Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 117
The mighty Southern Tang navy, with banners and banners flying, broke through the morning fog and headed straight for Zhengyang.

Zhengyang is located on the coast of Huai-Ru, facing Luoshan and Xinyang across the Huaihe River to the south.

Li Gu led Zhou Bing to the south of Jianghuai. It was from here that he took advantage of the opportunity of the Southern Tang's carelessness to break into Huainan and started the war between the two countries.

Zhengyang Bridge was repaired by the people of Xudi sent by Luo Youdu.

The connection between the Central Plains and the Jianghuai River currently relies on this pontoon bridge.

Once the pontoon bridge is destroyed, it means that the roads between the two places will be cut off.

Liu Yanzhen's way of attacking the pontoon bridge was very rough, without any tactics at all, and without any tactics, he directly hit the pontoon bridge with his building boat.

The water system inside the Jianghuai River is not enough to drive large ships, but the Huaihe River has no such concerns.

The five-storey red building boat was specially transported to the Huaihe River by sea. The huge building boat carried a strong momentum, and just one impact destroyed most of the Zhengyang pontoon bridge.

Liu Yanzhen hugged the mast in some embarrassment and stabilized her body. Seeing that the guards on both sides of the Huaihe River were stunned by her violent impact, she couldn't help but excitedly said: "Good men in the south of the Yangtze River, destroy the pontoon bridge for me. , bravely kill the thief."

There was a hint of excitement in his eyes, he knew how to use the foggy weather to hide the boat and kill the opponent by surprise, he was indeed a genius.

Standing on the tall boat, he shouted loudly: "Get my bow and arrow!"

The servants presented the hard bow, Liu Yanzhen bent the bow and shot an arrow, and raised his hand to the soldiers on the river bank to shoot an arrow.

The title of "Liu Yijian" is indeed not in vain.

The off-string arrow seemed to have eyes, and shot a soldier on the river bank to the ground.

"Good archery!"

Cheng Shilang praised loudly.

Liu Yanzhen's fame today has something to do with his archery skills.

It is impossible to tell whether it is Han Xin or not without fighting, but the quality of archery can be seen at a glance.

Liu Yanzhen frowned suddenly, he found that the soldier he shot down actually got up and continued to run.His own arrow was still hanging on his back, but it obviously didn't kill the opponent.

Liu Yanzhen's face was a little uneasy, and she took another arrow with the bow.

The whistling arrow hit a Zhou Bing's vest again, but the opponent rushed forward two steps after being hit by a huge force, and continued to run.

"This……"

Liu Yanzhen became a little annoyed, and opened his bow again. The arrow wanted to hit the head, but he was on a seven-foot-high building, and it was a foggy day. The soldiers on the south bank of the Huaihe River were seventy steps away from him. Being able to hit the body in the next shot is already a superb archery skill, but it is really not sure to shoot the head.

At this time, there was a burst of cheers from the center of the Huaihe River.

Immediately after they hit the Zhengyang Bridge, soldiers from the Southern Tang Dynasty surrounded the left and right wings in small boats and hacked at the damaged pontoon bridge with an axe. The wooden stakes drifted left and right toward the lower reaches of the Huaihe River, but hit a boat on the way, and hit the boat one after another with the current, making a thumping sound.

"The Zhengyang pontoon bridge was destroyed?"

Liu Yanzhen was stunned for a moment, and then a trace of ecstasy flashed in her mind.

Did you cut off the Zhou army's supply line?

"Liu Du deployed, Zhou Bing ran away, we won." Zhang Yanhan shouted loudly.

Liu Yanzhen laughed "haha": "This week's soldiers are nothing more than that, how can rumors be so scary!"

Cheng Shilang also flattered, and said loudly: "It's me, Han Xin of the Tang Dynasty, who has made all the deployments. I know things like a god. Do we want to pursue them?"

Liu Yanzhen hesitated for a while, and suddenly he found several flags with the word "Luo" hanging high on the campsite on the south bank of the Huaihe River. His heart was suddenly moved, and he shouted: "Go ashore and pursue, I want to capture Luo Youdu alive. Haha... Hurry up, go ashore and chase the enemy."

He ran down the boat impatiently, intending to pursue Luo Youdu himself.

What a perfect plot in which Han Xin of the Tang Dynasty and Liu Yanzhen captured the little Zhuge of the Great Zhou alive in a battle.

Although he wasn't sure whether the "Luo" flag was Luo Youdu, but besides Luo Youdu, he couldn't think of anyone else named Luo in Zhou Ying.

There was Liu Yanzhen's war horse in the boat, and he rushed ashore on the horse.

Cheng Shilang and Zhang Yanhan felt that Liu Yanzhen used soldiers like a god, and his judgment was absolutely correct, so they followed him without hesitation and prepared to snatch meritorious service.

Seeing that Wu Yanhui didn't follow, Liu Yanzhen ignored him, and just shouted: "Yanhui, stay here and wait for XX to triumph!"

His voice spread farther and farther, and finally led the soldiers of the headquarters to chase Zhou Bing in the direction where Zhou Bing fled.

Liu Yanzhen chased after the flags and footprints on the ground, and chased for eight or nine miles in one breath. Along the way, there were only messy military flags, and there was no sign of a single soldier.

The more Liu Yanzhen thought about it, the more something was wrong, why did the other party run so fast?
Not one left behind?
An ominous premonition welled up in my heart.

On the other side, when Wu Yanhui saw Liu Yanzhen leading a large army to chase down the enemy, his mind was full of question marks, how did he win this battle?
Could it be that his brother is really a genius?
Thinking about it carefully, it's not impossible.

It is not surprising that Liu Yanzhen has excellent archery skills, is also clever and knows how to make money, and knows the art of war.

Wu Yanhui felt a little regretful that he didn't follow in pursuit.

Seeing the mess of military supplies in the camp, Wu Yanhui arranged for soldiers to clean up the battlefield...

Wu Yanhui accidentally discovered that there are many good things in the camp of the Zhou army this week, thinking that Liu Yanzhen, Cheng Shilang, and Zhang Yanhan chased and killed Zhou Bing, and gained merits and supplies. If he guards here by himself, what a small profit. ?

In a hurry, he asked more soldiers to collect supplies for the Zhou camp.

Wu Yanhui yelled loudly: "Hurry up, let's all get onto the boat, don't worry about ink stains, haven't you had enough to eat?"

The soldiers who heard Wu Yanhui's yell cursed secretly.

In order to catch up with the fog, didn't they just set off westward without breakfast?
Wu Yanhui didn't care about that much, the most important thing was to evacuate the camp.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a burst of thunder in his ears.

"No, cavalry!"

Wu Yanhui shouted in horror: "Quick, quick, get ready to fight."

They are the navy, and only a few high-ranking generals are qualified to lead the horses on the battleship and carry them all the way.

The entire navy is no more than a dozen horses.

There is no one of our own, it can only be an enemy cavalry.

Moreover, Liu Yanzhen was chasing to the west, but the sound of horseshoes came to the east.

Wu Yanhui's abilities were limited and he had no combat experience before battle, so when he panicked, he knew how to shout: "Meet the enemy."

How to meet the enemy, how to fight, I don't know at all.

Cao Bin broke through the fog and led Qianqi directly into the Zhou army's south bank barracks.

More than a thousand cavalry were like a torrent, covering and submerging the general's camp.

Pan Mei and Zhang Qiong led the [-] Imperial Guards respectively to the largest building boat on the Huaihe River.

The two generals, Pan Mei and Zhang Qiong, were not used to the floating and unstable condition of their feet, but the soldiers of the Imperial Battalion Division were all working on the wharf. Instead, their strength overwhelmed them.

They went into battle for the first time, but without the slightest fear, they began to snatch the boats with swords.

(End of this chapter)