Chapter 215

The sky is dim, set up in the North Bank of Guangji, facing the South Bank of Guangji county. Life gradually becomes noisy. Soon a piece of smoke rises in the water village, and the smell of cooking porridge is in the smoke.

Qiu Xu set up the water village himself. Next to the water village, there is a small hill with a height of tens of meters, which is the highest place in more than 100 li. There are temporary wooden watchtowers in the East, West, North and south directions of the hill. From the tower, you can overlook the Guangji river. As long as the Daqian army on the south bank has signs of crossing the river, In the morning, after getting up, he simply washed his face and called his brother-in-law pan Juchuan, who was in charge of the night watch last night.

"Juchuan, last night was your camp vigil. What's unusual?" Chai Yuanjian asked as he drank congee.

"Brother-in-law, there's nothing unusual in the water stronghold, just ~" pan Juchuan stopped here, and his lips opened a few times, but he didn't know how to speak.

"Just what?" When Chai Yuanjian heard that Yan had just raised the bowl to his mouth, he looked up and asked pan Juchuan.

"It's just that the three Zou boats and 150 soldiers I sent to patrol the river last night didn't return to the camp."

"What?" When Chai Yuanjian heard that Yan's hand trembled slightly, and the soup in the bowl splashed out a lot, which made him grin slightly. However, he did not care about this at this time. He put down the bowl and swung his wrist twice, and asked, "when is this? Who is the uncle of the three boats? And isn't the night patrol fleet supposed to return to the water stronghold before dawn? Now it's over an hour. Why do you report now? "

"This ~" pan Juchuan slightly raised his eyes and observed Chai Yuanjian's face. He said timidly, "brother-in-law, I sent three small fleets to patrol the river last night, but Huang Erniu and others didn't return. More than an hour ago, the other two fleets returned one after another. I thought they would come back soon, but after a while, they still didn't come back, Originally, I wanted to report it, but seeing your brother-in-law, you've been sleeping a lot these days. It's hard for me to fall asleep. I just want to wait until dawn to tell you. "

Chai Yuanjian's face suddenly changed when he heard that pan Juchuan was angry. He looked at Pan Juchuan and said, "why is Huang Er Niu again? Your battalion is the largest in the whole water village, with 3000 people. Why do you send Huang Erniu to patrol the river every time you watch the night? I've told you for a long time that you are Huang Erniu's captain. He is the peak of blood orifices when he is young. In addition to his big body, he is a natural strong general. You should make friends with him, Maybe you can save your life on the battlefield sometime. I appointed him as my uncle, which is to let you find a way to promote him to Chengdu captain and let him accept your feelings. Why do you want to suppress him and send him to do the hard work of river patrol every time? "

"Brother in law."

"I've told you many times that this is a military camp. Call me general." Chai Yuanjian said with dissatisfaction.

"Yes, general." Pan Juchuan thought for a moment and said, "this night River patrol is the most important part of night watch. Huang Erniu is bold and careful. His self cultivation is also a first-class existence in our camp, so I would send him out before, and later he became a habit."

Looking at his brother-in-law pan Juchuan's twinkling eyes, Chai Yuanjian could not help frowning deeply. He commanded 30000 troops to garrison along the river, and he could not manage such a detailed thing at all. Each battalion was controlled by its own captain. Listening to what Pan Juchuan said just now, it is obvious that what he said is not the truth. He could not help shouting and asking, "what time is it now? Tell me the truth."

With his brother-in-law Chai Yuanjian's fierce eyes, pan Juchuan could not help shaking his heart, gritted his teeth and said, "general, I'll tell you the truth. In addition to the veterans of Wangdu regiment, most of the recruits in our camp came from Xihe County, and many of them came from the same place as Huang Erniu. I robbed Huang Er Niu of the post of school captain, which made many people dissatisfied. If I don't suppress him and use him to establish prestige, how can I establish prestige in the camp? General, I have no choice but to do it. "

"What?" Chai Yuanjian looked at Pan Juchuan in surprise, and pointed to him with a trembling finger in the deep. He said, "you just set up your prestige. Do you know that it will make more people centrifugal. Now there are 600000 troops on the north and South lines of Daqian. We Tianxing are in danger. It's too late to be kind to the soldiers and kill them. You even use your position to suppress the talented people, What do you think? Have you read about dogs in all these years of books, ah

"General, I ~" pan Juchuan has never seen his brother-in-law Chai Yuanjian show such a furious expression. He was a little flustered for a moment. "Brother in law, don't be angry. I'll send someone to find Huang Erniu now. Last night there was a fog in the river. Huang Erniu was patrolling to the West upstream. There was a large reed marsh there. I think they should have lost their way in the fog."

"Are you eating too much pork and your brain has grown into a pig brain?" Chai Yuanjian can't help but get more angry when he heard that he was clever in the capital. His brother-in-law, who was very fond of military studies, could not bear to lead the army for the first time. He was angry. He pointed to pan Juchuan's head and said, "Huang Erniu and others haven't come back yet. Either they can't bear your pressure, they have fled or something has happened. If it's the former, it's OK, If it's the latter, it means that the army of Da Qian crossed the river in the fog last night. "

"What shall we do, general?" Pan Juchuan hears speech to feel a little at a loss immediately, hastily open mouth asks a way.

"You have to ask me how you read the book of war these years. If you don't immediately send out patrol ships to investigate and ride, search the land and water separately to see if there is a big Army crossing the river, and send orders to the battalions in the water stronghold to do a good job of defense, and the battalions of the water army will get on the ship immediately." Chai Yuanjian said angrily.

"Yes, I'll be right there." Pan Juchuan nodded his head after hearing the speech and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute, send someone to the watchtower on the mound to ask if they have found any abnormality. If they have not been told, if there is any abnormality, they will send a wolf smoke warning immediately."

"I'm going."

When pan Juchuan left the Chinese Army's tent, Chai Yuanjian felt irritable and lost the mood of eating breakfast. He kept pacing in the tent. If it was normal, there were so many people in the army who suddenly disappeared, it was no big deal at all. But now this time is too sensitive. The Fengxiang army on the south bank has been quiet since it captured the seven counties, It's a very disturbing silence. Once Daqian's army really crossed the Guangji river last night, it was not only his dereliction of duty, but also a disaster for the whole Star Kingdom.

"Bao ~" just as Chai Yuanjian wanted to get out of the tent and look around the water village, a soldier came in panting.

"What happened?" Chai Yuanjian was surprised and asked.

"General Bao, boats, a lot of boats. Fengxiang army of Guangji county has crossed the river. Now it's in the middle of the river." Said the soldier, with a look of horror.

"What?" Hearing this, Chai Yuanjian was shocked. He ran out of the tent at the same time. After pulling a horse, he ran to the defensive wooden wall of the water village on the Bank of the river. Today is the day of the Double Ninth Festival. According to Daqian's custom, it's the time of the double ninth exam every two years, and it's the day for Daqian to select talents. Generally speaking, Daqian won't fight on such an important day, because it would make the auspicious day full of blood. It's really a bit unlucky, but Fengxiang army chose to cross the river today, which he didn't expect.

When Chai Yuanjian came to the wooden wall on the Bank of the river, the soldiers were all looking at the direction of the river in horror. At this time, hundreds of walking boats appeared on the river, and there were more than ten Fighting Ships in the middle of the walking boats. There were many dark shadows in the river fog behind the fleet. Obviously, there were a certain number of boats in the river fog.

"Here comes the general. Here comes the general." When several soldiers saw Chai Yuanjian running up the wooden wall, they seemed to have found the backbone and cried out, as if this would bring them courage.

"General, there are more than 15 combat ships in the river fog, which is beyond our expectation. Even if we let the Navy meet the enemy now, we don't have an advantage. What should we do?" A middle-aged man in general's armor came to Chai Yuanjian and said that his name was Chen Guangliang. He was one of the few remaining generals in the army of Wangdu after the bloody battle of Wangdu. Because the man he took refuge with before was Yan Wensheng, the fourth prince. He always acted steadily and had a good reputation in the army. Therefore, Qiu Xu stayed here to assist Chai Yuanjian.

"General Chen, the navy is under your command. What do you say we should do now?" Chai Yuanjian looked at the boat on the river, which was ten times bigger than the ordinary boat. He took a deep breath and asked.

"We don't have any advantage in confronting the enemy head-on. There are only two ways to deal with this." Looking at the approaching fleet, Chen Guangliang thought for a while and said in a flat tone.

"What can I do?"

"The first way is fire attack. Although the wind on the river is not strong, it's north wind. It's relatively favorable for us. As long as we take all the fire oil we've collected in this period and light up the leading Fighting Ships on the opposite side, it may cause chaos and delay each other for a while. However, our star is not from the south, and there is no fierce fire oil in our territory, After the loss of the seven counties in Henan and Guangji warehouse, there was not much tung oil left in the army. Although after more than a month's collection, it could only delay the other party for a period of time. "

At this point, Chen Guangliang sighed. Losing the seven counties south of Guangji river is a bone breaking experience for Tianxing, because it not only means that Tianxing has lost the land and people of the seven counties in the south, but also means that Tianxing has lost its sea power and resources in the south, as well as the most important strategic depth for a medium-sized country like Tianxing.

"What's the second way?" Chai Yuanjian frowned when he heard that he knew how much tung oil there was in the water stronghold. That tung oil was not enough to fight a water war of a decent scale. In particular, the other side had a big ship in the river, such as a fighting ship. The crossbow at the bow of the ship could easily tear the boat to pieces. Most importantly, although there was wind on the river, the wind was not strong. Once the other side's warships are ignited, the other side ignores them. They have no choice, and the other side has more warships than them. Once the water war breaks out, they have no advantage.

"The second way is to stick to the water stronghold. There are hundreds of newly made catapults behind the wooden wall. Although the accuracy is not enough, it is not easy for the other side's warships to escape in the river, as long as they can hit the other side, they can only sink in the river, whether they are walking boats or fighting ships." Chen Guangliang points to the catapults behind the wooden wall. These catapults have been built for more than a month. They rely on quantity to win.

"Let's do it." Chai Yuanjian nodded and said, "I'll give it to General Chen. Now I'll transfer 3000 crossbows from the right Camp to help you. I'll go back to the whole army immediately. I'll come to reinforce you in half an hour at most."

"Good." Chen Guangliang nodded.

"Please." Chai Yuanjian patted Chen Guangliang on the shoulder. Instead of taking the stairs, he jumped down the three or four meter high wooden wall, turned over, got on the horse and sped towards the camp.

At the same time, Yu Tianxiang is standing on the bow of a fighting ship on the river. She is looking at the water village several miles away. Now she can clearly see the figures running on the water village. It is obvious that she is arranging defense.

"Princess highness, the shadow transmission in the opposite side of the village is not panic, but it is obvious that the village has not been raided. Xie Zhiqiu should not have been here yet." Lin Mingxuan, the former Dark Phoenix and red eagle, now the Duke of daqiancheng state, said after Yu Tianxiang that his cultivation can naturally see the situation at the head of Qingshui stronghold.

"Duke Lin, do you know what this flag stands for?" Yu Tianxiang smiles. Instead of answering Lin Mingxuan's words, he points to the bloody Phoenix flag flying on the mast of the battleship.

Lin Mingxuan was slightly stunned, scratched his head and said, "this is the bloody Phoenix flag of Fengxiang army. Weichen only knows that the Changqing army and Fengxiang army first followed the emperor Taizu to fight against the elite of the world. It can be said that the whole army was fought by these two legions, but he didn't know what they represented."

"More than 200 years have passed. Many things have been forgotten. It's normal that you didn't live in Daqian and didn't know." Looking at the flag on his head, Yu Tianxiang said, "both Changqing army and Fengxiang army were later named. When Taizu founded the country, they were not called that. At that time, the founder of the country and several early family leaders of the top ten families had served in the two armies. The former commander of Changqing army was Ren Gongren who was one of Shuangying, and the former commander of Fengxiang army was your ancestor Lin Sheng."

Yu Tianxiang saw Lin Mingxuan open his mouth, a look of surprise, a smile, and said, "after the founding of the country, this army changed its name to Fengxiang army, after the Duke of Lin, Princess Daqian has been the commander, so this flag is also called Princess Daqian flag, where there is this flag, there must be the blood of the royal family of Yu."

With these words, Yu Tianxiang was dazzled at the bloody Phoenix flag. There were eleven princesses who stood under the flag to fight for blood in Daqian's world. Among them, the most outstanding was her aunt, Yu Chuqing, the famous assistant chief princess. She was the 12th princess who stood under the flag, She has no right and no reason to shame the flag, which symbolizes the Royal prestige and the dignity of Da Qian.

"The royal highness of the princess could still laugh so freely before the war, and indeed she did not take the royal blood." Xiao Jun, who had not opened his mouth all the time, could not help showing his approval. However, he still reminded him that "Ye Zhiqiu has not launched an attack on the Shuizhai now. At our speed, he will enter the range of the catapult on the North Bank of the Shuizhai in half an hour. If he has not launched an attack at that time, then we will have to fight a bloody battle."

"What? Is the hand itching Yu Tianxiang glances at Xiao Juntian and says.

"The task of Lin Xiandi and I is to protect the princess and the generals of the battalions. As long as there is no strong one on the other side, we will not fight against ordinary soldiers." Xiao Juntian shook his head.

"Since Lu que believes Ye Zhiqiu and sends him to the south, I also believe him. There's still half an hour left. We'll just wait."