated to the reed marsh.

With two small victories, the morale of Fan Zong's navy was slightly boosted.

Seeing this, Fan Zong snorted:

"Heh, even though Chen Feng is brave, his soldiers are only mediocre."

But those water bandits followed us not long ago, and it has only been a few days since Chen Feng took over...

Du Ying coughed and told the truth without being inappropriate.

Soon, part of the reeds were burned, revealing the situation of the waterway, and the shoals were scattered. Even without the grass that obscured the view, it was still difficult to sail.

But when the fire spread to a certain distance, it stopped moving forward. Fan Zong and Du Ying observed carefully, only to realize that the reeds had been tampered with.

It can't be seen from the outside. Now that some of the reeds on the outside have been burned, they can see that there are traces of manual felling inside the reeds, and they cut it out early to cut off the fire.

If you want to continue burning reeds, you have to enter the complex waterway and continue to ignite the fire after approaching, and the remaining reeds still have a large area. In the eyes of the two, there must be more artificially felled areas hidden in it. The only thing is that their water army couldn't burn out the reeds, so they had to go deeper. The enemy obviously guessed that they would use fire to attack.

"Small tricks."

Fan Zong snorted, quite disdainful.

Using such a clumsy trick to lure his army into a complicated waterway is too contemptuous.

"Indeed, it seems that Chen Feng is a brave man."

Du Ying also stroked his beard and smiled, with a teasing tone.

This kind of trick is too common, he suddenly felt a little relieved, and felt a little overrated by Chen Feng.

This man is fierce, but he is not a man of cunning.

Fan Zong quickly sent an order to keep the central army still, and dispatched some peripheral walkers as commandos, armed with rockets, entered the complex waterway, shot and ignited the reeds from a long distance, and soon sparked a fire again .

On the contrary, they moved forward and stopped for a while, burning for a while and stopping for a while, the commando team went deeper and deeper, but they got farther and farther away from Fan Zong's large army.

During this period, occasionally water bandits under Chen Feng's command came out of the reed marsh to harass the commando.

Because Fan Zong's assault fleet was cut off a lot from the large forces, and unable to encircle and block them in the complicated waterways, they were at a disadvantage and suffered a lot of losses.

But the casualties were not painful to Fan Zong. He didn't intend to take the risk of moving the central army, but just sent teams of walkers to continue to support the commando team.

The battle situation was stalemate for quite a while, and the reeds were ignited for more than a dozen rounds, and none of them survived until the location was broken, and the whole battlefield could be seen clearly.

It's just that Fan Zong and Du Ying were quite surprised.

Unexpectedly, there were not many ambushes hidden in the huge reeds, except for the water bandits who kept harassing the assault fleet, there were no other ambushes, which was different from what they expected Chen Feng's army to hide here.

Looking roughly, the enemy water bandits who actually harassed them on the lake were only about 2,000 people.

Although it is possible to drive directly to the water village in the center of Qingpodang Lake at this time, Fan Zong did not give the order for a while, and his face became suspicious:

"Where are the other enemy troops? Then Chen Feng didn't show up, where did they go?"

Du Ying felt bad in his heart: "Could it be that it's a suspicious strategy, so Chen Feng has other plans?!"

As soon as the words fell, Fan Zongyuan's camp on the shore suddenly burst into flames and rioted.

Everyone turned their heads to look, only to see a soldier and horse appearing out of nowhere, attacking the camp.

And Chen Feng, who had appeared on the lake, also arrived on the shore, and was taking the lead in charging, breaking through the big stronghold in the blink of an eye.

"Not good, it's a slap in the face!"

Du Ying is in a hurry.

Although their fleet is traveling by water, the camp on land is just as important. Not to mention a part of the luggage, they still guard the pass of the waterway.

There are many water inlets in Qingpodang, most of which are narrow and difficult to accommodate large ships. There are only two wide waterways that are most suitable for boats, one water inlet and the other water outlet. When Fan Zong's water army came, they went down the river and came from the water inlet.

The camp on land guards the two water inlets, if one of them is taken away, half of the escape route will be lost. Fan Zong naturally hoarded a large number of troops here, but he had no power to fight back in front of Chen Feng, as if he had been given for nothing.

When the camp at the water inlet was attacked, something happened at the water outlet on the other side. A large number of rolling logs drifted along the current and crowded together in one place, temporarily blocking the river.

"This Chen Feng deliberately appeared on the lake, making us mistakenly think that he was ambushing in the lake, but it was actually a trick of suspicious soldiers. He secretly ambushed a soldier on the land, misleading us to compete with a pile of reeds, He somehow sneaked to the shore, and took this opportunity to attack my camp on the shore, trying to cut off our retreat and come out of the urn to catch the turtle."

Du Ying's tone was urgent.

"What can he do if he blocks us in the lake? I'm going to be powerful, just take back the waterway pass."

Fan Zong was shocked but not panicked.

In his opinion, the navy of his fleet is the main force. On the lake, Chen Feng's troops can't compete with his navy at all.

Although the route of retreat was temporarily cut off, the main force was safe, and it was not difficult to recapture the pass, and it was still possible to retreat. It would be whimsical to use this method to surround him to death.

But when Fan Zong ordered to go back to the camp, he suddenly saw Zhou Jing killing through the camp alone, and jumped into the water regardless of the troops that were fighting.

"This is for... what?!"

Fan Zong's doubtful tone suddenly rose, and his eyeballs almost popped out.

Wow huh huh——

I saw a turbulent water line coming straight towards the fleet at an extremely fast speed. It was Zhou Jing swimming underwater, which was incredibly fast, like a straight torpedo.

Of course Zhou Jing doesn’t rely on swimming. His current energy attributes are pretty good. Martial arts arrogance already has some foundations. Although it’s still far from flying in the air, using it in a medium like water has the same effect as jet sprinting, and it’s also concealed. .

In the water, he dared to use martial arts arrogance to a greater extent, in fact, it was more fierce than on land.

Seeing this, Fan Zong's sailors were all taken aback, and rushed to intercept it, but they couldn't keep up with Zhou Jing's swimming speed at all. All the sailors flew far away and fell into the water.

The tight formation of the fleet can only deal with normal troops, and it is useless in front of Zhou Jing.

I saw him quickly penetrate the formation, suddenly jumped from the water, like a dragon coming out of the water, and splashed all over the sky, landing on the building where Fan Zong was on.

"You, you..."

Fan Zong backed away hurriedly, pointed at Zhou Jing tremblingly, dumbfounded in fright.

He has heard about Chen Feng's decapitation strategy to scare off officers and soldiers, but he just thought that in water battles, this Chen Feng would not be as sharp as land battles. After all, in water, how could this Chen Feng be killed so easily? in front of him.

He was originally high-spirited, conscious that the army was superior and the situation was safe... Seeing Zhou Jing's unbelievable swimming speed, and his performance of walking through thousands of troops like a stroll in a garden, he suddenly realized that it was a big mistake to personally supervise the battle.

——It’s not that our army is weak, but the enemy is a god!

Zhou Jing shook his head and grinned: "As the old saying goes, when a man is angry, his blood splatters five steps, and everyone within three feet is the enemy. Even if there is a large army guarding the people, they are still getting something out of their pockets!"

The guards and leaders next to him were stunned, and only then did they react. They hurriedly shouted and pulled Fan Zong away, and drew their knives to surround and kill Zhou Jing at the bow.

Zhou Jing laughed, and rushed straight forward, with three punches and two kicks, he overturned everyone on board, no matter if they were ordinary guards or leaders, they were not all enemies, it was like entering a land without people.

The surrounding warships were as anxious as ants on a hot pot. They originally stopped Zhou Jing, but they could only watch him rush to the battle and beheaded easily.

However, before anyone could get reinforcements, the fighting was over, and the upper deck was full of people lying on the deck.

But Zhou Jing directly grabbed Fan Zong, stood at the bow, and shouted angrily towards the surroundings: "The leader has fallen into my hands, why don't you return quickly?"

His military strength was far inferior to Fan Zong's, so he naturally didn't want to fight a tough battle, and planned to use his superior force advantage.

The tactics are very simple, first lure the enemy to mislead, then cut off the enemy's retreat, make a dumpling to prevent the opponent from having a way to escape, and then capture the thief first and capture the king himself. In this way, even if the enemy army has a large number, its morale will be crushed, and the dragons will have no leader, and they will fight on their own.

However, although he directly took down the enemy's leader, the opponent's army was basically undamaged, and the chances of all surrendering directly were not high. So the last step is to use the many water bandits he has subdued to encircle and attack, and reap the battlefield. Although he is fighting more with less, the opponent has lost his fighting spirit, so it is not a big problem.

The goal is not to cause damage~IndoMTL.com~ but to make the desperate Fan Zong navy choose to surrender. After all, his intention is to subdue this army, not to wipe out the enemy, so the less casualties the better, Attack morale first.

Although there are some deviations at present, the situation is roughly the same.

Seeing that the leader of his family was captured so easily, the surrounding sailors were stunned, at a loss, and their hearts fluttered.

"Brother has been captured!"

"Brothers, don't panic, he is alone, everyone save the eldest brother!"

"How can this be done by manpower? He must have become a dragon, retreat quickly!"

"Oops, the enemy is coming!"

Seeing that the water bandits under Chen Feng's command also surrounded him, Fan Zong's water army fell into chaos in an instant.

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