Chapter 69: The Battle for Luoyang (7)
"Lord, General Yang and General Zhao sent a letter to capture Cao Hong alive, and none of the five thousand Cao soldiers escaped!" Shi Jin came to Yang Shuo with information on his face and said.
"Good!" After destroying Cao Hong's army, no one in Cao Cao's army knew that Yang Shuo had stepped into Luoyang before him, and the next thing was to wait for the news of Li Changgeng's arrival in Guangwu City and how to find a way to entangle Cao Ren's army that had stepped into the Luoyang realm.
"Order Yang Zaixing and Zhao Yun to make a detour to Bishui and Meishan, Yang Zaixing will go to the Tiger Prison Pass to assist Li Changgeng to break through the pass, and Zhao Yun will wait for the order to intercept and kill Cao Ren!" After thinking about it, Yang Shuo ordered again.
At the boundary of Henan, February is the season when it is warm and cold, although the frozen Yellow River has been opened, there are still small pieces of ice hidden in it from time to time, drifting up and down with the river.
After receiving the military order, Li Changgeng selected 3,000 sergeants from the army who were okay with water to collect 100 civilian boats in the Mengjin area, saying that the water quality is good, but it is just better than ordinary people, not to get seasick, not to enter the water except for splashing around, after all, it is the northern region, the rivers are scarce, and there must be a few places with water, unlike the south, it is water to enter the door or water, and it is difficult for people who do not know how to light water to go out and walk.
The 3,000 people were brought together, but it was quite smooth when collecting civilian ships, because it was the early spring, many people's boats were still idle, as long as the money was enough and the army recruited no one dared to make trouble, everything was very normal, and Li Changgeng's hanging heart finally landed.
In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the warlords were fighting, and the main reason for being a soldier was to eat and make contributions, and it was just the dream of a few people to seal their wives and sons, of course, Li Changgeng's dream was not the former, otherwise he would not have volunteered to receive this drudgery.
Li Changgeng was born in Yangzhou, grew up by the Yangtze River, has been associated with water since he was a child, dreaming of one day leading more than 10,000 warships, covering the sky and the sun on the Yangtze River, but later the family road fell to the Hongnong area, just Qin Qiong recruited troops to see that he was good and could read and write and stay by his side to become a deputy general, today I saw the lord and the military advisor discussed, a thought suddenly popped up in my mind, and I said it without thinking. Excited and nervous at the same time.
Qin Qiong governed the army quite strictly, and Li Changgeng, as a deputy general, was also exposed to it, and secretly swore that he would never lose Qin Qiong's face when he led the troops for the first time.
Everything went smoothly in selecting the soldiers and preparing the ships, but as soon as the soldiers heard that they were going to take a boat down the Yellow River to Guangwu City, 200 miles away, they were blown up at once, and the soldiers who were full of energy just now shook their heads when they saw the hundred or so civilian boats that had been collected.
After all, civilian ships are civilian ships, and in terms of sturdiness, they are not as strong as military ships, and the ice that disappears from time to time in the turbulent waters of the Yellow River is definitely a big nightmare for boats, and they have to go more than 200 miles, many of them have never traveled such a long way by boat in their lives, how can they be willing to get on the boat.
How to get to Guangwu City without getting on the boat? Li Changgeng first led people to drive the boat through the river, and then repeatedly explained the key points, but still no one dared to drive the boat down the river.
"Driving a boat in the Yellow River is no different from usual, there are more than a dozen people on each boat, there are personnel guarding the front and back, left and right, and you can pick up the ice with a gun, and so many boats can be supported at any time when you go down the river, you can rest assured, and when you take the Tiger Prison Pass, I will personally ask General Qin for credit for everyone!" Seeing that everyone hesitated, Li Changgeng explained carefully again.
I patiently explained it several times, and went down to the river to demonstrate it several times, but no one was willing to go down the river. Several times down the river, Li Changgeng was covered with water, the weather in February was quite cold, he shivered non-stop, looking at the sergeants holding his arms to watch the show, Li Changgeng suddenly woke up, it was not that everyone dared to get off the boat but did not want to get off the boat, think about him as a deputy general in the army, and suddenly became the main general of the 3,000 troops, who can serve the young grade!
Understood, Li Changgeng wrung out the water on his clothes, and came to the sergeants with a spear and sneered, since he joined the army, he has been with Qin Qiong since he joined the army, and he was completely covered by Qin Qiong's brilliance, no one knew that he Li Changgeng's martial arts were also good, although he was not as good as Qin Qiong, but he was not much different from Shi Jin, the personal guard of the lord, and he did not eat and drink.
Li Changgeng pointed to one of them, who was also the most fierce group before, "The five of you will go up to me and give everyone a demonstration!" ”
These five people are all transformed from the previous white wave thief, fierce in battle, led by the captain, more than eight feet tall, five big and three thick, one arm is the thickness of an ordinary person's thigh, opening his mouth is like thunder, usually Qin Qiong does not dare to be presumptuous, but now there is Li Changgeng in the commander who does not care about it, strode out, and a puff of white gas came out of his thick nostrils, "We are stupid, and I ask General Li to show us a few more times!" ”
Li Changgeng is more than seven feet tall, and he is not short among the sergeants, but he is still a head short in front of Wu Changgeng, pressing in front of Li Changgeng like a mountain, he took a few steps back without moving, and said coldly: "Wait, but you want me to demonstrate again!" ”
"Hmm!" Several people stepped forward and nodded in unison, and the mockery in their eyes didn't even hide much.
"Good!" Li Changgeng pursed his lips and smiled, "Since everyone wants me to demonstrate one or two, then I will demonstrate it to everyone!" As soon as the word "look" was finished, the spear in his hand suddenly took off, like an angry cobra, and the captain didn't see what was going on at all, and a spear had pierced his throat.
"Tom!" With Wu Chang's body falling to the ground, the three thousand armor soldiers suddenly woke up, Li Changgeng actually killed someone?
Pulling out the spear, the tip of the spear was still dripping with steaming bright red blood, "Are you waiting?" ”
"He killed the boss!" The remaining four people screamed in unison, glanced at each other, pulled out the long knife at their waists, and rushed towards Li Changgeng in a situation surrounded by all sides, shouting, "Avenge the boss!" ”
Facing the siege of the four, Li Changgeng was not afraid, and scolded sharply, "Are you going to rebel?" ”
"If you dare to kill the boss, you will have to pay for your life!" One of them gritted his teeth and said, waving the long knife in his hand and taking the lead in slashing at Li Changgeng, "Brothers, kill him to avenge the boss!" ”
"Kill!" The other three shouted at the same time and rushed forward together, and four bright big knives besieged from all sides, almost sealing every corner of Li Changgeng.
Li Changgeng in the center squinted his eyes, his eyes suddenly flashed, and he screwed the gun and stabbed at the person who pounced first, the person who came didn't even react to the spear had already passed through his chest, and the three big knives behind him were very fierce, too late to stab back, Li Changgeng jumped out of the encirclement, the spear swept to the side, and the person didn't have time to avoid the long knife and slashed the spear fiercely, only to feel a strong force through the chest, Deng Deng took a few steps back and stood unsteadily, and sat on the ground.
The remaining two ran away when they saw that the situation was not good, how could Li Changgeng do what he wanted, twist the gun and stab sharply, the spear was like having eyes, and each of them had a shot in the back of their hearts, "Poof!" Poof! He fell to the ground one after another, and his life was whimpering.
I didn't expect the seemingly thin Li Changgeng to be so strong in martial arts, and when he packed up a few people, he didn't wait for Li Changgeng to give an order, and the rest of the bees rushed to get on the warship, just waiting for Li Changgeng to give an order, and went straight down the river into Guangwu City.