There was no end in sight to the mighty fleet, thousands of sails competed, standing on a high place and looking down, it seemed that even the river was covered, and it was impossible to count at all.

On the top of the mountain, the Southern Army Surveillance Post, who watched all this, was dumbfounded, even though they were born in the south and grew up in the south, but in this life, they had never seen so many ships assembled and sailing on the Yangtze River.

The fluttering Datang flag made them even more frightened.

"Light the beacon fire, warn, warn Ezhou!" One of the officers at the head suddenly came to his senses and shouted loudly.

Three black streaks of wolf smoke rose from the top of the mountain.

On the top of another high mountain, three black smoke were also lit.

This is the highest level of warning in the Yugoslav Army.

Three wolf smoke stretched straight all the way in the direction of Ezhou.

"Eldest sister, look!" On the warship at the head of the line, Li Hao pointed to the three wolf smoke and said with a smile: "They are still quite careful!" ”

The two of them have competed for the position of boss in the secret camp for many years, Li Hao has never won, and the more later, the more Li Hao can't catch up with Li Mi's pace, and now, he is willing to call Li Mi the eldest sister.

Although Li Mi is now the same as him, he is just a Zhonglang general. But Li Mi, the lieutenant general, is now in charge of the entire Right Qianniuwei and exercising the duties of a general. Everyone understands that Liu Ruyan is unlikely to return to the army again, so Li Yu, the acting general, is only afraid that it will not be long before he becomes the general of the Right Qianniuwei.

This is the group of people who came from the secret camp, the first person to step into this position.

As for Li Hao himself, he has now completely embarked on another path, that is, the water master. His goal, of course, is not the head of the inland river division, Pan Motang is already old, and the sea will be his paradise in the future.

Since there is no longer a competitive relationship between the two, this level of relationship in the secret camp will only become his help.

"What's the use?" Li Mi glanced at it and said disapprerovingly: "Even if Xiang Zhen knows now, will he have time to come back?" ”

Li Hao laughed and said, "Unless he has wings." However, Xiang Zhen was still very careful, and when he left Ezhou, he still left 5,000 soldiers and horses there. Counting the 10,000 people who Liu Xinda originally stayed behind to guard his hometown, Ezhou now has 15,000 defenders. ”

"Liu Xinda took away all the elites, and of the remaining 10,000 people, only one or two thousand people could fight, and the rest were just young and strong people he recruited, which was of little use. Xiang Zhen left behind real soldiers, but with this little force, do you want to stop us? ”

"The younger brother opens the way for the eldest sister!" Li Hao said with a smile. "Ezhou is not a problem, we have to look at Xiang Zhen, we can't let Shi Zhuang have the upper hand, if we go late, maybe he won't even leave us a mouthful of soup."

Li Mi smiled: "You admire him very much, Liu Xinda and Xiang Zhen, none of the two opponents are easy to get along with, so it is so easy for him to swallow in one bite?" ”

Li Hao shook his head: "Eldest sister, to tell you the truth, when I was in the secret camp before, Boss Tu and Tian Bo were them, although they were fierce and domineering, and they beat us at every turn, I was really not afraid of them." But Shi Zhuang, he doesn't even scold us very much, but I'm just afraid of him. He is completely different from Boss Tu. What do you think he came from? Mr. Gongsun, Zhang Gong also looks at this person differently, saying that he is both civil and military, which is rare to see. ”

"His origins are now unknown to anyone but himself." Li Mi said: "I heard that Shi Zhuang wrote a letter to Gongzi, but Gongzi didn't read it, and threw it directly into the fire and burned it, so I don't know, don't ask me around the corner." ”

His mind was peeked through, Li Hao smiled, "Anyway, we have to hurry up this battle, and the right Qianniu Wei can't be suppressed by the majesty of the right Xiaowei." ”

"You're not from the Right Thousand Cow Guard!"

"Eldest sister, you are, Li Dang is too, we are a family!" Li Hao is authentic. "Now Li Kang has been temporarily controlled by him, if you don't shine again, when the time comes, won't you make Right Xiaowei proud?"

"I don't mean to compare with General Shi!"

"General Shi naturally doesn't care about these little things, but he can't stand those people under him who will be triumphant when the time comes, big sister, think about it, we will really be suppressed when the time comes, Liang Han's underbeaten face, how proud should we be!"

Li Mi laughed: "Liang Han was beaten miserably by us back then, and then we became a gang, he was embarrassed to trouble me with a woman, you guys were beaten several times by him when he found an opportunity!" Manly man, go and call back! ”

Li Hao sighed mournfully: "I can't beat it, Li Han's fool refuses to join forces with me, hum!" ”

"Li Han's kung fu is suitable for opening and closing on the battlefield, Liang Han was originally Jianghu kung fu, which is the most suitable for fighting alone, plus he has been honing on the battlefield for many years, and he is very damaged. The only ones who can fight him face-to-face are Shi Zhuang, Tu Lichun, Liu Chenglin, and Min Rou, you still have this heart, don't go to him for trouble. By the way, if you dare to call Li Hanhanzi again, believe it or not, I'll go back and tell Xiao Jiu! ”

"Don't, don't!" Li Hao waved his hand again and again: "Sister, please spare me, if you let Yan Jiu's stingy ghost know, when I go back, maybe I will have a fever and diarrhea!" ”

Li Mi laughed: "I went to rest, when I got to the ground, call me!" ”

Watching Li Mi walk into the cabin to rest, Li Hao also showed a happy smile on his face.

A few years ago, I was a little rusty with the brothers in the secret camp, and this time through my eldest sister Li Mi, I should be able to get closer. Yan Jiu drugged him, so he was not afraid, and he couldn't even stutter. It's just a few days of belly pulling, and I think what is it compared to the help that these brothers and sisters can give him in the future?

Is Yan Jiu the kind of person who poisons people at will? It's not a brother or sister, she doesn't have to do this kind of prank at all.

Turning around and walking on the command bridge, he waved his big hand and shouted: "Command the whole army, accelerate the advance!" ”

The oars accelerated suddenly, and the waves pressed by the ship rushed towards the shore in waves, lapping on the shore on both sides.

More than 500 ships, including nearly 100 warships of various types and more than 400 merchant ships, loaded with 20,000 soldiers of the Right Thousand Ox Guards, rushed towards Ezhou.

The wolf smoke of the relay finally arrived in Ezhou City in the evening, and Wang looked at the three black wolf smoke that rose straight up from Ezhou, and his eyes were full of worry.

This is the highest level of warning, which means that the enemy who comes to attack will not be as simple as the enemy's naval division, even if the Tang Army's naval division is invincible on the water, but when it comes ashore, its combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, and now since three wolf smoke has been burned, it means that their own officers can clearly judge that the enemy is attacking on a large scale.

"Tengjian, you take your 10,000 men to defend the city, and at the same time prepare to go out of the city to support me!" The king pondered for a moment and said.

"General Wang, if you defend the city wall together, I think it's more certain!" Teng Jian is Liu Xinda's subordinate, and he knows very well what kind of goods the 10,000 people under his command are. If the king takes his men and horses out of the city to fight, if there is any mistake, then there is no need to fight this battle.

"Outside Ezhou City, there is only one section of land suitable for landing, it is now the dry season, swamps, silt, wide sandy beaches are unobstructed, it is the best battlefield for us to stop the enemy, if they let them easily walk through this section, it will be easy to deploy troops under Ezhou City, and choose the focus of the attack at will, I only have 5,000 people, and I can't allocate them. These men of yours are afraid that they will not be able to fight. The king said again. Therefore, if you defend the city, why don't you go and defend this part of the city, and your subordinates will support me at any time. In addition, all the long-range weapons such as crossbows and trebuchets in the city, how many you have, give me as much as I want, I will block them in the water and prevent them from landing. ”

Teng Jian nodded: "There are still a lot of these things in the city, and General Wang can have as many as he wants." ”

"I've already sent someone Pegasus to send a message to General Xiang, I think General Xiang will immediately return to the division to help." The king said, "So we don't have to worry, just do our best to guard." ”

"Understood!"

"Tomorrow, at the latest, the Northern Tang army will be under the city of Ezhou, so General Tengjian, I need your subordinates to use tonight to lay all kinds of obstacles on the river beach, and install all kinds of long-range weapons on the river embankment and behind the river embankment. You're also an expert at these, so I don't need to talk about it. My soldiers, they need a rest tonight, and tomorrow, they will appear on the battlefield in the best condition. ”

"General Wang, don't worry! In one night, Teng promised to complete all this! ”

Wang nodded again and stretched out his hand: "General Teng, this time, we have to rely on each other for our lives!" ”

Teng Jian wanted to laugh, but he couldn't.

On this night, Teng Jian personally went out to sit on the embankment, tens of thousands of Ezhou defenders all dispatched, built positions in front and behind the embankment, dense trebuchets were placed in the rear of the embankment, a strong crossbow was nailed to the embankment, bundles of feather production were sent to the chest wall built overnight, on the river beach, a little dry place, were dug ditches, attracting river water, making it muddy. Countless thistles and other things were sprinkled on the river beach, and when these things were submerged in sand and silt, they looked extremely vicious.

I have to say that Teng Jian has indeed hollowed out his mind and arranged this river beach attack position extremely perfectly.

When the sky was bright and Wang appeared on the embankment again, he also nodded again and again, Teng Jian did better than he imagined.

More than 10,000 Ezhou defenders retreated to the city exhausted, while 5,000 Lingnan soldiers and horses, who had been recuperating all night, appeared on the position.