Chapter 214

During the alternation of ZiChou and ZiChou, the 150 ferries led by Ye Zhiqiu stopped in the mist in the center of Guangji river. The people on the ferries and their mounts did not make any sound. Only the sound of the river flowing could be heard in the night. The reason why the fleet suddenly berthed here was that three fishing lights used by ships at night appeared in the water fog 300 or 400 meters ahead, and the light of the fishing lights moved slowly from west to East. It was obvious that these were three river patrol fleets sent by the north shore water village, Through the mist, ye Zhiqiu could even hear the voice of a man on the boat in front of him complaining in Tianxing dialect.

"Brother Erniu, Captain pan, this is retaliation, otherwise we will not patrol the river in this damned weather." The speaker was a young man who was not very old and had a little immature face. Just looking at his unconvinced face, we could see that he was very dissatisfied with the captain pan.

"Xiao Hu, pan Juchuan's elder sister married Wang chengchai's son. Naturally, he's in high water. We Tianxing haven't been like this all these years. Just talk about it in front of our brothers. Don't mention it in front of outsiders." A burly, honest looking man sighed and said helplessly.

"Brother Erniu, I know that all the people on the three ships are our fellow countrymen. Otherwise, I would not say that. But pan Juchuan really deceived people too much. The post of captain should have been brother Erniu. He not only took up your post, but also aimed at us everywhere. This night's River patrol is the 12th time in the past month. He obviously wants to take advantage of the big hand, Let me wait to die in the Guangji river. " The young man who called Xiaohu said angrily.

The others on the three boats, however, were not looking well, and they didn't want to search the river carefully. They all sat on the boat and let the boat drift slowly along the water.

It turns out that Yan Wensheng, the new king of Tianxing, handed over to Qiu Xu nearly 50000 remnant soldiers of the army of Wangdu after the war, and successively recruited 250000 men to join the army in each county. Among them, 100000 were handed over to Yan Tuohai, the Duke of Wucheng, who was stationed on the South Bank of Huangyan River, while the remaining 150000 were handed over to Qiu Xu. This also resulted in the shortage of middle and lower military positions in the Tianxing southern territory Legion established by Qiu Xuxin. You should know that there is only one commander in an army, but the local military positions such as Wu Chang, Shi Chang, Bo Chang, Du Wei and Xiao Wei are enormous.

In the face of such a situation, Qiu Xu selected 24000 veterans from the original Wangdu Legion to form a guard elite, and all the others were scattered and mixed into the newly recruited 150000 new army to serve as low-level military positions. But even so, there were still some vacancies in the military positions. Qiu Xu came up with another way, that is, to let the recruits compete in martial arts. He who wins five games in a row is the commander of the army, he who wins ten games in a row is the commander, he who wins 20 games in a row is the uncle, he who wins 50 games in a row is the captain, and he who wins 100 games in a row is the captain.

Because of hunting in the mountains when he was young, er Niu got a remnant of a secret script in a cave. After years of cultivation, he finally reached the peak of blood orifices. He was strong and healthy originally, and with the vigorous Qi and blood of his whole body, he really won 100 matches in a row. However, when he was finally appointed, pan Juchuan, who came from the king's city, not only held the post of school captain, but also was promoted by his relationship. In the end, he didn't even get a captain, so he had to take the position of uncle, commanding three Zou Ge boats and 150 fellow countrymen.

After the incident, all the villagers were angry about Er Niu's experience. However, they had no choice but to pan Juchuan, who had a deep background. However, pan Juchuan took the post of captain of Er Niu. Instead of feeling the slightest gratitude, he entrusted Er Niu with some hard and tiring tasks, such as patrolling the river at night. They would receive them every three or five times.

"Well, take a rest when you're tired. Don't say that again. Our brothers were either farmers in the countryside or hunters in the mountains. The most important thing for us to do is to save our lives in the battle. We are different from those noble children. Once we die, there will be no support for our family, So as long as we can go back alive, the rest doesn't matter Two cattle will palm out of the side of the ship, feel the fog hit in the palm of the cold said.

Ye Zhiqiu and others, who are hidden in the fog, listen to the conversation on the opposite ship clearly. Ye Zhiqiu turns his head and looks at Meng Cang on another ferry three or four meters away, and there is a light in their eyes. In the early days of the great Qian Dynasty, I heard that the Tianxing Sui Fu was very strict, and the nobles often oppressed the common people. However, I didn't expect that the Tianxing army still oppressed the poor people when the country was in danger. However, this is a good thing for them, because only when the other side's morale is unstable can they take advantage of it.

Meng Cang made a few gestures to Ye Zhiqiu, showing the meaning of inquiry in his eyes. He could feel that there were only three boats on the opposite side, and the total number of the three boats would not exceed 200. As long as some military experts were mobilized, the three boats could be captured by one person.

When ye Zhiqiu saw Meng Cang's gesture, he thought for a moment, and slowly shook his head. Now is not the time to scare the snake. If the Zou Ge on the opposite side lights up fireworks, then even if they can bypass the water stronghold and cross the river, they will fall into a bitter battle. For the sake of No. 100, they will fall into a Jedi. It is not worth the loss.

But at this time, er Niu, who put his hand out of the boat, had a slight tremble in his palm, a slight movement in his brow, and a slight look in his eyes towards the fog where ye Zhiqiu's fleet was hiding. Although his eyes were full of hazy fog, er Niu could be sure that there were people there, and there were not a few.

The reason why Er Niu is so sure is that he has been hunting in the mountains all the year round, so that he has developed a pair of noses that are very different from ordinary people. He can judge what animals have passed here before and how long it takes by some subtle smell in the mountains. Just now, he smelled a smell of human sweat in the fog, which was the smell of many people's sweat mixed together, which made Er Niu realize for the first time that the army of Da Qian had begun to cross the river by taking advantage of the fog in the river tonight.

Er Niu slowly takes his eyes back from the fog for fear of being found by the people in the fog. After a while, er Niu stretched himself as if he didn't care. Then he banged on the boat with his fist and said, "we've been out for three hours, and the river has been patrolled almost enough to hand over to pan Juchuan. We're going back to the water village and we're dead."

"Well, I'd like to go back long ago. I'm so sick to patrol the river in the fog and get all wet." The little tiger heard the words fight up, picked up the oars on hand to the other two boats and cried, "brothers, start to paddle, now you can still have a good sleep when you go back."

"Well, I'm already sleepy."

Not long after that, the sound of oars rowing sounded, because Er Niu and others had made an inspection against the current to the West in the middle of the night before, and now it was just downstream. As one oar came into the river, the three boats kept accelerating, and soon left here. Ye Zhiqiu waited for a while, and he could no longer see the fishing lights on the boat through the fog. He couldn't help taking a long breath and waving behind him, One hundred and fifty ferries started again and headed northwest, where ye Zhiqiu had determined the landing site.

"Brother Erniu, what happened? Why do we want to return here?" Just half an hour after ye Zhiqiu left with his army, the three Zou boats, who had just left, came back here again. They are now in the place where the 150 ferries led by Ye Zhiqiu had just berthed.

"Little tiger, don't talk yet." Er Niu waved his hand, and his nose fluttered, carefully distinguishing the taste in the air. After a long time, er Niu said, "the smell I just smelled is not an illusion. Da Qian's army has crossed the river."

"What? Did Da Qian's army cross the river? How many of them are there? " All the people on the Zou Ge were shocked when they heard the words. They and ER Niu were from the same hometown. They didn't know each other for a day or two. Many people even grew up with him. Naturally, they knew that he was different from ordinary people. When the other two Zou Ge heard the cry, they leaned over one after another and learned that Er Niu had just said something, Everyone's face was full of confusion and fear, and he stared at Er Niu's face one after another.

"There are at least 5000 people, and there are mounts. I haven't smelled these two kinds of mounts, but I'm sure they are not ordinary horses. They should be the most elite light mounts in the army." Er Niu's brow was deeply wrinkled into the shape of Sichuan. He was worried when he thought of the terror of the elite in the rumor. Let's just say that the Yulin scouting camp and the fast wind Qingqi that defeated Qiu AO and Zhai Ning last year, as well as the thunder heavy riding that broke through Qiu lie's army in xiaoqingshan, are extremely frightening, because with the strength of Tianxing, there is no way to compete with such an army.

"Five thousand cavalry? Isn't it a war horse After hearing this, everyone exclaimed again, because everyone knew what it meant, because in Guangji County on the other side of the river, there were tens of thousands of fengxiangyunqi garrisons, which were the troops that wiped out the grassland Qingyang empire.

"Brother Erniu, what shall we do? Is it fireworks warning, or return to Shuizhai immediately? " Xiao Hu asked in his trembling voice.

"Yes, brother Erniu, they've been away for half an hour. No matter we're warning fireworks or going back to report, there's no time to stop them. What should we do?" The crowd asked.

Er Niu looked at the pair of eyes that expected him to come up with an idea. He was silent for a long time and said, "now there are 5000 elite light cavalry crossing the river. In half an hour at most, they will land on the north bank and break through the river bank defense. Then there are tens of thousands of troops of Fengxiang left army in Guangji county. Do you think we can hold them by virtue of the troops in the water stronghold?"

After hearing the words, they looked at each other and shook their heads. No one knows what the army in the water stronghold is like better than them. Let's not say anything else. Just look at Pan Juchuan's face. If people like him can sit as a captain, we can see the quality of the army in the water stronghold. If you want to rely on a water stronghold to block the landing daqianjingqi, it's just a fool's dream.

"Brother Erniu, what do you say we should do? Make up your mind. We all listen to you." Little tiger said in a voice

"Yes, brother Erniu, we all listen to you." Everyone agrees.

"I don't know what you think, but I just want to go home alive. Since the water stronghold can't stop the big qianbing front, we will die when we go back."

"Yes, we can't go back. Brother Erniu, where are we going?" Tiger asked.

"Yes, we also want to go home alive. This war is nothing to do with us. We can only watch our family and have enough food every day."

"When we patrol the river these times, we always pass by a reed marsh. Let's go there first and wait for the wind to pass." Er Niu thought and said.

"Brother Erniu, I heard that seven counties in Henan Province have implemented the Da Qian law system one after another. The tax rate is low, and the farmland in the hands of the nobility has been distributed to the people. The first three years can be tax-free. Let's not go south to Guangji county to take refuge with Princess Tianxiang." Junbai, a young man on the boat, said that he had read for two years and was the most literate in the group. Besides, his family had relatives in Guangji county. Some time ago, he wrote a letter inviting his family to cross the river south, so he was very clear about Daqian's policy.

"Not yet. As soon as the war starts, if we go to the south bank at this time, we may be directly arrested." Er Niu shook his head, thought about it and said, "but I can't be a Star Soldier anymore." With that, er Niu took off his armor and threw it into the river.

"Yes, this soldier can't be any more." The rest of them took off their military clothes, paper armour and bamboo armour and threw them out.

"Let's do as brother Erniu said. First, we'll go to the reed marsh to hide for a few days. Many of us are mountain dwellers and fishermen. We don't have to worry about not finding anything to eat. Now five thousand cavalry of Daqian have crossed the river. We'll wait for them to decide whether to win or lose." Tiger looked at the north bank, and then looked at the direction of the south bank, eyes turned and said.

"Then listen to brother Erniu, do it first, and we'll talk about it later." Junbai thought for a while and nodded.

"Now that everyone agrees, let's leave here as soon as possible. Maybe the army on the south bank will also cross the river here. If they meet us, we will all die." Seeing that no one had any more objection, er Niu picked up the oar and rowed toward the reed marsh on the Bank of the river.

At this time, ye Zhiqiu, who has already seen the north bank hazily, suddenly feels a sense of relief in his heart. The sense of crisis just appeared in the middle of the river suddenly disappears. Ye Zhiqiu can't help but turn his head and look behind him, constantly analyzing the cause of the whole thing in his heart.

At the same time, Gu Qingcheng, who had left Jieshan mountain forest, was running with his army. Ten miles in front of her, there was a wolf pack composed of nearly 15000 wolves. The momentum of more than 10000 wolves galloping at the same time is no less than that of some smaller animal tides in history. Especially at the arrow of this wolf pack, there is a huge white wolf, which looks like a real animal tide.

The white wolf king, who runs in the front, makes a low roar from time to time, which drives the whole wolf pack to speed up. Although the road he chooses is relatively remote, the south of Huangyan and the north of Guangji River are the elite places of Tianxing. There are many villages and towns along the way. Even if he avoids opening large towns, it is impossible to avoid all villages, Gu Qingcheng asked him to control the wolves and not hurt the lives of innocent people, so he could only use speed to let the other party have no time to send the news to Xihe county city.

"Pass the order and increase the speed. We must get there before we send the message to Xihe county city." Gu Qingcheng, who was riding on the horse with screw thread angle, yelled at the messenger beside him.

"No The herald took off the red flag behind him, raised his head high, and waved a few times towards the front. In less than ten minutes, there were ten thousand fengxiangyun cavalry, and the speed of galloping increased again. Everyone knows that they are surprise soldiers, and the most important thing is to be quick. Besides, there are wolves in front of them to clean their way, so they don't have to worry about the sudden appearance of enemy troops.

"War is on." Standing on a blue stone on the North Bank of Huangyan River, Yunshu, the first worshipper in the Imperial City, overlooks the southern sky from a distance. With her highest cultivation, she can clearly feel the rising of several military forces and killing intention in the south, and the blood gas column which is formed by military forces is constantly expanding.

"Yes, it is." Mei changju, who once entered the painting scroll of mountains and seas and asked Lu que for wood carving, nodded.

Yunshu looked at the surging river water and asked, "changju, your majesty asked us to worship the imperial city to the south, just to prevent Tianxing and Nanli from participating in the southern Xinjiang war. But we, or the southern CIDU and dark Huang, have never met anyone. Do you think they really don't care about the world, or are they planning something?"

"I can't say that very well, but your majesty said to you and me personally before we left the imperial capital that the defeat of Tianxing kingdom in those years was doomed to the loss of Tianxing, which was written by Emperor Ming who returned to Qingmu from Liyan. Since his majesty of the Ming Dynasty was able to obtain the destiny star in the heavily fortified ancestral temple of Yan's royal family, he must have had conflicts with the star strongmen. Those people may have died in the hands of his majesty of the Ming Dynasty

"Emperor Ming?" Yunshu thought for a moment and shook his head. "Although it's not respectful enough, the cultivation of Emperor Ming may not be higher than you and me, or even worse. It's absolutely impossible for his majesty ming to destroy all the stars."

"That song means that those people have other plans?"

"I don't think so." Yunshu frowned and thought for a while, and asked, "now we have millions of troops gathered in the south, and the general situation has become. Is there any way to let us withdraw?"

Speaking of this, Yunshu and Mei changju look at each other, and they can see the shock and worry in each other's eyes.