Not long after Li Daozong left, several shuttle boats slid on the river, and it was the sentinel sent by Qin Mubai to Jiangbei who came back. On board were several hundred cavalry sergeants. Although the rebels of Li You in Jiangbei also imposed blockade and martial law along the river, for the capable hundred cavalry soldiers, such a defense line was simply full of holes. If you want to infiltrate and find out about the military situation, it's as easy as a finger.

The news brought back by the three sentinels was similar, which also proved the reliability of the military intelligence, and it was also one of the reasons why Qin Mubai deliberately arranged it this way.

When the two armies are at war, knowing oneself and knowing each other is of course the first task.

The sentry reported that in just a few days, Li You first led more than 2,000 Dengzhou soldiers under his command to raise the flag and rebel. Then, almost overnight, all the local officials under his rule were ensnared. Coercion and temptation, forcing them to rebel. Then, he appointed Yin Hongzhi as the marching commander (equivalent to the military division), with Zan Junmo and Liang Mengbiao and others as generals, and led the soldiers and horses of the prefecture to sweep through the seven counties and places under the rule of Dengzhou, such as Suixian, Nanyang, Xinye, Xiangcheng, Lintuan, Neixiang, and Jutan, and opened the treasury to obtain money and grain, collect military weapons and horses, and recruit homeless villains at high prices to join the army and rebel.

Within a few days, the boundary of hundreds of miles under the rule of Deng Zhou was suddenly hell. The so-called "army" led by people like Liang Mengbiao and Zan Junmo is mostly some hooligans and scoundrels, what good can they do? robbed the treasury and robbed the treasures, killed and abused the officials, snatched the official seals and self-proclaimed official positions, robbed the people, robbed the money, grabbed the grain, and grabbed the livestock, and also kidnapped a large number of women from Qinglou or good families, and sent them to the army for the military academy to have sexual pleasures, and the obscenity and ugliness were full of evils day and night.

Under the high price of recruitment and coercion, the Dengzhou rebels quickly grew to 30,000 people in a few days. They made their own flags and banners to organize the army, imitated the guard rate of the Tang Army, and formed the three guards and horses of "Longxiang", "Huben" and "Shenshu". Liang Mengbiao, Zan Junmo and Li You themselves were under the leadership.

The sentinel also reported that Yin Hongzhi and others persuaded Li You to claim to be the emperor and fight against Chang'an, but Li You did not rely on it, and still called himself "King of Qi". Later, in order to persuade Yin Hongzhi and others, they used the official system of the East Palace to "add officials to the knights", what prince Taibao, prince and teacher...... Feel free to give.

Qin Mubai sneered when he heard these returns: It's really a clown who jumps off the beam, and he is crowned by a monkey!

The military intelligence report said that two days ago, the puppet general Liang Mengbiao led 3,000 puppet troops to occupy the naval military port in Xinye County, Dengzhou, prepared more than 30 large and small warships, and lined up the river with arrow towers and beacons, which were extremely heavily guarded and ready to meet the battle.

"Probe again—" Qin Mubai gave the order and sat down again.

Pang Fei and the others saw that Qin Mubai didn't move at all, and the belligerent emotions that had been suppressed for a long time in their hearts couldn't be suppressed, and they asked one after another: "General, the pseudo-general Liang Mengbiao is just a gangster, where will he fight?" Why don't we cross the river in one go, set foot on the Xinye Military Port and kill him! ”

"What's the hurry?" Qin Mubai said lightly, "Separated by a river, how can a rabble stop our army?" Liang Mengbiao, that clown, I don't even bother to pinch him to death, for fear of dirty hands. Wait! ”

"What are you waiting for?" Pang Fei asked softly.

The corners of Qin Mubai's mouth gently lifted a trace of fine lines, and said, "You'll know it right away." ”

About an hour later, a fast horse from the Assassin's Mansion galloped and reported that King Wu had asked General Qin Mubai to return to his palace to receive the holy decree.

Predictable!

Qin Mubai didn't say a word, and took a few attendants to leave the boat and cross the horse, and came to the Assassin's Mansion.

The imperial court came so quickly, and it was only seven or eight days before Li Ke wrote the book. It is enough to prove that the emperor attached great importance to this matter. Moreover, the Qin Cha sent is not a small person, the former resident and current Zhongshu Shilang Chu Suiliang - the emperor's confidant secretary!

is also an old acquaintance of Li Ke and Qin Mubai, and he was involved in the Jiangzhou case before.

When they arrived at the Assassin's Mansion, officials of all sizes stood in two rows on both sides of the main hall, and looked back at Qin Mubai's stride in his clothes. Li Ke wore a purple deer robe, dressed up in formal attire and waited for Qin Mubai to receive the order together.

Chu Suiliang watched Qin Mubai walk in with a solemn look in his eyes, and said, "General Qin is here, and the official will immediately announce the decree." ”

"Chu Zhongshu, please wait a moment." Qin Mubai took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty has made it clear that you want to receive the decree with King Wu?" ”

"Yes." Chu Suiliang replied simply and affirmatively.

"Then the order will be answered." Qin Mubai said, clasped his fists on one knee and saluted. Li Ke opened his robe and bowed down on his knees, and all the officials in the hall did the same.

"Order, Li Ke handed over the state affairs and Quan Wanji took over the post of Xiangzhou Assassin History, and immediately entered the capital to face the saint. Qin Mubai, Dunsu soldiers and horses to protect the territory and the people, must not act rashly. Chin this! ”

The holy decree was just these two sentences, and Chu Suiliang quickly finished reading it.

Li Ke and Qin Mubai glanced at each other, and their faces tightened at the same time, but they didn't reply for a long time. Quan Wanji, who was behind him, hurriedly said: "Your Highness, General Qin, quickly accept the order!" ”

"The last general, don't dare to take the order!" Qin Mubai suddenly said loudly.

"What did you say?" Chu Suiliang was taken aback and asked in surprise.

"Your Highness, you take the order! Outside the general, the military order is not affected. The last general, don't dare to take the order! Qin Mubai stood up and said in a sonorous voice.

The whole hall was shocked, and everyone looked at him in amazement, their eyes widening.

Chu Suiliang was calm, he slowly closed the holy decree and handed it to Li Ke, and said, "Then His Royal Highness King Wu, are you willing to accept the decree?" ”

"Weichen, take the order." Li Ke took the holy decree with both hands, stood up, stared at Qin Mubai, and said in a deep voice: "Qin Mubai, do you know what you are doing?" ”

"Yes. The end will be in the rebellion. Qin Mubai said calmly, "His Majesty the Emperor is thousands of miles away, and he doesn't know the military situation in Xiangzhou, so he strictly ordered the last general not to move. However, the last general can ask you to go to the river and have a look. The enemy puppet army Chen Zhou's soldiers flaunted their might and might attack Jianglai at any time. Do you want someone in my Qin to be a turtle with a shrunken head, with more than 2,000 hot-blooded men to be slaughtered? Sorry, I can't! ”

Chu Suiliang twisted his brows and said: "If the enemy puppet army crosses the river, it will be a timely counterattack, and it belongs to the fan of protecting the territory and the people, so naturally I will not blame the general." General Qin, you should take the order! ”

"If you don't answer, you won't answer." After Qin Mubai finished speaking categorically, he took out a military intelligence report from his cuirass pocket and threw it to Chu Suiliang, saying, "Chu Zhongshu, please see for yourself, what the enemy puppet army has done in Dengzhou." Burn, kill, loot and rape adulterous women, do all kinds of evil! If I want someone in Qin to watch a play across the river and watch the enemy puppet army be so rampant, domineering and oppressing the good, I Qin someone can't do it! ”

Chu Suiliang opened the military newspaper in surprise and looked at it a few times, took a breath of cool air and exclaimed: "I didn't expect Li You to act like this!" He is also the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and he is all his own people, how can he be embarrassed? ”

"Humph!" Qin Mubai sneered, "If he knew how to be humane, he wouldn't have done what he did today." The so-called generals he appointed are all gangsters and scoundrels, what good things can these people do? Qin Mouman thought that His Majesty would come to a decree and order the end of the river to attack the thieves to rebel and suppress the rebellion, who would have thought that the end would be a turtle with a shrunken head! Even if the last general can turn a blind eye with a cold face, the soldiers under the command of the last general will not agree! Many of the people on the other side of the river are relatives and compatriots of the people of Xiangzhou. The military government has long been full of fighting spirit, and the crowd is excited. If you endure it any longer, the last general will be worried, and the army will mutiny! ”

Chu Suiliang took a deep breath and said, "General Qin has said so many reasons, but there is only one purpose - you want to resist the order and raise troops, right?" ”

Qin Mubai grinned lightly: "Chu Zhongshu is a smart person, so he guessed right at once." It's just a pity that the last general didn't prepare a prize for you. The military situation is like a fire, and the last general will not have time to fight with you here—farewell! ”

"Slow!!" Chu Suiliang let out a loud shout, stepped forward a few steps and stood between Li Ke and Qin Mubai, and said, "His Royal Highness King Wu, you should persuade General Qin." General Qin, you should also know, what are the consequences of your doing this? ”

"The assassin and the lieutenant are mutually reinforced, but there is no subordination. This king has no right to dictate to General Qin. Li Ke said lightly, "And...... This king has already packed up and gone to the capital, how can he dissuade General Qin? ”

"You! ......" Chu Suiliang touched a soft nail fiercely, and then smiled bitterly, and he already knew in his heart - these two people had clearly planned it a long time ago. How can people not bow their heads under the eaves? Even if he is the imperial envoy, but now the emperor's order can't stop suppressing Qin Mubai, he Chu Sui Liangguang has a mouth, what can he do to stop the iron-hearted Qin Mubai?

"It seems that this official is useless to talk too much." He shook his head and said with a wry smile, "General Qin, you are so self-sufficient. This official will report everything to His Majesty the Emperor as it is. ”

"Very good." Qin Mubai looked at Chu Suiliang and nodded, and said, "The two armies are about to fight, and the rivers and land routes are all blocked. His Royal Highness King Wu wants to go to Beijing, and he must wait for three or five days to avoid suffering military disasters. That's all the general says, farewell! ”

After that, Qin Mubai strode away as when he came.

"Hey......" Chu Suiliang looked at Qin Mubai's back and shook his head with a wry smile.

Li Ke took the holy decree, walked up to him and asked in a low voice, "Chu Zhongshu, why do you smile and sigh bitterly?" ”

"Nothing." Chu Suiliang shook his head with a smile and said, "Chu is just sighing, when did he become so ignorant of current affairs?" ”

Li Ke also smiled: "Why did Mr. say this?" ”

Chu Suiliang glanced around at the officials in the hall, smiled and shook his head: "That's it, don't say it!" Since it is inconvenient to move now, why don't you ask His Royal Highness King Wu to arrange a good place, and we will simply climb the heights together and look at it, how about Qin Mu's battle in Baishui? ”

"Good! Just what the king wants! ”

Qin Mubai had just taken a few steps from the Assassin's Mansion, and ordered the attendants beside him: "Hold my seal, hurry back and give a military order-the whole army is cleaned, the men and horses board the ship, and prepare for battle!" ”

"No!" The pawn took the seal letter and rode away.

"Humph! ......" Qin Mubai snorted heavily, and said secretly: After suppressing a mouthful of resentment for many days, it's finally time to vent!

Kidnap me Ling'er and trap me in injustice...... Yin Hongzhi, you must die!

Li You, you will definitely pay the price for your insincerity and stupidity!

Qin Mubai clenched the handle of the "Guiyi Knife" at his waist, and said in his heart: Compassion for the enemy is cruelty to oneself. If it is a killing, it should be decisive, and I must be ruthless! …… Ling'er, forgive me!

When he returned to the military port, Pang Fei, who had received the military order, had already ordered the 2,400 soldiers from all over the military government to board the ten Shenyu spaceships.

Eight hundred Bailang sailors, four hundred elite cavalry of the Chinese army, 1,000 regimental crossbows and infantry Mo swordsmen, purge and standby.

As soon as Qin Mubai's horse arrived at the port and stopped, more than 2,000 people in the whole army sang in unison - "Please give the general an order to cross the river to fight the thieves!" ”

Its majesty, its might!

"Good! - "Qin Mubai shouted, walked up to the flagship armor majestically, stood on the bow of the ship, pulled out his sword and pointed forward-

"Pass my order, the navy will open and kill the enemy!"

"Woo-woo!"

Eight long metal horns more than one person long were placed on the shoulders of the sergeant and blew towards the sky, and the sound shook for hundreds of miles. The flag-bearer waved the flag, the drums on the five naval warships of the front army were noisy, and the flags were flying, and the huge and majestic Shenyu spaceship chopped the waves and marched forward, stirring up thousands of angry waves in the water of the Han River!

On the lighthouse of the ferry of the Eight Ghost Crossing, Li Ke and Chu Suiliang looked side by side. Although they were several miles away, they were also shaken by the sound of drums and horns that shook the sky.

"The first to win people, just 2,000 soldiers and horses have such a might, it's really magnificent!" Chu Suiliang couldn't help but sigh, "Look at the ship's march to a certain extent, the military prestige is solemn and the morale is high, Qin Mubai, he is really a good general!" ”

"Why do you say that?" Li Ke pursed his lips and said with jealousy, "Even the old man in the army, King Jiangxia, said so. Qin Mubai, a kid who has never led troops to fight, what is capable? ”

"Haha!" Chu Suiliang laughed, "In the past, Jiangdong Zhoulang, wasn't he the weak crown in charge, did he start leading troops from his mother's womb?" ”

"As far as he is concerned, can he be compared to Zhou Yu?" Li Ke sneered, "At least, Zhou Yu has Xiao Qiao, but he doesn't!" ”

"King Wu is really good at laughing." Chu Suiliang smiled, "General Qin, isn't this just Xiao Qiao, who was angry at the crown and went to save him?" ”

"Really, really." Li Ke nodded matter-of-factly, and scolded, "This kid is obsessed." desperately disobeyed the holy decree, but also tried to take the courage of the horseman and go to the hero to save the beauty. ”

Of course, Chu Suiliang knew that Li Ke was deliberately pretending, so he shook his head and sighed with a wry smile: "The water of the Han River is really deep!" ”

"Then the king doesn't know." Li Ke said seriously, "This king can't swim and has never been in the water." ”

"Look—there's a fight!" Chu Suiliang raised his hand and pointed, and the two of them looked forward intently.

At this time, the five Divine Fish spaceships were in the shape of arrows, and they had already rushed to the vicinity of the enemy puppet army on the opposite bank. Liang Mengbiao had already begun to take precautions, and equipped the ship to pull the arrow tower of the water village, which was quite decent. In front of the military port of the Xinye Water Army, he built a water village that stretches for three or five miles, and there are more than ten arrow towers. The gate was opened, and more than a dozen large and small warships rushed out of it, beating drums and shouting out, and firing arrows at the Shenyu spaceship.

It's just that this level of attack, facing the tank-like Divine Fish spaceship on the city wall, is like tickling. These so-called enemy and pseudo "water army", among them, are some idlers who can swim, how can they shoot arrows well if they have stupid strength? Many of the arrows had not yet reached the deck of the Divine Fish spaceship before they wilted and fell.

Pang Fei on the flagship grinned and waved the order flag in his hand: "The whole army listens to the order - cast rockets!" ”

Hundreds of white wave sailors neatly set up strong bows and crossbows, and fired rockets at an angle of 45 degrees to the sky.

Suddenly, the Martian arrows came like a torrential rain and wind. It's like a firework suddenly bursting in the middle of the night in the middle of the night, completely enveloping the enemy warship!

"Ahh - "Originally, the enemy puppet army was already stunned when they saw such a huge battleship, if it weren't for the fear of being cut off by Liang Mengbiao, few people would really dare to rush out of the water village to meet the battle. Now that this overwhelming fire has descended, where is there still the heart of war. As soon as the first round of fire arrows fell, the screams were everywhere, and many of them were killed or injured and fell into the water, and some of the remaining people were afraid and desperately rowed back, and some were so timid that they were so frightened that they cried and shouted to their mothers and jumped into the water.

At this time, the wall cabin of the Shenyu spaceship suddenly opened, and countless Ge Yu, who was one or two zhang long, poked and stabbed indiscriminately in the water, and the enemy puppet army who fell into the water screamed again and again, and there were thick blood splashes in the water, and they were buried at the bottom of the river.

"It's not a level of competition at all, the cannon fights mosquitoes." Qin Mubai saw this scene on the flagship and sneered.

At this time, Pang Fei stood on the bow of the ship and waved the command flag in his hand again: "Crash into the enemy's village, break its formation, and destroy its army!" ”

"No—"

Countless coolies in the belly of the cabin desperately stepped on the pedals of the ship. The five Pioneer Divine Fish spaceships accelerated together, and the hard bow was facing the so-called "Water Village" built by Liang Mengbiao, and they collided fiercely!

The more than ten enemy ships that attacked were so frightened that they couldn't avoid the impact of the Shenyu spacecraft even if they rowed desperately.

"Ahh - "Screaming!

"Click-click!"

The enemy warship and the waterwall fence, like a papier-mâché model, collapsed in an instant under the impact of the giant water surface fortress of the Shenyu spaceship, like a withered and decayed!

Standing on the bank of the river and commanding the warfighter Liang Mengbiao, his face suddenly turned white and cold sweat fell, and the command flag in his hand almost fell to the ground.

"Horses, horses! Lead the horse! He screamed.

The waiter hurriedly brought the horses, and he hurriedly turned over and patted the horses away, shouting, "Retreat!" ”

With a group of surviving minions, Liang Mengbiao fled for his life. At this time, he was fortunate that he did not board the boat or enter the water village. Otherwise, now the corpse doesn't know where to go!

"Such a sturdy metasequoia wood, iron rivets, and cowhide rope knotted water village was actually torn and shattered like cloth paper! Qin Mubai's sailor army is too terrifying! There's no chance of winning on the water, you can't fight! Liang Mengbiao gritted his teeth and said hatefully, "When you get to the shore, I'll clean you up!" ”

Qin Mubai raised his eyes and looked at it, and clearly saw that there was a group of enemy puppet soldiers on the river embankment who had abandoned their armor and fled. He sneered and said secretly: The rabble, a plate of loose sand! Such garbage is not worthy of being my opponent!

At this time, the eight ghosts crossed Li Ke and Chu Suiliang on the watchtower, and almost said in unison: "It's too different!" ”

Li Ke sneered: "Li You's subordinates, no one can really lead troops to fight, he will only make friends with some crooked and evil characters." Liang Mengbiao, a gangster, how could he be Qin Mubai's opponent? In fact, if it were a year or two ago, the Xiangzhou Navy would be almost the same as the other side. When the two sides fight, it is really uncertain who will win and who will lose. ”

"Therefore, it is easy to get a thousand troops and it is difficult to find one." Chu Suiliang nodded and smiled, "See, Qin Mubai only sent one deputy, and led only five warships to win a complete victory, and the enemy fled in despair." He hasn't even shot it himself. The five warships just now, with their skillful tactics and strong combat power, can really be called a model of naval forces. Although Chu has never led a soldier, he has read a lot of books on this subject. Water warfare is more difficult than land warfare. The reason for this is that when people are on the water, they are not as flexible as they are on the shore. The boat has to be controlled, the wind direction has to be mastered, and the speed of the current and the sergeant's natural fear of water must be taken into account. If it weren't for the usual training and well-trained methods, no matter how powerful the army was on the water, it might be vulnerable. If the water war is defeated, it will be more tragic than the land battle. It's like just now. ”

"Fighting a war is really a university question." Li Ke said with a sigh, "Usually I only pay attention to Qin Mubai's behavior and the details of his life, and I really don't care about his military affairs. Unexpectedly, less than a year after coming to Xiangzhou, he actually did so many things. ”

"He's outstanding." Chu Sui said succinctly, "In all aspects." ”

"It seems to be ......," Li Ke nodded thoughtfully.

At this time, the enemy and puppet naval forces in the Xinye Military Port had already collapsed into an army either dead or fleeing. In the newly pulled water village, the raging fire burned several feet high, and instantly turned into a ruin. What military villages and warships were all turned into ashes under the wrath of the god of fire.

Pang Fei ordered again: "Capture the tie-up and get off the ship." Build a dock and open the way for the rear army! ”

The 800 naval army suffered almost zero casualties and won a complete victory. Landing on the side of the Xinye military port one after another, the sergeants pursued the prisoners who had fallen into the water and escaped along the river, and began to quickly excavate the dock suitable for the large warships to dock with shovels and other tools. Set up a sampan and pull up the water pile, and erect a flag to set up a defensive formation.

Everything was in order, hundreds of soldiers were in place, sweating like rain.

Qin Mubai propped his hands on the side of the boat, looked at the scene in front of him, and nodded with satisfaction: "Stinky boy, good job." In the past few months, I have not worked in vain. ”

At this time, the letter sentry rowed a shuttle boat to report: "Report to General Qin, General Pang has cleared the enemy's pseudo-water village, and is rushing to repair the wharf and guard the riverbank. General Qin, please, give the order! ”

"Order Pang Fei to use multiple bows and crossbows to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the opportunity to attack. The Huotou army landed first with sufficient grain and rice cooking utensils to bury pots and cook for the army. Two hours later, the whole army landed. Eat and drink for an hour and rest, do not build a camp and the naval army is stationed in the warships, and the army is lightly armed and rushed, attacking the city! ”

"Yes—"

Qin Mubai breathed a sigh of relief and pondered: Xinye Military Port has been lost, Liang Mengbiao must have reported the news to Li You. The puppet army under Li You is just a rabble, and it is not enough to worry about being vulnerable. Even though there are 30,000 people, my 2,000 men will not be afraid of him. I'm afraid I'm afraid that he will use Ling'er to do something...... Hey, Ling'er, I don't know what's going on now.

At this time, the most bitter person in the world should be her!