A few days later, at noon that day, Zhang Shun sent someone to deliver the news that more than a dozen ships of unknown origin had appeared on the river west of Ezhou.

In terms of time, the army of the Black-Hearted Dragon King should set off, but whether it will only take the waterway or the water and land is not known for the time being, Li Yanqing still believes in his own judgment, once the Black-Hearted Dragon King sees the map, he will definitely put the main force on the land, which invisibly reduces the pressure on the waterway.

Since ships of unknown origin have appeared on the river dozens of miles away, the army of the Black-Hearted Dragon King on land should not be too far away from Jiayu County.

Li Yanqing then ordered the soldiers to start preparing for an ambush.

It is not too far from Baling County in Yuezhou to Jiayu County in Ezhou, about more than 200 miles, if it is in the plain area, it can be reached in almost two days, but the Yangtze River is mainly waterway transportation, and the land route is mainly hilly terrain, even the official road is very narrow and difficult to walk, and the land transportation is very inconvenient.

After Du Heixin got the sketch of the naval army camp sent by the undercover Pan Sanlang, he decided to focus on the sneak attack by land, supplemented by the sneak attack by water, and he dispatched 600 people, including 100 by water and 500 by land, and set off to Jiayu County overnight.

Du Heixin did not personally lead the army this time, but ordered his two sons Du Yue and Du Yang to lead the land and water armies respectively, the eldest son Du Yue led 500 soldiers to Jiayu County by land, they were first by boat, and got off the boat in the area of Chibi in Ezhou to change to the land route, and three days later, Du Yue led 500 river thieves to arrive in Jiayu County.

They hid in the woods in the Yule Mountain area west of Jiayu County, waiting for night to fall, Du Yue is the eldest son of Du Heixin, about thirty years old this year, and his father is as burly, with a face full of meat, and his appearance is very fierce, he is not only fierce in appearance, but also ruthless, robbing ships and killing people, ** women, all evil, more ruthless than his father Du Heixin.

At this time, night had quietly fallen, Du Yue gathered five hundred soldiers together, and said loudly to them: "My father usually restricts you too much, and you are not allowed to touch the county seat, but I don't think so, killing one is killing, killing a hundred people is also killing, if you want to do great things, you must have courage, so tonight will be our feast, burn the enemy's warship, cut off the enemy's head, you will get a rich reward, the reward is Jiayu County, we kill into the county, want gold and silver treasures, want beautiful women, whatever you want, you can rob it, You can play as you like! ”

The five hundred river thieves immediately cheered, and Du Yue saw that his morale had been boosted, so he waved his hand, "Let's go!" ”

The five hundred river thieves were in good spirits, and under the leadership of Du Yue, they left their hiding place and rushed to the naval camp thirty miles away.

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As soon as night fell, the city gate of Jiayu County was closed early, hundreds of people who had just been recruited were guarding the city with wooden sticks, hoes, iron rakes and various earthen weapons, the city gates of Jiayu County were only two in the north and south, the north city gate was in charge of the county lieutenant Zhou Ping and Mo Jun, they led three hundred people and dozens of people to catch fast, and the south city gate was in charge of the county Cheng Yang Ju and Liu Fang, similarly, in addition to the three hundred people, there were dozens of officials.

Although Du Heixin's goal was the naval camp, but the county was like a big enemy, Zhou Ping was extremely nervous, his legs were constantly trembling, he had to lean against the wall at the head of the city, at this time, Mo Jun came over and smiled: "County Lieutenant Zhou seems to be very nervous!" ”

"How can you not be nervous?"

Zhou Ping sighed, "Jiayu County hasn't suffered a military disaster for hundreds of years, in case it is killed by this gang of vicious river thieves, I can't imagine it!" ”

Mo Jun smiled slightly, "That's because the county lieutenant of Zhou has no confidence in our county monarch, the county magistrate once fought fiercely with the powerful Western Xia army in Western Xia and became the right-hand man of the seed master, for him, the little thief like the black-hearted dragon king can only be regarded as an appetizer, and the activity is just a matter of moving muscles and bones, the county lieutenant should not worry at all." ”

"I hope so! I hope that this time the county monarch will completely eradicate the scourge of the black-hearted dragon king. ”

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Compared with the tension in the county, Li Yanqing in the barracks was very calm, after nightfall, he also took time to read the soldiers' resumes in the big tent, at this time, Hu Qing'er, who had changed into men's clothes, walked into the big tent quickly, "Big brother, can I go now?" ”

"What time is it?" Li Yanqing put down the military register and asked.

"The hour has passed."

It was nine o'clock in the night, and Li Yanqing thought about it, although it was still early for the enemy troops on the land side to come, the waterway did not dare to guarantee it.

"Go ahead! Be careful. ”

"Please rest assured, big brother!"

Hu Qing'er turned around and left, Li Yanqing walked quickly to the door of the big tent, looking at the background of her departure, he was really a little worried in his heart.

Hu Qing'er is a strange soldier deployed by Li Yanqing, once Zhang Shun blocked the waterway without success, Hu Qing'er is the last line of defense of the naval camp, she led twenty soldiers with the best water nature to defend the entrance of the barracks, they drove five small boats, with three earth-shattering thunders, which is also their sharpest weapon, enough to block the warship of the black-hearted dragon king.

In the night, five small boats were moored next to the entrance of the barracks, quietly waiting for the movement on the river, Hu Qing'er was wearing a black samurai uniform, holding a whip blade, and twelve specially made flying knives on his back.

At this time, there was already a faint sound of shouting and killing on the river in the distance, the fire on the river flickered, obviously Zhang Shun had intercepted the army of the black-hearted dragon king, Hu Qing'er immediately ordered: "Lurk down and wait for the enemy to come to the door!" ”

The five small boats quickly retreated, hiding into the darkness of the night.

At the same time, Li Yanqing also discovered the abnormal situation on the river, the black-hearted dragon king may not launch an attack at this time, he must have encountered Zhang Shun's clipper.

At this time, Yang Guang rushed over and reported to Li Yanqingyu in a low voice: "Qiyu County Jun, we have discovered the main force of the river thieves, about 500 people, and it is currently ten miles south of the county seat. ”

Li Yanqing nodded, it seemed that the target of the Jiang thief was the defensive hole marked in the sketch.

In the sketch that Pan Saburo gave to Du Heixin, a hole in the defense of the navy was specially marked, which was located in the southeast of the barracks, about 300 steps long, and the sketch marked that there were no patrol soldiers here, and there was no guard tower, so that the enemy could enter the camp when they were defenseless.

"Pass my orders, and all the soldiers are in position!"

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The time gradually came to a watch, Du Yue led five hundred river thieves had arrived two miles away from the naval barracks, they lurked in a small forest, looking at the dark naval barracks in the distance, there was a lantern hanging in the air, which was exceptionally bright and dazzling.

At this time, Du Yue shouted in a low voice, "Kill!" ”

He jumped away, rushed out of the woods first, and ran towards the barracks two miles away, followed closely by five hundred river thieves, like a tide rising in a river bay, and quickly rushed to the barracks.

The marking of the map is not wrong, there is no guard tower here, and there is no patrol post outside, as long as they run dozens of steps, they can directly kill the barracks, the flame in Du Yue's heart has begun to burn, he almost can't suppress his excitement, and he can't help but shout.

But at this moment, the lantern in mid-air was extinguished, and a bang suddenly sounded, and countless crossbowmen suddenly appeared in the trench under the camp fence, and they fired arrows together, and the dense arrows shot at the river thieves who were running.

One of the arrows was extremely powerful and fast, and it went straight to Du Yue's front door, and without waiting for Du Yue to react, 'Poof! An arrow pierced through the center of the eyebrows, the arrow went straight through the head, and the tip of the arrow shot out from the back of the head, Du Yue screamed, and immediately fell to his death.

The river thieves who were rushing fell to the ground one after another, and the crowd was suddenly in chaos, only to hear someone shouting: "The Dayane is dead!" Dayanai is dead! ”

The river thieves were terrified in their hearts, turned around and fled, at this time, the fire on both sides was great, there were one hundred and fifty people from the left and right to kill, the river thieves were already frightened, at this time it seemed that countless enemy troops were killed in all directions, the river thieves were frightened to lose their armor and run for their lives, the soldiers of the water army and the village soldiers pursued and killed behind, Zhang Hu, Zhang Bao, Zhang Ying and Yang Guang rode into the river thieves, stabbed left and right, and slashed and killed the deserters mercilessly.

But the river thieves fled less than a mile, Dutou Mai Shi led two hundred soldiers suddenly out of the woods, cutting off the retreat of the remnants of the army, the remaining more than 300 river thieves were surrounded on all sides, cornered, and surrendered on their knees, more than a dozen river thieves wanted to desperately break through, but were all shot by a burst of arrows.

Except for a few of the 500 river thieves led by Du Yue who escaped, the rest either died or surrendered, and all the troops were wiped out in just half an hour.

At this time, the fierce battle on the river also ended in a shouting of killing, more than 20 fast ships led by Du Heixin's second son Du Yang were sunk by Zhang Shun, and the rest of the ships fled back to Dongting Lake in a hurry, and the last line of defense prepared by Li Yanqing was not used.