4

On the evening of the eighth day of the first lunar month, Yuan Xian made an end to this hunting competition, and everyone ended the thoughts of fighting with each other for several days with a bonfire banquet and a feast.

"How, how many days is this harvest?" During the banquet, Yuan Xian found the food capital.

"The harvest of the past three days has indeed covered a lot of expenses, and now there is a third of the grain and grass that should have been exhausted. If you eat mainly meat in the next few days and save some food, it should not be a big problem to last another three or four days. ”

Yuan Xian nodded, "I just hope that General Li can bring back the grain and grass as scheduled." ”

"Alas, I advise the general to be prepared with both hands, it is best to be able to get down to Tuhe City as soon as possible, the more you delay, the more disadvantageous it will be for our army. If the time comes when the snow covers the mountains, this grain and grass will become the weakness of our army. ”

"Indeed, I think this ferry is already starting to take shape. Do something good tomorrow, so that the soldiers have the strength to attack the city. ”

The two were chatting, when they suddenly heard an urgent report, and everyone rushed to check the situation, and saw that it was a scout sent by the right battalion.

"What's the matter, Express."

"General, our battalion intercepted a number of fishing boats at sea, the road came from Jieshi, and the boats were full of grain, grass and military supplies."

"What?"

After receiving such news, Yuan Xian hurriedly rode out of the camp on a fast horse, and arrived at the right camp in a moment. The guards of the right battalion saw a man dressed in red and riding a white horse from a distance, and opened the camp gate without asking. Yuan Xian didn't care about it, and went straight to Youying Port.

As early as the port of the right camp, he saw that Yuan Xian's crimson robe was soaked by the cold water, and he didn't have time to wipe it off with beads of sweat on his forehead, so he knew that this matter was by no means as simple as dozens of fishing boats.

"Tell me, what's going on with the rock?" Yuan Xian asked without panting.

I saw a fisherman dressed up, but a person who looked much more detailed than the fisherman stepped forward and said: "General Hui, I came here on the order of the Shanhaiguan battalion to transport military supplies. She used the breakthrough as a bait to attract the entire army of the Northern Front, so that our department was fortunate to come by sea. However, many military supplies have been used by General Mo Huan, and now there is only food and grass left......"

"There's no need to talk a lot of nonsense, come back to me about the situation of Jieshi now, and what is the situation of Mohuan!" Seeing this person so submissive, as well as the down-and-out officers and soldiers dressed as many fishermen around him, Yuan Xian burst out all the pressure that had been squeezed for several days for a while. "You told me that everything is useless, and you are afraid that I will punish you?" The more she roared like that, the harder her right eyelid jumped.

"The major general is angry." The right battalion on the side hurriedly stepped forward to persuade, "This is also for a reason, and after listening to his explanation." ”

"Hey, General Yu......" The quartermaster was so frightened by Yuan Xian that he couldn't speak for a while, "When, there were a total of 5,000 men and horses in the city at that time, Mo Huan, General Mo first resisted the attack from the sea, and we were left, and there were still 4,000 left." Later, Shi Fei of the northern front relied on the rest of the army to camp on the road to intercept, with less than 10,000 people. General Mo burned the mountain, causing smoke to cover the entire area around the Jieshi. So, when we ran out, we didn't see what was going on. ”

Yuan Xian was stunned when she heard this, and she finally realized why her right eye kept jumping. Although Mo Huan had only been with him for a few days, he had become acquainted with her at first sight, or Yuan Xian could see the shadow of his earlier years from her, and even Mo Huan's feeling of desperate work for something was even worse than her. What's more, two days ago, she also exhorted Mo Huan, and regarded this task of guarding the stone as a ladder for her to regain her confidence. I don't think that although I thought of the importance of Jieshi, I didn't expect the strength and determination of Beifeng. Now Mo Huan is trying his best to send this military supply to her, as if his fault has been imposed on Mo Huan again.

The chill in the wind finally penetrated Yuan's thin red robe at this time, and she suddenly felt her scalp tighten, and she almost fell to the ground.

"Help the general back to the camp." The right battalion was busy giving his fur cloak to Yuan Xian.

"It doesn't matter." Yuan Xian said strongly: "It's just a bit of a cold, just go back to the camp for a few bowls of hot soup." The right capital commander should hurry up and prepare his horses, and follow me back to the camp to discuss the matter, and I will trouble you to find someone to give an order, so that the rest of the battalions will also come to my camp. Tomorrow, I will set foot in this Tuhe East City and pluck this Dai Ying's head with my own hands. ”

5

At dawn on the ninth day of October, before dawn, the Xiaoling River was drummed and horned. Yuan Xian used most of the soldiers and horses of the left battalion to storm the ferries in the upper reaches of the river, the right battalion attacked and disturbed the shore defense in the lower reaches, and the clever battalion suppressed the defenders on the opposite bank with Xiangyang artillery in the west city of Tuhe.

This island in the middle of the river is only ten zhang wide, and the length is only fifty zhang, and the guard tower and arrow tower arranged on it were smashed by the Xiangyang cannon a few days ago, and only the foundation remains. However, due to the lack of ferries and the fact that the island in the middle of the river was within range of the weapons projected on the opposite shore, several attempts to seize the attack were lost.

Earlier, taking advantage of the fact that the sky was not bright, Yuan Xian led more than 100 people and more than a dozen boats to touch the island in the middle of the river. Sure enough, when we arrived at the island, a strong fishy smell came to my face. Although the defenders had cleared the battlefield, the shallow waters on the shore could still see dead bodies stuck in the bottom of the river by bed crossbow arrows, and the flesh was already like swollen dough, just waiting for the fish and shrimp in the river to clean it up.

Summing up the experience of the previous few days, Yuan Xian led people to wait for the shore from the far shore in a roundabout way. When the defenders on the island reacted, Yuan Xian and the others had already appeared behind them, and they cleared the garrison of more than thirty people in an instant. Although the movement was brisk, the defenders on the opposite bank still discovered Yuan Xian's actions, and in an instant, wolf smoke was everywhere, and the crossbowmen lined up in a position to throw a rain of arrows towards the island in the middle of the river.

Yuan Xian had the ferry boat towed to the shore, and as soon as the bow and crossbow came, she ordered everyone to come to the side of the boat and turn the boat over to resist. Each of the dozen or so ferries was six feet wide and two feet seven feet long, and they were turned over and propped out with short oars, which was a simple line of defense. And Yuan Xian had already ordered Mu Gong to make an article on this ship, so that the bottom of each ship was synthesized with multiple layers of wooden planks, and the middle armor was also filled with hard leather. In this way, the bed crossbow is fired, and only the arrow can be exposed in front of it, and it will not penetrate out.

Seeing that the crossbowmen on the opposite bank were exhausted, Mu Gong ordered the Xiangyang cannon that had been prepared to be projected with scattered stones. With just a barrage, the crossbow on the opposite bank was suppressed back in an instant. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he shot the rope with a bed crossbow to the island in the middle of the river, causing the rest of the boats to cross the river with a rope.

In an instant, the ships on both sides of the river rushed to the center of the river, and the targets of the crossbows also turned to the crossings on both sides. At this time, the morning sun rose slightly, and the orange morning light added to the blood color of the river.

"Kill them back!"

As soon as Beifeng's people landed on the shore, Yuan Xian jumped to the front of the battle with a spear that was a foot long. On the opposite side, a boat of more than a dozen people rushed over, only to see her steel gun swept and fell to the ground. More and more people gathered on the island, and Yuan Xian seemed to be in a no-man's land. Soon her black, cold-forged armor was dyed as red as her cloak, and the sandy river beach beneath her feet was bloody.

Just when the soldiers of the Northern Front were afraid to move forward, two men with the appearance of delicate scale-armored officers walked out of the formation, only to see one of them tall, with broad shoulders, holding an eight-foot long sword, and the other with a lean figure and dancing a pair of short swords. The two of them generally walked in steps, and there was only Yuan Xian in their eyes.

"General, these two are the two generals who blocked my attack before."

The veteran on the side saw the two of them coming, and hurriedly reminded Yuan Xian to be careful, of course, the title of "long and short general" was also given by themselves. Yuan Xian was listening, and saw the long knife coming quickly, and he slashed from top to bottom with a single knife. Yuan Xian picked the handle of the spear, lost his strength, and just wanted to stab directly, he saw the double swords on the side slashing horizontally, and he had to block the gun with his backhand. The big knife took advantage of the situation to drink the knife with his backhand and directly picked Yuan Xian's ribs. Yuan Xian hurriedly retreated again, turned around and hit the body of the gun sideways to remove the blade, and then kicked away the double swords, and then hit the tail of the gun to force the long knife back.

"It's a tacit understanding between the two of you."

"Playing together, this tacit understanding is as exquisite as your marksmanship."

Yuan Xian only smiled at him when he saw the little man who spoke standing behind the big man. "But on this battlefield, you still have to work hard, and the tacit understanding alone is afraid that it will affect others." With that, she raised her gun and stepped forward.

When the big long knife saw the steel spear coming, he used the tip of the knife to remove the tip of the gun, and at the same time turned sideways to give way to the small one, not wanting Yuan Xian to just pick up a shot. Yuan Xian quickly put away the gun and moved in the same direction, and the little one lost the opportunity to step forward and slash quickly. Then Yuan Xian continued to provoke the long knife up and down with the tip of the spear, and the long knife was overwhelmed after a few times, so he had to give up his body to wipe a shot and cut the long knife wheel.

Seeing the knife coming, Yuan Xian just retreated slightly, and the entire door was exposed to Yuan Xian's gun. When the little one saw Yuan Xianyue stepping forward, he knew that the big thing was not good, so he had to fly on his own to disrupt the attack. I didn't want Yuan Xian to know this, suddenly a horizontal gun hit the small weapon, and as soon as his hands were numb, he saw Yuan Xian's back hand turn, and the tip of the gun twisted into the small chest.

"Second brother!" The big one saw that he was just lifting the knife, and the small one was stabbed, and the blood rushed to his face for a while. And although the little one was shot in the body, he did not die immediately, so he saw that he gave up his two swords, held the barrel of the gun with both hands, and finally fixed the head of the gun on himself.

"Big brother, slash!"

The big man didn't care about the many knives in his hands, and he didn't want Yuan Xian to let go of the gun in an instant, so he pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist and blocked it with his backhand, and the sparks splashed and fell indirectly. Yuan Xian then pushed the knife forward, and cut off the big man's head diagonally with a turn of his hand.

The huge head rolled in front of the little one, and the half-open eyes seemed to have no idea what was happening. The little one was still clutching the head of the gun, and blood kept pouring out from his chest and the corners of his mouth. Seeing this, Yuan Xian walked in front of the little man again, "Didn't you say that there is more tacit understanding than strength, and it will only implicate others." With that, he drew a gun and learned about the life of the little one.

"Who wants to die?"

Yuan Xian drank on the beachhead with a steel gun in one hand and a straight knife in the other, and the blood on her face had completely covered her fair cheeks, and was condensed into a purple-brown color by the gusts of cold wind. The shredded blood-red cloak at the corner of her fluttered in the wind in the shade of the rising sun, and the tip of the spear was dripping with blood. Seeing this, the Beifeng soldiers looked for boats to retreat, and some simply jumped into the river and swam back.

At this moment, the ropes from the west bank to the island in the middle of the river had been filled with ferries of the same size, and Mu Gong ordered the men of the Karakuri battalion to connect the ferries to each other and lay prefabricated pine planks on them. Before the North Forward could organize a second round of attacks, the pontoon bridge from the west bank to the island in the middle of the river was erected. Yuan Xian and other vanguard troops withdrew from the island and replaced them with antlers, knife carts, shields, and bed crossbows from the Karakuri battalion. As a result, it will be even more difficult for Beifeng to seize the island again.