Wen Gong stayed in the Wu people's stables for the whole night. Early the next morning, when he was half asleep and half awake, the Wu people had already arrived as promised, and naturally they were accompanied by Qian Jia. The group of people directly dragged him up
After getting off the boat, he poured a basin of cold water on Wen Gong. Wen Gong was shocked, and then he started to hold his body and tremble. Qian Jia, who was on the side, said: "Brother Wen, whether you succeed or fail, it all depends on this time."
, don’t be careless!”
Probably because the weather was getting warmer, the fog that had lingered on the river for two months finally dissipated. Wen Gong stood on the sampan, looked up at the sky, and found that the sun was still not visible, and the sky was still gloomy and gray. As the wind and waves shook,
He watched the Han army camp getting closer and closer with trembling eyes, and his heart became a little cold.
The ship finally stopped two arrows away from the south bank. Worried about being recognized by the Han army, Qianjia moved to another ship. Still uneasy, Qianjia covered his face with a piece of cloth.
Han Zong, a general of the Wu army who was in charge of this matter, raised his sword at this time, pushed Wen Gong, who had his hands tied behind his back, and pressed him on the bow of the ship. Cheng Zi followed with two ships, and looked at the ship where Wen Gong was.
Drive slowly into the arrow range.
Han Zong pushed Wen Gong and urged: "Speak quickly! Shout louder. If you are late, go back early!"
Wen Gong stood up straight, cleared his throat, raised his head, and shouted toward the city: "Who is your guard here? Come and listen to me. I am Wen Gong, the envoy to the north bank ordered by the governor.
Colonel Huan Jia is my father, and I have a message to tell you!" His voice was a little hoarse, but his voice was still loud.
Someone behind the fence on the other side said: "You are Wen Hui's son? What proof do you have?"
"Tell your guards to come out. There is no one above the army commander who doesn't know me!"
After a while, Hu Du came out with his head in hand and said, "Why was Wen Zhengzhang caught? If you have anything to say, please tell me!"
Han Zong stood beside Wen Gong and hurriedly turned his head to stare at him. Wen Gong took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "Although the navy was defeated, General Du's troops are still there! Liyang City has not been lost! They have already
We have made a promise that we will fight to the death on the north bank to contain the Wu thief for everyone! Please don’t panic and lose heart, and try your best to persevere. I..."
At this point, Han Zong, who was beside Wen Gong, and Qian Jia, who was watching from a distance, were all shocked and angry. Before he could finish speaking, Han Zong grabbed Wen Gong's clothes and yelled: "You...
You're looking for death!" He hit him in the mouth with a knife ring and shouted angrily: "I won't let you talk nonsense again!" Wen Gong's teeth were smashed and his mouth was full of blood. He still took the opportunity to shout intermittently: "I am unfortunately captured, I should be treated as such!
Break your body to serve the country!" His words were blurred, and the blood dripped onto his chest, dyeing the skirt of his clothes red.
The people in Chengtou completely understood. Someone choked and shouted: "Take care of yourself, Wen! Stop talking, we all understand!"
Han Zong was furious and kicked Wen Gong down. He swung the Huanshou knife and was about to slash it down. Cheng Zi who was behind him quickly jumped over and grabbed his wrist. Han Zong looked at Cheng with confusion and anger.
As soon as Cheng Zi said the word "you", Cheng Zi pushed him hard and pushed him a few steps away. Then he said: "This is what a righteous man did. You killed him to trap our army."
Are you righteous?" Han Zong scolded: "A bullshit righteous man is just a fool!" But Cheng Zi's father is Cheng Pu, and his status is higher than that of Han Zong's father Han Dang. He doesn't want to get entangled with Cheng Zi on this, and he is angrily
Then he ordered to turn back.
Wen Gong, who was on the ground at this time, had almost all of his teeth knocked out, and his mouth was bleeding profusely, unable to stop it. Cheng Zi gave him a simple bandage, but it didn't work. That night, Wen Gong died because of
He died of excessive blood loss.
Zhou Yu heard about Wen Gong's righteous deeds and admired him very much. He wrote an eulogy for him for the first time and was buried with him at the sandbank where he was captured.
Returning to the Han army on the south bank, Zhou Buyi's mood did not improve after receiving the news from Wen Gong. Although Wen Gong's words boosted the morale of the army, the most critical information was not conveyed: in what way the north bank planned to
To contain the enemy, and when to contain the enemy? I knew nothing about it, so I was unable to make targeted arrangements and cooperation. Under such circumstances, there was no doubt that there was no chance of winning if we rashly crossed the river.
Therefore, in the next few days, Zhou Buyi sent envoys several times to try to get in touch with Du Ji's headquarters in Liyang. However, the Wu people had increased their vigilance due to Wen Gong's incident. Ships were patrolling the river day and night, and the Han army could not at all
If a breakthrough cannot be made, it will naturally be impossible to get in touch with Du Ji and others.
On the fourth day after Wen Gong reported the message, Zhou Bujie knew that he could not wait any longer. As time went by, his own disadvantage would only become greater and greater, and the situation on the north bank might continue to get worse. He had to do something
He made a decision, or made a gamble, in exchange for the lives of these hundreds of thousands of soldiers. After thinking about it, he held a military meeting again and told the generals to put all the collected ships into the water and wait until the southeastern coast began to blow.
When the wind blew, they all crossed the river.
In winter, the wind is mostly from the northwest, but occasionally it changes direction from the southeast. However, the Han people did not pay attention to it before, but now it is particularly painful to wait for the southeast wind. During this period of stay in Yanziji, from the collection
By the time it was built, the Han army had accumulated thousands of ships. Worried about being captured by the Wu people in a water battle, they were all piled on the sandbank at Yanzijitou. The Han soldiers followed Zhou Buyi's military order and pushed these ships one by one.
Entering the water, countless waves splashed. Many soldiers sat on small boats and looked north against the wind, but in the vast river, they could not see the beach on the other side. This made them think half in fear and half in hope, how can they
Cross the river?
At this time, Zhou Buyi was also making calculations: the number of thousands of ships sounds huge, but in fact, except for a building ship previously borrowed from Huang Quan, there are only a few real warships, and the rest are just a few
Civilian ships. But this is also an unavoidable choice. In this case, if you want the whole army to cross the river, you must use everything you have. If you divide the army into batches and gradually cross the river, you will face being divided and surrounded by the Wu army.
The dilemma. But such a huge fleet cannot hide itself on the river, and it will inevitably conflict with the Wu Navy. Once it fails, how many people will survive, Zhou Busu is not sure, but the Han army does not
Other options.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Inspired by Huang Quan, he filled the dozens of ships at the forefront with dry firewood, poured them with kerosene, and recruited hundreds of brave men.
If the dead man encounters a Wu ship when crossing the river, he will use fire ships to clear the way and cover the fleet crossing the river. It is precisely because fire ships cannot travel against the wind, otherwise they will burn their own ships. Zhou Bu
Only then did he decide to cross the river when the southeast wind was blowing.
After pushing the boat into the water, most of the Han troops had been waiting on the river bank to wait for the wind direction. In the morning, there was still a northwest wind, but it soon stopped, and the waves on the river gradually became lower. So the Han people guessed,
What kind of wind will the next gust of wind be? As a result, until noon, the river surface is still as calm as a mirror. By the time the Han people have been numbed by the winter cold and their whole bodies are trembling. Finally, a gust of wind blows over. If they are not careful, many people's
The cloaks were all blown away. Many people looked at the flags on the deck in surprise, and found that the dragon and tiger flags of the Han army, which had been drooping, were now unfolding with a roar, pointing straight to the north!
"It's the southeast wind!" Almost at the same moment, people shouted in unison. The soldiers immediately rushed to the boat, and then turned to look at the large ship where the commander was. Zhou Buyi felt this whistling southeast wind,
He was also a little excited in his heart: he thought he might wait for a few days, but he didn't expect that on the first day after making up his mind, he would hit the right wind direction! For this reason, he couldn't help but murmured: "The destiny is in Han, the destiny is in Han!"
He ordered his followers to blow drums and trumpets, and ordered the entire army to leave the shore as planned.
When the sails were opened, the fleet set sail very quickly. However, once it was far away from the shore, as far as the eye could see were boundless waves, which naturally frightened the soldiers coming from the north. The cold wind on the river was even more icy.
, the small boat could not keep out the cold, which made the Han people wrapped in furs shivering with cold. The boat swayed with the waves, especially when cross waves came in, and the people on the boat swayed from side to side, and the soldiers nervously held on to the side of the boat for fear that the boat would capsize.
At this time, they missed the land and horses very much. Unfortunately, the ships could not carry the horses. The entire army had more than 100,000 horses, but they all stayed in the camp at Yanziji.
Zhou Buyi was sitting on the boat, his whole body was cold, but his heart was as uneven as the surging river. Seeing the shrinking state of the soldiers on the boat, he sighed and said: "After Huang Gongheng died, hundreds of thousands of people would risk their lives together. If I had known
In this way, we should share more with others." After saying this, he turned to look at the mighty river, and couldn't help but shake his head and said: "The river is really used by God to divide the north and the south, and it is difficult to force it with just human power."
The Han people rowed their oars and advanced slowly, always alert to the appearance of the Wu people on the river. But what they didn't expect was that with the blessing of the southeast wind, the Wu people seemed unwilling to fight with them, until they saw Lingyan Mountain clearly
When the earth appeared in front of them, the Han people's anxious hearts were finally relieved. They cheered loudly, and their hearts were filled with the joy of escaping from death.
But at the same time, Zhou Buyi noticed more and more strange things: the Wu people had clearly cut off all news from the north bank and had taken the initiative on the river. It was impossible that they didn't know the news about their own crossing of the river, so why did they do this?
No action? He vaguely guessed a terrible possibility: the Wu people's back-up plan was probably waiting for them after they crossed the river. For this reason, Zhou Buyi immediately stood up and used flags and drums to send an order to the surrounding ministries: All the troops
Form a formation immediately after landing!
However, the Han army's line was too long, and the soldiers on the shore were extremely excited. As a result, the Han people at the front did not pay attention to the military orders. They just kept rowing and hurriedly tried to get to the reeds.
They did not notice at all that one Wu flag after another quietly rose from the reed swamps, and the Wu soldiers hidden among them all pulled out their knives at the waist, watching the Han army that was about to come into contact.