Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

To the southwest of the Jingkou battlefield, more than 600 miles away, the southern capital army of the Southern Tang Army has just arrived at Wankou.

Although the army is still six hundred miles away, as long as it breaks through this line of defense, it does not take too long to descend hundreds of miles along the river. This line of defense occupied by the Zhou army mainly consisted of two strongholds: the mouth of Anhui in the north of the Yangtze River, where the water enters the river, and land and water strongholds operated by the Zhou army; Chizhou, in the south of the Yangtze River, has cities and water villages occupied by the Zhou army. Once through this section of the road, you can go all the way smoothly, first breaking through Zhou's quarry pontoon bridge, and then threatening his navy.

The Southern Tang Army’s reinforcements were called 150,000, and they came from Hukou (Poyang Lake) with great momentum. The capital of the Southern Tang State is in the northeast corner of the territory, and a large amount of land in the west and south is far from the capital; the southern capital (Nanchang) is a very important national defense center, where heavy troops are hoarded; now this group of people is one of the core forces of the Southern Tang State. One.

On the south bank of the Yangtze River, Rulin’s swords, guns, and flags were erected in the wind and snow. The parallel avenues were like dragons and numerous soldiers and horses. There were many vehicles and horses, and several black and heavy dragons were crawling along the river without end to end. On the surface of the river, a thousand-floor ship swept the black tide like a flood.

...In a spacious cabin, a middle-aged civilian is sitting in front of the case. He is Chen Qiao, the assistant governor of the Southern Tang Guoguang Political Council. He has straight facial features and an elegantly trimmed beard. He is a good-looking man, and his beard is very elegant.

Chen Qiao curled his beard, raised his head and sighed "Oh", the melancholy lingering in his eyebrows. In the front is a carved window propped up from below. Outside the carved window, the turbulent water surface is undulating, and white snowflakes disappear on the water. "Wow, wow..." The sound of water waves continued to come, and there was also the whispering sound of the wood rubbing of the oars.

He lowered his head and continued to examine a letter in his hand. He shook his head and sighed while watching.

A letter written to him by Jiang Ningcheng's friend, in which he informed of some major events that have happened recently. In particular, the monarch concealed the minister's assassination plan, in the name of Yihe, planted assassins in the singing girls, and assassinated in the large account of the Zhou army!

Chen Qiao was speechless. Although this world relies on force, morality is also very important. Such behavior will not only lead the world to renunciation, but even Chen Qiao is also very confused: the old man desperately defends the country, if it is unrighteous, what is it for? Just to get promoted and make money, to keep his own glory and wealth?

And why did Liu Cheng use him to hold such an important military power? Isn't Huangfu Jixun not enough to teach you?

In this battle, it was not only the strength of the soldiers and the weak, but also the wisdom of internal tactics.

The open carved window and the cold damp wind came in, causing the paper on the table to sway and blow on Chen Qiao's face. He shuddered, and he felt that the flame in his heart was gradually cooling in the cold wind.

At this moment, a man in a cloth robe and hair bun walked outside the open cabin door and said in a deep voice, "Master, the enemy is found ahead!"

After hearing this, Chen Qiao hurriedly accepted the letter, got up and walked away.

On the deck, Chen Qiao glanced at a reed in the distance. Turning his head again, he saw Zhu Lingyun standing behind the railing above, covering his forehead with one hand, looking intently into the distance.

So Chen Qiao climbed up the stairs and stood beside Zhu Lingyun. Zhu Lingyun looked attentively and didn't care about Chen Qiao at all.

Chen Qiao didn't care about these small sections, standing on a high place and looking ahead. The ships are tall and tall, but they are not in the front. Looking in the direction, there is a large area of ​​warships in front of them.

Farther away, the first thing I saw was a large piece of land in Jiangxin, which was a piece of Jiangxinzhou. To the north of Jiangxinzhou is Jiajiang (a waterway separated by the Yangtze River), and there is an estuary on the north bank of Jiajiang, which is the estuary of the confluence of Anhui water, so this place is called "Wankou".

The area at the mouth of Anhui is full of reeds...In the depths of the large reeds, many things like wooden poles stand. Like a mast?

Zhu Lingyun and the Ministry will be paying attention to those "masts." After a long time, Zhu Lingyun retracted his gaze and turned his head to look at Chen Qiao, without saying much; this martial artist originally thought Chen Qiao was not too pleasing to his eyes...Of course, Chen Qiao couldn’t get used to this guy, but this guy had been there before. In the position of Jiedu in Zhennan, the back stage is also very deep. It is troublesome to seize his military power for a while, and it involves too much; for the sake of the overall situation, Chen Qiao did not intend to quarrel with him.

"There is the mast. Zhou people set up ambushes in the reeds?" Zhu Lingyun looked timidly.

Chen Qiao said: "Zhou Jun's navy is not many on the river. We are currently attacking Jingkou. Where are there any navies who can fight? There is no waterway between Wankou and the hinterland of the Central Plains. It’s just a few broken ships. I think those masts are simply suspicious soldiers, frightening us and delaying the eastward advance."

Even the martial artists didn't refute his remarks, and everyone thought it made sense.

But Chen Qiao immediately said again: "If General Zhu is afraid, can he send someone to see him now?"

As soon as this remark came out, the Wufu immediately sneered with contempt. One of them blurted out: "Wankou is a stronghold of Zhou people, surrounded by their people, how can we send people there temporarily? Chen Gong said it lightly.

Chen Qiao thought, the army is in your hands, why did you go?

He was still a very minded person, and he didn't get angry just because of a mockery... He was self-knowing, he was originally a civilian, and he had never had military experience. It is normal to not understand the specific rules of these marches, and there is no shame.

A person next to him said, "The water in Anhui is full of reeds, so it's not easy to see the situation. Let's not go to the Jiajiang in the north. How about the waterway in the south?"

Zhu Lingyun sneered and said: "If there are really a lot of ambushes in Wankou, let's leave it alone and drive Chizhou directly, don't we leave it to others to fight?"

He was pacing around with the railing for a long time, and he couldn't see anything in this way. Chen Qiao only saw a patch of reeds and the mast faintly exposed among the reeds, so I couldn't see the flowers at all.

"Drive the boat forward and order the fleet ahead to be tighter. I'll take a closer look." Zhu Lingyun ordered.

Chen Qiao didn't say much anymore. He came to supervise the battle, but military commander Zhu Lingyun had the final say in the battle. He didn't want to interfere too much. So the ship speeded up, passed the warship in front, and moved forward. Sailing at the same speed, Chen Qiao felt like riding the wind and waves while standing upstairs. The snow was not heavy and the wind was northeast, and the robes on his body were tightly attached to his body.

A group of ships gradually entered Jiajiang. Although the Yangtze River is wide, this place is separated by Jiangxinzhou, and the river surface is gradually narrow.

After a long time, I approached Wankou, and I could see that the wooden poles in the reeds were moving slowly, and they looked like masts. Chen Qiao also wondered, Zhou Jun ambushed a large number of ships on the Anhui water?

At this moment, I suddenly saw large sails rising to the mast. Usually the sails were taller than the hull. For a while, it seemed as if countless large ships had suddenly risen from under the water.

When Zhu Lingyun saw this, his expression changed, and he blurted out: "There really is an ambush!"

Chen Qiao had never fought, but he was even more calm, and reminded: "General Zhu, don’t be anxious. Even if there is an ambush, he will be facing us. General Zhu has a thousand ships and more than 100,000 troops. scary?"

After listening, Zhu Lingyun calmed down a little, and said hurriedly: "Beating the drums and preparing for war!"

"Boom, dong, …" the drum sounded loudly all around, and many crossbowmen here climbed upstairs and lined up beside the generals. Zhu Lingyun gave another order: "Our ship, turn around and go back."

Chen Qiao frowned. He didn't intend to interfere in military affairs, but he always felt that something was wrong, so he couldn't help it, and said: "The biggest handsome flag is on this ship. If the general turns around and runs, it will cause turmoil in the military ahead! Since you found the enemy The army is about to run, so it shouldn't come..."

"I have a sense of measure!" Zhu Lingyun was furious, "You are a civil official, can you shut up on the battlefield?! I'm ordering the army, a group of crows quack, quack, quack, you can, you come!"

Chen Qiao's face was blue and white when he heard it, and even the emperor wouldn't talk to him like this in the court, and he barely vomited a mouthful of blood. Seeing a sail ahead, he gritted his teeth to resist the attack.

On this ship, a very high flagpole, a square Chinese army flag hung on it, and several flags on both sides waving in the wind. The hull has slowly turned around, and gradually crossed the river surface. There was also chaos on the warships near and far away, and many people could be seen running.

At this moment, the reeds fell one after another, and the two huge sails in front gradually floated out of it. Soon the "real bodies" of the two ships finally appeared in sight.

Suddenly, Chen Qiao's eyes widened!

It’s not a boat, at best it’s a crudely crafted raft with sails hanging behind it~www.readwn.com~I am afraid that there is really no decent warship built here at Wankou. Although this raft is simple, it is large enough... Chen Qiao visually observed, At least tens of feet wide and tens of feet long!

In a big city like Jiangning City, the tall walls are only two to three feet high. And those two rafts are at least ten times the length of the city wall! The huge volume suddenly emerged from the reeds, making it feel like an ancient monster emerged from under the water.

No one was seen on the raft, there may be people behind the place where the sails are controlled. The entire raft is filled with reeds, thatch, and firewood, and it looks like two hills are moving.

It is certainly not easy for the people of the Zhou Kingdom to gather and fiddle with so many burning materials. I am afraid that there will be a plan long ago. What do they want to do? At this moment, the blind could see that he wanted to burn the Southern Tang Army with fire... After the Battle of Chibi on the Yangtze River, once a battle was encountered, it seemed as if there was no other tactics for not wanting to attack by fire.

But so many burning materials piled on it is really scary. The key is now the northeasterly wind, and Zhou Jun came here just in time! The soldiers of the Southern Tang Army on the battleship were all stunned. Everyone looked at the "monster" over there, and their faces were filled with fear.

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