At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 808 I want to drink

Jiangdu, now Yangzhou, is located on the banks of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, with a well-developed water system and convenient transportation. Surabaya passes through the city and connects the canal and the Yangtze River. It is a unique golden waterway.

Yu Chigong led the navy of the Qi army to berth at the Surabaya Wharf in the southeast of Jiangdu City, and fired directly at Jiangdu City from the boat, one wave in the morning, one wave at noon, and one wave at night.During the bombardment, thick smoke billowed, and the sound of the guns rumbled for more than ten miles, frightening the nearby people and passing ships to flee.

Later, everyone found that the Qi army had strict discipline and never disturbed the people. Although they checked the passing ships, they did not deliberately make things difficult. Boldly passing through the canal, sometimes when the Qi army bombarded Jiangdu City, they would stop to watch the excitement.

At noon of the day, the navy of the Qi army bombarded Jiangdu City again, but seeing the slow smoke on the river, the cannons on the ship roared earth-shatteringly, spewing out long tongues of fire, and the shells streaked across the sky, emitting a creepy sharp Then, one after another, dust heads rose in Jiangdu city, and after days of shelling, Jiangdu city was riddled with holes and sores everywhere.

The passing ships on the canal couldn’t help but stop at a distance to watch the bombardment. Everyone’s faces were full of horror. Of course, there were also excited onlookers. Fireworks show.

At this time, a small fishing boat was mixed among the passing boats. There were two tall men standing on board, both holding pennies and wearing bamboo hats. mighty.

This person probably also knew that he looked abnormal, so he deliberately lowered his bamboo hat to cover most of his face, and just looked out from the brim of the hat, staring at the shelling in the distance. A trace of fear was still clearly visible, and it could be seen from the movement of his hands holding the penny tightly that he was very excited now.

At this time, the navy of the Qi army finally stopped shelling. The passing boats saw that the excitement was over, and they continued to sail, and the fishing boats also mixed in and sailed away silently. The man on the boat looked back at the still smoking Jiangdu City from time to time. Head, seems to be still in fear.

It wasn't until the fishing boat sailed far away that it was separated from other boats by a certain distance, Wei Wuhanzi said in a deep voice: "Qi army's firearms are really powerful, no wonder Li Zitong's navy was wiped out in such a short period of time, Xiongsheng, if you let us How long can you hold out leading the navy against the Qi army's navy?"

It turned out that this mighty Wuhan son was Du Fuwei, king of Chu, and his adopted son and general Wang Xiongdan was punting at the stern of the boat.As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you can win a hundred battles. In order to understand the strength of the Qi army, Du Fuwei stationed the army in Liuhe County.

Wang Xiongdan was clearly self-aware, and said bluntly: "My child can last for half a day at most."

Du Fuwei was silent. In his opinion, half a day was too much. He estimated that it would be difficult for an hour. Alas, the Qi army invented such a terrible firearm. I am afraid that the way of fighting in water battles will be completely subverted in the future. Well, this world is really changing with each passing day, those who stick to the handicapped will only be eliminated in the end!

Wang Xiongdan comforted: "Father, don't worry, didn't you say that the five elements restrain each other? Although the Qi army's firearms are powerful, they will definitely fail when exposed to water. As long as it rains, their firearms will definitely fail."

This Wang Xiongdan looked silly, but unexpectedly he was quite smart. The characteristic of this kind of old-fashioned artillery is indeed that it is afraid of rain, and the gunpowder is useless if it gets wet.

Du Fuwei smiled wryly when he heard the words: "The initiative is in the hands of the Qi army, and they will never find rainy days to attack us, and since the Qi army has produced such a firearm, there must be a way to deal with rainy days."

Wang Xiongdan frowned and said, "Then what should we do?"

Du Fuwei pondered for a moment, then said lightly, "We'll talk about it when we go back."

Ever since, Du Fuwei and Wang Xiongdan father and son rowed to the shore, returned to the place where the horses were hidden, rode on their horses, and rushed towards Liuhe County. On the way, they met the Qi army led by Liu Heita. To avoid bumping into Qi Jun's scout horse, the two had no choice but to take a detour and walked for an extra day before returning to Liuhe County. At this time, Fu Gongyou and Liu Heita had already had a fight.

It is said that since Du Fuwei was almost killed in a sneak attack by Li Zitong last time, he learned his lesson and began to select good players to serve as his personal guards, called "Shangzuo". In battle, one must take the lead and rush to the front. After each battle, Du Fuwei will check their bodies, and if someone is injured on the back, he will be executed immediately. Because the back is injured, it means that the person has retreated before the battle.

However, every time a battle is won, the recruited soldiers will get the most generous share. Once someone dies in battle, there will be a lot of pensions. Du Fuwei will even let their wives and concubines be buried, so his soldiers fight They are all very brave, not afraid of death, and their combat power is quite good.

Because of this, when Liu Heitai and Fu Gongyou fought hand-to-hand, he discovered that this army was a tough one, so he immediately changed his method and adopted a steady and steady approach. Now Liu Heita and Fu Gongyou have done another battle in Liuhe County The frame also didn't take much advantage.

In addition, when Du Fuwei and Wang Xiongdan returned to the camp of the Chu army, Fu Gongyou immediately ran over and asked, "The king of Chu went to Jiangdu City. How is the situation? Are the Qi army's firearms as powerful as the legends? It's a pity that Liu That guy Hei Kai didn't use the cannon today, otherwise the general will have figured out his details."

Du Fuwei said in a deep voice: "The power of the artillery cannot be stopped by manpower. If the Qi army fights with all its strength, we may not be able to resist it."

The scar on Fu Gongyou's face twitched, and he said disapprovingly: "Is it really that powerful? This subordinate fought with Liu Heitai twice, and I feel that although the Qi army's combat power is good, it is not as strong as imagined."

Du Fuwei frowned and said: "Then there is only one reason, the Qi army has not used all its strength."

Fu Gongyou was skeptical, and suddenly slapped his forehead and said: "I almost forgot, Yin Qian is here, and I have been waiting for you all day and night, King Chu, do you want to meet?"

As mentioned above, Yin Qian is Li Zitong's secretary of Taichang Temple, who is responsible for contacting Du Fuwei and Shen Faxing. This time, he rushed here in a hurry, apparently to urge Du Fuwei to rescue Jiangdu City as soon as possible.

Du Fuweilue pondered for a moment, then said calmly: "Just say that the king has not returned to the camp, and find a reason to send him away."

Fu Gongyou nodded and said: "Alright, don't listen to his ramblings, I've been annoyed by him for the past two days, if it wasn't for the cold lips and teeth, we wouldn't bother to save Li Zitong, the white-eyed wolf."

After Fu Gongyou finished speaking, he left the handsome tent, probably to send Yin Qian away.Du Fuwei walked back and forth with his hands behind his back for a while, then suddenly stopped and shouted: "Come on!"

A personal soldier flashed in and said, "What orders does the King of Chu have?"

Du Fuwei asked: "How is the man recovering now?"

"He can already sit up, but he keeps yelling for a drink. Since the military doctor ordered him not to drink, the brothers dare not give him alcohol." The soldier replied.

Du Fuwei pondered for a while, then said lightly: "Take me to have a look."

Du Fuwei left the tent, and followed his soldiers to a tent in the back camp. Just as he was about to step in, something flew out with a whirring sound, hitting his face with his head. Du Fuwei was startled, and hurriedly dodged Open, with a bang, the object fell to the ground and broke into several pieces, rice, meat and vegetables were scattered all over the floor, and there were two meat buns.

"Your old mother, I want to drink, so why don't you feed the pigs here?" A loud voice cursed out from the tent.

Du Fuwei frowned immediately, Wang Xiongdan was furious, he put his hand on the handle of the knife and wanted to break in, but was stopped by Du Fuwei.

"Father, my son has to teach this ignorant guy a lesson!" Wang Xiongdan said angrily.

Du Fuwei waved his hands, bent down to pick up two meat buns, carefully cleaned off the dirt on them, and then ate them in two bites, and looked at the rice that had been scattered all over the floor with distress, and then his face became sullen. walked into the tent.

Lying in the tent was a young man, tall, almost completely naked, with a large number of bandages on his chest and back, and scabbed scars all over his head and face. He looked terrible, and his legs looked like The injury was so severe that he was still held in a splint and could not move.

This person is none other than the "killed" Pei Xingyan! ! !

It turned out that Pei Xingyan was ambushed by three parties near the Duliang Palace that day. In order to rescue the trapped brothers, he killed three people and three people, but in the end he was exhausted, and dozens of arrows fell from his body, and the bones of his legs were also crushed. It was broken and snatched away by Du Fuwei's men as spoils of war.

When Pei Xingyan was sent to Du Fuwei, he breathed a sigh of relief. The latter admired Pei Xingyan quite a lot. It was a feat to ask the military doctor to treat and bandage him. She came back to life, and after two months of raising her, she was able to sit up even more.

Du Fuwei was pleasantly surprised and persuaded Pei Xingyan to take refuge in him, but in the end he naturally failed, but Du Fuwei admired Pei Xingyan more and more.

At this time, Pei Xingyan saw Du Fuwei coming in, and immediately sneered and said: "Du Fuwei, don't waste your words anymore, I can't rely on you, and you don't need to waste any more food."

Du Fuwei swallowed the steamed stuffed bun in his mouth, waved his hand and said, "Bring two jars of wine."

Pei Xingyan was stunned for a moment, he yelled that he hadn't had a drink for so many days, and today the sun came out from the west.

Soon, the soldiers brought two jars of wine. Du Fuwei patted Kaifeng Ni, took a sip from one of the jars, and then handed it to Pei Xingyan, indicating that the wine was non-toxic, and then picked up another jar of wine to drink up.

Pei Xingyan is fond of wine, smelling the aroma of the wine in the altar, his saliva almost flowed out, and the wine worms in his stomach were writhing, wishing to swallow the whole wine jar, but he still held back and said: "Want to bribe me with good wine? Just dream, who are you, Du Fuwei!"

(End of this chapter)