Chapter 216: Next
On the big river, small boats come and go.
A team of topless soldiers jumped into the water, and in the sound of the neat trumpets of the people on the shore, several deer barbars sunk in the water were slowly pulled out of the water and dragged onto the river beach, so the deer barricades that originally needed to be carefully avoided became insignificant, and the boats and bamboo rafts that traveled between the two sides of the river could easily enter through this gap.
No one can stop them this time.
"It's just a pity that we have too few ships." Xiao Shilian smacked his lips with some dissatisfaction, looking at the situation on the river, plus the ships of the Xiliang people captured from the north bank, he could only transport six or seven hundred people at a time.
Even if the 3,000 people don't care about the grain and grass they carry, they have to make four or five trips back and forth, not to mention that when the 600 soldiers crossed the river before, they could only put on their underwear and armor, but now it is not a decisive advance, so those grain and grass and a large number of bows and crossbows and arrows cannot be thrown to the other side in vain.
Therefore, even if more than a dozen ships are replenished, they will have to be busy for a while.
"It's good to have," Li Xinchen squinted slightly, "What about the casualties of the brothers?" β
The arrow that came out of the darkness was just as Li Xinchen expected, stuck in the gap in his armor, but the arrow still pierced the skin, fortunately it was not deep. However, Rao is like this, Li Xinchen was still dragged down by Li Ping, Chen Zhishen and others in a safe corner and bandaged carefully.
These Li Xinchen's personal guards can't help but feel a little chill down their spines when they think about it now, if this arrow is going to Li Xinchen's head, I'm afraid that Li Xinchen's body can be collected at this time, and when the time comes, whether it is Xiao Shilian or Pei Zilie, or even Xiao Maha, the general of the left guard, they will definitely not let them go easily.
Xiao Shilian looked Li Xinchen up and down to make sure that he was not missing arms or legs, and then said in a deep voice: "Nearly 200 people were killed in the battle, and even more were injured. β
Although there are not many Xiliang people in this camp, there are also four or five hundred, plus they occupy a favorable location, it is actually normal to have such a number of damages, after all, it is impossible to fight without death, and Li Xinchen and Xiao Shilian, at least at this time, are not famous generals who can turn decay into magic.
"You were the first to shout and charge." Li Xinchen thought back to the bits and pieces of last night, "Have you ever thought about what if there are far more enemies than us? β
Xiao Shilian raised his head: "Anyway, it's that time, even if you don't rush up, what can you do, horizontal and vertical is death, why not fight for life in the land of death?" β
Li Xinchen was stunned for a moment, reached out and patted Xiao Shilian's shoulder. Whatever the reason, right or not, bold or not, at least now they succeeded.
And Pei Zilie also walked over quickly at this time, looking at the two brothers who were quite complete, and couldn't help but show a smile on his face: "Are you two cool to kill?" β
"It's not happy, just these Xiliang people, the posture they put on is not small, and it really scared Lao Tzu at the beginning." Xiao Shilian grinned and said, although he was very arrogant just now, but thinking back on the thrill of life and death last night, he felt a little lucky.
Pei Zilie bowed slightly, and his smile retracted: "What should we do next?" β
"You can see Gangneung Castle from here, and it won't be long before the city can detect that something is wrong." Li Xinchen said lightly, his gaze gradually shifted from the river to the north, and the outline of a city could be faintly seen on the horizon, like a giant beast crawling on the wasteland.
Needless to say, it must be the capital of Xiliang, Gangneung.
"So Lu Teng Lao'er in the city will definitely send troops to fight us, and when the time comes, we will fight against the water and kill him!" Xiao Shilian laughed.
And Li Xinchen waved his hand: "The possibility of Lu Teng's troops is very small." β
Like a basin of cold water poured from the top of his head, Xiao Shilian asked in disappointment, "Why?" β
Li Xinchen couldn't help but smile bitterly: "If you are Lu Teng, there are enemy armies in the west and east, and at this time, there is an army of unknown numbers of enemies under your nose, will you go out of the city to fight?" β
"That's just as well." Xiao Shilian suddenly frowned.
From Lu Teng's point of view, the number of Nanchen Biao divisions that suddenly crossed the river to attack is unknown, the origin is unknown, and it may even be that the main general is not clear, of course, it is a little strange how you look at it, at the same time, Xiao Maha led the army in the east and Fan Yi led the army in the west, and it will soon be killed under Jiangling City, even if Lu Teng is bold, he will not easily leave the city.
At that time, the main army will not be able to gnaw this bone, but will be blocked outside the city by the other two armies of Nan Chen, and it will be a complete loss.
Anyway, Nan Chen's two-way army will soon be killed under the city, so what is the difference between one more and one less division of this kind of partial division?
What's more, since Xiliang only left a few hundred people stationed in the camps along the river, let alone as a scout and a sentry team, this is obviously ready to rely on Jiangling City to defend it, and there is no need to expect Lu Teng to send troops.
It is even possible that this partial division will not attract Lu Teng to attack out of the city, who knows whether this one is a striker or a decoy, anyway, no matter which one it is, it means that the army behind them will be killed soon.
And at that time, without the support of the city wall, it will definitely be difficult for the Western Liang army, which does not have an advantage in numbers and is not very high, to stop the menacing main force of Nanchen.
"In this way, we just need to swagger to the foot of Jiangling City now and wait for the main force of the army to come and meet?" Xiao Shilian said dejectedly.
And Pei Zilie gently rubbed his chin and looked at Li Xinchen, his eyes were clearly a little unwilling.
As the commander of a partial division, Pei Zilie knew very well that he could be the first general of Nanchen to arrive under Jiangling City, which was already a real achievement, whether it was promotion or reward, it would definitely be indispensable.
But such a glory in vain, Pei Zilie was not satisfied.
After all, he was interested in capturing the flag, not after breaking through the Dajiang defense line so easily, making a race first, and then watching the tall Gangneung City have nothing to do.
Although Pei Zilie knew that it was the first time he led the army to fight, he wanted so much, which was a bit extravagant, and his previous exploits in breaking through the river head-on were enough for him to boast in front of his peers, and even beat many generals.
But in his subconscious, he still felt that there was a way, Xiao Shilian was unreliable, but Li Xinchen, he would have a way.
Li Xinchen frowned, took a deep breath, and then made a gesture for Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie to lean over: "Actually, there is no need for us to wait under this Jiangling CityΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·