Chapter 161: Ten Thousand Taels

An Yi ordered Gu Chenxi to board the ship with the whole army at the beginning of the hour, all of them set sail but did not anchor, and stood by in place.

This incomprehensible order made Gu Chenxi scold the street for a while, but he didn't dare not carry it out, so people like him just said according to Anyi, you gave him a disappointment at the beginning, and although he would not obey in the future, he would not dare to blatantly resist you,

If at the beginning, An Yi thought that Gu Chenxi was the old man of Chengdu Right Guard, and he had to be polite to face no matter what, now all his orders would definitely be greatly discounted.

Gu Chenxi's action at Longmen Ferry, although he didn't know what comfort meant, made Bali, who rushed over overnight on the other side, break out in a cold sweat.

He followed the Meng'an Pegasus stationed on the north bank of Longmen Ferry to the ferry, and by the light of the morning light, which was not very bright, he saw that the originally silent opposite bank began to get busy, and all the soldiers seemed to be gearing up to carry weapons to the ship that had been prepared, and the big ships were slowly raising the white and gray canvas regardless of the three masts and two masts.

"It's ........ This, this, this! Where did Xia Jun get so many ships! ”

Gu Chenxi went to find the ship according to An Yi's instructions, whether it was leased rather than bought, and An Yi's instructions that he was not allowed to take advantage of it were like a big iron chain tied to his hands and feet, so that he not only had to be the tax collector from door to door, but also had to let the people under his hands "keep accounts".

What is "bookkeeping"?

That is, the boats of each village and each Zhuangzi are gathered together first, and then they are ordered and then sent to Longmendu in a unified manner, for fear that they will mess up and not know whose family is who's home, and it will be difficult to return it when they turn back.

In addition, this leased ship is of course much slower than "grabbing" the ship,

Therefore, the Liao army on the other side of the river last night saw that there were not so many ships here at the Longmen ferry of the Xia army, and in the second half of the night, Gu Chenxi transported all these rented and requisitioned ships over, and arrived at the Longmen ferry port according to the comfortable and calculated time.

Then this is like a divine soldier descending from the sky!

The defender of the north bank beside him, Meng An, was also very frightened, and when General Berry came to ask last night, he also took a special look at a few broken boats on the other side, patted his chest to reassure him, everything was fine, and he came out in the morning.

"I knew that the Han people were cunning! In this Longmen ferry, these people and horses are not safe and have no good intentions! I'm afraid that it's not Feilingdu, it's a feint, it's the main attack! ”

"General, we still have 5,000 soldiers and horses on our side, and it is roughly estimated that the Xia army on the other side is only more than 10,000 people, so why be afraid?"

Seeing that Meng An still didn't understand the situation, Bali couldn't help but hurriedly say: "Look at their ship, does this seem to be prepared for more than 10,000 people?" Isn't even half of the seat full, but the sails are not pulled out, isn't this just waiting for reinforcements? ”

While he was talking, the Fei Lingdu herald who had come to report the military situation according to his instructions happened to be here, turned over and dismounted and knelt in front of Bari.

Seeing him coming, Polli hurriedly asked, "How is it over there?" What's the situation? ”

"Report to the general, Xia Jun is still building a pontoon bridge! But I saw them throwing hooks, but they didn't mean to lay the floating board, and it seemed that the progress was relatively slow. ”

After hearing this, Bali's scalp tingled for a while, no matter how weak this Han is, how can there be a saying that under the protection of firearms and without harassment, they can't build a pontoon bridge overnight? It's clear that it's just to lead yourself to transfer the troops!

At this moment, three words came to his mind: deceived!

"Deceived! Scammed! Longmendu is the main attack, and all the people in Feilingdu are acting, all of them are fake! ”

Now the only thing he is glad about is that he was prescient again, and he ran here overnight last night, otherwise he was really dumpled by this Xia Jun and thrown into Sushui River to feed Wang Ba without knowing it.

He hurriedly instructed the herald: "Tell Fei Lingdu's people that only one thousand people are left to continue to monitor the movements of the Xia army, and everyone else will rush over!" ”

The herald hesitated and said, "Now?" ”

Bari's swarthy face was flushed, and her huge eyes were about to pop out.

"That's right! Right now! Immediately! Full speed ahead! ”

Flying Crossing

Jiang Shang and He Ji stood on the shore, carrying his bright silver spear in their hands, looking at the Liao soldiers who were waiting on the other side of the river, and then looked up at the situation that was almost three poles old, and couldn't help frowning,

"General Jiang!"

Jiang Shang knew that it was Meng Qi who came from behind the camp, so he turned around and responded, "How is it?" Are the rafts all ready? ”

Meng Qi nodded vigorously: "Don't worry!" All the rafts are ready, each raft is full of eight feet wide, let's spread more on the river, with those hemp ropes thrown over, so many ropes can be stabilized even if the water is fast, and then you can cross the river by stepping on these rafts! ”

"Good!"

Jiang Shang's frowning brows were slightly relaxed, but he still asked a little uneasily, "Can these rafts withstand it?" ”

"Brother Yi's method is really good! We sealed the empty wine jar and bolted it underneath, and we have already found a small river ditch to try, and the buoyancy is very great, and there is no problem with passing people! ”

Jiang Shang nodded here, and then his gaze returned to the other side, as if waiting for this,

He Ji beside him was a little unable to stand, and said: "General Jiang, the time set for us to cross the river by Lord An is when the sun is shining, and the sun is about to climb up, but there is no sign of retreat on the other side?" We can't just attack it, can we? ”

Although Jiang Shang has not let go of the Sichuan word between his eyebrows, his mouth is still full of confidence: "Don't worry, wait, there will definitely be changes." ”

After all, Comfort has never let them down!

After less than a stick of incense, Jiang Shang and He Ji clearly saw a fast horse galloping in the distance and rushed into the orderly military formation of the Liao people on the opposite side, and then in less than a cup of tea, they saw that the Liao army, which was originally tightly organized, began to show signs of loosening.

"That's ....... They ........"

He Ji's eyes widened, staring at the movement on the other side, for fear of missing every detail.

As expected, under the command of Meng An, one by one the Liao people who had been waiting for the battle began to ride their horses and gallop in the direction of Longmendu in the east, leaving only about a thousand infantry troops to stay in place, as if just to monitor their movements.

Although Jiang Shang didn't know what happened over there in Longmendu that made the Liao people rush over there so anxiously, his tightly wrinkled eyebrows could be loosened,

Seeing the army of the Liao people disappearing from view little by little, Jiang Shang's excited mood needless to mention, he turned to the army behind him and said two words:

"Cross the river!"

Because Bali's order is also very clear, confirming that Feilingdu is just a feint and letting the fierce forces here gallop to help Longmendu, so the more than 1,000 horses left behind by Meng'an are all old and weak soldiers, and those who take away are all light and strong.

These more than 1,000 people are also very aware of the weak brigade, and they know that their task is to look at the Xia army opposite, so the formation is also crooked.

But

Soon they found that the Xia army, who had not built a pontoon bridge for more than a night, suddenly carried out a lot of raft-like things from the rear camp, and under the rafts were bundled with bulging things like wine jars, which were being thrown into the Sushui River in rows.

The river of Sushui River is still quite turbulent, although this kind of raft is large, but if you throw it into the water, you will be swirled in place by the river belt, until it touches the hemp rope that has been straightened before it, and it is honestly stable in place one by one.

Although the remaining soldiers on this side of the river are remnants, they still have the innate alertness of the nation on horseback, looking at the movement of the Xia army, there are immediately many people who picked up their longbows and prepared to move forward,

However, Jiang Yun's soldiers on the other side of the river quickly let them know how naïve their thoughts were.

"Bang bang bang!"

With just one volley, they quickly gave up the stupid idea of trying to use their longbows to prevent the Xia army from crossing the river, and several of them had already stepped on their horses and chased in the direction of Longmendu, apparently to report the news.

Due to the relatively sufficient preparation in advance, a simple raft pontoon bridge was soon built.

The more than 40,000 Xia troops on the south bank, under the leadership of Jiang Shang and He Ji, all rushed over, surrounding the more than 1,000 "sentinels" left behind by Bali in the middle...........

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Qingcheng County Ya

An Yi asked the local county magistrate for a few stacks of rice paper and a large block pen, and he didn't know what to write on the rice paper one by one.

Write one, dissatisfied, shake your head,

Write another, still not satisfied, and shake your head again,

wrote more than a dozen in succession, all of which were the Yi characters in his name.

I watched her write once in Gao Yingshu's study before, and the pen power was subtle, but the whole font looked like a dragon, and he just couldn't imitate it, and the word he wrote couldn't be said to be ugly, it was the sentence that Jiang Ruyue said in his mouth: There is no aura.

Forget it, eighty percent of them don't have this inheritance in the family.

An Yi simply threw the big block pen on the inkstone at random, splashed three or five large and small ink dots on the rice paper, and then he leaned back, sat on the Taishi chair made by the county master, and picked up the big red robe that had just been soaked and poured it up.

took a sip, smacked his lips, looked at the sky outside the county office, and thought that Jiang Shang and the others had all crossed the river now.

He was thinking about it, Jin Mingyin ran in from outside shouting,

"Brother Yi, Brother Yi."

An Yi didn't get up, just raised his eyes and watched Jin Mingyin run into the lobby from the yamen, and when he saw his excited expression, he knew that it must be good news.

He curled the corners of his mouth and raised his left arm, and politely made a "please speak" gesture to Jin Mingyin.

"Brother Yi, the front whistle, General Jiang and the 40,000 horses of the commander He have all crossed the Sushui River, and the more than 1,000 Liao troops stationed safely have all been annihilated, they are now surrounding the Liao army on the north bank of Longmendu, and then the Longmendu battle report said that the Liao people on the other side have begun to retreat."

"Chase!"

An Yi's face at this time can already be described as radiant,

"Let Gu Chenxi cross the river! Pursue! Tell them all, whether it's a soldier or a general, if anyone can get my head back, the officer will be rewarded! ”

"How much?"

Comfortably "snapped" at the table in front of him,

"Ten thousand taels!"