Fenghou

Chapter 302 Grain Ship
In the dark, Zhang Hua approached the southern city wall. Although the city would be opened for half an hour at noon every day to let people out, once the enemy army found the cavalry of the capital, they would probably cancel the opening of the city gate to let people out tomorrow.

But more importantly, Zhang Hua knows that information is only valuable if it is timely and accurate, and delaying it until noon tomorrow may cause delays.

He found a dilapidated city wall, jumped up lightly, grabbed the hole in the wall and climbed up the mountain. It was only two stories high when it was two feet high. After a while, Zhang Hua climbed up the female wall, and a group of sentries were just walking , he held his breath and leaned on the city wall, and the sentinel walked past him.

When the sentinel was far away, he jumped onto the top of the city and reached the other side in two or three steps. He hooked the top of the city with a hook, grabbed the rope and slid down. He took the iron hook and swam across the moat. Then disappeared into the darkness.

An hour later, Zhang Hua found the fleet thirty miles to the south, and he was taken by soldiers onto a vehicle and boat, which was Chen Qing's temporary commander.

Zhang Hua walked into the cabin and knelt down on one knee to salute, "See Du Tong for humble posts!"

Chen Qing knew Zhang Hua, and said with a smile, "Did Zhang Dutou come out of the county?"

"Exactly! I met the subordinates of Commander Huyan. The two of them are doctors and medicine boys. They were temporarily recruited by the other side to treat soldiers in the barracks."

"What happened to the opposing army?"

"I heard that some soldiers suffered from diarrhea due to unaccustomed water and soil. There are about one or two thousand soldiers, but it's not a disease, it's just drinking raw water that hurt their stomachs."

Chen Qing nodded, "How is the other party's food situation?"

That's what he's most concerned about.

"Reporting to Dutong, each soldier on the other side now has half a catty of rice per day, which can last for about ten days. The latest news I got is that a supply fleet came from Xiangyang and set off yesterday."

This news was too important and timely, Chen Qing asked about other things, he immediately sent someone to find Yang Zaixing and Niu Gao, and made detailed arrangements.

That night, Chen Qing's [-] cavalry and [-] vehicles and boats left one after another.

There are more than [-] supply ships coming from Xiangyang. The ships are quite miscellaneous. There are thousand-stone cargo ships, five-hundred-stone passenger ships, and even fishing boats. They are mainly food, bows, arrows, kerosene and other consumables. The fleet stretches for more than [-] years. , along the mighty Han River downstream.

There were [-] soldiers accompanying the guards in the fleet. The leading general was called Li Ju, who was a subordinate of Kong Yanzhou. The army he commanded was also Kong Yanzhou's army. They had been stationed in Yingzhou for a long time, and they were familiar with the situation in Yingzhou. This is also the reason. The escort mission that no one wanted to take finally fell on them.

The risk of transporting food and supplies this time is very high. Chen Qing not only has cavalry, but also has a powerful navy, which is not available in the puppet Qi army. They don't have a warship, so they can't resist Chen Qing's navy.

Dong Xian originally wanted to transport by land, but Wan Yanchang vetoed it. The risk of going by land was even greater, and he would definitely encounter Chen Qing's cavalry, while Chen Qing's navy might not be encountered by water.

After all, they had received the news that a mighty Song Army navy had arrived at Jiangling Mansion.

Li Ju stared nervously at the river and the shore. At this time, they were still about a hundred miles away from Changshou County. This distance was the most dangerous. What was even more terrible was that the sky was already dark, the sun had already set, and the river was half-lit. half dark.

It can be said that this night made everyone worry, and Li Ju also ordered that everyone is not allowed to rest tonight.

"General, the river is foggy!" The boatman shouted.

Li Ju also discovered that there was indeed a layer of gray veil-like fog on the surface of the river, making it impossible to see the water surface clearly.

"What will happen if there is fog?" Li Ju asked loudly.

"It is generally impossible to sail when there is fog, and you must dock!"

"Fart! There are no boats on the river, you are afraid of farts! Just keep driving forward."

"No! There should be a boat, the general listens to this voice."

Li Ju listened intently, only to hear a rumbling sound coming from the river ahead, Li Ju was also stunned, what kind of sound is this?
"No! Why did the boat dock?" the boatman suddenly shouted.

All their ships were chained together, and a large ship led the way.

As long as the first big ship pulls over, all subsequent ships have to pull over.

"Is it because of the fog on the river?" Li Ju asked nervously.

"It should be! I'm not sure."

All the boats docked, and the roar on the river stopped. The entire river and its banks became extremely quiet, but the air was filled with a tense atmosphere.

At this moment, shouts erupted in front, mixed with screams, and then the hooves of the horses roared loudly, as if thousands of troops were coming.

"The cavalry of the Song Army are coming!"

Li Juju was taken aback, and before he could react, several arrows shot at him forcefully, Li Ju dodged and dodged two arrows.

But the boss of the boat did not escape, was shot in the neck by an arrow, and fell off the boat screaming.

The cavalry on the shore were galloping, constantly drawing their bows and shooting arrows, and the powerful arrows were shot at the soldiers on board.

The soldiers on board hid on the other side of the ship and raised their crossbows to fight back against the cavalry.

Unexpectedly, countless arrows were shot from behind suddenly, and the soldiers of the Puppet Qi Army were hit by the arrows one after another. Only then did they realize that there were countless warships in the dense fog behind them, and the dense arrows on the warships shot at them.

Attacking back and forth, there was no way to hide, and the soldiers of the Puppet Qi Army suffered heavy casualties.

At this time, a commander ran to Li Ju and shouted: "General Li, there is a lot of fog on the river, and it is the same on the shore. This is an opportunity to break through. Order the brothers to break out! No one will survive after dawn."

Li Ju looked towards the shore, and the gray-white thick fog permeated the shore, it was indeed an opportunity.

He turned around and shouted: "Blow the breakout horn!"

"Woo--" Several soldiers around me blew their horns. This was not only the horn of attack, but also the horn of breakout.

Orders were passed down one after another, and some soldiers began to jump ashore and run towards the distant woods, but they didn't go far before there was a scream.

More and more soldiers jumped ashore to break through, and even the chief general Li Ju jumped ashore with a spear.

Li Ju stooped and ran with a spear in his hand. He was very clever and kept his figure as low as possible so that the cavalry could not easily spot him.

The effect was very good. He escaped at least a dozen cavalrymen and was about to rush into the woods. Suddenly, a war horse galloped past him, and a cold light flashed. The excruciating pain made him hiss and scream.

A pair of his feet were cut off, and a Fang Tian painted halberd was placed on his chest, and a cold voice came, "I am Chen Qing of the Western Army, and you should be the chief general Li Ju. I might as well let you You die to understand!"

"You kill me!" The severe pain made Li Ju unbearable, and he only wanted to die.

"I want to kill you, not only you, but none of your subordinates will survive. I have sworn that Kong Yanzhou and his subordinates will be killed and buried with Wang Yan!"

Chen Qing shouted coldly, "Go to hell!"

The long halberd pierced Li Ju's heart, and Li Ju died instantly.

Chen Qing shouted, "Leave no prisoners of war, kill them all!"

The day was getting brighter, and the fog finally dissipated. The killing had already ended, but because of the fog, Kong Yanzhou's army was not completely wiped out, and more than a hundred people fled into the woods.

The soldiers quickly cleaned the battlefield, burned the enemy's corpses and buried them deeply. Niu Gao's subordinates disguised themselves as guards and boarded the grain boats. A hundred vehicles and boats stopped on the other side, guarded by a thousand soldiers.

At this time, the commander Wang Duo led a cavalry from the south. They were deployed ten miles to the south. Their task was to intercept the enemy soldiers who fled to Changshou County and prevent news from leaking.

"General Wang, how many soldiers were intercepted?"

"Reporting to Dutong, none of them were intercepted, and no soldiers fled to the south."

This was expected by Chen Qing, the fleet came from the north, and the soldiers would definitely flee to the north, but just in case, if there were soldiers from Changshou's native place, they would definitely flee to the south.

It seems that my worries are superfluous. In fact, besides Wang Duo's checkpoint, there are more than a hundred scouts led by Zhao Xiaoyi lurking around the city, and they will catch the last fish that slip through the net.

At this time, Yang Zaixing stepped forward quickly, clasped his fists and said, "Report to Dutong, the cleaning has been completed!"

"Notify the brothers to get on the horse, we are ready to go south!"

After tidying up for a while, [-] cavalry left the river bank and headed for Changshou County by detour.
(End of this chapter)