Chapter 017: The Battle of Land and Water
Liu Xianchen transported a large amount of stone flow yellow and earth nitrate to Northern Xinjiang according to Xizhen's instructions, and immediately, someone arranged by Shen Xibin came to meet in Northern Xinjiang.
"Lord Shen asked me to ask you, did Miss Shen come with you?" The person sent by Shen Xibin whispered in Liu Xianchen's ear.
"She went to Mao with me, and after buying these things, she kept them." Liu Xianchen replied.
"Huh? Isn't she dangerous? "Someone was shocked.
"She has her own opinions, please don't worry. By the way, she told her not to tell anyone but her two brothers and you about it. Liu Xianchen commanded softly again, and the answerer nodded hurriedly.
In fact, Liu Xianchen's heart was also very worried.
Because of such a thing as infiltrating the enemy's camp alone, even if he is asked to do it by a dignified man, he will inevitably panic and retreat, this Miss Shen's courage is not ordinary!
In less than three days, Shen Xizhen had a clear understanding of the situation in the camp, and every day she tied the news she had found to the big tree in the form of ribbons, and the pre-arranged receiver conveyed it to the people sent by Northern Xinjiang to meet her at the border pass, and then conveyed it to the king of Qingping and her brother.
"This meticulous work is really powerful, and he dared to sneak into the military camp of Mao Guo." King Qingping was secretly surprised, and there was also a faint worry in his heart.
Xi Zhen has quickly gained Fan Shu's trust in the past few days, so he has deployed all the big and small affairs in the army in front of her, and he has never been afraid. Through the understanding of Guò in the past few days, Xi Zhen knew that the soldiers of the Mao Kingdom were all ready, and the number of people was more than 20,000 more than previously known, and he also learned the direction of their march, weapons and equipment, and the approximate time of action. Xi Zhen conveyed these information to Northern Xinjiang one by one through the ribbons tied to the tree.
On the 19th, the monarch of the Mao Kingdom personally came to the barracks to cheer everyone up, and held a secret meeting with the officers, which remained closed until the afternoon. After the secret meeting, the king went back to the palace, but left a team of men to assist.
Fan Shu called Shen Xizhen to inspect the water situation by the river.
At that time, the north wind was in full swing, and the clouds and mist on the river were shrouded, and it was impossible to see the situation on the other side of the river.
"My lord, the villain wants to set up a camp by the river tonight, watching the sky at night, and praying for our army at the same time, do you think it?" Shen Xizhen asked General Fan Shu for instructions while observing the river, and Fan Shu had seen her spell and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he agreed, and set up a high platform by the river according to her request, and let her sit on the high platform to practice. Below, it was guarded by twenty soldiers.
At nightfall, she asked the soldiers to prepare a stove, a bundle of dry sticks, and a pile of dried straw stalks, on the pretext that it was windy and cold on the high platform, and the soldiers hurriedly did so.
After about an hour, the night was deep, the soldiers were drowsy, suddenly heard a strong wind blowing on the river, blowing the fire on the high platform crackling, they were worried about the safety of Xizhen, so they sent a person to fly up to check, but saw a straw man tied up on the high platform with dry grass stalks, wrapped in clothes outside, looked like a real person from a distance, he was suddenly shocked, and then looked at the river, but saw that the river was surging, the fog was thick, and there was a faint figure driving a small wooden row fluttering away.
He immediately informed the other soldiers, but no one dared to jump into the river to chase after him, so he sent someone back to the camp to report, but the man felt a slight numbness in his scalp just after walking a few steps, and the whole person fell to the ground with a thud, and the other soldiers also fell one by one.
They were all hit by Xizhen's unique magic needle, and they had to be in a coma for at least three days and three nights before they woke up.
At this time, Xizhen had already fled far away in a small wooden row.
In a short time, she reached the shore of the northern frontier. She didn't have time to remove her clothes and beard, so she went straight to Chiling Mountain.
On the newly built altar platform of Chiling Mountain, Shen Xibin and Shen Xicong were looking around from the top of the altar.
"I haven't seen my sister come yet, and I don't know if I'm in trouble on the way." Shen Xibin said worriedly.
"Yes, tomorrow will be the twentieth." Shen Xicong also looked worried.
"What are you saying bad about me again?" With a familiar joke, Shen Xizhen's white clothes fluttered in front of them.
"Sister! But I'm looking forward to you. Shen Xibin exclaimed and greeted Shen Xicong together.
"I said I would come, I will definitely come, brothers, don't worry!" Shen Xizhen said mischievously lying on their bodies.
"The first layer is planted with seven green flags in the east, in the shape of a dragon, seven soap flags in the north, with the momentum of Xuanwu, seven white flags in the west to create the power of the white tiger, and seven red flags in the south, in the shape of a red bird. On the second layer, 64 yellow flags were planted and 64 hexagrams were disposed. There are four people on the top floor, holding a long pole, and the rod is inserted with chicken feathers to attract wind letters, and the seven stars are tied to show the wind...... 1 "Seeing that it was not early, Xizhen immediately arranged for everyone to help set up the formation.
After arranging the scene, she went down to bathe and change clothes, and the two brothers immediately returned to the Houwang Mansion to report.
Knowing that Xizhen had arrived, Chu Zihou was very happy and wanted to meet her, but was stopped by Shen Xibin: "Lord Wang, my sister is about to start sacrificing to the wind, and we are about to lead the troops to battle, let's wait until after the war to meet." ”
Chu Zihou thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he had to suppress the urge to see her, and went to the barracks with the generals to transfer troops and send generals.
However, even if he didn't see her, because he learned of her arrival, Chu Zihou also felt full of energy, and the mobilization of troops would be more calm and sophisticated, bold and neat, the sky was not yet fully bright, and the deployment of the whole army had been properly arranged.
The reinforcements sent by the imperial court also arrived yesterday, but not very many, only more than 20,000. This is what Chu Zihou meant, because he knew that this battle could not be won by numbers, but only by outwitting.
After bathing and changing clothes, Shen Xizhen spread barefoot, slowly walked up to the altar, burned incense in the center of the altar, and prayed to the sky.
More than two hours later, the east was whitening, a new day had arrived, and war was coming.
But said that General Fan Shu got up early in the morning to direct the sailors to get on the boat, but when he came to the riverside, he found that the 'nameless' figure was missing, although the twenty soldiers guarding the high platform did not die, but they were confused and couldn't even speak clearly, Fan Shu was shocked at the moment, and vaguely felt that something was wrong, but at this time the north wind on the river was howling, and the clouds and mist were shrouded, which was the most suitable for the soldiers to cross the river. Moreover, the 120,000-strong army was all ready and could no longer be allowed to retreat, so Fan Shu ordered a qiē operation to continue as usual.
The sky is getting brighter and brighter, but the thick fog on the river has not receded at all. Fan Shu had already boarded the largest boat, and was waiting for the time to come, and the whole army set off.
As soon as the hour came, the war drums sounded, and Fan Shu pointed at the sky and shouted: "Rush!" "All of a sudden, the two armies of the waterway took their weapons and flew towards the direction of northern Xinjiang.
In less than half a cup of tea, the explosion of gunpowder and the cries of the soldiers calling for their fathers and mothers were heard on the land. The navy was still marching to the middle of the river, and was greatly surprised when they heard this shout, and realized that the northern side of the country had already prepared for battle, but it was impossible to retreat at this time, so they had to rush forward with all their might.
Suddenly, the wind was fierce on the river, and the wind was so high that the wind from the northwest turned into a southeast wind, making it impossible for their ships to continue with the wind.
This is the season when the northwest wind is strong, why did the southeast wind suddenly blow? The Mao army was puzzled, neither advancing nor retreating, so he hurriedly asked someone to lower the sails to reduce the risk of being blown back by the wind.
At this moment, they heard the sound of the sails fluttering, and when they looked up, they saw that the sails were on fire. At the same time, the southeast wind continued to blow fiercely, and the wind was so strong that it soon set their ship on fire, and suddenly the river was full of fire.
Immediately afterwards, sharp arrows rained down, accompanied by crackling explosions, which frightened the soldiers into shock, feces and urine, and hurriedly shot back with bows.
However, due to the fact that the weapons of the Xi army were more deterrent, the Mao army only tossed for a while and lost its fighting spirit.
Fan Shu had been injured by a sharp arrow, and his old illness had recurred, so he fainted immediately.
If he loses this battle, his old life will not be saved, he is anxious, but he is weak, and he lies in the cabin and laments.
The southeast wind blew more and more, and for a time the wind and waves rose as high as a head, and the more than 40 ships of the Mao army were like untied boats, losing their control in the wind and waves, and the soldiers were either injured by sharp arrows or were tossed into the sea, and the army was in disarray for a while.
And the soldiers led by the Shen Xibin brothers were still firing gunpowder arrows with high morale.
The sailors of Mao State continued until the afternoon when they lost their attack power and abandoned their ships and fled. In the evening, both sides stopped fighting, and the southeast wind on the Dalu River slowly weakened again, and the boats on the river had drifted away with the waves, and the river was calm again.
There is no more fighting in the border area.
The king of Qingping and his soldiers planted a banner representing victory on the tower.
Very good! You don't have to surrender, I don't need prisoners of war, you just don't come and invade my territory!
This was the will of King Qingping, and it was also the will of Shen Xizhen and her two elder brothers, so they did not send troops to chase after them
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