Seeing that they had a good attitude, the brigade commander nodded and asked, "What kind of goods are you transporting?" ”

"It's cotton!"

"Huh! That's a good thing! Rush goods, it looks like you're going to make money this time. ”

Cotton is not a strategic material, it is allowed to be transported to Hebei and the Central Plains for sale, and the rich and noble families have a fresh picture, which is very popular and sells very hot.

Although it sells well, the price of cotton is not high, and its comfort level is not as good as that of cotton, and the price of cotton is there, and it can't be surpassed.

"It's just a small business, where can you make a lot of money, the general laughed."

The brigade commander ignored him, stretched out his hand, and hooked his index finger, "Five taels of silver!" ”

A merchant's face changed, "General, five taels of silver is too high!" ”

Another businessman said urgently: "Give money!" Give money! Less nonsense. ”

He hurriedly took out five taels of silver from his arms and handed it over, and the brigade commander snatched it and snorted: "Count you as acquaintances!" ”

He glared at the merchant just now, "Next time you bargain, I'll double it!" ”

After speaking, the brigade commander waved his hand, "Let go!" ”

The mule team swept into the Fukou Pass, passed through the city, and walked down the hillside.........

At the same time that the Jin Weifu began to investigate Zhaozhou and Huaizhou, the war in Huaixi was also in full swing, and the 150,000 Zhu Zhu army launched an attack on Luzhou and Shouzhou from the east and west at the same time.

In addition, the general Pan Yannian led 20,000 troops to Zhongli County, Haozhou, and hundreds of warships of the Huaixi Army were moored along the Huai River in Zhongli County, of which hundreds of warships belonged to the thousand-stone warships.

But what Zhu Jun didn't expect was that he was not the only one who had the idea of fighting warships, the moon was dark and the wind was high, the river was rippling, constantly beating the big stones on the shore, and in a water swing called Gooseneck Bay, there were more than 100 large warships, hundreds of warships were parked in three places, this is only one of them, but the most important 100 thousand-stone warships were moored.

The ships were guarded by 2,000 soldiers of the Huaixi Army, and the soldiers were stationed in the large camp on the shore, surrounded by barracks.

At the first watch, nearly 10,000 black shadows appeared next to the woods a mile away, this is Zhu Zhu's 8,000 elite army, led by the general Liu Bao, at this time, a scout rushed over, knelt down on one knee and reported: "General Qiyu, the ships are tied together with iron chains, and they will not be driven away by the enemy!" ”

Liu Bao was thinking about whether to kill the enemy first or grab the ship first, since the ships were all tied together with big iron chains, then he didn't have to worry, he would annihilate all the enemy troops first, and the ships would naturally fall into his own hands.

He immediately ordered: "The whole army will attack and annihilate the enemy!" ”

Liu Bao led 8,000 elites to kill the enemy's camp a mile away.......

At the same time, several small boats appeared on the water, and there were more than a dozen people on board, all of them wearing black tight-fitting night suits, and it could be seen that all of them were vigorous masters, each carrying a skin bag full of fire oil.

Led by a young woman, tall and plump, convex and backward, extremely hot, several boatmen do not know whether to live or die, are unscrupulously staring at the lower part of the peach behind her, snickering ambiguously, this woman is the female devil Ying Caihe, she has just arrived in Chang'an, her feet have not yet stood firm, and she was sent back to the Huai River by Guo Song, this time she took more than a dozen elites of the Jin Wei Mansion, and the task was to burn the thousand stone warships of the Huaixi Army.

Ying Caihe felt the greedy gazes of the seven boatmen, and also heard what they were talking about, she was furious in her heart, but now was not the time to turn her face, she held back for the time being, she had to complete the task of her master.

Of course, Guo Song also hoped to drive a hundred warships back to Chang'an, but in fact it was impossible, these ships could not withstand the wind and waves by sea, and they would definitely be intercepted by land, so they could only be destroyed, and Zhu Zhu could not be killed.

Ying Caihe stared at the shore for a moment and said to everyone: "They have already done it, and we will also start to act!" ”

She stood on her feet a little, her body rose into the air, grabbed the anchor rope of two feet, and took off two times in a row, and then flipped onto the stern, and she just got on the stern, only to hear a sudden burst of shouts and killings on the shore.

Zhu Zhu's army entered the camp of the Huaixi army, and the shouts of killing also alarmed the defenders on the ship, and several soldiers came out of the cabin, but were killed on the spot by Ying Cai and one person and one sword.

The men climbed to the stern, and they quickly dispersed to the ships, sprayed the oil, and then set fire with their fire breakers, and they moved so quickly that in less than a quarter of an hour all the ships were set on fire.

Ying Caihe was slaughtering the soldiers on the ship, her figure was as fast as a ghost, and everywhere she passed, the soldiers on the ship were killed by a sword.

"Retreat!"

Ying Caihe shouted, and fifteen of his men rushed to the place where they came from, crawling down the small boat along the long rope of the iron anchor, and Ying Caihe jumped lightly, jumped off the big boat several feet high, and landed on the small boat like a leaf.

She immediately shouted, "Go to the other side!" ”

When several boatmen saw that she was extremely strong in martial arts, they were secretly shocked, put away their blasphemy, and rocked the boat to the other side of the Huai River.

As soon as the boat landed, Ying Caihe's sword was like a sharp sword, and he instantly stabbed at the seven boatmen, and at the moment when he was about to pierce the heart of the first boatman, Ying Caihe remembered that the master had warned her not to kill innocents indiscriminately.

With a pick of her hand, the long sword slashed off one of the boatman's ears, the long sword was as fast as lightning, and everyone did not react, and the boatman had his ears cut off one after another, his face was covered with blood, and he covered his ears and screamed.

Everyone was shocked and looked at her in bewilderment, Ying Caihe said coldly: "I kill people like hemp, and I have never lived under the sword, and this time I cheapened them." ”

...........

The fire was getting bigger and bigger, and it was impossible to put out the fire at all, and although the fierce battle on the shore had ended, it became meaningless, and the general Liu Bao beat his chest, but there was nothing he could do, so he had to watch more than a hundred warships being engulfed in flames.

As the day dawned, only the wreckage of more than a hundred warships remained on the river, burned to black coals.

Liu Bao stared blankly at the wreckage on the river, he was extremely scared, how could he explain to the military advisor, the Son of Heaven had to kill him.

At this time, a soldier stepped forward and whispered, "General, what to do with prisoners of war?" ”

This sentence ignited the anger in Liu Bao's heart, it was these bastards who delayed his time, he turned around, pointed at the more than a thousand surrendered prisoners of war and shouted: "Behead them all, not a single one will be left!" ”

........

At the same time that Liu Bao failed to capture the ship, another general, Deng Lin, led an army of 5,000 to seize more than 200 medium-sized ships at the second dock, but his mission also failed.

The 500 elite scouts sent by Li Na were the first to strike, taking more than 200 medium-sized warships and heading for Surabaya.

At the third stop, Zhu Zhu's army finally succeeded and grabbed more than 170 medium-sized cargo ships, so far, the Huaixi army's 500 ships were burned and robbed, and Zhu Zhu's army only got the smallest share.

On the frontal battlefield, Zhu Zhu's Qin army and Huaixi army fought extremely fiercely, 70,000 Qin troops and 30,000 Huaixi troops fought fiercely in Chao County, Luzhou, although the soldiers of the Huaixi Army were brutal, but the combat effectiveness was very strong, the Qin army was defeated in three battles, at this time, tens of thousands of Qin troops killed from the west attacked Shouzhou, Shouzhou's defense was empty, and Wu Shaocheng's old nest Shouchun was captured.

When the news came, the heart of the Huaixi army was shaken, and deserters continued to appear, Liu Sigu took the opportunity to order the army to counterattack, the Huaixi army was defeated, countless people were killed, and Wu Shaocheng committed suicide in despair.

Since then, the Huaixi Jiedu has been conquered, and the Central Plains and the vast area north of the Yangtze River have become the territory of the Great Qin State.

However, Zhu Zhu was furious because he did not seize the warship, and ordered Liu Bao to be beheaded, and he sent people to ask Li Na for the warship, Li Na not only rejected Zhu Jun's rude request, but also took the opportunity to send 5,000 troops to occupy Haizhou.

Haizhou is in the north of Chuzhou, that is, today's Lianyungang, it does not belong to Huainan Jiedu Prefecture geographically, but it has been controlled by officials appointed by Chen Shaoyou, after Zhu Zhu seized Yangzhou, he did not attach importance to Haizhou, only sent a few state and county officials, but did not send troops to station, Li Na seized the opportunity and sent troops to occupy Haizhou.

And the officials sent by Zhu Zhu to Haizhou were also driven out of Haizhou by Li Na, Zhu Zhu was furious, accusing Li Na of breaking the covenant between the two sides, Li Na did not show weakness, and also accused Zhu Zhu of not paying attention to faithfulness and righteousness, and appointed Wu Shaocheng as the envoy of Huaixi Jiedu, but sent troops to destroy him, reversed his word, and was not worthy of being the leader of the alliance in the world.

Although no war broke out between the two sides, the seeds of mutual dissatisfaction were planted in this way.

(End of chapter)