Running north and south to report the Lord's love, the rivers and grasses laugh all their lives.
Three hundred and sixty days a year, most of them are marching on horseback.
——"Make it immediately" Qi Jiguang
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Yes, the underwater riverbed was exactly the trap set up by the Tang army.
After surveying the river crossing with Chen Honghu, Bai Fu made a plan to encircle and suppress the rebel navy.
Bai Fu imitated Xie Xuan's method in the Feishui battle and ordered the Tang army to rush to make a batch of huge iron caltrops and secretly sink them into the river in the dead of night.
On the surface, the water level of the river has not changed, but the depth of the river bed is far from what it used to be, especially near the river bank.
As long as the giant ship gets close to the river bank, it will be stuck by these caltrops and run aground, or even pierce the bottom of the ship.
Hun Weiming's flagship was punctured by caltrops, and a hole the size of a bowl was broken in the bottom of the ship. Before it could be repaired, the river water seeped in.
Hun Weiming had been in battle for a long time, and he did not panic in the face of chaos, so that he could calm down as soon as possible. Hun Weiming sent an order for more than a dozen giant ships to stay away from the river bank and gather in the deepest part of the river. The ships did not turn around, but flipped their sculls and kept their sterns at bay.
The bow of the ship is turned and driven backwards.
At the same time, raise the sail, use the river current, and move down the river to evacuate this place as soon as possible.
The scorpions gather in the middle of the river. Once it reverses, the rudder of the ship is uncertain and the direction is difficult to control. The river is already narrow, and when the river rushes, whirlpools roll up, and the broken nets of the broken ships that were hung on both sides of the ship are actually entangled with each other.
, connecting the giant ships together in twos and threes.
Hun Weiming suddenly had a bad feeling.
Before he could figure out how to solve the problem, the people around him suddenly looked up at the sky. Hun Weiming looked up and saw thousands of beautiful fireworks, like a meteor shower, streaking across the dark night sky.
The meteor shower went straight over the giant ship, and it turned out to be an arrow with flames. The arrow was nailed into the mast and hit the sail. The tail of the arrow was full of cross barbs. After shooting through the sail, it could be hung on the canvas.
It couldn't fall down. The rocket burned fiercely and set the sail on fire in an instant.
Fireworks are also a signal for the Tang army to attack!
Hundreds of small boats piled with firewood and anointed oil were flowing down the river from the upper reaches. When the small boats were about to rush into the giant ship, the boss of the boat lit the firewood, turned over and jumped into the water.
The small boat rushed into the rebel boat formation and was caught in the broken nets of the broken boats on the side of the dinghy. The floating objects on the river surface in the broken fishing nets were actually ignition materials, and they quickly exploded and burned when exposed to fire.
The raging fire burned more than a dozen giant ships into a sea of flames, and the rebel soldiers screamed in agony, like a hell of red flames.
Hun Weiming lowered the rope and the boat from the boat. Hun Weiming was forced to put Feng Ting and his soldiers on the boat. The sailors rushed left and right, finally breaking through the siege and fighting their way out.
Hun Weiming's body was covered in smoke and fire, and his beard and hair were burnt. Hun Weiming leaned against the side of the ship blankly, his heart ashes. Looking back at the Red Flame battlefield, his ship was like a fire-breathing monster. After a loud noise,
, slowly sinking into the river.
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The boat was like a bereaved dog, scurrying away like a mouse, and finally returned to the navy camp.
The soldiers were extremely excited after escaping from death, and shouted in unison: "The general is back, open the gate of the village quickly!"
The gate of the village opened, and the small boat rowed in. The sluice behind him slowly lowered, and with a "bang" sound, it was sealed and locked.
Just listen to the roar of laughter in the water village, and the gongs and drums shaking the sky.
On the pier facing us, a young man dressed in white and wearing a feather fan and silk scarf looked elegant and stood out from the crowd. He smiled and said: "General Hun, are you okay?"
Hun Weiming felt a sweet sensation in his throat, and with a "wow" sound, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fell unconscious.
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The military report that Hun Weiming's entire army had been wiped out arrived at Ji Guangchen's tent on the evening of the next day. After reading it, Ji Guangchen took a deep breath.
The navy led by Hun Weiming was the absolute main force of the Jianghuai navy. In the battle last night, Hun Weiming was captured, and more than a dozen giant ships were reduced to ashes. Thousands of warships were destroyed by the Tang army before they even sailed out of the water village.
Lossless reception.
With these thousands of fighting ships, the Tang army had control over the Jianghuai waterway. If King Yong wanted to dominate the east of the Yangtze River, it would be impossible to separatize half of the country.
"Previously, the Tang army had offered conditions for recruitment. As long as they surrendered to the imperial court, they would forget all the blame and receive high-ranking officials and generous salaries. Hun Weiming did not accept the official titles at his fingertips, and was greedy. As a result, he was captured and defeated, and he had no leverage. Do you want to follow in his footsteps?
However, I am unwilling to accept that the Tang army, which was made up of three civilian officials, Wei Zhi, Gao Shi and Lai Ai, surrendered without a fight."
Ji Guangchen privately summoned his cronies to discuss the matter. The generals had different opinions. They argued till the moonlight in the forest, but no conclusion could be reached. Ji Guangchen had no idea for a while and was very agitated.
At this moment, a messenger reported outside the account: "General, there is a special envoy of the Tang Army outside the camp asking to see you."
"How many people from the Tang army came?" Ji Guangchen asked hurriedly.
"Report to the general, one man and one horse." The messenger returned.
"Let him wait at the gate of the camp." Ji Guangchen rolled his eyes and had an idea, and said: "Send orders to all the generals of the Tiger Army to put on their armor and mount their horses, and follow me out of the camp to form a formation!"
When the military order was issued, the lights in the military camp were brightly lit, and dogs barked and horses neighed.
The gate of the military camp was opened, and the officers and soldiers of the Huben Army, with their helmets on and their armor on, filed out, their cavalry roaring, and the envoys of the Tang Army were surrounded in the middle.
Swords, guns, swords and halberds are murderous and aggressive! Anyone who is not determined will definitely be scared to death.
Ji Guangchen wanted this effect. He just wanted the envoys of the Tang Army to see the iron-blooded and thundering combat power of the Tiger and Ben Army!
There was a man and a horse at the entrance of the camp. The person who came was wearing a black cloak. The cloak covered his head and face, so his face could not be seen clearly. The black horse under the seat was tall and strong, its front hooves scratched the ground from time to time, and snorted coldly.
This man rode calmly and calmly, apparently ignoring the battlefield atmosphere deliberately created by the Huben Army.
Ji Guangchen shouted: "My messenger, please don't waste any more words. Please bring my general's words back to your Jiedushi. Let's fight to the death at noon tomorrow!"
The envoy of the Tang Army seemed to chuckle in his cloak. His voice was deep and deep, neither slow nor slow, and he had an aura that did not take any of the tiger soldiers seriously.
The visitor said: "Hun Weiming is stubbornly resisting. The Jianghuai navy was wiped out by us last night."
The military report of the Jianghuai Navy's defeat was concealed by Ji Guangchen, and the officers and soldiers of the Huben Army did not know it yet. When they heard it suddenly, the soldiers' hearts were shaken.
The envoy of the Tang Army said: "You have followed King Yong here in an attempt to separate Jiangdong. With all due respect, this is an idiot's dream. It is better to surrender to the imperial court before the battle is over. Otherwise, not only will you die in battle and lose your life in vain, but you will also have to bear the burden of the traitor forever.
The reputation of a thief.
Your Majesty knows that you have been deceived by King Yong, and has issued a decree of grace. Now surrender to the imperial court, forget the past, and pardon the innocent. Meritorious officers and soldiers will be promoted to the third level."
Having said this, the envoy of the Tang Army glanced at Ji Guangchen and said, "Your Majesty has given your permission. If General Ji can find his way back from his lost ways, he will grant you the post of Danyang Prefect and concurrently serve as the Censor Zhongcheng."
Ji Guangchen felt depressed and thought to himself: "This official position is far different from what I expected. I originally expected to be able to use the Huben Army to become a Jiedushi Dangdang.
King Yong has promised that once Jinling is captured, he will be awarded the post of Jiangnan West Road's Military Envoy."
Thinking of this, Ji Guangchen narrowed his eyes and shouted angrily: "Stop using your words and trying to persuade our Hu Ben Army to surrender with just a few words. Do you think you are Su Qin and Zhang Yi resurrected?!
Come on, kill this messenger for me! Return his head to the Tang army!"
After Ji Guangchen finished speaking, he winked at Kongtong expert Yin Yaqian and Kunlun disciple Chi Tingkou.
Yin Yaqian held a long spear in his hand, and Chi Tingkou held a simple sword high. They whistled and charged forward, about to stab the Tang army envoy to death.
The envoy of the Tang Army was calm and calm, with his arms slightly spread out, in the shape of a tiger and a crane, and his hands in the shape of a yin and yang fish, controlling two channels of true energy.
The true energy of Pisces rotated like a whirlpool, sucking the Changshan and Pu Dao into the whirlpool. The two iron weapons were immediately shattered and turned into powder.
The envoy of the Tang Army waved out his palms, and Yin Yaqian and Chi Tingkou flew several feet away with their horses and fell to the ground.
The two people helped them get up from the pool of blood, their faces were pale and their expressions were horrified. They looked back at their beloved horses, and they saw that the two horses were smashed into a pile of flesh as if they had been hit by a giant hammer. Their flesh and blood were blurred, and their noses were filled with fishy smell.
Both of them felt a tightness in their chests and their internal organs were churning. They couldn't bear it any longer, so they leaned over and vomited violently.
The envoy of the Tang Army slowly took off his cloak, revealed his handsome face, sighed softly, and said: "If it weren't for the fact that it was all about martial arts back then, your tiger and benevolent army would have been wiped out long ago!"
When the Huben generals saw Bai Fu, they were shocked on the spot and completely surrendered.
Ji Guangchen felt as if he saw a ghost and said in surprise: "You...you...aren't you dead?"
Bai Fu laughed at himself and said, "Yes, that Bai Fu is already dead."
Without saying any more, Bai Fu took out a firecracker from his arms. The firecracker was lit and lifted into the sky, blooming into a huge firework in the night sky!
Fireworks were used as a signal, and countless torches were instantly lit around the Huben military camp. The flames soared into the sky, turning the night into day. The drums were rumbling, and the shouts of killing were loud. Rough statistics showed that the Tang army numbered hundreds of thousands, several times as many as the Yongwang rebels.
military.
Bai Fu pointed his finger at the generals and shouted sternly: "At sunrise tomorrow morning, if you don't surrender, you will be lying dead for thousands of miles without leaving a scrap of armor behind!"
After saying that, he pinched the horse's belly, and the galloping man stood up, neighed, and galloped away.