Wuhu County is a small county, subordinate to Xuanzhou. It is located in the northeast corner of Xuanzhou, about two hundred miles away from Jiangning County. On the other side of it is the mouth of Ruxushui River, which leads directly to Chaohu Lake. From Lishui River next to Wuhu, you can go south.
Arriving at Taihu Lake became a shortcut to the hinterland of Jiangnan, and the importance of Wuhu's status was revealed.
However, there were almost no troops stationed in Wuhu at ordinary times. Zhu Si also discovered this loophole. He finally decided to land in Wuhu and hid the large ships in the Ruxushui River mouth one after another, instead of mooring on the Yangtze River.
In fact, Han Huang also thought about the possibility of enemy troops landing in Wuhu, but Zhu Si was very cunning. He parked thousands of tank ships on the river in Jiangyang County. If the Runzhou navy transferred to Wuhu for defense, then Zhu Si would
The Si army might land in Dantu County instead.
Han Huang also had a countermeasure. He ordered Luo Ziyu to lead a group of more than a thousand men and ten warships to form a small naval force and go to Wuhu under the cover of night. He also hid in Lishui.
On the eighth day after Han Huang killed Chen Feng, one hundred thousand Zhu Si's army had gathered at the mouth of the Ruxu River. That night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. A full moon hung in the sky, casting thousands of silver rays on the river.
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The first large ship was dispatched. It was a three thousand stone cargo ship. It was huge in size and fully loaded with 500 soldiers. It was surrounded by several small sentinel boats to guard it. The large cargo ship was powered by oars, with three large poles on each side.
The oars move the water. Each large oar is controlled by three people, and the speed is not very fast.
A few hundred steps away from the first cargo ship, a second large cargo ship also appeared, also loaded with 500 soldiers. Zhu Si acquired a total of 15 large cargo ships, which could deliver nearly 8,000 soldiers to the other side at one time.
The first large ship had already arrived in the middle of the river. At this time, several warships suddenly appeared on the other side of the river. The warships were not big, only about a thousand stones, and there were dozens of soldiers on board.
The soldiers on the cargo ship were shocked and fired more than a dozen rockets into the sky to alert the police. Zhu Si, who was taking command on the north bank, was also shocked when he learned that enemy warships had appeared on the other side. He urgently ordered all warships to attack to ensure the smooth operation of the troop transport.
Arrive at the other side.
Zhu Si also has hundreds of warships in his hands, but they are all small warships, about a hundred stones in size. Each ship has only a dozen soldiers at most. It is actually a patrol ship, and everyone is on guard on the shore. At this time, in the river
The situation was critical, Zhu Si did not care about the safety of the riverside, and sent out more than a hundred patrol boats, forming a wolf pack tactic to deal with the enemy warships.
As all the patrol boats sailed towards the river, the north bank became deserted. At this time, a small sampan approached the Ruxu River mouth silently. It was like a lone wolf lurking on the river. It was about three meters away from the shore.
About a hundred paces away, there were no patrol boats along the coast, and the soldiers on the shore could not find this small sampan.
The eighth troop transport cargo ship sailed out of the Ruxu River estuary. There were no boats around it to protect it, and it became a lonely troop transport ship.
Two people on the small sampan entered the water silently. They were both wearing silver water jackets, which were the same color as the water on the river, so they could not be seen at all.
These two people were Ying Caihe and a firearms battalion soldier who was proficient in water-based skills. Any assassin who came out of the Hidden Sword Tower had excellent water-based skills, and Ying Caihe was no exception. They pushed a waterproof wooden box towards the ship.
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For a moment, the large troop transport ship sailed past them, cutting through the waves. The current pushed them outwards. Ying Caihe threw out a flying claw and grabbed the side of the ship. She used the force to jump up and struck hard with a gleaming dagger.
He stabbed hard at the hull of the ship.
‘Crack!’ The dagger accurately penetrated the gap between the ship’s planks, with great force. It penetrated three inches, and the dagger was nailed deeply into the deck.
Ying Caihe held the hook rope with one hand, stepped on the dagger with one foot, and pressed her body tightly against the hull. She waved to the soldiers, and the firearms battalion soldiers threw a roll of rope to her. Ying Caihe grabbed it and slowly
Drag the soldiers over.
The soldier opened the lid of the wooden box, revealing the copper handle of the iron fire thunder, which was very similar to the handle on a teapot. There was a specially designed barb on the dagger, which could just hook the thin copper handle on the iron fire thunder, making the iron fire
Lei clung to the wall of the ship.
The soldier then took out the huozhezi tube inside the box, which contained three huozhezi, and threw the box into the river.
The soldier pulled out a fire stick and swung it into the wind. The fire ignited, but the waves on the river extinguished the fire.
"Your position is too low, let me come!"
Ying Caihe bit the flying claw rope with his teeth, reached out to take the fire-breaking tube and clamped it under his arm, and asked vaguely: "Tell me what to do?"
The soldier broke off the wooden shell on top and exposed the match rope. He pointed at the end of the rope and whispered: "Click here, light it and run away immediately. The further away the better."
"You go first!"
The soldier jumped into the river and immediately disappeared in the foam.
Ying Caihe threw away the rope that was holding the soldier and freed her hands. She took out a fire stick, flicked it, and lit the match. The match immediately lit up with a "chichi" sound.
Ying Caihe didn't care about the flying claws, and the carp flipped backwards, jumped into the river, and swam desperately to the outside.
After swimming about a hundred steps, a red light burst out from the river, followed by a loud "Boom!" sound, like lightning and thunder, and then the flames soared into the sky and turned into thick black clouds. The huge explosion impact could be heard and seen ten miles away.
A seven-foot-wide hole was blown into the hull of the ship, and the river surged in. There were screams and screams inside the ship.
Ying Caihe did not look back and swam desperately to the small sampan.
"This way! This way!"
The soldier just now had already boarded the boat and reached out to her. Ying Caihe waved his hand, held on to the side of the boat, jumped onto the boat lightly, and the boat quickly sailed towards the Yangtze River.
Zhu Si, who was sitting on the shore, saw the fire burst with his own eyes, followed by the sound of thunder, flames and thick smoke rising into the sky. He stood up in shock, pointed at the explosion site and stammered: "That's...
What is that?"
At this time, two consecutive explosions were heard from the river again. This was the soldiers on the warship throwing two iron fire mines into the other side's ship. The iron fire mines detonated in the cabin, but they were too far away, and the explosion was only heard in the distance.
It didn't have such a strong effect under Zhu Si's eyes.
Liu Sigu took a breath and said, "Your Majesty, this is probably the Iron Fire Thunder that we will never be able to get out of."
"Han Huang also has iron fire thunder?" Zhu Si asked in horror.
"No, it should be Guo Song who supports Han Huang."
When Zhu Si saw that the big ship on the river had sunk and disappeared, he immediately stamped his feet anxiously, "Then... what should we do now?"
Liu Sigu quickly said: "Your Majesty, the enemy's situation is unknown. It is better to withdraw the troops first. We cannot force it like this. The whole army will be destroyed."
"Send the order to withdraw the troops! Withdraw the troops!"
Hundreds of rockets were fired into the sky, which was a signal to withdraw the troops. The six large troop transport ships on the river began to slowly turn around and sail towards the north bank.
Two of the eight large troop transport ships were bombed and sunk, and a thousand soldiers were killed at the bottom of the river. More importantly, Zhu Si was frightened by the opponent's iron fire thunder. He was very uneasy and began to hesitate whether to attack Jiangnan.
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On the north bank of the Yellow River, twelve 3,000-stone ships transferred from the east of the river are ready, and more than a hundred experienced boatmen have been recruited.
But the general Li Bing is still waiting, waiting for the best opportunity to come.
Pei Xin was young and promising, courageous and hard-working, but Guo Song still did not appoint him as the main general, not because he was not qualified, but because he still lacked a little bit of fire, which means waiting patiently.
On the last day of June, before dawn, three thousand Jin troops had quietly assembled, and Pei Xin would serve as the vanguard general.
Li Bing got the news a few days ago that this year is the fiftieth birthday of General Wang Ling. Wang Ling sent out hundreds of invitations and prepared to hold a birthday banquet in Qinghe County. At the same time, the soldiers had a day off, and the day before yesterday was the soldiers
It's salary day, they have money in their hands, and it's a holiday. A large number of soldiers will definitely go out to drink and have fun today.
Li Bing looked at the looming city on the other side and said: "It is not difficult for us to seize Mengjinguan. What is difficult is to seize the beachhead and then hold it. If you lead three thousand brothers to hold it until noon, we will be victorious."
Pei Xin greatly admired the coach's precise timing, which made him feel ashamed. He nodded and said: "For me, as long as I can set foot on the land on the other side, I will not take a step back. We will fight with our backs against the wall!"
"What a last-ditch fight!"
Li Bing applauded and ordered: "Let's go!"
‘Woo——’
A low horn sounded from the shore, and three thousand soldiers began to line up to board the ship. Each large ship carried 250 people. The large ships began to slowly start and sail towards the other side of the Yellow River...