Chapter 982: Killer Feature
A crisp eagle's cry sounded from mid-air, piercing the clouds, radiating dozens of white clouds floating in the blue sky, and echoing the white clouds and blue sky is the same boundless blue Taihu Lake, as well as that little emerald green.
The eagle rode through the clouds, and on the back of the giant eagle was the Great Chu Sky Horse, because of the existence of the Hundred Generals' Ranch, Leng Zhuo had hatched a large number of flying monster eggs from the Eagle Rift Valley one after another, and the birds of prey and monsters have always had difficulty giving birth, and the hatching period of an egg is also very long, some as long as a hundred years, and some of the short ones are three or five years.
However, the long incubation period is not without benefits, because after absorbing enough energy in the eggshell, after hatching, it will innate with the foundation of high-level demonic beasts, and in just a few years after that, it will be able to quickly become an adult.
The number of air horses in Da Chu is only a thousand, because most of the raptor monsters actually do not have the ability to ride, and the number limits the play of air horses, and the variety of birds of prey also makes it unqualified to form an army.
For example, when he broke through the mountain pass in Ziyang, Xiahou Yuan led more than 200 air cavalry to help Shi Wansui fight out of the pass and seize the camp on the top of the mountain, which was only occasional, and in order to better exert the power of the air cavalry, in fact, these thousands of air cavalry were scattered to the divisions under the jurisdiction of each army in the form of small teams
Compared with land scouts, the monitoring range of air cavalry is wider, and the range of radiation is also wider, and in Chuzhou and Yangzhou, thousands of air cavalry form a sky detection network, in this range, there are almost no major military movements that can be separated from the monitoring of the Chu army.
It is precisely because of the existence of these sky scouts that the actions of the Great Chu Army often have the advantage of being one step ahead of the enemy and anticipating the enemy's first opportunity, Wang Xiang felt the rapid fall of the giant eagle under his crotch, the suffocation of the air did not cause him to panic, as the giant eagle stretched its wings, the momentary sense of weightlessness quickly disappeared, and the high speed of the fall became stable.
At the foot of the lake, there is the mouth of the lake between the Tianhe River and Taihu Lake, and on both sides of the ten-mile-long waterway, there are two peninsulas like Cancer Clips, Hukou County belongs to Taihu County to the west, and Yan County of the former Yangzhou County to the east, but now Yan County has become an empty land, where a new city would have stood, but because of the war, the construction here has been delayed for at least a whole year.
But all this will soon be over, just before, when he was searching the waters of Taihu Lake, he finally found the Japanese warships fleeing from the north of Yangzhou City, nearly 300 large ships on the lake can be a big target - even at a height of thousands of meters, it can still be clearly distinguished. *.
At this moment, Taihu Lake is like a huge bag, and this is the mouth of the bag, as long as this place is tied tightly, the Japanese army has nowhere to go, and the soldiers and horses arranged on all sides of Taihu Lake have reached an unprecedented 200,000 people, and along the Taihu Lake, there is almost no human population, and the Japanese army can not grab half of the supplies from where they land, and they must always face the attack of the surrounding garrisons.
And listening to the above, most of the main force of the Japanese army has been wiped out under the city of Yangzhou, and at this moment, the Japanese army has only to kill out of the lake and enter the Tianhe River to flee all the way, otherwise just boiling, there are still more than 20,000 Japanese troops will soon be starved to death of food and grass.
The giant eagle slowly flew down to the east side of the lake's mouth waterway, and as the height continued to decrease, in the verdant hills, there were already camps hidden in the woods, and landed on the camp on the highest peak among the many hills.
"Ha finally came, I'm going to deliver the news!"
Wang Xiang was not worried that the Japanese army would suddenly go in other directions, because if they wanted to leave Taihu Lake, there was only one way to go, and even if the Japanese people were playing tricks, they were almost useless, and now they were stationed on the two peninsulas, but there were 50,000 troops, and Tianhe, around Taihu Lake, there were more than 500 warships, as for most of those small and medium-sized boats, most of them were excluded, if you counted, there were no less than 2,000 boats alone.
With such a strong force, it will be a nightmare for the Japanese army, whether they go ashore, make a detour from the shore, or forcibly break through.
As the news was delivered, the heralds began to get busy, and Xia Xiaoliu quickly went and returned: "Brother Wang, I have to trouble you to convey Zhao Shuai's order to the other side!"
"Okay, I'll take a trip here, and I'll come back just in time for dinner!" After receiving the order flag, Wang Xiang climbed on the back of the eagle again and flew to the opposite peninsula.
At the same time, with Zhao Yun's order to reach the camps, the camps entered a state of combat readiness, all the camps were locked up in the wall, patrols were doubled, and the strong people in the camp also boarded the sentry tower wall, responsible for guarding against the invasion of the ninjas.
As the sun sets, the evening breeze blows, blowing through the trees around the camp, and the leaves rustle, but there is a solemn atmosphere permeating.
The night generals, the bright moon in the sky, the stars are like chess pieces on the chessboard, the stars are scattered, the sky is bright, although the visibility of such a night is good, but it will still affect the vision.
The Japanese army may force their way across the waterway at night, or attack before the most exhausting dawn, but whenever they appear, they need to be prepared, and one by one the Exocet warships will drag the grasshopper boats off the shore and into the dark Taihu Lake.
The inside of these grasshopper boats has undergone simple modifications, such as a layer of sand on the inside of the grasshopper boat, and on top of the sand, a bonfire rack has been built with giant logs, tree branches, and black fire oil.
"Ignition!" As a torch was thrown onto a grasshopper ship, the flames touched the oil, and suddenly a fire snake jumped high, and the flames quickly devoured the dry branches, making a crackling sound, and after the branches burned, they burned the giant wood, so that the giant wood was also ignited, and with these large logs, even if it burned for one night, the fire on a grasshopper ship would not be extinguished.
The firelight was like a firefly in the dark, a little bit of firelight illuminated the surroundings, one, two, three, ten, hundred, and soon more than a hundred grasshopper boats were ignited on the lake, and the raging flames expelled the darkness around them, so that the watchtower in the camp on the shore could see a farther field of vision.
Hundreds of flying fish quickly focus on the waterway of the lake, fanning towards the direction of Taihu Lake, every minute there will be grasshopper boats are ignited, and soon, the flames floating on the surface of these lakes are as many as nearly a thousand, ensuring that there must be one within 100 meters, and there are almost no dead ends in the entire lakemouth waterway.
Wang Xiang had dinner, and after resting for a while, he was once again mounted on his precious giant eagle and flew into the air, he would be in charge of patrolling in the first half of the night, and this time he didn't need to run far, just hovering above and overlooking the little fire below.
The giant eagle soon flew into the sky, turning into a black spot, if you don't look carefully, it is difficult to find his existence, this kind of waiting is more hard than searching, boring, Wang Xiang rode on the back of the giant eagle, took a nap, if there is any movement below, he will definitely not be able to escape the eyes of the giant eagle under his crotch, not to mention that he does not think that the Japanese army ship can appear here at this time.
The waiting time was very difficult, but fortunately, time was flowing rapidly, and the night was gradually deepening, and the big moon hanging in the sky did not know when to climb to the middle position, swaying the silver-white moonlight to make the lake surface sparkle with layers of waves.
The giant eagle under the crotch shook its body to wake Wang Xiang up, Wang Xiang quickly wiped his eyes, and looked down, in the dark, there was still nothing to find, but soon, Wang Xiang found an abnormality, a burning fire suddenly extinguished, although no naval ships were found around, but the Japanese army heard that there is a kind of seahorse cavalry, which can dive into the lake later, spray water arrows, water balloons, obviously this time it is still these seahorse cavalry who take the lead.
Wang Xiang stroked the giant eagle under his crotch and quickly fell towards the peninsula.
"Sure enough, you want to take advantage of the night to pass, make a good calculation, send the order to the shore, let them do it!" Zhao Yun sneered and said to the herald's command.
On the shore of the lake, backed by hills, facing the water and land of Taihu Lake, there are continuous camps, and on the simple dock, it has been empty, and the boats moored here have sailed out, and after the grasshoppers were arranged before, the flying fish boats also went deep into the Taihu Lake along the shore of the lake, after all, next, this will become a battlefield for the two sides, and they will not be of much use here.
The giant deer rode quickly over the mountain road, came to the shore of the lake, and gave Zhao Yun's order, and the generals guarding this place immediately stepped out of the camp and beckoned his soldiers to come to the lake.
"Open the water cage!" On the simple dock, there are large wooden boxes, all of which are one zhang square, and it is said that there are killer weapons to deal with the Japanese seahorse cavalry, and from those Chu army sailors who came ashore, these are all the young beasts of the fierce blood sword midges.
That's right, these are all Blood Sword Midges that have been placed in a domestication pool, as long as there is not enough food, the evolution of Blood Sword Midges will slow down indefinitely, but the lifespan is very long, and without the stimulation of blood, Blood Sword Midges will not be ferocious.
The seahorse cavalry of the Japanese army is indeed a difficult object, although there are only three or four hundred blood sword midge beast cavalry in the battle, although the number is too small, and compared to the naval war ship, the seahorse cavalry is obviously not the point, so at this moment the blood sword midge beast is placed on the waterway of the lake, as a blockade line, and the Japanese army sea ship is placed to escape while the chaos.
With the general's order, a soldier had already picked up a hammer and smashed it towards the wooden box, and suddenly a big hole was smashed on the box, and the animal skin in the box was cut open with a knife, and suddenly a large amount of water gushed out, and those blood sword midges that were only two or three feet long jumped into the Taihu Lake along the water.
After turning around in the lake, he rushed towards the periphery, of course, these blood sword midges were not controlled, but on those grasshopper boats, in addition to the lit bonfire, there were some bloody raw meat tied below, the faint smell of blood, but the best guidance.