When these fifty people first accepted the task instructed by Cui Yuezhi, they never thought of coming back alive. Hearing what He Yan said at this moment, he was stunned in place for a while.
After a long while, someone asked, "Is this... feasible?"
"I will attract the attention of the Uto people in the front," He Yan said, "However, your boats also need to be arranged according to my arrangement." She actually didn't do array formation on the water, but she doesn't care about that right now. many. However, He Yan looked at the sky in the distance. At the end of the sky, there was a ray of light. The sky was about to dawn. Is there any wind today
Will God be on their side again
But no matter what, fighting is their destiny.
"Pick up the knives in your hands and come with me," she said.
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Dawn finally broke, and the last trace of darkness dissipated. From the front of the canal, a red sun rose. Accompanied by clouds and mists, golden light sprinkled the entire river surface, and Jiyang City was surrounded by a brilliant glow.
The soldiers in the tower blew the horn, and the Jiyang army was ready to go on the bank of the embankment, and the ships docked, like dense black iron.
But seeing a little dark color gradually appear in the distance, slowly, the dark color is getting bigger and bigger, first is a flat line, then the line is getting wider and longer, until the large area of the canal is covered. Only then did I see clearly that it was the ship of the Uto people.
The boats of the Uto people are extremely tall and huge, with Uto soldiers standing at the bow, all wearing leather robes and armor. Everyone in their lives was tall and strong, and before they got close, they laughed out loud, intimidating the Jiyang army here.
"Commander," the voice of a lieutenant behind him trembled slightly: "Their troops..."
"At least 150,000." Xiao Jue said.
20,000 vs. 150,000, this is no longer a victory with less, the disparity is terrifying and makes people feel hopeless.
"Come on board with me." Xiao Jue stepped onto the boat on the shore first.
Compared with the ships of the Uto people, the ships of the Jiyang City Army were too small. The Uto soldiers came from the north of the canal, and the journey was long. Wood should be very precious. Over the years, the Great Wei has been busy pacifying the turmoil between the Western Qiang and the Nanman, which has given the Utuo people an opportunity to take advantage of. Its treasury is not necessarily worse than the Great Wei treasury.
The Jiyang City Army followed Xiao Jue onto the boat, and the boat moved in the direction of the Utuo Army.
The leader who brought troops to Jiyang this time was General Utuo Maqa. Maka was not really tall, and even compared to the surrounding personal soldiers, he looked too short. He was not too old, and he has just stood up now, but he is already famous in the Uto Kingdom, because he is extremely skilled in the military. sneak attack. And because he is the cousin of the lord of the Utuo Kingdom, this time the lord of the kingdom put the 150,000-strong army in his hands and asked him to start the first battle in the Great Wei Dynasty.
For Jiyang, Macha is bound to win.
The spies lurking in Jiyang City have already inquired about the current situation of Jiyang City. A vassal king's territory does not have many soldiers and horses. Over the years, he has been too peaceful and happy. Occupying such a city is actually a piece of cake. The only thing that is difficult to handle is Mu Hongjin, the princess of Jiyang. This woman is very cunning, but she is just a woman. But these days, there seem to be more people in Jiyang City. I heard that a swordsman in white is chasing and killing the secret agents of Uto Kingdom. I don’t know if the rumors leaked. The civilians in Jiyang City have already started to evacuate. Decided to start early.
"Is it Cui Yuezhi who led the troops this time?" Makka said, "I heard that he was also a warrior when he was young, but now that he is older, I don't know whether to mention the knife?"
The surrounding cronies laughed and said, "It's not as good as the general's sword!"
Macha's hand stroked the long scabbard around his waist, "I really want to die under my sword, it's his glory!"
The laughter floated on the river and fell far into the Jiyang City Army.
Xiao Jue stood at the bow of the boat, watching more and more Uto soldiers appear in the distance, and after a while, bent his lips: "Idiot."
"What?" The lieutenant was puzzled.
"All the Uto soldiers are connected end to end, it seems that they are afraid of dying fast enough." Xiao Jue got up and walked in, grabbed the cloak in Chiwu's hand and tied it, and said, "try to stay on the water for a while, someone will chase you. If you want to die, why stop it."
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At the same time, He Yan also boarded the boat full of anointing oil.
The plaster and dry wood of the ship are covered with thick linen, and they look like ordinary military ships of the Jiyang City Army, with military flags on them. Fifty people were divided into ten groups of five.
He Yan and Mu Yi were on the same boat. She said to the others, "Follow me from a distance, don't get close." She took out another piece of paper from her bosom, picked up a charcoal pen on the ground and drew a picture, "Look at this."
There are several boats drawn on the picture, and the one in the middle is circled by He Yan: "I use this boat to attract the attention of the Uto people, and the boats of the rest of you will be arranged in the direction I drew. Listen to the time. I instructed that when I signal, I must burn the boat and dive."
"Can you do it? Miss He," one of them was a little worried, "Why don't you do it for us."
It was too dangerous to be the bait of the Uto people in the past, and he would die if he was not careful. Although no one wants to die, they can't watch a girl take the lead and go to danger alone.
"Don't worry, I have my own arrangements." He Yan tightened the whip around his waist and walked towards the boat first, "The governor has already boarded the boat, let's go too!"
Ships meet in the canal in front of the city gate.
Against the backdrop of countless utopian soldiers and ships, the Jiyang City Army looked as small as ants. However, the young man standing at the front of the bow was dressed in black armor, and his posture was as straight as a sword. The morning glow fell on him, giving birth to thousands of brilliance, which could not be looked down upon.
This was an unfamiliar man, Maka was stunned for a moment, and hesitantly asked the people around him: "This is not Cui Yuezhi, who is this person?"
Cui Yuezhi is a fat man, not a handsome man. But when Cui Yue is absent, where did this person come from? A rookie in Jiyang City in recent years? But in the secret letter sent back by Uto secret agent, this person was never mentioned. Since he is not an outstanding person, how could Mu Hongjin hand over the few city troops to him
"I haven't seen this person." The men beside him said hesitantly: "Maybe Cui Yuezhi can't do it anymore. There is no one in Jiyang City. Mu Hongjin randomly finds someone to take the top. This person is so young, he is not a general at first glance. opponent!"
Maka didn't speak. He was also a general. He naturally had an intuition about whether the other party was embroidering pillows or having real talents. This person looked unusual. He was puzzled, but he didn't have time to think about it. He slowly pulled out the long knife from his waist, pointed it forward, and shouted, "Warriors, come with me!"
For a time, the screams of fighting were loud.
The Uto people also know that once they get ashore, there is nothing that can stop them. Jiyang City is as fragile as paper, and 20,000 people are not enough for them to chop and play. In order to protect civilians, Jiyang City Army can only fight more on water.
It's okay to fight on the water, their boats are big and strong, and killing people on the boats is only a little swaying.
The big boat meets the small boat, like the big fish meets the small fish, cruel and fierce. The big boat almost smashed the small boat, but the small boat was flexible and knew the reefs hidden in the waterway, so it cleverly avoided it. The two armies fought on the ship.
The thief was captured first, and the king was captured first. Maka's target was the young man in black armor and holding a sword. As the two ships approached, he stood on the bow and looked at the person on the opposite bow.
"Commander!" Someone shouted beside him.
Maka narrowed his eyes: "The Governor? Who is Your Excellency?"
"Xiao Huaijin."
Maka felt that the name sounded familiar, but he was extremely arrogant on weekdays. The name of others in his ears was just a name, and he forgot it for a moment. And no one thought that Xiao Huaijin would appear in this place, and only said for a while, "I've never heard of it!"
On the other hand, one of his subordinates said in surprise, "Xiao Huaijin, but General Feng Yun of the Great Wei?"
General Feng Yun
Maka was startled and looked at the person in front of him. As long as you mention General Fengyun, the commander-in-chief of the Right Army, no matter how he usually looks above the top, he doesn't put these soldiers of the Great Wei in his eyes, and he still knows who the other party is. Xiao Huaijin used troops and never lost a battle. He was brave and fierce, and even if he never fought, he was enough to shock the Uto people.
"Are you General Fengyun of the Great Wei?" he said.
Xiao Jue looked at him calmly and said coldly, "Exactly."
Maka slammed the knife in front of him, and his relaxed expression suddenly disappeared.
Although I don't know if it's true, but from the mouth of the young man in front of me, Marka believed 90% of the time! This person is already very imposing, and if it is not a real person like this, how can Mu Hongjin be willing to hand over the Jiyang City Army to him and let Xiao Huaijin take command? Even confidant Cui Yuezhi was useless.
In the letter sent back by the spy Uto, there was no mention of this!
Maka was in a panic, and in the unease, there was a faint eagerness to try. Xiao Huaijin is indeed not simple, but he has only 20,000 people.
20,000 people vs. 150,000 people, no matter how you look at it, he doesn't seem like the one who wants to win. How about the brave general? Just rely on these shrimp soldiers and crab generals? These little poor boats
If he led the Utuo people to defeat Xiao Huaijin, he would be the one who defeated General Fengyun of the Great Wei Dynasty.
For a time, Maka's blood boiled and roared: "Warriors, kill them all! Occupy their cities, take their wealth, and enjoy their women! Kill them!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
The thunderous screams of killing sounded and spread all over the Canal River. The Uto people were cunning and ruthless, and they were bloodthirsty and murderous.
Hand to hand, bloody battle.
The scream of killing reached He Yan's ears, and He Yan looked into the distance. On the river, the two armies were standing together.
Mu Yi asked, "Dudu Xiao has already started. We want to get close to them now."
He Yan shook his head and looked at the sky.
The sky was clear at the moment, cloudless, and not a shred of wind. Her heart gradually sank, and the people from Sitiantai said that there may be no wind today, or there may be wind, but even if there is wind, it is not this time. It's just... Is there really wind in such a celestial phenomenon
Will God really stand on the side of Jiyang City
She looked at Uto's warship in the distance again, which was huge and heavy, especially famous above the canal. She looked at it, suddenly stunned, and after a while, a smile appeared on the corner of her lips.
Mu Yi said, "What's wrong? Miss He, what are you laughing at?"
"I laugh at Uto people who are stupid and don't know it." She said, "Look at the bow and stern, they are all connected together."
Utopia is not a water town like Jiyang, and the soldiers are not good at water. So all the big ships were connected end to end with chains. Uto people probably feel that this move can save a lot of effort, and it will not cause one of the ships to fail to keep up with the team. At a glance, it looks like a fleet.
When maritime merchants take goods, this method is often used end-to-end, but it is really cumbersome to use here. Especially today, they still want to use fire attack.
Mu Yi's eyes lit up: "Just set fire to one of their boats and that's fine." But soon, he became worried again: "Their big boats are strung together, and when the small boats enter, it's like sheep entering the tiger's mouth, I'm afraid they haven't Burn the boat and be surrounded by Uto people."
"Nothing." He Yan greeted the others to board the boat, and said, "You all stay in the place as shown in my picture. I will bring a boat and lead them here."
"Bring it in?" Mu Yi said, "How to bring it in?"
Uto people still don't have to chase a boat. It was possible before. Now that so many boats are strung together, I'm afraid they will keep staring at Xiao Jue's Jiyang army.
"I have my own way." He Yan said.
As soon as the voice fell, a man's voice came over, "A He."
He Yan turned his head and saw that it was Chu Zhao, and was slightly startled.
"You asked Cuijiao to go to the palace to get the clothes that His Highness is wearing. It's not safe outside. I'll tell Cuijiao to go back to Cuijia first and bring it to you." Chu Zhao smiled and said, "Fortunately, I caught up."
"Why is Brother Chu still in Jiyang City?" He Yan asked, "It's not safe here, you should leave with the evacuated people."
This person doesn't even have the strength to protect himself. If... If the Uto people enter the city, he is afraid that he will be more fortunate.
"Even His Highness stayed in the palace and never left, how can I leave my comrades behind? Jiyang is also the land of the Great Wei, and A He can still protect the people in Jiyang. Although I am not as good as A He, I will not escape alone. Going back and forth with friends."
"But you don't have martial arts," He Yan thought for a while, "Forget it, you wait."
She jumped off the boat and walked to a tent stationed on the shore. She didn't go in for a moment, then jumped out again, holding a ball of clothes in her hand and stuffed it into Chu Zhao's hand.
"I bought this at Xiuluofang in Jiyang before. The material is saffron yarn. I heard from the guy selling clothes that it is invulnerable to fire and water. Although I don't know if it's true, but you wear it on your body. , if there is a real emergency, it can also resist one or two." He Yan sighed in her heart, she originally wore this dress inside the armor, she thought it was better than nothing, in case it was really a treasure, she should wear two armors.
But at this moment, seeing Chu Zhaowen standing here weakly, a gust of wind could knock him down, and he felt that it would be better to give him the clothes. Although this person didn't know whether he was an enemy or a friend, he told Cuijiao to go back to Cui Mansion first, and for the sake of not leaving alone, it was considered a sense of loyalty.
Chu Zhao was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak when he saw that the girl had turned around and boarded the boat with everyone. Her back looks extremely unrestrained, and she was quickly overwhelmed by the people around her.
The boat gradually sailed away from the shore and headed towards the center of the river where the screams of killing were the loudest, where swords, lights, swords and shadows were raging.
The boat is like a moth to a flame, swaying, and there is no turning back.
Chu Zhao looked down at his hands. The clothes in his hands seemed to have just been taken off from the woman's body. They were still warm. They were really informal, but... He slowly lifted the clothes. The skirt was long. This was a Women's dress.
He was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and laughed.
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The people in the city hid in their houses, closed the doors and windows tightly, and the young were held in the arms of the old, staring at the door of the house, as if staring at all hope.
Time passed gradually.
There was no one on the street, and Jiyang City, which was very lively on weekdays, was as quiet as a dead city today. In the palace, Mu Hongjin sat in the hall and looked out the door.
The windows were wide open, the willow branches were as gentle as ever, the sky was clear, and there was no wind today.
She lowered her eyes and pinched her fingertips into the soft back of the high seat.
No wind today.
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Next to the gourd's mouth, the soldiers hidden in the dark are like stones, silent and quiet. The archers lie in the shadows, waiting for the Utomen to launch an ambush as soon as they come ashore.
Cui Yuezhi stood behind the tree, always with a kind smile on his face, today is surprisingly heavy. The 150,000 Uto people don't need to fight. Once they enter the city, there will be no way for them to survive. If they hurry faster, the people who are still fleeing on the road will also usher in a disaster.
He brought this part of the Jiyang city army here, in order to prevent them from going ashore and entering the city, becoming the last line of defense in front of the city gate. However, if Xiao Jue can't destroy the main force of the Uto people, most of the Uto people will come here, and with them, they will definitely not be able to stop the wolves going to the city.
Only as He Yan said the night before, using fire attacks to catch these Uto people in one net, and the remaining fish that slip through the net, can they possibly be able to stop them. But the art of fire attack... is it really usable
A Jiyang city soldier was lying in the grass with a bow and arrow on his back. The long weeds covered his face, and it tickled his face slightly, but he remained motionless and didn't even want to scratch.
It wasn't just people who didn't move, the wild grass in front of him, the little flowers blooming on the roadside, the calm water surface, the dandelions as soft as feathers... all remained motionless.
No wind today.
Cui Yuezhi's heart gradually sank. Today there is no wind and the weather is not good. With only less than 20,000 soldiers in Xiao Jue's hands, there is no need to attack, and I am afraid that he will not be able to compete with the Uto people. The so-called ambush here, maybe they ended up being the prey of the Uto people.
How can there be no wind
Xiao Jue's martial master, the swordsman in white who looks very powerful, said to him very confidently: "Don't worry, it must be windy today."
The people from Sitiantai said that 50% of the time is windy today, and 50% of the time is no wind. It is impossible to say, but Liu Bu forgets to say, "Arrange an ambush, and there must be wind today."
Hearing that Liu Buwang, a lay master of Yunlin, would ask questions about hexagrams, so they all believed it. But right now, where is the wind
By the way, what about Liu Bufu
It was only then that Cui Yuezhi remembered. It seemed that he woke up early this morning. When he left the Cui Mansion and came to the camp at the Yanwu Field, he didn't see Liu Doufu.
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The water surface was slightly turbulent, not the wind, but the swaying of the swimming fish in the water.
On the banks of the embankment, the spring grass is fluffy, the peach red willows are green, and in the deep forest with strange rocks, someone is sitting on the ground with a pair of guqin in front of him. This man was dressed in white, his robes were clean and dust-free, his appearance was extraordinarily elegant, and he wore a sword around his waist, like a dashing all-world knight.
Liu Bu Wang looked towards the sky.
The sunlight shone through the trees, casting a golden shadow. It doesn't make people feel hot, just warm. This is a vibrant spring day, and every piece of new green is filled with spring, falling in the gentle water town.
The sound of slaughter in the distance is in stark contrast to the tranquility of the place, and in the not-too-distant place, the difference is clear.
The wind hadn't come yet, but Liu Bu Wang knew that whether it was earlier or later, the wind would definitely come.
Many years ago, the dead end had no chance of life, but after many years, there was a silver lining. He didn't know who the pair of shadows were at first, but now it seems that it is most likely that it is his apprentice He Yan and the young and heroic right army governor Xiao Huaijin.
Since these two are generals, they have fought on the battlefield for many years. Invisibly, they have already saved the lives of many people. This is a merit. Those who are virtuous will not be treated too harshly by God, and they will be blessed by blessings wherever they go. Xu is because of their righteousness and light, and even the dead chess game with Jiyang City has a little more vitality.
These two are people who can play chess to live.
Although I can't see the ending, I may see a trace of vitality. Since there is vitality, it means that the road is not a dead end. So the wind will definitely come, although it may not come too early, but the wind will definitely come.
And what he has to do is to grasp that vitality tightly and help the two to make this game of chess live.
The sound of fighting in the distance seemed to be getting closer, which was not an illusion. Liu Bu Wang looked forward, several big boats... were heading this way.
Uto people are not fools, they will not be hindered by Xiao Jue all the time. When their main force fought against the Jiyang City Army led by Xiao Jue, another team sneaked ashore in the chaos, as long as they got ashore, they controlled the whole. In Jiyang City, the victory of the water battle is only a matter of time.
Cui Yuezhi's men were in Huluzui, which was still some distance away. They thought they were the first line of defense, but they were not. Liu Buwang was the first line of defense.
Among the seven apprentices of Daoist Master Yun Ji, he was the best at the Qimen Dunjia technique. Over the years, he has rarely used this technique because it is extremely exhausting and damages his physical strength. And he is no longer the young man he used to be, even though his white clothes are elegant, his temples are already pale.
However, he will always stay here, guarding her city.
Liu Bu Wang plucked the strings.