Taking a boat from Xiangfu Port to Shangshui County is less than five or six days, but taking a boat from Xiangfu Port to Yangxia is even faster. It only takes three or four days. Those more than three thousand
The soldiers of Shangshui who supported Yangxia, led by 3,000 general Lu Zhan, landed at the boundary of Yangxia in Luohe River in the early morning of February 19th.
The arrival of this army immediately aroused the vigilance of Yangxia hidden thieves.
About an hour later, 3,000-man general Lu Zhan led the main force of the 3,000-strong merchant navy, and under the guidance of Zongwei Zhu Gui and He Miao, officially entered Yangxia.
When they entered the city, I don't know how many Yangxia hidden thieves mingled among the onlookers, taking a peek.
Among them were Ying Kang, the leader of the Yiqiu people, and Youma, the leader of the Youma people.
Looking at the reinforcements of about 3,000 people entering the county seat, both Ying Kang and Yuma looked unhappy.
Because a few days ago, because Zhao Hongrun deliberately asked the merchant navy in the county to release water, the hidden thieves and rangers in the city captured the military warehouse. This made Ying Kang, Yuma and other big hidden thieves mistakenly believe that this might be the case.
This was Zhao Hongrun's expression of hoping to resolve the dispute peacefully with them.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Hongrun did not send anyone to negotiate with them for several days.
This made Ying Kang and Yuma vaguely suspicious of this matter. Until today when they saw the support army stationed in Yangxia, they were even more convinced: they had been fooled!
They fell into Zhao Hongrun's delaying strategy!
Clenching his fists, Ying Kang said in a low voice with a solemn face: "His Royal Highness King Su has no intention of compromising with us at all. He is just trying to stabilize us... Damn it!"
Beside him, Yuma also secretly blamed himself: "I should have thought of it earlier. How could the proud and self-willed King Su be soft on me? Now I'm in trouble..."
After that, he seemed to have noticed something. He stared carefully at the merchant soldiers passing by on the street with wide eyes. An incredible look appeared on his face, and he couldn't help but murmured: "This... this is...
How is this possible?"
After hearing this, Ying Kang looked at Yuma in confusion and asked, "Brother Yuma, what's wrong?"
I saw Yuma staring intently at the army passing by, and whispered: "Brother Ying, this support army is also the Shangshui Army, right?"
Ying Kang subconsciously looked at the flag of the army stationed in the county. When he saw the words "Wei Shangshui" written on the flag, he nodded and said, "It is the Shangshui Army. Is there anything wrong with this?"
However, Yuma's eyes showed a solemn look, and he said in a low tone: "This is not the Shangshui Army stationed in Shangshui County!... This is the main force of the Shangshui Army that defeated Mikawa!"
"What?" Ying Kang's face changed drastically when he heard this.
He turned to look at the Shangshui soldiers passing by, and sure enough, he found that the armors of these Shangshui soldiers were covered with traces of sword cuts. Moreover, the momentum of the Shangshui soldiers he saw at this moment was
, the expression is also hugely different from that of the merchant navy who stationed in the city a few days ago.
There are various signs that this is an army that has just been born in a bloody battle on a cruel battlefield.
Indeed, the difference between "Shangshui Army" and "Shangshui Army Main Force" is just two words, but they are completely different: the former is just the left-behind army stationed in Shangshui County and Yanling, while the latter, then
It was the victorious division that had pacified Sanchuan and had just won a fierce battle. The soldiers in the latter army were all soldiers who had survived the brutal Sanchuan battle.
The common characteristic of these soldiers is that they are not as timid as new recruits, which makes people feel as if they are indifferent to life and death.
"These... are the Yangxia civilians who are here to welcome us?"
In the main force of the 3,000-strong merchant navy, Li Hui asked his companions Yang Wu and Le Bao in a low voice.
Since Wu Ji did not tell his soldiers the purpose of coming to Yangxia, the soldiers like Li Hui, Yang Wu, and Le Bao did not know what was going on in Yangxia County at this moment.
"Probably...then let's be kinder."
Yang Wu murmured in a low voice, and then he noticed someone staring at him, so he raised his head and grinned at the person.
The master who stared at him was none other than Yuma.
When Leng Buding saw Yangwu turning his head and baring his teeth at him, Yuma was shocked and felt a slight chill running up his spine.
"This little pawn has such an astonishing murderous intent..."
Yuma swallowed.
If he hadn't experienced it himself, he would never have believed that an ordinary pawn in the main force of the Shang Shui Army actually made him feel great pressure.
Looking at the rest of the soldiers, Yuma was shocked to find that the eyes of these Shangshui soldiers were all confident.
This is the confident look in the eyes of a victorious soldier after winning a tragic battle.
Therefore, he became even more convinced: this was not the Shang Shui army stationed in Shangshui County, but the main force of the Shang Shui army led by General Wu Ji who followed King Su to pacify Sanchuan.
Beside him, Ying Kang, the leader of the Yiqiu people, also felt the pressure brought by these Shang Shui soldiers.
"How is that possible? Didn't the main force of the merchant navy that pacified Sanchuan have to wait until next month to arrive in this area? How could it be possible to arrive so early?"
Ying Kang did not expect that Zhao Hongrun would transport the main force of the merchant navy to Yangxia by water, but he could still guess one thing: since Zhao Hongrun had a way to quietly bring the three thousand main force of the merchant navy to Yangxia, then,
The remaining 13,000 soldiers of the main force of the merchant navy are bound to arrive one after another in the next few days.
"A war is about to begin...that King Su is going to start a war against us..."
Ying Kang had a bad premonition in his heart, so he pulled Yuma and hurriedly left the crowd.
If you think about it, you will know that Zhao Hongrun once again summoned the main force of the merchant navy, and he definitely did not intend to live in peace with them. If nothing goes wrong, there will be another bloodshed in this county today. The attack on military equipment in the past few days
Ku's hidden thieves forces and rangers will be suppressed by King Su's tenfold revenge.
At the same time, Wu Ji's 3,000-man general Lu Zhan, and several other 2,000-man generals and 1,000-man generals, under the guidance of Zongwei Zhu Gui and He Miao, had arrived at the county government office where Zhao Hongrun was currently located.
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Zhao Hongrun summoned them in the lobby of Qianya.
Although only 3,000 soldiers from the main force of the Shang Shui Army arrived in Yangxia this time, many generals came. In addition to 3,000 generals Lu Zhan, there were also 2,000 generals Yi Jia, Chen Xie,
As well as the thousand-man generals Ran Teng, Xiang Li, and Zhang Ming, they were all generals known for their bravery and fighting on the front line in the Battle of Sanchuan.
"The last general will wait and pay homage to His Highness Prince Su."
"No gift."
Zhao Hongrun waved his hand and said pleasantly: "I'm sorry, everyone, I was going to give you a period of training, but because of the affairs in Yangxia, I called you here again."
As the only 3,000-man general among the soldiers who came this time, Lu Zhan heard this and said quickly: "This is the great respect His Highness King Su has for our Shang Shui Army. We can only die to repay King Su's great kindness.
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The other generals spoke in agreement.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun nodded and said seriously to the generals: "This time I summoned you to Yangxia, not because of the Chu State, nor because of the Song Dynasty, but because of a group of Wei people who were causing trouble..."
In fact, Lu Zhan and other generals had already learned about the situation in Yangxia from Wu Ji in advance, so after hearing Zhao Hongrun's words, they were not too surprised. They just felt angry, angry that those Yangxia thieves dared to do this
It was irritating that His Highness King Su actually dared to gather a crowd to attack their Shang Shui army.
After chatting for a while, Wu Majiao rushed over from the station.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun summoned Wuma Jiao to his side and said to Lu Zhan and others: "General Wuma (Jiao) will arrange for you to do the specific matters...Wuma."
"The end is here." Wu Majiao clasped his fists.
I saw a trace of murderous intent flashing in Zhao Hongrun's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "It's time to get back the money that the gang of thieves had for attacking the military arsenal a few days ago." As he said this, he seemed to have thought of something.
What, he told Wuma Jiao: "I have recently learned that many of the military taverns in this city have secret rooms, and some secret rooms are connected to tunnels that can lead directly to the outside of the city. You can give me
Destroy it all!"
Wu Majiao nodded when he heard this, clasped his fists in response, and left the county government office with Lu Zhan and the other generals.
At this time, Zongwei Zhu Gui and He Miao stepped forward to return Zhao Hongrun's orders.
Zhu Gui didn't have much to say, after all, he was only responsible for contacting Wu Ji, but the report made by He Miao made Zhao Hongrun frown.
"Uncle Six...has left Daliang?"
"Exactly. When I arrived in Daliang, the Sixth Prince had already left the city with Princess Yulong for several days. Therefore, I handed His Highness's letter to Prince Su's guards in the palace and told them to wait until the Sixth Prince returned to Daliang.
At that time, we will send it to Prince Yi's Mansion."
"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun nodded after hearing this.
Although he felt very sorry, there was nothing he could do about it. We couldn't let Zhu Gui, He Miao and the others search for traces of his Sixth Uncle. God knew where the Sixth Uncle was taking Princess Yulong to play.
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"Where is the Smelting Bureau?" Zhao Hongrun asked again: "When will the first batch of sleeve arrows arrive?"
Hearing this, He Miao showed a smile similar to the one he had when Ding Jun deceived him, and said to Zhao Hongrun mysteriously: "Your Highness, Craftsman Ding (Jun) said that it is not easy to make a sleeve arrow, and it is difficult to make it within a few days.
A batch... However, my humble position brought a batch of better things."
"Huh?" Zhao Hongrun was stunned and asked in confusion: "What is it?"
"The crossbow box that Craftsman Ding is studying."
"..." Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth and looked at He Miao blankly.
However, He Miao did not notice that Zhao Hongrun was stunned, and continued to tell Zhao Hongrun what Ding Jun had said to deceive him, and Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a while.
"I want Xiuqiang because Xiuqianqian is not only stealthy, but also easy to carry. What's the use of a crossbow box that was eliminated by the Lu Kingdom more than ten years ago?"
Zhao Hongrun looked at He Miao angrily, as if he had guessed that He Miao must have been deceived by Ding Jun, a crossbow box enthusiast.
In his opinion, the crossbow box is purely a tool for bullying infantry. The only advantage is that it can be called semi-free. It will never stop firing until all the crossbow bolts in the box are fired. However, if it is in front of a repeating crossbow, it will
What the heck? The latter has twice the range. One arrow can hit the receiver and directly destroy the entire crossbow box.
If you want a crossbow box, you might as well make a batch of repeating crossbows!
But when he thought about it carefully, there was a hint of strange color in Zhao Hongrun's eyes.
Because he suddenly thought that the hidden thieves in Yangxia and the rangers had almost no weapons for long-range attacks.
In this case, maybe the crossbow box can be recycled?
Zhao Hongrun touched his chin and started thinking.
One thing he must admit is that against a group of infantry-like thieves without long-range attack weapons, the lethality of a crossbow box is not inferior to that of a repeating crossbow.
In fact, it can easily help Shang Shui soldiers kill a large number of thieves.