Chapter 7 Arrival in Hangzhou

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Xie Tong and the others followed the commander to board the troop transport ship close to the periphery, and more than 400 brothers just happened to be on one boat, except for the sailors who drove the boat, Xie Tong drove all the others down.

The commander was also about to get off the ship, and Xie Tong said, "What's the hurry! How long does it take to get from the port of Wuxi to Huzhou on the south bank of Taihu Lake!"

The only thing the commander was stunned, Xie Tong was obviously going to the north at first, why did he change his mind again, but he didn't dare to ask more, and hurriedly said, "If the wind is favorable, you can reach Huzhou in two days."

Xie Tong thought about it for a while, the soldiers in the entire Jiangnan were transferred to the front line, at this moment, except for the defenders of Hangzhou and Shi Jingjiao's army, there was no other force that could threaten him, and if he went to Huzhou by land from Wuxi, the cavalry would take at least four days, and Shi Jingjiao did not have many cavalry in his hands, so it was impossible and unrealistic to threaten them in the short term. As long as these big ships are destroyed, there will be no worries.

Thinking of this, Xie Tong said to the commander, "Order all the soldiers on the dock to withdraw, including the sailors on the ship."

The commander finally said suspiciously, "Dare to ask your lordship, why is this!"

Huo Zixin's eyes widened, revealing a look of displeasure, and said, "Whatever you want, you can do it, where is so much nonsense!"

The commander didn't dare to contradict Huo Zixin, in his eyes, Huo Zixin was irritable, vicious, and unwise. Hurriedly waving the command flag, ordering everyone to exit the port.

Xie Tong watched as the soldiers retreated towards the shore like a tide. It wasn't until they all went ashore that they breathed a sigh of relief. The ship, laden with gunpowder, exploded, and I am afraid that the entire harbor was not spared. Although this was extremely good news for the Tang Army, it was really hurtful, and it was very different from the fighting on the battlefield, and he really couldn't bear to watch some people die in a conspiracy.

When everyone had retreated to safety, he hurriedly said, "Get off the boat!"

The commander was relieved, and hurriedly rowed across the boat, looking straight to the shore, and at the same time, Xie Tong had already ordered the boat to start. The big ship set sail slowly and headed out of the harbor.

Suddenly, there was a commotion at the dock, Xie Tong raised his eyes and looked, only to see a team of people and horses running from the city with torches, led by the "Heavenly Wolf" Shi Jingjiao.

Obviously, Shi Jingjiao found out that he had lost the Zijin Order after he was happy, and he knew that something was wrong, in Jiangnan, except for Xie Tong. No one else had a motive to steal the token, and even more so under his nose, he wittily guessed the importance of the port and came overnight. But it's still a step too late.

Xie Tong used his internal strength and said loudly, "Thank you Brother Jing Jiao for the token, Xie is grateful!"

His voice could be heard throughout the harbor and beyond. Shi Jingjiao's face turned pale with anger, and he said loudly: "Xie Tong, you are just pretending to be clever by doing this! Now that the whole harbor is in my hands, where do you think you can escape? I am willing to give you a chance at a fair duel, and of course, I can spare your brothers."

Xie Tong secretly felt funny, if this matter was placed three days ago, he would definitely choose to have a fair duel with Shi Jingjiao, but at this moment, he was in control, and he would not be stupid enough to do such a meaningless move again, not because he was afraid of Shi Jingjiao, but he didn't need it at all, he said loudly again, "If Brother Jingjiao wants to fight, leave it for the next time we meet! Xie will leave first! But I advise Brother Jingjiao, it is best to leave this port with your brothers, otherwise the gunpowder will explode in a while, I am afraid that Brother Jingjiao will be buried in the fire, and I will not be able to explain to Zhongli Khan." ”

When Shi Jingjiao heard this, he immediately understood Xie Tong's thoughts, and hurriedly said, "The whole army listens to the order, retreat quickly!"

When everyone heard about the explosives, they hurriedly retreated to the depths of the dock, but Shi Jingjiao did not retreat, he stood alone on the dock without saying a word.

Xie Tong said in his heart that the time had come, his military ship was already some distance away from the dock, and he said loudly, "The arrow is coming"

Huo Zixin had already ignited the three rockets, Xie Tong took out the moon-chasing bow, pulled it into a full moon, all three rockets were put on the bow, he released the bowstring, and the three rockets instantly pierced the dark night sky, like three pops, and shot straight at the big ship full of gunpowder, and the rockets shot directly into the cabin and submerged into the hull.

The brothers let out a roaring applause, Xie Tong's magic arrow stunt they had heard of for a long time, but at such a distance, three arrows could still shoot through the cabin, which was really rare.

Shi Jingjiao couldn't care about getting angry, and hurriedly dodged behind a house on the dock.

The rocket didn't enter the hull of the ship, there was no movement, Xie Tong was very surprised, could it be that he shot the wrong boat?

At this moment, three wisps of flame burst out from the arrow hole, and the hull of the ship made an extremely dull sound, and then the big ship made an earth-shattering explosion, and the hull was instantly blown to pieces, and a fire dragon rushed out of the hull and broke through the sky directly.

Although Xie Tong was three or four miles away, he still felt the sudden vibration of his ship, and the lake water fluctuated violently in the explosion, almost overturning his big ship, Xie Tong hurriedly ordered the boat to leave this dangerous port.

The explosion continued, one after another, the gunpowder continued to explode, the flames spread to the nearby ships, and at the same time triggered the explosion of another large ship, again there was a violent explosion, and the scattered gunpowder directly turned the port into a sea of fire, dozens of large ships were not spared, all the hulls were on fire, only the small boats downstream survived and were not affected.

Xie Tong sped up and was already far away from the port, but he could still hear the explosions at the port, and from a distance, the entire port became a sea of fire, illuminating the entire sky.

This plan caused the Huang Chao army to suffer great losses, not only burned dozens of warships, but also along with military rations and gunpowder, all of which were swallowed by the flames, and lost this batch of military supplies, which had a great impact on the front line, especially on the side of His Holiness Datuk, whose army was all sailors, mainly with Song Wenyuan in the upper reaches of the river, and the loss of these many warships, the situation would be greatly improved.

After dawn, Xie Tong lay lazily on the deck, facing such a way of victory, he really didn't know how to express his inner happiness, although he had not yet arrived in Hangzhou, but he had completed his task of going deep behind enemy lines. This time to the south, the process is more thrilling than the surprise attack on the Great Wall of Heaven, if it is not for the critical moment to understand the fluctuation of all things, I am afraid that he has now become Shi Jingjiao's knife ghost, in this process of fighting wits and courage, he won extremely skillfully, accounting for great luck. There was plenty of food on the big ship, and there was even more of this plenty of gunpowder at the bottom of the ship, and he was already thinking about how to use gunpowder to detonate the grain depot in Hangzhou.

Huo Zixin carried a wine bottle, took a sip of it, and said, "Boy, are you still going to Hangzhou?"

Xie Tong learned from him, poured a big sip of wine and said, "Go, of course I want to go, Lao Tzu left Shi Jingjiao far behind, just the little army in Hangzhou, how could Lao Tzu put it in his eyes, according to Shi Jingjiao's judgment, I thought that Lao Tzu would arrive in Hangzhou two days later, how do I know that Lao Lai has already taken the first step, I'm afraid it is not far from Hangzhou"

Huo Zixin said, "Hey, it's really interesting to accompany you to the south this time, what Lao Tzu regrets is that he didn't see Shi Jingjiao's dead face."

The two of them drank each other again.

This boat ride on Taihu Lake made Xie Tong feel very comfortable, and it was also the most comfortable few days after going south, at least he didn't have to hide in Tibet and live a trembling life every day.

Two days later, the ship arrived on the southern shore of Taihu Lake, and as he expected, no enemy troops were waiting for him.

After the brothers got off the ship, Xie Tong did not choose to enter Huzhou, but went straight to Hangzhou, because the supplies on the big ship were sufficient, and it was particularly unwise to delay the time. Huzhou is only 200 miles away from Hangzhou, and if you travel fast, you can reach Hangzhou in three days.

When he arrived here, Xie Tong had to be vigilant, this is not as good as Taihu Lake, on Taihu Lake, the enemy has nothing to do with him, this is the last base camp of Huangchao, there are more than 8,000 garrisons, if you want to touch it hard, the death will be extremely ugly, and there is Shi Jingjiao in the north to preside over the overall situation, and the distance is only about three to five days slower than him, but Xie Tong is sure that Hangzhou must have received news from Shi Jingjiao and is waiting for them.

Xie Tong ordered the brothers to all dress up in disguise, take off their military uniforms and armor, and enter Hangzhou as ordinary martial arts people.

At the same time, he sent a scout group, headed by Huo Zixin, to secretly check the news code left by Lai Kezhong, this way south, thirty miles away from Hangzhou, finally found Lai Kezhong's secret mark, but the secret mark has been very worn, obviously left for a long time, it seems that Lao Lai has entered Hangzhou City, I don't know if he chooses to wait for Xie Tong, or has acted alone.

Xie Tong and others followed the mark left by Lao Lai and came all the way to Hangzhou City.

Hangzhou City is a famous city in the south of the Yangtze River, although the city is not as tall as Yangzhou, but it is far from Wuxi and Jiangyin, Xie Tong did not rush into the city, but ordered the brothers to guard a small village outside the city, and sent people to find the whereabouts of Lao Lai and others.

Huo Zixin went out for a long time and finally brought Duan Yuanjing back.

Xie Tong was resting, and he was still startled when he saw Duan Yuanjing. Duan Yuanjing was covered in injuries, his clothes were already in tatters, his left arm had been cut, obviously injured by a long sword, and there was an extremely eye-catching sword mark on his forehead, only three inches from his eyes, although the sword wound was not deep, it was already very terrifying, although it was temporarily bandaged, the blood stains still oozed out, and the whole person looked extremely terrifying.

Xie Tong was taken aback, obviously something big had happened, and hurriedly jumped up, "Brother Duan, what's going on!

Huo Zixin helped Duan Yuanjing to the table and sat down, poured him a cup of hot tea, Duan Yuanjing drank two sips of tea, he held the teacup, thought for a moment, and suddenly knelt down and said, "General Xie, your subordinates are guilty!"

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