At the beginning of November, the Wei soldiers of the Junshui battalion worked together to repel the strong attack of the Chu army, successfully retained the Yanshui camp, and forced the Chu army, which had lost the land battle, to find a way to break the enemy by water.

Two days later, the general of the Chu army, Che Yuqin, led 30,000 soldiers and 70 or 80 warships to go upriver along the Cai River, and made a surprise attack on the capital of Wei.

I remember that two days ago, when Cheyu proposed this plan to Xuancheng Junxiong Tuo, he had a vague sense of foreboding in his heart, but Xuancheng Junxiong's words of comfort to him made the worries in his heart fade a little.

From the point of view of common sense, what Xiong Tuo said is indeed right, after all, it is now approaching the end of the year, and the water in the Cai River is far less than in spring, summer, and autumn, and it is not easy to build a dam to store water and destroy the warship team under the command of his son Cheyu.

But Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, may never have imagined that as early as more than two months ago, when Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, had just arrived in Yanling, the young royal highness of the king of Su ordered Bailiba to lead the Junshui battalion to build a dam at the confluence of the Cai River and Weishui, and left a force of 500 people to garrison here.

And the military attache of this small force stationed in the army is a military marquis, who was the first to stand up against the latter when Zhao Hongrun was agitating in the Junshui camp, Duan Yang.

I have to say that although Duan Yang was very hostile to Zhao Hongrun at first, it was only because Zhao Hongrun "insulted" the military flag of their Junshui Camp in order to motivate them to the Wei soldiers of the Junshui Battalion.

As one of the many Wei soldiers of the Junshui Battalion who were provoked by Zhao Hongrun, Duan Yang was also excited after listening to the impassioned battle speech, and he only thought about going to the battlefield, killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions, and defending the country.

But what he never expected was that he was very unlucky to be caught. Became a garrison near the dam.

"I don't know how the battle in Yanling went......"

Like the five hundred Wei soldiers under his command, the military marquis Duan Yang bit a dry grass, lay on the ground with his head on his hands, and thought about this and that boredly.

Not only him, but the five hundred Wei soldiers stationed here were very envious of those Tongze who had already stepped on the battlefield at this time, and did not want them. For more than two months, I have been waiting by the dam with nothing to do, and I am almost sick.

"Old Duan, you said, is it because you offended His Royal Highness King Su at that time, so His Royal Highness King Su deliberately asked our general to throw this job to you?"

A soldier sitting near Duan Yang joked with a smile.

"God knows." Duan Yang pouted and said.

As soon as the words fell, the rest of the Wei soldiers in the vicinity also started to talk about it.

It's not that Duan Yang or the rest of the Wei soldiers have any prejudice against Zhao Hongrun, it's because they are too idle and have nothing to do.

It's not. After a few words, the topic of these people changed from "King Su deliberately made it bad" to "who from which battalion just married a daughter-in-law a while ago", and a group of idle Wei soldiers discussed whether the daughter-in-law of the companion in the army was beautiful or not, and said that the woman was extremely ugly, although none of them had ever seen the woman.

As we chatted, the topic gradually became a little unbearable, and it was no wonder. After all, for these soldiers who stay in the barracks all year round, the topics they talk about are essentially nothing more than three things. "Violence", "women", "meat jokes", this is true in all closed barracks.

Because of this, during the war, the soldiers of various countries will have such shameful things as abusing and killing the people of other countries and raping and humiliating the women of other countries. Therefore, the number of times this kind of thing happens is a little less, and there is no need for the Chu State, which connived at the soldiers to kill, burn, loot, and vent their beastly desires.

"By the way, Lao Duan, do you recognize Liu He?"

"Liu He?" Duan Yang was stunned. Curiously asked, "Is it Liu He, the third marquis of the shooting battalion?" ”

"Do you have a relationship?"

Duan Yang grabbed his hair, and said with a smile: "We are from the former infantry battalion, and he is from the shooting battalion, although we belong to the Junshui Army, but we want to talk about friendship...... What's the matter? ”

"It is said that Liu He has three younger sisters in his family, all of whom are of married age, and Liu He was arranging this a while ago...... Everyone who shot at the battalion knew about it. ”

"What, you kid have this mind?" Duan Yang looked at Wei Bing who said this amusedly.

The so-called building near the water gets the moon first, and the sisters of the non-commissioned officers of the Junshui Army will generally give priority to the Wei soldiers who also belong to the Junshui Army, which is an unwritten rule in the Junshui Army.

In this regard, Bailiba is very supportive, after all, this can enhance the cohesion of the sergeants and soldiers in the army, and the Wei soldiers are also very supportive of this, first, they also hope to introduce the sisters at home to Tongze, who has a good relationship in the army, and further narrow the relationship between the two and go to the battlefield, this is a guarantee, even if one of them unfortunately dies in battle, the other will shoulder two families.

However, generally this kind of thing is only limited to their respective divisions and battalions, for example, Liu He, the third Quhou of the shooting camp, will introduce his sister to the Wei soldiers of the shooting battalion, as for the other four divisions and battalions, it is embarrassing, after all, although they all belong to the Junshui Army, each Wei soldier's enthusiasm for their respective divisions and battalions is still somewhat intimate compared with the other four divisions and battalions.

Therefore, Duan Yang shrugged his shoulders and poured cold water and said: "Die this heart, there are five thousand people in the shooting camp, unless Liu He has five thousand and one sisters, it will not be your turn." ”

As soon as the words fell, Wei Bing nearby coaxed: "Even if that Liu Quhou has five thousand and one sisters, it won't be your turn, Xiao Zhang, which of us here is not stronger than you?" As he spoke, the Wei soldier clenched his fists in a strange way.

"Hahaha."

The surrounding Wei soldiers burst into laughter.

Duan Yang also shook his head with a smile, and immediately fell into deep thought again.

I remember that in the past two months or so, Duan Yang has thought about the purpose of their Junshui army to build a dam in this place many times, and after thinking about it, he can only come to one conclusion, that is, His Royal Highness the King of Su is on guard against the possibility that the Chu army may take a boat from the Cai River upstream and sneak attack Daliang.

And he couldn't figure out how to come to this conclusion.

After all, as far as he knew, the 160,000 army of Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, was impressive in Yingshui County, and he attacked many cities in Dawei, so it stands to reason that he would not go deep alone and attack Daliang.

You must know that Daliang is the capital of their Great Wei, and no matter how arrogant the Chu people are, they will not think that they can conquer this city with warships alone.

"Will there really be a Chu army sneaking up on the beam on a warship?"

Duan Yang asked himself over and over again.

He hoped so, after all, only in this way would it make sense for him and his five hundred Wei soldiers to stay here, otherwise, they would have been busy for more than two months, and they had missed the opportunity to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions.

It is a pity that every time he waits with great anticipation for the arrival of the warship of the Chu State, the result always disappoints him.

His day's wait was ultimately nothing more than waiting for the sun to set, and then the five hundred of them were busy making something to eat for themselves, and that was it.

Therefore, gradually, Duan Yang did not have much expectation, after all, in recent days, the water in the Cai River has begun to float thin ice, which means that the river will freeze in a few days, and at that time, it is even more unlikely that the warships of the Chu army will come.

At the same time, the freezing of Cai River also meant that the five hundred of them had been waiting for more than two months had been in vain.

But today, it seems that the situation is somewhat special.

No, it was clear that the sun had not yet set, but Duan Yang vaguely heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the downstream direction.

There are not many of them, only twenty or thirty rides.

Apparently, it was a scout he had sent out to spy on the downstream area.

Although the 500 of them were all infantry, when the Junshui Army set off for Yanling, they left Duan Yang with fifty war horses and asked him to monitor the vicinity of the Cai River.

『……』

Duan Yang shook his head and glanced at the sun that was still hanging high in the sky, and stood up, the smile on his face gradually retracted.

For he knew that the scouts he sent out would never return to the station before the sun went down in the absence of an emergency.

"Is it ......?"

With a thrill all over his body, Duan Yang felt that his heart was gradually beating faster.

At this time, the twenty or so scouts had quickly come to him, and one of them hurriedly shouted, "Marquis, here, here." ”

"W-What?" Duan Yang held back his excitement and asked carefully.

"The warship of the Chu State is the warship of the Chu State!" The other scout shouted in delight.

Duan Yang licked his lips happily when he heard this, and for the sake of caution, he asked again, "Have you taken a closer look?" Is it really the warship of the Chu State? ”

"There can be no mistake. …… There are seventy or eighty warships, but I don't have such a warship! Besides, every warship was flying the military flag of the state of Chu......"

"How do you know that it is the military flag of the Chu State?"

"The huge words 'Chu Xuan Chengjun' on the banner can be seen by even the blind."

"Great!" Duan Yang rubbed his hands excitedly when he heard this, looked back at the Wei soldiers in the vicinity, and grinned: "Brothers, we finally have a life...... Get up for Lao Tzu! ”

"Oh." The nearby Wei soldiers stood up one by one, and the anguish of being idle for more than two months was finally vented today.

"Put the cone down the river."

With Duan Yang's order, the nearby Wei soldiers cut the ropes that tied the logs next to them, only to hear a loud hula sound, and the three logs piled up like hills in the vicinity all fell into the Cai River due to inertia.

After falling into the Cai River, because the roots are heavy and the front end is light, the sharp roots are naturally aimed at the downstream direction in the river and go downstream.

"Destroy the dam and release water!"

Duan Yang shouted loudly.

In fact, the Wei soldiers under his command were already ready, waiting for Duan Yang to give the order.

I saw that they had cut the ropes that were used to connect the wooden pieces in the dam, and all of a sudden, they heard a loud bang, and the river of white flowers broke through the dam in an instant, as if it was a silver dragon, roaring, carrying the hundreds of cones, surging downstream.

"Brothers, it's time for us to make meritorious contributions!"

"Wow——!"

Under the leadership of Duan Yang, five hundred Wei soldiers ran downstream along the Cai River. (To be continued.) )