Rongwu's army, accompanied by the fire of the fleet, gradually disappeared into the faint fog under the night of the cage lake, and Tang Zhan, Lu Jing and others on the shore could only watch the departure of the fleet helplessly......

Lu Jing has been silent, quietly looking at the lake that was calm just now, and looking at the direction in which the fleet left, thinking in her heart. Lu Jing's expression was sometimes serious and sometimes calm, not like she was inferior because she failed to achieve her goal, but as if she was thinking about the next step......

Tang Zhan on the side was relatively straightforward, and seeing that Rong Wu did not listen to the persuasion of himself and others, he led the naval army to attack the camp arbitrarily, and Tang Zhan was both unhappy and worried. The unhappiness lies in the fact that Rong Wu relied on his power and majesty to monopolize military power and act arbitrarily, and the worry is that Lu Jing just said that Rong Wu is very likely to fall into the trap of Yan Ji Tai Bazaduo.

"Jing'er, what should I do now?" Tang Zhan was about to stomp his feet in a hurry, although he was the commander of the vanguard army, he couldn't watch Rongwu's army go to death, and then asked Lu Jing urgently, "You have something to say, Jing'er, General Rongwu acted rashly like this, if he fell into an enemy ambush, it was very likely that he would suffer heavy losses and be irreparable......"

Lu Jing didn't pay attention to Tang Zhan's words immediately, she kept a serious expression, and the direction of her eyes didn't change - she was still thinking deeply, considering the next step......

"Brother Zijin, didn't you go on the expedition with General Rongwu?" Tang Zhan saw that Zhao Zijin was not traveling with Rongwu, so he asked instead.

"No, because I am the third general of the cavalry, and the navy is not under my control......" Zhao Zijin replied directly.

"Can you tell me the details?" Lu Jing finally turned around and asked, "General Rongwu's original plan. There is also a war letter from Meng Yuan's side......"

Zhao Zijin thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay." Anyway, the large army has already set off with the navy, and it doesn't hurt to tell you about the vanguard...... Today, our army marched to Qiling Pass, and we planned to lead our troops to cross the pass, force the Mengyuan army to the city of Xuzhou, and then take advantage of the topography of the pass to set up camp, waiting for the arrival of the support department, of course, including your vanguard army......"

"It seems that Rongwu still figured it out with his troops, knowing that he couldn't take Xuzhou with only 20,000 horses, so he planned to take the lead with a surprise attack. Then wait for reinforcements......" Lu Jing said as he analyzed, "But after all, Yan Jitai Bazaduo is a famous general of Mengyuan, who has experienced a hundred battles, and he can see the intentions of our army at a glance...... The reason why General Rongmu temporarily changed his plan today is because of the accident, and I think it must be a war letter sent by the enemy...... right?"

"Yes," Zhao continued, "but it can't be said to be a change of plan. In fact, the only thing our army hesitated before setting out was whether it should march from the middle waterway or the mountain roads on both sides...... If you take the waterway, you can rush to Xuzhou Chengguan a day earlier, but it is very likely that you will be sniped head-on by the Mengyuan army; It is possible to avoid the front of the enemy army, but it will be delayed for nearly a day, and our army is not familiar with the mountain roads. I am afraid that the enemy will be in ambush, and our army will not be able to turn over......"

"Anyway, it's a dilemma, isn't it......" Lu Jing pondered for a while. Then he said, "What is the content of that war book?" Why would Rongwu be so determined to attack by water?"

Zhao Zijin continued: "Yan Jitai sent a war letter, and he wants to fight a water battle with our army head-on...... We know that the Mengyuan army is not good at water warfare, so we wonder why the enemy army would provoke our army with its own disadvantageous situation...... General Rongwu thought that even if the Mengyuan enemy army set up an ambush on the water, after all, it was not good at water warfare, and even if our army was defeated, it could be retreated, so our army would not suffer losses if it was either a victory or a draw...... After weighing the left and right, Rong Wu still chose to take the waterway. ”

"In this way, Yan Jitai Bazaduo must have guessed that General Rongwu will take the waterway......" Lu Jing continued, "Although General Rongwu's analysis is good, it is inevitable that there will be gaps. Walking by water, our side is in the light and in the dark, and no one can guess what kind of tricks Yan Jitai Bazado will use......"

Although Tang Zhan's brain is not as good as Lu Jing's, he is also thinking with Lu Jing's thinking. To be honest, after marching for several months, he learned a lot from Lu Jing's side, although his intelligence was not much longer, but in terms of using troops to fight, Tang Zhan also reached the ability to judge and analyze countermeasures on his own.

Tang Zhan looked at the remaining military horses in the camp tent for a while, and couldn't help asking, "Brother Zijin, since you didn't go out with General Rongwu, what can you do in the camp now?"

Zhao Zijin responded: "I still follow the original plan and wait for reinforcements at this pass. ”

Lu Jing thought for a long time, then looked at the narrow mouth where the army entered Qiling Pass, and couldn't help but mutter: "The two armies are fighting, and the key to victory or defeat is to seize the key points...... The main point of Qiling Pass is nothing more than ......"

"Huh?" Zhao Zijin listened to Lu Jing's muttering and felt that Lu Jing might know something, so he turned his head and asked, "Sister Jing, did you think of something?"

Lu Jing didn't answer directly, but asked in the first place: "Brother Zijin, how many people do you have left in the tent now?"

"Cavalry plus infantry, probably in their early five hundreds......" Zhao Zijin hastily calculated, but he didn't know what Lu Jing's plans were, so he continued to ask, "Sister Jing, why are you asking this?"

"If General Rongwu insists on going his own way, he will definitely fall into the trap of the enemy, if he can escape back by luck......" Lu Jing said with a certain look in his eyes, "What we have to do now is not to stand by in place, but to take the initiative to act...... Although the intentions of Yan Jitai Bazado are unknown, I may be able to guess ......"

"Sister Jing, do you have a countermeasure?" Zhao Zijin said with a little excitement, "Don't worry, Sister Jing, as long as you have a way to help General Rongwu get out of the predicament, the rest of my troops will all be at your disposal!"

"That's what you said-" Lu Jing's eyes changed when she heard this, and she was overjoyed.

"Jing'er, what do you want to do?" Of course, Tang Zhan didn't guess Lu Jing's thoughts, seeing that Lu Jing seemed to be confident, Tang Zhan asked again.

"A plan in a plan - if Yan Jitai Baza really calculates us, then we have to give him back a big gift......" The corners of Lu Jing's mouth raised slightly, and she seemed to have a plan in her heart......

Above the surface of the cage lake. Rongwu's navy is slowly advancing with the wind......

The mist on the surface of the lake was so misty that you could faintly see the fires on the fleet. With the sound of the water waves getting louder and louder, Rongwu's sailors have marched to the middle of the lake. However, the night was shrouded and surrounded by mist. Even the mountains on both sides of the lake shore are difficult to see, and if you can't distinguish between east and west, north and south, it is equivalent to being trapped in this cage lake like a misty magic array......

Although Rong Wu was determined to march by water, Rong Wu had no bottom in his heart. Although Lu Jing was very unhappy about what he said tonight, he consciously did not lack the truth - Yan Jitai Bazar is a famous general of Mengyuan, and he will not understand the advantages and disadvantages of the enemy and the enemy......

But Rong Wu had thought about it before. After all, the water war against Meng Yuan is unfavorable, even if the Meng Yuan army is really calculating, if it can't beat itself, it can lead the water army to withdraw, and the loss is not big. After weighing it left and right, it will not be a wrong choice for the navy to march tonight......

But the doubts in Rong Wu's heart are getting bigger and bigger, and at the other end of the mist, the light gradually passes through the mist - Rong Wu knows very well that the Meng Yuan Navy that is about to fight is on the opposite side, and it will only be a moment or two at most. There is a possibility that the two sides will be at odds......

Zhang Xingling, the deputy envoy of the left guard, followed closely behind Rong Wu, looking at the faint fire slowly rising on the opposite side, Zhang Xingling raised his voice: "General, the enemy army is ahead. Are we going to strike first?"

"Don't worry, let's see if the other party has moved?" Rong Wu first calmed down, and then reminded. "Tell the brass gunners and archers to be ready, ready to wait for orders!"

"Yes—" Zhang Xingling replied crisply. Then he retreated and instructed the ships to prepare at all gates......

The navy continued to march forward, through the mist in the middle of the lake. The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, almost within the range of the bronze cannon. However, the ships of the Mengyuan army never moved, and although the fire on the ships was bright, there seemed to be no movement on it......

"Hasn't the Yuan army moved yet?" After a while, the fleets of the two sides were about to meet, and Rong Wu asked a little anxiously.

Zhang Xingling replied: "General Hui, there is no - and the middle of the lake is covered by fog, and I can't see any movement on the local boats......

"Hmph, Yan Jitai Baza took the initiative to send us a war letter, but when we came, they didn't even show their faces, what do you mean?" Rong Wu first mocked secretly, and then said in his heart, "I can't wait so long, the soldiers are fast, we must pass the Qiling Pass tonight, since they don't come to answer, then we will strike first!

The order was given, and all parts of the fleet were fully prepared for battle, and the bronze cannons were aimed at the ships of the Meng Yuan army on the opposite side of the fog, and when the firing range was shortened, the archers behind them were also on standby.

The fleets of the two sides are getting closer and closer, and it should be said that Rongwu's army is getting closer and closer to the Mengyuan naval army, and the two-shot battle is only waiting for an order......

"Attack-" Suddenly, Rongwu gave a rough command in the cold wind, and the bronze cannons ignited one after another......

"Boom, boom, boom, boom," followed by the earth-shattering sound of copper cannon gunpowder in the dark night.

On the position of the Mengyuan naval army, the water surface in the lake was blown apart by shells, and the waves stirred up dozens of zhang high, and the mezzanine of the ship was even hit by shells, and the hull of the ship was suddenly torn apart, and the wreckage splint was on fire......

"Boom-bang-" The attack of the copper cannon continued, and under the invasion of the cold wind at night, a flickering flame meteor flew by, making a loud sound that shook the earth and the earth, and the front row of the Mengyuan Navy suddenly turned into a sea of fire.

Just now it was still foggy, but now the turbulent lake is full of fire, and the loud noise and water waves are connected, engulfing the entire cage lake quietly at night, as if the seven mountains have become a sea of hellfire......

"Boom-" The cannon fire did not stop, and at the same time, Rongwu's naval army continued to advance.

"Archers ready—" Rong Wu was still commanding in front of the formation, and the archers behind the bronze gunner were also ready to attack, leaning down and stretching their bows and arrows.

"Let's go-" Rong Wu shouted another military order, and the rockets poured out of the nest almost at the same time.

I saw that under the dark night sky, in the sky above the sea of fire, the "rain of fire" in the sky flew out densely, and swept towards the positions and ships of the Mengyuan naval army.

"Whoosh Whoosh-" Arrows with flaming light descended in groups, and the flames appeared in the night sky like a torrential rain of pear blossoms, overwhelming the sky. Each rocket was in the middle of a hull that had been destroyed by a copper cannon. The boats in the front row suddenly turned into a sea of fire......

"General, the first formation of the Yuan army has been crushed by our artillery fire. There was no way to fight back-" The soldier who gave the order came to report the "good news" to Rong Wu at this time.

"Understood, continue to put pressure on the enemy troops. Force the enemy fleet back to the shore of the cage lake!" Rong Wu felt that he had the chance to win, and his previous worries were all superfluous, so he simply let go of his temperament and commanded.

"Yes—" After receiving the order, the soldier turned around and arranged for the rest of the troops, ready to approach the enemy ships at any time and take a ladder to attack the enemy camp.

However, Zhang Xingling was not very relieved on the side, he walked to Rong Wu's side, and asked worriedly, "It's strange." Our army is attacking with such artillery fire, why didn't the Mengyuan army fight back?"

"It must have been suppressed by our artillery fire, and they were so frightened that they scattered and fled for their lives, right?" Rong Wu smiled.

"No, I think there's something strange about this—" Zhang Xingling said casually.

Rong Wu glanced back at Zhang Xingling's eyes, and the confidence and excitement just now were slightly restrained......

After Rongwu's fleet approached the bombed-up Mengyuan ships, all the soldiers took their swords and shields, took ladders and headed towards the enemy ships.

One after another, bamboo ladders caught the ships of the Mengyuan army, followed by the soldiers of Rongwu who attacked the ships one after another. And Meng Yuan's army seems to be really as Rong Wu just said. Without the slightest resistance, Rongwu's troops attacked too easily, and boarded the enemy ships without a single wound or death......

One by one, the soldiers boarded the enemy ship, and strange things happened...... Soldiers aboard enemy ships. I just wanted to fight hand-to-hand combat with the Mengyuan soldiers with a knife, but I didn't find any shadow of the Mengyuan soldiers. Every enemy ship is the same, and not a single enemy soldier notices it......

"General. No shadow of the enemy was found on the Mengyuan warship - "General, no one who saw the Yuan army" "General. There was not a single person on board—" Immediately afterward, the various ship departments reported that there was no enemy figure.

"How is this possible?" Rong Wu was also secretly surprised. He didn't expect that the Mengyuan warship, which seemed to be brightly lit, didn't have a single soldier, and he couldn't figure out what the purpose of Yan Jitai Bazaduo was to send away dozens of warships for nothing. For this reason, a bad premonition came to Rong Wu's heart.

"How can this be?" Zhang Xingling was also secretly surprised on the side, and then said to Rong Wudao, "Could it be that the Mengyuan army did not send a naval army to fight us head-on, and the war letter and pretending to raise the flag and sail on the lake are all for show, trying to avoid our ears and eyes?"

"It's not good-" Zhang Xingling mentioned this, Rong Wu seemed to realize something, and immediately turned around and said, "This is the trap of the Mengyuan army, they are ostensibly fighting our naval army in this cage lake, but in fact, the main force has already detoured from the mountain road behind our army's formation!"

"What, General, is what you said true?" Zhang Xingling was also taken aback.

"Otherwise, what else?" Rong Wu immediately ordered his subordinates to board the ships and shouted loudly, "The Mengyuan army has gone around the mountain road to our army's pass camp, General Zhao Zijin has not many men and horses, he will definitely not be able to resist, let's turn back quickly!"

Rong Wu's troops were still fast, and as soon as Rong Wu gave the order, all the soldiers boarded their ships and prepared to retreat to the base camp to deal with the outflanking raid of the Meng Yuan army......

The warship set sail again, but this time the direction of the navy changed, and it no longer continued to exert pressure forward, but returned to its original position at the Qiling Pass. The ripples of the lake changed, and the huge fleet turned at the same time, and hurriedly turned back to its original position......

"General, is it too late to go back now?" Zhang Xingling asked worriedly.

"There must be time—" Rong Wu said as he tried to calm himself, "The speed of the mountain road is not as fast as the water road, and it must be too late to go back now!"

However, Zhang Xingling's heart was not calm, he secretly felt that the conspiracy of Yan Jitai Bazaduo would not be so simple......

"Boom-" The sound of artillery fire rang out again, causing a splash of water more than ten feet high. Only this time it was no longer Rongwu's army that fired the artillery, but Mengyuan's army -- and the direction of the artillery fire was actually the position of Mengyuan's naval army, which had just been destroyed by Rongwu's army...... (To be continued......)