In the early morning, the mist is thick and the river bank is hazy.

An extremely wide river, flowing unstoppably towards the sea from the northwest. At the mouth of the sea, there are dozens of wooden stakes with the thickness of the bowl mouth, the roots are all brushed with tung oil, and they are connected with iron chains everywhere, just like many warriors who are not afraid of life and death, laughing at the wind and waves, and never wavering a bit.

On both sides of the sea mouth are steep cliffs, smooth as mirrors, the flight of the yellow crane can still pass, and the ape wants to spend the sorrow and climb. On the cliffs on both sides, you can vaguely see many Quyue camps, and there are countless archers with bows and arrows standing in front of the wall, looking at the sea under the cliffs.

Looking at everyone's eyes, it can be seen that the sea is divided into three rows: front, middle and back, and there are 100 tall warships moored. Each of these warships is more than one zhang high, and one in the middle is as high as two zhang, and each boat is flying high with the big flag of the word "Liu", and the flag is blown by the sea breeze to hunt and hunt, and it is extremely majestic from afar.

The sea breeze grew stronger, blowing away the mist on the surface of the sea. Under the slanting sun, a middle-aged military general dressed in a blue battle robe and carrying a long sword at his waist was standing on the bow of the warship in the center, looking into the distance. He was born with a rectangular face, a goatee, and a touch of elegance in the majesty of his eyebrows.

A deputy general beside him looked at the mountains on the opposite bank and asked: "Lord Liu, we have been anchored here for more than three months, and we have launched many strong attacks during this period. But every time I took the lives of many soldiers in vain, I don't know if I have to ...... today? ”

Liu Cheng frowned slightly, and was embarrassed: "The official family ordered me to be the commander of the East Road, attacking Qu Yue from the waterway, how did I expect Qu Yue to defend so tightly, if I continue to attack, it will only increase casualties, if I don't attack but disobey the holy order, our army is indeed in a dilemma at the moment!" ”

The adjutant general proposed: "General Liu, according to the last general, we might as well divert to Wu'an and land ashore." ”

Liu Cheng muttered: "Ben General has also thought about it, but within a radius of 100 miles, in addition to the Baiteng River in front of him, only Wu'an Prefecture in the south and Lonely Soul Gorge in the north can be landed. The terrain of Wu'an Prefecture is relatively flat, but it is close to Fan Jubei's defense area. Listening to the report, there is no large army of enemy troops near the Lonely Soul Gorge, but the terrain there is dangerous and abnormal, and Li Huan uses troops like a god, if we ambush the next group of men and horses, will we have to annihilate the whole army? ”

The adjutant general nodded, "What Lord Liu said is reasonable, if we can pull down the wooden barrier here and repel the enemy troops on the shore, we will be able to get unimpeded all the way, and it is indeed better to pass those two dangers." ”

Liu Cheng sighed and said: "Alas, it's just a strong attack on the Baiteng River, I don't know how much time it will take." I hope that Lord Hou can send reinforcements as soon as possible, and there will be no accidents on his side. ”

The adjutant general asked, "General Liu, when are we going to attack?" ”

Liu Cheng didn't hesitate to pull out his long sword and point ahead, "No need to wait, attack immediately!" ”

The adjutant general hurriedly shouted: "Yes! The army is attacking! ”

With his order, the soldiers on the mast quickly shook the two small flags in their hands and played the offensive flag. The ships were ordered to proceed slowly in a predetermined order, heading for the cliffs and stakes not far away.

The Qu Yue soldiers on the cliff, seeing that the Song army had already launched an attack, invariably opened their bows and arrows, and their movements were extremely uniform. But none of them was in a hurry to release the arrows, and they all patiently waited for the warship to get closer little by little.

Soon, the warship slowly sailed to the bottom of the cliff, and many Song soldiers formed a phalanx, holding a retreat on all sides, with a bow in the middle, and slowly walked out of the cabin. The Qu Yue guards on the cliff saw the Song army attacking, and suddenly came to the spirit, with the whistle of the leading officer, everyone pulled the bowstring, and the sky feathered arrows attacked the Song army on the ship.

For a time, the bowstrings rang together, the sound shook the bull fight, and the arrow rain fell together, wanting to crack the dust. Countless Song soldiers were shot through by the random arrows flying from the cliff before they could bend their bows and arrows, and their corpses fell heavily on the deck, staining the warship blood-red.

Many of the soldiers who were lucky enough not to be shot waded through the blood of their brothers and feet, stepped on the corpses of their brothers, and shouted and shot arrows at the cliff. They are all bloody, like roaring beasts, roaring to fight their enemies to the death.

Unfortunately, although they were alone, their bows and arrows were very weak, and they attacked again, and before they could get close to the enemy, they lost their strength in the air and fell into the sea in despair.

When the enemy saw their uniform attack, they all laughed, drew their hard bows, mounted their sharp arrows, and fired at the ships in unison. In an instant, the rain of arrows rained wave after wave, carrying the terrifying sound of breaking the air, and shot overwhelmingly towards the Song army.

In the blink of an eye, most of the Song troops on the ship were either killed or wounded, and the deck was already a sea of corpses and blood. Liu Cheng twisted his beard in his hands, looking at the tragic scene in front of him, his eyes were slightly moist. Even though he has been fighting horses for half his life, he is accustomed to seeing bloody rain and bloody winds, and every time he faces such a scene, he still can't be indifferent.

"Whoosh!" A sharp arrow with a piercing sound of breaking through the air shot straight at Liu Cheng, who was standing at the bow of the ship to supervise the battle. The momentum was fast and fierce, Liu Cheng hurriedly gathered his mind and tried his best to dodge, but he was still inevitably scratched on his cheek by the cluster of arrows, and blood dripped down.

Seeing this, the adjutant general was a little flustered, and hurriedly said, "General Liu, are you okay?" According to the general, it is better to retreat thirty miles as usual, and attack again tomorrow. ”

Liu Cheng nodded, "The general's injury is fine, but I really can't bear to witness the tragic death of my subordinates, I hope that Lord Hou can send reinforcements as soon as possible, come up with a strategy to break the enemy, and cross the Baiteng River as soon as possible." ”

"What General Liu said is very true." After the adjutant general finished speaking, he shouted to the herald on Diao Dou: "General Liu ordered to suspend the attack today, the army retreats thirty miles, and Rong will reason again tomorrow!" ”

"Yes!" The herald replied loudly, and then waved the command flag in his hand to convey the order to the warships. The soldiers of the ships, seeing that their companions had suffered countless casualties today, and that there were still people who were in love with the war, immediately retreated slowly according to the order.

The Qu Yue soldiers stood on the cliff, looking at the Song army that had been defeated again, and they all laughed loudly. In their eyes, Song Jun is just a group of lambs to be slaughtered, some lambs who don't know whether they are alive or dead, and take the initiative to jump into the tiger's mouth every day, if they don't "eat" them, they are sorry for the conscience of heaven and earth.

In the evening, it was dark.

The strong wind blows the sea, the waves crash against the warship, and the flag rolls with the wind. The warship was tall and solid, and it only floated slightly up and down in the wind and waves. But a small fishing boat in the distance swayed in the wind and waves, and almost capsized several times.

The small fishing boat was getting closer and closer, and the herald on Diao Dou was the first to discover the small boat, and hurriedly signaled with a flag, "This is the warship of the Song army, if you dare to approach again, you will not be spared." ”

The man on the boat was a young man dressed in khaki linen and with a wooden stick pinned to his waist. He held the fence in one hand and the wine gourd in the other, and kept raising his head to drink, as if he didn't pay attention to the rough sea at all. In the cabin, there was a girl in purple, urging him to row faster. The two of them didn't know if they didn't see the flag or couldn't understand it at all, so they approached the warship by themselves.

Seeing that they were ignoring the flag, the herald hurriedly shouted, "What are you doing?" Get out of here, if you dare to get any closer, we'll shoot our bows and arrows!" ”

His voice was very loud, and the Song army in the cabin heard it clearly, they suspected that the two were spies of the Qu Yue people, and they wanted to sneak attack at night, so they hurriedly walked to the deck with bows and arrows in hand. The heralds on the other boats also spotted the fishing boat and hurriedly rang the gong. Liu Cheng was sitting in the cabin at the moment pondering countermeasures, and suddenly heard the gongs of each ship ringing in unison, and hurriedly walked to the deck.

Seeing that everyone was holding bows and arrows, he was ready to attack himself, and hurriedly shouted: "Hey, this young man is a rescuer sent by Lord Hou, if you dare to shoot this young man to death, stay here for the rest of your life!" ”

(End of chapter)