Just live long enough to understand one thing.

Nine times out of ten, the plan will not come to pass.

Accidents are common, and not accidents are accidents.

How can there be so many things like gods, but they are all on paper, the real battlefield is changing rapidly, and the moment of victory is often hidden in those sudden accidents.

In the battle of Hanjiang, the two sides have mobilized all their combat forces to the north and south of Binzhou.

The Imulan side had an army of 80,000, including 40,000 of the Eagle Clan, 20,000 of the Blade Clan, 10,000 of the Blood Clan, 24 large and small serpentine ships, plus about 10,000 of the remaining 100 tribes, and claimed to be 120,000 to the outside world.

There are less than 30,000 people on the Bihai side, including 25,000 people from the Southern Xinjiang Governor's Palace, plus more than 3,000 people from the Liuxia tribe, in addition, there are 12 Kuntou ships and their subordinate tiger head ships and Bird Head ships, and 8 Liuxia serpentine ships.

In terms of numbers, Imuran is far more than the blue sea, but in water combat, the power of the Kuntou ship is really terrifying, and Wen Lan does not dare to underestimate it.

After thinking about it, he decided to wait for work, and only ambushed the ship formation by the river, waiting for the blue sea army. After all, the number of soldiers in Bihai is limited, and if half of it can be consumed in the early stage, Bihai will naturally be defeated.

The people of the three clans all knew that Wen Lan had always advocated a preemptive strike, but now that he was cautious, he knew that it was not trivial, and they all cheered up.

At this tense moment, gentleness suddenly appeared in Wen Lan's tent and frowned and whispered a few words.

He brought the surprising news that Lin Tongsheng had disappeared.

Wen Lan thought for a while, but she couldn't figure out why Lin Tongsheng would choose such an opportunity to retreat.

Don't want so much gold that most of you have saved? Or are you completely disappointed in yourself?

Either way, it's unpredictable.

However, Wen Lan's mind was not here, and the first thing he asked after learning the news was: "Those serpentine ships on the shore are not bad, right?" ”

Wen Wen shook his head and said, "That's not true, it's business as usual." ”

"That's good, one Lin Tongsheng can't influence the situation of the battle. He was already secretive, and this time he said goodbye, although it was surprising, but it was not strange, let him go. ”

After Wen Lan finished speaking, she suddenly felt a little uneasy, and asked again: "Could it be...... Someone killed you, right? ”

"This ...... I don't think it's likely. Even if Steward Lin's skills can't win, getting out is never a problem. As long as he wants to escape, I really can't think of anyone in this world who can trap him, unless...... He wanted to die on his own. ”

"Oh?" Wen Lan was a little unconvinced, and deliberately asked, "Do you think even I can't trap him?" ”

"Hehehe, if my brother can trap him, he doesn't have to let me bother to persuade him, right?"

Wen Lan was so embarrassed that she shrugged her brows and stopped talking.

At the same time, the formation of ships in the blue sea had been assembled, but the weather had not yet turned cloudy. Su Xiaochen was still on the deck watching the weather, waiting for the opportunity.

And at this time, he also got an unexpected news.

Huo Qinglin's 50,000-strong army marched from the east bank of Jingzhou to Imuran's ship array!

“…… Senior Brother Huo, this is going to die! Su Xiaochen unconsciously broke out in a cold sweat on his back.

Huo Qinglin is neither proficient in water warfare, nor is the fleet he leads suitable for river confrontation, and this 50,000 army is the foundation of Cangwu Country, once it is damaged, it will no longer have the power to defend the gate of Cangwu Country. Seeing this, Zhu Zhitong persuaded: "General Nahuo listens to the words of the right master the most, and at the moment, is it expedient to ask my aunt to revise a letter in the name of the right master and let him suspend the army, can he be deceived for a moment?" ”

Su Xiaochen shook his head and said, "It's too late, Senior Brother Huo has always been good at marching in a hurry, and he is good at attacking first." Once he has sent out his troops, he wants to stop them halfway, unless there is a huge ship like the Kuntou. However, the Kuntou ship was slow and could not catch up at all. ”

"So what to do?"

Su Xiaochen pondered for a moment, then turned to Zhu Zhitong and said, "Xiaoxiao, although I have a way, I have to act at the opportunity, if you can trust me, let me give it a try?" ”

The four eyes are facing each other, and each other's eyes are clear.

"I believe in you as I believe in myself." The voice is not loud, but it is unquestionably determined.

"Good! Then without further ado, it is now necessary to immediately let the Kuntou ship rush north to chase ......"

"Didn't you say that the Kuntou ship couldn't catch up with Huo Qinglin's fleet?"

"You don't need to catch up, you just need to be able to let the Imurans see the shadow of the Kuntou from a distance."

"What do you mean......"

"Wen Lan has always been suspicious, he knows that Huo Qinglin is not his opponent, and he also knows that I must know this. Since both sides knew that they had put Huo Qinglin in danger, then in Wen Lan's opinion, he would definitely be suspicious, and he would suspect that Senior Brother Huo was sent by me as bait to lure him into sending troops. When he saw the shadow of the Kuntou ship from afar, he would believe that Senior Brother Huo was a trap set by me, so he would not act rashly. ”

"But suspicion is just suspicion after all, what if he wasn't fooled and directly sent a serpentine ship to fight Huo Qinglin?"

"If he doesn't fall for it, we'll let him be fooled, so I thought about it, and I need to add some more material!"

"What?"

"The eight serpentine ships of the Liuxia clan are extremely fast, and they will definitely be able to catch up with Senior Brother Huo if they set off immediately, let them first make a false shot in front of Wen Lan's formation, and then retreat after diving. In this way, if Senior Brother Huo appears again, it will seem that he is taking turns to lure the enemy, and most likely Wen Lan will believe it. ”

Zhu Zhitong thought about it carefully and felt that this was a good way.

"Okay, then do as you say!" Zhu Zhitong turned around and left the deck, and at this moment, Liu Mingyan and Qiu Yueshi and the rest of the generals were waiting in the cabin, just waiting for Zhu Zhitong to give the order.

Qiuyue Zongzhi took eight serpentine ships to lean on both sides of the Kuntou ship, for him this is a good opportunity to make contributions to the people of Liuxia, before the war has been boosted, so that the people of Liuxia understand that how much work is done for the country of Bihai today, how much chance there will be to keep the peaceful life of the people of Liuxia when they are rewarded for their merits in the future.

The reason is simple, if the Imurans win, there will be no eggs under the nest.

So soon, Qiu Yueshi took Zhu Zhitong's order and boarded the serpentine ship. I saw him holding the scabbard of the wild eagle in one hand and flicking it towards the sheath with the other.

After a burst of gold and jade strikes, the eight serpentine ships changed their shapes in unison and dived into the water to chase Huo Qinglin.

Liu Mingyan saw that Qiu Yueshi had already taken the lead in the water, and immediately shouted: "Anchor!" ”

Soon, all four anchors of the Kuntou ship were retracted, and the huge sea barrier that was as huge as a city began to move north.

Su Xiaochen's expression was still nervous, and at this moment he was still desperately thinking about how to make Wen Lan think that Huo Qinglin was an ambush army, rather than a moment of blood pouring into his heart.

Suddenly, he slapped his thigh. "There it is! Grab some gunpowder or thunder! ”

Zhu Zhitong didn't have time to ask him why, so he immediately ordered someone to take some.

Su Xiaochen put his hand in his mouth and whistled, and an eagle whistle came from the clouds. Soon, the eaglet circled down and stopped on Su Xiaochen's right arm.

He stuffed a fused fire thunderbolt into the eagle's beak, stroked the eagle's back and said, "Go, send it." There was another whistle in his mouth, and the eaglet understood, and immediately flapped its wings, rushed into the sky, and soon disappeared.

"...... are you?" Zhu Zhitong was puzzled.

"People can lie, but eagles can't, no matter how suspicious Wen Lan is, she won't be suspicious of an eagle." Su Xiaochen looked at the sky and muttered, "However, eagles don't lie, but those who control eagles do." When the eaglety took the thunderbolt over, he would think that we had followed his example, and wanted to rush into the enemy line with the thunderbolt and blow up the fleet, just as he did with the fleet. ”

"But if that's the case, will he bombard it with artillery from a distance, trying to detonate the fire and thunder before the hand-to-hand engagement?"

"No, because he can't tell if this fire thunder is from Senior Brother Huo's fleet or from the serpentine ship of the Liuxia people. If it was the former, of course he would have ordered someone to intercept it from a distance, but if it was the latter, he knew that a moment longer would be fatal, because no one knew better than him what the tactics of blowing itself up with a serpentine ship were all about. ”

"So he's going to quickly retreat?"

"Yes, in order to keep the fleet, he will definitely retreat for the time being. In this way, Senior Brother Huo will be completely safe. ”

Su Xiaochen breathed a sigh of relief, the serpentine ship lured the enemy, the Kuntou ship pressed the formation, and the eaglet sent fire and thunder, these three prongs should be able to confuse Wen Lan for a while. But the important thing is that after this, since the troops will be dispatched before they can wait for a cloudy day, some plans can only be made head-on.

Huo Qinglin's whereabouts not only spread to the Kuntou ship, but also soon to the Imuran camp.

The first to learn was naturally Hunying.

According to Wen Lan's meaning, from the eve of the Great War, the two elders of the Wen clan and the patriarchs of the Blood Eagle clan, as well as all the high-ranking generals, basically stayed in one place, so that they could discuss military strategies at any time.

Except for Mo Daqiu, who entrusted the Blade Clan's army to Wen Lan with full authority and himself guarding the rear in Taiye Town, almost all of them were under Wen Lan's nose.

Almost, because there are two exceptions.

Qi Chu, the eldest princess of the blood clan, and Ge Lihan, the head of the Eight Horsemen of Blood and Smoke.

Ever since Qi Chu was going to come to Hanjiang with the army, Qi Lie had always been obedient to this sister along the way, and he also ordered Ge Lihan to bring someone to protect him at all times.

Although Wen Lan felt upset when she looked at it, she didn't want to provoke Qi Lie, and secondly, she thought that if Qi Chu was always dangling in front of her, she would make herself even more upset, so she closed her eyes and didn't care, and even hoped that this old woman would rest and get as far away from herself as possible.

So when Hunying hurriedly brought the news of Huo Qinglin's menacing arrival towards the north shore into the account, Wen Lan didn't care about Qi Chu's trivial matter at all.

"Did you really find out?"

"There will be no mistake, I have sent hundreds of sentry eagles every day in the past few days, taking turns to watch on the river, and it has always been calm. So far this morning, six sentry eagles have flown back one after another, and the whistling sound is all warning of the coming fleet in the distance. ”

"But how can you conclude that it's Huo Qinglin's fleet and not the blue sea Liu Mingyan?"