After returning to Cui-County, Liu Yu ordered the troops to recuperate for two days, preparing to relax and then return to Luo-Yang. Unexpectedly, just one day later, his plan was disrupted, because he sensed the fluctuation of the "Thousand Miles Transmission Technique" again, and it was Tang Zhou who asked to talk to him.

"Master, the slave has received reliable news that Yuan Shao is preparing to encircle and annihilate General Zhang He's Yanzhou army!" After saluting Liu Yu, Tang Zhou eagerly said the theme.

Liu Yu was slightly stunned, but asked with some disapproval: "Encircle and annihilate Zhang He?" What is Yuan Shaojun going to do? To be honest, Liu Yu is not very afraid of this news. Because Zhang He himself is a general who is proficient in the art of war and acts steadily, and his two lieutenants, Li Dian and Le Jin, are also cautious people who are both civil and military, how could they be besieged by Yuan Shaojun so easily? What's more, there is a person with great strategic vision like Lu Su in the Yanzhou army as a staff officer of the army, so he will not fall for Yuan Shao! Take 10,000 steps back and say that even if Zhang He's Yanzhou army is surrounded, he can easily get out with the 20,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry under his command. What's there to worry about?

Tang Zhou naturally didn't know Liu Yu's relaxed mentality, and there was some anxiety in his voice: "General Zhang He is currently stationed in Gao-Tang County on the bank of the Yellow River with his army because of the unfavorable battle situation, the northern part of Gao-Tang County is the Pingyuan County guarded by Wen Chou and the elite of 50,000 Yuan Shao's army, and the western part of Gao-Tang County is Qinghe County, which is currently garrisoned by Lu Bu and 50,000 wolf cavalry. And the news that the minions received was that Wen Chou and Lu Bu had left their respective positions and marched towards Gao-Tang. ”

Liu Yu knew that Tang Zhou had always believed that Han Xian's death was caused by him not finding out the news in advance. So he felt sorry for Liu Yu, the master, and always wanted to make up for it, and the reason why he was so eager this time was because he didn't want to make the same mistake again.

"You don't have to worry." Liu Yu comforted this good slave first. Then he explained: "Gao-Tang County has now been built by Zhang He, it can be said that the city is high and the walls are thick, if the grain and grass in the city are abundant, then even if it is surrounded for a year and a half, there will be no problems!" What's more, Wen Chou and Lu Bu together only have 100,000 people, which does not conform to the tactics of 'encircling them with ten' in the Art of War, even if they insist on besieging the city, it will not play a big role. ”

Tang Zhou was silent for a moment before saying, "Master." Although the minions did not know whether the grain and grass in Gao-Tang County were abundant or not, the minions could be sure that there would be some problems with the supply of grain and grass in the future of the Yanzhou army. ”

"Why do you say that? Could it be that there is something wrong with the Baibo battalion, which is in charge of Zhang Hejun's logistics path? Liu Yu had a bad premonition.

"Yes, master." Tang Zhou's voice was a little heavy: "The slave received the news. Yuan Shao's navy relied on Wei Zhongdao's strategy to encircle and annihilate the 10,000 Baibo battalion led by Hu Cai with fire. Although everyone in the White Wave Camp was brave, less than 4,000 people were able to escape in the end! ”

After listening to Tang Zhou's words, Liu Yu couldn't help but be speechless: Yuan Shao's army, which had been pressed and beaten by the Baibo battalion, was actually able to turn over? Alas, if I had known that this would happen, I should have assigned the naval army troops with staff officers. This is a huge loss! Well. It seems that this matter is indeed a bit troublesome, although Guo Jia has led a large army to the north, but it will take a while to reach Qinghe, which will not contain Lu Bu's troops at all......

Liu Yu thought that Wei Zhongdao also saw this point and wanted to take the opportunity to eat his Yanzhou army! In anger, Liu Yu decided that he would personally solve the matter.

sent Tang Zhou away, Liu Yu called Fan Lihua.

"Husband, what are you looking for a concubine for?" Fan Lihua sat in Liu Yu's arms as she spoke. When she noticed Liu Yu's somewhat serious face. couldn't help but be startled, and said timidly: "Husband." You're not still angry, are you? Do you want to continue beating the concubine's ass-stock now? But the concubine's injuries haven't healed yet~~"

Fan Lihua's words Liu Yu felt a little funny, he gently kissed her pretty face, and said, "What are you talking nonsense, how can I still be angry?" I'm just a little reluctant to leave you because I'm about to leave! ”

"You're leaving the concubine?" Fan Lihua asked with a puzzled face, "Husband, where are you going?" Don't you go back to Luoyang? ”

Liu Yu rubbed her white and delicate face, and said softly: "I received news that the Baibo battalion is ready to eat Yuan Shao's army, but the troops are a little insufficient, and I am ready to take the Beiwei army up to support them." Although Liu Yu didn't tell Fan Lihua the truth, it wasn't a lie. Because he really only intends to deal with Yuan Shao's army, as long as the Yellow River waterway is in the hands of Liu Yujun, then Gao-Tang County will definitely not become a place of death.

Fan Lihua responded, and said with a somewhat lost expression: "Isn't that concubine unable to follow?" ”

"Nonsense." Liu Yu twisted her face and scolded with a smile: "You and Luo Li'er are both injured, and you must stay to recuperate." Not only the two of you, but Luan Fengwei and I will all stay. This time to support the Baibo battalion, I will only take Xu Chu and Zuo Lengchan and the three thousand Beiwei troops to go, and you will all stay here and wait for me! ”

"Got it." Fan Lihua put her pretty face on Liu Yu's heart, and gently advised: "Husband, you must be careful, don't get hurt!" ”

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He went north overnight, and found the camp where the remnants of the Baibo Battalion that Tang Zhou told Liu Yu were stationed in. Although he was shocked by Liu Yu's sudden appearance, Hu Cai did not show this emotion too much, he just knelt on the ground and kept accusing Liu Yu.

Liu Yu waved his hand slightly impatiently and said, "Okay, get up, Wei Zhongdao's wisdom is indeed not something you can compete with, so I won't blame you for this." Now you tell the prime minister about the remaining available strength of the Baibo battalion and the strength of Yuan Shao's water army! ”

"Thank you for your innocence!" Hu Cai kowtowed heavily to Liu Yu, then stood up tremblingly, wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead and said: "There are only more than 3,140 people in the Baibo Battalion who can go to the battlefield at any time, and there are only two warships, 33 Mengchong, and 126 warships. ”

Many of the warships commonly used by the navy in this era were purchased directly from the Koshotaka trading company. Generally speaking, there are only three types of warships mass-produced by the Xingchanglong Trading Company: the Lou ship, the largest of the warships, and also belongs to the main warship. It can carry 300 to 500 people; Mengchong, equivalent to a patrol boat, can carry 50 to 80 people; Walking bow, the smallest warship, is equivalent to an assault speedboat, which can carry more than 20 people.

I think that Liu Yu's Baibo Battalion had 26 building ships, 145 Mengchong, and 483 walking ships, but now it is ...... Come to think of it. Liu Yu couldn't help but snort slightly angrily, but unexpectedly, Hu Cai, who was already frightened, immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Xiangye forgive your sins." Forgive your sins! ”

Liu Yu shook his head amusedly, and said gently: "Get up, Benxiang said that he won't blame you, he won't blame you, are you doubting Benxiang's words?" ”

"Wechen doesn't dare." Hu Cai trembled and got up. This time, he didn't wipe the beads of sweat from his face again.

Liu Yu sighed secretly. In order to be afraid of scaring him again, he had to continue to say in a kind tone: "Okay, you should tell Benxiang about the current strength of Yuan Shao's army!" ”

"Yes, Xiangye." Hu Cai didn't dare to look at Liu Yu at all, so he only lowered his hand and said respectfully: "Yuan Shao's army is not very strong, and it has been severely attacked by my Baibo battalion several times before, and when Wei Chen was careless this time, some brothers who knew that they had no hope of escaping burned some of the enemy's warships with jade and stone. So far, Yuan Shao's navy has about 10 ships, 50 or 60 Mengchong, and nearly 200 ships. Its combat personnel should be around five thousand. ”

Well, I shouldn't be hard to eat with such strength! After thinking about it, Liu Yu told Hu Cai part of his plan, and Hu Cai had no choice but to atone for his crimes. In just two days, he arranged several things that Liu Yu explained, and in this time when everything was ready, Liu Yu set off with the army.

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Liu Yu, Xu Chu, Zuo Lengchan, and more than 1,000 Beiwei soldiers stood on the bank of the river about fifty or sixty miles from Gao-Tang County, where the two rivers converged, and there were many long reeds growing on the bank.

"Xiangye, why haven't you come yet? It's been two hours! Is your message really accurate? Probably impatient, Xu Chu began to complain about Liu Yu.

Liu Yu glanced at him and did not answer. Of course, Liu Yu's news is accurate, but this is the news provided to him by the informant personally developed by Tang Zhou. It is said that although these informants of Tang Zhou are not big names in Yuan Shao's army, they are cronies around the talker, and they can speak in some aspects. This time, it was only with the encouragement of these informants that Yuan Shao's army decided to come here to exterminate the water bandits.

Liu Yu had only contacted Tang Zhou before, and according to what he said, Yuan Shao's navy sent seven building ships, forty-eight Mengchong, and one hundred and twenty-five walking ships this time, with a total strength of nearly 4,000 people. And the commander of the army is the three chief and deputy commanders of Yuan Shao's army, that is, Lu Weihuang, Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang, who are known as the "Three Heroes of the Lu Family". If you can eliminate all the people who came out this time, it is equivalent to completely destroying Yuan Shao's army.

"Xiangye, are you sure you haven't been deceived......" Probably because Liu Yu's eyes just now were not lethal, Xu Chu thought again.

When Liu Yu was about to tell him to shut up, Zuo Lengchan suddenly said excitedly: "Master, they are here!" ”

Liu Yu and Xu Chu turned their heads to look at the same time, and sure enough, a boat shadow appeared on the river in the distance. Liu Yu calmly ordered a backer to tell Hu Cai to get ready, and then quietly waited for the prey to enter the net.

The fleet on the river is getting closer and closer to us, and gradually Liu Yu can see the arrangement of the fleet clearly. Seven main ships were in the center of the fleet, while forty-eight Mengchong were scattered around them. As for the one hundred and twenty-five ships, they are still empty because they have not yet encountered a war. Some of them are hung on the side of the ship, and some of them are tied to the back of the big ship.

In the center of the river, which was parallel to the reed-covered sandy bank where Liu Yu and the others stood, there was a large area of floating debris, and when the seven building boats sailed into the floating debris. Suddenly, there was a "bang" sound of water waves, and at the moment when the sound of water waves sounded, more than 1,300 soldiers of the Baibo Battalion who had been carefully selected by Hu Cai and wore black oilcloth water backings came out of the water one after another under the personal leadership of Hu Cai.

At the same time as they emerged. Silver light flashed, cold like lightning, and in a sharp whistle that broke the air, countless flying axes and crossbow arrows had been projected onto the ship like a torrential rain! Some of the sailors standing in the bow and stern of the seven ships and the two strings were caught off guard and fell down screaming. Of course, this group of throwables is not only aimed at soldiers, as the main target of the axes is the sail rope above and below the mast.

I have to say that the projection skills of these elite sailors are extremely sophisticated. In the silver flash, a series of "grab" sounds rang out, and the ropes that pulled the sails jumped and rolled. The roots were cut off, the sawdust was flying, and occasionally there was the piercing sound of the axe blade cutting through the canvas, and the Yuan Shao soldiers on the ship did not have time to make any protective moves. In a few earth-shattering "rumbling" loud sounds. More than 10 huge sails of the seven main ships have been rolled off the mast by themselves!

The sails fell suddenly, the speed of the boat slowed down, and suddenly it struck on the river, and now, you can see the figures on the boat running back and forth, a hasty and frightened look, and the screaming and screaming are mixed with the screams and cries of fright, and the situation on these seven ships has fallen into confusion!

Although the few helmsmen on the high stern of the ship were desperately holding the rudder. But apparently they can't control it anymore, and let them fiddle with it. Unable to control the direction of the ship's hull at all, the huge hull of the seven ships with their sails down began to rise and fall in the river. And those Meng Chong troops who reacted and wanted to come to the rescue also became a little hesitant under the sacrifice of Hu Cai's troops.

All this, of course, fell into Liu Yu's eyes. Xu Chu stared at the water with an excited face, but asked anxiously: "Xiangye, why haven't they sent the steel cable up?" ”

Liu Yu smiled slightly, pointed lightly into the river, and said, "Don't worry, isn't this coming!" ”

Sure enough, I saw the waves surging in the river, and in an instant, nearly 100 soldiers of the Baibo Battalion who were wearing the water had swam to the shore, dragging a steel cable for every two people, and they roared at the same time, and threw their arms violently, so that forty or fifty steel cables had "hulala" dehydrated and flew to the shore! Without hesitation, they turned around in unison, and all of them slid into the water again, and nearly a hundred water marks rushed towards the battlefield in the middle of the river.

The more than 1,000 Beiwei troops who had been waiting on the shore for a long time were acting like electricity and cooperating closely, and when the 100 Baibo battalion soldiers swam closer, they were already ready. When the forty or fifty steel cables began to fly down and splashed in all directions, they had already pounced on each of them as they had been assigned, and more than twenty people held a steel rope, and one rushed to the shore with all his might, dragging them in unison!

The iron claws at the top of the steel cables were tightly embedded in the hull of the ship as early as when the soldiers of the Baibo Battalion were still underwater, and the more than 1,000 big men on the shore dragged forty or fifty steel cables with all their might, and the seven big boats that were originally in the middle of the river were suddenly stunned, and then slowly approached the shore!

Liu Yu was not very satisfied with this speed, and waved his hand at the moment, so there was a shout in the forest in the distance, and the remaining two thousand back soldiers rushed out quickly, joined the ranks of the slender men, and contributed their meager strength to the great cause of dragging the boat on the river to the shore!

Seeing that the seven behemoth-like hulls were gradually moving towards the shore, Xu Chu shouted excitedly and joined the ranks of the slender men, Liu Yu knew that this was because he wanted to get on the boat earlier and fight. It is also a helpless move, and the Beiwei army under Liu Yu's command, including Xu Chu and Zuo Lengchan, is not good at fighting on the water. Although it is not the kind of super landlubber who sees the water feet weak, his combat ability on the ship can only exert seventy percent of his strength at most, which is why Liu Yu took great pains to drag the boat to the shore. Because according to Xu Chu's statement, that is, "the closer I am to the shore, the more confident my heart will be, and the more thorough my strength will be"!

Just when Liu Yu was secretly determined to find time to train the water warfare ability of the Beiwei army in an all-round way, Zuo Lengchan, who was standing next to him, suddenly changed his expression and shouted in a low voice: "Master, look! ”

Liu Yu immediately looked at the boat, and at the side of the most luxuriously decorated building ship near the shore, there were already three figures in light armor standing there at this moment. The leader is burly, and his untied hair is flying in the wind, even from a distance of more than ten zhang, Liu Yu can clearly see his lion-like Haikou and mighty and rugged face. Now, he was wielding a large, long, curved guillotine with a thin silver chain attached to it. The big guillotine was swirled by him. Its sound was like a roar, and the cold light on the edge of the guillotine knife was also bright and bright, as if it had formed a thick and dazzling arc of light!

Seeing this giant man wielding a silver chain and a big guillotine sword spinning his weapon like this, Liu Yu immediately understood his intentions. One is to prevent being injured by stray arrows, and the other is to use the slewing power of his big hoe to volley into the water and cut off the steel rope that pulls the hull!

Obviously, Xu Chu also thought of this, and he hurriedly turned around and shouted to Liu Yu: "Xiangye, I'm afraid that guy wants to cut the steel cable......"

Before Xu Chu's words fell, the bearded giant man on the ship suddenly shouted. In a sharp wind whistle, the meniscus-shaped guillotine swirled into the water, splashing violently. I only heard a "dang" sound, and the big guillotine had bounced back into the air!

The force of the giant man's volley was extremely amazing, although it did not cut the steel cable of the tugboat at this moment, but its shocking force made the tight steel cable shake suddenly. It even caused the dozens of backshangs who dragged this steel rope on the shore to be thrown in half!

Xu Chu couldn't help but be furious when he saw this. He waved the purple gold fish scale knife in his hand, and scolded violently: "Wang Ba Lamb, if you have a kind of mother, go ashore to compete, and your broken knife is used by a bird!" ”

Although there was more than ten zhang of water across the water, Xu Chu's scolding was grand and fierce, and the people on the boat could hear it clearly. The haired giant laughed wildly, and shouted like a bronze bell: "Thief cub, you are less powerful." This trick actually played on Grandpa Lu's head, and you didn't inquire. What kind of character is I, Lu Weihuang? These carving insect skills are showing off in front of your Grandpa Lu! Tell you, when Grandpa Lu was eating this line of food, I was afraid that you were still in your mother's arms and not weaned! ”

When Xu Chu heard this, he suddenly became angry, and he jumped into a rage, he glared and shouted through gritted teeth: "Get out of you-mother--Grandpa Lu, you are yelling there, if you are raised by your parents, go ashore to compare, what kind of thing is just yelling at you-mother-!" ”

The haired giant man who claimed to be Lu Weihuang on the boat snorted and laughed mockingly: "Don't worry, little thief, just rely on a third-rate chicken and dog thief like you, if your grandfather Lu personally comes up to slaughter you, he will dirty my hands, and raise your value!" You wait, it's all you can suffer today! ”

Xu Chu was about to scold back with a red face and a thick neck, but Liu Yu shook his head at him, and then glanced at Zuo Lengchan. Zuo Lengchan took a step forward, his voice was sonorous, and he shouted with full of anger: "The Baibo Battalion is seeking revenge, as long as the three dog heads of the Lu family, and other unrelated people, such as boatmen, ordinary soldiers, and even the relatives and guards of the three dogs of the Lu family, as long as you give up resistance, my Baibo Camp will forgive you and ensure that you are not harmed!" ”

The reason why Liu Yu wanted to spare those ordinary sailors was because the Baibo battalion had suffered a huge injury, and in order to quickly recover its strength, he had to make this decision! Liu Yu knew that if he really wanted to surrender, his name would be much more effective, but if Liu Yu really showed his name, he would definitely be in a lot of trouble in the hinterland of the enemy, after all, he couldn't wipe out the enemy on the Yellow River!

However, now it seems that the Bai Bo Battalion still has some deterrent power in the minds of this group of Yuan Shao's water army. As soon as Zuo Lengchan showed his name like this, the soldiers on the seven ships were greatly shocked, they looked at each other, their expressions were frightened, and they were a little disdainful. Of course, this does not include Lu Weihuang and the two partners beside him!

Lu Weihuang's big eyes widened like bronze bells, and he roared fiercely: "Brothers, don't be stunned, the batch of thieves in his Baibo camp is not three-headed and six-armed, didn't we just burn them to cry and call their mother?" What are we trying to do with him! Everyone straighten up their waists, and when the sky falls, my surname Lu will stand up first! ”

After Lu Weihuang, another thirty-year-old man with a numb-faced face and hooked nose also smiled sadly and said loudly: "Yes, the former Baibo Battalion could indeed rampage on the Yellow River, but now...... Hey, even if you want to be crazy, you have to pick people, some small characters who don't have a climate or local stunned young people may shiver when they see you. It's a pity, friends of the Bai Bo camp, I, Lu Kuang, have to tell you a fact, that is-you have found the wrong object of the madman today! ”

Next to Lu Kuang was a fat white-faced man, this person had a pair of triangular eyes, a collapsed nose, and even his mouth was a little crooked, and he smiled like a crow: "Niang Xipi, Lao Tzu was looking for you fish who slipped through the net everywhere, but I didn't expect you to send it to the door by yourself today." Yes, yes, since you know each other so well, then leave two thousand dog heads for Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu will be merciful and let other people go to the Tao, otherwise, hehehe, Lao Tzu will be ruthless, and he will skin you all alive, and then you don't blame your Grandpa Lu Xiang for not giving you a way to live! (To be continued.) )