The autumn breeze was blowing, and I felt a chill on my body, and the war horses in the distance were all wearing horse chews, and even the horses' hooves were wrapped in thick felt. Each rider was closely attached to his horse, stroking the mouth, nose and neck of the horse from time to time, fearing that the sound might be caught by the guards patrolling the river on the other side.

The small boats of the Yuan army patrolling the river had already come and gone twice, and several Yuan soldiers on the boat looked around with torches, but they never found anything abnormal. The cattail grass on the opposite bank grows extremely vigorously, just hiding the boat crossing the river, which is one of the reasons why Yu Zhilong chose this section as the crossing point.

Yu Shichang kept his mouth shut, silently examining the actions of the Jing'an army tonight, he wanted to lead his subordinates to cross the river to attack the enemy during the day, but Liu Zhengfeng did not allow it. In the afternoon, Yu Zhilong sent someone to make a special trip to inform the Jing'an army of the idea of attacking the enemy, and after several weighings, Liu Zhengfeng agreed to the proposal, anyway, it was done, it could improve the morale of the Shuntian army, if it was not harmonious, it was only Yu Zhilong's subordinates who were lost, and he happened to see a joke.

The prestige of this flying general is too high now, if there is a chance to fall on him, wouldn't it be good!

Liu Zhengfeng will not tell others about this thought, Yu Shichang doesn't know, he heard that he sent someone to cross the river to burn grain, and he also had to follow him, Liu Zhengfeng was right, and he insisted on not allowing it. But if he is allowed to wait and see here tonight, it is better to take a closer look at Yu Zhilong's people and horses. At the same time, Liu Zhengfeng sent his cronies to inform the generals.

Qin Zhanshan learned about tonight's incident in the camp, and sneered: "The kid is troublesome, disturb me and wait for the quiet!" ”

When Liu Qi heard this, he asked urgently: "Who is there and how many people are there?" ”

The person who reported the report honestly replied: "Qian Zheng and Luo Cheng of the Jing'an Military Department, a total of dozens of people!" ”

Liu Qisui said reassuringly: "But that's it." "Summoning a confidant Bai Qiu, telling him to watch carefully in the camp at night, and if there is anything abnormal, he can come and report it.

Asked Yu Zhilong and the others why they were like this, the person who reported the report thought for a while and said, "I heard that the corpses of our army scouts were hanging on the other side of the bank today to disturb the hearts of our army. One of the bodies that some people think is the old man of the scout team, and he has an old relationship with Yu Zhilong, Qian Zheng, etc., it is estimated that he saw the tragic situation of his old friend, and his anger was irrepressible, so he had this plan. ”

Liu Qi sneered and said: "Raising troops in anger is not the way of the general, General Fei said that he will not return!" "Turn the herald. A group of relatives next to him sighed: "Big brother Huizhi, this Fei general has taken his own defeat." ”

Bai Qiu came in, heard the order, stepped forward and whispered: "General Fei and his subordinates have always been insignificant, if the eldest brother is interested, the younger brother can immediately go and quietly inform that person!" ”

Liu Qi ordered the people around him to go down, paced and thought in the tent, and said for a long time: "Don't be in a hurry, Lao Tzu still knows the truth of waiting for the price to sell." If you don't let the north suffer any more losses, how can it seem that our family is important? Besides, the time has been nearly three watches, the two sides of the river are closely inspected, and it is easy to cross the river, and it is too late in time, and it is less than although reckless, but its department has a lot of courage, and it may not be known if there is really a gain. Watch carefully! Bai Qiu bowed his head and said yes.

After Wan Jinhai and Xia Houen heard about it, they informed Yu Zhilong that if it was useful, their subordinates would rely on Yu Zhilong's dispatch. Yu Zhilong thanked himself.

Although the purpose of tonight is a small punishment, Yu Shichang still dares to be interested in seeing the actions of Yu Zhilong's department. At this time, the fourth watch had passed, and several groups of patrols had passed between the two sides, but there was still no movement on the other side. Yu Shichang was a little depressed, looking left and right, Yu Zhilong, Zhao Shi, Sun Xing and others were all a little sleepy. Everyone was silent, they didn't light torches, they just hid behind the embankment and waited quietly in the dark night.

No news is good news. It shows that Qian Zheng and the others did not alarm the Yuan army on the other side. After more than an hour, Yu Zhilong and the others couldn't help but be anxious, and it would start to dawn in two hours, if Qian Zhengru completed the task, he still had time to return to cross the river, and the time was a little tight.

Yu Zhilong heard a sound behind him, and turned his head to see that a tall and burly figure came over, but it was Wu Side.

Wu Side was on standby, and when he saw the heavy dew on the autumn night, he whispered to his subordinates to take blankets to cover the horses one by one to cover the cold for the horses. He was in a hurry in his abdomen, and he couldn't hold it back, so he first relieved himself, and then quietly came to Zhilong's side to ask for his life. Do you take advantage of the gap to send someone to respond?

Because there has been no movement, Yu Zhilong ordered him to continue to be patient and stand by.

Everyone was waiting impatiently, when suddenly they heard a shout from the other side. Because it was far away, it was not clear at all, but the noise was loud and clear.

"Did it? Discovered? Everyone was startled, and they all straightened up a little and looked as far away as they could. In the dark night, the movement on the other side was completely invisible.

After a little more incense stick, I heard a boat rowing upstream, with many torches on board, and six or seven small boats full of Yuan soldiers. This is not the point where the Yuan army patrols the river, it must be ordered by the Yuan army to come and block the river.

Yu Zhilong drank Sun Xing and others immediately put themselves in place to prepare, Sun Xing ran up to the river bank with two hundred archers, first lined up, silent, and waited for the Yuan army to approach, Sun Xing shouted, everyone quickly straightened up, ran to the embankment, and bent their bows and arrows.

The Yuan army did not notice, and in a hurry, they were hit by arrows one after another, screaming and falling into the water one after another, and some soldiers hurriedly raised their shields to cover them, only to hear the sound of dong dong endlessly.

The little colonel on the boat was furious, and he opened his bow from behind the shield to shoot, and he moved extremely fast, and with a flick of his fingers, he had already shot four or five arrows in a row. The arrow is like a meteor, the momentum is like thunder, Sun Xing and the others have not yet noticed, and several soldiers around him have been hit by arrows, and they fell to the ground and died in a scream!

Sun Xing hurriedly ordered more than a dozen soldiers around him to shoot at him, but the little colonel was hidden behind the shield and could not attack.

In less than half a pillar of incense, more than half of the Yuan troops on the ship had suffered casualties, and the rest mostly hid behind shields, or counterattacked, or rowed back. Frightened, the bow was not strong, the arrows were inaccurate, and he was so anxious that he screamed in panic. However, the little colonel scolded again and again, and gradually stabilized the morale of the army. He had superb archery skills, and repeatedly took the time to counterattack, and shot down several Jing'an soldiers in a row. was so angry that Sun Xing scolded.

Zhao Shi frowned, and ordered Lu An to immediately carry the bed crossbow and step forward to fight. Lu An and eight or nine soldiers hurriedly raised the bed crossbow that was hurriedly made, shouted the trumpet and strode forward, and some foot soldiers raised their shields to cover them.

rushed to the shore and chose a place with a wide field of vision, only to see that there were many rockets in the boats in the river, and the figure of the pawn was sufficient. This was to expose the enemy troops, and Sun Xing specially ordered some of his soldiers to shoot rockets.

Lu An didn't dare to slack off, and commanded his subordinates to load the crossbow, tighten the bowstring, and babble for a while.

The little colonel was almost hidden behind the shield, and from time to time he came up to fight back, almost every arrow hit!

There was a "hum", dull and oozing, and then a loud bang was heard, and the crossbow broke through the shield and entered, penetrating the body of the soldier holding the shield, and then entering the chest of the little colonel!

The soldiers on the ship were all stunned, but they didn't expect the other party to have such a sharp weapon. Some people were so frightened that they simply jumped into the water and paddled towards their own shore. However, he was soon shot and killed in the river by the Jing'an army.

The remaining Yuan soldiers were terrified, abandoned their weapons and shields, stood up and shouted: "I am willing to surrender and beg for my life!" I will wait for my wish to surrender and beg for my life! ”

Yu Zhilong ordered him to row to the shore immediately, and the surrendered pawn did not dare to hesitate, and used both hands and oars, and slowly rowed to the shore under the watchful eye of the other party. Under the command of Sun Xing, they went ashore one by one and knelt on the embankment to wait for disposal. These ships turned out to be one that had not escaped.

Zhao Shiren hurriedly picked up the rockets on the ship and extinguished the fire, and these ships could still be used if they were slightly repaired.

Yu Zhilong interrogated the surrendered soldiers, saying that he had obtained a military order, and found that a thief army had attacked the back road of the Yuan army, and Shangguan ordered him to immediately patrol along the river. When asked about the colonel on the ship, he was a hundred households in the Yuan army, and the Weizhou army was known as a sharpshooter, but he died here tonight.

The soldiers erected a straight log more than two feet long on the shore, and several people supported it vigorously, so that a small person climbed up and watched the movement on the opposite shore.

"General, I found that there was a group of people running towards the river bank in the distance on the opposite bank, and the Tartars behind were chasing after them with torches, thinking that our army was retreating!" The little soldier went up, watched for a while, and then suddenly shouted down.

"How many people are there in our army? How many Tartar chasers are there? What is the speed? Yu Zhilong asked repeatedly.

"I couldn't see clearly when it was dark, only some hazy black shadows! There are no less than hundreds of Tartars, but there are nearly 100 fire heads! It seems that most of the pursuers are foot soldiers. ”

"But the pursuers are in a hurry, and the little ones are worried that they won't be able to escape in time!" The soldier continued to shout.

Wu Side stepped forward: "My lord, the little son is ready to stop, just waiting for the military order!" ”

Zhao Shi asked: "How far is the chasing army from our army?" ”

"I can't see it clearly, but I estimate that there are thousands of steps!" As soon as the pawn finished speaking, he said again: "Another chasing soldier has appeared from the side, looking at its speed, it should be a Tartar cavalry!" ”

"General, there are Tartar troops patrolling the river on both sides of the riverbank, it should be the army that has come to set up defense!"

Yu Shichang frowned, the Yuan army was in a hurry, if he didn't try to rescue him as soon as possible, Qian Zheng and the others would fall into the Tartar army. At this time, the noise became more obvious, and the Shuntian army and the Yuan army stationed along the river here were all alarmed. The soldiers on duty reported one after another. For a while, the hearts of the people in the two camps were greatly moved, and the chaos was like a market.

After a while, there was another alarm, but it was six or seven fast boats coming up from the lower reaches of the river, and the boats were full of Yuan troops. Yu Zhilong ordered a general to lead 200 archers to ambush. This time, a total of 400 archers from the Jing'an Army were brought.

The Yuan army was already prepared, and many shields had been erected earlier, and the Jing'an army shot arrows indiscriminately, only shooting more than 20 people into the water. Although the Yuan army counterattacked, due to the unfavorable terrain, the results were very small. Seeing that the Jing'an army occupied a favorable location, the Yuan army did not dare to continue to go deeper, slowly retreated, and sent someone to inform the Yuan army camp.

At this time, the noise on the opposite bank became more and more obvious, Yu Zhilong no longer hesitated, and ordered Wu Side to order the cavalry to immediately cross the river and intercept the pursuing Yuan army. Wu Side was overjoyed, and led his subordinates to cross the river on a boat, or swim over with a war horse. It didn't take long for more than 100 horsemen to go to the opposite bank, sort out the formation a little, first cover and kill the small number of Yuan army foot soldiers who rushed to the shore, disperse, and then light the torches, illuminate the path, and gallop away.

Yu Zhilong then ordered some foot soldiers to take all the torches and other things in the army, send them all to the other side, stick them in the ground or tie them to tree trunks, and stand by at any time. Because of the captured part of the fast boat, people and goods come and go quickly.

It didn't take long for Yu Zhilong and the others to hear a commotion in the distance, and many dark shadows suddenly appeared on the other side of the night in the dark night, and the accents were Qian Zheng, Luo Cheng and others!

Qian Zheng waited for the boat to come over immediately, tired and sweaty, and his mouth was dry, and Yu Zhilong and others welcomed him for a while.

"I've seen adults, and I'm glad I didn't disgrace my life!" Qian Zheng and Luo Cheng both knelt down, panting. "The subordinates captured two Tartars and brought them together! After asking, it turned out that the Tartars had already laid an ambush! Fortunately, our army did not fall for the thief's scheme! ”

Yu Zhilong hurriedly supported the two: "Hurry up, the two generals are working hard, let's rest for the time being, and wait for General Wu and others to turn around." He saw clearly that there were no less than twenty people who went, and only half returned. Moreover, all of them were blood-stained in battle clothes, and some soldiers were seriously injured and were carried back by others.

There were two captives inside, who also had no armor and helmets, their hair was unkempt, and their hands were cut back, but there were no scars on their bodies.

Then everyone heard the sound of hurried horses' hooves on the other side, and Wu Side shouted: "Rest slowly, cross the river quickly!" ”