Chapter 149: Deng Yuanjue's Secret
Liu Zixuan saw that Shi Luosheng had made up his mind, and he no longer persuaded him. The army marched on for another twenty miles, entering a narrow waterway, and the reeds on both sides of the channel gradually increased.
Shi Luosheng said in a low voice: "If I were Xiang Tong, I would ambush here, everyone be careful." ”
The army advanced less than three miles of waterway, only to see a small boat suddenly sail out of the reeds, and a person stood at the bow of the boat and smiled at Shi Luosheng: "General Shi, don't come unharmed, Xiang has been waiting for you here for a long time." ”
Shi Luosheng pretended to be surprised: "How could General Xiang know that I was here?" Is there any spy of yours in our army? ”
Xiang Tong laughed and didn't answer: "Xiang Mou has always admired General Shi's talent, and it would be a pity if he died on the battlefield at such a young age." That's why I came here to ask you one last time, are you willing to surrender to my Da Chu? ”
Shi Luosheng shook his head gently: "Thank you for the great general's love, but I am deeply favored by Your Majesty, and the two countries are feuds, and Shi has no reason to surrender to the enemy country." ”
Xiang Tong sighed lightly: "Since this is the case, then today it depends on whether the general can break out of the encirclement." With that, he drew his sword from his waist and raised it high above his head. The sun shone on the sword, emitting a blinding light.
There was a sound in the reeds around them, and small boats were speeding towards the rocky warship from all directions.
Although most of the boats of the Chu army were fishing boats collected from the common people, and they were not as good as the official warships of the Song army, there were hundreds of them in number, densely packed, and spread all over the entire lake.
Shi Luosheng shouted, "Hurry up and light the fire, set all the reeds around you on fire, and block them." Zixuan, you take Mr. Wang to withdraw first as planned. ”
Liu Zixuan agreed: "You have to take care of yourself, don't really die here." ”
Shi Luosheng smiled: "Don't worry, you are waiting for me in Fankou, I will arrive later, it will be fine." ”
Liu Zixuan took Wang Lun to cover up the fire, quietly jumped into the lake, and dived directly under the water. Shi Luosheng led the army to break through in the opposite direction.
Xiang Tong watched Shi Luosheng from a distance, commanding the army to chase after him.
This body of water is not as good as the sea, not only are there many harbors in the lake, but also the waterways are complicated, and there are reeds everywhere in the way, so the warships here lose their advantage and are not as flexible as the small boats.
The Song army ran not far before being chased by the Chu army's boat.
Shi Luosheng ignored it, and directly let the warship rush over, the tonnage of the small fishing boat was comparable to the warship of the Song army, and the dozen or so fishing boats blocking the front were all knocked over at once.
Xiang Tong couldn't sit still when he saw this scene, and personally chased after him with the army.
Although the Song army crashed into a hole, in this water, the speed of the driving was still significantly behind the small fishing boats, and it didn't take much effort to catch up again.
Xiang Tong didn't dare to let the Chu army stand in front this time, but stuck tightly to both sides and attacked the Song army's warships with rockets.
After a round of arrows, the Song army's warships were all set on fire.
Shi Luosheng didn't look flustered at all, and calmly let people pour all the crude oil that had been prepared into the lake, and then the twenty warships scattered and crashed into the nearby small fishing boat.
The crude oil spread rapidly under the ripples of the water waves, and the small boats of the Chu army were already crowded together in the dark, knowing that the danger was in front of them, but there was no room to escape.
As a rocket was fired into the water, the entire lake was set on fire. Another gust of wind blew, and the wind fueled the fire, and the fire took advantage of the wind, and all the fishing boats were eroded by the fire, and the whole water became a sea of fire as far as the eye could see.
Xiang Tong never imagined that there would be the current situation, and when he saw Song Jun carrying barrels of crude oil from the cabin and pouring them into the lake, he knew that something was wrong. If it weren't for Shi Luosheng himself being besieged by the fire, he even suspected that he had fallen for the Song army's strategy again.
Although both sides were defeated this time, the Chu army dispatched far more troops than the Song army, and the Chu army suffered greater losses.
Xiang Tong was angry in his heart, the last time he was under Jingzhou City, he had no way to take Shi Luosheng. This time I received Gao Yi's information, and I thought that I could get back a game, who would have thought that I would suffer a big loss again.
Xiang Tong ignored the fire on the lake, and personally took the two masters around him and rushed towards Shi Luosheng. Now the only way to recover the losses of this battle is to kill him.
Shi Luosheng has also been keeping an eye on Xiang Tong, and it is no surprise that this will be his last battle before leaving the Song Kingdom, and he wants to take Xiang Tong's head as the end.
Seeing Xiang Tong rushing towards him, Shi Luosheng pretended to panic and fled towards the back deck.
Xiang Tong and the two of them were in hot pursuit, and Shi Luosheng casually opened a cabin and hid in it.
Xiang Tong chased closer, and a person beside him was eager to fight for merit, and he reached out to push open the hatch first.
The moment the hatch opened, a crossbow bolt shot out of it and pierced through his chest, killing the man instantly.
Xiang Tong's face changed, and he said angrily: "Shi Luosheng, you are also a dignified General Wei, you actually hide in the dark and sneak attack and hurt people, are you not afraid of people's jokes when you say it?" Hurry up and come out, and we'll have a decent fight. ”
Shi Luosheng's voice came from the cabin: "What General Xiang said makes sense, Luosheng knows that he is wrong, I was born in a small family, and in a hurry, I forgot my identity." Come in, you two, and we'll battle it out in the cabin. ”
Xiang Tong was a little surprised, is this Shi Luosheng so easy to speak? Xiang Tong motioned to another person to check in the cabin first.
The man was secretly vigilant in his heart, and he carried an axe in his hand, trying to smash the hatch open. Before he reached the hatch, the axe had just been raised, and a broken knife shot out of the cabin, piercing through the hatch and directly into his chest.
Xiang Tong was even more angry: "Shi Luosheng, do you want to be shameless, you said that you would win a battle in the bright future, but there were one sneak attack after another." ”
Shi Luosheng walked out of the cabin, lowered his head and pulled out the broken knife from the man, and sarcastically said to Xiang Dao: "Are you talking about Zhengda Light being three to one?" Now that the two of them are dead, we can count it as a fair duel, and today we will see who wins and who can leave alive. ”
Xiang Tong thought in his heart: "I have read all the information about Shi Luosheng, and it only mentions that he is a commander who does not play cards according to common sense and is good at strategic layout, and he is not good at martial arts." The only outstanding record is that he participated in the Young Hero Contest organized by the Hidden Star Sect three years ago and won the first place, but there is a special note on it that this first place is not worthy of the truth, and it was all won by Liu Zixuan, Jiang Huanchu, Jiang Waner and a group of friends who withdrew from the competition. ”
Xiang Tong, as the general of the Chu State, although he rarely works with others, his martial arts are definitely a master in the world.
Shi Luosheng also knows Xiang Tong very well, after all, he is the number one enemy of the Great Song Dynasty. If he proposed to fight alone with Xiang Tong in normal times, Xiang Tong would definitely laugh and flatly refuse. But now it's different, the fire is getting stronger and stronger, and the warship under their feet is about to sink, and if they don't distinguish the winner or loser, both of them will die in the flames.
Xiang Tong said angrily: "Okay, I will fight to the death here today as you wish." ”
The fire around them separated the two men on the back deck, and the sergeants on both sides had no intention of fighting, and fled for their lives, and no one noticed that their main commander was still in the fire.
Shi Luosheng raised a broken knife in his hand and slashed at Xiang Tong, and Xiang Tong did not defend the counterattack and stabbed Shi Luosheng in the chest with a sword.
Shi Luosheng's body was sideways, the knife was swept across, and the two of them made strange moves, both of which were fast to fast, and there was no delay for half a minute during the period. Shi Luosheng seems to attack and defend at will, and its compact and intense place implies a sense of ease and elegance.
More than thirty moves passed in a flash, and Xiang Tong was secretly frightened, how could this Shi Luosheng be so powerful, why did all the intelligence say that he was not good at martial arts? Could it be that he has been hiding his martial arts all along?
After another twenty moves, Xiang Tong began to fall behind. Shi Luosheng's broken knife technique is getting faster and faster, and Xiang Tongguang can no longer see the trajectory of each knife with the naked eye.
"Medium", Shi Luosheng shouted, and a knife cut a hole in Xiang Tong's chest.
Shi Luosheng succeeded with one knife, and then slashed out five knives in a row, and each knife move did not change, it was a hard split.
But these five knives are as heavy as a knife, and when they came out of the sixth knife, Xiang Tong only felt that his whole body was threatened by the strength of the opponent's knife, and he couldn't even breathe, and he struggled to raise his sword to fight, and with a loud bang, the swords intersected, his arm was numb, and the long sword fell to the ground.
Shi Luosheng still slashed down with a knife, and Xiang Tong could no longer avoid it, so he could only close his eyes and wait for death.
Shi Luosheng's blade was deflected, and the broken knife slashed through Xiang Tong's right ear, cutting off Xiang Tong's right hand and arm.
Xiang Tong screamed, and beads of sweat kept dripping down his forehead. Shi Luosheng sneered: "General Xiang, you thought you could take me today, but you didn't expect it to be the current situation, right?" ”
Xiang Tong is worthy of a generation of famous generals, although he has severe pain on his body, his face does not change: "I really didn't expect your martial arts to be so high, who are you deliberately hiding your strength to deal with?" Xiao Daocheng or Deng Yuanjue? ”
Shi Luosheng smiled and shook his head: "I didn't deliberately hide it from anyone, in troubled times, a poor family like me always has to leave a means to save his life." ”
Xiang Tong nodded: "I see, I thought that you, like your father-in-law, deliberately concealed your martial arts." ”
Shi Luosheng was a little surprised: "My father-in-law also deliberately hid his martial arts? ”
Xiang Tong saw that Shi Luosheng didn't notice anything, and couldn't help but feel a little proud: "Of course, what do you think of Deng Yuanjue's martial arts?" ”
"Although I have known my father-in-law for six years, I have never seen him do anything in the past six years, and I am not very clear about his real martial arts. But he is the senior brother of the head of the Heavenly Sword Sect, even if his martial arts are not as good as the head of Ding, he must not be too far behind. ”
"Hahahaha." Xiang Tong burst into laughter: "Won't it be too far off?" I have been at war with Deng Yuanjue for 20 years, and I have fought him dozens of times in the past 20 years, and every time he and I have been tied, do you know why? ”
Shi Luosheng was still puzzled: "Do you think that your father-in-law shouldn't be tied with you?" ”
Xiang Tong said: "I know very well how much progress I have made in the past 20 years, and I am still a little resentful when I tied with Deng Yuanjue in the first few times. After I went back, I took a leave of absence from His Majesty for two years, and during those two years I devoted myself to hard training, and I ignored everything else. Two years later, I thought that Deng Yuanjue was not my opponent, but who knew that once we fought, we still had a draw. ”
"After that time, I was a little disheartened, so I didn't continue to cultivate, and my mind was also focused on military affairs. A few more years passed like this, and when I faced Deng Yuanjue again, I thought I was no match for him, but we were still tied. From that moment on, I had some doubts, Deng Yuanjue's martial arts were far superior to me, and every time he fought, he deliberately tied with me, otherwise how to explain that I improved and he improved, I stood still, and he also stood still? ”