Section 42 Li Tie stood silently on the head of the city with his hands on his hands. Half behind him, stood Xiahou Ba, the governor of the north. Wu Ming's arrival naturally fell in the eyes of the two, but Li Tie looked at this qiē silently.

Zhu Huai, this old guy finally can't sit still? You're going to fight me.

He thought about it, and couldn't help but look at Nanning City on the other side of the river, which was actually the world. As long as this second largest city in the Eastern Han Dynasty is crushed, most of his dreams have been realized. The rest is just a matter of time.

He suddenly spoke: "Are all the warships below already fixed?" Xiahou Ba was slightly startled and said with a smile: "Captain, there are still the last few big ships, as long as they are fixed, they can attack at any time." Li Tie nodded, and said with a cold smile: "Very good, I'll give Zhu Huai, the old boy, a little surprise later." ”

While the two were talking, Xiahou Tian was already holding the war book in both hands, and went up to the city tower with a "puff". He bowed respectfully and said, "Captain, Wu Ming, the commander of the Southern Guards Battalion, has come to give a battle letter, please take a look." Li Tie took the scroll with both hands and unfolded it to look at it. The corners of his mouth suddenly hooked a sneer, and after a while, he suddenly said, "Bring a pen." ”

An entourage came over with pen and ink and silk books, he grabbed them, wrote a few big characters on it, and then handed a volume of silk books to Xiahou Tiandao: "You go to reply to Wu Ming, just say that I, Li Tie, agreed." Tomorrow on the river, the winner will be decided. ”

Xiahou Tian held the document and said loudly: "Yes." He turned and went downstairs.

watched Wu Ming take the scroll, then turned the bow of the boat, and gradually moved away. Li Tiecai turned his head and said in a deep voice to Xiahouba: "Immediately notify everyone to prepare, and after an hour, we will fight to take Nanning." Xiahou Ba was taken aback, this was obviously talking about a decisive battle tomorrow, but Taiwei threatened to take Nanning in half an hour. Just as he was about to say two sentences, Li Tie turned his head to look at him, and said with a slight smile: "Everything is not good after all, being led by Zhu Huai'er's nose." The soldier said treacherously, what I want to attack is one of his surprises. ”

※※※ When Wu Ming's clipper sailed into the sluice gate of the north gate of Nanning, Zhu Huai was still standing on the head of the city, like a statue without moving. He got off the boat, walked up the city wall a few steps, saluted, and said softly: "Prime Minister, the lower officials have come to report their lives." As he spoke, he presented the war book handed back by Li Tie with both hands.

Zhu Huai turned around and took the silk book from his hand. glanced at it slightly, and then sneered: "This Li is really arrogant to be shameless." After speaking, he rolled up the silk book, put it in his hands and rubbed it gently, immediately rubbed it to a pulp, and then threw it outside. The whole volume of silk books suddenly turned into pieces of white butterflies and fell towards the city.

After doing this, he turned his head again, looked at Wu Ming and said, "Lord Wu, what else do you have to say about the fire attack strategy now?" "Wu Ming has already gone to the north to see the other party's military appearance just now, and now he admires Zhu Huai so much, no wonder the prime minister is confident, but he has already made a decision. The northerners actually locked the ship with iron chains, isn't this a copy of the Cao army in the Battle of Chibi? Now the southeast wind is urgent, once the fire starts, the other party's ships are connected, and it is not easy to disperse, and it will definitely be defeated.

He said respectfully: "The prime minister is strategizing, and he is really far-sighted, and the officials admire him." Receiving Wu Ming's compliment, Zhu Huai seemed to be very happy, and said with a smile: "It seems that you have understood, so I won't say more." He did his own sin, he couldn't live, he Li Tie was in a hurry, and he delusionally thought that he would do all the work in one battle. Committed a taboo in the army. Tomorrow's decisive battle will be the day of his defeat. ”

Speaking of this, his face was bright, he waved his hand, and said in a loud voice: "Come on, immediately gather the three armies, and conduct a live drill today, so as not to mess up tomorrow." One of his own soldiers replied, "Yes." Then he flew down the tower and gave the order. Zhu Huai said with a smile: "Lord Wu, the Black Armor Army will test the fire bomb for a while, you can also observe it and see if there is anything to add." ”

Wu Ming looked at his smiling face, and his heart was also hesitating. Now do you want to dissuade Zhu Huai and dispel the jade burning plan that Zuo Wei said. It's just that some of this matter is speculation, how can I speak appropriately? Just as he was hesitating, suddenly there was a commotion under the city wall, and the four brigades of Tian Hong, Yang Xiong, Lei Fei'er and Ge Yi were hurrying from below with a large group of soldiers from the Guards Battalion. Tian Hong shouted from afar: "My lord, where are you?" Here we go. ”

Zhu Huai frowned, glanced at Wu Ming, and said in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" ”

Wu Ming thought about it for a while, and suddenly understood. It must be this kid who thought that he was summoned by Zhu Huai to ask for the guilt and led the team to help him. He couldn't help but be anxious and angry, this kid, now the entire guard battalion plus the newly recruited martial arts is less than six hundred, even if everyone is one block ten, I'm afraid it won't be enough for Zhu Huai to plug his teeth. Didn't you gather so many people to do you a disservice? However, seeing that the four of them were all anxious, his heart was also warm, no matter what, these people are his brothers in life and death, and he is not easy to blame.

His mind turned sharply, and he hurriedly said: "The lower official estimated that there was going to be a decisive battle in the near future, so he ordered everyone to come in the afternoon to observe and practice the art of water warfare. ”

Recently, Yang Xiong often brought people to reconnoiter the enemy's situation on the river, or practiced joint attacks and water warfare on the boat. Wu Ming said this, although it is a bit far-fetched, but it is also reasonable. Sure enough, Zhu Huai said "hmm". I didn't ask any further.

He secretly said a fluke.

Before his thoughts fell, there was another burst of dust in the distance. Zhu Xiaolong rushed over from a distance with a large group of martial artists, and said loudly as he ran: "Master, master, are you okay?" I have informed my sister-in-law and she will be coming soon. "Why is this kid here? Could it be that Tian Hong also notified Zhu Yuqing? Wu Ming groaned for a while, it seems that this time it is really a big trouble, Zhu Huai asked, how can this be explained to him? Do you suspect that he is going to work against you?

For a while, I only felt that my head was bigger than a fence bucket. Zhu Huai glanced at Wu Ming, and his face was a little cloudy. He straightened his clothes and was about to go down the wall to ask what was going on, when he was halfway down the stairs. At this time, a personal soldier on the city tower suddenly shouted in horror: "Prime Minister, enemy, the enemy seems to be attacking." ”

"What?" Zhu Huai was stunned, and then said in a deep voice: "What a fuss, how many times did they not harass that day?" ”

Recently, warships from the north and south have been attacking each other on the water every day, and friction has occurred from time to time. That's why Zhu Huai said so. Having said that, he walked back to the city wall, holding the pheasant in one hand and looking into the distance.

Wu Ming also breathed a sigh of relief, and together with everyone, he put his hand on the pergola and looked to the north. At first glance, everyone suddenly gasped, and saw that on the other side of the river, those enemy ships moved at the same time, overwhelmingly forming a line, and pressing towards themselves like a tide. In the front, there are all kinds of light clippers cruising in it, behind are all kinds of medium-sized paddle boats, and at the back are white sails. The big clubs were propped up and rushed against the wind. The entire Hanshui City and Water Village seemed to have shed a layer of skin, and slowly flooded towards Nanning. On the river, the sound of golden drums shook the earth.

What kind of daily harassment is there, it is clear that the other party is pouring out to find their own side to fight against each other. Zhu Huai's face changed greatly, and he scolded in a low voice: "All the capital has been taken out, this Li Tie is determined to attack me by surprise." ”

There are only a dozen warships patrolling the river in the Southern Han Dynasty, and the total number of people is only a few thousand. And under the city wall, the black armor army has prepared a complete set of gunpowder and oil bombs for drills. There are also nearly 20,000 sailors, and at this time, they probably also saw the other party pouring into the nest and became a mess. The real workhorse is still in the water city a few miles away. It will take some time to get there. Wu Ming's heart was also a little flustered, everyone thought about the opponent too simply, although Li Tie was not familiar with water warfare. But his scheming is rare in the world, and Zhu Huai and himself are inevitably a little carried away. He felt a pang of regret in his heart, the enemy will never follow your train of thought, and all reactions must be considered. But he never thought that the enemy would directly rush over with the whole army today, and Zhu Huai and all the Jiangnan officials did not expect it.

Zhu Huai's face quickly calmed down, now that he is like this, it is useless to panic. If you mess up, this war will really be hopeless. He settled his mind and said loudly: "Order all the sailors in Shuicheng to attack from the enemy's flank, and be sure to cut through the opponent's formation." ”

"Yes." One of the soldiers saluted and ran down at a high speed.

"The 20,000 sailors left behind will immediately enter a state of combat readiness, and the whole army will press on, and the enemy must be contained." Another soldier said yes and flew downstairs.

"Order all the garrisons of Nanning, except for the necessary vigilance of the three city walls, to immediately reinforce the northern city walls."

"Order." The third soldier saluted. With the order flag in his hand, he trotted all the way downstairs, turned over and rode away.

Hearing Zhu Huai's methodical dispatch, Wu Ming's heart calmed down a little. The navy army in the south of the Yangtze River is worthy of being elite soldiers, and Zhu Huai's order was just a moment, and the more than 20,000 sailors below regained their composure and were on standby on the boat. Although the situation was urgent, the whole army was not in a hurry at all. A naval general below shouted at the bow of the ship: "Brothers, sacrifice your life for the country, and just today, come with me to meet the enemy." ”

This person is estimated to be a third-stage master, and as soon as he went down, the sound swept across the water, rolling out layer by layer. The soldiers who were ready to go suddenly shouted in unison. Hundreds of ships of all sizes started at the same time with shouts, and sped towards the overwhelming tide of ships to the north.

At this time, the enemy's forward troops had already exchanged hands with the patrol forces of the Southern Han on the river. Those dozen building boats, sailboats are really powerful. Rampage, many Pioneer Clippers in the North could not dodge and were directly knocked over by them. There were a few floors of the boat that probably killed sex, but instead of retreating, they rushed all the way to the north. Before they could break out a few feet, they saw several fire-breathing boats rushing out of the enemy's position and hurried towards them.