Huang Yanming, the general of the Huaiyang Army, was trapped under the swallow rock, and it was already the fourth day.

The forward Chu Xing took the Yangzhou Runzhou Army and crossed the river, it was already the seventh day, and he attacked countless times and suffered heavy losses, but he could not advance an inch.

The soldiers were extremely exhausted, and there was not much dry food left with the army.

There is no ship to advance, and there is no ship to retreat.

Huang Yanming's eyes were bloodshot, his face was tense, his momentum and spirit were stretched, and he walked among the tired soldiers sitting on the ground to check.

Pioneer Chu Xing followed him.

Half of Chu Xing's face was bruised and swollen, he was hit by an arrow in his thigh, and he walked with a limp.

Before and after the ugly hour, he personally supervised the battle, rushed to the front, and attacked once, but he still couldn't advance an inch.

The soldiers were exhausted and demoralized.

After checking it, Huang Yanming stood on a black stone, protruded from the corner of the swallow rock, and turned his head to look at the continuous black Mofu Mountain.

Chu Xing half-leaned and half-sat on the stone, looking up at Yanziji.

Huang Yanming watched for a while, slid down from the stone, and sat on the stone.

Before he led the troops across the river, he hurriedly handed the letter to Gu Dashuai, if there was no accident, Gu Dashuai must have received it, but Gu Dashuai's side, who knows how.

The Southern Liang raided Hefei, it must not be just to occupy Hefei, it must be to go north, to Xuzhou, or to Xiangyang to rendezvous, if so, the Southern Liang to Hefei soldiers, must be 100,000, the handsome side, I am afraid that it is also extremely difficult.

Perhaps, the marshal has abandoned Hefei and retreated to Huaiyin......

Nanliang has occupied Hefei, and going north along the river, it is the rat in the bellows, going south along the river, but they are on the side of Yanziji, how can they get there?

Huang Yanming was distracted.

"General, let everyone rest for a while, I will lead it, and attack again, this time it will definitely be difficult." Chu Xing's voice was hoarse and almost speechless.

"You rest a little longer, let's look over there and see if we can bypass Swallow Rock and go south." Huang Yanming said slowly.

Xing nodded in agreement.

This trip is in a dilemma, all because he is too anxious, he has made preparations to die in battle, if the general can find a way to retreat south, he will be behind the palace, for the army to fight to the death to stop the enemy.

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From the place where Yun Mengwei rested, to Jiangdu City, only a hundred miles away, Li Sangrou and Yun Mengwei and his party, along the river bank, while exploring the path, while looking out to look at the surrounding situation, the road was not fast, but just after noon, it was not far from Yanziji.

Yun Mengwei's outpost saw the banner of the Qi army, and from a distance, he raised the flag to signal.

The sentinel urgently reported to Huang Yanming, who was sitting on the big black stone, looking at Yanziji, and discussing with Chu Xing in a low voice.

After listening to the sentry's report, Huang Yanming hurriedly stood on the stone, followed the direction of the sentry's finger, tiptoed, and looked at the flag.

Chu Xing also stood up straight with the stone and stretched his neck to look over.

A pennant, the flag was held by the galloping Yun Mengwei, and was pulled straight by the wind.

Gold on a red background, with a flying tiger on it.

Huang Yanming looked at Chu Xing, and Chu Xing shook his head.

This Flying Tiger Flag, they have never seen it, and they have never heard of anyone using such a Flying Tiger Flag, this flag is conspicuous.

"Bring him here! Beware! Huang Yanming commanded, jumped off the stone, and strode up to meet him, Chu Xing dragged his lame leg and hurriedly followed.

Six or seven guards pointed at the Yunmengwei outpost and entered the camp.

There were still more than ten steps away from Huang Yanming, and Yun Mengwei's outpost stood and arched his hand: "I will wait for the order of the marshal to come to reinforcements." ”

"Which big handsome? Who is the ruler of your family? Huang Yanming stared at the outpost.

"Gu Dashuai, my general's surname is Qiao Yan'an." Yun Mengwei outpost smiled.

"Huh?" Huang Yanming looked at Yun Mengwei in disbelief, "Who?" Joann? ”

"Yes."

Huang Yanming immediately laughed, Qiao An's name is not unusual, there are many people with the same name and surname.

"How many people came? Hefei ......" Before Huang Yanming finished speaking, he saw Yun Mengwei and others galloping into a line and coming quickly, and his eyes suddenly widened.

This galloping black line was sharp and full of murderous aura.

"Hefei is a big victory, and the Liang army has returned to Jiangnan." The outpost looked back and replied with a smile.

"Oh?" Huang Yanming was suddenly overjoyed, then smiled, and hurriedly said: "Be alert!" ”

"I'll go!" Chu Xing rushed forward.

In case it is not reinforcements but the enemy, he will stop in front.

Qiao An rushed to the front, and Li Sangrou followed closely behind, twenty or thirty steps away from the battle formation with shields and spears horizontally, the two jumped off their horses and strode forward.

Behind the two of them, leaving the place where they shot, Yun Mengwei and the others stopped their horses and waited for orders.

The shield spear made a way, Qiao An was in front, Li Sangrou followed behind, strode forward, and walked in front of the stunned Huang Yanming, Qiao An bowed his hand, "General." It's me. ”

"You are not ......" was a dead word, which trembled on Huang Yanming's lips, but it did not shake out.

"I've entered Yunmengwei." Qiao An looked at Huang Yanming and smiled.

"I thought, you might ...... Alas, that is, alive, alas! It's good to be alive! At the beginning, I heard that you ...... I regret it so much, I should have stopped you, tied you up and stopped you, I regretted it for more than ten years, you ...... Ok, good, good! Huang Yanming kept patting Qiao An, tears coming down.

"In the first few years, I regret not listening to you, but!" Jo Ann's voice raised slightly, "Now, I don't regret it at all."

Yun Mengwei is now under the command of the marshal, and in the first battle of Hefei, Yun Mengwei followed the marshal and rushed to the front. ”

"You ......" Huang Yanming was extremely surprised when he heard Yun Mengwei listening to the order under the big marshal's tent, and was about to ask again, but was interrupted by Li Sangrou.

"Let's get down to business, and when you get back, you'll have a long talk." Li Sangrou reminded with a smile and a soft voice.

Chu Xing was next to Huang Yanming, saw Huang Yanming's tears from Qiao An, and then glared at Li Sangrou.

"It's me who lost my temper." Qiao An was suddenly a little embarrassed, and subconsciously arched his hand again, "On the order of the marshal, Yun Mengwei will ride five hundred horses to help the general withdraw to Jiangbei." ”

"Where to cross the river from? Wet beard mouth? Huang Yanming immediately asked.

From the moment he saw Joan, he was immediately full of energy and reacted sharply.

"If we cross the river from the mouth of the river, then it will be like this, and we are here now, where we cross the river, here." Li Sangrou squatted on the ground and drew a simple diagram on the sand with his fingers, "The camp of the remnants of Wu Huaiyi is here, more than thirty miles away from the place where the river is crossed.

Also, this place can only dock one boat. ”

"From here to the place where we crossed the river, one hundred and ten miles, we came all the way along the river, and explored about ten miles outside, and there was no Liang army." Joan added.

"Who is this girl?" Huang Yanming then remembered that he didn't know this girl, and how could there be a girl?

"This is General Sang." Joan solemnly introduced.

Huang Yanming's eyes widened when he heard this.

This General Sang, he had never heard of it!

"General Sang killed Wu Huaiyi with an arrow and broke the Liang Army's tooth banner. The Liang army's northern expedition took Wu Huaiyi as the main commander. Qiao An suppressed her voice and looked at Huang Yanmingdao.

Huang Yanming snorted loudly, Chu Xing's eyes couldn't be bigger, and he looked Li Sangrou up and down.

"Let's get down to business." Li Sangrou reminded again, looked at Huang Yanming and asked, "Who is the Jiangdu City guard?" Did you know? ”

"He said it was Zhang Zheng." Huang Yanming replied, "I got two defenders who fell from the swallow rock, and I lived for a while and asked a few words. After a pause, Huang Yanming frowned and said, "The two of them call Zhang Zheng by his name. ”

"Zhang Zheng fled to Jiangdu City, first as a nurse in Yichun Courtyard, and later, Su Wan, the top brand of Yichun Courtyard, was carried into the General's Mansion by Wu Huaiguo and became Wu Huaiguo's concubine.

Aunt Su has a younger brother named Su Qing, who is very good with Zhang Zheng.

After Aunt Su entered the General's Mansion, Su Qing was in the Wuhuai Army, received a small envoy, and brought Zhang Zheng to the army.

Within a few years, Zhang Zheng stood out and became the leader of the thousand-man team.

Zhang Zheng is ruthless, scheming, unscrupulous, and extremely brave.

Wu Huaiguo has said more than once that when the Qi Liang War began, at least under his command, the most outstanding ones must be Su Qing and Zhang Zheng.

Zhang Zheng is a person who wants to save face, speaks very impulsively, and is very unlikable, but Wu Huaiguo likes him very much, often takes him with him, and teaches him carefully.

There are only two people in Zhang Zheng's eyes, Wu Huaiguo, and Su Qing.

Because of the origins of Zhang Zheng and Su Qing, the people of Jiangdu City look down on the two of them, and the peddlers and pawns in the city are polite to the two of them by their names, often calling Su Caobao and Zhang Wolf Dog.

Zhang Zheng knew Jiangdu City well, this city, with him guarding, was extremely difficult to attack. ”

Li Sangrou is extremely familiar with Zhang Zheng.

Huang Yanming listened intently and looked at Qiao An.

"I'll talk about it later. Feel relieved. Joan smiled.

"Zhang Zheng is extremely shrewd, you must think about the retreat and arrange it." Li Sangrou finally reminded.

"Please come here!" Huang Yanming instructed the guards.

"I'll look around, and you can discuss." Li Sangrou and Qiao An confessed in a low voice and walked to the side.

Huang Yanming and the others gathered in a circle, wrote and drew on the ground, and discussed for half an hour before they stood up and rushed out one by one.

Li Sangrou happened to come back after a lap, Qiao An greeted her and said in a low voice: "The withdrawal will start after dark, everything is arranged, General Huang is thoughtful, rest assured."

I went to arrange for someone to go back first, and told the other side to prepare to respond. ”

"Let the dark horse go to them, first, they are familiar with the road, and they are even more familiar with the place where we get off the boat, and second, they are afraid that they will have to swim across the river, and Yun Mengwei's water nature is not necessarily better than that of them." Li Sangrou said in a low voice.

Ann didn't say much.

Li Sangrou said these two items, Yun Mengwei is indeed far inferior to the dark horse.

Li Sangrou called Heima and the others, and instructed Heima to take Xiaoluzi, Datou, and grasshoppers, and four people, rush back, and notify the north bank to prepare to respond.

The black horse happily agreed, separated the distance with Xiao Luzi, turned around and galloped back.

The commanders who went back had already taken the soldiers of their headquarters and got on the few large ships and dozens of small boats moored on the shore, and began to dismantle the ships, and the decks and masts that were dismantled were lifted up and thrown under the swallow rock, and then with the shields, seven or eight people held a thin mast, and stabbed the deck and other timber one by one under the swallow rock.

The defenders on Swallow Rock hid behind the battlement, watched the Qi army dismantle the ship lively, and then pushed the planks and wooden blocks under Swallow Rock.

The defenders quickly reported to Zhang Zheng, who squatted next to the battlement, looked at it for a while, and sneered with disdain.

This is going to be attacked with fire, and in a place like Yanziji, attacking with fire is a joke.

I was really panicked, and I fainted when I was dying.

After Zhang Zheng retreated, he ordered to strengthen vigilance.

The Qi army was busy for an hour or two, and when the sun was setting in the west, all the boats near the shore were dismantled, and all the boats that could be pushed under the swallow rock were pushed over, and there was only a pile of bare boat bottoms left in the river.

A few soldiers burned some tung oil on the bottom of the ship and threw it into the torches.

It didn't take long for a string of fires along the river.

Huang Yanming stood on the big black stone and shouted: "All sons! I'm waiting to be a hero in life and die as a ghost! Don't hesitate! Fight to the death to serve the country! ”

Under the leadership of the commanders of all armies and the captains of each team, tens of thousands of soldiers shouted loudly: "There is no hesitation!" Fight to the death to serve the country! ”

On the swallow rock, Zhang Zheng squinted at the Qi army that shook the sky, for a moment, took a deep breath, turned around and ordered: "The Qi army is going to break the cauldron and sink the boat, fight to the death, prepare more stones and giant trees, make food in advance, and get ready!"

Tonight, it's blocked, they are dead, they can't be stopped, let's die! ”

The Qi army under Yanziji also lit a fire in a group, set up a pot, took river water, and poured the rest of the military food into the pot, a picture of eating the last full meal.

Not far from the huge black stone, a group of soldiers gathered around the cauldron, and one by one they shook the remaining bits of dry fry into the pot.

The commander was followed by a personal guard, holding a bag of fried noodles with oil, and pouring them into each cauldron one by one.

"Eat enough, just eat enough, don't eat anymore! Eating and running is not fast. The commander watched as he walked, and from time to time he gave a few instructions.

A young pawn leaning against the boulder, shook off the dry frying, sat back, hung his head, and slowly folded the oil paper wrapped in the dry frying.

"What are you keeping it for? It's useless. The older companion sitting next to him took the oiled paper from his hand and threw it into the fire.

The flames poured on the oiled paper, rose violently, and fell back again.

"The general said, fight to the death to serve the country, then we, tonight, will we all have to die." The young pawn squeezed next to his older companion and said in a low voice.

"If you don't die tonight, you have to die tomorrow night, early death and late death are death, early death is worry-free." The other companion resigned himself to his fate.

"I don't want to die, when I was a soldier, it was my father and my uncle, they were all soldiers, I have been a soldier for more than 20 years, I have never fought, I just ......" The young pawn was about to cry.

"Don't cry, it's useless, don't think so much, hurry up and eat.

I'll tell you, don't think about anything, you just treat it as if you didn't fight, just as if you were training in peacetime, you just look at the captain, follow the captain, follow it, and that's it.

You see, this battle, we've been fighting for days, you look back at the captain, follow the captain, until now, nothing has happened, right?

Don't think about anything, just stare at the captain, keep an eye on it, follow it, rest assured, nothing happens! "Older peers seem to be very reassuring.

The young pawn looks much better.

The night began to fall, the soldiers had a good meal, and the captains really held the big stones and smashed the pot.

Authentic, wrecked.

The night twilight was falling, the clouds were thick in the sky, and it had been cloudy for several days.

In the darkness and silence, suddenly a drum sounded, and the young pawn followed his companion, holding the shield, and immediately got up, stood in formation, and waited for a long time, and the companion next to him moved, and the young pawn hurriedly followed, and after a dozen steps, he went from walking to running, running faster and faster.

Li Sangrou and Qiao An reined in their horses, walked in the front, vigilantly around, and went up the river at a speed that the foot soldiers could keep up with.

Five hundred cloud mengwei, following behind Li Sangrou and Qiao An, scattered into a fan-shape, like a shield.

Immediately behind Yun Mengwei was the Huaiyang Army with the best physical strength, and the most tired striker was sandwiched in the middle, Huang Yanming took the guards, watched the last team of soldiers follow, and motioned to the guards, "Go and light the fire." ”

The two guards tiptoed and held their breath and ran to the pile of wood that had been removed from the ship, and one of the guards climbed in through the crack in the wood, and for a moment, little by little, moved out.

Huang Yanming took the personal guards of the palace and ran out for a long time, and the two personal guards ran fast, followed the personal guards, rushed to Huang Yanming, suppressed the voice and the happy meaning, and reported the sentence: It's on.

Behind the Qi army, who ran farther and farther, the heavy drum beat rhythmically and kept beating.