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Chapter 280 Forcibly crossing the Yangtze River (3) (four more)

Zhu Yousong asked Zheng Damu to tell Zheng Hongkui that after successfully crossing the Yangtze River, don't rush to attack the city. Although the 20 Qing army has been completely defeated in Poyang Lake, their strength is still strong, and the overall situation is still outnumbered. Yuan Jixian, He Tengjiao, Zu Keyong and others learned from the population that Jiujiang City's copper and iron walls are as solid as gold, and they are not easy to attack. They must wait for his troops to arrive before they can attack the city together.

Zheng Damu led the decree that the heroine Liu Chunhong, now a naval officer, would also follow Li Quan to kill the enemy and serve the country, and Zhu Yousong also agreed.

He Zhaoxiong transported Zheng Damu, Li Quan, Liu Chunhong, and [-] sailors back to the other side of Poyang Lake overnight, and it was already dark.

More than [-] people rode fast horses and rushed to the battlefield by the Hukou River. It was already two o'clock after seeing Zheng Hongkui and others.

A total of 500 swimmers formed the Death Squad, led by Li Quan and Liu Chunhong. Among the [-] people, most of them were Zhuang soldiers from Luliu Villa, trained by He Zhaoxiong and his daughter. Liu Chunhong used to be their young lady's maid, they are old acquaintances, they know each other very well.

Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Cai gathered the [-] Death Squadrons and let them eat overnight first, because they had a special task as a special forces team, and they didn't know when they would be able to eat their next meal, and it was unknown whether they could eat it or not.After a full meal, Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Cai mobilized the [-] sailors before the battle and used wine to make a fortune.

Li Quan is Zheng Hongkui's old subordinate, and Liu Chunhong took the lead to swear an oath, and the second general reassured Zheng Hongkui that he drank all his wine bowls and threw them by the river.Even Li Quan and Liu Chunhong were [-] people in total, and they all put on the buttons of sailors' clothes. In the middle of the night, a few waves splashed under the night and disappeared.

After Li Quan and Liu Chunhong set off, Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Cai and Zu Keyong were not idle. Get ready ashore.

Now because several forced crossings during the day ended in failure, the ship was seriously damaged. It used to be able to send 3 horses and infantry soldiers to the other side of the river at one time, but now it is no longer possible, and it has been reduced by almost half. It can only transport [-] soldiers and horses at a time. If all goes well, the [-] horses will have to score five or six times before they can all cross the river.

Zheng Hongkui ordered the first batch of 6000 people to cross the river to be led by Zu Keyong. They will spend tonight on the boat, eat at four o'clock tomorrow morning, and set off on time at five o'clock. Planning to start crossing the Yangtze River by force, success or failure depends on it.

After everything was settled, the third watch had passed, leaving the patrols alone, Zheng Hongkui ordered all the soldiers to take the time to rest, so as to facilitate the battle across the river tomorrow morning...

About an hour later, Li Quan and Liu Chunhong showed their heads out of the river, and each wiped the water on their faces. With the help of the stars, the two could see each other's faces clearly, then nodded to each other, and went to the river bank. look.

Through the vast darkness of night, the two of them gradually saw clearly.

Now the two of them are only tens of meters away from the river bank. On the bank is the camp of the Qing army, and all the warships are neatly leaning against the bank. Under the night, they look like monsters lying down.On the ship and in the big camp of the Qing army on the shore, wind lanterns were hung on the high poles, and lights were still on in individual cabins and tents in the barracks, making it very quiet at night.

They could even see the night watchmen of the Qing army on the ship and on the shore.

At this time, hundreds of heads poked out of the water one after another around Li Quan and Liu Chunhong. Li Quan told them in a low voice, telling them not to make any noise. This is like a navy camp of the Qing army. It was necessary to get into the artillery battalion and destroy the fort. These people knew how to stick their heads in the water and followed Li Quan and Liu Chunhong, approaching the shore cautiously.

At this time, vaguely, the sound of punching and drinking came from the boat and the camp, mixed with the screams of women and the lascivious laughter of men. This was coming from the dead of night through the river wind. In fact, Li Quan and Liu Chunhong There is still a certain distance from them.

The two gritted their teeth, and Li Quan waved his hand to make Liu Chunhong and the others stop temporarily. He touched under a warship by himself, and was about to get on the boat to find out the situation, when one came out of the cabin, sound asleep Huhu, standing in the Xuan of the ship, he took out a dick and was about to put water on Li Quan's head.

Seeing that there was no one around, Li Quan gently whistled a sharp whistle at the Qing soldier who had not yet opened the gate.

The Qing soldier stopped being dazed for a moment, leaned over and bent down, staring into the river with wide eyes. Before he could see clearly what was going on in the water, Li Quan stepped on the water with both feet and jumped up, stretching out his hand to grab the water. A Qing army was dragged into the river, with a plop, splashing high waves.

When Li Quan left the boat and poked his head out of the river, he had already swam up to Liu Chunhong and the others, and the Qing soldier also showed his head, but Li Quan had already made him half-dead under the river.

After taking a few breaths, this Qing soldier came to his senses. In his memory, he fell asleep in the middle of the night and woke up to pee. Before he could urinate, he was caught and captured in the river. Now someone is holding his arm in the river to prevent him from sinking. The gleaming dagger on the top was pressed against the neck. If you look carefully, you can see that there are water ghosts in front of you.

The Qing army was so frightened that their true souls were stolen, and the people below couldn't control it. Finally, all the urine was spilled into the river.

Li Quan scolded in a low voice: "Don't make a damn noise, or you will be stabbed. Let me ask you, what kind of battalion is this, and where is the artillery battalion?"

This Qing army's little life is in his hands, how dare he not listen, he doesn't make a noise, he doesn't make a sound, he answers everything he asks, he tells the truth, and he keeps calling the uncle, please forgive him.

After hearing what the Qing army said, Li Quan and the others understood that this was indeed the Qing army's thousands of naval battalions, mainly waiting for the opportunity to transport a large number of Qing troops across the river from here, and attacking the lake with the Qing army on the southern line. The artillery battalion they were looking for was not far from here, and it was less than 1000 meters downstream along the river bank.

Fearing that this Qing soldier would tell lies, Li Quan asked him several times, but nothing came out.In the end Li Quandao: "It's none of your business, you can go, just don't go back and tell the truth, for the sake of telling the truth, I will let you go."

After finishing speaking, he ordered people to let him go. This Qing soldier really knew how to swim. He tried his best to escape with all his hands and feet, but he didn't swim five steps away. He felt a tearing pain in his back. After half a scream, he sank into the river and died.

Li Quan withdrew his knife to come out of the water, and gestured to Liu Chunhong and the others behind him. Four or five hundred black heads floated past like a row of gourds floating on the water...

Qing Army Fort.

The muzzles of several black holes are facing the air, and they will be displayed in various fortresses on the river bank.Four Qing army guards were left behind for each fort, and the rest of the Qing army all fell asleep, because it is now close to the fourth watch.

Even Ma Shixiu, the commander of the artillery battalion, was as loud as a donkey in the tent. There was a naked woman lying next to him naked. Yesterday Ma Shixiu was happy and drank a lot of wine. After venting on this woman, he is now sleeping like dead Like a pig.

If someone carried him around three times, he probably wouldn't wake up.

At this time, hundreds of black shadows came ashore from the river, and approached these dozens of forts under the cover of night, the sharp blades in their hands gleamed eeriely under the starlight...

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