Chapter 478: Ice Elimination
Zhu Zhitong stretched out her hand and pressed Su Xiaochen's lips and said, "You don't need to say it, this will indeed be a vicious battle between the Cangwu Kingdom and the Imuran Kingdom, but it is by no means unrelated to my blue sea." I won't watch Emperor Wen with his soldiers to trample on my blue sea land! Don't worry, not only will I let Liu Mingyan and Qiu Yue really help you, but I will also bury a good move for you. ”
"Huh? What is it? ”
"When you were away a few days ago, Wen Lan suddenly sent a large army to attack and snatched one of Qiu Yuejun's serpentine ships......"
"Was the serpentine robbed, or is it a good move?" Su Xiaochen looked at Zhu Zhitong for a while, and suddenly showed a smile, "Xiaoxiao, you must have some bad idea." ”
Zhu Zhitong smiled and said, "No matter how bad the idea is, it is not bad to use it to deal with the great witch god of your country, right?" ”
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Hanjiang, midnight.
Suddenly, there were several heavy, loud noises on the silent river.
The soldiers on the Jingzhou wharf on the west bank of the Hanjiang River stood by the river and stopped to look at it carefully for a while, and they all exclaimed.
"Melting ice, melting ice!"
Soon, the news reached the ears of Emperor Wen. He was in good spirits, and immediately put on a robe and sat up.
"Gather all the main generals in the army, and immediately discuss the army!"
Ice melting is a matter of time, of course Emperor Wen understands this truth, the key is how to deal with it after the ice melts. The situation in recent days has changed dramatically, and Emperor Wen deeply feels that the planned plan is often not as good as the improvisation.
For example, after Su Xiaochen fell into the city, he made a decree to let Su Xiaochen return to the camp. However, soon after he left the imperial capital, he disappeared, and completely regarded his will as a wind blowing in his ears.
Although Emperor Wen was a little annoyed, he was even more afraid in his heart.
This Su Xiaochen obviously saw through his intentions.
A person who can see through his intentions, a person who can capture the imperial capital with 4,000 men and horses, has now disappeared under his nose! And he kept deciding what he wanted to do.
But no matter what he wanted to do, his current behavior was tantamount to tearing the last layer of window paper between him and himself.
Then there's nothing to be polite about.
Emperor Wen immediately disclosed that Su Xiaochen was a fake lord of the country, and added fuel to the vinegar that his identity was sent to the Taishi Mansion by Imulan, and he had been lurking in the imperial capital for more than ten years...... And so on.
Anyway, the rain and clouds turning black and white upside down is Emperor Wen's forte, plus a few tears, most people in the army believe it. Originally, Su Xiaochen was such a scholar in front of the palace, and he didn't have any friendship, His Majesty said that he was what he was, who would defend a lost bachelor who had no friendship?
Besides, this bachelor is still an Imuran!
Emperor Wen scolded Su Xiaochen in his heart, and at the same time scolded Mu Yunyou.
Before he died, he also played that this son could be of great use.
Hmph, if I really use it, I'm afraid that my head will be lost a long time ago, this Mu Yunyou...... The intentions are very sinister.
Scolding is scolding, and it is still necessary to deal with it.
The rumor that Su Xiaochen is a fake lord of the country has been sent to Imuran's camp by Emperor Wen with two pigeon harriers a few days ago, and I heard that the Eagle King did make a big fuss, which is exactly what he wants.
Emperor Wen originally planned to tie up Su Xiaochen and send him across the river, but it backfired, and Su Xiaochen had already slipped away by himself before he arrived in Hanjiang. At this time, the ice of the Hanjiang River melted, and the moment of the decisive battle was impartially squeezed in.
Emperor Wen knew that Imuran's combat power relied on the cavalry of the Blood Clan the most, and once those cavalry set foot on land, it would be difficult to parry, and fighting on the river was the way to minimize the advantage of those cavalry. So, you must fight the river!
In addition, the number of troops under his command was still 45,000, although it was only about half of Imuran's army, but no matter how many warships Imuran had prepared, he could not allow all these 80,000 troops to cross the river in one go, and it would take at least two round-trips.
That is to say, as long as the battle is won on the river, then half of Imuran's men and horses can only watch in the rear and have no backup, which makes the battle of the river imperative.
Now that the ice has melted, the Imulans will learn of this sooner or later. The chance of victory is before the Imurans cross the river!
Emperor Wen immediately gave the order to gather all the soldiers on the shore. The sky was still bright, and there were large warships moored on the shore in the style of the tiger head ship of the blue sea, and there were as many as 16 of them, just waiting for the Cangwu army to board the ship and enter the river.
At about the same time, the lights in the camp of Imuran were brightly lit.
The news of the melting of the ice had already been informed by Lin Tongsheng to the Great Witch God Wen Lan. After a while, the leaders of the Blade Clan, the Blood Clan, and the Eagle Clan also gathered.
"I expected that Li Houcong would immediately send troops over and want to intercept us on the river!" Wen Lan was very sure.
"Why can the Great Witch God assert this?" Blood Flame King Qi Lie was a little unconvinced.
"Because of the name of your bloodline. The cavalry of the blood clan is brave and terrifying. If you can't avoid it, if you are Li Houcong, what time will you choose to fight? ”
"This ......"
"While your cavalry is on board, of course! Neither charge nor hurry. You can't even cast a formation, and your cavalry is only the weakest when crossing the river. If he doesn't intercept you on the river, will he wait for you to go to land and charge him? ”
Qi Lie didn't speak, because Wen Lan said it well.
Not to mention that they can't charge, the Blood Clan cavalry who are not accustomed to water warfare and can't sit on ships are already thankful that they can keep themselves from seasickness.
Eagle Wang Hunying asked, "Then according to the meaning of the Great Witch God, this time the blood clan will not be allowed to participate in the war?" ”
Wen Lan shook her head and said, "I didn't say that. In fact, I still hope that the Blood Flame King will work tirelessly to take over this position as a pioneer. ”
"Pioneer?" Qi Lie couldn't cry or laugh a little, a cavalryman who couldn't even charge, could still be a vanguard? Didn't Wen Lanmo have any misunderstanding of the word pioneer? At the moment, since it is a decisive battle on the river, then the strong crossbowmen who can attack from a distance must have the advantage, no matter how this vanguard thinks, it should be the Eagle Clan, how can the Blood Clan come.
"Not only do I hope that the Blood Clan can take over the charge duties, but I also hope that the Blood Flame King can stand at the forefront and let Li Houcong and all the Cangwu soldiers see it."
Hunying frowned, what is this going to do? Could it be that you want to calculate Qi Lie?
Wen Lan seemed to see through Hunying's thoughts, and said with a smile: "The Eagle King doesn't need to worry too much, no matter how much I think about Wen Lan, I won't destroy the city wall at this juncture." Since I dare to let the Blood Flame King personally stand at the forefront to boost morale, I must have a corresponding strategy. Moreover, Li Houcong believed that he had a tiger head ship imitating the blue sea in his hand, and when he saw the Blood Flame King, he would definitely have the idea of taking advantage of the situation to attack quickly. ”
Qi Lie asked, "What is your plan?" ”
"When you get to the river, you will know."
Qi Lie was silent, obviously hesitating.
He is by no means afraid of charging into battle, in terms of courage, the blood clan has never been greedy for life and afraid of death.
But he is by no means a reckless man, and will step into some unknown trap of Wen Lan for the sake of his momentary bravery.
Seeing Qi Lie's hesitation, Wen Lan clapped her hands and laughed, "I didn't expect that the famous Blood Flame King would also hesitate to enter. Don't worry, I will take the same boat as the Blood Flame King and stand on the bow of the boat together, so the Blood Flame King still has doubts? ”
Qi Lie thought to himself, Wen Lan would actually be willing to stand on the bow of the boat with me? Since he has this guts, maybe he really has a plan, if I really want him to go with me, wouldn't it seem that I, the patriarch, are as timid as a mouse, and I still need a bad old man of the Blade Clan to be a shield? This will surely make the whole blood people laugh!
So he bowed slightly and said: "I, Qi Lie, am willing to be a pioneer and take the lead, since I am a pioneer, there is no reason to ask the Great Witch God to accompany me, so the Great Witch God will prepare countermeasures in the rear with peace of mind." ”
Wen Lan knew that Qi Lie had a strong temperament and was afraid of losing his prestige, so he should accept it, but it was difficult to guarantee that he would not be suspicious afterwards. He sincerely wanted to appease Qi Lie's thoughts, so he said to the gentleness beside him: "Gentle, you take Lin Tongsheng to accompany the Blood Flame King on board, no matter when, you must keep the Blood Flame King safe, can you?" ”
Wen Wen smiled slightly, "I will obey my brother's orders." ”
Hunying thought to herself, Wen Lan even sent her younger brother and Lin Tongsheng to ride with Qi Lie, it seems that there will indeed be no fraud, but I don't know what kind of strategy he has prepared. So he asked, "Then I don't know what kind of military life my Eagle Clan should lead in this battle?" ”
"Oh, please ask the Eagle King to select seven or eight thousand longbowmen, and I will send thirty light rush longships to wait on the shore, and when the Blood Flame King's ships are offshore, please ask the Eagle King to line up these thirty longships carrying soldiers on both sides of the Blood Flame King, and sweep the battle for the Blood Flame King. However, if there are ships scattered by enemy troops, they can set fire to them and throw them away from their armor. ”
Hunying's face was embarrassed, and he hesitated: "I see that although the ships on the other side are not giant ships, they are all large ships of the same level as the tiger head ships in the blue sea. ”
Wen Lan raised her gray eyebrows and said, "What's so difficult about this?" I have already prepared one thing on the thirty light rush longships I have with you. ”
"What's that?"
"As soon as your soldiers got on board, they could see that there were more than a dozen barrels of special fire oil on the bow deck of each ship, and they dipped them in arrows and lit them on fire, and the soldiers could not be extinguished even if they were poured with water."
"Water can extinguish fire, how can there be fire that cannot be extinguished? Isn't the Great Witch God joking? Hunying looked incredulous.
"Hahaha, have you forgotten how the gate of Linzhou City was blown open that day? Isn't it that Hu Ying, who was guarding the city, ordered someone to pour water...... There are countless things in this world that cannot be deduced by common sense. The Eagle King only sent people on the ship to shoot arrows, and if the fire oil was not good, he just came to find me unlucky. ”
Wen Lan is the great witch god of Imuran, and his alchemy can be called the first person in the world. When Hunying heard him say this, he had to believe it, and immediately whispered a few words to the generals around him, and in a moment, seven or eight thousand soldiers had been selected.