Bai Changjian only learned about the surprise attack of the salt truck the next morning, but fortunately, he took precautions and sent people along the way to meet him, although the battle between the two sides was fierce, he finally had no danger, repelled the enemy, and came to the camp safely.

He stood by the river, squinting and looking, it had snowed heavily, and there was already some thin ice on the river, which had already been stabbed by the soldiers of the night vigil with spears.

He set his sights on the other side, presumably the king of Chu was also in a hurry, the grain and grass could not be transported, the soldiers could not stand up, and their physical strength was greatly reduced.

He touched his chin and instructed Guan Xiong, "Be especially careful these days, in case the other party's dog jumps off the wall in a hurry, the king of Chu is not a person who sits idly by, he will definitely find a way to forcibly cross the river." ”

Guan Xiong said: "General, please rest assured, everything has been arranged, and the king of Chu dares to come boldly, and he will definitely come back and forth." ”

After a few days, the snow did not fall again, but the light snow blew and stained the mountains white, and there was a thin ice floating on the river, because of the salt sprinkled at night, and it could not be frozen in the morning. It was very cold, and the soldiers had a hard time, but their faces became more and more relaxed day by day, because they knew that the enemy troops on the other side of the river were short of food and drink, and it was even more difficult for them to endure it.

Guan Xiong didn't dare to relax, and sent more people to patrol every night, but Bai Changjian's face slowly became solemn, because he knew that the day of the decisive battle was coming.

Finally, on a dark and windy night, someone heard a strange noise on the river, very soft, very slow, but it was impossible to tell what it was.

When the soldiers entered the camp to report, Bai Changjian was discussing things with several lieutenant generals, and as soon as he heard this, he immediately picked up his sword and walked out, the river was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything clearly, but the strange voice gradually became clear, "Wow-whoa-"

Someone shouted, "It's the sound of paddling, the enemy is coming!" ”

Bai Changjian shouted loudly: "Don't panic, act according to the plan, we will fight to the death with the enemy army tonight!" ”

How to deal with the battle was made early in the morning, since the other side rowed over, they occupied the favorable terrain, as long as there were enough archers, those boats were live targets, although the visibility was not high at night, but when they got close, they could still vaguely distinguish the outline.

Sure enough, soon some black shadows appeared in everyone's sight, it was the enemy's sailors coming, and the boat was full of people, all of whom seemed to be pulling their bows, wanting to strike first.

Bai Changjian took advantage of the time and place, and of course he would not let the other party take advantage of it, and ordered the drummer, "Let's start!" ”

The passionate drum beat suddenly sounded, straight into the clouds, Bai Changjian's archers immediately fired towards the target, the sound of "brushing, brushing" breaking the air was endless, and for a while, arrows rained down, people turned on their backs, and a miserable scream sounded in the darkness.

The drumbeat is the command, the drums do not stop, the arrows do not stop, the boats on the river begin to spin, obviously having lost the person at the helm, Bai Changjian is overjoyed, and orders the drummer, "Go on, play louder!" ”

The drummer immediately waved his arms and thumped the cowhide drum, but the enemy was stubborn and did not retreat because of the heavy losses, and a steady stream of ships came out of the darkness.

One group of archers retreated, another group came up, and countless sharp arrows were shot out, some fell into the river, some shot at the mast, and many more made a "poof" sound, as if inserted into the flesh, and the accompanying screams never stopped. After three or four rounds of arrow rain, the feather arrows were in a hurry, and the dense ships on the river did not move.

As soon as Bai Changjian raised his hand, the drumming stopped, the arrows stopped, the screams also stopped, and there was silence all around.

Bai Changjian always felt that something was wrong, the darkness was like a piece of gauze, unable for him to see the situation on the river clearly, and the hazy was full of vague shadows.

There seems to be smoke wafting in the air, revealing weirdness, what's wrong with the bottom? He frowned and thought, Guan Xiong walked over, "General, something is not quite right. ”

"It's not quite right," he yelled as his eyes suddenly widened and understood, "everyone back off!" ”

He finally remembered, there was no smell of blood, so many arrows were fired, and there were screams repeatedly, but there was no smell of blood, isn't it strange?

But as soon as he finished speaking, a powerful sound of breaking the air came from the surface of the river, and the faint blue flames above were clearly visible in the darkness. Before everyone came to their senses, the big oil arrow hit the camp closest to the river, and with a "boom", it immediately burst into flames.

The flames soared into the sky, illuminating the panicked crowd around them, and then, several oil arrows came over, all of which hit the camp tent, and Bai Changjian's camp was illuminated by the raging fire, and in the darkness it was like a large bewitching flower blooming.

"Don't panic!" Bai Changjian hissed and shouted, "Get on the horse, line up!" The Iron Cavalry Battalion is in formation! ”

The neighing of the horses came from all directions, and the Iron Cavalry Battalion was a well-trained team, although it was a little flustered by the opponent's actions, it quickly calmed down, stepped on the horses in an orderly manner, and set up a formation.

There was a great movement on the river, and countless boats were moving, as if they were also arrayed.

Bai Changjian straddled the horse and pointed at the boats on the river, "Hold on to me, don't let the boat dock." Archer cover! ”

The latter sentence was bluffing, the enemy was coming too fast, he didn't have time to think, after a few rounds of arrow rain, the archers were still there, but the feathered arrows were almost all gone. He was a little annoyed and angry, Murong Mian used up his arrows as soon as he came up, maybe he used the trick of borrowing arrows from a straw boat, but unfortunately he read a lot of books on the art of war, but he didn't remember it at the critical moment.

At this point, Bai Changjian is still sure, he has calculated, a ship can't carry many people, a batch of people come up, he packs up a batch, and doesn't give them a chance to breathe, the enemy can't keep up with the follow-up, only to die.

The boats on the river continued to move, but no enemy troops came ashore, and the cavalry stood on the shore, looking at the ships moving around in the dark, all a little inexplicable.

The boats were so close that they could faintly see figures swaying, but they didn't make any sound.

Bai Changjian frowned, what the hell are you doing? Since they're all on the shore, why don't you come up? If the enemy army does not come up, how can they fight?

Guan Xiong pulled the reins and hit the horse, "General, what now?" ”

Bai Changjian glanced back, the camps that caught fire just now were basically extinguished, and it was pitch black again, he silently looked at the boats moving on the river, what were they doing moving around? It's useless to put an array on the surface of the river......

There was a slight sound in the wind, and he asked Guan Xiong, "Did you hear anything?" ”

Guan Xiong pricked up his ears and listened for a while, then frowned and said, "It seems to be the sound of iron chains shaking." ”

"Oops!" Bai Changjian shouted, "The cavalry retreats, and the pikemen are in position!" ”