The silk felt good to the touch, and the light was very warm. Huangfu Gong was very satisfied with Cui Rong's return gift, and quickly forgot the troubles of being frustrated during the day's battle.
As for the rule that women are not allowed to be brought into the army, and whether Cui Rong's move was a knowing and deliberate offense, he had no time to care.
All the rules of the Goryeo Kingdom are made for ordinary people. The children of their eight wealthy families have already stepped outside the rules from the first day they were born.
"Woo woo, woo woo, woo woo -" In the middle of the night, there was suddenly a loud horn sound, which woke Huangfu Gong from his sleep. He subconsciously reached out and grabbed a handful, but the "silk" was still there. Opening his eyes,
He saw a panicked face.
"Sir, there's a fire, there's a fire outside." The girl with skin as smooth as satin cried in a low voice. There were still marks on her collarbone, chest and other places where the two of them had fun before going to bed.
This made Huangfu Gong very confused, and he couldn't tell whether he was having an erotic dream or whether he had just returned to reality from a dream. However, in the next moment, there was a series of more piercing screams, which quickly helped him verify.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack——"
"It's on fire, it's on fire, the Song people are coming to kill us. The Song people are setting fire to the boat!"
"Protect the capital commander, protect the capital commander. Fire the crossbow, fire the crossbow to stop the arson ship from approaching!"
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"Here comes -" Huangfu Gong shouted, turned over and sat up, hurriedly grabbing his clothes to cover his naked body.
It was the Song Army who took advantage of their familiarity with the local hydrology to launch a fire attack at night! Huangfu Gong remembered that the Song Army had launched the same night attack at midnight the day before yesterday.
However, that time, the target of the arson attack by the Song army was the Chinese squadron directly under Cai Renyuan. At that time, he, Che Li, and Cui Rong tacitly chose to stand by and watch.
But this time, the damn Song Army actually did the same thing to him!
"Protect the young master!"
"Protect the capital commander!"
"Master, be careful..."
Huang Fuliang, the commander of the guards, stumbled into the dormitory with seven or eight brothers. Everyone's face was full of anxiety, "Commander, it's not good..."
"Why are you panic? Help me put on the armor quickly! There are not many people in the Song army. As long as we hold our own, they won't be able to take advantage of it and leave!" Huangfu Gong raised his foot and kicked Huangfu Liang, who was closest to him, and interrupted loudly.
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This is his experience based on the situation reported by the informants placed around Cai Renyuan.
That time, if Cai Ren could keep his composure and dispatch his troops calmly, the losses could at least be reduced by half.
Even if Cai Renyuan mishandled the response at the time, in fact, the Song Army only burned more than a dozen warships. The remaining losses were all caused by Cai Renyuan's soldiers being too panicked and the warships colliding with each other. They should not be counted as the Song Army's at all.
Result!
"Hey, hey, don't panic, my subordinates don't panic!" Huang Fuliang's soldiers were all worried, but they didn't dare to complain, and responded loudly with a red face. Then he plucked up the courage to remind him, "
Qi Du Commander, it’s different. This time the Song Army came with many ships, really many ships! There are arson ships everywhere in the harbor! Commander Du, please quickly order the anchor to be weighed. Taking advantage of the chaos, my subordinates will protect you and rush forward first.
go out."
"You're talking nonsense! The main force of the Song Army is in Dengzhou! How could they come here!" Huangfu Gong was so anxious that he pushed away the heads of his own soldiers and strode onto the deck.
The main force of the Song army is far away in Dengzhou. On the Daxieshu Island opposite Dengzhou, Cai Renyuan leads a fleet and is watching with eager eyes.
How could they, under Cai Renyuan's eyes, kill them all in Jiaowan without anyone noticing?
Someone must have made a mistake, someone must have been too panicked.
The main force of the Song Army could not rush over, and the number of defenders in Jiaoxi County was very limited. Even a night attack would not cause much damage to the Goryeo Squadron.
While cheering himself up in his stomach, Huangfu Gong raised his head and looked around. In an instant, it was like being doused with cold water!
The surrounding area was already as bright as daytime by the firelight. Without any effort at all, he could see hundreds of fishing boats and sampans, lighting bonfires and moving like barracudas in the harbor.
However, the warships under his command were suddenly attacked and had no time to weigh anchor, let alone dodge.
The brothers who were awakened from their sleep stood on the deck and tried their best to stop the fishing boats from approaching the warships. However, they could not stop this one, but they could not stop that one. In the end, they almost watched the fishing boats and the warships collide.
one place.
"Bang!" Due to the huge difference in size, the sound when the fishing boat and the battleship collided was very slight. However, a dazzling flame rose into the air against the side of the battleship.
The bow of the fishing boat was smashed, and half of the fish oil in the cabin flowed to the sea next to the battleship, and the other half was directly sprinkled on the side of the battleship.
The flames rolled against the sea surface and the side of the ship stained with fish oil, and in a blink of an eye they rolled onto the deck of the battleship. The naked Korean navy soldiers picked up buckets of water and sand and tried to extinguish the fire, but the effect was minimal.
"Weight anchor, weigh anchor. Inform all warships to lift anchor, and immediately row away from the coast after lifting anchor!" Not daring to continue watching, Huangfu Gong opened his voice and shouted desperately, "The water is wide, get rid of the Song army first, and then
Several sentinel boats immediately rowed their oars and rushed around. The messenger stood on the bow of the boat, holding a conch in his hand, repeating Huangfu Gong's order over and over again, striving to make more helpless navy officers hear the commander in time.
's guidance.
The deck under Huangfu Gong's feet shook, and then began to move slowly. The sailors used windlass and ropes to pull up the huge iron anchor from the bottom of the water to reduce the fetters on the battleship.
More than forty oars were launched into the water at the same time, pushing the warship to move backward and away from the coast. Compared with the fishing boats and sampans used by the Song army to set fire, the warship under Huangfu Gong's feet was a giant. As long as it could increase its speed, it would rise
By raising the sail, you can smash through all obstacles and sail away.
Twenty feet away, another 120-material warship reacted faster than the one at Huangfu Gong's feet. It actually left the coast first, then quickly turned around, turned its bow towards the entrance of Jiaowan, and at the same time weaved bamboo pieces and reeds.
The mainsail was raised quickly.
"It's Cui Rong's new ship!" Huangfu Gong quickly recognized who the battleship belonged to, and his brows tightened again, "This guy has escaped from experience!"
Before he could decide whether to order his ship to pursue him and evacuate side by side with Cui Rong, three sampans suddenly flew past the water.
Cui Rong's ship immediately fired its crossbow to intercept, but because the sampan was too small and moved too fast, it failed to hit any target.
However, the athlete of the Song Dynasty on the sampan decisively used the torch in his hand to light the wooden oil drum at his feet. Then he jumped and quickly plunged into the sea.
The three uncontrolled sampans did not slow down at all and continued to approach it despite the rain of arrows shot from the battleships.
Ten steps, five steps, three steps, bang!
The sound of the impact was still minimal and was quickly drowned out by screams and the sound of waves.
The sampan shattered and capsized, and the burning wooden barrel fell into the water and continued to be pushed by the waves against the side of the battleship. One after another, each time, more fish oil and flames were sprinkled on the battleship.
In just a dozen seconds, Cui Rong's ship turned into a moving bonfire. Cui Rong himself, surrounded by his own soldiers, snatched a ship just like he did when he attacked Dengzhou Port.
Spare the sampan, abandon the ship and flee.
A whole group of fishing boats and sampans arrived erratically. The Song Army officers and soldiers on the boat obviously saw Cui Rong abandoning the ship to escape, but they did not attack him. Instead, they simply ignored him and pounced on another boat that had just started to raise its sails.
The Goryeo battleship.
The tinder was quickly ignited, and three sampans and a fishing boat broke away from the team and pounced on the target, just like a pack of wolves pounced on the cattle!
"Turn left, turn left, avoid fishing boats and sampans." A chill surged from the soles of his feet, and instantly rushed directly into Huangfu Gong's heart. He opened his throat and shouted again.
This time the Song Army was not conducting a small-scale sneak attack, but was trying to destroy all the Korean warships docked in Jiaowan. Oh my god, where did they come from? Why do they have so many fishing boats and sampans?
If there were so many Song troops in Jiaoxi City, why didn't they go out of the city to fight back during the day?
If they came from Dengzhou, why didn't Cai Renyuan send a warship to intercept them, and why didn't he send a sentinel to warn them?
Huangfu Gong couldn't think of an answer, and he didn't have time to think about it.
No matter where the Song army came from, it is a fact that they are launching a fire attack on the anchored Koryo fleet at this moment!
Only by speeding up his own ship before being targeted by the Song army can he avoid being burned to ashes along with the warships. Only then could Huangfu Gong have the opportunity to reorganize his team, launch a counterattack, or rush to the open sea with other warships.
Otherwise, today next year will be the death anniversary of himself and most of the Korean Navy.
"Turn the helm, turn the helm, and paddle to a place with sparse firelight first!"
"Song's military boats are small, and the firelight sticking to the water is them."
"Get away from them, don't let them catch up..."
On the battleship, Huangfuliang and others were shouting noisily. Then they steered the oars and turned the rudder to move the battleship as far away from the fire as possible.
Perhaps it was God's secret blessing. This time, Huangfu Gong's warship moved very smoothly. Soon, it was far away from the coast, avoiding the two groups of incoming Song troops. Then it raised its sails and rushed to the harbor quickly.
Entrance.
A blazing warship suddenly appeared in front. Huangfu Gong did not hesitate to order his ship to ram it, smashing it into pieces.
On a sampan that was escaping, someone waved desperately to the ship. Huangpu Gong didn't even think about identifying the other person's identity, so he directed the ship to rush past the sampan.
Compassion does not control soldiers. At this time, kindness to others is cruelty to oneself.
The situation in Jiaowan was calm, so the Song army dared to run rampant in fishing boats and sampans. When they reached the outer sea, it was dominated by Goryeo warships.
In the open sea, wind and waves alone can overturn a sampan, and there is no need for a Goryeo warship to waste crossbows.
"Send the order, all ships fight independently, rush out of the harbor, and regroup in the open sea!" Seeing that the surrounding sky and sea had turned dark again, Huangfu Gong took a deep breath and shouted the order.
In fact, even without this order, the commanders on most Goryeo warships in the harbor knew what to do in the most sensible manner.
More than one warship threw away the Song Army's arson ship and, guided by the sound of conch shells, moved closer to Huangfu Gong's ship. Soon, a medium-sized fleet of about fifty warships was assembled again.
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"Send an order to form your team as soon as you reach the open sea. After dawn, turn around and attack back to catch the Song army by surprise!" He turned around and quickly counted the number of warships following him, and Huangfu Gong gritted his teeth and ordered.
Although he was badly burned by Song Jun, he has not lost yet!
After all, naval battles are about the size of battleships and the size of the fleet. With hundreds of small fishing boats, the Song army could set fire to make sneak attacks, but they did not have the ability to fight the Goryeo fleet in an upright manner.
"Woo--" The sound of the conch only rang for a moment and then stopped abruptly. His order was not successfully transmitted.
Huangfu Gong was furious and immediately rushed towards the messenger. Before he could question him, he saw the soldier pointing to the sea in the distance and his body shaking like chaff.
"What's going on?" Huangfu Gong immediately realized that the situation was not good, and followed the messenger's finger to look into the distance.
I saw a dozen warships about the same size as my own ship, carrying bright lanterns, rushing towards me. Behind them, there were hundreds of fishing boats and sampans, lit with torches, following closely. Like a
A nirvana phoenix!
The Song army did not come from Jiaoxi City, but came from the sea!
In an instant, Huangfu Gong realized that he had jumped into a huge trap.
Since General Song stationed on Jingdong East Road knew how to create reefs and hidden piles in Dengzhou Port to block the attack of Korean warships, how could he have forgotten Jiaowan, which was only a short one-day boat ride from Dengzhou?
The reason why they did not place hidden reefs and hidden piles in Jiaowan was probably to prevent the Koryo Navy from attacking Dengzhou and then diverted to attack Jiaoxi, thus throwing themselves into a trap!
The waters of Jiaowan are calm, and even sampans do not have to worry about being sunk by the waves. The Denglai navy does not have many warships and soldiers, but along the coast of Denglai, there are many fishermen, fishing boats and sampans.
In addition, the fishermen are all locals and are familiar with the hydrology. Even if they sail in Jiao Bay at night, they will not worry about losing their way or running aground on the rocks.
However, it is impossible for the warships of the Goryeo Navy to stay anchored forever. As soon as the warships of the Goryeo Navy docked and anchored, General Song could command the fishing boats and sampans to pounce on the Goryeo Navy like a pack of wolves.
bloodletting".
He does not need to know water warfare at all, and he does not need many warships and soldiers. He only needs to be willing to spend money and hire fishermen to set fire to the fishing boats and sampans and ram them against the warships of the Goryeo Navy, and he will firmly occupy
Got the upper hand.
The only flaw in this vicious plan was that someone discovered the whereabouts of the Song army in advance. How could Cai Renyuan, who was forced to divide his troops, seriously keep an eye on the Song army in Dengzhou City on behalf of his three ungrateful subordinates?
As long as he was negligent, the Song army could quietly stick to the coast at night and sneak to Jiaowan by boat. Moreover, if he and Cai Ren were willing to change places, Huangfu Gong could not guarantee whether he would even find out that the Song army had something.
If there is any abnormal movement, you also deliberately turn a blind eye?
"Commanders all, be careful, commanders all beware, the enemy ship has already entered within two hundred steps, be careful of the ballistae!" The loyal soldier Dutou Huangfuliang suddenly rushed to the bow of the ship with another soldier, and couldn't help but argue.
After getting up, Huangfu Gong walked towards the center of the battleship.
"Blow the conch and order the warships behind to follow. With my ship as the vanguard, launch a fish-shaped formation! We have many big ships. If we rush out together, we have a great chance of winning!" Huangfu Gongru woke up from his dream and staggered back while being held up.
, while giving instructions loudly.
Although he has fallen into a trap, he cannot sit still and wait for death. He still has enough warships here, and there are only two or three miles away from the exit of Jiaowan. As long as the other warships obey the command, he is still 60% sure, with
Break through the Song army's obstruction and break out of the encirclement.
"Woooooooo..." The conch sound sounded quickly, transmitting Huangfu Gong's order to other Goryeo warships behind. However, before other Goryeo warships could respond, the dozen or so Song warships that were approaching had already
He fired the crossbow first.
"Swish, swish, swish -", the thick crossbow guns soared into the air, roaring towards the Korean warship. The tail of each crossbow gun was trailing a bright flame, and along the way, there were sparks from the gun.
The body splashes down, just like the legendary goddess scattering flowers.
"The mechanism, there is a mechanism on the Song Army's crossbow!"
"Get out of the way, or the sparks will burn the sail!"
"Damn the Song people, they also tied oil cans to the tails of their crossbows!"
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Shouts of exclamation arose one after another on the Goryeo warships. In the next moment, all the Goryeo warships began to try hard to change their course to avoid being directly hit by the crossbow gun, or being affected by the flames dragged on the tail of the crossbow gun.
The soldiers of the Goryeo Navy were no strangers to the ballistas and crossbow guns used in water warfare. Goryeo warships were also equipped with the same sharp weapons, and some oil cans made of bamboo or wood were fixed on the front of some crossbow guns for easy use.
After firing, set fire to enemy ships.
However, the soldiers of the Goryeo Navy have never seen them burning all the way and dragging a crossbow with a tail of flame. They don’t know how powerful it is. Therefore, each battleship can only follow the instructions on the ship.
Orders given by the highest-ranking officer are followed.
In this way, there is no need to talk about forming a formation to fight. It is rare for battleships to ensure that they do not collide with each other in a panic. It is impossible to continue to cooperate with each other and form formations to fight against powerful enemies.
As a result, the vast majority of Goryeo warships did dodge the crossbows fired by the Song army, but were unable to obey any orders from the flagship. The dozen or so Song warships on the opposite side immediately accelerated forward after firing a round of crossbows.
Pounce, the bow of each warship, the collision angle made of fine iron shines with cold light.
"Woo, woo, woo, woo woo..." The sound of horn-drawing was like the roar of a dragon. Hundreds of fishing boats and sampans also accelerated suddenly with the sound of horn-drawing. Carrying a boat full of dry firewood and grease, each
Search for arson targets.
"Bang, bang, bang..." Each Goryeo warship fired its crossbows decisively to intercept, but the effect was very little.
The accuracy of crossbows is limited. Unless the crossbows on multiple warships are concentrated and fired towards the same area, it will be difficult to hit a moving target.
As for concentrating multiple ballistas, the premise is that the warships can obey the command and fight in formation!
"Speed up, rush out quickly, don't be too eager to fight. The fishing boat will capsize as soon as it hits, don't give them the chance to get close and set fire to it!" At the critical moment, Huangfu Gong showed some heroic spirit, and raised his voice to remind all the Korean soldiers.
This reminder is very correct, however, it is too late.
The messenger had just raised the conch, but before he could turn his reminder into a conch sound and sound it out, a Song Army warship had already rushed to his ship, and was met with another volley of fire.
"Bang!" Huangfu Gong's ship also fired a crossbow gun to fight back. The two crossbow guns passed each other in mid-air, and then each successfully hit the target.
The oil tanks on the Korean crossbows also cracked, and in the blink of an eye, a large "bonfire" was lit on the front deck of the Song Dynasty warship.
The nearby Song Dynasty sailors immediately rushed over with buckets of sand and poured the moist sea sand onto the "bonfire" in turn. Soon, the bonfire became smaller and smaller.
Huangfu Gong's ship was not so easy to deal with. The fire ballistae fired by the Song army passed by the forecastle and hit the main sail.
The main sail made of bamboo strips instantly turned into a huge candle. But the fire crossbow gun hung in the air, and burning fish oil dripped from the two oil storage tanks on the gun body and tail.
Under the mast, there was a large area with flames. The Korean sailors who were trained by Cai Renyuan took turns carrying sand buckets and tried to put out the fire with sea sand. However, one layer was extinguished, and it fell again in mid-air.
A layer of fire can never be made smaller.
While the sailors on the boat were busy, a fishing boat suddenly rushed over silently. With just a slight collision, the fishing boat was shattered into pieces. The grease and dry firewood in the cabin were scattered.
, on the sides and bottom of the Goryeo warship, a vertical wall of fire burned out.
"Spill the mud, pour the mud!" Several of them shook their heads and shouted at the top of their lungs to give the order. When the nearby sailors heard this, they immediately lifted the barrels filled with mud and dumped them at the location of the fire.
It is common sense to use mud to deal with fish oil fires. Every trained Korean soldier is convinced of this.
However, what they couldn't believe was that when the mud and the flames met, the latter actually jumped up against the mud, and in the blink of an eye, it spread to the deck.
Every flame emits a strange light, like a ghost rushing out of the underworld, dancing on the deck.
They were indeed ghosts, bright red on the outside but blue-green on the inside. Pouring more mud on them not only failed to extinguish them, but made the flames jump higher and wilder.
"Fierce fire oil!" There was no shortage of knowledgeable people around Huangfu Gong, who shouted loudly, "Don't pour it on, just put dry sand. This is fierce fire oil, the fierce fire oil from the Western Regions! The more you pour it, the more vigorous it will be."
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"Pour out the sand, pour out the sand!" Countless people repeated in a panic. Then they went around looking for the wooden barrels to store the sand. After finally controlling the fire, there was another loud noise from the bow of the ship.
,"boom!"
The Song warship coming from the opposite side actually hit the front half of the Goryeo warship. The sharp collision angle directly disemboweled the Gao warship.
The deck shook, and countless Korean soldiers around Huangfu Gong were thrown to the ground. Although he luckily did not fall due to the support of Huangfu Liang and others, he was still shaken dizzy.
Before he had time, he ordered the brothers on the battleship to stand up and face the enemy. Several flying claws dragging ropes had already roared from the Song ship. In the blink of an eye, they were pulled out between the two battleships.
There are seven or eight ropeways.
A young Song general with a slender body eight feet away held a knife in one hand, pulled the ropeway with an iron hook, and fell in the air. As soon as his feet came into contact with the deck, a sudden autumn wind swept the fallen leaves, and they were far away from him.
The nearest Korean soldier was cut into two pieces at the waist.
The three Goryeo soldiers who came back to their senses screamed and rushed towards the young Song general, trying to avenge their companions. The Song general was not afraid. He let go of the iron hook on the ropeway and rushed forward, aiming at the person who was rushing towards him.
The Koryo soldiers in front of them came out and slashed Mount Huashan with great force.
He moved so fast that the blood-stained blade drew a streak of red lightning in mid-air. The oncoming Korean soldiers had to raise their swords to block, and were immediately shocked and staggered back.
"Dang!" Young General Song quickly put away his sword, turned around and raised it diagonally, knocking away the blade that was slashing at him from the left. Then, he suddenly stretched out his right leg and struck an old tree root, grabbing the third place.
Before the Korean soldier struck him, he swept the opponent into the air and threw him half a foot away diagonally!
Without giving the fallen man a chance to stand up again, the young General Song quickly chased after him and chopped off his head with a knife. At the same time, he distanced himself from the other two Goryeo soldiers.
Immediately afterwards, he ran forward three more steps, stepped on the side of the ship with his feet, moved quickly, bent his knees, and jumped up. The whole person actually flew upside down in the air by relying on the side of the ship. The steel knife in his hand was like a long whip, and was thrown out as the body moved.
, hitting the neck of the second Korean soldier who was chasing him.
The neck was cut off, and blood spurted out wildly. The Koryo soldier who had been stabbed circled on the spot, raised his hand and grabbed it in the air, but couldn't catch anything. He fell down with his eyes wide open.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, the third Korean soldier turned around and ran away. The young general Song strode after him and chopped the man directly into the sea from behind.
"Surrender and avoid death!" He suddenly raised his knife and shouted, regardless of whether the Korean soldiers on the deck could understand. Then he walked back to the ropeway and opened the way for Pao Ze who was following him one after another.
land.
More officers and soldiers of the Song Army jumped onto the Goryeo warship with the help of the ropeway. They quickly formed a formation beside the young General Song. "Surrender and avoid death!" they shouted in unison, and then quickly moved forward. In the blink of an eye, they were from the bow of the ship.
Push it to the center of the ship, then go around the still burning mast, and continue pushing to the stern.
"Block him, block him!" Huangfu Gong didn't have the courage to fight the young Song general. Under the protection of his own soldiers, he fought and retreated.
A naval battle is not a fight on the ground. After retreating to the stern of the ship, he had no way to retreat. While loudly urging his soldiers to risk their lives to stop the young Song general, he turned his head and looked around for possible reinforcements.
What made him extremely desperate was that he couldn't see any Goryeo warships coming to support him.
All the Goryeo warships that had escaped the sneak attack with him were running for their lives separately. The dozen or so Song warships, with their fleet of fishing boats and sampans, followed in hot pursuit of the Goryeo warships.
There were two other fishing boats holding lanterns, waiting near his ship. When someone on the ship put down their sampan to escape, they rushed over and beheaded them.
"Ah——" A scream came, frightening Huangfu Gong so much that he did not dare to continue looking for reinforcements and quickly turned his head.
However, he discovered that in just a dozen breaths when he turned around to look for reinforcements and a way to escape, all his cronies had been lost.
Huang Fuliang, the leader of the soldiers, held up a steel knife and would rather die than get out of the way. The young Song general swung his sword and slashed a string of sparks above Huang Fuliang's head.
Huangfuliang was also a well-known warrior in the Goryeo army, but his strength was far inferior to that of his opponent. He was knocked back repeatedly by blows. However, the Song general followed him like a shadow, stabbing him one after another, never leaving his neck and chest.
A drop of blood spattered and quickly covered Huangfu Gong's face. He deliberately drew his sword to help his own soldiers, but his arms were shaking violently. He deliberately shouted loudly and announced his identity, so that the Song general would be able to move towards him.
I tried to do it myself, but I still couldn't open my mouth.
"Ah——" The screams rang out again, Huangfuliang was stabbed on the collarbone, and blood quickly stained half of his body red.
He staggered back and stabbed the steel knife into the deck to support himself so as not to fall immediately. Then, he turned his head with all his strength and warned Huangfu Gong, "Young master, jump into the sea, jump into the sea! The son of the Huangfu family would rather die.
…”
"Plop!" A petite figure fell into the water, but it was Meiji who was given to Huangfu Gong by Cui Rong last night. She did not want to be a prisoner and chose to drown herself.
"Don't kill me, I surrender, surrender!" Huangfu Gongji shivered, and finally the sound came out of his mouth. But it was Tang Yan that he had studied for many years, and his words were clear and precise.
