The boatmen who were crowded in the crowd to watch the excitement were stunned one by one, and the grasshopper eyes were long, and they all returned to their boats quietly with their heads bowed, and sat on the bow of the boat and looked at the river in a daze. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The next morning, just after the dawn, the boatmen were still mooring their boats on the shore as usual, waiting for the ferrymen, when they saw two officials on the embankment, standing on the embankment and shouting: "All the boatmen, I have heard clearly, the prefect has ordered you to go to the yamen of the state capital as soon as possible, and I have something to say to you, if you don't go, hehe, ride a donkey and read the record book - wait and see!" After saying that, he turned around and walked away.

The boatmen listened and began to talk to each other.

Lao Jia said in a deep voice: "It's not a good thing for the prefect to call us to go!" ”

Lao Yi nodded and said, "Yes, but what should I do?" ”

Xiao Bing said angrily: "What should I do, the emperor is far away here, and it is not the prefect who has the final say, so let's go!" ”

Xiao Ding said angrily: "Don't go, needless to say, let us go to the other side of the river to ferry those who fled, what are we getting up early for the night, isn't it just for the silver, if you don't give the silver, you will definitely not go." ”

Lao Jia sneered: "Hmph, it's very hard to say, but can you twist your arms past your thighs, I didn't see the miserable appearance of those seven guys yesterday!" ”

Xiao Ding said unconvinced: "What's the big deal, it's a big deal to throw the boat and run away without a trace, and see what the dog prefect can do." ”

Lao Yi said: "Hehe, do you think you can hold the boat yourself!" If you run away from the government, you won't find someone to support the boat, it's really two hundred and five. ”

Xiao Ding stood up, stomped his feet and said, "Then just burn the boat on fire and save trouble." ”

Lao Jia said disdainfully: "If you want to burn your own ship first, I can't bear to burn my own ship, and besides, when I beat away the Liao, I still have this boat to support my family." ”

Xiao Bing said timidly: "Then what are you still rubbing here, hurry up and go to the yamen of the state capital to listen to what the prefect has to say, otherwise the time will be delayed, and the prefect will treat us again, but it will be a bad dish!" ”

The other dozen boatmen said in unison: "Okay, then hurry up!" ”

Xiao Ding had no choice but to hang his head and walk towards the prefect's yamen behind everyone's buttocks.

When I came to the prefect's yamen, a servant brought the boatmen to the hall, only to see more than a dozen officials standing on both sides of the hall holding water and fire sticks, one by one with their chests up, their cheeks and their eyes glaring, just like the angry eyes in the temple.

Governor Zhang sat behind a large table, and behind Governor Zhang, stood two executioners with big shoulders and round waists, each holding a ghost-headed knife in their arms.

When the boatmen saw this formation, the legs and stomachs of the bold frightened people were really trembling, and the timid ones were already scared to pee their pants.

When Governor Zhang saw the boatmen with their heads down, he slapped the wood twice and said slowly: "Everyone, do you know what happened to the prefect inviting you today!" ”

More than a dozen boatmen involuntarily "poofed" and knelt down in unison and said: "Everyone, the villains are ignorant, please make it clear to the adults." ”

Governor Zhang smiled indifferently and said, "That's good, this prefect will make it clear to you." As he spoke, he took a sip of the cup of tea in his hand, swallowed it slowly, and said slowly: "Captains of the boat, you were all on the riverside yesterday afternoon!" ”

The boatmen nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, yes, the adults and the little ones were all there." ”

Governor Zhang said: "Oh, so what did you see on the river beach yesterday afternoon?" ”

The boatmen looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Governor Zhang picked up the shocking wood and slapped it three times, and said sharply: "This prefect asked you, are you all deaf!" Or pretend not to hear. ”

The boatmen hurriedly snorted their heads and said, "My lord! Damn the little ones, damn the little ones! ”

Governor Zhang laughed and said, "It's easy to know that you deserve to die, so you all stand up!" ”

The boatmen stood up, and cold sweat broke out on their faces.

Governor Zhang looked at the boatmen and said coldly: "Then the prefect asks you, do you know what you do, what should you do!" ”

The boatmen nodded again and again and said, "I know, I know, let's go back and row the boat to the other side and rescue the fleeing people." ”

Governor Zhang nodded and said: "Okay, this is what you said yourself, the one who dared to regret halfway will not be spared, and the seven dead ghosts on the beach yesterday are role models." ”

The boatmen knelt down again and said, "Don't dare, don't dare!" ”

Governor Zhang sneered and said: "Hmph, in this case, the prefect can't let you work in vain, everyone, listen up, from today onwards, all the boatmen will give me an honest way to rescue those refugees, and the state government can give each boat two taels of silver every day, you can see if it is suitable or not." ”

The boatmen dared to say that it was inappropriate, even if they didn't give a penny, they had to go, so they all nodded and said, "Thank you, Lord Prefect." ”

Governor Zhang said: "That's good, it's important to save people, you guys hurry up!" ”

The boatmen got up from the ground as if they heard a big bang and ran out of the state capital's yamen, and some of them reached out and touched their heads and let out a long sigh, but fortunately the heads were still there. After returning to the river, everyone immediately untied the rope and swung the boat to the opposite bank to rescue the fleeing people, and in less than three days, more than 800 people were crossed.

Looking at the refugees on the other side of the river, there were no longer stranded refugees, and Zhang Zhifu and Ding Qian, who were standing on the embankment, let out a long breath.

Governor Zhang looked at Ding Qianha and laughed, Ding Qianfu said: "I don't know why the prefect laughs?" ”

Governor Zhang said: "I'm laughing at those Diao people, who are really holding the hand of regression, if it weren't for your clever plan to join the army, I really don't know how to solve this matter." ”

Ding Qian said: "Actually, I don't want to do this, but this is also forced, we can't watch the people fleeing on the other side of the river crying and screaming in despair." ”

Governor Zhang said: "However, there are some things that you and my positions cannot control. ”

Ding Qian said: "Do your best, just ask for peace of mind!" Then he muttered: "Lord Prefect, let's think about how to deal with the invading Liao army in the upcoming dry season!" ”

With the advent of autumn, the water of the Daqing River is getting weaker and weaker, and the river that was originally two people deep has now become only waist-deep.

The Song army on the south bank was worried in the face of the increasingly thin river, while the Liao army on the north bank was ecstatic and eager to try, as if the Daqing River could be crossed in one step, and what awaited them would be the prosperous Central Plains.

On this day, the commander of the Liao army, Yu Lu Beiyong, ordered his vanguard general Hu Erlang to lead 3,000 iron cavalry to launch the first round of attack on Xiongzhou City.

Hu Erlang took the lead, holding a big knife with a door panel, urging the horse to go down the river to the opposite bank, and behind him, followed by three thousand wolf-like tigers, Liaoguo iron cavalry with teeth and claws.

Seeing that the three thousand iron horsemen had already pounced on the center of the river, but the Song army on the other side was silent, Hu Erlang was overjoyed and said: "Sons, the Song army must have fled when they heard the wind, rushed, rushed over, the beauties there, the money belongs to us." ”

The Liao soldiers under his command shouted happily when they heard this: "Hehehehehe! Hurriedly stepped off his horse, and rushed towards the other side of the river with a fierce spirit, and suddenly a tripwire popped up at the bottom of the water, and tripped over fifty or sixty horses that had rushed in front, and those behind were not in a hurry, and collided with each other, and the three thousand iron horsemen suddenly became a mess.

At this moment, Ding Qian suddenly stood up from behind the embankment, held a small red flag in his hand, waved it left and right, and shouted loudly: "Shoot arrows!" Before the sound fell, five hundred archers of the Song army suddenly appeared behind the river embankment, pulled out their bows, released arrows, and a rain of arrows flew towards the Liao army crowded in the river.

The Liao army was in the middle of the crossing, where it could dodge the arrow feathers like locusts, and in the blink of an eye a large area was shot down

Hu Erlang saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly shouted at the top of his throat: "Retreat, retreat quickly." At this moment, an arrow with a whistling sound "whoosh" shot straight to his chest, Hu Erlang is also a veteran of the battlefield for a long time, heard the sound, hurriedly turned to one side, the key point of the chest was to dodge, but the arrow was "poof" pierced the left shoulder socket, the painful Liao army vanguard general "oops" a "poof" fell off the horse, and plunged into the waist-deep river. Several personal guards who followed Hu Erlang hurriedly jumped off their horses, helped Hu Erlang up, and fled back to the north shore in embarrassment.

Behind the river embankment on the south bank, Yang Kai grinned and laughed: "Rabbit cub, let you know how powerful your grandfather is!" "Needless to say, this arrow was shot by Yang Kai.

With the support of his own soldiers, Hu Erlang ran back to the Chinese army camp like a water dog, and said to Marshal Yu Lubei with a sad face: "Marshal, the last general is incompetent." ”

Yu Lu Beiyong glared at him fiercely and said, "Stupid, get out!" ”

Hu Erlang hurriedly stood aside.

Yu Lu Beiyong, who was sitting behind the handsome case, looked at the hundred and ten generals under his command with three white eyes, and said, "And that general is willing to lead the men and horses of the headquarters to attack." ”

Those generals saw that Hu Erlang, the vanguard general who bravely ran through the three armies, was shot off his horse by an arrow from the Song army on the other side, and almost lost his life, and looked at each other, and no one said anything for a long time.

Yu Lubei Yong angrily "snapped" and stretched out his big hand like a bear paw and slapped the table and shouted: "A group of cowards, since no one has come forward, then Ben Shuai will directly name it, and whoever it is on the head will dare to say a word, be careful that Ben Shuai cuts off your head." Speaking of this, he looked around and said in a loud voice: "The general of the left army, Tie Huyaer, listens to the order!" ”

When Tie Huya heard this, he hurriedly stood up and arched his hand: "Marshal, the last general will listen to the order!" ”

Yu Lu Beiyong grabbed an arrow from the handsome case and said: "Okay, Tiehu Yaerben ordered you to lead five thousand iron cavalry to cross the Daqing River." Be sure to arrive at Xiongzhou before dark, and if you don't succeed, don't come back. ”

Tiehuya took the arrow and said weakly: "The last general obeys the order!" He turned around and walked out of the Chinese army's tent.