After the imperial examinations, I grew up by farming

Chapter 60 Interception
The days in winter are short, and the short ones are a bit hasty.

In the boundless darkness, a string of yellow-orange light spots meanders, undulating up and down from far to near.

As far as the eye can see, the light spots shaped like red lanterns stretch into the night in the distance, forming a star river of extinguished flames.

The owner of the eyes stands on the top of the mountain, blending with the night.

When the light spot approached, Xu Ningcheng raised his hand, waved decisively and ordered: "Let go!"

A cold voice came out, a soaring cannon swooped down from the top of the peak, with a bang, and immediately a flaming arrow shot towards the river like a meteorite.

Then the second arrow also shot out.

And then the third...

The arrowhead is covered with cloth, and the cloth is soaked in tung oil and burns immediately.Hundreds of arrows shot at the boats. The boats were covered with straw, brushed with tung oil, and some wine jars were piled up.

The fire is soaring!

Ignite the river surface!

On the cold river, the King of Dongjiang led 25 remnants in a boat against the current.

With an elegant and friendly demeanor, he stood with his hands behind his back, sighed imperceptibly, and coughed several times against the river wind that hit the bow of the boat.

"The cold wind hits people, the prince is still..."

The general Zhuge Zhan was full of worries, and came to persuade King Dongjiang to go back to the passenger ship with cabins to rest.

"No problem." King Dongjiang waved his hand, "Where is this world?"

"Back to the lord, Chongqing Mansion is another four hundred miles away." A soldier in a shirt-sleeves clapped his hands in response.

In this way, he has already entered the land of Shu.

King Dongjiang said "um", and let go of his hanging heart for a while.

Is it about to fail?
No, it was just a temporary defeat. Qi Chengfeng is the true Dragon Son of Heaven, he will not lose, it is impossible to lose. When the sun comes out of Shu again, it will cause the sky and the earth to change their colors again.

In the world of the Qi family, it is absolutely impossible for the surname to be Yan.

Yan Cheng, we have a bright future...

"My lord!"

A slightly flustered short shout came to his ears, and the king of Dongjiang also saw clearly the huge red screen approaching.

I saw continuous patches of flames soaring into the sky, occupying the entire river surface, and the tongues of flame rolled up with the sound of thunderbolts and blasted down the river, illuminating the river surface and the steep walls on both sides of the river.

"It's a ship." The military division exclaimed.

The ships lined up in a row, seemingly slow but actually galloping swiftly.

The river wind blows head-on, and the fire boat comes head-on.

It would be unimaginable if it hit.

"Quick, scuttle the fireship!"

The army that stayed to protect the King of Dongjiang was brave and good at fighting, especially good at water warfare. The general Zhuge Zhan was also a brave general on water, and even mere fire boats were ignored.

The fireboat stopped quickly.

"It must be Xu Ningyu's good deed!" Thinking of the bowl of rice that caused him to be scolded a lot, the military commander was very angry.

"The rebel army in Nanli shouldn't have been spared in the first place." Zhuge Zhan was also annoyed.

"It's my king's fault for this matter, and I trust others." Dongjiang King hated it even more.

When he regained his strength, he will be the first to go to Nanli, and he will kill Xu Ningyu, a dishonest person, and leave his body for three days.

A year of violent corpses!
Seeing that King Dongjiang was frowning, Zhuge Zhan comforted him and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, these boats will be burned to ashes within two hours at most."

Blocking the way with fireboats, stupid idea!

Even if he had wings and no boats in Yanshi, it would take at least tomorrow morning to get here from Linchuan, and the tens of thousands of people in Nanli alone would not be able to help them.

Unexpectedly—

As soon as Zhuge Zhan finished speaking, a bright light suddenly flashed across the sky, followed by two muffled thunderclaps.

Not long after, the flames in the sky were annihilated by the downpour.

Seeing this, Zhuge Zhan was overjoyed, "My lord, God help me."

Moving the boat is faster than waiting for the fire to go out.

It seems that God still favors him... Qi Chengfeng... The king of Dongjiang relaxed his brows and ordered people to tug the boat to clear the way immediately.

At this moment, only the deafening thunder mixed with some kind of dull roar came continuously.

boom--

A round stone as big as a washbasin was thrown towards King Dongjiang. With the help of the weak light, Zhuge Zhan made a tiger pounce and threw King Dongjiang out of the range of the stone.

Zhuge Zhan pulled up Dongjiang King, held his sword in his hand, and blocked one after another of the stone throws. He heard a scream in the confusion, and turned his head to see the military master was hit in the back and lying on the board of the ship. The stone sank into the flesh and continued to sink .

The military master held out his hand.

"General Zhuge, save—"

Unfortunately, another stone was thrown right at his head, swallowing the rest of his words.

The stones were thrown from the high cliff of Baizhang, and they were so powerful that they smashed holes in the ship's plank, causing screams and screams.

"Retreat! Go to the boat behind." Zhuge Zhan shouted loudly, and jumped from the stern of the previous boat to the bow of the next boat with Dongjiang Wang, until he was out of the range of the stone throwing attack.

The first seven or eight ships were in disarray and ran aground completely.

Obviously, the other party was determined to force them to go ashore.

The great river runs from east to west, wide and narrow. The widest part is more than 50 miles, and the narrowest part is no more than [-] meters.

Entering Shu from Yuezhou Prefecture, this is the narrowest section of road, only 70 meters wide. As long as you pass this section of road, the journey of the next ten days will be a vast river tens of miles wide, unless the other party has a boat Otherwise, they will never be able to catch up with them, and it is even more impossible to attack from both sides of the strait.

After all, he was an experienced veteran, Zhuge Zhan quickly calmed down.

Set up the king of Dongjiang, and quickly summon the martial arts masters in the army.

Some people are responsible for sailing the boat, while others are responsible for parrying stone throwing.

When approaching the hulk, first cut off the chain connecting the hulk, then put the hulk on the big ship and pull it to both sides.

A single hulk that broke away from the group slowly floated downstream under the impact of the river water.

shhhhhh!
A new round of stone-throwing attacks came like a rainstorm of pear blossoms. The soldiers raised their shields and swung their knives, but they saw human limbs growing out of thin air from the black stone.

prick--

The sharp knife cut across the neck, and the blood was sprinkled for a long night.

Where are the stones, there are clearly people curled up with their knees hugged!

Too much, falling from the sky, more than violent raindrops.

The sound of shouting and killing spread to the rear, and Zhuge Zhan secretly said, "The ghosts will not disperse", and ordered people to blow the horn, set up a bow and set up arrows, trying to shoot these bastards who hindered the movement of the boat. many.

There are about 25 people, this group died, and there will be the next group.

"The opponent wants to shoot crossbow arrows, get into the water!" In the confusion, Xu Zhuang shouted loudly.

A rain of arrows shot out, and the Yuhezhai militiamen who had soaked in the Yuhe River for four years were like nimble fish, huh-la-lah into the water and hid under the wrecked boat.

When everything was calm, Zhuge Zhan sent the second batch of soldiers to move the boat.

Then the sky began to rain stones again, and when the rain of stones ended, Xu Zhuang and others who were hiding in the dark had already quietly climbed onto the hulk and cut the ropes that were attached to the hulk, causing the Dongjiang King's boat to pull lonely.

"Come on, get into the water and kill me!"

Again and again, the king of Dongjiang was also annoyed, and ordered the sailors to go into the water to arrest people.

As long as the other party dares to climb the boat again, it will definitely come and go!
The night was dark, windy and rainy, and the range of light from the torches was limited. When Dongjiang Wang's men entered the water, Xu Zhuang and others had already touched the cliff next to the hulk, climbed to a high place along the hanging rope, and then retracted the rope. .

It was not the stones that sent the third wave of sailors back to the west, but large sealed drums.

The large drum surrounded by one person is half filled with stones and half filled with venom.

The barrel was cut or smashed, and the poison was scattered everywhere!
Back and forth four or five times, the king of Dongjiang became furious and ordered people to set up artillery and bombard it upwards indiscriminately.

The Baizhang cliff not only broke the mind of climbing with bare hands, but also reached a height that artillery can hardly reach. King Dongjiang also knew that this move had no practical effect other than bluffing, but he couldn't be angry.

"Hahaha, he's in a hurry, he's in a hurry!"

Zhao Xiu tugged on Xu Linpeng's bamboo hat, feeling happy.

"What's there to be happy about, he can't touch us, and we can't touch him."

Xu Linpeng gave Zhao Xiu a blank look.

The Dongjiang King's fleet stretches for more than ten miles, and the first dozen ships within their attack range are no more than the first dozen ships, and it is impossible for them to go down and fight hand-to-hand with them. , it is not certain who wins and loses.

Time passed little by little, and the rain became heavier and heavier, like Daiyuan Mountain jumping out of the night to reveal a vague outline.

It will be bright in the sky.

"My lord, if you continue to waste time, Yan's time is almost here." Zhuge Zhan lowered his brows and looked down, losing his previous confidence.

I don't know that the pursuers are coming, so I want you to remind me?

King Dongjiang squinted at Zhuge Zhan dissatisfied, and stretched out his hand into the rain.

The rain was icy cold, colder than snow, Dongjiang Wang's heart was clear, and his mind was unprecedentedly clear.

Unless the mountain peaks on both sides are captured, it is absolutely impossible to pass the boat. However, the side of the mountain near the river is steep and rugged, and it is necessary to take a long detour to go up. The soldiers below are not familiar with this area. time.

time……

What he lacks most now is time.

The other way is to turn back more than eighty miles, abandon the boat and go ashore.

Judging from this posture, the person blocking the waterway and Yan Shi must have passed the air, and turning back at this time, nine times out of ten, Yan Shi has already led his army to lie in wait at a few places where he can go ashore.

Up to now, abandoning the car to protect the handsome man may win a chance of survival.

"Order to retreat eighty miles and land."

……

The heavy rain at Shuangxiakou continued as before, but Fengtiao Mountain, [-] miles to the east, had just rested after the rain.

After dealing with the 10 people left behind by King Dongjiang, Yan Shi led his army to attack for four days and four nights, and finally arrived at Fengtiao Mountain along the river.

"General, ambush the brigade on the western mountain."

As soon as the scout finished reporting, he saw a small cyan beacon light up on the top of the mountain facing Fengtiao Mountain.

The color is very different from the common cyan, very green.

"Don't worry about it." There were no ships moored along the coast, so the other party must not be the king of Dongjiang, it was self-evident.

After deploying the battle plan, Yan Shi climbed to the top of the peak, took advantage of a few jumps, and leaped onto a boulder protruding from the cliff.

Xu Linpeng and Zhao Xiu were at Shuangxiakou, while Liu Tong was guarding Fengtiao Mountain.

The spies came to report that a large army in black uniforms and black armor had rushed to Fengti Mountain from the east. Liu Tong finally let go of his heart all night, and hurriedly lit the blue beacon, and then quickly extinguished it.

After the signal was released, he took off his coir raincoat and bamboo hat.

"Let's rest first and eat something."

Because they didn't know when the king of Dongjiang would return, from last night to now, they didn't dare to close their eyes or take a sip of water. Now that Young Master Yan is watching, of course they should comfort Wu Zang Temple first.

He took out the cold pancake in his arms, sniffed it, and took a big bite. The feeling of ascending to heaven is nothing more than that.

"Xiang, um, Xiangxiang—"

Suddenly, Liu Tong stopped wolfing down, looked left and right, looked up and down, pretended to be inadvertent and turned around unexpectedly, seeing nothing.

"Have you ever had the feeling that a pair of dark eyes are watching us?"

The soldier who was questioned pulled his head out of the pancake, his small eyes were full of confusion.

"No."

……

On the opposite side, the peak of Fengchui Mountain.

Yan Shi put the clairvoyant into his arms, his face was gloomy, as if he saw something disgusting.

……

Fengtiao Mountain is along the river, with a flat and wide bank.

Although it is winter, the emerald green water plants and evergreen trees will still be dotted with vitality along the coast.

Towards evening, the first big ship docked in the dry reeds, and about [-] soldiers dismounted from it.

Wearing dark blue clothes and dark red armor, they got off the boat, swam across the reeds, walked in for about ten miles, climbed to the sides of the mountainsides for a while, and returned to the shore without finding anything unusual.

Seeing the signal sent from the shore, the large and small boats moored in the middle of the river docked one by one.

The shore is fully parked, and the later ones are next to the first ones, put on boards, first transferred to the front boat, and then landed.

When the army went deep into the hinterland of Fengtiao Mountain, arrows rained like waterfalls, gushing out from the dense forest, and then shouts of killing pierced the sky, coming from all directions.

The few artillery pieces brought down from the ship were not yet in place, and the enemy was already approaching.

They are very familiar with the person who came, and they have confronted several times in the past year.

Xuan Yingjun!
The army has been established for 40 years, and it has never lost a single defeat!
"General Liu, give the order quickly. If you don't give the order, we have nothing to do." Seeing that Xuanying's army was one against ten, and their heroism was extraordinary, the deputy general couldn't help urging.

"Don't worry, General Xu said, we have to come again at a critical moment." Liu Tong took it easy.

It doesn't matter whether you kill or not, it's important that you don't die.

This is not critical?There was no soup any later.

The deputy general felt that this moment was a critical moment, "What is a critical moment?"

Liu Tong was calm and relaxed.

"General Xu sent an order saying that there are at least 25 people, but you can see that there are 25 people who have landed, and the maximum is 20."

The lieutenant stood on tiptoe and looked at the battlefield in the col. He felt that the heads of the people were crowded together, like swarms of ants. He couldn't tell anything except the number. I don't know how General Liu could see the exact number of people.

The lieutenant suspected that Liu Tong was fooling him.

Liu Tong saw something wrong, how could Yan Shi not see it.

I saw the big ships that had been docked for a while slowly leaving the river, going up the river, and soon arrived at the Shuangxiakou where Xu Linpeng and Zhao Xiu were guarding.

Seeing the fleet going back and forth, Xu Linpeng jumped up excitedly, "Xiaoqi is really good at predicting things, look, Second Master Yan is here."

"I'm not sure if it's the second son of Yan, maybe it's the King of Dongjiang..."

Zhao Xiu snorted nonchalantly, but before he finished speaking, he saw blue smoke rising from the leading ship.

This time, Xu Linpeng became even more excited, "See, cyan, such a green cyan, who isn't the Second Young Master Yan?"

Zhao Xiu stopped talking.

Indeed, it is not so much green as green.

Unless it is someone who is very close to the cousin, no one else will make such an ugly beacon on purpose.

This Second Young Master Yan is really like-minded with his cousin.

There was no rain of stones or buckets of poisoned water, and the charred hulks blocked on the river were quickly removed. Yan Shi and his party of more than 40 large boats continued to sail up the river with full power.

Upstream of Shuangxiakou, there is a small steep slope more than 60 miles away from the place where the hulks blocked the way.

Dongjiang Wang, who had been soaking in the river all day, was exhausted.

"My lord, give me your hand." Zhuge Zhan went ashore first, and then went to pull the king of Dongjiang.

In addition to them, there are nearly 5 people in the river near the cliff.

Pulled and pushed by others, King Dongjiang grabbed a small tree and climbed ashore. It was dark in front of his eyes, and just about to lie down to catch his breath, a cold and sharp voice came to his ears.

"King of Dongjiang, I have admired your name for a long time."

(End of this chapter)