This battle is definitely not as easy to fight as imagined.

The town is surrounded by a rushing river and has a large waterfall behind it, which is easy to get out and difficult to get into. The enemy was prepared in the city, and if he attacked hard, he was afraid of heavy losses in this battle.

Rong Chuzhi volunteered to be a pioneer. Rong Zhe weighed the pros and cons and finally accepted this opinion.

Rong Chuzhi personally found 300 soldiers with good water quality and made nearly 200 bamboo rafts, one for two, and the rest for Rong Zhe.

Their plan was as follows: The three hundred warriors led by Rong Chuzhi set off on a bamboo raft with the arrows and crossbows made by Rong Zhe, and shot arrows and crossbows when they were closest to Qingshui City. When the explosives attached to the crossbow are sprayed out, they will explode in the city and break the enemy's defenses. Then, Rong Zhe crossed the water with a large army and attacked Qingshui City.

The plan seems simple, after all, their weapons, especially the bow and crossbow, have been repeatedly modified by Rong Zhe, with a long range and strong attack power, as long as they find the right position, everything will be over. However, there is one link that is very troublesome.

If Rong Chuzhi led the way, they would quickly paddle downstream along the turbulent river, but, not to mention whether the large and small stones in the river would break up the bamboo raft, the downstream was a vast forest, full of miasma, and almost no one could come out of there alive, even if they were trying to stop at the edge of the woods, surrounded by snakes and beasts, I was afraid that death would be even more miserable.

How do you stop the raft in time? People can't come up with ideas. Rong Chuzhi wrinkled his eyebrows and lamented, I'm afraid that there will be no return.

In fact, the generals in the army all understand the predicament in front of them, and they also know what kind of existence a talented young man like Rong Chuzhi is for the entire Great Zhou, so many people volunteered to replace Rong Chuzhi. But neither Rong Zhe nor Rong Chuzhi agreed, because your life is life, and their life is also life, don't do to others what you don't want to do to others.

In order to minimize casualties, Rong Zhe sent people to pull up a lot of ropes at the most suitable position downstream, so that the forward soldiers could catch and save their lives in time, but if the river was too fast, the bamboo raft was blocked, or deviated from the main course and strayed into the tributary, it was very likely to lose this chance to escape.

Early the next morning, the battle began.

One by one, the bamboo rafts rushed out. Rong Chuzhi explained a few words to his second uncle, and also jumped on the bamboo raft.

The gunpowder entrained on the bow and crossbow was like a reminder one by one, drawing beautiful arcs in the air and exploding in the city. The thumping sound was mixed with billowing smoke, causing the earth to tremble. Far away on the opposite bank of the river, Rong Zhe could clearly hear the fierce howls of the enemy.

Start disembarking!

On the other side, Rong Chuzhi was drifting on the river rapidly, and gradually deviated from the scheduled course because of several collisions with stones stranded in the water. Most of the soldiers arrived safely at the set position and grabbed the rope in time, but after Rong Chuzhi was hit in turn, he was thrown into the tributary with several small bamboo rafts.

The water in the tributaries is even stronger, and there are polished boulders everywhere, and the surrounding trees are so dense that you can even hear the roar of tigers and leopards.

Seeing that he was about to hit a huge stone, the ship was destroyed and people died, Rong Chuzhi pulled out his sword, wanting to slow down the speed as much as possible, but he didn't think the stone was smooth, he used a force, and the speed did not slow down, but the sword broke away from the palm of his hand and soon disappeared.

It looks like it's going to die.

Suddenly, a long whip wrapped around Rong Chuzhi's waist. Rong Chuzhi didn't pay attention and almost fell out of the bamboo raft. He hurriedly rolled over and lay on the bamboo raft and looked down the shore with a long whip.

On the riverbank, a young man dressed as a soldier was struggling to pull on one end of the whip, trying his best to lean on a large rock in order to stabilize his body, but his face was already red because of force or worry.

Even at the most dangerous moment, Rong Chuzhi could clearly identify that the young man in front of him was not a man, her thick black eyebrows, round eyes and stiff nose bridge all showed her identity - the girl Duanmu Yuqi who broke into Rong Chuzhi's nightmare from time to time.

How could she be here? How will it save him? Rong Chuzhi didn't understand, but he didn't want to know the cause and effect immediately, because the bad luck didn't stop.

The bamboo rafts that have accumulated on the main channel gradually change their position under the repeated impact of the water, and some of them even flow up to the tributaries. Those bamboo rafts with huge momentum were scattered one after another, and the pointed ends pointed directly at Rong Chuzhi.

Too late to get ashore. Yu Qi rushed over with an arrow step, jumped forward, hugged Rong Chuzhi, and got under the water at once. After the bamboo raft fragments rampage across the river, they disappeared in a blink of an eye under the double blow of the river and the stones.

Yu Qi has a good water nature, she hugged Rong Chuzhi, and after stumbling in the water, she rolled into a deep pool, and then poked her head out and grabbed the thick rattan that grew against the surface of the water.

Rong Chuzhi also drilled out of the water. He almost suffocated, so he quickly exhaled a few times. Wiping a handful of water from his face, he saw Duanmu Yuqi with a concerned look in his eyes.

Being held by Yu Qi closely, Rong Chuzhi was embarrassed, he instinctively avoided Yu Qi's body, but he was careless and was almost swept away along the current. Yu Qi hugged him tightly again.

"You, you...... Why are you here? Rong Chu's words were incoherent.

Yu Qi shook his soaked hair and said to Rong Chuzhi: "I don't have any hands, you are tired to give me a haircut at the corners of my eyes, they make my eyes hurt." ”

The corners of Rong Chuzhi's mouth twitched, and he obediently arranged Yu Qi's hair. Her hair was black and shiny, so beautiful.

Raising his head inadvertently, Rong Chuzhi saw that Yu Qi's hand holding the rattan was bleeding, and hurriedly reminded: "Your hand!" I'll do it anyway. ”

Yu Qi immediately refused: "Don't touch it!" This rattan is full of thorns. I've already been stabbed, so why should you come in? I just suffered a serious injury in the water, and I don't seem to have the strength to swim back, so I have to help me. ”

At this time, Rong Chuzhi noticed that there were wisps of red around them. The blood is not his, it is naturally Yu Qi's. This stupid girl has been protecting him, but she was injured.

"Why are you here?"

"I've been there." Yu Qi smiled and said, "I didn't take it lightly or seriously at the beginning, so I'm sorry that you didn't take the exam." This time, I heard that you came to southern Xinjiang to kill the enemy, and I knew that you were not good at water, so I begged my father and Lord Rong to come to help you quietly. You're a dull guy and you're deadly. I've saved you so many times, and you didn't even pay attention! ”

Rong Chuzhi briefly thought about it, indeed, whether it was falling from a horse during the battle between the two armies or encountering a coyote when surveying the terrain, he was inexplicably rescued in the end, he originally thought that he was blessed with a great life, but it turned out to be a "bodyguard".

The two of them struggled to go ashore and walked back along the river, and met the victorious Rong Zhe on the way, and finally there was no danger.

Yu Qi was placed in Rong Chuzhi's military camp, and at this time Rong Chuzhi knew that Yu Qi was injured multiple times, and his two hands were almost scrapped, and he was afraid to think about it.

Rong Chuzhi sat in front of Yu Qi's sickbed and asked, "The grace of saving lives cannot be repaid, what does the girl want Xiaosheng to do?" ”

"It's okay, we children don't care about this little thing."

"A trifle? Do you think my life doesn't matter? ”

"No, no, don't think about it." Yu Qi waved his hand wrapped into zongzi and said.

"That's good. How do you sons and daughters repay the grace of saving lives? ”

"Hmm......" Yu Qi thought about it carefully, "It seems to be a personal promise." ”

Rong Chuzhi blinked: "Okay, wait until next year when I win the champion, please ask the girl to be the champion lady!" ”