What's going on? Jiang Yuanxun, the commander of the water division, looked at the mountain in amazement.

If the first time it was an accident, the second time everyone realized that something was wrong, everyone looked up the hill, and some people began to curse.

However, what awaited them was a bigger blow on the mountain, five stones like small millstones smashed down from the sky with a huge whistling sound, and the battleship that was in the range of the boulder strike suddenly panicked, desperately rowing the boat to escape, but the speed of the boulder falling was so fast, in desperation, many sailors jumped into the river, however, they obviously forgot that it was winter, and many sergeants were immediately surrounded by the icy river water after jumping down, and quickly soaked their thick winter clothes, After only a few struggles, he sank to the bottom of the river.

"Wow! Wow! ”

"Click! Click! Click! ”

In front is the sound of boulders smashing into the river, but behind is the sound of smashing on the battleship, this time three battleships were damaged, one of the battleships was directly broken into two and sank into the river, and a vortex was immediately formed at the sinking place of the battleship, and the river slowly became bright red, and several broken leg stumps poured up from the whirlpool.

After the boulder, there was a numbing "Boom!" Shout! Hundreds of arm-thick crossbow arrows fell from the sky.

"Smack, smack." The crossbow arrow shot at the battleship, directly shooting the battleship through, the river first slowly penetrated from the gap, and then rushed up like a water arrow, although there is no problem with such a small hole for the time being, if the battleship is hit too much, it will not be able to avoid the fate of sinking.

"Ahh Some of the Chen troops, who could not dodge, were pierced through their bodies by huge crossbow arrows and nailed to the deck of the battleship. But he couldn't die for a while, and a terrible scream came out of his mouth.

Regardless of whether there were any battleships that were attacked, seeing such a might, Chen Jun's face turned green, and the only thought in their hearts was to escape as far as possible, and there was no need for the commander Jiang Yuanxun to give an order, Chen Jun desperately rowed towards the heart of the river, in a hurry. Many battleships collided with each other. At least several battleships were rammed and sunk by their own ships.

On Niuzhu Mountain. Hundreds of Sui soldiers were operating five huge trebuchets, and hundreds of others were stepping on bed crossbows, constantly firing boulders and crossbow arrows down the mountain, a trebuchet needed fifty people to operate, and a bed crossbow was no less than three people, Niuzhu Mountain was one hundred and thirty meters high, and the side near the river was full of cliffs. You can imagine how powerful it is to smash down a boulder from such a high mountain.

Of course, these giant ground trebuchets and bed crossbows were left by Chen Jun, but I didn't expect that they were not used on the Sui army, but on their own ground and water divisions, seeing the chaotic appearance of the Chen army below, Han Baohu couldn't help but be a little afraid, if he wanted to storm and take the quarry ferry, I am afraid that even the five-tooth ship would not be able to withstand a few blows from the boulder.

By the time Chen's navy fled in horror from the range of the mountain crossbows and trebuchets, they had lost nearly twenty warships. It just collided head-on with the Sui Army's naval division. Chen Jun's naval division still has more than 80 warships, and the strength is still there, but they are all small warships. Not to mention that compared with the Sui army's five-tooth big ships, it is also much different from the Sui army's medium-sized and large golden-winged warships, and the most serious thing is that the mountain defenders who should have been their own help suddenly became their own enemies, which seriously hit the confidence of the remaining Chen army, and without waiting for Jiang Yuanxun's order, the water army out of danger has rushed to flee downstream, and no one has the courage to meet the Sui army.

Seeing that Chen's army fled in a mess on his own, the Sui army was immediately overjoyed, and the battleships in front immediately began to pursue.

"Whew! Shout! "Countless arrows were sent out from the Sui warship, almost blocking half of the sky, many arrows were exhausted halfway and fell into the river, but some arrows were able to catch up with the Chen warship, and the Chen army on the ship screamed from time to time, and some of the people who were hit by the arrow were loaded into the river.

"Hurry up! Splash! Chen Jun didn't have the slightest intention of fighting back, everyone was paddling desperately, all they wanted was to get out of contact with the Sui army as soon as possible, the Sui army was too strong.

"Bang!" A small Sui battleship rushed to the front and collided with a Chen warship, suddenly making a loud noise, and the sergeants on both battleships could not stand and shook, and the battleship slowly stopped.

When the ship was stopped, the sergeant on the Sui battleship secretly complained that because it was rushing too fast, the closest one's own battleship was still at least three or four hundred meters away, and within a hundred meters around him, including the battleship that was crashed and stopped, at least seven or eight were all Chen warships, which meant that they had broken into the enemy's den.

"Wow" two Chen army warships swept past them more than ten meters away, but they didn't look at them, and the rest of the Chen army warships did the same, ignoring their meaning at all. The officers and soldiers on this Sui army warship were suddenly overjoyed, and firmly grasped the Chen army battleship that collided before with flying claws, and at the same time aimed their bows and arrows at Chen Jun on the ship.

Chen Jun's navy still took advantage of the small speed of the ship, most of the warships gradually distanced themselves from the Sui army, Yang Yong, Yang Guang and others stood at the top of the Wuya battleship, the battlefield form was undoubted, seeing that the Chen army had fled away, Yang Yong ordered: "Pass the order to collect the troops, let them go." ”

"Yes." After receiving the order, the signal soldiers immediately played the flag of collecting the troops, and the Sui army that received the flag stopped the pursuit one after another and slowly returned, although some officers and soldiers still had a little aftertaste, but today, Sui

The main task was to escort the army across the river, and the main task was not to engage the Chen army

Originally, Yang Guang was the marshal of the march, and all the orders to attack and collect troops should be in the hands of the marshal of the army, but at this time, no one felt that there was anything wrong with Yang Yong's order, Yang Yong himself was the prince, although he was the supervising army, in the end there was a difference between the monarch and the minister, and in the past six months he had been training with the navy, Yang Yong himself was far more convincing than Yang Guang, just a flag language did not know how much of a problem the navy had solved, the waterway was not as good as the land route, and it was difficult to command freely by relying on the sound of drums and gold.

Although Yang Guang was a little dissatisfied with being set up, he had this realization when he learned that Yang Yong was the prison army, and even after losing the poem to Yang Yong, Yang Guang had no confidence and had no choice but to accept it.

After Chen Jun's sailors fled, the biggest headache for the Sui army was the wooden stakes that were driven into the Yangtze River, and these wooden stakes existed. All medium-sized ships above the ground can not pass, if only by small boats to transport, the Sui army of hundreds of thousands of land and water, plus countless grain, grass, ordnance, even half a month may not be able to transport. The Sui army had to use small boats to transport them while removing the underwater wooden stakes in order to open a passage for the large ships.

It's just that these stakes are hidden a few feet above the water. The bottom is buried deep in the river. It's not that easy to remove. The first thing the Sui army wanted was to take off his clothes and go into the water, tie them to the stakes with ropes, and then the whole ship began to row, relying on the strength of the boat to pull up the stakes, so that each stake had to be delayed for a long time.

It took a whole hour, and the big ship of the Sui army was still swimming in the center of the river. The ship in charge of dialing the piles in front of them only opened a waterway tens of meters long, and the distance of Chen Jun's attack was at least two or three miles away, and I don't know how much effort Chen Jun spent to dig so many wooden piles in the river, but unfortunately these wooden piles did not play their due role, but at the speed of the Sui army, it would take several days to open the waterway.

Everyone was very impatient, especially the soldiers who were chasing Chen Jundi just now, they all showed anxious expressions, they knew that this was the case. It's better to chase Chen Jun down just now. It's also better than waiting in the middle of the river.

Yang Yong naturally knew that he couldn't wait so long, and at the current speed, it would be good if 10,000 people could land before dark. Do you have to return to the north shore in the evening?

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any way to speed up the removal of the wooden stakes in the river?"

Everyone shook their heads slowly, if there was a way, they would have offered it a long time ago, so why wait until now.

"Pass the order, if anyone comes up with a way to speed up the removal of the stakes, the reward will be fifty yuan, and the official will be promoted to three levels!" Yang Yong had no choice but to find out the method of rewarding.

The prince's order was quickly passed on, and everyone disagreed, although it was said that there must be brave men under the heavy reward, but the current thing was not something that could be done by bravery, so many talented people on the five-tooth ship had no choice, could it be that those illiterate ordinary soldiers had any way?

Sure enough, although some people soon claimed to have come up with a solution, it was all impractical, fire, the stake was several feet underwater, how to burn, how to cut with a knife, it was not possible, unless there was really a treasure knife that sharpened iron like clay, otherwise there was no power under the water.

"Your Highness, someone has reported a way to come, but this person is even more absurd, he said that a sharp blade can be installed at the bottom of the ship, as long as the big ship starts, it is natural to flatten the stakes, but to install a sharp blade, it will take at least a few months to complete the modification, and he also has a way to speed up, only to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince before he is willing to say it." A guard hurriedly reported.

"Ridiculous." Yang Guang laughed: "Who can install a sharp blade on the bottom of the ship, not to mention that even if it can be installed, it will be useless for a few months, and it seems that he is just a man who is not ashamed." ”

"Yes, His Royal Highness the King of Jin, the villain drove him away." After the guard finished speaking, he was about to go down.

"Slow, you said drive him away, where is he now?" Yang Yong was moved, this method is a whimsical idea, although it is useless at the moment, it may not be impossible to implement it in the future, anyway, there is nothing to do now, it is better to meet this person.

"Back to the prince, this person is on the five-tooth ship, he is just an ordinary soldier."

"Bring him to Hongu."

"Yes."

After escorting down, Yang Guang couldn't help but complain: "Big brother, do you really think that this little soldier's idea is feasible, why delay the time?" ”

"Okay, let's talk about it when we meet, anyway, it's idle now." Yang Yong replied with a smile.

The footsteps sounded, and the guards went and returned, followed by a sixteen or seventeen-year-old soldier wearing an ordinary military uniform, although this soldier had served on this huge battleship, it was probably the first time he had been so close to such a big official, his face was flushed, and he was slightly nervous.

"Plop." He was about to kneel, but he tripped somewhere, and suddenly fell on the deck.

Yang Guang, Wang Shao, Xue Daoheng, Lu Mulin and others couldn't help but smile at the corners of their mouths, and the soldier hurriedly got up and knelt down: "The villain sees His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the King of Jin, my lords." ”

"What's your name, but you said there is a way to speed up the removal of the stake immediately?"

"Back to Your Highness, what is the villain's surname, there is indeed a way to speed up the removal of the stakes."

Yang Yong was overjoyed: "Okay, then come quickly." ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, in fact, it's nothing, it's just an extra boat, Chen Jun laid a few miles of wooden stakes, although our army's big ship can't pass, but a small boat can

Block, now His Highness sent out to clear the stakes are all big ships, naturally only to work. However, if small boats are dispatched, if the entire section of the river can be operated at the same time, the wooden stakes can be removed very quickly. He Chou said calmly.

Everyone suddenly realized, Yang Yong patted his head, how could he not have thought of such a simple method, if there was a small boat in the beginning, maybe the waterway would have been opened now.

In fact, it is also the people who have fallen into the mindset that small boats can pass through the waterways. It's just that the troops need to be transported ashore first. Large ships, on the other hand, are not allowed to pass on the waterways. The wooden stakes can only be removed little by little on the periphery, and only the large ships can move forward if the wooden stakes are removed, although there are many large ships, and the progress is naturally slow.

Xue Daoheng still had a little doubt: "His Royal Highness the Prince, I wonder if the boat can pick up the stakes?" ”

A large ship has at least fifty people on board, a medium-sized ship with thirty people, and a small boat with a maximum of twenty people. And the smaller ones are only seven or eight people, as the saying goes, there is great strength in numbers, and if the boat can't pull the stake, it will be in vain.

"Whether it can be pulled up or not, you have to try, and the order is that all the boats will stop landing at once, and first remove the wooden stakes in the water in sections."

"Yes." The banner soldier passed Yang Yong's order down.

More than 2,000 sergeants had already gone ashore through the boat, and Han Baohu finally breathed a sigh of relief. Three thousand captives were laid on the mountain. It was somewhat unsettling that he was about to welcome his men ashore when he suddenly found that the boats that were moving forward had stopped. I couldn't help but ask suspiciously, "What's the matter?" ”

However, he soon learned the reason why the boat stopped, and he couldn't help patting his head, if he had thought of letting the boat do it, maybe the prince and the king of Jin would have sailed over.

"Yo, cough, cough, ho." Hundreds of boats acted together, the entire Yangtze River suddenly trumpeted, one by one hit in the middle of the river stakes were dialed out, indeed some small boats were unable to pull up the stakes, but it was not difficult to get inspired by the Sui army, one ship could not be moved, so two ships acted together.

"Report to His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the King of Jin, the boat successfully pulled up the wooden stakes, and the whole channel can be opened in another hour." The guards came over happily to report the news.

"Good!" Yang Yong was overjoyed: "He Chou has made meritorious contributions, and he deserves to be rewarded, so take the reward money." ”

"Yes." Two guards carried a large basket over, the Sui Dynasty's five baht money has always been four catties and two taels, and fifty yuan is two hundred and ten catties, who can carry more than two hundred catties of copper coins on their bodies.

Yang Yong frowned, and when he raised the reward just now, he forgot that he was on the boat now: "Forget it, change it to twenty-five taels of silver." ”

"Yes." The guards went down again, and this time they were exchanged for twenty-five white flowers of silver, and now one tael of silver can probably be exchanged for two and one hundred copper coins, and twenty-five taels of two are worth more than fifty copper coins, but they are much lighter.

After receiving the reward, He Chou's face showed a happy color, this was his five-year military salary.

"Come on, sit down!"

"Don't dare, in front of Your Highness, how can there be a villain's place?" He Chou woke up from the joy of the silver and hurriedly excused himself.

"Your Highness tells you to sit down, and you will sit down." The two guards pressed He Chou on a bench, and He Chou sat down tremblingly, but he didn't dare to move.

"He Chou, just now you said that you can install a sharp blade on the bottom of the ship, is it a temporary idea, or can it really be realized?" Yang Yong asked with a pleasant face.

"Back to Your Highness." He Chou stood up with a bang.

Yang Yong hurriedly said: "Don't be nervous, whether you can achieve it or not, sit down and talk." ”

"Yes!" He Chou sat down again and said, "Your Highness, although this is just a temporary idea of the villain, if you give the villain time, the villain will definitely be able to achieve it." ”

"Oh, you're so sure?"

"Yes!" He Chou replied categorically.

"Poof." Yang Guang laughed out loud next to him and threatened him: "If you brag and dare to deceive the prince, beware of losing your head." ”

He Chou's face turned red: "Back to His Royal Highness the King of Jin, the villain did not brag, the villain's father is good at making organs and other things, the villain has been learning by his father's side since he was a child, and the villain's father once used wood to make ospreys to go into the water to fish, although the villain is not as good as his father, if he says that he can still do it with a sharp blade on the bottom of the boat." ”

"Ha, ha, ha." Now everyone laughed, this kid in front of him relied on a little cleverness, and he didn't have a score when he bragged about it, who had ever seen an osprey made by himself be able to catch fish.

He Chou was not convinced, but the people who laughed at him in front of him were at least purple-robed masters of the fifth grade or above, even if the prince promoted him three levels in a row, he was still a junior official at the end of the stream, and he couldn't wait to make a wooden osprey to plug the mouths of these people.

Yang Yong saw that this He Chou did not look like he was lying, if this was the case, it was really a treasure.

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