Section V

Since you have decided to set up an ambush at Long'an Lake, you should arrive at your destination early to prepare. That night, Wu Ming ordered 5,000 men and horses who had practiced water warfare, and accompanied by Yang Yi and other generals, prepared to set off.

In the middle of the moon, the silver light is like water, pouring on the surface of the river, the sparkling ripples reflect the cold silver glow, and the river seems to have lost the turbulence and turbulence of the day, and has become peaceful. This battle is very crucial, if it is won, the entire Dajiang defense line will be in the hands of the imperial court, and the Southern Han Dynasty will really grasp the initiative in the war situation in the north and enter a favorable situation of attacking and defending freely.

The Queen Mother brought Zhuge Fei and a large group of naval generals to see off Wu Ming, Wu Ming said: "General Zhuge , now that the main force of the naval army has been withdrawn, not only can you not relax your attack on Hanshui City, but you also have to use the Jiangxin Heights to maintain the oppression of Hanshui City every day, so that it can not figure out the reality of our army." ”

The main force of the water army in the city is very strong, and its combat effectiveness should not be underestimated, and if you want to set up an ambush, you must use the main force of the Jiangnan water army. But Hanshui City can't let it go, if the other party sees the truth and notifies the water army of the city, then the ambush war will become a war of annihilation, and the gains outweigh the losses. Once the city and water army are alerted and return to the city directly, all the previous plans will become empty talk, all plans will have to be changed, and many variables will be added.

No matter how strong the Jiangnan Navy is, fighting on both sides at the same time, manpower deployment is still stretched, and what Wu Ming is most worried about now is that Zhuge Feibu cannot maintain high pressure on Hanshui.

The Queen Mother smiled and took over the conversation: "Wu Hou, please rest assured, a few days ago, I have ordered Chu Haonian, the governor of Haiwan Province, to personally lead the main force of the Storm Army to come to help, calculate the time, and it should arrive tomorrow, so the oppression of Hanshui City will not only not relax, but will also increase." ”

Wu Ming was a little surprised, and said: "Niangniang, in the past few years, the island has been in great trouble, if the main force of the Storm Army is transferred over, and the coastal defense line is set up, they will be even more unscrupulous, and it is still the common people who suffer like this, and the ministers think it is ......."

"Wu Hou is worried," Wu Ming did not finish speaking, the Queen Mother still laughed and said: "A few days ago, the envoy of Gao Gu has promised to sign an offensive and defensive alliance with our court, if there is no accident, his army has rushed straight to the island of Daoyi, which is empty. ”

She looked around the river, looking forward to it, looking at it freely, and there was a kind of strategizing calmness: "Today, the marshal of the Southern Barbarians is newly mourned, and he is unable to invade the north in the short term, and Persia has taken the initiative to destroy the Daya Snow Cave. I have settled in the east, south, and west, and it is a godsend for the Northern Expedition, and I hope that Wu Hou will not be disappointed. ”

A few days ago, Shi Zhan mentioned at the full moon banquet that the Ministry of Rites had been receiving the envoys of Gaoju recently, and Wu Ming was not very good at that time, and at this time there was a kind of realization that the Queen Mother had played the abacus of containing Daoyi with Gaoju, and the calculation of time was the end of the third Hanning War. The Queen Mother was far-sighted, which can be seen from this, Wu Ming was shocked and admired, and saluted again: "Yes, the minister will let the other party have no return." ”

The huge fleet took advantage of the moonlight to go up the river on the south bank of the river. The building ship is several feet high, which is a major feature of the Jiangnan Navy Army, and in its interior, there are only a dozen main battle building ships. Such a behemoth, naturally attracted much attention from the north, in the Han River, Jiangnan Navy all the ships have been registered, and even the height of the ship, whether it has been repaired, there are records. And Wu Ming's ambush this time, preparing to attack the city reinforcements was caught off guard, if the number of ships in the north was found to be reduced, it may be inferred that the main force of the Jiangnan Navy went out, and then warned the reinforcements. Therefore, Wu Ming's fleet, there is not a single behemoth of this kind, and all of them can accommodate medium-sized warships of more than 200 people. And Wu Ming's flagship is Yang Yi's ship Kaishan last time.

Because of the secrecy involved, the fleet did not light the torches. The entire fleet meandered endlessly, like a long black snake in the moonlight, all the way upstream. Esther stood side by side with Wu Ming, smelling the faint smell of grass by the river, listening to the light bushes under it, she couldn't help jumping to her feet and said, "Brother Amin, look." It's so beautiful, the collection of the temple has a lot of respect for the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, I always feel that it is a bit exaggerated, and today I believe it a little. ”

There are no female dependents in the army, it is with this in mind that Wu Ming did not bring Esther several times, and made the latter half angry, this ambush, she had to go with Wu Ming no matter what. However, she is highly skilled, which is indeed a big help, Wu Ming found Lei Fei'er and asked her for an idle position in the Vermilion Bird Team of the Guards Battalion, so that there is military affairs in her body, and it is not a violation.

Wu Ming sighed: "In the past few months, it has either been snowing or fighting, so if you have leisure and leisure, even if you are in heaven on earth, you will feel that it is nothing more than that." ”

Esther's excitement faded suddenly, and she wrinkled her nose and said, "I hate it, I don't know if I can finish that day." But Brother Aming, when the time comes, I will also be like Mrs. Yang, and form a Vermilion Bird team to protect you, so that you can be together every day, and you can avoid others from making irresponsible comments. ”

The main task of the four brigades of the Guards Battalion is to protect the safety of the royal family, and there are many royal women, and the old men are a little inconvenient after all. Therefore, most of the members of the Suzaku team are female fighters, and this is with this in mind. Esther actually wanted to build a team comparable to it because of this, which was a bit too child's play, Wu Ming couldn't help laughing: "There are few female warriors, and Captain Lei can maintain the number of people because of the support of the Holy Land, even if you want to build it, I'm afraid it won't work." ”

Esther was very unconvinced, pouted and said, "Hmph, I don't believe it, I want to ......"

This Nizi, one idea a day, is really a headache. Wu Ming was trying to find a reason to prevaricate, when Zhu Xiaolong's voice came from the river: "Master Hou, my subordinates Zhu Xiaolong asks to see." ”

After the battle of Hanning, I wish Xiaolong a reward for his meritorious deeds, and finally won the title of captain. According to the Chinese and Western military systems, the captain is just a grassroots officer who can command fifty people, and most of the martial artists who graduated at the same time as him are centurions, compared to them, they are a cut above the boss, but Zhu Xiaolong has no complaints. This means that he has been able to put down his body and be able to do things in a down-to-earth manner, and Wu Ming is also very pleased to see it in his eyes.

Wu Ming said loudly on the bow of the boat: "Come up." ”

Zhu Xiaolong's light boat leaned to the side of the boat, and in the dark, he saw a vigorous figure jumping onto the boat. Although the Kaishan is not big, it is not small, he jumped on the deck several feet high, and after landing, he was not surprised, of course, this skill is good. Wu Ming nodded his head, it seems that this kid's light body kung fu has improved again. He pulled Esther and greeted Zhu Xiaolong. Several people took a look at each other and wished Xiaolong a standard military salute: "Master Hou." ”

After a war, he was much more stable, except for very intimate private occasions, he generally called Marquis Wu Ming instead of uncle. Wu Ming said: "Is there something wrong?" ”

Zhu Xiaolong said: "General Yang of the former army has sent a message, requesting to speed up the march, in order to be able to send the miscellaneous servants of the Ministry of Industry to the destination as much as possible. ”

In this ambush, the iron cable barricade is the most critical link, the sooner the relevant personnel of the Ministry of Industry are sent to the intersection of Long'an Lake and the river, the construction can be carried out earlier, Wu Ming has no reason to be unacceptable, nodded and said: "Yes, let General Yang be careful all the way and pay attention to the movements along the coast." After thinking about it, Wu Ming said again: "Order General Yu to take over the post of the former army commander, and the whole army will speed up and strive to rush to Long'an Lake as much as possible." ”

If it was usual, Zhu Xiaolong would definitely go down, but at this time he was a little hesitant. Wu Ming was puzzled: "What, do you have any questions?" ”

Zhu Xiaolong said softly: "Uncle, General Yu seems to be a little dissatisfied with you, you give him the front army ......"

In this division of troops, Zhuge Fei personally sat in Nanning, joined forces with the upcoming Storm Army, and exercised a containment strategy against Hanshui. The main force of the Jiangnan Navy led by Yu Zhaobin, the commander of the Water Lion Battalion, cooperated with the Chinese and Western armies to set up an ambush at Long'an Lake to gather and annihilate the water army in the city. In the Southern Han Dynasty, except for a limited number of people such as Jian Feiyang, everyone thought that Wu Ming and Yu Zhaobin did not deal with each other, and Zhu Xiaolong was naturally no exception. Hearing Zhu Xiaolong say this, Wu Ming was stunned for a moment, and then lowered his face and said: "When the national disaster is at the head, it is even more important to be united, what is personal grudges?" Pass the order down. ”

Zhu Xiaolong's heart sank, and he saluted again: "Yes." ”

He dismounted, took the boat again, and galloped forward. The moonlight is like water, like thousands of silver threads shaking down, shining on the sparkling river. Wu Ming looked at Zhu Xiaolong standing at the bow of the boat, but his heart was mixed. Although his mention just now was biased, it proved that Zhu Xiaolong began to think about the problem, and he was no longer as arrogant as before. This was supposed to be a good thing, but Wu Ming somehow always felt extremely uncomfortable with an empty heart.

Esther, who had never been silent, suddenly spoke: "Brother Amin, I wish the little general reminds me of a person. ”

Wu Ming was stunned for a moment, and asked casually: "Oh, who do you think of?" ”

Esther's slender eyebrows furrowed, and she sighed and said, "I think of the third brother, the way he looks at people, he is so familiar with the third brother." Cautious, meticulous, and seemingly distrustful of everyone, but maintaining an inexplicable sense of distance. ”

Is this so, Wu Ming couldn't help but look forward, the small boat shuttled between the big ships, traveling extremely fast, and had disappeared into the fleet at this time. But in his mind, it was still the words of Zhu Xiaolong and Esther. I wish Xiaolong can have this change, and he also has his own guiding ingredients, if he does this in normal times, he will definitely not be a qualified elder, but Zhu Jiaxing is different from the past, if he wants to survive, he must learn to protect himself, learn how to survive in this deceitful court.

When people change the current situation, they are actually being changed by the current situation. The so-called strategizing and scheming are in fact not the result of people's compromise with society. Thinking of the Queen Mother's high-spirited expression, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, everyone wants to conquer the world, but in fact, how many people have really conquered? It's just that in the end, it's just a poor worm who has been conquered by the world.

"Let's go, it's windy at night, let's enter the cabin."

He pulled Esther and let out a long breath. Underfoot, you can only hear the murmuring of water, light clusters, and the fleet, which stretches for miles, sails westward.