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The reeds swayed, suddenly parted, revealing the front end of a small boat, and with the soft sound of the oars hitting the water, a "red horse" that could carry 50 people appeared from the dangze and walked briskly. The so-called red horse is a kind of fighting ship, the hull is painted with Zhu, the pointed head is flat-bottomed, the body is light, the speed is faster than the galloping horse, it can be used for both combat and reconnaissance, so it is called the red horse.

There was a person standing at the bow of the Red Horse ship, not tall and not strong, but there was a fierce and fierce body on his body, it was Jiang Qin, the general of the Jiangdong Army. Jiang Qin was ordered by Zhou Yu to go to Xiapheasant Water Village to investigate the enemy's situation. After Jiang Qin set out, he walked twenty miles, stopped at a distance of thirty miles from the enemy's water village, and then waited patiently in the reeds, waiting patiently for dark.

But before it gets dark, I wait for an unexpected "helper".

"Uncle Jiang, I'm here to see if I can help."

Jiang Qin was really startled when he saw another red horse ship appear in front of him. What surprised him even more was that the commander of this red horse, which was not under his reconnaissance ship, was actually a fourteen-year-old boy.

"Public performance?! You—How did you come to be? ”

"Uncle Jiang rest assured, the little nephew has asked for instructions from the Central Protectors, and only after getting approval did he come to help."

The young man was Ling Tong, although he was only fourteen years old, he had fully taken over his father's old ministry and appointed Sima of another department, so although he was underage, he had already taken the word for ease of proportion.

The most special feature of the Jiangdong forces is that the warriors who crossed to the south to avoid chaos were much stronger. Sun Ce gathered these people under his door. Many people are with their own soldiers or disciples, and they are a force in themselves. Sun Ce's response was to let them keep their headquarters and grant them the corresponding official positions. These clan soldiers, clan soldiers, disciples, and healthy servants, even if the generals of their own tribe are killed in battle or cut off their posts, their military power will not be handed over, and they will only be replaced by another person in their own clan. In short, the fertilizer does not leave outsiders in the field, even if this "outsider" is the lord......

Ling Cao had a force of more than 300 people, composed of clans and disciples. In history, this Ling clan was inherited by Ling Tong after Ling Cao's death, and participated in the Battle of Chibi and made many meritorious achievements. Later, in the Battle of Xiaoyaojin. In order to protect Sun Quan, most of them were suddenly killed by Zhang Liao, so that Ling Tong was sad and grief-stricken. In the end, Sun Quan refilled it with a full staff, and it was passed on to the son of Ling Tong......

At this time, there were more than 30 healthy soldiers on the Red Horse ship, all of whom were Ling's sharp soldiers. And the commander is the newly promoted army Sima Lingtong.

After checking the warrant handed over by Ling Tong, Jiang Qin relieved himself and said, "Gongji will hide the ship behind me." Let's do it again when it gets dark......"

Ling Tong shook his head: "Little nephew go to the front and take a look, and before dark, he will send someone to inform Uncle Jiang to join forces and march together." ”

Newborn calves, always. Jiang Qin had nothing to do, and only deliberately advised: "Be more careful." If there is an enemy, you must reciprocate, and do not be reckless. ”

As Ling Tong waved goodbye, the red horse broke through the reeds. Quickly disappear into the dense reeds.

Ling Tong carried two swords on his back, a crossbow hung from his waist, and a red silk on his head. Dressed in a moon-white jacket, but not wearing armor. Not only him, but all the sharp soldiers on his ship were unarmoured. It's not that there is nothing, but it is better not to wear armor in water warfare, otherwise once it falls into the water, the cowhide will absorb water and harden, which will not only affect the action, but also have an adverse impact on the underwater fight.

Ling Tong commanded Chima to walk carefully through the reeds, about seven or eight miles away from the reed field where Jiang Qin was hiding, and through the reed poles, the sentinel boats of the Jiangxia army could already be faintly seen on the wide river. The size is like a fishing boat, a group of three or five people, shuttling back and forth from time to time.

The red horse has stopped, and the ship has arrived here, and it can no longer move forward, otherwise it will probably be difficult to escape the eyes and ears of the sentry ship. Only after dark, using the cover of night, can you slowly approach to make a breakthrough.

Ling Tong looked at the sky, it was already dusk, the early spring night would come quickly, it was estimated that in another half an hour, the sky would be completely dark, and by that time......

"All rest, eat, and wait for it to get close to the Pheasant Water Village before Jiang Duwei, reconnoiter the distribution of the Jiangxia army's ships and the location of the granary, and it is best to find out the enemy's general Zhang Shuo's command ship......" Ling Tong had not finished explaining, and suddenly there was a hurried whisper from the canopy: "Young master, there is a building boat, and there is a general flag on the ship, it seems to be the general of the Jiangxia army." ”

Ling Tong listened, and his spirit was lifted: "See clearly, what banner is it waving?" How many people are on board? ”

Wangshou squinted his eyes and looked at the wind for a while, and then said in an uncertain tone: "There are probably more than 100 people, and the banner is ...... The river wind is too urgent, and the flag is too strong to see very clearly...... In fact, the last sentence of "I don't know how to read......" is the point.

Ling Tong was angry, jumped up, grabbed the edge of the tent with one hand, grabbed the chest of the lookout with the other hand and tore him over and fell to the board: "If you don't know how to read, what else should you do!" ”

Left and right hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty for him: "Although Ah Pu can't read, he has good eyesight, so he ......"

Ling Tong didn't say a word, turned over and climbed over the top of the canopy, bent down and raised his hand to cover the wind and look at it for a while, then jumped down, beckoned left and right, and a crowd of people surrounded him.

Ling Tong's eyes sparkled, and his expression was excited: "It's Zhang Shuo's boat!" ”

The left and right were dumbfounded, unbelievable.

"It's not wrong, there is a festival on the flag. In Xiaji, there are only two people who can hang the festival on the banner, one is Su Fei and the other is Zhang Shuo, and on this ship, the banner is 'Zhang'! Ling Tong took off the crossbow and bow, his expression was excited, and his face, which was a little immature last year, had already loomed into edges and corners. At this moment, the solemn expression and cold tone on his face did not look like a teenager at all, and his gaze swept over his face one by one, "There are no less than one hundred and twenty or thirty people on the ship, most of them are armor soldiers, and the number of them is several times ours...... I wondered, what would I do if my father was here? ”

Hu Servant all said in a loud voice: "If the master of the family is still there, no matter whether the enemy army is hundreds or thousands, he will be the first to break it!" ”

Ling Tongyi paused: "I am the son of Jiangdong Ling Xiandeng, and you are all the first to board, can you dare to break the enemy with a certain boat?" ”

Hu Cong was full of pride, and one by one he was full of excitement: "I am willing to kill the enemy with the young master!" ”

Ling Tong clasped two fingers and pulled the strings: "Inform Captain Jiang, take the weapon, and prepare!" ”

Zhang Shuo's boat was down from the upstream and went right along the river. Since his purpose was also to reconnoiter the enemy, he did not go to the center of the river when sailing, but approached the reeds. If it weren't for the fact that the boat was too big and it was difficult to hide his tracks sideways, most likely he would have walked through the reeds like Jiang Qin and Ling Tong.

can be trusted by Huang Zu, Zhang Shuo has no outstanding ability, at least there is merit. Serious, responsible, rigorous and solid are the advantages of Zhang Shuo. It is precisely because of his advantages that he insists on getting on the ship himself. Reconnoiter along the river and grasp the most intuitive enemy situation.

Zhang Shuo also knew that he might run into enemy ships, so he took a medium-sized building ship of the Jiangxia Army, with more than 100 servants and soldiers on board, plus pawns and boatmen, nearly 200 people. With such a lineup, I believe that any Sentinel Ship of the Jiangdong Army must be as far away as it can hide, and even the fighting ships may not dare to approach.

But Zhang Shuo definitely didn't expect to be so unlucky. met the newborn calf, the future Koto Desperate Saburo, and his fate was a bad star.

The building boat went down the river, and there were patrol sentry boats in front and behind to clear the way for it, and sometimes the sentry boats would sail into the reeds to search. Everything is showing up as normal.

The twilight of early spring is very short, one moment the sky is still a little orange, and the next moment it is already twilight.

Zhang Shuo ignored the cold night wind and insisted on standing on the bow of the ship. The river wind blew a handful of long hair under his chin into a mess. Hu Cong reminded in a low voice, Zhang Shuo touched his long hair, and he really felt indecent. Then he returned to the cabin and asked the servant to take a wooden grate and comb his beard, and then put on a whisker bag.

When Zhang Shuo was taking care of his hair in the cabin, he didn't notice at all that a sentinel boat that opened the way in front of the building ship sailed out again after sailing into the reeds for half a moment, but the direction changed and came straight to the boat.

When the sentinel ship was thirty feet away from the building ship, it finally attracted the attention of the officers and men on board, and the inquiry flag was raised. But I don't know if it was the effect of the darkness or what, the sentry ship still had a momentum. So the ship guard had to shout at the top of his voice: "Stop the boat!" If you collide with the lieutenant, watch your head! ”

The patrol on the sentry ship said that he could not hear clearly, and it was not until he was close to ten zhang that he faced the spears and arrows of the ship's hedgehog-like soldiers, and his hands formed into a trumpet shape and hissed: "There is an enemy-"

The sound fell, and the reeds a hundred feet away suddenly broke open, and a red horse fighting ship was like an arrow from the string, rushing straight to the building ship to kill.

Lou Chuan suddenly burst into a commotion, and the exclamations came and went.

Zhang Shuo rushed out when he heard the sound, holding the halberd in his hand, and shouted angrily: "What's the ...... in a hurry" He only said four words and stopped abruptly, because he also saw the red horse.

"Prepare poles, and do not let enemy ships come near; The archers flew into the air, and the enemy ships shot arrows as close as thirty feet; The spearmen lined up on the starboard side, and the enemy dared to board the boat and assassinate at a rate! "Zhang Shuo is not a famous general, but he has also been immersed in water warfare for many years, and his command is decent. Because the advantages of the building ship are too obvious, as long as they don't make big mistakes, the red horse ships of the Jiangdong Army basically can't take advantage. For this, Jiang Xiajun, who had calmed down, had no doubts.

It's just that Jiang Xiajun didn't expect that when their attention was all attracted by the red horse boat that suddenly rushed out, they had already made a big mistake.

The Jiangxia military sentinel boat that was warning had approached the building boat and climbed up the tower boat along the rope ladder lowered by the building boat.

When the Jiangxia army reached out and pulled a handful, his eyes were condensed: "Huh! Isn't this Gao Lao Wu's ship, who are you...... Yes! The questioning failed, and he was dragged by the young man who boarded the boat, and he fell down the rolling river with his hands dancing.

The young Ling Tong boarded the enemy ship first, raised his hand and shot a crossbow arrow, killing the servant who was blocking in front of Zhang Shuo. Immediately threw down the crossbow, pulled out the double sword on his back, and before all the Jiangxia troops did not react at all, like an angry bull, rampage, the double sword ran like the wind, and killed in front of Zhang Shuo in a moment.

Zhang Shuo didn't even figure out what the situation was, and the sword flashed in front of him, and the chill was imminent. There was a loud shout at the moment, and the halberd waved.

Zheng, blocked! Before Zhang Shuo could open his mouth to laugh, his jaw suddenly cooled. The bag is cracked, the hair is scattered, and the throat is ...... Why does it hurt so much?

Zhang Shuo fell, his eyes widened, and he saw a blood-stained young general holding a double sword, jumping on the flying house, and the sound shook the whole ship: "Zhang Shuo is dead, why don't you surrender!" ”

On the twenty-eighth day of the first month of the sixth year of Jian'an, Ling Tong raided Zhang Shuoza's ship, killed him in one fell swoop, and with the assistance of Jiang Qin, forced the enemy to land the whole ship, and won the first victory in the battle of Jiangxia. (To be continued......)