[Don't dare to say anything more......]

In the dry season, the Fuliang River is much thinner and narrower than the Yangtze River, and it is not as good as the Zuojiang River, a tributary of the Pearl River when the water is abundant. But the exposed wide river beach tells the foreigners from the north how wide and wide the water flowing through the Indochina Peninsula will be during the rainy season.

At this point, Han Gang felt that it was somewhat similar to the Yellow River, both of which were dry and only had water in the center of the riverbed, and when the flood came, it was several times wider, and when he looked at it for more than ten miles, he couldn't see the other side at all.

There are no boats on the river, it is empty, only the occasional leap out of the water, I don't know what kind of river fish I don't know. Occasionally, tree trunks, branches, and corpses of people and beasts drifted down from the upper reaches of the turbid current.

Although it has reached the Fura River, it will be difficult to cross the river. In the past few days when they set up camp on the north bank of Thang Long Mansion, they can see the warships of the Jiaozhi people on the river showing off their might, bullying the Song people and unable to cross the river. Whether it's a raft or a makeshift ferry, if you want to transport a large army there, you must first break through this line of defense on the water.

"Where is the warship?" Han Gang squinted.

"It's in the harbor on the other side."

Li Xin's vision is stronger than that of Han Gang, and hundreds of large and small ships are moored in the harbor on the other side of the river, among which a dozen are relatively large, which are somewhat different from ordinary merchant ships and ferries in appearance.

"The upstream is also coming!"

One of Li Xin's guards shouted at the same time.

Three Jiaozhi warships went straight down from the upstream, each of them was not big, only seven or eight zhang long, and the narrow and long boat type rode the wind and waves like arrows in the river, and rushed down the river with great momentum.

"Third brother, go back to the embankment." Li Xin immediately stopped drinking.

A group of people standing on the river beach are too conspicuous, these three boats are obviously coming towards Han Gang and Li Xin, the river is more than a dozen steps away, in case they are pressed against the river beach with a burst of arrows, it is a trivial matter, and it will be troublesome to hurt Han Gang, the deputy marshal, Li Xin does not plan to block whether they will run aground on the river beach.

When Han Gang heard this, he didn't want to be a hero, he turned around and walked to the shore, and several guards surrounded him, blocking the route where the arrows might fly.

Li Xin retreated backwards and also retreated to the embankment, his customary throwing spear placed on his mount on the shore, with only a saber at his waist. Seeing that all three boats were holding bows and arrows, he snatched a war bow from the guards with his backhand and shot an arrow.

Han Gang stepped out of the range and shouted from afar: "Say hello, don't let them be too proud!" ”

The enemy ship was like a galloping horse, and the divine arm bow did not have time to open, only the bow and arrow came in handy. Li Xin shot three arrows in a row, and his personal guards maintained the longbow well, and its strength was far better than that of the war bows of the Jiaozhi people. Most of the arrows shot from the boat did not fly to Li Xin's feet, and they were densely inserted into the river beach after a dozen or so steps. And the three arrows shot by Li Xin, one hit the mast, and two arrows hit the shield on the ship's gang, but they didn't miss, but they didn't hit anyone.

The three light warships flashed past the river beach, and did not run aground as expected, and in the blink of an eye they were far away, leaving only a string of wild laughter and swearing. The guards around Han Gang were all white-faced, and it was the first time since they had attacked the territory of Jiaozhi that they had seen the Jiaozhi people so arrogant and arrogant. In addition to the difficulty of the road, within the border of Jiaozhi, the officers and soldiers were not hindered at all, and now seeing the arrogant appearance of the thieves and sailors on the ship, all the soldiers could not swallow this breath, and a few of them scolded on the spot.

"What are you angry about?" Li Xin threw the bow back to the original owner, if he changed the throwing spear, he was sure enough to open two holes in the front and back of the thief behind the arrow board, and walked over and said, "The river in front of you can't be beaten, so naturally you have to make them laugh." If you beat it, they will cry! ”

Li Xin was very strict, and he was Han Gang's cousin, and even Han Gang's personal guards honestly shrank their heads to listen to the training.

Han Gang said with a smile: "Most of the arrogance of this group of cross-toed thieves is pretended. They have been harassing us for the past few days, and they are also thinking that we should cross the river as soon as possible. Otherwise, we will wait for us to get ready and kill them in one go, but they won't be able to hold it! ”

There are warships of the Cochins, or they secretly sneak to the surface of the water upstream or downstream, and there are no Cochin warships, and dive across the river from there. Or, cross the river in a raft in the dark. Both options are not impossible, but both are dangerous. No one can guarantee that the Jiaozhi people will not find out. The troops in their hands were too small, and neither Han Gang nor Zhang Dian was willing to take this risk.

In addition, Yong'an Prefecture at the mouth of the Fuliang River – known as Haimen Town in the Tang Dynasty – was the port of departure for Li Changjie's cross-sea invasion last year, and there will never be a shortage of ships there, but Li Changjie will never forget it. Although he still sent a team of men and horses to Yong'an Prefecture, Han Gang did not count on it. But both he and Zhang decided that ships would be collected on the north shore.

"Anyway, I don't believe that Li Changjie can search all the ships on the north shore." Han Gang and Li Xin walked side by side on the embankment, "The government of Jiaozhi does not have this ability, just look at how they are strong and clear." Not to mention Jiaozhi, that is, in the middle of the country, every summer and autumn, when the officials go to the countryside to urge taxes, which state and which county villages are not less than half a dozen people in the blink of an eye? The belongings of cattle, pigs and sheep that can be included in the Ding production book are all gone! There will be no shortage of fishermen along the Fura River, and a boat is them*, and no matter how they are, they will try their best to hide. ”

"Now that the officers and soldiers are here, they must have all taken refuge on the other side."

"Don't worry." Han Gang shook his head and said, "The wealth is moving, go upstream, there are tens of thousands of displaced people on the bank of the river, hiding in the reeds and woods. Zhang Zihou had already sent people to several surrounding tribes to tell them not to disturb them. These are all rich, looking forward to crossing the river day and night, you said that the fishermen who hid on the other side can let go of such a good opportunity to make money? ”

"Someone has already been sent to find it?!" Li Xin asked.

"Cousin, you just came back from the west, so I don't know what to do, so I have already sent someone to keep an eye on you."

Li Xin had indeed just returned, and halfway south from Menzhou, he was ordered to take two commanders to aid the Guangyuan Prefecture army, which had suffered a setback in the offensive.

The Cochin people are not completely bloodless, nor are they fish belly to be slaughtered, just in the northwest side of Cheongju, that is, in front of the Fuliangjiang Plain in the south of Guangyuan Prefecture, the local governor organized the local people to fight against the invaders. All the soldiers, horses, and people of Zuo Jinzhou County gathered in Cheongju. At one time, the momentum was huge, and tens of thousands of people were gathered, including as many as 400 war elephants. Huang Jinman, Wei Shouan, and Shen Jinggui were careless for a while, and they all suffered a lot of losses.

Whether it is the barbarian army of the Thirty-six Mountains or the barbarian army of Guangyuan Prefecture, they lack sufficient ability to attack fortifications. The Annan Economic Strategy Recruitment Department had already agreed with them that if the enemy army was to be sent, reinforcements would be sent. However, if it is a lie about the military situation, it will not be spared. Moreover, Zhang Dian and Han Gang had stated in advance that if the officials and soldiers helped, they would first divide sixty percent of the benefits.

No profit, don't get up early, many barbarians are out to make money, which one is willing to share the account like this, and try to overcome the difficulties that can be overcome, and they don't want to be stabbed by the officials and soldiers. In addition, the officials in the prefectures and counties on the road had fled beforehand, and the unorganized people of Jiaozhi had no one to lead the resistance, and their * were all extremely successful, so this was the first time that anyone had called for help.

Zhang Dian ordered Li Xin's general and asked him to lead the army to help Jin Man. Although the momentum of the enemy army in Cheongju was huge and it looked like that, after Li Xin passed, he didn't need any strategy, and directly rushed to the enemy camp with a divine arm bow and a horse chopping knife.

Although the elephant has thick skin and rough flesh, the god arm bow and iron spear are sharp weapons that can pierce the iron armor, which can be resisted by flesh and blood, and when the elephant army gets closer, the officers and soldiers hold the horse chopping knife to cut the elephant's trunk, which is the elephant's biggest weakness. As soon as the confrontation began, the elephant army was defeated and retreated, and Li Xin's troops did not pay too many casualties, so they drove the elephant army back. The last to break through the camp was the Jiaozhi people's own army.

The most relied on team was defeated, the leaders were also killed, and the Cochin army, which had lost its core, was crushed, and the most reluctantly was eaten by the wolves that swarmed up. At the same time, Liu Ji, the last big leader of Guangyuan, who had always refused to decide who to turn to, finally chose to give up his hatred and take refuge in the Great Song Dynasty. In fact, if he was one step later, Li Xin would follow the orders of Han Gang and Zhang Dian in advance, cooperate with the Huang, Shen, and Wei families to carve up Liu Ji's territory and population together.

Han Gang and Li Xin walked along the river embankment together. The river embankment has a thickness of more than three zhang and a height of more than one zhang, and extends up and down with the river water. Although this section of the embankment is not as good as the golden embankment of the Yellow River, but the labor consumed is not a few, with the national strength of Jiaozhi, if it were not for the fact that the two banks of the Fuliang River are the essence of the heart of the Jiaozhi country, it would never have consumed such a large amount of manpower, material and financial resources to renovate the embankment.

"As long as we can keep that group of displaced people, I can get five or six boats back, to say the least." Han Gang continued the original topic.

Li Xin shook his head: "I'm afraid five or six fishing boats are not enough." ”

"It's enough to clean up the warships of the Jiaozhi people in one go."

Li Xin looked at Han Gang suspiciously, unable to figure out what medicine his cousin was selling in the gourd.

"Just like Li Changjie wants us to cross the river in a hurry, we are also looking forward to his naval army taking the initiative to attack us." Han Gang pointed to the distance ahead, at the mouth of the tributary of the Fuliang River, a vast area of Ludang, "I'll go and see the shipbuilding place later, and the two sides will work together to force the Jiaozhi Naval Army."

Li Xin frowned and thought about it, and then asked with a smile: "Third brother, your plan again?" ”

Han Gang shook his head: "No. It was the result of the brainstorming of the camp members, and the younger brother didn't interject. He turned to Li Xin and smiled, "It's much easier than one or two people racking their brains." ”