Lu's relatives

Chapter 400 Crossing the River!Cross the river!

"Cross the river!"

Following the mountain of military orders handed down layer by layer, the soldiers had already driven the horses carrying the baggage to the fishing boats, connected the hemp ropes that bound the tents and baggage, tied them around themselves, and supported the bamboo ropes on the boat. Hao controlled the direction, and pushed another twenty or thirty flying cavalry battalion soldiers who could swim, four on the left and six on the right, bent over to support the side of the boat, and more than a dozen people on the side near the side where the river came from dragged two grain carts at the same time. The upper and lower car boards are used to form buoyancy, which also prevents the ship from sinking and spinning, and is washed away by the river, clearing the way in front of the army.The soldiers of the Flying Cavalry Battalion at the back also took off their armor, and tied the hemp rope handed over by the brothers in front. Move towards the center of the river.

As Zhen Jiang said, this place is indeed one of the rare places in the Jiuqu Yellow River where the river is wide and the water is gentle, but even so, the momentum of the river is extremely strong. There are only a handful of good water quality; fortunately, since the first camp "reconciliation", most of the soldiers recruited were the Yellow Turban soldiers who had troubled Qingzhou, but many of them grew up by the Yellow River. Did not lead the team astray.

"General Qin, something's not quite right!" Under the setting sun, Qin Xu was watching the ships of the flying cavalry battalion soldiers meet head-to-tail. Like a peerless weapon, he cut the Yellow River, which was illuminated by the afterglow of the setting sun like a golden dragon, into two sections. Just as he was about to sigh, he heard Cheng Lian, who was supposed to be supervising the battle by the river, and the one who was sent to Qu Yi, who was on guard all around, joined hands to report.

"Hehe, when did you two get together?" Qin Xu and Lu Lingqi, who was by his side, smiled at each other and asked.Because of what happened in Hanoi back then, Cheng Lian and Qu Yi could be regarded as deadly enemies for many years.Although Qin Xu's "speaking of cooperation" put an end to the superficial hatred, at that time there was still some sympathy for each other, and it meant that they didn't know each other.But these two are stubborn asses. Within two days, the private rivalry started and has never stopped since then. Fortunately, there are no small troubles, and everyone just turned a blind eye. Eyes, simply let them go.Sometimes even Qin Xu wondered if the reason why these two people were sent out by Lu Bu was because he was tired of the small friction between the two people who had nothing to do all day long.

"Huh!" The two glanced at each other unconvinced, and Cheng Lian said first: "General Qin, Miss, our old lady has already inquired, and we are actually in Yanzhou now, and this place is for communication. It is said that the important exchanges between Qing, Yan and Ji prefectures have always been very lively. How could it be possible that after our army came at this time, there was no one on the river, and the villages by the river were also empty. It was strangely tight. !"

"This land boundary is weird, who can't see it, and you don't need to say it? Besides, what's weird about your investigation? Maybe it's because of the severe drought last year, the river was dry, and those people who depended on water for their livelihood lost their lives." Maybe the job has been moved to another place!" Originally, because of the massacre of the Flying Cavalry Battalion, Qu Yi felt a little guilty in front of Cheng Lian, but after the "reconciliation" between the two armies, he did not know why. After a few days of politeness, the two of them seemed to be incompatible with each other. One of them always said something and the other definitely said something. No, as soon as Cheng Lian finished speaking, Qu Yi satirized Cheng Lian in a tone that was neither yin nor yang. In a word, he turned around and cupped his hands at Qin Xu and said, "General Qin, the last general was ordered to send out scout horses this time, and searched the surrounding area for more than ten miles. You can almost see the city of Cao Jun here to the west. The flags are fluttering, and there is no movement of troops. This is really suspicious. We all know that this place is an important place connecting the three states. The place is dangerous and weak. It is difficult for Cao Cao to win the emperor with the help of General Meng. , are you stupid?"

"Well! The two generals don't want to compete, the one who should come will always come!" Regarding the quarrel between Cheng Lian and Qu Yi, Qin Xu has always been adhering to a laissez-faire attitude.With the experience of life and death last time, it has long been clear that these two people are just arguing. Qin Xu only stared at the sun that was about to set on the horizon where the river came from the west, and said to the two with a smile.

"Did General Qin know that there was an ambush on the other side? But... but the brothers around here have searched no less than five times, then..." As for Qin Xu's order for the Flying Cavalry Battalion to cross the river first, and to go to the camp first, Quji Although Yi didn't have any complaints, he still felt a little unhappy in his heart.It's not that he blames Qin Xu for favoring one and favoring another, but it's just that he sees Lian as a veteran who is reused by Qin Xu, and he has some competitive thoughts.As for Qu Yi, who had been on the left and honored since Qin Xu became famous in the first battle, he had also understood Qin's temperament somewhat in the past three years. Hearing what Qin Xu said now, he suddenly understood a little bit. Enlightened, he kept his mouth shut and waited for Qin Xu's next words.

"General Qin, could it be that...it's not good! There are boats on the river!" In Cheng Lian's words, after all, our old man ate a few extra bowls of corn soup, and fought with Lu Bu, the number one fierce general in the world. There are heroes from all walks of life in the world, so they have more experience.Now after hearing what Qin Xu said, Cheng Lian no longer had the heart to tease Qu Yi, but frowned and meditated, but before Cheng Lian could pretend to be a contemplative, he suddenly saw the golden light on the river in the west. , Appeared indistinctly about twenty river warships with a width that can carry more than fifty people.Immediately, Cheng Lian's eyes widened.This kind of ship is not a rare item for the forces on both sides of the strait that rely on the Yellow River for natural defense.With the help of the Mi family's funds, even Zhang Liao had no less than a hundred ships, but he only went to Pingyuan for a day, and these warships came from the upper reaches, so it must not be Zhang Liaoxiao's elite cavalry who came to meet them.Then there can be such a large-scale river soldier and navy warship nearby, besides Cao Jun, it must be Yuan Jun.The bastards of these two families must be cats hiding aside and preparing to make trouble, and they didn't show their heads until most of the soldiers from the flying cavalry battalion were scattered in the river.

Understood!Understood!It's no wonder that Qu Yi's group spread the scouts and almost turned the ground upside down in a radius of more than ten miles, but there was no result. The co-authors had already planned the marching route for themselves and others, and they were on the way to the river. I'm waiting.This is really hard and hard!Even if there are only 50 river warships that can only carry 4000 people, there are still more than a thousand people!It's not that there are so many people coming, but if these people rush down the river like this, the result... Cheng Lian's face will change drastically.There are more than [-] flying cavalry battalion soldiers who have already gone down halfway in the water. This is not a battle. Waiting for these flying cavalry battalion brothers who have already removed their armor and are in the water is simply a massacre!
"It really hit halfway!?" Now even Lu Lingqi opened her starry eyes, which were already very big, and looked at the bigger and bigger sails in surprise, and looked at Qin Xu with her mouth covered, her expression was full He was actually a little annoyed at his crow's mouth.

"General Qin, this... what should we do? Our mature brother is still in the river!" Cheng Lian said incoherently, seeing Qin Xu squinting his eyes unmoved, facing several times Cheng Lian, who was not afraid of his own enemy army, unexpectedly forced a look of panic on his old face, and knelt down on the ground with a "plop", panting heavily with a red face, and clenched his hands tightly. Fist, knuckles are a little white.

"General Qin, why don't you send me, Brother Xiandeng, to shoot along the river bank with a crossbow before they approach?" Zheng Jing returned to Zheng Jing, seeing the [-] flying cavalry battalions who were about to cross the river. The soldiers suddenly encountered such an unexpected situation, and there was even a sign that the whole army's vitality was seriously injured again. Qu Yi also knelt down beside Cheng Lian, begging Qin Xu.

"Huh? Old man, old Qu, don't you think that Qin is going to play tricks with the lives of these four thousand flying cavalry brothers?" Even though Cheng Lian and Qu Yi didn't say anything, they were just worried about the safety of the flying cavalry soldiers. A pleading to take the initiative to meet, although Qin Xu's special status prevented him from expressing it clearly, but there was a pessimistic meaning inside and outside the words.

"Don't worry! They don't dare to rush like that!" It's okay to kneel down, and the two of them will save Pi Liyang Qiu from arguing with each other all day long. Their quarreling relationship is getting better and better, I don't know Concerned about the feelings of onlookers, Qin Xu looked confident, and said calmly, ignoring the kneeling pair of enemies who "promised each other" in their hearts.

"How is it possible? How is it possible!!" To be honest, Cheng Lian and Qu Yi still believed what Qin Xu said.After all, there are so many brilliant "previous records", Qin's mouth is not much worse than the golden mouth of the emperor's old man in the eyes of everyone.But even so, seeing the more than twenty river warships getting closer and closer, the bows and arrows in the hands of the soldiers on the ship's side deck can almost be seen clearly.But then a scene happened that made Cheng Lian and Quyi more and more admire Qin Xu's mouth.

As if to cater to what Qin had just said.The more than twenty warships actually came to a halt nearly fifty feet away from the soldiers of the Flying Cavalry Battalion who Wu Yaya speeded up to cross the river. A ninety-degree turn exposed the side of the ship.

"Not good! They're going to shoot arrows! They're so vicious!" When the warship that came from an unknown location was turning around, Cheng Lian and Quyi's eyes widened. As expected, the soldiers two strings above the warship drew their bows and arrows to the full, and aimed at the soldiers of the Flying Cavalry Battalion who were walking in the river without much armor, Cheng Lian couldn't help shouting again.

"Wait, Lao Cheng, they can't do anything!" Qu Yi saw the trick this time.Cheng Lian, who was anxiously jumping around with red eye circles but helpless, pointed to the elite soldiers of the Flying Cavalry Battalion who had panicked for a moment in the river and then returned to order, and shouted loudly in Cheng Lian's ear.

"What... what?" Seeing that the soldier on the side of the boat mercilessly shot out his intention to take him away in the river, he could only wait for death in the middle of the river, Cheng Lian almost cried out. Turning his head, he couldn't bear to look, and after hearing Qu Yi's cry, he turned his head slowly.If it is said that Cheng Lian and Qin Xu had a good friendship before, most of it was because of Lu Bu, who is Qin Xu's father-in-law, and he felt that Qin Xu was indeed a little "smart" and regarded Qin Xu as a junior, What he saw now made Cheng Lian completely convinced of Qin Xu.

I saw that the soldiers in the river, who were a little flustered because of the warships rushing across the river just now, recovered order in just a few breaths after a long period of training. The soldiers on the downstream side lowered their heads and held the side of the ship to stabilize the hull so that it would not be washed away by the river, while the soldiers on the side directly facing the incoming ship from the upstream side also held the side of the ship with one hand to stabilize their bodies, while the other hand At first it looked like a burden in his hands, but at most he could only increase a little buoyancy, but he dismantled all the panels of the carts pulling the supplies and grain, and used the buoyancy of the water to stand upright at a slant to protect his head.And as more and more soldiers by boat imitated the former, when the soldiers on the side of the incoming ship bent their bows and shot arrows, hundreds of arrows flew downwind, which became useless.

Originally, such densely packed arrows could at least inflict some damage on the underwater soldiers who were unable to fight back, but the current situation is that after only hearing a "jingling" sound, the hundreds of arrows, However, most of them were stuck on the thick wooden boards. Although these wooden boards were only an arm's length long from the carts brought in, they had been used for many years. The entire wooden boards were so slippery that one could almost see When the figure comes, no matter how fast the arrow is, if it is nailed to this "magic object", at most it will leave a shallow mark, at most it will only penetrate half an inch into the wood, and with a light shake, it will automatically Falling into the water will not cause effective damage at all.There were also quite a few arrows that were thrown higher and landed on the boat, or shot horses intentionally, but unexpectedly the horses were full of military tents and bags of grain and grass, but they became natural objects to avoid arrows. They are full of arrows, but these well-trained war horses have never even moved a bit. Except for the occasional grain bag being shot through and golden corn flowing out on the deck, there is no damage at all. It's just a pity. It didn't take a moment to change from a war horse to a hedgehog...

"General Qin! We have grown old and convinced!" It can be said that when the warship showed its final intention just now, except for Lu Lingqi, who trusted Qin Xu unconditionally, who was still annoyed by her crow's mouth, almost everyone thought that this General Qin, who was rumored to be undefeated this time, is afraid that his reputation of invincibility will be broken.But right now, the warship suddenly appeared out of nowhere, whether it was a soldier in the river who was strangely refusing to hit the river with no power to fight back, or an elite flying cavalry battalion raised the "vehicle board" as if it had been rehearsed. "Shield" blocked the sure-to-kill arrow, as if they were following Qin Xu's intentions. This kind of ghost and god's plan had to make everyone who had seen it, including Cheng Lian Quyi, feel sorry for him. The halo of "inhumanity" that had shrouded Qin Xu's body was even more convinced.

"Qin Shijun, how did you do it?" It was the father and daughter of the Zhen family who came here after hearing the news, and they were also witnesses of this "miracle". .Just now when Zhen Jiang saw a warship suddenly appearing on the river and the soldiers of the Flying Cavalry Battalion were obviously "weak", she even felt a little guilty towards Qin Xu. After all, she "helped" Qin Xu to choose this place. of.But seeing the soldiers of the Flying Cavalry Battalion in the water, they were not in any danger, and the incoming ship still dared not advance an inch, even the conceited Zhen Jiang couldn't figure it out, and asked almost everyone Questions everyone wants to ask.

"Oh! Actually, it's nothing to put it bluntly!" Qin Xu pretended to be profound and smiled.Staring at the east of the river for a long time, he revealed a smile, and said to the crowd who were waiting eagerly for Qin Xu to "dispel their doubts", "As early as when Lao Qu's scout horse said that there were no traces of incoming soldiers nearby, Qin has already guessed where the other party is coming from, and of course, it is not ruled out that someone will set up an ambush on the other side. But Qin is sure that Yuan Xi will not make a big move in such a sensitive place."

"Huh? Then how did Qin Shijun think that more than a dozen soldiers would hold wooden boards? Oh... yes, bows and arrows are naturally the first choice for fighting troops on such occasions!" Zhen Jiang asked anxiously, looking around. The soldiers who heard this had a look of astonishment, as did Qin Xu, Qu Yi, Chenglian, and even Lu Lingqi and others. Even though Zhen Jiangxuan knew that he had asked a stupid question, the blush stained his cheeks, and he said in a low voice. Yuan Zi said.Because the slap from Zhen Jian last night had already subsided a lot of swelling, and Zhen Jiang's charming face with a rosy rosy face made the surrounding soldiers breathe a little slower.

"Ahem!" Seeing these soldiers who had never seen the world, Qin felt very humiliated, coughed heavily, and finally took back the souls of everyone, as if there was a chain reaction, The coughing sound became one.

"But they are obviously only less than a hundred feet away from the soldiers, so they can definitely rush over... ah..." Maybe it was because she was used to the reaction of everyone to her beauty, but Zhen Jiang didn't care much about the reactions of the first soldiers around her. After the blush subsided a little, he frowned and asked Qin Xu again.

"Isn't this the place Miss Zhen you told Zhong Ming about? Could it be that Miss Zhen didn't know?" Just now, Qin Xu "resisted" the charm that Zhen Jiang inadvertently revealed, and Lu Lingqi was very satisfied.Especially when Cheng Lian and Qu Yi, who were already uncles, were not immune, Qin Xu was able to do this. At this moment, Miss Lu really felt that her husband was really a great general with a thunderbolt in his chest and his face like a flat lake.Therefore, seeing that Zhen Jiang wanted to "tangle" again, Lu Lingqi also ate her jealousy, and asked back.

"This..." Zhen Jiang always claimed to be smart, otherwise he wouldn't dare to join his father Zhen Jian in teasing Lu Bu.But along the way, he was always "pressed" by Qin Xu, and unknowingly, he felt that he didn't know what could stop this evil Qin, and now he was suddenly blamed by Lu Lingqi. Qin Xu intends to offer a plan to wait for half a day, mobilize the strength of the Zhen family and together with Zhang Liao to transport the 6000 people across the river in one go. On the one hand, it will sell Qin Xu well, and on the other hand, it can also show the strength of the Zhen family. For coming here, In fact, it was just a random talk to deal with the impatient Qin, and Zhen Jiang, who made Qin Xu retreat in the face of difficulties, was a little unable to answer for a while.

With Lu Lingqi's rescue, Qin Xu naturally didn't bother to explain, it's good to keep a little bit of mystery!Besides, Qin can never tell Zhen Jiang that there is a column called National Geographic on TV after 800 years?As the saying goes, there must be something restrained within seven steps.Although the ancient road of the Yellow River has been changed countless times, is there necessarily a gentle place accompanying the most sinister bend of the nine bends?This is actually called... common sense!
(End of this chapter)