As the sun sets, everything is as usual in the Chen Jun Water Village in Fanhu Lake, the craftsmen of the shipyard have finished their work, the smoke rises in the camp, the lake gently laps the shore, and the moored warships shake as much as they were when they were empty.

In each boat, dozens of soldiers were squatting and eating, with bows, arrows, knives and guns and other weapons by their side, and even the oars for rowing were ready, and many soldiers in the camp on the shore were like them, squatting and eating in the arrow towers, the gates of the fortress and other important places.

Today, for some reason, the whole village strengthened its vigilance, and as a result, the soldiers couldn't even eat a stable dinner, and they were all squatting everywhere while eating while guarding, and they didn't know what the Shangguan heard, and it seemed that they wanted to prevent someone from attacking.

Fanhu Water Village has long existed, but the current camp is newly built a few months ago, the original water village has been burned down by the Zhou army who entered the Kou, and most of the soldiers and miscellaneous servants of the original water village were taken to Jiangbei.

The new camp and new people, most of them are outsiders who have been recruited by the government from all over the country, and they originally said that they can go home when Yingzhou is pacified, but now it seems that there is no time to return home.

"Ahem, what kind of life is this, I was recruited to Wuchang Shoushui Village in Yingzhou for no reason, it seems that I can't go back this year."

"This can't be, the government said that the deadline is coming soon, and I will be able to go home as soon as possible."

"Can you believe what the government says? They also said that a year of military service or military service was not long, only a month and 20 days, and now we have been here for three months! ”

"What's the matter, it's better to guard the water village here than in the Fengsui Sentry Fort along the river, if you don't pay attention to the one-legged bronze man and catch him."

The soldiers who were conscripted chatted about the day, they were ordinary people on weekdays, and after being recruited by the government, they put on ill-fitting uniforms and took a crooked spear to be soldiers, and they had no training anyway, and they were resigned to fate when they went to the battlefield.

Officers and soldiers have always exaggerated the strength of their troops, saying that 1,000 is 5,000, 10,000 is 50,000, and 50,000 is 200,000.

If you are lucky, you will return home safely after a few months, and you will not know where you will die if you are unlucky, of course, this is much better than generations of military households, that is really three generations of grandparents and grandchildren are slaves, slaves of generals.

To be able to do things in this Fanhu Water Village is a blessing from the previous life, the wind and waves here are calm and good, there is no need to be frightened in the Fengsui Sentry Fort along the river, and the one-legged bronze man of the Zhou State on the other side of the river is very powerful.

Since the beginning of the year, the 'decisive battle at the top of Xiyang', the people of Chen along the river know the story of 'one-legged bronze man Yuwenwen', of course, the story has been passed around a lot, no one remembers the last three words of the mouth, only the first four words of the famous 'one-legged bronze man' remain.

Bronze man, still one-legged! It sounds very powerful.

Therefore, the people may not know who their parents and officials are, but when it comes to the history of the assassination of Zhouguoba Prefecture in Jiangbei, everyone knows that it is called the 'one-legged bronze man', and he is also a wicked person who likes to eat human flesh and rob people's daughters to enter the government.

Many captured officers and soldiers were taken to Xiyang City, Bazhou, and then dried by this one-legged bronze man to make 'Dongpo meat' to drink, the Zhou army warships were rampant on the river, and the Chen army along the river was frightened, so these people could be stationed in Fanhu Lake dozens of miles offshore, and it was a great blessing to be in a daze every day.

"Can't you sleep tonight?" Someone complained, seeing that it was already evening and looking at the current situation, everyone had to eat and sleep in the open, and there were many mosquitoes by the water, and they were already so thin that there were not a few taels of blood, and if they were sucked by mosquitoes everywhere, the wind would blow down.

"Don't talk, there's a boat coming over on the lake!" Suddenly, someone shouted in a low voice.

Everyone looked up, and there was movement on the lake to the south, and they vaguely saw some small boats, and they didn't know if they were fishing boats or thief boats with other plans......

The official road outside the gate of the water village was dusty, and there seemed to be a large number of cavalry rushing towards the water village, and the soldiers guarding the gate were secretly vigilant when they saw this, the gate of the village had been closed and there were many horses to resist, and the archers were also ready to release arrows at any time.

The lord of this village will take people to Wuchang City in the afternoon on business, and when he leaves, he specially ordered to strengthen the vigilance to avoid the enemy's sneak attack, although many people feel that it is not a bit of a fuss, but no one dares to disobey the military order.

After a while, more than 100 horsemen approached, all of them were in official and military uniforms, and they slowed down when they saw that the gate was closed, and after approaching the gate, they shouted loudly and shouted that they were ordered to reinforce and please open the door.

"Is there an official document? Is there an appointment? The general has an order that no one is allowed to come in without these things. A soldier on the wall shouted, "It's not that we're being unreasonable, if you get any closer, you'll have to release your arrows!" ”

"You generals? Are they the ones when they just entered the city? If he hadn't said that there had been a change in Shuizhai, where would Shangguan have asked me to come over! The leading cavalry also shouted.

"There is no official document and order, and you have to wait for the general to come back before you can decide!"

"Long-winded, do you open it or not!"

"If you get closer, you'll release the arrow!"

When the cavalryman heard this, he was about to scold, but was persuaded by the next one, and those cavalrymen did not scold anymore when they saw that the defenders were so serious, and they all got off their horses and led them to the edge of Fan Shui, which was not far away.

"What's going on with their horses, they are crooked and cracked, and they don't look like war horses." The adjutant general of the gate said that they could clearly see on the wall that these horse-drinking cavalry were in strong shape, but the mounts were a little weak in comparison.

Those horses wilted one by one, not so much a war horse as a horse pulling a cart, looking at the body to travel a hundred miles a day is enough to choke, it is said that such a mighty cavalry should be elite, or the general's troops, a good man should be matched with a good horse.

"Whatever, maybe the good horses are cared for in the stables, and these are the spare horses on them." Some people speculate that all the war horses in these years are expensive, and perhaps these cavalry ride spare horses on weekdays, and they can't use war horses to patrol on the official road, and it is estimated that they only ride when the two armies are fighting and charging into battle.

"In any case, you can't let people in without verifying your identity, anyway, the gate is closed, and they can't rush if they want to."

The defenders were waiting for the Zhou army in disguise, but they saw that these cavalry were very comfortable by the Fanshui, and the men and horses were drinking the river water, and some even took off their armor to ventilate and dissipate heat.

There was a brainless person who took off his belt and peed upstream, and a few steps downstream was drinking water or washing his face, and a group of people chased the fool and shouted and killed, and the defenders in the village relaxed a lot when they saw this scene.

It looks like it's really a friendly army, but you can't open the door without an order or official document!

"In case they are really friendly troops who have come to reinforce them," one soldier asked, "and when the general comes back there will be another scolding." ”

"If the formalities are not complete, you will be scolded if you let people in." The adjutant general scoffed, "Hasn't the general always been strict with the army, but he personally said that people can't be released without an order and an official document, isn't it wrong for us not to release people?" ”

Just watching coldly, there were more than ten horsemen galloping on the official road, and the current person was wearing bright light armor full of momentum, seeing that the more than 100 cavalry were drinking horses by the river, first slowed down, and then rode forward and scolded why not to enter the village.

The horse-drinking cavalry argued that the water village would not open the door, so the general rode his horse to the gate of the village and called the door: "Open the door quickly, the general is ordered to lead troops to reinforce!" ”

The defenders naturally asked the other party to show official documents and other vouchers, but the general really threw a token up, and everyone carefully checked and found that it was the waist card of the main general of the village.

"It's strange, why would the general give this waist card to someone." The adjutant general was shocked, but some people thought it was excusable, maybe the general couldn't write an official document or something for a while, so he simply let the other party bring this waist card.

"I always feel that something is wrong, this waist card is carried by the general, in case someone robs it halfway"

"Phew, don't talk nonsense about such unlucky words."

The generals outside shouted loudly to open the door, the defenders wanted to open the door but always felt that something was wrong, but there was no legitimate reason not to open it, after all, the waist card was indeed true, and if something really happened, it would not be able to eat and walk around.

Just as he was about to hesitate, a soldier in the village came in a panic to report that the situation was not right, there were many small boats gathering on the lake, although they were not close but more and more, and the few lieutenants who stayed behind were hesitating whether to send boats to drive them away, so that everyone was ready to fight.

In the middle of the tension, the general outside the village scolded the defenders for delaying the military plane at their own risk, beckoned the other cavalry to turn over and get on their horses, turned the horse's head and was about to return the same way, and the deputy general guarding the gate was anxious when he saw this, and hurriedly shouted to the other party.

"Open the door, open the door right away!"

He felt that the other party had a waist card in his hand to prove it, if he didn't open the door, he couldn't say it, and now there are thieves who covet the water village and are ready to do it, and it will not be wrong to add more than 100 elites, in case the other party leaves so negatively, he must say a lot of bad things, and he is unlucky to be behind.

The gate of the village was soon opened, and the cavalry entered the village after the horses were rejected and moved away, and the leading general came in to speak on the yin and yang weirdness, and said that the rules of your army were so big that even the waist card was almost useless, and then said that it was not to open the door, or to return to the city to let the general allocate some money and food to comfort you.

The deputy general of the gate accompanied the smiling face and explained that the situation was special, and the master would be strictly ordered to pay attention to the vigilance when he left to avoid being attacked by others, and now the thief is really coming.

"Coming? There is only one official road, why didn't Ben see anyone else? ”

"It's from the other side of the lake, and I'm rowing a boat."

"Boating, water fighting? We are cavalry, useless! The general snorted angrily, "I was sent by the general for reinforcements, and I was anxious to think that there were thieves besieging the stockade, so let's wait for the thieves to attack the shore." ”

As he spoke, the cavalrymen had already entered the village, and they dismounted and walked silently to lengthen the distance, the defenders' attention was on the lake, and the shipwrights and newly trained sailors were trembling with their weapons.

The lieutenant generals who stayed behind discussed and decided to send boats to fight to disperse the suspicious boats on the lake, although the water village was in the upwind direction, and they were not afraid that the other party would release fire boats, but it was not a way to confront each other like this.

Several warships were about to untie the cables, and suddenly there were screams in the village, and those cavalrymen who had just entered the village suddenly drew their swords and slashed at others, and many people were cut down on the spot.

A chirping hammer soared into the sky, and the boats on the lake rushed towards the camp when they heard the sound, and the cavalry who suddenly attacked turned the camp upside down, shouting one after another: "The soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty are here, surrender and don't kill!" (To be continued.) )