The river is very stable, although the dark night increases the difficulty of crossing the river, but for a water dragon like Jiang Qin, it is not a difficult thing, most of the soldiers grow on both sides of the Yangtze River, and it is very normal to know the water surname.

Taking advantage of the faint darkness of the night, Jiang Qin tied two or three bamboo rafts together with thick ropes to strengthen the stability of the bamboo raft under the impact of the current.

After everything was done, Jiang Qin personally ordered dozens of strong soldiers, and picked a few veterans, two on each bamboo raft, and one pole in the front and rear, and then boarded the bamboo raft one after another.

Jiang Qin began to lead the soldiers across the river.

Due to the long period of peace, the enemy troops relaxed their vigilance, there were no patrol boats at all, and it was estimated that they were sleeping. In this way, the crossing of the river became very smooth. After Jiang Qin successfully landed ashore, he immediately led his soldiers to find a place to hide, and sent a dozen or so people out to sentry to investigate the situation. He waited patiently for another group of soldiers to come up. How to repeat the second group, the third group of soldiers soon came across the river. However, relatively speaking, the progress was very slow, Jiang Qin looked up at the Big Dipper Star in the night sky, and secretly began to be anxious in his heart.

After another hour passed, and the sky began to glow.

Jiang Qin finally couldn't sit still, at this rate, it would take at least half a day to cross the river with all the soldiers. But after only a while, the sky will be completely bright, and it will be difficult for the enemy not to find out. Frontal combat, although not afraid of Liu Biaojun, but alarming all the enemy troops, is obviously not a good thing. So he decided to take more than 500 soldiers and touch them first. According to the situation that the soldiers reconnoitred back, the enemy army has about a school of men, and the difference in numbers is not very large, plus there is mental arithmetic or not, there should be a chance of winning by seven or eight points.

Since he thought so, Jiang Qin did not hesitate, and called a few partial generals in a low voice, and ordered the soldiers to start preparing for action. Only a few men were left to pick up the soldiers who came up from behind.

Along the river bank in the dark, Jiang Qin led a group of people to move forward cautiously.

About half an hour later, Jiang Qin and the soldiers noticed a faint light flickering not far ahead.

Jiang Qin and the soldiers cheered up, adjusted their vigilance to the highest, and touched it neatly.

Getting closer and closer to the enemy, Jiang Qin found a high ground, casually motioned for the soldiers to climb up together, stopped at the top of the slope, and began to carefully observe the situation in the barracks. After a while, he pondered: "Regardless of the moving lights, there are a total of 16 lights in the positioning, which means that the enemy army has about 16 sentry towers and arrow towers. The moving light of the fire seems that the enemy army has about three or four patrol squads, and whether they are really on guard or lazy or not, we must be cautious when we pass by, and we must not make any mistakes. ”

A few generals nodded in unison.

Jiang Qin ordered: "Li Hu, Wang Dai, the two of you with a hundred soldiers, bypass from the left side, the goal is to set fire to the village, try to create chaos, let the enemy army fall into panic, so that we can take advantage of it." ”

The two of them took the order and left.

Jiang Qin said again: "Le Chao, you take thirty soldiers with good archery skills and go and pull out the enemy sentry for me." ”

Le Chao nodded, without a trace of expression on his face, obviously he was the number one person in this army.

After Jiang Qin finished the distribution, he said to the remaining generals and soldiers: "The rest will rush to Dazhai with me." ”

The soldiers did not dare to shout in response, and everyone nodded in unison.

Jiang Qin snorted and said, "Let's go." ”

At the moment when the order was given, all the soldiers quickly dispersed in all directions.

The night was still very hazy, and under the silver-gray moonlight, there were countless dark shadows. In the distance, a slight tidal sound could be heard, and all the soldiers were in a cat's body, and they rushed towards the enemy village with brisk and agile speed.

Because of the loose defense, Jiang Qin and his soldiers were much more relaxed, and it almost felt like there was no defense at all.

Le Chao came to his own range, looked up at the sentry tower in front of him, and involuntarily shook his head and sighed, there were torches on the sentry tower, but there was no one in sight, maybe it was too comfortable, they were all loose, it is estimated that the people on the two sentry towers on the left and right were sitting and sleeping.

Jiang Qin led his soldiers about a stone's throw away from the enemy's fortress and waited in ambush there.

As the minutes and seconds passed, Jiang Qin and his warrior spirit became more and more concentrated and excited.

At this moment, the military village in front of him suddenly burst into flames, and then thick smoke billowed out. The silence of the night, which had been very quiet, was shattered by a chaotic shout. Then began the neighing of horses, the shouts of soldiers, the sound of horns, the sound of snare drums, and it was very chaotic and chaotic.

It is clear that the enemy forces have begun to disorganize.

Jiang Qin immediately made a decision and immediately led the soldiers to rush forward.

The military village was already in chaos, and the flames were blazing everywhere, and Li Hu and Wang Dai led the soldiers to wear left and right, and they were clever and agile. Only a few soldiers who had fallen behind were scattered in the corners and fought alone.

In the center of Liu's main village, more than a dozen soldiers surrounded a general who seemed to lead the troops, his head was crooked, his armor was a little messy, and his face was very flustered to command the soldiers to fight the fire, with a little fear in his eyes. Then he organized soldiers in a panic to pounce on Li Hu and Wang Dai's detachment.

Li Hu was very clever and did not entangle with the enemy too much, retreated while setting fire, and shouted: "Brothers, kill them all, burn them all." "But this is to demoralize the enemy.

At this time, Jiang Qin led more than 300 soldiers to open the gate of the fortress and rushed in, cutting people when they saw them.

The vast majority of the enemy soldiers had just crawled out of the camp in a daze and were not fully awake, and they had already given the soldiers who rushed up with their swords falling from their hands, splashing the sky with blood and mist, and they died on the spot.

Some soldiers who have the intention to kill the enemy, have no endurance to neglect the battlefield, and are lazy in training in peacetime, although they have the heart but are weak, where is the opponent of Jiang Qin, a carefully selected soldier, he will fall a lot in three strokes and two blows.

Jiang Qin carried an iron gun in his hand and led the soldiers on a rampage, and none of his generals returned to the village, and soon rushed to the Chinese army.

When the leader of the enemy army saw this, he was already frightened. Seeing that the soldiers kept falling, he hadn't figured out where the other party came from or how many people there were. He only felt that there were enemy soldiers in all directions, and the ubiquitous shouts almost frightened his courage. Soon the idea of slipping away was moved.

The battle was almost one-sided, although Liu Jun had more than half of the number, but by this sudden change, the soldiers had no heart to fight, like scattered sand, and were scattered by Jiang Qin's soldiers, fleeing and killing. Occasionally, a few soldiers who bravely resisted also became ghosts under the knife.

Soon Liu Biaojun lost control of the side of the Whirlpool River.

Jiang Qin took advantage of the victory to pursue and defeated the enemy.

He killed 200 enemies and captured 6 ships. The side only paid a slight price of killing a dozen people and injuring 100 people, which can be described as a great victory. More importantly, it successfully cut into the heart of the enemy and laid a very solid foundation for taking Suizhou.

By this time, the sky had begun to appear white, and the sun had begun to slowly stain the clouds on the edge. The land is still in ruins after the war.

Jiang Qin casually found a place to sit down cleanly.

Looking at the sky, there was still a little hazy gray sky, reflecting his bloodshot eyes, and the fighting spirit was still burning.

He took a deep breath, not wanting to delay here for a long time, so he hurried to seize the time, on the one hand, let the soldiers carry the boat across the river to transport them, and on the other hand, he stepped up his rest and began to prepare for the beginning of another battle.

With the addition of six ships, the speed was significantly faster.

After another hour or so, all the soldiers had crossed the river.

Jiang Qin gathered several generals and discussed: "Our army has occupied both sides of the vortex for nearly two hours, and the enemy's rout will inevitably report to Suizhou. What are the generals' plans? ”

One general said: "General, if the vortex river is lost, the enemy army will definitely not sit idly by, and in the opinion of his subordinates, it is very likely that they have led their men and horses to kill them." Therefore, the general should prepare as early as possible. ”

Another general objected: "The enemy army should not act rashly until we find out the details." At the same time as the vigilance is strengthened, many spies should be sent to find out the situation, and the general can use tactics to lure them when the time comes. ”

The general who spoke earlier disagreed: "Otherwise, if we were to be the enemy, if an enemy rushed to our heart, would you still be patient to find out the enemy?" Eighty percent is to send troops while reconnaissance. ”

Jiang Qin thought about it carefully and agreed: "There is some truth. ”

The general was approved by Jiang Qin, and his spirit perked up: "In this case, the general will have two options for the general to choose." ”

Jiang Qin asked, "What are the two plans?" ”

The general said: "A plan to rush forward." The general can leave a small number of soldiers here to lure the enemy, and the large group of men and horses will sneak over and seize Suizhou. This plan seems to be beautiful, but in fact it is a bit risky, in case the enemy army stays with many soldiers, even if our army can win, it will be a tragic victory. ”

Jiang Qin only pondered and did not express his opinion.

The partial general continued: "The other plan is relatively safe, the general can choose to hide the terrain, wait for the arrival of the enemy army, and fight a beautiful ambush battle. However, this is only a way to seek stability, and although it can be won, it will not hurt the enemy's bones, and on the contrary, it may lose a great opportunity to fight a war. ”

Jiang Qin thought for a while and said, "According to your meaning, we should take a risk?" ”

The general said respectfully: "The subordinates are resourceful and indecisive, and the general thinks deeply." ”

Jiang Qin grinned, with a little smile on his rough face and said, "Okay, so cautious, I'm afraid that I will treat you?" ”

The partial general was neither arrogant nor humble and said: "The general is too careful, not in his position, not seeking his position, and his subordinates are just doing their own thing." ”

Jiang Qin said with satisfaction: "Le Chao, if it goes well, there will definitely be rewards in the future." ”

Le Chao said lightly: "Thank you, General." ”

Just now, the partial general said again at this time: "General, this matter still needs to be discussed, you must know that the reason why Suizhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack is precisely because."

It was built for him to take advantage of the natural geographical advantages of Tongbai Mountain and Green Forest Mountain. Now how did they start to give up their greatest advantages and lead troops into battle, isn't this self-destructive? ”

Le Chao smiled and said, "General Wang, have you forgotten?" Although Suizhou City is dangerous, it is built on the basis of the other party. It is quite difficult for a soldier to attack from the outside. On the contrary, if the gap is opened from the inside, the sky is dangerous and the place is good, and it will disappear completely. Don't forget, our army has already stolen the whirlpool upstream, and it is located in the Suizhou Prefecture at this time. If they don't come out to contain us, when the time comes, in the heart of Suizhou, won't our army do whatever they want? ”

Wang Dai patted his head and laughed at himself: "What General Le said is very true, look at me, hehe." ”

Jiang Qin looked at him, and secretly thought in his heart that Le Chao was a talent, and he should keep him by his side in the future.

Jiang Qin took a sharp breath in his heart, and stood up with his tall body, his tiger eyes ringing at the generals under him, and his essence was shining. He shouted in a deep voice: "Li Hu, you are leading a few soldiers to this news, don't be vigilant, if you find the enemy, don't fight, just scatter yourself, it's best to let them firmly hold them behind, so that they can't catch up with you, and they don't want to retreat." ”

Li Hu immediately stepped out of the ranks, and responded with a thick neck: "The last general understands." ”

Jiang Qin continued: "Le Chao, you take a few prisoners and separate them to lead the way. ”

Jiang Qin said coldly again: "The other soldiers will attack Suizhou County with me. This matter is related to the overall situation of Jiangxia's safety, and all the generals must be vigorous and not retreat from the battle. If anyone is found to have fled in a cowardly manner, they will be killed. But those who bravely move forward and fight hard to kill the enemy will surely be rewarded after the deed is accomplished. ”

All the soldiers received the order with a bang, and their morale was very high.

Jiang Qin took a deep breath, looked at his soldiers, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, let's go." ”

With Jiang Qin's loud shout, the soldiers, led by a few prisoners, began to take a shortcut to Suizhou City.

Halfway through, the spies in front reported that they had found a large number of soldiers on the avenue marching to the riverbank, apparently trying to regain control of the upper reaches of the vortex and destroy the troops and horses on the side.

After getting the news, Jiang Qin secretly praised in his heart, and his eyes swept over Le Chao, who was about half a body behind him, thinking about it, fortunately, he had just given himself a wake-up, otherwise there would be an encounter on the avenue, and it would be really a little troublesome. With such a talent, it seems that he will be recommended to the lord in the future.

The journey was unhurried.

Soon the army broke away from the mountain roads and waterways and began to approach Suizhou City. The battle between Jiangxia and Jiangxia, and even the key battle between Liu Biao and Zhang Lang, is about to begin.

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