Due to the continuous Song army jumping on the stern of the ship, the Southern Tang soldiers did not have time to clean up the battlefield, the corpses piled up in the stern became higher and higher, and the Song army who rushed up stood on the corpses of their comrades and fought fiercely with the Southern Tang soldiers, and the Song generals on the ship obviously also discovered the mystery, and actually ignored the mistake of shooting their own soldiers, and almost concentrated all the crossbow arrows towards the sword and shield array led by Wu Yingying at the stern. Despite the shield covering, more than a dozen soldiers were shot dead and wounded, and in desperation, Wu Yingying could only draw soldiers from the third team led by Xiao Jiu to fill the vacancy caused by casualties, and at this time, the battle at the stern of the ship had become a meat grinder for both sides to fill in human lives.

Such a bloody battle made Wu Yingying, who had served in the army for two generations, also killed, and only after killing a little weakness did he wave his hand to let Xin Gu lead the second team to take over, after retreating to the second line, he looked around, and there were only more than 20 soldiers left, each of whom was more or less wounded, and I don't know whether it was his own or the enemy's blood that stained the original color of the armor. However, after this ruthless killing, all the soldiers have no idea of escaping, just seize the time to recover their strength, Wu Yingying nodded with satisfaction, and said in a deep voice: "If you kill the Song army this time, everyone is a brother of life and death. ”

This sentence is more effective than any promise, it was the end of the five dynasties, these soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty were both elite soldiers and veteran soldiers, on the one hand, every fierce battle, the casualties were the lives of the small soldiers, but the officials took the lion's share, on the other hand, the soldiers were arrogant and chased the commanders everywhere. It is not uncommon for ordinary soldiers to be brothers like Wu Yingying, this kind of general who does not take a stand is especially popular with elite soldiers, and the benefits of fighting with this kind of person are often the greatest. The army first saw that he was a capable general, and saw that he seemed to have said such words as if he had confessed his heart, and several people on the spot had secretly had the heart of retribution, born in troubled times, the prince and general Xiangning had a kind of, and did not see the Zhao clan of the northern country and the ten brothers of the righteous society under his command, which was not the origin of licking blood with a knife head, and finally called the king the hegemon, and the king was extremely popular, as for the king and defeat, it was also in the number of five or five.

Wu Yingying and others hurried to rest their strength, and were about to come forward to fight, suddenly the hull of the ship was a huge earthquake, and the soldiers on the ship's floor cheered, it turned out that Wang Hun, the marquis of Yu, the capital of the war, actually chiseled two big holes in the outer wall of the bilge, and the iron cables that originally pulled the three ships tightly retracted in an instant, and with a thick crossbow arrow, a failed Southern Tang soldier hooked out of the hull, and fell into the water with a scream, Wang Hun took the opportunity to order the bilge soldier to use the hook to refuse to prop up the Song boat, and the soldier on the fifth floor seized the opportunity to throw the stone and the fire oil tank down. While the Song army was busy fighting the fire with ashes, the oars of the Southern Tang warship stepped up their rocking, turned the hull sideways, and squeezed out of the middle of the two Song warships, and sailed eastward downwind.

In fact, the soldiers on this Southern Tang Dynasty ship are far more than the sum of the soldiers of the two Song army warships, and the Song army warships have just been engaged, knowing that even if they catch up, they will not be able to get any cheap, but they wonder why there is such a capable army, and the huge building ships of the Southern Tang Dynasty still have to put on a posture of escaping, so they do not chase, but only order the soldiers to step up the firefighting, while preparing to turn back to intercept the three Southern Tang warships that were left behind.

Seeing that the Song army was no longer chasing, all the soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty cheered like a shock, and Wu Yingying looked around at the soldiers around him, all of them had a relieved expression of escaping death, and they were also laughing out loud when they were affected by the scene around them.

After waiting for a while, convinced that the Song army had indeed dispelled the idea of catching up, Wu Yingying completely relaxed, and before he could disarm, a soldier came up to report to the lord of the country and asked General Wu of the Han State to talk in the cabin. After Wu Yingying bowed his hand to the left and right soldiers, he followed the soldiers to see Cai Yu.

At the door of the cabin, Wu Yingying took off his waist knife and handed it to Cai Yu's guards for safekeeping, and met Hu Ze who rushed from the bow of the ship, it seems that the battle on the bow of the ship is not easy, Hu Ze is covered in blood, not to mention, the Ming Guangkai he is wearing on his body has also been cut out of a few deep knife marks, Wu Yingying thought to himself that if these knives are on the armor of his own soldier, he will hang it ironclad.

Hu Ze saw that Wu Yingying was dressed neatly in armor in addition to being covered in blood, and he didn't look like he was in a hurry at all, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, and he didn't have time to ask Wu Yingying about the battle resistance at the stern, so he was called in by Cai Yu.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Cai Yu who was so excited that his face was flushed, and before Wu Yingying and Hu Zexing bowed, Cai Yu hurriedly said: "No courtesy, no courtesy, the two generals repelled the enemy army, the merit is very great, and the merit of saving the driver should be rewarded!"

Hu Ze immediately bowed down and said: "The last general will not dare to invite rewards." Wu Yingying also bowed down with him and thanked him.

Cai Yu smiled and said, "If you want it, you want it." He glanced at Wu Qiao, and saw that Wu Qiao had no intention of objecting, so he said loudly: "Hu Ze, the commander of Jiangzhou, and Wu Yingying, the envoy of the Northern Han Dynasty, each have two beds of gold, and another Wu Yingying Jinling mansion and a manor." ”

He looked back at Wu Yingying again, and said with a smile: "General Wu is brave, and he wants to keep you as a minister in Jiangnan, I don't know if General Wu is willing?" Wu Yingying saw that Cai Yu was indeed moved to keep people, and I was afraid that even if he was unwilling, it would not be so easy to leave, so he bowed down and said: "Once you have entered Jiangnan, the last general will only obey Your Majesty's orders, and I implore Your Majesty to send an envoy to inform General Jiawei." ”

In the five dynasties, it was very common for courtiers to change the court, and it was extremely natural for Wu Yingying's statement to be in the eyes of the Southern Tang Dynasty monarchs, and Cai Yu agreed on the spot. Under the joy of joy, Cai Yu suddenly smiled and said: "All the ministers, it is a great joy to repel the attack of the Song army this time, it can be seen that the difference between the north and the south is a lie, I don't know if the secretary can make some poems to express this pride." ”

The generals have been busy for a long time, and now it is not their own business to be happy to watch the excitement, only those Wenchen suffered, I never thought that Cai Yu's mind would change so quickly, these people usually make fun in the wind, at this time most of them are shocked, where to make good poems, all frowning and thinking.

That Zhang Yan couldn't think about it for himself, and when he saw that Wu Yingying on the other side looked like an old god, he was very disgusted, and said: "General Wu is a national envoy, he must be a person who is both civil and military, and he has experienced the battle just now, I don't know what good words there are?"

Several Wenchen looked at the two of them when they heard this, in this era, having a good poetic literacy is a sign of status, and it is also a manifestation of privilege, most of them realized Zhang Yan's unkindness is to want Wu Yingying to make a fool of himself in front of the literary and elegant Cai Yu, and most of the people who look at Wu Yingying are pitiful eyes.

Cai Yu couldn't help but be a little surprised by Zhang Li's obvious embarrassment Wu Yingying, glanced at Zhang Yan reproachfully and said: "General Wu is only suitable for the battle, how can there be such a leisure between me." ”

It is also Cai Yu who is very wide on weekdays, and this Zhang Yu is about to reply, but Wu Yingying continued: "The last general thanked Your Majesty for his compassion, I just got a poem, and I don't dare to pollute your lords." ”

Hearing that Wu Yingying could really make words, Cai Yu couldn't help but be interested, and said with a smile: "You might as well read it, it will be good." ”

After Wu Yingying gratefully bowed to Cai Yu, who kept protecting him, he read out the Chibi nostalgia of Su Dongpo in the future, and secretly thought in his heart, Lao Su, Lao Su, fighting and killing is my job, this is not intended to rob you of your job.

"Go to the east of the big river, and the waves will be exhausted. Romantic characters through the ages. To the west of the base, humanity is, Zhou Lang Chibi of the Three Kingdoms. The rocks pierced the air, the waves crashed on the shore, and thousands of piles of snow were rolled up. The country is picturesque, how many heroes at one time!

Thinking about Gongjin back then, Xiao Qiao got married for the first time, with heroic hair, a lupine scarf, talking and laughing, and the canopy was in ashes. The old country fugue, affectionate should laugh at me, born early. Life is like a dream, and a bottle is still a river. ”

Cai Yu, who has an amazing memory, recited the poem again with an immersive expression, looked at Wu Yingying's gaze was very different from just now, and said meaningfully: "Zhang Qing, you are right, General Wu is really both civil and military." ”