In the darkness, Zhang Hua approached the south city wall. Although there was half an hour every day at noon to open the city gate and let people out, once the enemy discovered the capital's cavalry, they would probably cancel the opening of the city gate and let people out tomorrow.
But more importantly, Zhang Hua knew that information would only be valuable if it was timely and accurate, and delaying it until noon tomorrow might cause a delay.
He found a dilapidated city wall, jumped down lightly, grabbed the hole in the wall and climbed up the mountain. Two feet high is only two stories. In just a moment, Zhang Hua climbed up the female wall, and a group of sentries happened to be walking.
, he held his breath and lay on the city wall, and the sentry walked past him.
When the sentry walked away, he jumped up to the top of the city and reached the other side in two or three steps. He hooked the top of the city with a hook, grabbed the rope and slid down. He took the iron hook and swam across the moat. In just a moment, Zhang Hua
Then disappeared into the darkness.
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An hour later, Zhang Hua found the fleet thirty miles to the south. He was taken by soldiers to a vehicle and ship. This was Chen Qing's temporary command ship.
Zhang Hua walked into the cabin and knelt down on one knee to salute, "For your humble position, please see the capital!"
Chen Qing knew Zhang Hua and said with a smile: "Did Zhang Dutou come from the county?"
"Exactly! I met the subordinates of Commander Hu Yan in my humble position. They were a doctor and a medicine boy. They were temporarily recruited by the other party to treat soldiers in the military camp."
"What happened to the other side's army?"
"I heard that some soldiers suffered from diarrhea due to acclimatization. There were about one or two thousand people. But it was not an epidemic. It was just that drinking raw water made their stomachs bad."
Chen Qing nodded, "How is the other party's food situation?"
This is his biggest concern.
"Reporting to the commander-in-chief, the enemy's soldiers currently have half a kilogram of rice per person per day, which can last for about ten days. The latest news I got is that a supply fleet came from Xiangyang and set off yesterday."
This news was so important and timely that Chen Qing asked about some other information. He immediately sent someone to find Yang Zaixing and Niu Gao and made detailed arrangements.
That night, Chen Qing's 10,000 cavalry and 100 chariots and ships left one after another.
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There are more than 300 supply ships coming from Xiangyang. The ships are quite mixed. There are cargo ships with a thousand stone, passenger ships with a stone of 500, and even fishing boats. They mainly carry food, crossbows, arrows, kerosene and other consumable materials. The fleet stretches for more than 20 years.
Here, you can swim down the mighty Han River.
There were two thousand soldiers accompanying the fleet to guard the fleet. The leader was called Li Ju, who was a subordinate of Kong Yanzhou. The army he commanded was also Kong Yanzhou's army. They had been stationed in Yingzhou for a long time and were familiar with the situation in Yingzhou. For this reason,
The escort mission that no one wanted to take ended up falling on them.
The risk of transporting food and supplies this time was very high. Chen Qing not only had cavalry, but also a powerful naval force. This was something that the Puppet Qi army did not have. They did not have a warship and could not resist Chen Qing's navy.
Dong Xian initially wanted to transport by land, but Wan Yanchang vetoed it. Taking the land route was more risky and would inevitably encounter Chen Qing's cavalry, while taking the water route might not encounter Chen Qing's navy.
After all, they had received news that a massive Song Navy navy had arrived at Jiangling Mansion.
Li Ju looked nervously at the river and the shore. At this time, they were still about a hundred miles away from Changshou County. This distance was the most dangerous. What's more terrible was that the sky was already dark, the sun had already set, and the river became half-dark.
Semi-dark.
It can be said that this night worried everyone, and Li Ju also ordered that no one was allowed to rest tonight.
"General, the river is foggy!" the boatman shouted.
Li Ju also discovered that there was indeed a gray gauze-like mist on the river surface, making it difficult to see clearly on the water surface.
"What will happen if there is fog?" Li Ju asked loudly.
"It's generally impossible to sail when it's foggy, so you have to dock!"
"Fart! There are no boats on the river. What are you afraid of? Keep driving forward."
"That's not right! There should be a ship, general, listen to this sound."
Li Ju listened carefully and heard a rumbling sound coming from the river in front of him. Li Ju was also stunned. What was this sound?
"No! Why did the boat dock?" the boatman suddenly shouted.
All their ships were chained together, with a large ship leading the way.
As long as the first big ship pulls over, all subsequent ships will have to pull over.
"Is it because of the fog on the river?" Li Ju asked nervously.
"It should be! I'm not sure either."
All the ships had docked, and the roaring on the river had stopped. The entire river and river banks had become extremely quiet, but the air was filled with a tense atmosphere.
At this moment, shouts and screams erupted from the front, and then there was a loud sound of horse hooves, as if thousands of troops were coming to kill them.
"The Song Army cavalry is coming to kill!"
Li Ju was shocked. Before he could react, several arrows were shot at him. Li Ju ducked and dodged two arrows.
But the boss of the boat did not escape. He was shot in the neck by an arrow and fell off the boat screaming.
The cavalry on the shore were galloping, constantly drawing their bows and arrows, and shooting powerful arrows at the soldiers on the ship.
The soldiers on the ship hid on the other side of the ship and raised their crossbows to fight back against the cavalry.
Unexpectedly, suddenly countless arrows were shot from behind, and the soldiers of the puppet Qi army were hit by arrows one after another. Only then did they realize that countless warships appeared in the thick fog behind them, and the dense arrows on the warships were shooting at them.
Attacked from both front and back, with nowhere to hide, the soldiers of the puppet Qi army suffered heavy casualties.
At this time, a commander ran to Li Ju and shouted: "General Li, the fog is very heavy on the river, and it is also the same on the shore. This is an opportunity to break out. Order the brothers to break out! No one will survive after daybreak."
Li Ju looked towards the shore. The gray-white thick fog filled the shore. It was indeed an opportunity.
He turned around and shouted: "Blow the breakout horn!"
"Woo——" Several soldiers around him blew the horn, which was not only the horn of attack, but also the horn of breakout.
Orders were passed down one after another, and soldiers began to jump onto the shore and run towards the woods in the distance. However, not far away, a scream was heard.
More and more soldiers jumped ashore to break out of the encirclement, and even the general Li Ju jumped ashore with a spear.
Li Ju bent down and ran quickly with his spear in hand. He was very smart and kept his body as low as possible so that the cavalry would not easily spot him.
The effect was very good. He escaped at least a dozen cavalry attacks and was about to run into the woods. Suddenly, a war horse galloped past him. A cold light flashed. Li Ju fell to the ground, and there was a cold light on his feet.
The severe pain made him scream.
A pair of his legs were cut off, and a square-shaped painted halberd was pressed against his chest. A cold voice came, "I am Chen Qing of the Western Army, and you should be the commander-in-chief Li Ju. I might as well let him
You know it all!"
"Kill me!" The severe pain made Li Ju really unbearable, and he just wanted to die.
"I want to kill you. Not only you, but none of your men will survive. I swore that I would kill all Kong Yanzhou and his men and bury them with Wang Yan!"
Chen Qing shouted coldly, "Go to hell!"
The halberd pierced Li Ju's heart, and Li Ju died instantly.
Chen Qing shouted, "Keep no prisoners, kill them all!"
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It was getting brighter, the fog finally dissipated, and the killing had ended long ago. However, because of the fog, Kong Yanzhou's army was not wiped out, and more than a hundred people still fled into the woods.
The soldiers quickly cleaned the battlefield, burned the enemy corpses and buried them deeply. Niu Gao's men disguised themselves as escorts and boarded the grain ships. A hundred vehicles and ships stopped on the other side, guarded by a thousand soldiers.
At this time, the commander Wang Duo led a cavalry group from the south. They were deployed ten miles away to the south. Their mission was to intercept the enemy soldiers fleeing to Changshou County and prevent the news from leaking.
"General Wang, how many soldiers were intercepted?"
"Reporting to the capital, no one was intercepted and no soldiers escaped to the south."
This was expected by Chen Qing. The fleet was coming from the north, and the soldiers would definitely flee to the north. But just in case, if there were soldiers with longevity, they would definitely flee to the south.
It seems that my worries are unnecessary. In fact, in addition to Wang Duo's checkpoint, there are also more than a hundred scouts led by Zhao Xiaoyi lurking around the city. They will intercept the last fish that slips through the net.
At this time, Yang Zaixing walked forward quickly, clasped his fists and said: "The Qi Report Commander, the cleanup has been completed!"
"Tell the brothers to mount up, we are preparing to go south!"
After a moment of tidying up, the 10,000 cavalrymen left the river bank and took a detour towards Changshou County...