365: Chapter 365 Peng Yue: Let's teach the Qin Dynasty's ship crew a lesson!

After the five or six hundred men of the Water Ghost Camp were assembled, Peng Yue stood on a high point, his gaze sweeping over them like a torch.

"Pour the wine!"

With a wave of his hand, his personal guards, who had been prepared for a long time, began distributing wine bowls to the Water Ghost Camp members while carrying wine jars and pouring for them in turn.

Seeing that everyone in the Water Ghost Camp had received their wine, Peng Yue also picked up a bowl.

"Brothers!"

Peng Yue shouted loudly, "The Great Qin Lou Chuan Soldiers are coming to take us down, but we are no cowards! We should show them what we're made of!"

With that, he raised his wine bowl and drained the strong liquor in one gulp. The wine trickled down the corners of his mouth, wetting his front lapel.

"Take them down!"

Peng Yue slammed the empty wine bowl forcefully onto the ground.

With a crisp crack, the wine bowl was smashed into pieces by his force.

"Take them down!"

"Take them down!"

"Take them down!"

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One by one, the Water Bandits of the Water Ghost Camp were infected by Peng Yue's momentum. They drained the wine in their hands, eyes filled with determination, and shouted at the top of their lungs.

They collectively smashed their wine bowls onto the ground. Amidst the continuous sounds of cracking, the bowls were shattered to dust.

Their eyes were firm and their faces flushed; the wine had bolstered the courage of even the most timid.

At this moment, they forgot their fear of the Great Qin Lou Chuan Soldiers and wanted nothing more than to engage them in a fierce battle.

These broken wine bowls represented their resolve.

Song Jiang and the portion of the Water Ghost Camp bandits he led had complicated looks in their eyes.

However, they did not dare to show it.

They followed the other Water Bandits in shouting to take them down, and slammed their empty wine bowls forcefully onto the ground.

"Move out!"

Peng Yue gave a loud shout, ordering the Water Ghost Camp to set out.

As soon as the Water Ghost Camp moved, Sheng Tao immediately had the Shadow Guards who had infiltrated the water fortress send the news out via carrier pigeon.

With the accurate intelligence provided by the Shadow Guards, Great Qin's Frogmen immediately concentrated along the route the Yunmeng Marsh Water Ghost Camp was intended to attack, setting up an ambush.

These Frogmen wore Diving Suits made of rubber, carried oxygen tanks on their backs, and wore masks, allowing them to remain submerged for several hours.

They used Underwater Crossbows rather than thermal weapons.

Thermal weapons were not suitable for underwater combat; Underwater Crossbows were far more practical.

The main frames of these Underwater Crossbows were mostly made of water-resistant hardwoods or bamboo, with the outer layers reinforced by animal sinews soaked in raw lacquer to prevent the bow body from swelling or cracking when exposed to water.

The arrow shafts were light but not flimsy, hard but not brittle. They were made of fine bamboo, coated with wax or wrapped in oiled hemp rope to reduce water resistance; some arrows had hollow driftwood or lightweight animal horns embedded in the middle of the shaft to make them float, facilitating recovery or reuse.

The arrow shafts were about 70-90 centimeters long, slightly shorter than land-based arrows. They lacked fletching at the tail to avoid becoming unbalanced from water weight; instead, they were wrapped with lacquer thread in a spiral pattern, utilizing aerodynamics to stabilize their flight path.

The arrowheads included armor-piercing types, which were triangular iron points with blood grooves and tips sharp as awls, capable of penetrating the leather armor of naval forces or the wooden planks of light warships.

The obstruction-type arrowheads were barbed or multi-pronged, designed to easily hook onto ship hulls or human bodies to hinder enemy movement.

They lurked quietly more than ten meters underwater, observing the surface through their diving goggles.

The Water Ghosts of Yunmeng Marsh swam about two meters below the surface, holding reed stalks in their mouths to breathe.

In terms of equipment, the Great Qin Frogmen's gear completely outclassed that of the Yunmeng Marsh Water Ghosts.

Driven by the desire to earn merit, the Yu brothers, Zhao Lang, and the Sun Brothers led the Yunmeng Marsh Water Ghosts, swimming at high speed towards the Great Qin warships.

Song Jiang led his group of Water Ghosts who had defected to Great Qin, trailing behind the others. Besides avoiding friendly fire, they also bore the task of cutting off the retreat of the Yunmeng Marsh Water Ghosts.

Estimating that the Water Ghost Camp ahead had entered the strike range of the Great Qin frogman unit, Song Jiang quickly ordered his brothers to stop.

This group of over a hundred men led by Song Jiang were originally his own men.

He had already been honest with them, so they all knew what Song Jiang intended to do.

Therefore, they all obeyed Song Jiang's orders.