Seeing this, Cheng Xuefeng on the side also took out the binoculars in the black bag on his waist and looked across the vast riverbank.

Before Lu An left Baishi Mountain, for the convenience of Cheng Xuefeng's escort caravan, he also gave him a telescope, and Cheng Xuefeng has always regarded it as a treasure.

Zheng Weitao, who was on the side, saw the telescope held by Lu An and Cheng Xuefeng, and immediately became curious, "Young master, what are you holding?" ”

Fu Tianqi explained, "General Zheng doesn't know that this is a good treasure made by the young master himself, called a telescope. ”

"Ordinary people can only see three or four miles, but with a telescope, they can see ten miles away, and they are meticulous."

"So amazing?!"

Zheng Weitao was shocked when he heard this.

As a general in the army, Zheng Weitao instantly realized the advantages of the telescope on the battlefield.

With this treasure, at least the exploration horse is omitted, which is enough to anticipate the enemy's aircraft first, and better deploy offensive and defensive matters.

Lu An checked for a while, and saw Zheng Weitao rubbing his hands, looking curious, and handed the telescope to him with a smile.

The focal length has been adjusted, Zheng Weitao picked up the binoculars, looked into the distance like Lu An, and suddenly closed his mouth in shock.

"Oh my God!"

"I can see the other side at a glance!"

"Young master, did you see that?"

"The warships of the Xia army on the other side are almost connected, not only are there too many more than ours, but even the warships are taller and bigger than ours, the Xia army is so rich, it has invested so much in shipbuilding alone!"

"However, judging from the last general, although the Xia army has the advantage of warships and a large number of troops, they are not used to water warfare after all, even after two or three months of training, they can see at a glance that their water combat ability is vain."

"Young master, it seems that the Xia army is also worried that they have no advantage in their own water warfare, and they have already connected most of the fighting boats together, and even the war horses have been led to the fighting boats to increase their stability."

"But they forgot that even if they connect more warships together, as long as they run into our ships, they won't be able to get any bargains, and it's a complete waste of effort!"

Since he had decided to follow Lu An's northern expedition, Zheng Weitao quickly put away his fear, and analyzed while observing the situation on the other side.

Lu An asked Ah Da to send a few soldiers to bring up some football-sized stones, pointed to the bow of the ship and a total of six improved stone throwers on both sides and said, "Brother Fu, Brother Cheng, let our people get familiar with the range of the stone throwers as soon as possible." ”

"When you face the enemy head-on later, be sure to let the brothers shoot every stone accurately into the enemy ship!"

Fu Cheng and the others received the order, and at the same time issued the same order to the five surrounding warships.

For a time, the trebuchets on six warships were familiar with the range of the trebuchet at the same time.

Seeing this, Zheng Weitao exclaimed again, "Young master, the range of this stone thrower has actually reached four or five hundred meters!" ”

Then, he looked hesitant again, "Although our catapult has a long enough range, it seems that the young master wants to destroy the enemy's warship with a catapult, it seems to be a little ......."

Lu An smiled while observing the soldiers' familiarity with the stone thrower, "General Zheng wants to say that I can't do this by myself, right?" ”

"The last general will not dare!"

"Hehe, it's okay, but I'm just letting you try the range of the catapult now, and don't forget the big wooden boxes we brought to the ship earlier."

Picking up the binoculars again and observing, Lu An ordered, "It seems that in about a quarter of an hour, the other party should be able to see us, Brother Cheng, let our people move the big wooden box out." ”

"Pay attention to remind them that the things in the wooden box must be kept away from water and fire sources, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Seeing that the six warships had already reached the center of the river, only five or six miles away from the north bank, they were already in sight without the need for binoculars.

Before, Lu An and the others could clearly observe through the telescope that the Xia army on the north shore was training in an orderly manner.

Until they found six warships heading towards them, the Xia army on the opposite bank immediately began to arrange in a panic.

One of the building ships as the commander, taller than Lu An's and them, was the first to sail out and slowly greeted them.

Followed by the two sides of the Mong, fighting boats, shooting boats, etc., the last to come, faintly protect the building ship in the middle, the deck of each ship is lined with soldiers, a cursory look, there are forty or fifty warships, at the same time to Lu'an to meet the side.

With Zheng Weitao's perennial experience in guarding Huainan's naval forces, he realized at a glance the huge gap in strength between the two sides.

Don't look at his previous analysis of the strength of the two sides in an orderly manner, and he didn't look down on the Xia army's hasty practice of water warfare.

You can't stand the opponent's warship, and the number of people is superior!

Seeing Xia Jun welcoming him head-on, Zheng Weitao couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat in his palms.

But when he looked at Lu An beside him, he stood with his hands in his hands, and there was not the slightest fear on his face!

Seeing this, Zheng Weitao was surprised, and the fear in his heart also faded a little.

Even the young master is not afraid of death, so what is he afraid of!

Behind the two sides of the ship, five warships followed closely, and the officers and men on board all had solemn expressions, looking like they were at home.

Zheng Weitao reminded in a low voice, "Young master, during the water war, as the command ship, the building ship should not go too far, so you might as well reduce the speed a little?" ”

When Lu An heard this, he looked around, and then noticed that not only the soldiers on the building ship on his side had stiff faces, but also the situation on the boats behind him was the same.

"There's no need, keep going at this pace!"

Lu An's unreasonable style of playing cards further confirms Zheng Weitao's thoughts.

No wonder Lord Chu has been trying his best to stop the young master, it seems that the young master has really decided to die this time, and he is the first to meet the enemy in the battle!

Behind him, the three of Chu Yin, who were tied up ten meters away, also noticed the Xia Army warship that was getting closer and closer on the opposite side at this moment, and their faces turned gray in an instant.

"Young master!"

Chu Yin said tragically, "Since the young master is bent on death, even if the old minister and the others die, they should die in the battle with the enemy!" ”

"The old minister is powerless to protect the young master, but I ask the young master to be merciful and allow the old minister to wear armor, even if he can't kill one more enemy, at least he can let the old minister block the arrows for the young master, so as to fulfill the last loyalty of the old minister!"

Lu An didn't reply, and said indifferently, "Lord Chu has a heart." ”

"However, I don't want to die until I rescue Lingfeng!"

"Lord Chu, Lord Lu, Lord Father-in-law, the only duty of the three of you now is to keep your eyes open and see how I, Lu An, the three thousand soldiers, can face the 200,000 Xia army!"

Lu An's words once again made Chu Yin and the three of them fall into despair!

Their young master, even if it comes to life and death, will no longer give them one last chance to die with dignity!

"The emperor has a spirit in the sky, and the ministers are guilty, and the crime deserves death!"

Yang Yin and the three of them fell to the ground at the same time, crying bitterly.

Lu An was disturbed by the crying, and ordered, "Come on, shut their mouths!" ”

The cries of the three old ministers quickly disappeared, but Lu An's face became more and more solemn.

"General Zheng, it seems that the distance is about the same, right?"

"Tell me to go down and light the torches at once."

"Listen to me!"