On the river, small boats come and go like a weaving.
And a group of shirtless soldiers jumped into the water. Amidst the neat chants of the people on the shore, several Luzhai that had sunk in the water were slowly pulled out of the water and onto the river beach. Therefore, the Luzhai that originally needed to be carefully avoided were The obstacles have become insignificant, and small boats and bamboo rafts traveling between the two sides can easily enter through this gap.
This time no one can stop them.
"It's a pity that we have too few ships." Xiao Shilian smacked his lips with some dissatisfaction. Looking at the situation on the river, plus the Xiliang people's ships captured from the north bank, they could only transport six to seven hundred people at a time. come over.
Three thousand people would have to make four or five trips back and forth even if they didn't care about the food and grass they carried. What's more, when the 600 soldiers crossed the river before, they could only wear personal clothes and armor, but now it is not a desperate attack, so the food and grass and the quantity Many arrows from bows and crossbows cannot be thrown to the other side in vain.
Therefore, even if more than ten ships are added, it will still be busy for a while.
"That's good," Li Xingchen narrowed his eyes slightly, "How are the casualties among the brothers?"
The arrow that shot out from the darkness got stuck in the gap in his armor just as Li Xingchen expected. However, the arrow still pierced the skin, but fortunately it was not deep. However, despite this, Li Xingchen was still beaten by Li Ping. Chen Zhishen and others took him to a safe corner and bandaged him carefully.
These Li Xinchen's bodyguards feel a chill down their spines when they think about it now. If this arrow was aimed at Li Xinchen's head, they would probably be able to collect Li Xinchen's body at this time, and by then, whether it was Xiao Shilian or Pei Zilie, Or the general of the left guard, Xiao Mohe, would definitely not let them go easily.
Xiao Shilian looked Li Xingchen up and down to make sure that he was not missing any arms or legs, and then said solemnly: "Nearly two hundred people were killed in the battle, and even more were injured. After all, the random arrows that followed almost made us lose our position."
Although there are not many Xiliang people in this camp, there are only four to five hundred. Coupled with the favorable location, it is actually normal to have such a number of injuries. After all, it is impossible not to die in a war, and Li Xingchen And Xiao Shilian, at least at this time, is not a famous general who can turn decay into magic.
"You were the one who shouted to charge first, right?" Li Xingchen recalled every detail of last night, "Have you ever thought about what we would do if there were far more enemies than us?"
Xiao Shilian raised his head: "It's that time anyway, so what if you don't rush forward? You're going to die anyway, so why not fight for your life in a dead place?"
Li Xingchen was startled for a moment, then reached out and patted Xiao Shilian's shoulder. No matter what the reason was, correct or incorrect, bold or not, at least they succeeded now.
Pei Zilie also walked over quickly at this time. Seeing that the two brothers were still intact, he couldn't help but smile on his face: "Did you feel good about killing the two of them?"
"I'm not happy. These damn Xiliang people put on quite a show. They really shocked me at first." Xiao Shilian said with a grin. Although he said it carelessly just now, thinking back to yesterday The thrilling moment of life and death at night felt somewhat lucky.
Pei Zilie nodded slightly and his smile faded: "What should we do next?"
"You can see Jiangling City from here. It won't take long for the city to notice something is wrong." Li Xingchen said lightly, his eyes gradually shifted from the river to the north, and a city could be vaguely seen on the horizon.
The outline is like a giant beast crawling on the wasteland.
Needless to say, that place must be Jiangling, the capital of Western Liang.
"So Mr. Lu Teng in the city will definitely send troops to attack us. When the time comes, we will fight to the death and kill him!" Xiao Shilian laughed.
Li Xingchen waved his hand: "The possibility of Lu Teng sending troops is very small."
Like a basin of cold water pouring down from his head, Xiao Shilian asked disappointedly: "Why?"
Li Xingchen couldn't help but smile bitterly: "If you were Lu Teng, and there were enemy armies coming from the west and east, and at this time another army with an unknown number of enemies appeared under your nose, would you?
Going out of the city to fight?"
"That's true." Xiao Shilian frowned immediately.
From Lu Teng's point of view, the number of the Nanchen branch that suddenly crossed the river to attack was unknown, its origin was unknown, and it was even possible that the commander was unknown. Of course, it was a bit strange no matter how you looked at it. At the same time, Xiao Mohe led
The army is in the east, and Fan Yi leads his army in the west. They will soon reach the gates of Jiangling City. No matter how courageous Lu Teng is, he will not leave the city easily.
When the time comes that the main army cannot chew this piece of bone, but is blocked outside the city by Nanchen's other two armies, then everything will be lost.
Anyway, Nan Chen's two armies will soon reach the city, so what's the difference if there's one more or one less of this kind of partial army?
What's more, since Xiliang only left a few hundred people to garrison in the camps along the river, or rather as scouts and sentries, they were clearly prepared to rely on Jiangling City to defend, and there was no need to
I hope Lu Teng will send troops.
It is even possible that this partial division will reach the city without attracting Lu Teng to attack the city. Who knows whether this division is a forward or a decoy. Anyway, no matter which one it is, it means that the army behind them will soon attack.
Will kill.
By then, without the support of the city wall, no numerical advantage, and low fighting spirit, the Xiliang army would definitely be hard-pressed to stop the menacing main force of Nanchen.
"So, all we need to do now is walk to the gate of Jiangling City and wait for the main army to come and join us?" Xiao Shilian said discouragedly.
Pei Zilie gently rubbed his chin and looked at Li Xingchen. There was clearly some unwillingness in his eyes.
As the commander-in-chief of a partial division, Pei Zilie knew very well that being the first Nanchen general to arrive at Jiangling City was already a real achievement. Whether it was a promotion or a reward, it would definitely be indispensable.
But Pei Zilie was not satisfied with such superficial glory.
After all, what he was interested in was killing generals and capturing the flag, not so easily breaking through the river defense line, finishing first in the race, and then looking at the tall Jiangling City with nothing to do.
Although Pei Zilie knew that this was the first time he led an army into a war and that he wanted so much, it was a bit extravagant. His previous achievements in breaking through the river were enough for him to boast in front of his peers, and even surpassed many generals.
But subconsciously, he still felt that there was a way. Xiao Shilian was unreliable, but Li Xingchen, he had a way.
Li Xingchen frowned, took a deep breath and then made a gesture to ask Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie to come over: "Actually, we don't need to wait under Jiangling City..."