After the whole army retreated to Xiao County, Sun Ru not only ordered the supply of meat to be open to the public, so that the soldiers could have a good meal and rest, but also called on the young people in the city to transport the city defense equipment to the city, strengthen the city defense, and continue to put on a posture of strict defense.

On this day, Sun Ru received a report that the reinforcements had arrived at the designated position, and the reinforcement commander brought more than 100 horsemen to Xiao County in person.

The reinforcement general who came surprised Sun Ru, it was not any of the military generals he was familiar with, but Zhang Zhongsheng.

"Why did the junior brother come in person?"

Sun Ru couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw the other party in front of the Shuai Mansion.

"I'm here to help you, of course. Zhang Zhongsheng had a kind smile on his face.

Although Sun Ru is not a disciple of Wang Zaifeng, he is also a Confucian Junyan, but unlike Zhang Zhongsheng, Sun Ru is extremely fond of military books even when he was studying, as early as when Wang Zaifeng led the Confucian disciples into Huainan in a big way, he had already taken refuge in Gao Biao.

Zhang Zhongsheng looked at Sun Ru's eyes and said with emotion: "Senior brother is now full of golden energy, at first glance, I thought it was a Jiangmen family, but in the past, there was not much bookish atmosphere, and I couldn't see it at all." ”

Sun Ru took the other party into the mansion, and said with a smile as he walked: "Senior brother's words are biased, the generals in the army all call the foolish brother a Confucian general." I'll talk about it later, what is the situation of the 50,000 reinforcements that the foolish brother wanted?"

Zhang Zhongsheng shook his head secretly, although he had long been familiar with his senior brother's temperament, he was still a little uncomfortable with the other party's direct and neat temperament - both of them were still halfway through, and the other party didn't ask for warmth, even if they didn't go into the house to sit down and take a sip of tea, they began to get straight to the point and get down to business, which was really too impersonal.

However, in the end, Zhang Zhongsheng was not upset, and said honestly: "The 50,000 soldiers brought by the foolish brother are all elite sailors, and I have also got nearly half of the excellent warships of the Huaibei Navy. ”

Speaking of this, he paused and looked at Sun Ru.

Sun Ru also looked at him.

There was a moment of silence between the two, and the atmosphere was eerie.

Sun Ru suppressed the displeasure in his heart: "What do you look at me doing, and you don't have two words of thanks?"

Sun Ru looked serious: "Thank you for everything, they are all brothers of the same sect." Don't use it for those vanity, you will be half of the military merit after the war!"

Sun Ru smiled dumbly, the unhappiness in his heart disappeared in an instant, and he said helplessly: "Senior brother, senior brother, you are really, people don't know what to say about you." ”

Having said that, he did not refuse the issue of the distribution of military merits, but added solemnly: "King Wu said, if Xiao County can't hold it anymore, it will be useless for you to bear the guilt." ”

Sun Ru nodded, mumbled, and said seriously: "Of course I won't bear the guilt of Jing Pleading, if I am defeated, I will kill myself in the city." ”

Zhang Zhongsheng opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. The purpose of the so-called guilty plea is to pray for forgiveness, and in the final analysis, it is still afraid of death or unwilling to die, but self-murder is much simpler and more straightforward.

The two came to the hall and sat down separately, and Zhang Zhong leaned over and asked, "What is the current battle situation, does senior brother have a good plan for victory?"

Speaking of the war, Sun Ru was confident, "When retreating from Dangshan, I left many monks with strong cultivation along the way, and now I have received reports one after another, and I can already determine the situation of the thief army: Zhao Nianci failed to pursue our department, and ordered all the soldiers and horses to go straight to Xiao County, and she herself came with the rear camp baggage and heavy grain and grass. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Zhongsheng had already realized: "That is to say, the thief army that has arrived outside Xiao County one after another has not carried grain and grass except for the rations and some grain collected along the way...... Which way did Zhao Nianci's rear camp go?"

Sun Ru said slowly: "Zhao Nianci also knows that the front army has no food, so he must speed up the march, and the fastest route, of course, is to take the Surabaya River - I found out in Dangshan that the other party's team transporting grain and grass is all going to Surabaya." ”

"It's natural that the river is not only convenient but also fast. Zhang Zhongsheng had a flash of inspiration in his mind, understood Sun Ru's plan, and immediately asked for his life: "Senior brother, I brought the reinforcements, why don't you let me lead the army this time?"

"You?" Sun Ru glanced at him distrustfully, "You are a scholar, you have never been familiar with military affairs, how can you lead the army to charge into battle? Besides, water warfare is not as good as land warfare, and the situation is extremely complicated if there is a slight change, and this matter is not negotiable." ”

"Senior brother, you ......"

"I have made up my mind, and I don't need to say much. If you guard Xiao County for me, this is the first work. I will lead the sailors to rob and kill the back camp of the thief army!"

......

There are thousands of sails on the Surabaya River, stretching for more than ten miles at a glance, swimming downstream like a dragon.

In the upper reaches of Surabaya, northwest of Xuzhou, the river channel is not very wide, and these thousands of various sails converge together to occupy nearly half of the river. Fortunately, the nearby civilian ships are no longer active, but there is no need to worry about colliding with the official ships.

It was almost dusk, and on the battleship led by Zhao Nianci, he stood with his sword and looked at the river in front of him with a heroic posture.

Although the fleet behind her was huge, it looked a little nondescript because of the excessive sail styles, different sizes, and many fishing boats. This is also a matter of no way, although there are some rivers in the Central Plains, but whether it is Caoyun or private merchant ships, fishing boats are a lot, after all, they are not serious sailors, and the two are essentially very different.

"General, the detective is back. ”

At the last moment when the sun disappeared, a young soldier family warrior came behind Zhao Nianci with two monks.

"How's the situation?" asked Zhao Nianci without replying.

"General, the army has arrived in Xiao County one after another, and the thief army is driving and whipping many young people to strengthen the city defenses, and they have not gone out of the city to attack and disturb, so our army camped very smoothly. Although the army collected some food along the way, the number was not enough to sustain the army of nearly 200,000, and it was hoped that the general would arrive as soon as possible. ”

Zhao Nianci said lightly: "Tell them that before sunset tomorrow, they will go to Xiao County." ”

"Yes!"

After thinking about it, Zhao Nianci instructed the young soldier's general, "Wu Zheng, give the order to go down, the fleet will light the torches, continue to move forward, and then you can rest." ”

"Yes. Wu Zheng took the order and left.

There was no word for the next half of the night, but on the eve of midnight, when the fleet was about to stop and rest, the dark front suddenly lit up with countless torches, and the scene looked like a towering beast, opening its glowing eyes in the dark night, revealing a hideous and terrifying face.

A city on the water composed of countless warships with unified standards and clear specifications suddenly appeared in front of the fleet.

Zhao Nianci and the others could only see that on the tall and sturdy battleship covered with cowhides, a group of mighty and mysterious Wu soldiers with bows were looking down on them.

Under the yellow flag of the battleship, Sun Ru, who was tall, was drawing his sword out of the sheath, and pointed at Zhao Nianci with a cold eyebrow.

In an instant, the terrible sound of arrow rain breaking through the air sounded, slipped through the dark night sky covertly, crackling and crashing into the fleet behind Zhao Nianci!

Screams rang out one after another, shocking the icy river surface of the autumn night.

The soldiers were in a mess, the fleet was in chaos for a moment, the boats of all sizes were crowded together, and the sound of falling into the water was popping and popping.

For most of the soldiers, they did not know what enemy they had encountered, and when they looked up, they could only see the palace-like warships of the Wu army in the sky, and the sharp arrows that rained down like a torrential rain.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack ......"

"It's Wu Jun, Wu Jun's water division, how could they ...... here"

"What do we do......"

"Stop the boat, stop the boat!"

"We're ambushed, run......"

"General, General......"

The fleet, which had no combat power at all, was caught off guard in the face of the attack of the elite sailors of the Wu army, and soon entered the process of self-destruction.

And at this time, relying on the solidity of their own warships, the Wu army's sailors had already begun to charge - no, the Wu army's warships had been charging, charging while releasing arrows. For them, the fleet in front of them was weaker, more fragile than sheep.

In fact, the baggage fleet composed of these miscellaneous ships could not withstand the collision of their hard warships at all.

"Don't panic, don't panic, meet the enemy! All units are not allowed to retreat, meet the enemy!"

Wu Zheng shouted and looked at Zhao Nianci: "General, we ...... What to do?"

Zhao Nianci stood there staring at the general attacked by the Wu army motionless, her whole body was stiff like a statue, her fists clenched and trembled, and her face turned pale.

Didn't the Wu army already be defeated? Didn't our army kill them so much that they didn't even dare to defend Dangshan? Didn't they lose their armor all the way, suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, and fled to Xiao County by luck? Aren't they busy reinforcing the city defenses in Xiao County and preparing to defend to the death, and they don't even dare to attack and disturb our army when they set up camp?

Why are they still able to leave Xiao County and attack us here?

How dare they?!

I haven't caught up with them to kill them all and avenge the blood feud of the three same people that day, and they dare to take the initiative to attack?!

Isn't Sun Ru's bastard only able to carve insects, not cowardly as a mouse, and doesn't he have any great will and great wisdom at all?

How dare he come to the general to look for death?!

Zhao Nianci gritted his teeth and pulled out a horizontal knife, raised it forward with a distorted face, and shouted frantically: "Kill the enemy, kill the enemy, kill the defeated soldiers, kill the ......."

As she spoke, she rushed out of the battleship and was about to attack Sun Ru's battleship head-on.

Wu Zheng's eyes were quick, and he hurriedly grabbed the other party, "General, no, general!"

He finally realized now that in the face of such an unexpected situation, Zhao Nianci had nothing to do, only unwilling madness.

Zhao Nianci pushed Wu Zheng aside, raised his knife and pointed at Sun Ru on the high warship, his eyes were red: "Sun Ru, you dog thief! You dare to come out and fight with me to the death! You sinister and cunning thief, do you dare to come?!"

Sun Ru was high in the battleship, immobile as a mountain, he saw Zhao Nianci in front of the chaotic fleet, and smiled contemptuously: "General Zhao, it seems that you are not suitable for battlefield battles." When you get to the battlefield, how can there be any reason for the main generals of both sides to go head-to-head in front of the battle? I think you should go home and give birth. ”

"You ......" Zhao Nianci didn't mention it in one breath, and suddenly felt a salty throat, and when he opened his mouth, a ball of blood spurted out.

Seeing this, Wu Zheng was in a hurry, and hurriedly called his own soldiers to protect Zhao Nianci, "General go quickly, I'll break the queen!"

Saying that, without giving Zhao Nianci a chance to refuse, he beckoned a group of pro-soldiers and went to seize the battleship of the Wu Army's naval division.

"The whole army obeyed the order, the left flank was encircled, and the front was rushed, and Zhao Nianci couldn't be allowed to escape!" Sun Ru waved his hand, his smile was full of confidence, "The general lost Dangshan, and paid the price of nearly 10,000 soldiers and 20,000 sets of armor, how could this thief escape?"