Zhou Xu saw the swordsman battalion rushing over, first ordered the crossbowmen to shoot several rounds of bows and crossbows, and then threw spears, trying to stop the swordsman battalion from landing. The sergeants of the swordsman battalion are carrying heavy shields and constantly going ashore, and the first group of sergeants have set up a shield array in front of the formation, resisting bows and crossbows and spears, and the follow-up sergeants are constantly coming, and a third of the swordsman battalion has successfully landed. Zhou Xu knew that he couldn't let all the swordsman battalions go ashore, so he gritted his teeth and personally went out into battle, leading the entire Zhennan Army to rush over.

When the Zhennan army saw that the main general was personally rushing to kill, they also followed. The two armies launched a strangulation on the shore, making a mess, Qiu Tong also quickly disembarked, met the Zhennan army, the big sword was frequently slashed, after cutting down a few sergeants, he seemed to see the hope of victory, shouted to the surrounding sergeants: "Kill the past, occupy the north bank." ”

Zhou Xu commanded the sergeants to resist the impact of the swordsman battalion as much as possible, and when he saw that the rear troops of the swordsman battalion were constantly coming ashore, he had a plan and decided to make a desperate bet, and after swinging his sword and cutting down the two swordsman battalion soldiers, he quickly retreated a few steps, called a lieutenant general, and hurriedly ordered: "Burn all the warships on the shore for me." ”

The deputy general of the Zhennan Army was puzzled for a moment and asked: "General, in this way, the other party will fight against the water, and it will not stimulate morale even more." ”

"Don't ask so much, go quickly!" Zhou Xu was a little angry, and the deputy general hurriedly led a team of Zhennan troops around the shore to prepare a fire oil bow and crossbow.

The swordsman battalion was desperately rushing to the shore at the moment, and there were not many sergeants left on the warship, and the deputy general of the Zhennan Army quickly rushed onto the ship with his people, and it didn't take long for several warships on the shore to catch fire. Qiu Tong turned around and saw that the warship was on fire, he shouted that it was not good, and ordered the soldiers to return to the defense and hold the warship. But the ships got closer, and the fire spread immediately, and a large number of ships of the swordsman battalion soon burst into flames. Qiu Tong gritted his teeth, now they had no way to retreat, they could only fight to the death and take the north shore, so that they could have a chance of survival.

Qiu Tong also ignored the burning warship, and shouted to the sergeants: "We have no way to retreat in our back against the water, and the whole army rushes to kill." ”

Zhou Xu saw that the swordsman battalion warship was on fire, he hurriedly asked a group of soldiers to retreat, and the Zhennan army withdrew to the defensive stone city on the north bank, relying on the strength of the stone city to resist the attack of the swordsman battalion. The swordsman battalion came by boat, not carrying siege equipment, and at this moment it was suppressed by the rain of arrows shot from the stone city, and it was impossible to raise its head. Qiu Tong was very anxious, and organized a battalion of swordsmen to attack the city in turn with bows and arrows, but the stone city was extremely strong, and it was attacked several times, but it had no effect at all, but suffered heavy casualties.

This battle has lasted all night, the sky is gradually brightening, both armies are tired, the Zhennan army is slightly better, the defensive sergeants take turns to rest, but the swordsman battalion is very anxious, they can't advance at the moment, there is no way to retreat, and they suddenly fall into a dilemma. Qiu Tong regretted his rash move a little. The fire of the warships on the river was not extinguished, and some of the scattered warships coming from the south bank of the mouth of the river could not get close at the moment.

Qiu Tong organized the swordsman battalion to attack two more rounds, and when he saw that it was fruitless, he ordered the whole army to assemble on the shore, rest for a while, and then make plans.

The fire on the shore burned all morning, and when the fire subsided, Qiu Tong ordered the sergeants to hurry to check the warships and see if there were any remaining ships that could only be used. Before the sergeants had time to check, they saw a ship coming in a hurry, Qiu Tong saw this, and immediately rushed over, and several officials from the military department got off the docked ships, and these people were the officials sent by the military department to order the swordsman battalion to attack Jiujiang Port. When several officials saw Qiu Tong, they didn't say a word, but they scolded their heads and faces. Although on the surface, Qiu Tong's official position is higher than that of several people, but after all, the other party is an important member of the military department, and Qiu Tong does not dare to say much at this moment. When he learned that His Majesty ordered the swordsman battalion to rush to Jiujiang Port to deal with the Jinfan Army, he almost collapsed, and immediately reacted, Jin Huiqun must have known His Majesty's order, but he sent someone to ask him to immediately send troops to the other side of the strait the day before the arrival of the military department, which was undoubtedly a charge for sending troops without authorization. At the moment, it is not easy to advance, and it is not easy to retreat, and I am really in a dilemma. When Qiu was unified, it was difficult to understand Jin Huiqun's intentions, so he could only withdraw to the south bank first, and he immediately decided to take a boat back to the mouth of the river with a few people from the military department, and after arriving on the other side, he immediately collected ships and came to pick up these swordsman battalion sergeants on the north bank.

Zhou Xu had been keeping an eye on the movement of the swordsman camp on the shore, vaguely seeing the incoming boat, and seeing Qiu Tong as if he was leaving to return to the south bank, he summoned the sergeants to prepare, ready to attack when the swordsman camp withdrew.

After Qiu Tong ordered several lieutenants to defend on the spot, he jumped on the boat and returned to the south bank with a few people from the army department. But this is the front line of the war after all, and the Zhennan Army is in front, and they have no choice but to drag their tired bodies to line up in a defensive formation to prevent the Zhennan Army from attacking. Zhou Xu actually saw Qiu Tong leaving, and he was very ashamed of Qiu Tong's behavior of retreating from the battle, but on the other hand, for him, this was the best opportunity to annihilate the swordsman battalion. After Zhou Xu waited for Qiu Tong's ships to stay away, he ordered the gate of Shicheng to be opened, and the whole army attacked the river bank, vowing to destroy the swordsman battalion.

The soldiers in the swordsman battalion were tired, and their morale was not as good as before, and they saw the whole Zhennan army rushing out and hurriedly meeting the enemy. Several lieutenant generals commanded their own headquarters in a panic to resist the charge of the Zhennan army. Zhou Xu saw the weakness of the military formation and ordered the Zhennan Army to divide and surround the swordsman battalion. The swordsman battalion is also tenacious, and the two sides have been fighting for a long time, with heavy casualties on both sides, but this is the big battalion of the Zhennan Army after all, and the follow-up sergeants are more than the swordsman battalion, and the space occupied by the swordsman battalion is compressed step by step. All the swordsman battalions retreated to the river. Many sergeants saw the Zhennan army surrounding and killing, jumped into the river, hurriedly grabbed a few planks, and swam away.

How could the Zhennan army let these sergeants go, and kept shooting spearguns, and soon the banks of the river were stained red with blood, and the wails of the sergeants of the swordsman battalion were constantly heard. Several lieutenant generals frequently looked at the river while resisting the Zhennan army, hoping that the boat promised by Qiu Tong could only come quickly, but the river was calm in the distance, and there was no boat coming.

Qiu Tong ignored the evacuation of his subordinates, the boat traveled halfway, and met Shu Zhenghe of the Xuanjia Army of the Western Wei Dynasty, Shu Zhenghe had received a report from the scout earlier, the swordsman battalion and the Zhennan army were fighting, he did not hesitate after receiving this military report, and ordered the Xuanjia Army to go over and wait in the middle of the river, ready to intercept and kill. Shu Zhenghe didn't expect that the one intercepted was actually the chief general of the swordsman battalion. The warships of the Xuanjia army surrounded Qiu Tong's boat, and soon the sergeants got on board and captured Qiu Tong and several people from the army one by one. Qiu Tong looked at the person, it was actually the Xuanjia army of the Western Wei Dynasty, he regretted it at this time, this blind attack not only made him captured, but also very likely to lead to the total destruction of the swordsman battalion. He began to resent Jin Huiqun and truly believed that he had been betrayed. Shu Zhenghe came over with a smile and sneered at Qiu Tong: "I didn't expect to accidentally capture the chief general of the swordsman battalion, General Qiu, do you think I'm quite lucky?" ”

"Phew!" Qiu Tong spat and shouted: "Despicable, you have the ability to come with real knives and guns for a while." ”

"General Qiu, you are now a prisoner, and you have no capital to shout, be quiet for me." After that, Shu Zhenghe directly smashed a punch into Qiu Tong's lower abdomen. Qiu Tong fell to the ground in pain, Shu Zhenghe looked at him with a smile, and ordered his sergeants to escort him to his boat. Then he turned his head to several people from the East Vietnamese military department and asked coldly, "Tell me the purpose of your coming here." ”

Although several people in the military department were all born in the army, they had been in the military department for a long time, and they had gradually lost the blood of the sergeants.

Shu Zhenghe listened to the deployment of the East Vietnamese Army, was silent for a while, and then ordered his sergeants to kill everyone on the ship one by one, and then returned to his ship, and sent his own soldiers to return to Xiakou immediately, and reported all the information to the general Zhong Xu.

On the north bank of the swordsman battalion and the Zhennan army, Zhou Xu stood in front of the battle covered in blood, and shouted to the swordsman battalion who were pressing on the river: "The soldiers of the swordsman battalion, your main generals have fled, why bother to resist uselessly, if you surrender and put down your blades, I will not embarrass you, and then prepare a boat for you to go back, if you continue to resist stubbornly, there will be no mercy." ”

When these words reached the ears of the sergeant of the swordsman battalion, everyone paused, they had reached the limit, they just wanted to live at the moment, life was more important than anything else, not to mention that what they hated most at the moment was Qiu Tong, and everyone secretly made up their minds to settle accounts with him. But several lieutenants of the swordsman battalion were unwilling to give up, and they yelled at the surrounding sergeants: "What are you stunned, do you think they will really let us go and kill me back." The sergeants suddenly split into two groups, one group suddenly collapsed on the ground and lowered their blades, while the other group launched a final wave of offensive under the leadership of the lieutenant generals. The Zhennan army quickly swept away the swordsman camp, and the sergeants who refused to surrender were cut down one by one, and the surrendering sergeants were taken to the prisoner of war camp after collecting their swords.

Zhou Xu sent people to keep an eye on the river in case Qiu Tong sent troops over again, and he still didn't see the incoming boat until the evening. Zhou Xu faintly felt that something was wrong, although Qiu Tong evacuated without permission, but he would not completely ignore the swordsman battalion, he couldn't guess what was happening, so he ordered to keep a close eye on the other side.

Qiu Tong fell under Shu Zhenghe, his whole person was depressed, this time he was miserable by Jin Huiqun, not to mention making meritorious contributions, and now his life is about to be lost. He thought about surrendering to the Western Wei Dynasty, but his family was still in the mouth of the water, and once he surrendered, Dongyue would definitely annihilate his family. Qiu Tong was in a dilemma, and one person was silent. Shu Zhenghe came over with the attitude of a victor and said to Qiu Tong: "General Qiu, do you still want to go back?" ”

Qiu Tong raised his head, with a hint of expectation in his eyes, and hurriedly replied: "Yes, I want to go back." ”

Shu Zhenghe saw Qiu Tong's appearance and laughed: "Haha, okay, you do us a favor, and I'll take you back to Wet Xukou." ”

Qiu Tong heard something strange from Shu Zhenghe's words, so he asked, "What do you want me to do?" ”

"Don't embarrass you, take our Xuanjia Army to garrison the mouth of the Wet Beard." Shu Zhenghe made no secret of his purpose.

"You want to occupy the mouth of the water?" Qiu Tong knew Shu Zhenghe's purpose, but he still asked.

"Yes, the swordsman battalion and the Zhennan army have just had a big battle, and they must no longer be able to launch an offensive, so we in the Western Wei Dynasty are not welcome." Shu Zhenghe said this with great confidence, and Qiu Tong was also well aware of the current situation, so he lowered his head and was silent again. Once the Xuanjia Army is stationed in the mouth of the Wetsu Pass, it is equivalent to betraying Dongyue, but to save his life and comfort his family, this may be the only way at present. Qiu Tong thought for a while, gritted his teeth, raised his head and said to Shu Zhenghe: "Okay, but I have the conditions." ”

"Say it." Shu Zhenghe replied coldly.

"After the matter is completed, you have to ensure that me and my family go to the Western Wei Dynasty safely." Qiu Tong put forward his own conditions, Shu Zhenghe glanced at him, and replied with great certainty: "Yes." ”