It's getting dark.

Above the river, the originally thick fog gradually dissipated, and the sound of fighting could be faintly heard in Jiang's heart.

Soon, I saw more than a dozen ships of all sizes flying the flag of Qi sailing out of the mist in the middle of the river and heading towards the north bank of the Canglong River.

These warships were extremely embarrassed, the women's walls and sides were full of dense arrows, and there were scattered blood stains on the deck, and there were traces of smoke and fire everywhere.

In addition to the smoke still billowing from the three ships and the sailors on the deck who were hurriedly extinguishing the fire, there were also four or five warships whose left front side was torn open with a hideous gap, revealing the broken stubble board, which was obviously caused by the heavy smashing of the Chu Junlou ship with a slapstick in the water battle.

It was only by relying on the role of the watertight cabin that he barely escaped from the battle and was not directly sunk by the Chu army in the Canglong River.

But soon, more than a dozen ships, led by a building ship, chased them out of the drifting fog.

However, the sailors and non-commissioned officers on the Qi ships all showed expressions of the rest of their lives.

Because according to the speed of the two sides, the time for them to arrive on the north shore was much shorter than the time for those hateful Chu troops to catch up with them!

However, before they could rejoice for too long, in the lower reaches of the Canglong River, Chu military ships were heading towards them with the rising sun as the background.

"It's over!"

Looking at the Chu warships like dark clouds, the hearts of almost all the soldiers of the Qi State sank to the bottom in an instant.

And when they saw the "Guan" flag fluttering in the wind on the ship, everyone let out a wail from the bottom of their hearts.

Guan Haocang!

Hasn't this demon already returned to Beijing, how could he appear here???

The next moment, a figure came to the bow of the ship and shouted to the Qi soldiers on the ship:

"Wait a minute, your coach Xie Wenyuan has been killed by Guan, this is his armor! If you don't surrender again, then don't blame me for the Great Chu Heavenly Army crushing you into powder and throwing them into this Canglong River to feed the fish! ”

Before he could finish speaking, a soldier used a bamboo pole to lift a pair of armor with water trails into the air.

After squinting against the sun and seeing clearly, several Qi soldiers who had seen Xie Wenyuan couldn't help but exclaim:

"That's really the armor that General Xie is wearing!!"

Hearing the words of his companions, there was a lot of discussion on the Qi army warship.

"Zhang Dashuai used himself as a bait to cover General Xie's breakthrough, didn't he succeed in the end?"

"Damn, how is this going to be?"

"Zhang Dashuai and General Xie are both killed, and we little pawns have no power to return to the sky. According to me, come down......"

"Do you think surrendering and those Chu people will make us feel better?"

"It's better than losing your life here. Think about the children in your family, if I really want to die here, what will happen to them in the future? ”

"This ......"

As soon as these words came out, many soldiers showed a look of struggle on their faces.

"That's it, let's go down. I hope that the court will be able to redeem us in the future. ”

One of the young headmasters sighed and threw the long, bladed knife in his hand onto the deck.

With him as the start, the soldiers who were already hesitant suddenly had an example, and for a while, the sound of "clanging" discarding weapons rang out.

Looking at the white flag raised by the Qi warship, Guan Haocang hooked a smile on the corner of his mouth, turned his head and said to Han Xiu:

"General Han, you lead people to collect these ships and soldiers of the Qi army. Let the brothers be careful, among the soldiers of Qi who surrendered, there was no shortage of people who were ready to fight to the death. ”

Han Xiu glanced at Guan Haocang with admiration.

The marshal only relied on a pair of Xie Wenyuan's armor to persuade these Qi soldiers who had no intention of fighting to surrender, and if they were themselves, they would definitely not be able to think of such a way.

No wonder he is a handsome, and he is just a guard of the water village.

If you don't accept it, you can't.

With this in mind, Han Xiu respectfully clenched his fists and received the order, and arranged for the manpower to receive the ships and prisoners.

An hour later, Guan Haocang and Du Yu met together on the south bank.

"This battle is really painful, the Qi State Sailor has been hit hard by this, and it has not been three or five years, and he can't breathe at all. Ben Shuai has not congratulated Yuan Kai yet, after this battle, Yuan Kai, you can be regarded as a famous enemy country. ”

"What did the marshal say?" Du Yu hurriedly waved his hand, "If it weren't for His Majesty's will and the cooperation of the marshal, it would have been impossible to achieve such a result this time, and the lower officials would just be due to fate." ”

Looking at Du Yu's modest appearance, Guan Haocang laughed and said to Lu Yi'an:

"Lu Shilang, look at this Du Yuankai, he is humble at this time."

The three of them looked at each other and burst out laughing.

After laughing, Lu Yi'an suddenly remembered something and asked about Guan Haocang.

"Guan Shuai, I just heard from those soldiers who surrendered from the Qi State that you killed the Qi general Xie Wenyuan?"

Guan Haocang blinked, "hehe" laughed.

"That's what Ben Shuai did to bluff those guys. However, Xie Wenyuan's guy was very cunning and put his armor on a personal guard. Taking advantage of the battle with the old man, he disguised himself as a pawn, jumped ship halfway, and swam to the north shore ......"

In the end, Guan Haocang looked regretful.

He had heard that Zhang Zhaoxing, the commander of the naval division of the Qi State, led some of the naval divisions to engage the Chu army in order to delay time, and finally died in the chaotic battle.

And that Xie Wenyuan is a person that Zhang Zhaoxing values and is regarded by the whole Qi State as the future commander of the Qi State Naval Division.

Relying on His Majesty's intelligence, he and Du Pre made a big game, and even did not hesitate to burn the two building boats, burning the entire water village and most of the land village, although it severely damaged the Qi State Navy Division and killed Zhang Zhaoxing, but in the end it let Xie Wenyuan run away......

Seeing the depression between Guan Haocang's brows, Du Yu comforted him.

"Dashuai, know the destiny of heaven, do your best, how can everything go well in this world?"

Guan Haocang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled.

"Yuan Kai is right, but the old man is a little obsessed. I don't know this, I thought the old man had lost a battle. ”

Lu Yi'an suddenly asked, "By the way, why don't you see the two generals, Wei Yan and Gao Lan?" ”

"They......"

Guan Haocang told Wei Yan's plan to the two of them.

When Lu Yi'an heard this, he couldn't help frowning and said, "Is General Wei's plan too dangerous?" You know, this is the Canglong River. If the response is not timely, won't these 2,000 people be trapped and killed on the north shore? ”

"Lord Lu, although this plan is dangerous, if it succeeds, it will greatly boost the hearts of the people on the north shore."

Du prepondered his words and said:

"Lord Lu, don't forget, the army of my Chu State has not appeared in Jiangbei for nearly sixty years, and the people of the three provinces who are looking forward to our dynasty are even more looking forward to the king's hair. The appearance of these two thousand soldiers in Jiangbei can make the people of Sanfu understand that I, Dachu, have never forgotten them, nor have I forgotten to take back my homeland. ”

In Du Yu's eyes, the political significance of Wei Yan and Gao Lan's military action this time is far greater than the military significance.

Therefore, he was extremely in favor of Wei Yan's plan.

Of course, it would be even better if Wei Yan and the two could return smoothly after achieving some results.

"I see, it's the official's lack of consideration."

When Lu Yi'an heard this, he understood.

"Shuai, this is not the place to talk. You and I should go to Lu Zhai to rest first, and leave the matter of cleaning up the battlefield and collecting prisoners to my subordinates. ”

Du pre-said to Guan Hao.

"I don't dare to ask for it."

Guan Haocang smiled and nodded, and walked towards Lu Zhai with Du Yu and Lu Yi'an.

Just as the fighting on the south bank was gradually extinguished, Wei Yan and Gao Ran on the north bank were discussing their next plan in a dense forest.

On a large bluestone, a simple map was spread, and the general geographical information of Dongchang Mansion and Zhongping Mansion was marked on the map.

"General Gao, you and I are in this position now."

Wei Yan said as he pointed to the words "Xing Gushan" on the map.

"You and I lead the army into the enemy territory alone, and danger is everywhere. If you are not careful, you are in danger of overturning. According to Yan's opinion, it is better to take advantage of the fact that the Qi army is focusing on the commander and joining the army, and take Supu County in one fell swoop. After that, let the soldiers change into Qi army armor and wait for the opportunity to move. ”

Wei Yan's finger moved, pointing to another place next to Xinggu Mountain-Supu County.

Gao Ran tilted his head and thought about it, slammed his fist on the bluestone, and said:

"Okay, it's General Wei's!"

Standing on the hillside, looking at the groups of Chu soldiers who set off silently, a smile appeared on the corner of Wei Yan's mouth.

This time, let Wei Wenchang bring some small Chu State shocks to the Qi State!

…………

When two thousand heavily armed Chu soldiers appeared outside Supu County very suddenly, in the county seat, both the soldiers and the people defending the city were stunned in place.

Under the leadership of Wei Yan and Gao Lan, a nine-rank grandmaster and an eight-rank master, it took less than two quarters of an hour for this humble county town to completely fall under the offensive of the Chu army.

Wei Yan and the two had a clear division of labor, one led some of the soldiers to take care of the prisoners, and the other went to the arsenal to take out weapons and armor, and prepared to change the soldiers.

The two were busy for most of the day, and it was not until noon that they gathered in the county office.

"This time, we took the defenders by surprise, killing more than 100 people and capturing more than 800 people. According to Wen Chang's instructions, I took off all their weapons and armor. ”

Gao Ran's face was full of smiles.

"It's just that the combat power of these soldiers is too weak, and this battle is not enjoyable at all!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ran's tone was full of regret.

"You guy," Wei Yan glanced at Gao Yan, and said angrily, "These soldiers are all soldiers guarding the city, and their combat power is not high, and it is extremely normal, plus there are not many people, isn't it good to have such a soft persimmon pinch?" ”

As the Battle of Qichu was about to start, the soldiers of Dongchang Mansion were all conscripted to the front line, and most of the cities in the rear were empty.

There may be three or five thousand people guarding the city, but the garrison force of ordinary cities is at most more than a thousand people, and as for small cities and county seats, there are only three or five hundred people.

It was only because this Supu County was located on the grain transportation route of the Qi State that the garrison force increased to more than 1,000 people.

With the 2,000 troops under Wei Yan's command, as long as he doesn't go to the head iron to touch the palace city, and faces other cities, it will be a tiger into the flock of sheep and kill indiscriminately.

Not only that, because Dongchang Mansion was developed by Chu and Qi one after another, although the water network was dense, it was connected by roads and bridges, which could greatly improve the transfer speed of the Chu army under Wei Yan.

"I found about five hundred pairs of weapons and armor from the arsenal, and I still missed a quarter of the armor when I asked all my sons to change their clothes."

Speaking of the Qi army armor that was found in the arsenal, a little regret appeared on Wei Yan's face.

But he also knew that everything could not be forced, and fortunately, this Supu County had strengthened its garrison on the transportation route of Qi State, otherwise they would have been able to loot three or four hundred pairs of weapons and armor after this battle, and they would be thankful.

The two were talking, and suddenly a guard came to report, saying that the people of the county had elected an elder, hoping to meet the two of them.

What do these people mean?

Wei Yan and Gao Ran glanced at each other, and they both saw confusion in each other's eyes.

"Let him in and see what he has to say."

Just hesitated for a moment, and Wei Yan made a decision.

Soon, an old man with a white beard and white hair came to Wei Yan and Gao Ran accompanied by two soldiers on crutches.

Seeing the two of them, the old man hurriedly bowed his hand and said:

"Two generals, the little old man is polite."

After Wei Yan and Gao Ran returned the courtesy, Wei Yan asked the guards to show each other a seat, and asked in a calm tone as much as possible:

"Dare to ask the old man, I don't know what is the important matter of seeing the general and General Gao this time?"

The old man hesitated for a moment, and Fang asked tentatively:

"Dare to ask the two generals, but they came from Jiangnan?"

Wei Yan and Gao Ran glanced at each other, nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

The old man suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and his originally tense spirit suddenly relaxed, and explained to the two with a smile:

"Many people in the county thought that the king of the mountain had come to this county to fight the autumn wind, but they saw that the military discipline under the general's command was strict and he did not commit any offence against the people in autumn, so they had some doubts. Xiao Lao'er has a little popularity in the county, so he was favored by everyone and asked the general with a cheeky face. ”

At the end, the old man's cloudy eyes were filled with tears, and he choked up:

"Since the age of fifteen, I have never seen Master Wang again. The three prefectures of Jiangbei have been sinking into the hands of Qi people for sixty years, but I didn't expect that in the ancient years, the old decay would be able to see the day when Wang Shi went north! ”

Before he finished speaking, the old man knelt on the ground and kowtowed in the direction of Shenjing City.

Seeing this, Wei Yan and Gao Ran hurriedly signaled the guards to help the old man up.

"The rule of the Qi people is extremely brutal, and the people of the three provinces such as us are looking forward to the northern expedition of the king all the time. Now that he has seen the two generals, the old man can also give an explanation to the people in this county. ”

After his emotions stabilized, the old man said to Wei Yan and the others with a smile.

Wei Yan smiled bitterly and told the truth to the old man.

"Old man, you misunderstood. Ben Jiang crossed the river and went north this time, just to attack and harass the Qi army. As for when the Northern Expedition will be, it will need to wait for His Majesty and many adults in the court to make a decision. ”

When the old man heard this, he suddenly realized that his face showed a look of loss.

Seeing this, Gao Ran hurriedly said comfortingly:

"Old man, now Your Majesty is wise and martial, forge ahead, and have the appearance of a Ming monarch, and he has made an oath to recover the five prefectures of Jiangbei in front of the first emperor of Taimiao. The old man and wait patiently, and he will definitely be able to see the scene of Wang Shi going north. ”

When the old man heard this, his spirits finally lifted a little, and he nodded:

"This general looks at his face, he is a loyal person, and the little old man believes that the general's words will work hard to live until that day. Little Lao'er only hopes that day will come sooner. ”

Wei Yan: Gao Ran is loyal, what about me?

It's just that the next old man's words made the two of them feel uplifted.

It turned out that the convoy of Qi Guo to operate grain at the Water Division University would pass through Supu County every half month.

Now count the days, and almost tomorrow morning will arrive in Supu County.

When the old man was sent away, Wei Yan and Gao Ran glanced at each other.

Wei Yan lowered his voice and said, "General Gao, do you say that this grain transport team will be robbed or not?" ”

Gao Ran also whispered: "I'm in the dark, and the enemy is in the light, why don't you rob it?" ”

After reaching an agreement, the two gathered their generals and began to discuss.

On the dirt roads in the countryside made of loess, a grain transport team with a small scale of 1,000 people is moving forward one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Since most of the soldiers were transferred to the front line, only 500 of the more than 1,000 soldiers who escorted the grain and grass were government soldiers, and the rest were auxiliaries and civilian soldiers.

The head of the general was named Yuezhou, and because of his upright personality, he was not treated by the officials, so he was not transferred to the front line, but became a grain supervisor, responsible for supervising the transportation of grain and grass.

Although Yuezhou was upright, he was quite cautious in the use of troops, and he was cautious in transporting grain several times, and did not dare to be sloppy in the slightest.

This time, too.

Even if it was less than thirty miles away from Supu County last night, Yuezhou still didn't need to let the soldiers speed up their pace, but set up camp, and waited until they had a night's rest before they set off at dawn.

Not only that, but he also ordered the scouts in the army to expand the scope of the investigation to five miles in case they were ambushed by the thieves.

His arrangement made the lieutenant general quite puzzled.

Yue Zhou only explained lightly: "The marshal is about to fight with the Chu State, and no one knows whether the Chu army will risk crossing the river and harassing the rear. The grain and grass will be escorted, and the stakes are very high, so we have to be cautious. ”

When the adjutant general heard this, he didn't say anything on the surface, but he sneered in his heart.

If the Chu thief really had this courage, he would not have been just one step away from Canglongjiang in the past sixty years.

You're just worrying about the sky.

In the mind of the deputy general, the grain transportation team is getting closer and closer to Supu County.

As soon as the grain convoy came out of a mountain col, it found about 200 soldiers dressed in military uniforms walking in their direction in front of the road.

Yuezhou urgently ordered his subordinates to be on guard, and at the same time asked which general the other party was under his command.

After a while, the soldiers reported that those soldiers were the government soldiers of Supu County, and only because the county town was attacked by mountain bandits yesterday, although under the leadership of the heroic county lieutenant, the thief army was repulsed, but thinking that the grain transport team was about to arrive today, he sent people to protect it.

"There are still bandits making trouble? What a ghost! ”

When Yue Zhou heard this, he snorted coldly while relieving his heart.

The people of the three prefectures in Jiangbei have always refused to accept the rule of Qi, and some people with strong blood and strength even abandoned their families and fled into the mountains to become bandits, just to give Qi people eye medicine.

In the past, their petty fights could not become the climate at all, and they didn't need the imperial court to take action, and only the security force of the state capital pressed them into the mountains as shrinking turtles.

"This is because I can't take care of them for a while, and any cat or dog dares to jump in the face." Yue Zhou sneered, "When the big commander destroys the water division of the Chu State and frees his hands, it will be the turn of this group of clowns!" ”

He knew that the marshal had secretly made a plan a long time ago, preparing to destroy the Chu State Naval Division in one fell swoop.

Thinking like this in his heart, the grain transportation team in Yuezhou and those Qi soldiers converged in one place.

"Why don't you see your county lieutenant?"

Seeing that the person at the head was a red-faced man, Yue Zhou subconsciously asked.

The man showed an embarrassed look on his face, touched his head, and said, "This general, my county lieutenant fought with that thief yesterday, and accidentally got an arrow in the knee, and now he is recuperating from his injuries at home." ”

A sake bag rice bag!

Yue Zhou sneered in his heart and asked casually:

"You came this way, you can see that there is an ambush of thieves?"

The strange look on the red-faced man's face flashed, he shook his head, and said, "If you go back to the general, with our strength, if we really encounter an ambush, where can we see you, the general." ”

Yue Zhou glanced at the soldiers under the man's command, and saw that their clothes and hats were crooked, and their expressions were lazy, so he couldn't help but chuckle lightly.

Also, just by virtue of the bear-like appearance of these government soldiers, against a small group of bandits, it can be said that rookies are pecking each other, and if they really encounter an ambush, it is impossible to say that they are not completely annihilated.

Now it seems that there is no danger in this journey to Supu County.

Thinking of this, Yuezhou's last vigilance was also relaxed, and he ordered to recall the scouts who were exploring the road in front, and while chatting with the red-faced man, he hurried along the official road in the direction of Supu County.

Yuezhou escorted the grain and grass to a forest.

It was only because the soldiers of the Supu County Government had just passed through this that he confirmed that there were no ambushes here, so he did not send scouts into the forest to investigate, but just asked the soldiers to protect the grain carts, and the deputy general led the men and horses to guard the back road, and lined up in a long snake formation in front and back, walking towards the woods.

However, he said that Gao Ran, who was ambushed in the woods, could only hear the sound of "squeaking" and horses in the distance.

He crept his head out and looked out into the woods.

I saw that on the road, a Qi general led more than 1,000 troops, escorted more than 100 grain trucks, and walked slowly towards this side.

Seeing the red-faced man who had a good conversation with General Qi, Gao Ran couldn't help but smile.

That man is not his own master Wei Yan, who is it.

The Qi army's grain truck was halfway into the woods, and suddenly a whistle sounded in the forest.

I saw countless strong soldiers rushing out of the forest by the roadside, holding short axes and sharp blades, rushing towards their own side, and cutting down when they met people!

The grain Qi army was defenseless, and was cut off by the grain trucks, and hurriedly met the battle in a panic.

Unexpectedly, under the bonus of Gao Lan's characteristic [Burning Grain to Avoid Disaster], the more he fought, the more courageous he became, and he couldn't resist for a while, and retreated one after another.

Seeing this, Yuezhou was shocked and angry.

He was about to open his mouth to command, but unexpectedly, a long knife suddenly rested on his neck, and then he heard a joking laughter.

"This general, don't move. Otherwise, a certain family will recognize you, and a certain family will not recognize you with a knife in his hand! ”

Yue Zhou was shocked, froze in place, didn't dare to move for half a minute, just rolled his eyes, looked at the place where the voice came out, and a familiar red face came into view.

Yue Zhou's eyes suddenly darkened, and his chest was so tight that he almost couldn't breathe.

At this moment, he didn't know that he had fallen into the trap of the other party.

Without the command of the commander-in-chief, under the internal and external attacks of the Chu soldiers, in less than a quarter of an hour, the whole army of the Qi army was wiped out.

"Chu thief, kill the general!"

Yue Zhou, whose hands were tied, was like ashes, closed his eyes, and said loudly.

Gao Ran smiled and was about to make a move, but was stopped by Wei Yan.

"General Yue, right? Along the way, I will have a great conversation with you. Wouldn't it be a shame if you just died? ”

Yue Zhou felt a bad feeling in his heart, and struggled to get up, but he was held down by the soldiers on both sides and couldn't move.

"Chu Dog, if you want to kill, you will kill, if Yue Mou frowns a little, he is not a good man in Qi Country!"

Wei Yan glanced at Yue Zhou up and down, and a smile on the corner of his mouth raised that made Yue Zhou a little creepy.

"General Yue, don't talk so much. Coincidentally, not long ago, Ben General learned something from the Lord of Heba Mansion, and today he let General Yue open his eyes. ”

As he spoke, he commanded the soldiers to set up.

Yue Zhou's heart sank, but now that people are swords and I am fish and meat, he didn't even have the slightest way, so he could only watch the man surnamed Wei arrange everything.

"Come, please General Yue try the newly developed methods of this series!"

Wei Yan said with a smile.

Gao Ran glanced at Yue Zhou sympathetically.

But he knew how damaging the methods of the Editorial Mansion were.

Even if it's an iron-clad man, he can't eat a whole set......

6000 words today, slowly recover the state...... In order to improve a little bit of the average subscription, before the daily update of 8000 words, it is a change. I hope you understand, thank you here!

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