Chapter 260: The Wind Blows
There are countless birds inhabiting Qizhou Island, and the naval battle that just happened nearby did not affect their lives, but Zhao Yu placed nearly 10,000 captives on the island, but the birds were frightened, chirping and circling in the air, but they did not dare to land, and there were tens of thousands of seabirds inhabiting the island, and the place where they flew in the air could be described as covering the sky and the sun, and it was difficult for this spectacular scene not to attract people's attention.
Since Liu Shen is a senior general, this strange scene must not escape his eyes and arouse his imagination, as for what he will think of, he can only figure it out by himself......
"General, the former army was defeated and suffered heavy losses." In the mighty and mighty, forty zhang long, seven or eight zhang high handsome ship is particularly conspicuous under the sanitation of many ships, this ship was the ship of Jia Nidao, the former left minister of the Song Dynasty, in the battle of Lu Harbor, it abandoned the ship and escaped in a small boat, this magnificent and extremely luxurious big ship became Liu Shen's handsome ship, and the spies entered the cabin to report.
"What, defeated?! Where is Haraja? Liu Shen stood up in shock, and the tea in his hand was spilled. Since going to the sea to chase the dead Song Yuxian has lasted nearly two months, the two sides have fought several times to force them to enter the sea again, he led the naval army to pursue thousands of miles, the former army entangled the enemy several times but was escaped, this time he strictly ordered Hara to bite and wait for him to lead the army to arrive to gather it in the Qizhou Ocean, a worldly achievement, but the news of their defeat made him difficult to accept for a while.
"General, General Hara's ship was hit and sunk, and according to the soldiers who fled back, they did not see it escape, so they should have sunk to the bottom of the sea with the ship." The spy replied cautiously.
"What about the former army? The Lord will be killed in battle, but they will flee and behead them all! Hearing that Hara was killed in battle, Liu Shen thought about the two of them a few days ago, saying that the Song puppet emperor was drunk when he was captured, but the aftermath was in his ears, and the Si people had passed away, and he roared angrily.
"General, only more than ten small boats of the front army escaped back, and the rest were killed...... The spy was frightened by the general's furious appearance, and knelt down on one knee.
"There were more than 200 warships of all sizes in the former army, and only more than 10 escaped back, how could it be? When the thieves saw that our army was fleeing in despair, how could they dare to engage in battle! Liu Shen kicked the spy a few bones with a single kick, pointed at him and shouted, as if he was the culprit of the defeat of the former army.
"Big ...... The general was angry, and it was reported that the battle with the former army was not led by the puppet emperor, but by warships under the banner of the Shuaifu army, and they suddenly killed when the former army caught up with the remnants of the Song Dynasty. Liu Shen was furious, and his feet must not be light, but the spy did not dare to cry out in pain, turned over and got up and knelt down and said.
"Shuaifu Army?! Where did the Shuai Fu Army come from? Liu Shen frowned and couldn't remember where there was such a team with the strength to defeat his former army, so he turned his face and asked the clerk next to him.
"The rebellion of the general who captured Guangzhou in the past is said to be under the banner of the Shuaifu Army!" The scrivener replied after a moment's thought.
"It's the Youyong team led by the pseudo-Guangwang who defeated Liang Xiongfei to capture Guangzhou, why didn't they leave later, how could they suddenly appear here?" Liu Shen listened to it and thought about it, there is indeed such a group of people.
"By the way, the men and horses of the sneak attack on the front army also used meteor cannons, and the Red Horse Detective Army stationed in Guangzhou that day was blown up by this kind of thing, and the pieces of armor remain!" The spy added.
"Oh, how many men are there, and how many ships are there?" Liu Shen nodded and asked again. Now that he had suddenly killed such a thing, he could wipe out the front army in a short period of time, and he had to consider whether to continue to march to pursue the remnants.
According to the soldiers who fled, it seems that there are only a dozen of them...... No, more than thirty ...... No, a hundred...... The big general and the villain really don't know! When the spy found out that he had reported more than a dozen, the general's face changed suddenly, and he could only increase the size, but the more his face became more and more gloomy, and the murderous aura became heavier, which frightened him into tears and cried.
"How many are there, let's talk nonsense, cut off your head first!" Liu Shen gritted his teeth and said.
"General, it is reported that the Shuaifu army dispatched less than forty warships, and only more than ten strange ships with dragonheads and turtles rushed into battle!" The spy also gritted his teeth, so that the upper and lower teeth stopped fighting, and told the truth.
"How can only a dozen ships annihilate the front army, it must be Zhang Thief who led the brigade to help!" Where is Liu Shen willing to believe, and asked with a dark face.
"General, it's really not, the naval army to which Zhang Thief belongs took advantage of the battle between the two armies to sail away and never looked back!" The spy said with a sad face, and his body moved back involuntarily, so as not to be beaten again.
"How is it possible, how is it possible......" Liu Shen was really angry when he heard this, and kicked over the long case in front of him, and the teapots, teacups, and books on it were scattered all over the ground.
"General, look!" The clerk in the cabin suddenly shouted.
"What's wrong? Ah......h I saw that the sea in the distance was full of floating broken ship boards, several warships that were still burning with the waves, and what was even more frightening was that countless floating corpses appeared and disappeared in the waves, but there was not a single Song army warship as far as the eye could see.
"Send out a small boat to see if there is anything alive, and if you can find General Haraja!" The scene in front of him made Liu Shen calm down from his rage, and he had to admit the fact that the former army had been destroyed, but he still had luck in his heart, hoping that Hara would survive.
"General, are we still going to chase after us?" The book office asked.
"The opportunity is rare, if they are allowed to escape, I don't know when these remnants will be wiped out, and the hard work of these days will be in vain." Liu Shen said, obviously not wanting to give up and continue the pursuit.
"My lord, beyond Qizhou Island in front is Qizhou Ocean, where the sea conditions are complicated and extremely dangerous, and the Shuaifu army is infested, our food and water will be exhausted, the general should think carefully!" The secretary advised.
"Well, those remnants will also have a hard time getting supplies under our pursuit, and it's a good time to besiege them while they're resupplying, and if you hold out for another two days, you'll be able to do it all!" The fleet had sailed into the waters of Qizhou Island at this moment, and Liu Shen looked at a few scattered islands and asked, "Is that Qizhou Island over there?" ”
"General, that is Qizhou Island. What's wrong? The clerk looked at Liu Shen and asked in confusion after staring at him for a long time.
"You see that thousands of birds are flying in the air on the island, and they have not fallen for a long time, it seems wrong!" Liu Shen frowned and said.
"General, this island is deserted, uninhabited, and it is not surprising that seabirds inhabit it. At this time, it is only noon, and it is not yet the time to return home, so there is nothing wrong with flying in the air! ”
"No, the whole army is on alert, and the sail is slow. These seabirds must be disturbed by people, and there must be an ambush behind the island! Liu Shen looked at it for another moment and said urgently...... (To be continued.) )