With Yang Wanhu agreeing to send someone to be a pioneer, Monk Li's actions were very quick.

Sure enough, as he said, he collected enough boats in one day, and obtained a letter from Hu Zhong through a messenger, and made an appointment to cross the lake and seize the beach.

At night the next day, just after entering the second watch, Fang Mihan and Yang Si led more than 400 good daredevils, all dyed their armor black, lined up in two long lines, and quietly left the camp and came to the lake.

The moonlight was very good that night, and the lake was clear and flowing. Next to the shore of the lake, dozens of fishing boats are moored, each with two sailors, most of whom are original fishermen.

These fishermen, both old and young, have one thing in common, they are all strong. Some were shirtless, and the moonlight shone on them, a bronze color. There are also those who are a little older, because they have been fishing all year round and have too much contact with the lake, so even the exposed skin is full of rust. At this moment, all the people were silent, just standing silently on the boat, seeing Fang Mihan and the others coming, they dared to peek at each other, and they didn't know what they were thinking, but they could see obvious cringe in their eyes.

"Xiucai meets soldiers, and it is unreasonable." Xiucai met Bing, and it was unclear whether it was reasonable; How much more of them, the plain-headed people? Especially in troubled times, those who serve as soldiers are even more proud. Don't look at it on the battlefield, maybe it's just a pawn sent to death, but when it is classified as a civilian, it is no different from a vicious wolf and a tiger.

Although it is said that Haidong's military discipline is very strict, Shanyang Lake belongs to Jining Road, but it is a military horse who has never been in contact with Haidong before. It's just that I heard that the army that is coming now is a family with Tian Feng and Wang Shicheng earlier. The military discipline of Tian and Wang's subordinates is very good, and by analogy, these people all feel that the Haidong Army is not much different, and it is not much better.

With this level of thought, how can you not flinch?

Fang Mihan and Yang Si have long been accustomed to seeing this kind of look, and not long ago, Yang Si had not joined the army, I am afraid that he saw that the soldiers were also this kind of eyes, and he naturally knew what these people thought. But because of the urgency of the war, neither of them had the heart to relieve the fears of some sailors. I didn't see it.

Yang Wanhu personally sent them to the shore, parted with each other, and said, "You go tonight." The general had already made a deal with Monk Li, and another 1,000 troops would be able to come to the shore and wait in two hours. As long as I see the signal of your success, at most an hour, I can cross to the other side to support and replenish you. ”

"Yes. Please rest assured that the general will wait for this and if he does not succeed, he will become benevolent. ”

Yang Wanhu looked at Fang and Yang familiarly, stretched out his hand, and slapped them on the shoulder a few times. Commanded left and right, "Fetch the wine." Filling the bowl, he handed it to Fang Mihan and Yang Si with his own hands, and said, "If you win, this bowl of wine will be regarded as a send-off for you, and you will celebrate in advance; If you are defeated, this bowl of wine will be regarded as a send-off for you, and it will not be in vain to meet in Jiuquan in the future. ”

Fang Mihan and Yang Si straightened their chests, took the wine bowl, drank it all, and did not return it to Yang Wanhu, raised their hands in unison, smashed it to the ground, and said in unison, Fang Mihan saluted and said: "Thank you for the wine!" Yang Si said angrily: "I will never disgrace my uncle!" "He is Yang Wanhu's nephew.

The words of the two were mixed together, and they were heard far away in the quiet night. Yang Wanhu said: "Please get on the boat." ”

What did he mean by that? The implication is self-evident. If Fang and Yang lose, they don't have to come back alive. Neither of them is stupid, who wouldn't hear it? glanced at each other, saluted Yang Wanhu again, turned around and walked away in a big stride, each with a team, and boarded the ship in an orderly manner.

When it was far away, the boats dispersed, and they all disappeared in the reeds and artemisia, Yang Wanhu stood on the shore without leaving, and some soldiers said: "General, do you say that General Fang and General Xiao Yang can successfully land on the beach?" ”

Yang Wanhu ignored him, and after a while, he snorted and said, "These more than 400 people selected out of the 8,000 people, if they can't win again, there is no need to fight this battle." Lao Tzu took his head to Yidu and let the lord fall. ”

"Yes, yes. Among the 1,000 follow-ups, there were 800 of General Li's and 200 of our army. General, the hour is almost up, please go back to the camp to gather troops and join General Lee, right? ”

"Send someone to tell Monk Li that the vanguard of our department has left. Please hurry up and transfer the boats used to cross the lake in the second batch. ”

The fishing boats are not big, and a fishing boat can sit more than ten or twenty people at most, and Fang Mihan and Yang Sibu can't sit too crowded because they are grabbing the beach, so they use more than 40 boats in total. To transport another thousand people, at least 50 or 60 fishing boats are needed, and if hundreds of boats are parked in one place, it will be inconvenient to operate. As a result, the ships used for the second shipment were still docked elsewhere. Hearing Yang Wanhu's military order, a messenger rushed to summon the message.

The moon cage is clear and the lake is smart. There is a small island in the middle of the lake, and the water is full of willow trees. Looking at Shanyang Lake from afar, the moonlight is like a veil, and the water and mountains are very lovely.

Yang Wanhu looked at it for a long time, turned around and wanted to go, suddenly heard a duck chirping, paused slightly, turned back to look into the distance, and saw that in the depths of the lake, it was probably disturbed by the passing boats, and several wild ducks flew up. Far away, and the wild ducks flying in the air could be seen clearly.

Yang Wanhu raised his head, looked at the night sky, sighed secretly, and thought, "The moonlight is too bright." Although there are reeds and artemisia in many places in the lake, the Tartars on the other side are said to have cleared the water and grass on the west bank long ago in order to prevent our troops from crossing at night. I don't know if Fang Mihan and Yang Si can sneak and land smoothly? ”

It's too late to think about this now, and the situation on the other side of the strait really can't afford Yang Wanhu and Monk Li to delay any longer. "It's just a matter of hurting more soldiers." Even if Fang, Yang and the more than 400 people were all killed in battle, as long as they could take the lake beach and land on the opposite shore, it would be worth it.

Yang Wanhu didn't think much about it, put his cloak back, faced the warm night breeze, left the bank, went back to the camp, and continued to prepare for the second batch of river crossings.

But on the lake, dozens of fishing boats were scattered but not chaotic, dotted with stars, facing the wind and waves, first passing through the reeds more than a person high, and then reaching the depths of the water, without shelter, they lowered their sails to reduce the target, and rowed all with wooden pulp. Fang Mihan's boat was at the front, and Yang Si followed on the flank.

These more than 400 people were all veterans, experienced in combat, and knew the importance of maintaining physical strength before the battle, and no one moved, and few people spoke, and they all sat cross-legged in the cabin or on the deck. The wind had been warm when they had been on the shore, but now in the depths of the lake, it gradually became cooler, blowing their armor and turbans, making a slight noise from time to time. Everyone was facing the West Bank, looking solemn and staring ahead.

Fang Mihan sat at the bow of the boat, silent, except for the occasional turn to look to the left and right and behind him, there was hardly any superfluous movement. Since he was punished by Deng She for Guo Conglong's incident last time, although he is young, his temperament has become more and more calm.

Without setbacks, there will be no maturity. Without tempering, it is difficult to become a beautiful jade. This young man, who only regarded eating meat as his highest pursuit when he joined the army, now has more ideas.

There was a person sitting next to him, with a black face and a mighty face, wearing a ring knife at his waist, it was none other than Tong Shengkai's classmate Chen Xipu, Chen Pai's younger brother.

He graduated at the same time as Tong Shengkai and was assigned to Fang Mihan's camp. Because he had received more systematic military training and was Chen Pai's younger brother, he soon became Fang Mihan's right-hand man. This time the beach rush battle was unusual, and Fang Mihan also took him with him.

"Look, General."

Chen Xipu pointed in the distance.

At the end of the undulating lake, a black line looms. Before they knew it, they had crossed the island in the lake, and they were getting closer and closer to the shore. Fang Mihan nodded.

Chen Xipu received the hint, stood up, raised a small flag, and waved it twice.

There were no torches on the boat, and in order to make the flag clear to the people on the other boats, the small flag was made of red cloth. In such a moonlit lake, if viewed from a distance, this small flag looks like a small ball of flame dancing on the water. Each ship has a special sergeant who is responsible for keeping an eye on the flagship and relaying orders.

With the wave of the small flag, the boats, which had been silent for a long time, moved slightly.

On some ships, the sergeant walked up to the sailor and whispered to speed up; On some ships, the sergeants ordered the sailors to slow down. It didn't take long for dozens of ships to readjust their formation.

Yang Si shouldered the heavy responsibility of the first climb, moving from the flank to the front; Fang Mihan was the main general, and he could not join the battlefield too early, so his ship moved back slightly, in the middle of the fleet. In the middle of the movement of the two ships, there was a brief staggering moment. Fang Mihan held the spear in his hand, slowly got up, and bowed slightly towards Yang Si. Yang Si also stood up the bow of the boat, grinned his teeth, and raised his shield.

Silence is better than sound at this point.

If Fang Mihan wanted to give Yang Si, Yang Si didn't need to open his mouth to know. Needless to say, Yang Si's answer Fang Mihan also knew.

"General?"

"Before leaving the camp, there was a military order. All those who died in the war of hundreds of households will be replaced by their deputies. The deputy hundred households were killed in the battle, and the first team of ten captains replaced them; The first team of ten captains died in battle, and the second team of ten captains took their place. And so on. If all the ten commanders and above are killed, they will be replaced by the one with the highest rank among the soldiers, and if they are also killed in battle, the same will be the case as before. Lao Chen, you give this military order to the soldiers again in the flag language. ”

Chen Xipu received the order and waved the flag solemnly.

Far ahead, the black line gradually became clear, and the west shore of the lake appeared in front of me.

Along with the shore of the lake, there were many fires rising in clusters in the east and west. The fire is raging, reflecting the surface of the lake. Between the fires, there were also fiery snakes moving back and forth. These fires were lit by the Henan Army and used to illuminate the lake; If it is a fiery serpent, it is the patrol of the garrison on the shore. Because all the fishing boats were also dyed black, and the distance was still far away, they were not in the range of the fire, so the patrol of the Henan army did not seem to have discovered them.

Although I didn't find it, it was actually similar to a discovery.

Although the scope of the firelight was only Lixu, outside the firelight, the Henan army had already laid out many obstacles. Because it is closer to the shore, the water is also shallow, and the Henan army buried a lot of wooden fences and big trees, and also used iron chains to connect the wooden fences and big trees. Boats are simply impassable and must be crossed by floating. In order to avoid startling the snakes, according to Yang Wanhu's explanation, Fang Mihan simply gave a brief order and ordered all the soldiers to go into the water before he reached the location of the Iron Cable Henghu.

Not everyone in the stroke is proficient in water, it doesn't matter if they are not proficient, there are others to help, more than 400 people were quiet as water before the Yuan army found out. Fang Mihan was the last to go into the water, and before he got into the water, he looked at the sailors and said, "Go back." ”

Burn one's ship. This is also what Yang Wanhu decided before, there is a strong enemy in front of him, and there is no way to retreat in the back, and the soldiers can only die and live later.

The sailors had long been frightened, and they wished that Fang Mihan would say this. After hearing it, he only felt that it was better than Xianyin, and when he went to see Fang Mihan again, he also felt that this black-faced young man seemed to be much more pleasing to the eye. A sailor was numb and said, "General, then we are gone, you have to be careful." ”

Fang Mihan smiled slightly, turned over and went into the water.

The fishing boats were all withdrawn, leaving only more than 400 Haidong soldiers in the lake. Not far ahead, there is the camp on the west bank of the Henan Army, and further on, it is the main camp of the Henan Army. Fang Mihan looked up at the night, it was the third watch. He said to Chen Xipu: "According to the agreement, General Hu's feint attack should have been launched two quarters of an hour ago, pass on the military order, and move first, that is, seize the enemy's beach!" ”

Yang Si took the lead with a shield in his left hand and a spear in his right hand. Hundreds of people paddling, no matter how careful you are, the movement is not small. The Yuan soldiers on the other side soon discovered the anomaly here, and heard someone shouting a few times in the distance, and they didn't know what they were saying in Mongolian.

But soon, the Haidong soldiers understood what he meant. Because the archers on the opposite bank began to shoot arrows. All of them were rockets, passing from a low altitude, and under the firelight, almost all the Haidong soldiers were clearly reflected.

Although it was fleeting, it was clearly discovered by the enemy.

I don't know how many people on the other side of the river shouted in unison. The group of fire snakes panicked for a moment, but after being restrained by the officers, they returned to order. Some rushed back to the camp to preach the message, and some organized defense. And from behind the fires here and there, came out of the shadows, and there were two or three hundred people, to say the least. Most of them are archers and firecrackers. They lined up, or pulled their bowstrings towards the night sky, or pointed their guns forward.

His whereabouts have been revealed, and concealment is unnecessary.

Yang Si shouted, and while struggling to swim forward, he placed his shield on top and blocked it diagonally. The officer of the archer on the opposite bank gave the order, and the arrows rained down. It's really raining. Falling from a high altitude, falling into the lake, splashing up waves. This first wave of archery was just a test of arrows, a test of range.

The second wave is real.

Within the firing range, there were Haidongshi stroke arrows one after another. After all, they are swimming in the water, unable to dodge, and not fast, like a target. Those with good water can dive into the water, and those with ordinary water can only be beaten passively. In an instant, blood splashed everywhere, staining the surface of the lake red.

This is not bad, further ahead, Yang Si has already encountered the iron cable obstacle of the Yuan army, the wooden fence is erected very densely, and it is directly inserted into the bottom of the water, and the wooden fence is very sharp, and there is an iron thistle on it. You can't go down from the bottom, and you can't go over from the top. The only way to do that is to destroy it.

Yang Si ordered three or four soldiers who were close to him to put their shields together, raised them to cover them, and then ordered a dozen or so powerful soldiers to sink under the water and chop them with knives and axes. Fortunately, they had been prepared, and after paying four or five casualties, they finally cut a few wooden fences, revealing gaps that were enough for people to swim through.

After passing this level, you will soon reach the shore.