Chapter 32: The Yellow River Lost

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The person who jumped into the water was so focused on running for his life that he didn't notice Chai Shaoning who swooped down like a big bird above, and when he was grabbed by Chai Shaoning and pushed out of the water, there was a rumbling sound and roared down, and the river below swelled several feet, drowning the entire reeds with the momentum of slapping the mountains and the sea, and all he could see was churning waves. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

The men and horses standing on the bank of the river above saw the thrilling scene in front of them, and they all raised their hearts to their throats.

Chai Shaoning took advantage of the last step on the reeds to jump up with the man in the water and move a few feet to the shore.

Seeing that their strength was exhausted, when the two of them fell straight down to the river in both directions, Chai Shaoning threw a reed branch that he had pulled out of the river before, stepped on the branch on tiptoe, and was instantly washed out by the river dozens of zhang away by the buoyancy of the reed branch, but he was also able to get closer to the shore a few zhang again. After that, Chai Shaoning jumped up violently, crossed the last nearly ten zhang distance like a long dragon, and landed on the solid stone washed by the rain on the white shore.

Song Yuanlan breathed a sigh of relief, she had already crushed the saddle and wanted to throw it out for Chai Shaoning to borrow, but Chai Shaoning was so brilliant that she actually got out of danger by herself with the power of a reed, which made her both relieved and admired, and she was deeply proud of her sweetheart.

Shen Rong and Chu Jiying were completely out of order, they only knew to cover their mouths and exclaim, until Chai Shaoning came ashore, then they urged the war horses to run along the riverside avenue towards Chai Shaoning's foothold.

When Chai Shaoning left the boulder and went up to the horse road, Chu Jiying happened to be by his side, jumped off the horse and said excitedly: "Brother Chai is very capable!"

Chai Shaoning smiled, put down the boatman in the rain, and was just about to comfort him, but the boatman fell to his knees and said: "The last general Feng Xiao's crime deserves death, and he has come to ask the master of the horse for his guilt!"

Chai Shaoning was stunned when he heard this, and when he took a closer look, the man was burly and had a cold and resolute face, and he turned out to be the henchman of the Jade Dragon Prince who was chasing and killing everyone in the mountains outside Chengdu Mansion, General Feng Xiaofeng.

Because Feng Xiao did not wear armor, Chai Shaoning recognized him when he heard him report his home.

Picking Feng Xiao up, Chai Shaoning asked in surprise: "How could General Feng cross the river alone in the rain during this flood season? Don't you know the danger of doing so?"

"At the beginning, in order to repay the grace of the Jade Dragon Prince, in the next mistake, he led his troops to chase and kill the horse and others. It wasn't until the Jade Dragon surrendered to the enemy that I saw clearly that he was a gentleman, and it was difficult to become a great weapon, but it was too late. Feng Xiao said with a long sigh. The rain hit his face, turning into countless trickles, like overflowing tears, doubling his apologetic expression.

After calming down his emotions, Feng Xiao continued: "Since the return of the Jade Dragon Prince to the King of Hainan, I have always wanted to find an opportunity to flee to Shanxi to join the princess and the concubine, but that Yao Zhiyuan is not at ease with the surrender of everyone, and secretly sent people to strictly monitor it. It was not until he completed the reorganization of the army and led the troops to the north that he relaxed his vigilance against us. ā€

Chai Shaoning casually took off his robe, draped it on Feng Xiao's body, and comforted him: "General Feng doesn't have to be in a hurry, you can take your time." I saw that you were not driving a warship, and I thought it was a fishing boat that General Feng had found temporarily after escaping from the barracks. ā€

"Exactly!" Feng Xiao saw Chai Shaoning repaying his grievances with kindness, regardless of his previous suspicions, and under his gratitude, red flashed in his eyes, even though in the heavy rain, Chu Jiying and the others could also see that he was really crying this time.

Dressed in Chai Shaoning's robe, Feng Xiaodao: "Yao Zhiyuan, in order to prevent someone from crossing the river to report to you, forcibly confiscated all the fishing boats along the south bank of the Yellow River. It wasn't until today's flood season arrived, and the soldiers guarding the river expected that no one would dare to cross the river in this weather, so they relaxed their vigilance for the time being, and I got the opportunity to grab the boat and come desperately. Just as soon as he got off the water, he was lost by the river, and he deviated far from the Fengling Ferry, thinking that he would definitely die, but he had to be rescued by a horse. If you are grateful, Feng Xiao will not say it, this life will be the master of the horse from now on!"

Chai Shaoning patted Feng Xiao on the shoulder, ordered someone to bring over a war horse and handed it to Feng Xiao, and then ordered the men and horses to return to the camp.

Everyone rode horses in the rain and chatted as they walked. Chai Shaoning asked Feng Xiaodao: "I don't know how many warships Yao Zhiyuan has now, which ferry port is he going to use as the main attack location?"

Feng Xiaodao: "That's what I'm here for. Yao Zhiyuan stayed on the south bank for a whole month, but in fact he was building a warship. Now that the 300 huge ships that can carry 500 people have been completed, and the fishing boats he owns can cross 200,000 people at a time, as long as the gap can be opened on the north bank, the 500,000 troops can all cross the river in one day. These ships have now quietly sailed to the Maojin ferry, and as soon as the flood tide recedes, they will launch a general attack!"

Chai Shaoning was shocked when he heard it. Now guarding the Maojin ferry are Zhao Yinian, Xie Qifeng, Sima Long, Ouyang Qian, Xiao Ting and others, and there are only 80,000 men and horses under their command, how can they compete with Yao Zhiyuan's 500,000 army?

Thinking of this, Chai Shaoning pulled his horse and said, "Miss Chu, Shen Rong, the two of you take General Feng to see General He and explain the situation to him. Lan'er and I immediately led the existing men and horses to the Maojin Ferry. Here to Maojin to cross the mountain dangerous road slippery, people and horses have to walk for two days to arrive, I hope the heavy rain will not stop, the turbulence will stop Yao Zhiyuan's army for more time!"

Chu Jiying listened and said, "General Feng has fled, Yao Zhiyuan knows that the news has leaked, won't he change the location of the river attack?"

Next to him, Song Yuanlan replied to Chai Shaoning: "The enemy is not sure whether General Feng can successfully cross the river in such a dangerous current, and the enemy generals here will not take responsibility, and most of them will not report this matter to Yao Zhiyuan." Besides, with an army of 500,000 and thousands of warships, the transfer is by no means a matter of a day, even if Yao Zhiyuan knows that General Feng has fled, he will not shake his determination to storm Maojindu!"

"I'll go with the horses!" Feng Xiao looked at the sky and said: "Today, the rain is becoming more urgent, and most of it will not last, I am afraid that the clouds will open tomorrow morning." Although Yao Zhiyuan sent his henchmen to the mixed Sichuan army and mastered the command of the army, in just two months, if he wanted to assimilate all 200,000 horses, I would give him a surprise on the battlefield!"

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Looking at the countless enemy ships that were overwhelmingly sailing on the river, Zhao Yinian, Sima Long and the others were all stunned!

Ever since they came to Maojindu, everyone imagined the day when the enemy would attack. Although it can be seen from the signs that Yao Zhiyuan has not moved for a whole month, once the other party launches, it must be a thunderous momentum, but Zhao Yinian still did not expect that the enemy's momentum would be so huge.

Yao Zhiyuan has never looked at the people of Shanxi, and he spent so much effort to build so many huge ships, not just to forcibly transport troops across the river. In his battle plan, I am afraid that Shanxi has been regarded as a land to be gained. He built so many huge ships in order to use the waterway to quickly transport a large number of people and horses along the river to the east, re-cut into the heartland of Shandong, wipe out the peripheral forces in one fell swoop, and finally complete the encirclement of the king of Fujian from three sides.

From the first sight of the enemy ship, the defenders on the north bank of the Yellow River knew that the Maojin crossing was over!

"His grandmother's!" Zhao Yinian's giant eyes shot a fierce light, clenched his fists and said: "Even if you withdraw, let the surnamed Yao know how powerful we are, don't let him think that Shanxi people are easy to bully!"

Seeing that the enemy ship rushed close to the shore ten zhang away, the huge shouting and killing sound of the people and horses on the ship was clearly audible, Zhao Yinian gave an order, and thousands of arrows were fired on the north bank, and the rocket was in the air in an instant, as if it was going to ignite the Yellow River.

However, Yao Zhiyuan had already prepared, and the hull of the ship was nailed with wet cowhide soaked in water, and the rocket shot up with only a "squeak" to eliminate the tongue of fire, leaving only the body of the arrow hanging on the wet cowhide, and then it could not emit the slightest majesty.

The enemy troops at the bow of the ship all used long poles to prop up huge thick cloth dripping water, and protected everyone behind the ship like a huge shield. With a loud bang, the iron barrier at the front of the big ship hit the rocks on the north shore, and as soon as the water cloth shield was lost, hundreds of spearmen on the surface of the ship behind who were already ready to attack screamed and rushed forward to the shore, like groups of hedgehogs, piercing gaps in the enemy's defense line.

The warships in the rear continued to move closer one by one, and someone put a long plank on the shore, and countless men and horses poured onto the shore like flowing water.

Seeing the complete collapse of the defense line on the north coast, there was a "boom", and the coast of dozens of miles fell into a sea of fire in an instant.

It turned out that Zhao Yinian had already erected huge urns on the shore, and asked people to fill them with fire oil the moment the enemy soldiers appeared. Seeing that they couldn't resist it, all the soldiers moved together and smashed the giant urn, and the fire oil was instantly ignited by the rocket, spraying fire and flowing to the water, along with the enemy soldiers who came ashore and the big ship that was leaning on the shore, all fell into the raging sea of fire.

With the help of the fire defense line to block the enemy soldiers, Zhao Yinian and others led their troops to retreat according to the established route, regrouped the team, and prepared to do the next round of confrontation with the enemy.

After the meal, the fire gradually weakened under the screams of the enemy soldiers, and the enemy soldiers with burnt eyes and cannibalistic hatred spewed out from behind the fire curtain.

When the enemy soldiers gathered to a certain number, an enemy general gave an order, and all the people rushed towards Zhao Yinian's men and horses with a roar.

Seeing that the two sides were about to engage in battle, in the loud sound of "boom", the enemies who rushed in front fell into the trap dug by Zhao Yinian in advance, and screamed and died.

When the enemy soldiers in the rear saw it, they stopped suddenly, but they were rushed by their own men and horses behind them and rolled into a heap.

Zhao Yinian saw the opportunity, and gave an order, Xie Qifeng, Sima Long, Ouyang Qian, Xiao Ting and others took the lead, leading the men and horses to kill most of the enemy soldiers who came ashore with overwhelming momentum, and the remaining enemy soldiers cried and shouted for their mothers, and fled back to the boat that was still on fire on the river.

However, the enemy's warships continued to approach as if there was no end, and more men and horses rushed to the north shore over the warships in front, and many horse-led generals also went to the shore, pressing the Shanxi men and horses to the rear for the second time.

The battle is fierce in the flesh and blood. When Zhao Yinian and Xie Qifeng led a group of men and horses to rush side by side, they could no longer tell how many of the enemy had come ashore?

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