Fenghou

Chapter 322
Chen Qing didn't intend to sink the enemy's main ship. He planned to capture Xu Yun and hand it over to Li Gang. When they were in the county seat, they stopped condemning it.

In Chen Qing's view, the moment the four thousand Mingzhou navy entered Wuhu County, their fate was already doomed. The court's laws and civil servants' morals had nothing to do with him, and he, Chen Qing, would act on behalf of the heavens.

The two warships were getting closer and closer to the river, Xu Yun gritted his teeth and shouted, "Sink him!"

His warship has three thousand shi, but the opponent's warship has five thousand shi. Obviously he will be hit and sunk, but he also wants to hit the opponent seriously.

At this time, the [-] soldiers on Chen Qing's boat were ready, holding large shields and short spears, and preparing for a fierce battle with the opponent.

The opponent's strength is about a hundred, which is only slightly inferior to the Song army, but if Chen Qing joins the battle, it will be completely different.

When the two ships were still ten zhang away, the big ship of the Song Army leaned slightly to the right, collided head-on, and passed by raglan shoulders. Li Shihong yelled and hooked the side of the other ship with an iron hook.

Chen Qing shouted sharply: "Kill it!"

One hundred and fifty soldiers with short spears and large shields jumped onto the opponent's big ship one after another, and a hundred soldiers from the other side also shouted and swung their knives to kill them. A fierce battle broke out between the two sides on the two large ships.

But Chen Qing cared more about the opponent's general, Xu Yun. He didn't use gunpowder and kerosene to fight, and he used the most primitive pirate-style combat just to catch Xu Yun.

After searching around, Chen Qing finally saw the opponent's general, a middle-aged man in armor, holding a big knife, fighting fiercely with Li Shihong.

"Let me come!"

Chen Qing waved Fang Tian's painted halberd and blocked the opponent's saber, Li Shihong took the opportunity to retreat and get rid of the opponent's life-threatening hastily saber.

"Who are you?"

Xu Yun couldn't help being surprised when he saw that the other party broke his life-threatening chain knife so easily.

"You are Xu Yun, the commander of the Mingzhou navy?" Chen Qing asked back.

"I'm Xu Yun, who are you?"

Chen Qing smiled faintly, "Chen Qing is going to the Western Army!"

Xu Yun's pupils suddenly contracted into a line. He really didn't expect to meet the famous Chen Qing here, it was actually a water battle.

He suddenly laughed, "If I take your head, can I get a reward of [-] guan?"

"That's right, you can seal ten thousand households, maybe you can replace Liu Yu as emperor." Chen Qing's eyes were full of sarcasm.

Suddenly Xu Yun became angry. Without saying a word, he slashed at Chen Qing's neck with a knife. Chen Qing swung his halberd and hit it. With a loud noise, Xu Yun yelled, his arms seemed to be broken, and the sword flew out.

The huge force made Xu Yun take two steps back, and sat down on the deck. Before he got up, Chen Qing's halberd pointed against his throat, and said coldly: "Move again, and your neck will be cut off!"

Several personal soldiers rushed up, pushed Xu Yun down, tied him up, covered his mouth with a cloth, covered his head with a black bag, and took him out of the cabin.

At this time, Chen Qing went on a killing spree and massacred the soldiers on the boat. Xu Yun was captured, but his men had no chance of surviving, and they were all killed. Even the dozen or so soldiers who jumped into the river were captured Random arrows shot and killed in the river.

There was a sea of ​​flames on the river in the distance, and there were constant explosions. The Song army's chariots and boats, which had the absolute advantage, formed an overwhelming situation against the sixteen warships. In less than an hour, the last warship sank to the bottom of the river. There was a piece of floating corpses, and no one escaped.

Xu Yun's dream of prosperity and wealth was finally shattered. Although the Song army had the upper hand in this water battle, it also paid the price that eight vehicles and boats were sunk and more than [-] people were killed.

Chen Qing immediately ordered Zheng Ping to lead fifty vehicles and boats to go north along the Han River, and must take back the forty warships that went north to Xiangyang.

After the rest of the warships disembarked Chen Qing and five thousand soldiers near Cangcheng, Hanyang, the fleet crossed the river and went to Jiangxia. There was no warship on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Chen Qing led [-] soldiers to join [-] cavalry in Shijie Town, about [-] miles northeast of Hanyang County. The army rested on the spot, and Chen Qing sent scouts to find a way to contact Hanyang City.

At noon, Li Gang hurried to Dongchengtou, and Sun Zhi, the guard of Dongcheng, presented a letter of arrows to Li Gang.

"Xuanfu envoy, it's a letter from Chen Dutong!"

Li Gang hastily opened the letter and read it up and down. He was overjoyed by the content of the letter. Chen Qing wiped out Kong Yanzhou's [-] troops in Jiangling, destroyed the enemy fleet, and captured the Mingzhou commander who surrendered to the puppet Qi army. Xu Yun is currently leading [-] people in Shijie Town, [-] miles to the northeast.

Li Gang's lieutenant general Xie Qian said with a smile: "Chen Qing's [-] troops have arrived at Shijie Town, and the siege of Hanyang will be over soon!"

Xie Qian was appointed as the envoy of Jingnan Township and the commander of the capital. He was the number one general beside Li Gang. Actual leadership.

The many sieges of the puppet Qi army were also led by Xie Qian to defeat them.

Xie Qian pondered for a while and said, "Xuanfu envoy, the puppet Qi army did not attack the city today, so they should also know that Chen Dutong is coming."

Li Gang also thought this was the reason. He knew that the puppet Qi army was very afraid of Chen Qing's cavalry. Now that Chen Qing led the cavalry and came back, how long can Dong Xian last?

"I'm thinking now, should I send troops out to fight with Chen Qing and defeat him!"

"Is it Chen Dutong's request?"

Li Gang nodded, "He wants me to give him an elite army of [-], and he will set up a formation to fight the enemy. What's Xie Dutong's opinion?"

Xie Qian thought for a while and said, "We still have [-] troops, we can give him the spare [-] troops, and use [-] people from humble positions to defend Hanyang City."

Li Gang was afraid of Xie Qian's superfluous intentions, so he refused to agree to divide the troops. Unexpectedly, he agreed without hesitation. He was overjoyed and said quickly: "If the defense of Hanyang can be won this time, I will definitely give a memorial to the imperial court for the great contribution of defending Hanyang City." !"

"Thank you Xuanfu envoy, I'm afraid it's not just the humble minister's contribution."

"Of course I know that Liu Hongdao, the deputy commander of the capital, is sticking to Cangcheng, and Orihiko's logistics support is strong. It's everyone's joint credit, and I won't forget it."

At this time, the deputy envoy Zhe Yanzhi rushed over, clasped his fists and said, "Emissary Xuanfu is looking for me?"

Zhe Yanzhi previously served as Hunan appeasement envoy, responsible for exterminating Yang Yao, but because of the bad relationship between him and the capital commander Wang Xie, internal strife continued, resulting in the failure of the bandit suppression, Wang Xie was demoted, and Zhe Yanzhi was changed to Huguang Xuanfu deputy , together with Xie Qian, became Li Gang's right-hand man.

The current [-] reserve army is trained and led by Orihiko.

Li Gang said to him: "Chen Qing has arrived. He is ready to fight the enemy, but his strength is slightly insufficient. I would like to ask me to send [-] troops to support him."

Orihiko said hastily: "The humble staff is willing to lead the troops to go!"

Li Gang gave Xie Qian a wink, and Xie Qian left knowingly.

Li Gang walked to the top of the city, and confronted Zheyan for a long time: "Actually, I don't want you to lead the troops. Your official position is higher than that of Chen Qing. I'm afraid you won't be able to accept his command, but this army is trained and led by you. You'd better Knowing them, I am afraid that Chen Qing will not be able to command this army, which will affect the decisive battle, and I will be a deputy envoy, so I am very embarrassed."

Zhe Yanzhi is not only the deputy envoy of Huguang Xuanfu envoy, but also a direct bachelor of Longtu Pavilion from the third rank, and also a famous general in the world. Chen Qing is not only lower in official position than him, but also a rising star in fame. It is definitely not possible for Zhe Yanzhi to command Chen Qing. But Li Gang felt that it was inappropriate for Chen Qing to direct Zhe Yanzhi, so he was in a dilemma.

Orihiko smiled slightly and said: "Actually, it's not about Chen Qing's humble command. The two of us are fighting together. It's just that I will cooperate with him. The envoy Xuanfu doesn't have to worry too much. Besides, I have heard of Chen Qing's great reputation for a long time." It is also an honor for me to fight side by side with him.”

"I'm very pleased that the Deputy Envoy Zhe can think this way, so let's do it! I will appoint you as the Fuzheng of Han and Fuzhen again, and the Hanyang Army will be in charge. I will lead [-] Hanyang Army to cooperate with Chen Qing in the battle."

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[The cold is still not healed. I worked too hard yesterday and posted four chapters. My body couldn't bear it anymore. Rong Laogao took a break today and posted two chapters. 】

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