Xue Wanche roared hysterically, looking very deranged.
When he was young, it was his elder brother who took care of him.
When they left Youzhou and pledged allegiance to the Tang dynasty, the two brothers each served one. Xue Wanjun served Li Shimin, Xue Wanche served Li Jiancheng. In the end, Li Jiancheng was killed. It was reasonable to say that Xue Wanche should also be killed. After all, he was a remnant of Li Jiancheng.
Because of Xue Wanjun's existence, he persuaded Li Shimin, so in the end, Xue Wanche served Li Shimin. But now, Xue Wanjun bore all the pressure by himself and directly cut his own throat to death.
"Withdraw, let's withdraw!"
Xue Wanche shouted.
Following Xue Wanche's loud shouts, he quickly jumped down from the ship's side, disembarking along the rope. Then, he entered the small boat next to the warship. There were soldiers who followed him into the small boat, and then they quickly rowed away.
More soldiers also fled from the warship into the small boats.
Unfortunately, there were only a few boats.
And there were countless Tang soldiers on the warships. It was not easy to escape with the help of the small boats.
So, there were very few Tang soldiers who could escape.
Most of the Tang soldiers were still trapped on the warships.
Xue Rengui led the soldiers to charge. Seeing the soldiers on the Tang warships stubbornly resisting and some beginning to surrender, he shouted that those who surrendered would not be killed and ordered the Tang army to surrender. At the same time, Xue Rengui ordered the warship to raise the anchor. As the iron lock was pulled up and the anchor was placed on the warship, the warship began to move slowly.
Xue Rengui looked at the Tang boats that were about to evacuate and shouted, "Crush them, rush them."
It was impossible for the Tang army to evacuate in the small boats.
Naturally, they would crush them directly.
As the warship rushed forward, it quickly caught up with the small boats that were fleeing in all directions and directly crushed them. The warship cut through the waves and rushed over. With a crush, the small boats capsized. The soldiers on the small boats fell directly into the water and flopped.
At the same time, archers shot arrows from the warship.
Arrows shot out one after another, reaping lives.
The Tang army had been defeated like a landslide and was constantly being slaughtered.
The number of casualties was uncountable.
As the warship continued to charge forward, Xue Wanche's small boat was also rapidly retreating. He looked around at the Tang soldiers who were being killed one after another. Looking at the small boats that were being overturned by the warships, he panicked and shouted for retreat.
The soldiers controlling the boats continued to row.
The small boat quickly rushed forward.
"General, it's almost too late. There's a warship coming from behind. It's getting closer and closer."
The soldiers controlling the boats shouted loudly.
His expression was one of panic.
Xue Wanche turned his head to look, only to see that about thirty paces behind him, a towering and enormous warship was already charging straight at him. The small boats that had yet to retreat in time directly capsized the moment they collided with the warship, and the soldiers all fell into the water and flopped about. If they were hit by a warship, they would die without a doubt.
"Speed up, speed up!"
Xue Wanche shouted loudly, constantly giving orders.
He couldn't be hit.
Once he was hit, he would definitely be finished. It would be impossible for him to escape.
It's just that in such a situation, the speed of the small boat was too slow. The warship was extremely fast. If this situation continued, in a short time, Xue Wanche's small boat would definitely be overturned.
Xue Wanche looked around, gritted his teeth and said: "Retreat, retreat to the river bank."
The soldier controlling the boats said: "General, it's too late! There are other warships charging forward on the river. If we go sideways to the river bank, we will be hit by the warships before we reach the river bank. Once we hit, we'll be completely finished. "
Xue Wanche said angrily: "What do you think we should do?"
The soldier controlling the boats was suddenly speechless.
In the present situation, even the soldier controlling the boats didn't have any way to deal with it. Because one warship after another was charging forward on the river, constantly crushing the small boats. Especially Xue Wanche's small boat in the middle of the river, there was basically no place to hide.
Xue Wanche said: "Go, go to the side. Once a big ship comes, we'll slightly move to the side to avoid it. Try to avoid it. We have no other choice but to do so. If we continue to charge forward, we won't have a chance to survive. Only by charging to the river bank, we'll have a chance. "
Hearing that, the soldier controlling the boats could only change direction.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"
Xue Wanche kept giving orders.
He was only giving orders, but when the soldier controlling the boats heard it, he was furious, but there was nothing he could do. Because at present, there was really no other way. The soldier quickly steered the boats forward, but the warships behind them were already charging forward.
"Coming, the warships are coming, hurry up!"
Xue Wanche shouted loudly.
Because a warship was charging over, and was already less than 10 steps away from them. At this distance, Xue Wanche raised his head to see this majestic warship, and a feeling of shock and fear grew in his heart. It was as if there was a huge beast entrenched on the side, making people tremble with fear.
Xue Wanche was even more nervous.
They were about to be crushed.
Once they were hit, the warship would definitely capsize.
So they had to be fast.
The soldier controlling the boats was also very nervous, using 120% of his strength to keep charging forward. Under this kind of charge, the instant the warship was about to hit, the small boat just brushed past it. It was just that when the small boat passed by, the warship kept charging forward. That warship broke through the water, causing the river surface to become turbulent, and the small boat also undulated along with it.
Luckily, they dodged.
The soldier controlling the boats also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Whew! Whew!!! "
The sound of arrows falling suddenly rang out again.
But there were arrows falling from the top of their heads.
Xue Wanche saw the densely packed arrows falling, and ordered without hesitation: "Jump into the water!"
He had no other choice.
He could only jump into the water.
The soldiers on the other boats all jumped into the water in the same way.
Xue Wanche fell into the water. Hearing the sound of arrows entering the water, he quickly swam towards the shore. Luckily, he learned how to swim in this half a year in Jiangnan. Otherwise, as a non-swimmer, he would definitely die without a doubt if he fell into the water. Xue Wanche quickly swam towards the shore. At this time, there was no boat, and although there were no soldiers by his side, it was easier to hide.
In addition, just now the small boat had already charged some distance towards the shore, so Xue Wanche was now less than 10 steps away from the shore. At this distance, he also avoided the warship, so he quickly swam and quickly approached the shore, and then climbed up. He stood still with his whole body dripping wet, looking at the warship charging forward on the river surface, his face ashen.
It's over!
It's all over!
The warships of the Tang Dynasty that collided with Xia Xia's warship before had been destroyed, and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty surrendered one after another. As for the warships of the Tang Dynasty that had been destroyed before, they also collided with Xia Xia's warship when it rushed forward, causing the warships of the Tang Dynasty to collapse. Therefore, the warships of the Tang Dynasty were almost all destroyed.
Countless Tang soldiers fell into the water.
Countless Tang soldiers were directly shot to death.
And countless Tang soldiers directly surrendered on the spot.
A hundred thousand soldiers were completely wiped out.
At this moment, beside Xue Wanche, some soldiers also climbed up along the river. They were all wet, and the expression on their faces was exceptionally desolate and terrified.
Xue Wanche gritted his teeth and ordered: "Retreat. Let's find a nearby village and retreat immediately with horses."
The soldiers immediately followed him.
But after all, the number of soldiers climbing out of the river was only a small number, no more than a hundred. Even if more Tang soldiers would come out later, it was impossible for Xue Wanche to gather all of them at the moment. He must immediately go back to report the news to Li Shimin so that Li Shimin could make a response.
Du Qi didn't care about Xue Wanche's escape. Even if he knew, he wouldn't care. He just let Xue Rengui mobilize the soldiers, shoot the Tang soldiers, and recruit batches of Tang soldiers to surrender.
The whole battle lasted about half a day before it finally ended.
All the warships temporarily anchored on the shore.
They began to deal with the surrendered Tang soldiers and check the situation of this battle. After all, after this battle, Du Qi's side had achieved a complete victory and had already won the battle.
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