Qikou, the Zhou State Water Army Camp, as fine as the catkins of the drifting snow, the earth and the camp tent dyed white, the soldiers of the Navy who have gone through the Battle of Weixukou are stationed here, repair the boats, war equipment, and prepare to meet the next fierce battle. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Inside the shipyard, several large ships are being repaired, broken hulls, broken masts, charred planks can be seen everywhere on the ship, and traces of smoke and fire, all of which show the intensity of the previous water battles.

In the war of words, the Zhou army fought more with less, and set fire to the upwind direction, burning into a sea of fire on the river, and the warships of the two armies fought each other in the flames, and finally both were defeated.

The casualties of the Zhou army were not small, and the Chen army was not much better, and the Zhou army, which fought more with less, was even a miserable victory, but it was the type of killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 of them, and now the two sides retreated back to the camp to lick their wounds.

The water battle was not lost, but the Zhou army was defeated in the land battle, the Huangzhou army could not rescue the Hezhou governor's office, the boundary of Hezhou was occupied by the Chen army, and the contact between Shannan and the imperial court was interrupted.

Although the war is still going on, maybe Hezhou will be able to get it back soon, but today's setbacks still cast a shadow on the hearts of the Zhou soldiers in Shannan.

In the big tent of the navy army, Zhou Fashang, the head of the navy, was sitting shirtless on the Hu bed, and the military doctor was changing the gauze for him, and several shocking knife wounds appeared on Zhou Fashang's back.

In the decisive battle on land and water in the second half of last month, Zhou Fashang took the lead, and the commanding ship rushed into battle first, but more than ten places were injured in the melee, but fortunately there was no major problem.

It is inevitable to be injured in the battle, especially the stray arrow, he was only slashed a dozen times on his body, and the armor is just a flesh wound, if he accidentally shoots the stray arrow in the face, he can only die on the spot.

"It's been almost two months in the blink of an eye, how is the repair of the warship going?"

"Chief, the Qikou ship repair yard is short of wood, most of the main warships of our army are seriously damaged, and now the warships are repaired sixty percent, and the others say that they can float on the water, and the fire is too fierce."

"Our army is uncomfortable, and Chen Jun is also uncomfortable, it depends on who can't survive first."

Zhou Fashang endured the pain in his back and discussed the military situation with the generals, I am afraid that this battle will be endless, and now is not the time to recuperate from his injuries with peace of mind.

"Chief, I heard that Bazhou has surrounded Yingzhou Xiakou, if Chen Guoshui's army is ruthless and goes west again..."

"What's the use of just the westward advance of the navy, even if they break through the Qikou River, can they still break through Wuzhou? Now that the Chen army has captured Huainan, the focus is on that side, even if it wants to send troops westward, it is powerless. ”

"So, can't a water war be fought?"

"If you can't fight, let the soldiers have a good rest, but if you should go out to harass you, you still have to continue, don't let Chen Jun be idle."

Zhou Fashang made a judgment, the use of troops depends on what goal he wants to achieve, Chen Guo's goal now is obviously to hold Huainan, and he has no spare strength to send troops westward, so there is no need to hold a string in his heart all day long.

Not only was it useless to send reinforcements, but he judged that Chen Guo was afraid that he had no confidence to repel the Zhou army that occupied Wuchang.

Yingzhou has become an ulcer for Chen Guo, which requires considerable manpower and material resources to be "cured", and Zhou Fa still does not think that Chen Guo can take care of Huainan and Yingzhou at the same time.

After the deliberations were over, the crowd dispersed, and Zhou Fashang also finished changing the medicine, put on a single coat and walked around in the tent, slowly moving his muscles and bones.

Unless the Huangzhou army advances eastward, the Chen army will not attack, this is his judgment, and the Huangzhou army will probably not continue to advance eastward, after all, the fighting on Jingxiang's side is still fierce, and they will be used as a reserve army to advance westward at any time to reinforce.

The tent lit a fire to dispel the cold air that penetrated in, Zhou Fashang got dressed and wiped his saber, his original knife had been cut down, and his armor was seriously damaged, but now the knife and armor were replaced with new ones.

"Master Lang, the little one is here to wipe the knife, please rest Lord Lang and recuperate from his injuries."

"It's okay, there's no need to rest on the couch for this little injury, it's not good if the knife is not sharpened, it's not okay if people don't move, is there any news from the house?"

"Lord Lang, the old master and mother are fine, but there is no news from San Langjun yet."

When it came to the third brother, Zhou Fashang was a little worried, after Zhou Faming followed Bazhou Thorn Shi and Xiyang County Gongyu Wenwen to Yecheng in April last year, it was said that he would return in September, but the road was cut off from the Huainan War, so he naturally couldn't return as scheduled.

If you stay in Yecheng, you have nothing to worry about, just be afraid...

Thinking of this, Zhou Fashang couldn't help but worry in his heart, in early September, Zhou Tianzi's royal car was attacked, and Yu Wenwen, who accompanied him, organized a counterattack, Zhou Faming was also one of them, and everyone hung up after a bloody battle.

It's okay if people are fine, but I'm afraid that in order to return to Shannan, the group will venture south, and there will be chaos along the way, and I don't know if they can arrive smoothly.

"Lord Lang! Saburo-kun is back!! ”

A tribal rushed in from outside the tent and reported excitedly, Zhou Fashang ran forward with a whoosh when he heard the words, grabbed the other party and shook it: "What did you say?" What's going on? ”

"Lord Lang! The warship that was patrolling just now stopped a small boat from the south bank on the river, and there were several men sitting on it, one of them was San Langjun, and the others were all old guys from the house! ”

"Where! Take me to him! ”

Zhou Fashang rushed out of the big tent with that part and ran towards the river, there was a thin layer of snow on the road, and it was a little slippery to step on, and Zhou Fashang stumbled and galloped like this.

Before he could reach half the road, he saw soldiers walking in his direction with several men, one of whom was his half-brother Zhou Faming.

"Second brother!"

"San Lang!"

The brothers hugged each other tightly, Zhou Fashang looked at his younger brother who suddenly appeared, looked at it carefully for a long time, and then asked in surprise: "How did you come back?" ”

"Second brother, I'm the real thing, right?"

"yes? How? ”

"Without further ado, Yuwen Envoy Jun is still waiting for my news, if there is no doubt, then I will send a message."

"Yuwen Envoy-kun? Where are the others? Could it be..."

Zhou Fashang was a little strange when he heard this, he looked at the river in the distance, and he didn't see any boats, but since his younger brother came from the south bank by boat, it seemed that he was exploring the way, and Yu Wenwen thought that he was also waiting on the south bank.

This is not good, Jiangnan is the territory of Chen Guo, and it will change later!

He immediately ordered the warship to be ready to receive Yuwenwen to cross the river at any time, once the warship of Chen Guo's navy was intercepted, he would protect Yuwenwen to cross north safely at any cost.

"Second brother, hurry up and vacate the dock, there will be a fleet of ships docking, a large fleet!"

"Big fleet?"

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A team of cavalry galloped in, after entering the water army camp, the first person to throw a whip and dismount, it was Deng Xiaoru, the governor of Huangzhou, he led the troops to be stationed at the border of Qizhou, and immediately rushed to the water army camp in Qikou after receiving an urgent message.

"What about people? Have you arrived? ”

Shi Shi, the chief of the naval army who greeted him, replied: "Chief, people have just arrived on the shore, please go this way." ”

The group hurriedly walked to the shore, and Deng Xiaoru learned that the Bazhou Thorn Shi and the Duke of Yiguo Wenwen had come to Qikou, and they rushed here non-stop, and Changshi probably introduced what happened.

"It's from Jiangnan?"

"Exactly, I want to come to Yi Guogong in disguise, crossed the river from downstream, and brought a lot of salt."

"Salt?" Deng Xiaoru was stunned when he heard this.

"Yes, the Duke of Yi brought a lot of salt with the ship."

Deng Xiaoru doesn't know how to describe his current mood, now that Hezhou is lost, Shannan and the imperial court are cut off, Yuwenwen, who is far away in Yecheng, is not easy to come back, and now the other party is crossing from Jiangbei to the north, it is almost like fleeing for his life.

It's all like this, and you still want to bring salt?

He felt that there was a Ken that Yuwenwen came by boat, and by the way, he brought some salt on the boat, so the amount could not be too much, but it was good if the person came back, and the others were secondary.

When I came to the dock, I saw a group of people walking up around a young man, Deng Xiaoru fixed his eyes, that person was not Yu Wenwen, who else?

"Chief, the officials are polite!"

Yuwen Wen saluted with a smile, Deng Xiaoru looked at him and nodded with a smile: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back!" ”

"Chief, Xia Guan came back this time, brought some salt, the amount is a bit large, I'm afraid I have to go back to Bazhou by water, but I have to send some boats to escort it."

Deng Xiaoru looked up when he heard this, and then he was stunned: There are many civilian ships berthing on the dock, and there are no less than twenty boats in that formation.

"It's... These ships..."

"Sir, these ships are full of salt."

Deng Xiaoru almost pulled off his beard: "It's all salt!" ”

"Exactly, Xiaguan came from Jiangnan this time, and brought Haiyan by the way, I think it is exactly what Shannan urgently needs."

"It's... How many are there? ”

"Not much, only thirty."

"Thirty!"

Everyone was amazed, Yuwen Wen brought back so much salt, not to mention Huangzhou, I'm afraid that Shannan Prefecture can get enough salt! (To be continued.) )