Wang Huaqiang sighed and shook his head: "It's still not good, now there is no fog on the river, and there are always golden-winged warships patrolling on the river, and it is impossible to smuggle in." ”

Wang Huawei still didn't give up: "What about that night? We always have a chance in the evening. ”

Wang Huaqiang still shook his head: "The enemy ships are all lighting torches at night, and they have also sent additional small boats to patrol at night recently, we have too many people, and dozens of boats want to go over, there is definitely no chance." ”

Wang Huashi punched the ground hatefully: "This is not good, that is not good, we can't stare here, second brother, the 300,000 yuan given by Ah Da is almost used, and the dry food we prepared is only enough to eat for another month, and then we have to rely on He Ruobi's military rations." ”

Wang Huawei interjected: "The military rations given by He Ruobi can't be eaten at all, a small half of them are mixed with sand, and the remaining half are old grains that have been kept for at least three years, and they are all moldy and insect-like. ”

Wang Huaqiang frowned, remembered the conversation with He Ruobi's camp today, and said: "General He is going to use this method to urge us to cross the river, General Yang in the upper reaches has already won the battle, he called me and Brother Jing Yan today, and issued a military order, asking us to cross the river within ten days." ”

Wang Huashi gasped and jumped up from the ground all of a sudden: "What, ten days? ”

Wang Huaqiang hurriedly pursed his lips with his fingers, signaled the eldest brother to silence, pulled him back to sit on the ground, and said in a low voice: "I have already agreed with Brother Jingyan just now, if there is no fog on the river within ten days, so many of us will not be able to go together, and then he will bring some people with good water to swim across the river first and meet his father's old department first." ”

Wang Huaqiang then recounted the matter he had just discussed with Wang Xuan and the two brothers in detail.

Wang Huashi was silent when he heard it, and it wasn't until Wang Huaqiang finished speaking that he said: "Then if Wang Xiang himself takes people to smuggle people, what can we do, if we can't make meritorious contributions in this battle, what are we spending money so hard for?" ”

Wang Huaqiang glanced at his eldest brother and sighed: "Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, our current water nature, it is impossible to swim across the Yangtze River in this winter night, if you drown in the river, what credit can you have?"

Big brother, when he came out, Ah Da also told us, don't be reluctant. And if we can't hold out in the river and call for help and attract enemy troops, then the whole plan will fail. ”

Wang Huashi's eyes gradually darkened, and his expression revealed a trace of unwillingness, and he stopped talking.

Wang Huawei asked on the side: "Second brother, is there really no other way?" ”

Wang Huaqiang said: "Unless there is fog on the river in the past ten days, if the fog fills the river, then even if the enemy warships patrol, they will not be able to see us." Then we can find an opportunity to smuggle in. ”

Wang Huashi first smiled with joy, and then found that something was wrong: "No, second brother, the enemy can't see us, and we can't see the enemy army, so if we collide, it's still unlucky." ”

Wang Huaqiang smiled slightly: "This is not afraid, the time of the enemy's patrol is fixed, especially at night, the Chen army warships patrolling the river are just to cope with errands, what time of day and which ships will pass through the river, these days are exactly the same."

And if it is a foggy night, the enemy's warship will definitely light torches, and when we see the fire, we will know the location of the enemy's battleship, and we will not let them touch it at all, so I made an appointment with Brother Jingyan that as long as there is fog, everyone will smuggle it over, but if there is no fog for these ten days, then he will swim over first. ”

Wang Huashi nodded, he glanced at Wang Huawei, the younger brother understood, walked to the door, lifted the curtain and looked out, and after confirming that there was no one outside, he nodded inside.

Wang Huashi lowered his voice and said to Wang Huaqiang: "Wang Shiji is also here. ”

Wang Huaqiang was taken aback: "How does the eldest brother know?" Is the message true? ”

"I and the third brother saw it with our own eyes, there will be no mistake, his guard who came to our house last time also came with him this time, probably before you and Wang Xuan went to find him.

There was a soldier in He Ruobi's Chinese military camp who had worked in our shop, and it was he who secretly told us to be careful. Wang Huashi's expression was extremely stern.

Wang Huaqiang's mind began to spin rapidly: Wang Shiji, as the commander of the army that destroyed Chen this time, came to He Ruobi, a few hundred miles away, at this time, and obviously something happened.

And Wang Shiji must now know that his three brothers are here this time, He Ruobi suddenly issued a military order to himself and Wang today, I am afraid that it is also related to his arrival.

Wang Huaqiang glanced at Wang Huashi's face, and from his brother's eyes, he could guess that what he was thinking in his heart was the same as what he had just thought. But as soon as Wang Huaqiang thought about it, he felt that something was wrong:

With Wang Shiji's status, not to mention that there is no need to be angry with such a small character as himself during the Southern Expedition, if he really wants He Ruobi to give himself a little color, he doesn't have to leave the defense area and come to the door in person, as long as he finds a random reason for delaying the military plane and doing things ineffectively, he Ruobi can let He Ruobi punish himself heavily today.

But today, He Ruobi's anger is not like being directed at himself, with his own judgment, but more like venting his feelings after being robbed of merit by other generals. As soon as Wang Shiji left, He Ruobi called Wang Xuan and issued a military order, if he didn't happen to be with Wang Xuan today, he was afraid that He Ruobi wouldn't care about talking to him at all.

Thinking of this, the doubts and shadows in Wang Huaqiang's heart gradually dissipated, and a smile began to appear on his face: "Don't worry, big brother, according to the younger brother, Wang Shiji came back to us to compete with He Ruobi, not to deal with our brothers." ”

Wang Huashi's spirits perked up, and even Wang Huawei at the door was overjoyed, looking here, although the two did not ask, but the eager eyes had already explained a word.

Wang Huaqiang smiled slightly, picked up the bowl in front of him and took a sip of water, the temperature of the water was just right, neither lukewarm nor hot, which made his tongue moisten a lot at once: "Today, He Ruobi issued a military order, and it was issued directly to the king, and he didn't mean to rectify me at all, nor did he say that the three of us brothers must follow Wang Fa across the river, so from this point of view, the possibility of Wang Shiji harming us can be ruled out."

And Wang Shiji, as the commander of the first army, came thousands of miles from Qizhou, it is impossible to just rectify a few of our small roles, judging from He Ruobi's unusually impatience and anger today, this Wang Shiji may have come directly to grab military merits.

The opposite side of Qizhou is Jiujiang, in the emperor's southern expedition to the Eighth Route Army, this road is only a partial division, Wang Shiji's subordinates are only 30,000 people, and the main direction of attack is only Jiujiang, even if a qiē shun lì development, it will not be able to break through Jiankang, capture Chen Zhu such a great achievement, and even Yang Su's kind of defeat of Chen's naval division, thousands of miles down Jiangling is also difficult to have.

So this time, Wang Shiji was only afraid that he came to find He Ruobi, hoping to bring an army here, and he probably also found out what Wang Xuan was going to do, so he wanted to snatch this follow-up matter. ”

Wang Huashi breathed a sigh of relief: "Hey, if that's the case, with He Ruobi's character, it's strange if you don't drive him away." ”

Wang Huaqiang's brows furrowed, he drank another bowl of water, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and after opening his eyes, he shook his head: "Big brother, I don't think so." I'm afraid that He Ruobi will agree to Wang Shiji's mention. ”

Wang Huashi was also happy to raise the bowl to drink water, he had been very nervous just now, and he didn't even bother to drink water, after hearing Wang Huaqiang's words, a mouthful of water almost didn't squirt out: "What's going on?" He Ruobi still needs to save face for Wang Shi? I heard that this time He Ruobi in order to monopolize the destruction of Chen Dagong, he has already been denied by his six relatives, and even the nominal commander Yang Guang, the king of Jin, also gave him the camp of Shouchun, a few hundred miles away from here. ”

Wang Huaqiang nodded: "Yes, He Ruobi's appearance is really ugly, but he is not the only one who has the same mind as him, after all, the King of Jin has never been on the battlefield, and as the Marshal of the King of Jin, Shi Gao is a servant of Gao Xi, and he is humble and warm, and He Ruobi was personally recommended by him, so he is so easy to speak."

But the other tiger was not so easy to talk to. That is, it is only less than two hundred miles away from here, and it is also possible to directly attack Jiankang and break the country and capture the king of Han Capture Tiger Han. ”