Of course, Red was also in the camp, he heard that the enemy fireships were coming, and hurriedly ran out of the camp, riding a horse to the east of the water village, at this time it was blowing to the east, the ship borrowed the wind, the fire was raging, the two fire ships came fiercely, smashed the fence on the ground, rushed to the water village, dozens of sentry ships lined up in a row to intercept, although the fire ships were fierce, but unfortunately there were only two of them, and they were soon intercepted by more than a dozen water ghosts, and it was only more than a hundred steps into the water village.

The water spirits soon scuttled through the bottom of the ship, and the two fireships entered the water and quickly sank, leaving only a few sparks left on the water.

When Red rushed to the easternmost shore, the crisis had been resolved, and someone ran to report the information to Red, Red frowned, this is a typical thunder and rain, what does Li Yanqing mean, test his defense?

Just as he was puzzled, one of the soldiers sighed and said, "Luckily, you will be killed from the east, but if you kill from the west, I am afraid that you will already be close to the big ship." ”

A thought flashed through Red's mind in an instant, and he exclaimed, "Not good! ”

He yelled, "Everybody go west, go!" ”

He had already realized that this was Li Yanqing's plan to attack the west, and something was likely to happen to the west.

At this moment, there was a sudden fire in the water village, and the mooring place of the big ship in the west and the mooring place of the two main warships in the middle were all ablazing, and the fire spread extremely rapidly, as if the entire water surface was burning, and Red was stunned, he didn't know what to do for a while.

Suddenly there was a shout behind him, and Red turned around, only to see that the camp was also burning, and fires broke out on the east, west, and south sides.

"General, quickly untie the ship into the river, or it will all burn down!" A general ran up and shouted.

Red sighed, the other party had expected this, so he attacked the camp, and now the camp is in chaos, how to organize soldiers, but dead horses must also be used as live horse doctors, Red immediately ordered to beat the drum of the expedition.

'Boom! Boom! Boom! ’

The drums of the expedition were beating, and all the sailors were to get on board, but in the confusion, there were less than a thousand soldiers rushing to the shore.

At this time, the fire burned the river, and the hundreds of ships in the entire barracks were almost engulfed by the barracks, and only the easternmost more than 500 warships of 500 stone were not affected by the fire for the time being, but looking at the development of the fire, the fire oil would soon burn over.

The soldiers boarded the boat one after another, and even the sails did not have time to pull up, untie the cables, hold the boat and leave, and more than 50 warships left the water village one after another and headed for the middle of the river.

At this time, more than 100 warships led by Ruan Thi Sanxiong on the water surface of the Yangtze River had been waiting for a long time, and many ships in the water village had escaped.

When more than 50 warships left the water village, Ruan Xiaoer waved his hand, and his brother Ruan Xiaoqi led 30 speedboats to sail towards the gate of the water village, cutting off the retreat of the enemy warships, Ruan Xiaoer shouted, "Attack!" ”

'Boom! Boom! Boom! The drums of the attack sounded on the river, and more than 100 warships slaughtered the enemy ships from all sides.

.........

The day gradually brightened, more than 2,000 soldiers stood on the shore, staring blankly at the river, at this time the fire of the water village and the dry village had already been extinguished, the dry village was burned to the white ground, because the water village had an accident first, many soldiers were awakened, so when the dry village caught fire, most of the soldiers escaped from the camp tent, only lost more than 50 people.

However, the losses of the water village were even more heavy, there were hundreds of warships that did not escape from the water village, only more than 30 sentinel ships were not affected, and the rest of the warships were all burned, and the shore was full of hulls that were burned into black charcoal, half cut in the water, half exposed on the water, steaming white gas.

The more than 50 medium-sized warships that escaped from the water village also encountered the encirclement and annihilation of Ruan's three heroes, and were sunk by seven warships, and the rest of the warships were all captured and taken to the north bank of the Yangtze River.

This result made the hearts of all the soldiers extremely bitter, and in the end there were only thirty-five sentinel ships left of their hundreds of warships, and the dignified sailors became infantry, in the common saying of Jiangnan, which is called 'ducks plucked and turned into chickens'.

Red is even more heartbroken, without the warship, his title, his general, will the Xiang family still give it to him?

At this time, the commander Xiang Fa rushed to the water army dry village under the escort of dozens of cavalry, Xiang Fa knew that there was an accident in the water village last night, but he did not dare to come, for fear of being ambushed halfway, and only hurried after dawn.

The tragic situation in the water village made Xiang Fu angry, and he repeatedly told Red the afternoon before yesterday to pay attention to precautions and not to be attacked by the enemy, but only a day later, he was really attacked by Li Yanqing, did he take what he said as a deaf ear?

"The handsome man is here!"

Someone shouted, and Red also saw Xiang Fa, so he had to step forward and see, "Guilty of despicability, please punish the marshal!" ”

"You are guilty, and I will not spare it, but I want to know, how many warships are left?"

Red whispered after a while, "There are still thirty-five sentinel ships left." ”

"What!"

Xiang Fa's eyes were dark, and he almost fell off his horse, he was angry, pointed at Red with his horsewhip and said, "Take it down for me, behead it on the spot!" ”

Several personal soldiers pressed Red to the ground, and Red yelled in a hurry: "These are my ships, the ships were burned, it is my personal loss, why kill me!" ”

Sun Li, who joined the army next to him, persuaded in a low voice: "Marshal, these sailors are all Red's people, killing Red will affect morale, and besides, you can't explain to the county king, it's better to spare his life for the time being, and let the county king come to the end." ”

Xiang Fa held back his anger, waved his hand again, the soldiers let go, Red got up and tidied up his military uniform, glared at Xiang Fa angrily, Xiang Fa gritted his teeth and said: "You are not recruited by me, so I won't kill you, but I will report to the county king and let the county king send you down!" ”

After speaking, Xiang Fa shouted, "Let's go!" ”

He turned his horse's head and ran out of the barracks, Red looked at them in the background, spat heavily, and gritted his teeth and said: "Xiang Fa, you wait for me, if you don't report today's humiliation, I won't be surnamed Lei!" ”

...........

Just when Ruan Thi Sanxiong led more than 1,000 men to bring 50 warships and hundreds of prisoners of war back to Jiangdu County, 10,000 troops from the Huai River also arrived in Jiangdu County, and the army in Jiangdu County had 20,000 people, all of whom were the elite of Li Yanqing's Jingzhao Army, led by Liu Jian and Wang Gui with 10,000 troops each, including 3,000 cavalry.

At the same time, 3,000 ships loaded with people who had migrated south also arrived in Jiangdu County, and there were hundreds of thousands of people who had migrated south in a steady stream on land.

The next morning, Li Yanqing led 20,000 troops to the Yangtze River, thousands of ships were moored in the canal near the Yangtze River, waiting for soldiers to board the boats, Li Yanqing now still needs to get information on the other side, according to the agreement, Yan Qing should send a pigeon letter to Jiangdu in the morning.

At this time, a cavalryman rushed from the direction of Jiangdu City, and shouted from a distance: "Urgent information! ”

The messenger was holding a red pigeon letterbox, which meant that there was an emergency military situation, and Li Yanqing was also a little worried in his heart, it was likely that the army of Jiangning Mansion had begun to march towards Runzhou.

Li Yanqing took out a roll of fine silk, which contained only a few words, but it made his face not look good.

"Dutong, is it the Jiangning Mansion army that has come to Runzhou?" Liu Jian stepped forward and asked in a low voice.

Li Yanqing shook his head, "The army of Jiangning Mansion has not moved, but there are 30,000 troops from Hangzhou who are rushing to this side, and they have now arrived in Suzhou." ”

"How can there still be an army?" Liu Jian really couldn't figure it out.

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and said, "This should be the newly recruited army of the three relatives, but their goal should not be us, but they plan to gather a large army and march towards the capital after annihilating me." ”

"Do we need to wait a little longer?"

"Don't wait!"

Li Yanqing said decisively: "There are at least two days left from Suzhou, if the Jiangning Mansion army does not move, we will kill this army first." ”

He then turned around and ordered: "Pass my order, and the army will begin to cross the river!" ”

The 20,000 soldiers of the Jingzhao Army, who had already assembled in the canal and were on standby, lined up to board the boats, and one after another the large ships full of soldiers sailed from the canal into the Yangtze River and headed for Dantu County in Runzhou on the other side of the Yangtze River.

.........

Just when the 20,000 Jingzhao troops began to cross south, in the military camp tent of Jiangning Mansion, the commander Xiang Fa and the deputy marshal Liu Yanqing had a fierce dispute, Xiang Fa advocated that the troops should not move and wait for work, while Liu Yanqing strongly advocated rushing to Runzhou to carry out a half-crossing attack on Li Yanqing's army, the two had completely opposite opinions, and the generals outside the big tent heard their quarrels.

"Vice Marshal Liu, I want to remind you again that our army is 80,000 people, and the other side only has 20,000 people, plus the reinforcements going north, our strength is five times that of the other party, and now what we have to do is to let Li Yanqing in, and then we close the door and fight the dogs, and we will only frighten the other party back when we go to Runzhou, which is not our goal."

"I want to warn you too!"

Liu Yanqing's voice was like thunder, shaking the generals outside the tent in fear.

"Li Yanqing's army is called the Jingzhao Army, half of which is the elite army he recruited with his own money in Jingzhao Mansion, and the other half is a veteran who followed him to the south and the north, defeated the Jin soldiers twice in Taiyuan City and Kaifeng Mansion, and the combat effectiveness far exceeds that of the general forbidden army, if you put him in Jiangnan, you put a wolf into the sheepfold, and you will definitely regret it."

"Our army is also an elite army that has been trained for a long time, not a so-called forbidden army that even the old and weak army of the Liao State can't defeat, how can we not defeat Li Yanqing with five against one?"

"That's your hubris!"

"Liu Yanqing, you dare to insult the boss, get out of here!"

As soon as the curtain was lifted, I saw Liu Yanqing walking out angrily, so frightened that the generals dodged out of the way one after another, and let Liu Yanqing, who was full of anger, leave.

Xiang Fa slowly walked to the door of the tent, looking at Liu Yanqing's back with a cold gaze, he never understood why his uncle tried his best to recruit Liu Yanqing, just because Liu Yanqing had 20,000 recruits in his hands?

Liu Yanqing has a proud personality and has always looked down on himself, but his uncle just found this person to block himself, and the military order is like a mountain, how can a general dare to collide with the boss.

If it weren't for the 20,000 elites in Liu Yanqing's hands, he would have to order him to be pushed out and beheaded.