Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 152 Ambush from All Sides
The atmosphere in Tushanshui village is completely different from that of the front line. Many ships are docked in the port densely, and there are countless masts in the forest, like a large forest growing on the river.

Tushan is located at the Sanchakou of the Huaihe River, on the south bank, and on the north is the vortex.

The widest part of the river here is about four miles, which is very suitable for large ships to drive and dock. Upstream is Xiacai, Shouzhou, and Zhengyang, and downstream is Haozhou, Sizhou, and Chuzhou. It is a place extending in all directions.

The water army starting from here can quickly reach and support various places along the Huaihe River, which is an important reason why the Southern Tang army can last for so long in the field without being an opponent of the Zhou army.

The big ship at the ferry docked and was tied to a huge wooden pile. There was no plan to sail for the time being. The war in the upper reaches of the Huai River had not yet spread here.

"I heard that there has been a fight in the upper reaches." Lu Chaozong said as he walked, carrying four pairs of iron rackets for water warfare on his shoulders. He is the head of the navy, and he is in charge of more than 90 people.

This thing is a sharp weapon for water warfare. When the ships of both sides approach, the soldiers will hide on the edge of the ship's gunwale. In this case, an iron racket with a pole more than one foot long is needed to reach out and slap the opponent from top to bottom. Nails can easily kill people.

"Nine times out of ten." A friend and subordinate from the same township said, "A few days ago we transferred a group of people from here, and another group from Haozhou, all of them took the West Avenue.

If there is no war, there is no need to recruit so many people. Now there is a shortage of manpower, and all of you are officials, and you come to do hard work. "

Lu Chaozong didn't care, he shook his head and said with a smile: "What kind of official are you? It's not like you don't know how I came to be an official. It's because I have studied for two years and can recognize a few words."

They are all new recruits, and they were deployed from Chuzhou to the front line. After the Southern Tang Dynasty was fought this year, many people died and surrendered, at least tens of thousands of young and strong. The rear can only continue to increase troops to supplement the front line. Otherwise, the troops ahead would not be able to withstand it.

And the recruits did not dare to be sent to the forefront immediately, so they could only stay in Tushan, Haozhou, Sizhou, Chuzhou and other rear areas while stationing and training.

The two talked and walked along the river.

They are going to move the equipment to the ship, and they will disembark for training during the day, but according to military regulations, they must return the equipment to each warship every night, so as not to be taken away by others or stolen by mistake.

"That murderous demon Shi Congyun killed 4 to [-] of us in Zhengyang last year, and this time it seems to be his soldiers." A friend from the same village sighed and shook his head: "I am afraid every night, and I am afraid of dreams. Time is a head."

"I don't know, but I heard that he was very powerful when he fought against the Shu Kingdom, and this time he is leading the army when we fight against us, he is the commander in chief of Huainan.

That kind of unattainable character is really incredible. I heard that his ability can kill hundreds of Northern Han soldiers by himself, and even killed Liu Yanzhen single-handedly in Wanjun. "

"Anyone who can be a commander-in-chief must have the ability. He commanded the entire Huainan army of the state of Zhou. I think it is true that he can fight hundreds of people. There are everyone in this world." The fellow villagers agreed, "The world is so big, how can anyone Not surprising.

Let’s just say that our sixth prince is still a double pupil. I heard people say that he has the same face as Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu. I don’t know if he is Shi Congyun’s opponent. "

The two talked while walking, and rushed towards the direction where the warship was docked at the ferry.

At the foot of the mountain behind the water village is a small town, which has been requisitioned by the Southern Tang army at this time, and all the people have been driven away.The town is filled with military flags, guard towers are built on the periphery, fences and wooden villages are set up, and horses are piled up. Many soldiers in armor are patrolling back and forth. Echoed by the river, mixed with the whistle of the distant ferry and the sound of blue waves, it constitutes a daily picture of the military port and water village.

In the hearts of Southern Tang people, there are four most famous generals of the Zhou army in Huainan.

Murderer Shi Congyun said that the biggest defeat in the Southern Tang Dynasty over the past year was the Zhengyang War, the battle with the most deaths, the real corpses lay for dozens of miles, and blood flowed like rivers.It was Shi Congyun who led the army. At that time, many people fled back. The tragedy of the Zhengyang battlefield and the killing of Liu Yanzhen and others were spread, and it became known to everyone.

The black-faced general Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Kuangyin fought the battle of Qingliuguan and won Chuzhou, Liuhe and other places, and his reputation was also very loud. Fortunately, the Tang army surrendered quickly in the follow-up, and not many people were killed.

Black King Li Chongjin, Li Chongjin has been nicknamed the Black King for a long time. He participated in various wars in Zhengyang, Shengtang, Shouzhou and other places. Many battles were fought fiercely, and the Tang people were very afraid.

The demon Shi Yanchao, because he is the father of the murderous demon Shi Congyun, is called the devil.

Tang people are more afraid of Shi Yanchao than the first three, because the first three are more intimidating in reputation, but Shi Yanchao is really afraid.Shi Yanchao's cavalry troop traveled around Huainan by virtue of their mobility, fighting everywhere. Almost since entering Huainan last year, they have been in a state of tossing and fighting, attacking everywhere. On the Huainan battlefield, the probability of encountering Shi Yanchao is much higher than before. too much.

"Anyway, let's fight if the battle is not defeated. If Zhou Jun really kills here one day, what can we do?" The two continued to talk leisurely, and they were about to reach the ferry.

Lu Chaozong nodded, this cannot be said clearly, but the reason is this, if Zhou Jun really came here, he would not feel that he was an opponent, and he was not prepared to really die for the monarch.

This place has been run by the emperor in turn for decades. Ordinary people like them usually have the only impression of the government that they pay taxes on time and try to avoid it. Maybe in a few months, the higher-ups will be replaced.

This time they came to Tushan, but they were also forced to do so.

The high-ranking officials sent by the imperial court demanded that every five families in Chuzhou send out a soldier. There were two families around his house whose men had already died in battle, and the remaining two families gave money to the recruiting officials. If they were dropped, they would be sent to Tushan.

Fortunately, they have a boat here, and if the situation is not right, they can run along the Huaihe River.

Thinking of this, he looked at the river from a distance, and the many masts lined up gave him a strange sense of security, and there were many small boats patrolling the river on the periphery.

Looking at it, Lu Chaozong suddenly frowned, and pulled his friend's sleeve with one hand, "What is that?"

"What?" The friend was puzzled.

Lu Chaozong covered the sun with his hands and looked carefully. To the west of Tushanshui Village, the Huaihe River had a big turn. From here, the river in the distance was blocked by forests and hills on the bank.

Overlooking the past, a large white sail on the water is passing through the bend, heading towards them, going down the current, and walking very fast.

The fellow countryman also saw it, narrowed his eyes and said, "Let's take our boat."

He nodded, but slowly, the situation became more and more wrong.

The follow-up ships were densely packed with sails, and the river channel several miles wide was almost completely occupied. Their ships were all docked at the ferry, and there were at most some patrol boats and boats transporting food and grass outside, how could there be so many!

"No, no, it doesn't seem to belong to us!" He shook his head again and again, feeling nervous and flustered.

The fellow villagers also fixedly looked at the waters to the west, more and more white sails were densely packed, covering the wide waterway of the Huaihe River in the distance, completely covering the river surface, and filling the river surface several miles wide!
There is still no clear follow-up in the rear, like a huge cloud moving in the water, at least hundreds of ships.

In the water village, he suddenly heard the sound of bells and drums, and in a trance, he heard someone shouting in his ear: "Enemy attack! Zhou army navy, Zhou army is here."

Suddenly, the galloping horses roared past, the soldiers on the horses looked in a hurry, the distant town and the village near the case were like frying pans, and a large number of people were busy running towards the river.

Lu Chaozong and his friends from the same village were soldiers for the first time, so they didn't know how to deal with such a situation. The game panicked for a while, and he wanted to go to the river to gather his men, but now the river was full of people, He had no idea where his subordinates were.

So the two ran in the direction of their boat, hoping that their soldiers would also know to go to the boat.

Surrounded by chaotic figures and noisy voices, while running through the crowd, he looked back at the huge Zhou army fleet in the Huaihe River from time to time.

No one was sent to warn upstream, and they didn't know that Zhou Jun came back so suddenly.

The Zhou army was still going down the current with the wind, and the speed was extremely fast. They were still running on the shore, and the Zhou army's many warships were getting closer and closer, as if they were overwhelming.

The huge fleet has at least hundreds of warships, and Lu Chaozong is getting more and more desperate. Their warships have been docked at the ferry for a long time without a fight, and they are all tied to wooden stakes. Half a meeting is too late!

He just ran to the side of the boat, gathered a dozen soldiers, and before he had time to say anything, the sound of shouting and killing resounded from the river in the distance, and a dozen large ships of the Zhou Army's vanguard directly rammed a small boat of the Tang Army patrolling in the river. Overturned, more than a dozen soldiers fell into the river, life and death unknown.

The water flow near Tushan eased, and a dozen warships in front of the Zhou army on the opposite side quickly approached the ferry and directly hit the boats docked by the river.

The creaking sound of planks cracking, mixed with the sound of huge impact filled the river, and there were people screaming from time to time, and the sound of killing also started, and he couldn't see the situation there temporarily because of the hull of the shore, but the pace under his feet slowed down involuntarily. .

Why is Zhou Jun here!What to do!Things were buzzing in his mind, which made him unable to recover. When he looked up, many Zhou army warships approached one after another in the distance.

Slowly paved the river, surrounded their ferry.

More than a dozen large and small ships rushed out of the ferry quickly, and finally only three smaller ships passed through the gaps in Zhou Jun's fleet in chaos. Although they were full of arrows everywhere, they still staggered and fled downstream.

The rest were blocked in the waters outside the ferry, and soon several ships were sunk, and one caught fire. After the remaining Zhou army joined the ship, it turned into a tragic fighting battle, screaming and shouting to kill Huaihe soldiers The sound of the waves could not be covered up, and some people were so frightened that they cried and jumped into the water.

More and more Zhou army warships approached, but most of their warships were blocked at the ferry and did not go out at all.

Lu Chaozong was in a daze, and his friends from the same village had already pulled him back: "Run, mother, how will you fight this battle!"

When he came back to his senses, the water fortress was full of soldiers running back, but it didn't help him to see a general on a horse and in armor yelling among the crowd.

He recognized that it was General Lin Renzhao, it was said that he had defeated the army of the Zhou Dynasty, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Zhou Jun came too fast and too suddenly, their navy was desperate, and the vanguard's boat rammed directly into the ferry!Their ships were blocked, and most of them could not get out.

Gradually, he found that Lin Renzhao quickly gathered a large number of people around him, so he instinctively moved closer to his fellow countrymen. There is always a sense of security when there are more people.

Afterwards, Lin Renzhao didn't think about taking back the water stronghold anymore, but led them to withdraw to the south, where there was a road to Haozhou at the foot of the mountain, and he planned to take the southeast road to take them back to Haozhou!
Lu Chaozong was determined.

Following Lin Renzhao to the south, the whole army followed behind them. After Lin Renzhao won the battle, he regained his prestige in the army, and the soldiers were willing to follow him, he thought.

Looking back, two or three miles away, Tushanshuizhai Zhou Army ships in the distance were seen one after another, surrounded the waters outside the ferry, many small boats began to dock, and many Zhou Army soldiers boarded the shallows on the shore. Killed with a few Tang Jun who didn't have time to run, and some directly surrendered on their knees.

But they don't have cavalry, and they won't be able to catch up for a while.

More things, the impact of this incident, Lu Chaozong had no time to think about it, his mind is full of how to survive!
The crowd ran non-stop for more than half an hour. Lu Chaozhong was so tired that he collapsed. He followed the people in front and rushed out of a forest at the foot of the mountain. His chest was burning with pain. He could see the road leading to Haozhou in the distance. But I found that there were many flags on the hillside to the south of the avenue, and a flag with the name "Zhao" in the middle was slowly fluttering in the wind. On the east avenue, I saw dust flying far away.
Lu Chaozong's liver and gallbladder were torn apart for a while, that was a soldier of the Zhou army!

When did Zhou Jun get behind them?Isn't Zhou Jun fighting against Marshal Zhu Yuan in the west?
Doubts and puzzles just flashed by, and were quickly replaced by deep fear.

The billowing dust on the avenue is Zhou Jun's cavalry!The soldiers who had just run up the avenue were caught off guard by Zhou Jun, and many of them died on the spot.

Then Zhou Jun's brigade began to attack towards the north, and a large number of soldiers following Lin Renzhao collided with Zhou Jun.

Immediately, the two sides fought hand-to-hand on the side of the avenue. The Zhou army was like a solid wall, while the Tang army rushed forward like waves. After a quarter of an hour, they began to be unable to resist. The formation slowly retreated, and many people knelt down and surrendered.
The fight ahead is still going on, and the battle has not been decided, but many people know it in their hearts, and if the fight continues, it will definitely not be Zhou Jun who loses!

Some of the remaining people who hadn't rushed up the avenue rushed forward to help in the battle, and many were too frightened to go forward, but ran towards the west avenue.

Tu Shan was in the west, so he was forced to do nothing. He just kept digging into the woods in order to survive, and he couldn't control anything.

In the panic, Lu Chaozong couldn't see Lin Renzhao's banner at all, and he got separated from his fellow countrymen and friends. He didn't dare to confront Zhou's army head-on, but fled westward.

Running around along the way, his face, arms, legs and feet were scratched by branches and rocks everywhere. He didn't care, just ran, for fear that Zhou Jun behind would catch up.

There are bushes and thorn bushes everywhere on the mountain, and there are no roads in many places, so they rolled down with their heads covered, and some people stumbled and fell into the mountain stream, and it was too late to care about them screaming and wailing.

After fleeing for more than two hours, the wounded and exhausted Lu Chaozong finally got out of the woods in Tushan, and saw the avenue to the west in the distance, leading to Zijin Mountain and Shouzhou, and further away The wide Xihao River (the location of the river and lake today) is also in the eyes.

The sun had already set in the west. They had been running in the mountains for a day. Lu Chaozong, who was completely weak, sat down on the ground and didn't even want to move his fingers.

Behind them, more and more people walked out of the forest, gathered on the side of the road, and went to lie down on the side of the small river next to it.

But at this moment, the sound of rumbling horseshoes was heard on the western avenue, and the ground under his feet was trembling. Looking up, he saw that on both sides of the avenue about a mile away, there were dark Zhou army cavalry lined up on both sides, and they were drawn into a line. The long wall, completely blocking the road to the Xihao River, was rushing towards them, and a flag with the name "Shi" was vaguely seen on the road.

Lu Chaozong completely collapsed, fell to his knees and wailed loudly.

Why is there Zhou Jun here too!Why are Zhou Jun everywhere!Isn't Zhou Jun fighting their main force in the west!This is something he hears every day!

He didn't want to run away anymore, he was too tired... So he knelt down on the side of the road and surrendered in despair, waiting for Zhou Jun to deal with him. Many soldiers around him also made the same choice as him
(End of this chapter)