Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen

The distance between the two boats was only more than ten feet, I jumped off the top of the boat, hung on the cable, and immediately swung across.Just as he was swinging away from the boat, Cao Wendao was instructing the soldiers to lay the second gangplank. When I passed by him, I startled him and shouted: "Control..." Before he finished speaking, I kicked the boat, and I swung towards Xing Tiefeng's boat.Because of the added force, the castration was very urgent, and he felt the sound of the wind rushing past his ears, and in the blink of an eye, he was already in the sky above Xing Tiefeng's boat.It's just that my boat is bigger than Xing Tiefeng's, and the cables are entangled under my arms, and I can't let go for a while, and it's four or five feet above the ground.

At this time, Cao Wendao was directing the soldiers to put down the second springboard, and the soldiers on the Xing Tiefeng boat were also helping them to hold down the other end, but the snake men were desperately trying to get this springboard open.This time Cao Wendao also behaved himself, soldiers on both sides desperately held down the diving board, and those snake men couldn't get over it for a while.But the snakemen are far more powerful than us, as long as there are a few more snakemen, unless Cao Wendao calls all the hundred or so soldiers in the whole ship to hold down the gangplank, they will definitely not be able to stop their strength.

Xing Tiefeng was commanding his subordinates to fight to the death, but at this time my momentum of ascent had exhausted, I was standing in the air, and I was about to swing back to my boat again.If this reverberated back, I was afraid that if he bumped his head against the side of his own boat, he might be killed by his head.Out of desperation, I let go of my right hand suddenly, and the person fell straight down. Four or five feet in the air, no matter how high or low, when my right hand was loosened, the cable immediately slipped out of my arm, scalding my right arm, and my body fell down.

As soon as the cable was out of my arms, it swung back again.Now I want to go back, but there is no other way, either to fight to the death with Xing Tiefeng and the others, or to repel the snake man and save the day.At this time, I suddenly felt a little funny.Xing Tiefeng has always hated me. If we fight side by side and die together, I don't know what he will think. The man was falling, and the gangplank that Cao Wendao set up was shaking on the deck. After all, the snakeman was stronger than us. The soldiers on the Xing Tiefeng boat had to fight the snakeman rushing towards the ship and hold down the springboard. , After all, it can't stop the strong force of the snake man, and it seems that this springboard is about to turn over again.I didn't think too much, and shouted: "Get out of the way!" The gun in my left hand turned, the tip of the gun rushed down, grabbed the barrel of the gun with both hands, and slammed towards the diving board.

This is a variation of the Lazy Dragon Shuclaw Spear given by Master Wu Zhao.When Mr. Wu Zhao demonstrated it to us, he used his strength to the extreme, and he could pierce a big tree with a single shot.The ingenuity of this shot lies in the combination of strength and skill. Although I am not as good as Wu Zhao teacher, this shot is also very stupid due to the limitations of the surrounding situation, but the power is borrowed from the falling force, and I am confident in the technique It is almost the same as Teacher Wu Zhao. With a "bang", although the ship is made of very hard wood, my shot still pierced through the nearly two-inch thick gangplank, piercing through the deck, and the point of the gun went straight down. Surprisingly, more than a third of it disappeared, as if a huge nail had been driven into the springboard.

This time, unless the snake man is strong enough to break the gun barrel, he won't be able to overturn the springboard at all.I used my strength to fall onto the deck, and felt my heart beating wildly. This shot is definitely beyond my ability.It seems that even when people are in a hurry, they can have such huge power. If this shot is aimed at the snake people, I don't think they can stop them no matter how powerful they are. As soon as I landed on the deck, I could only hear Cao Wendao and the others cheering.This time a gangplank had already been erected, and almost at the same time, another gangplank was erected next to it, Cao Wendao led several soldiers and rushed over first.

It seems that I won this battle again. I couldn't help being a little proud, but Cao Wendao exclaimed: "General Chu, be careful!" Seeing that the snake men clinging to the ship's wall could no longer prevent us from laying the gangplank, they rushed towards the ship with all their strength.They must take over the deck before we can come to this ship for reinforcements.A snake man climbed the fastest, with half of his body sticking out, holding a short-handled broadsword in one hand, dancing like a wheel, and grabbing the railing with the other hand, the lower half of his body was thrown up violently, already entangled in the On the railing, this knife cut flatly, it was aimed at me.

Its knife is a machete unique to southern Xinjiang. It has a thick back and a thin blade. The blade alone is four feet long, and the handle is five feet long. It can weigh forty or fifty catties.This saber can only be used by those who are tall and tall in the army. Although the snake people are mostly between one and five to two feet in length, due to their thin bodies, it seems a bit top-heavy to use this kind of saber, but in fact, They are used with ease, although they have no tricks, but under their terrifying power, the saber is like a stormy sea, unstoppable. I put my right hand on my waist, and kicked my foot violently. I took two steps back like lightning. I felt a pain in my back and a shock all over my body. I must have retreated to the side of the cabin wall. The knife almost brushed against my body.

If the cabin is bigger, I'm afraid I will be chopped off by this knife.I couldn't help but feel heart palpitations, and before I could be thankful, I heard a scream from the right, and two soldiers couldn't retreat, and were hit by the knife.The knife went too fast, one soldier was cut in two along the middle, and the other soldier was on his right, and the knife also cut his stomach.The soldier who was cut in two was killed immediately, and the blood spurted out. The other one didn't die, and the scream was probably made by him, but his current body is only connected to the back, and the wound on his stomach is so big , Even the intestines flowed out, and there must be no salvation.

The blood spilled on my face and on the railing, the snake man was the first to bear the brunt, his whole body seemed to have just been scooped out of the blood.The two soldiers died so terribly, but others didn't seem to see it. The snake man had just passed by with a knife, and immediately two more rushed straight over.They were using long guns, and one of them came charging and was standing in front of me.Two shots were fired at the same time, and the snake man was entangled on the fence, how could he get away?The knife was used with too much force, and it couldn't be retracted for a while. The two spears pierced into the snake man's body at the same time. The snake man also screamed. The soldier in front of him was pierced through the chest.

Although the knife was swung by the snake man in a hurry, the power was still terrifying. The spear in the soldier's hand was still stuck in the snake man's body, but his own body had already been stabbed in the chest by the snake man's knife, piercing through his back. out, almost cut in half from it. Another burst of blood spurted out. I couldn't bear it anymore and shouted: "Monster, die!" On the ground, blood pooled up like water, and even the internal organs of the three soldiers who died in battle fell on it, but when I rushed forward, I didn't know it, my foot made a mistake, and the soldier's body in front of me flashed, and my hand was full of blood. The knife has risen and fallen rapidly.Baipi Dao is sharp, the snake man's sword is not in the soldier's body yet, so how can it dodge this time?A knife was cutting off its arm holding the knife, and its body was nailed to the railing by two spears, and it couldn't dodge it. The arc flew towards the snake man's chest. This snake man has no strength to fight back, I could have cut its throat with a single knife, but it is too ferocious, I want to let it taste the taste of disembowelling.Unexpectedly, just as I was about to strike with the saber, I felt a blackness in front of my eyes, a long shadow, like a rainbow, rolled over the snake man's head, and suddenly appeared in front of me. Slowly, with a push on the wrist, two knives have been slashed horizontally and vertically. This cross knife is a brilliant move taught to me by the sword teacher in the military academy. Because the two swords are used extremely quickly, the direction is vertical.The snake man in front of him jumped over flatly, it was a live target, he succeeded with two knives, one horizontal and one vertical, at the same time, the snake man turned sideways like this, waiting to die like this, although his body was covered with scales, but with the benefit of a hundred swords, Even if the scale armor on its body is made of iron, it can still be cut open. Although the two knives were not long, but because they were in the shape of a cross, the snake man's chest opened like a torn drum.Although the wound was not big, the viscera inside was squeezed out, forming a big bag at the wound.I was just wondering, but I heard the snake man who came up first yell: "Age!" But the snake man who came up later slammed into it, a section of the railing was knocked down, and the snake man fell straight into the boat. what is it doing I couldn't help being stunned for a moment, but immediately realized that it was to save that snake man. Maybe it's called Argo?I know that the snake people have names. When I went to the snake people's camp to take Shen Xiping's head, the leader of that group of snake people was Shandu, and the snake person captured later called himself "Xicha".If you don't think about their strange shapes and just listen to these names, the snake people are no different from barbarians.And this snake man named "Age" sacrificed his life in order to save another snake man, which is no different from a noble-hearted human being. Holding the Baipi knife, I stared blankly at the snake man, not knowing what it was like.Now the snake man is writhing on the ground, I only need to stab it to death, but I seem to be facing a person, and I can't do it. At this time, a white light flashed in front of my eyes, and with a "cha", a big knife fell, and the head of this snake man named Age was chopped off by the knife. I heard Cao Wendao shout: "Control, are you okay?" I raised my head, only to see that several soldiers led by Cao Wendao had rushed to Xing Tiefeng's boat.It was very windy and rainy, and it was not easy for them to walk across the only one springboard. When I looked up, I saw a soldier slipped and fell into the water with an "ah".The snake men in the water were huddling together densely. As soon as the soldier fell into the water, it was like falling into a millstone. In a blink of an eye, there was nothing left. The rain was heavy again, and his blood was also on the river immediately. The center was scattered, as if there was not much blood, and the surrounding soldiers seemed to have seen nothing, and they still rushed over one by one. But no matter how heavy the rain, blood is still blood.On the deck, blood was flowing everywhere, and on the surface of the river, this part also had a faint red color. I said, "General Cao, do snake people count as human beings?" Cao Wendao probably never dreamed that I would ask such a question, and he shouted: "Controller, when is it time for you to think wildly!" He held a long knife in his hand and slashed at a snake man who was climbing up.Now several ships have built gangplanks. There are more and more people on board, and the draft of the boat is getting deeper. The deck is only five feet away from the water. It is much easier for the snake man to climb up, but we cut down on the deck. They're also easier.The number of this group of snakemen seems to be much less than the last time we met. Xing Tiefeng's ship is a new ship. Sheng, under the ebb and flow, those snake men were unable to get on the boat even though they were attacking fiercely. We won this battle again.However, this time I didn't feel the joy after victory, so I turned to a soldier and said, "Give me your gun, and you can send an order so that the ships don't have to come here for reinforcements." There are more than 300 people staying on Xing Tiefeng's boat now.These boats are limited to a maximum of 150 people. If there are 300 people on board, I am afraid that they will capsize if they are not careful.The soldier nodded and said, "Decree." I took his gun and rushed over to the side of the boat.The railing here was knocked down by that Agger, and it is logical that it is the easiest place for the snake people to climb up, but the offensive of these snake people is also weak like a wave, and their corpses are also piled up around the ship. The snake man also seemed to have lost his will to fight. Perhaps snake people are really more and more like humans, with human feelings and wisdom, but also human fear.In the past in Gaojiu City, after the Snakemen attacked the city, they almost stepped on one by one. The casualties didn't seem to matter to them at all. Their morale could be said to be non-existent, and they would always move forward like this crazily.But only a few months later, these snake people turned out to be a bit like humans, and it was obvious that their morale was weakening now. This is not good news.I thought silently.For direct combat, it is naturally easier to deal with a group of rational people than a group of lunatics.But snake people are becoming more and more human-like. Is it really because the emperor of heaven chose them to be the masters of this world? There was a faint chill in my heart.I really don't want to believe this is a reality, and I'd rather the snake people be some tougher beasts so I wouldn't have to think twice about killing them.But now, if you don't care about the snake man's appearance, is it any different from killing people? The snake man finally couldn't stop it.At this time, the boats had already formed a square array with Xing Tiefeng's boat as the center. When those snake men were swimming to escape, as soon as they came out of the water, they were immediately attacked by arrows like a rainstorm.Only now did I realize that this group of snake men was indeed very small, at most two or three hundred, and their weapons were similar to those of last time, all of which were knives and guns that were not suitable for water warfare. Perhaps, this group of snake people was separated from the thousand or so snake people?Or, was it simply the one who escaped from the more than a thousand snake men?After this round of fighting, very few escaped from the Fangyuan Formation, about a dozen or so.In the rain, I saw those snake heads bobbing up and down on the water, fleeing to the shore.If it wasn't for the heavy rain, the power of the bowstring dipped in water would be greatly reduced, and these snake men would not be able to escape. It was raining heavily, so I stroked my hair and said, "Don't chase after the poor, let them go." In such a heavy rain, arrows can't be used, and Ren Ji's thunder crossbow didn't do much in this battle. I really don't want the soldiers to take the risk of chasing these dozen snakemen.If the whole army presses up, these dozen or so snakemen are by no means opponents, but as soon as they go ashore, their true strength can be displayed, and we are afraid that we will suffer greater losses. I really don't want to chase and kill these few snakemen Let the soldiers take the risk.What's more, the snake people don't swim very fast on the ground, and they certainly won't rush back before us.The result of this victory was not great, but it also let me know that we are not vulnerable in front of the snake man. If we can seize the opportunity, have the correct command, and the soldiers are capable, then we can also win the victory . Xing Tiefeng's boat was already scarred and in danger.He fought hard this time, and was stabbed in the shoulder. When he reported to me, the injured arm was also wrapped in a cloth, and half of his body was stained red under the rain.When I was the centurion of the Vanguard Battalion with him, I couldn't get used to the children of these aristocratic families, but now that I think about it, I was a bit self-righteous then.Although they have nothing to say to me, they are also soldiers, fighting and fighting with me.Although the children of the aristocratic family are promoted faster than us ordinary children, they are also promoted through accumulation of merit. Now I feel somewhat guilty for my prejudice against him. After comforting Xing Tiefeng a few words, more than ten people in his boat died in battle this time.In the two confrontations, the Vanguard Battalion served as the main force, with more than 1,300 people. Among the more than 30 people who died in the previous battle, 27 were from the Vanguard Battalion.Although the number of snake people this time is far less than last time, the combat power of this group of snake people seems to be stronger than the previous batch. Proportionally, our loss is greater than last time. I was ordering the military medical officer to come over and treat the wounded, while returning to my ship.When I got to the diving board, a soldier was pulling out the spear I had planted on the diving board. The gun was pierced so deep that he couldn't even move. When he saw me approaching, he saluted and said, "Commander, the villain should be damned. I can't draw your gun." Nearly half of the gun had sunk into the deck, as if it had taken root.I wiped the rain from my face and tried it, but when I started, I felt that my arms and legs were weak, and I only let the gun loosen a little, but it still couldn't move.When I stabbed it down, I took advantage of the force of the fall and added my own strength. Now I am a little tired, and there is really no way to pull it up.I smiled wryly and said: "No, I can't pull it out either, let's call a few people over to help, if it really can't be pulled out, then I have to let Gongzheng come and saw off the barrel of the gun." The soldier touched the gun barrel and said: "This gun barrel is very good, it's a pity to saw it off, I'd better call a few more people to try." He was about to greet others, when a soldier beside him suddenly said, "Let me try." The voice was also very calm, and the soldier was overjoyed, and said: "Chen Zhong, you can probably pull it up, come and try." This Chen Zhong was born extremely stocky, with a square face and a square body, his whole body was almost like a rock, the soft armor on his body was almost flowery, and there were bloodstains everywhere.He walked up to the gun, looked at it first, rubbed his hands together, half bent down, grabbed the gun barrel, and let out a loud roar, with a "boom", accompanied by the sound of wood breaking, the gun shot It grew two feet. What a powerful force!I couldn't help being surprised for a while.At the beginning, Pu Anli was known as the number one fighter in the vanguard battalion, but his strength seemed to be slightly inferior to that of Chen Zhong.This Chen Zhong was not amazing in appearance, nor particularly tall and burly, but he did not expect to be so strong. The spear was originally seven feet long, but three feet were pierced into the deck, and after two feet were pulled out, there was still one foot not in the deck.Chen Zhong moved his hand down, stepped on the springboard with one foot, and with another force, the spear was pulled out with a "crack", and a crack appeared on the springboard.Chen Zhong held the gun in his hand, his face flushed red for a moment, and he couldn't help panting. After going to the battlefield, there is a weapon that is in my hand, which is related to whether I can come back alive from the battlefield. This long spear is specially picked out from the armory. The handle of the gun is made of jujube wood from the north , purple swarthy almost like fine iron.I remember that after I picked out this gun, I asked Mr. Wu Zhao to have a look. He tried it and praised my vision greatly, saying that although the head of this gun is only made of iron, the barrel of this gun is really rare. Good stuff, strong and tough, enough to hold hundreds of catties.It's just that after the wooden gun shaft penetrates the human body, it can be withdrawn smoothly. Once it penetrates into the wood, it is even more difficult to withdraw.When Mr. Wu Zhao was demonstrating our marksmanship, he got excited for a while and pierced a tree with a single shot, but he couldn't pull it out later. The tree with the gun still remains in the military academy to this day, so that the students who came later I was speechless at first sight.In fact, to pierce a big tree, technique is more important than strength. If I want to pierce that tree now, although I may not be able to pierce through it like Teacher Wu Zhao. I can do it.Although the thickness of the gun piercing into the deck is much smaller than that of the tree, it takes four or five times more force to pull it out than to pierce it in.Although Chen Zhong struggled to pull it out, he was finally able to pull it out. His strength is probably four or five times stronger than mine.My strength is not small, he is so much bigger than me, then he is really a natural fighter, Chen Kaidao, one of the twelve generals at the time, was known as "strengthening nine bulls", his strength is as great as a god, Chen Zhong's Compared with him, his strength is almost the same. Chen Zhong handed me the gun, and I sighed sincerely: "Are you called Chen Zhong? Your strength is really amazing. I'm afraid that General Chen Kaidao back then is only as good as you." Chen Zhong smiled wryly and said: "The control made fun of it. The ancestor of the family is a famous general under the emperor, and the villain is just a small soldier. How dare he stand shoulder to shoulder with the ancestor of the family." Is he a descendant of Chen Kaidao?I couldn't help but startled, but immediately relieved.The age of the twelve generals has been hundreds of years from now, and their descendants have gone through these hundreds of years, although there are still a few direct lineages, but they no longer serve in the army, and their family backgrounds are not as prominent as before.It is not surprising that Chen Zhong is probably a collateral descendant of Chen Kaidao, but now he is just a commoner. I took the gun and said: "Chen Zhong, a famous general is also an ordinary person, and his ancestors are famous far and wide. With you as a descendant, the heroic spirit of General Chen Kaidao should also be gratified." Back on my boat, I handed the gun to Cao Wendao to put it away, and Zhen Yining ran over and said, "Tong Zhi, there are people from those two ships who want to see Tong Zhi." It's the two ships we saved, right?I said, "OK, where is he?" Zhen Yining said: "The leader is Shang Ben, and he is in your cabin." I said, "Go and have a look. Did he say which army he is from?" "They are ships sent by General Shao Fengguan to urge food, not defeated soldiers from the city." I couldn't help smiling, and my heart widened.Zhen Yining also knew that I was most afraid of hearing the news that they were the defeated soldiers of Dongping City, so she knew what I meant when I asked.I said, "Did they have any losses?" "Fortunately, they withdrew immediately after the attack. They haven't confronted the snake people yet, so there is no loss." "It's fine if not, let's go and see him." Saying "it's fine if you don't have it", that's my truth, but I'm also somewhat indignant at them for fleeing without a fight.They didn't lose a bit. Although we won and lost little, we still lost more than a dozen people in battle. As soon as he reached the door of the cabin, Zhen Yining rushed forward, pushed open the door and said, "General Shang Ben, our control is back." I stepped into the hatch, but saw three people knelt down together and said: "The last general of the Dongping garrison, Centurion Shang Ben, has seen Chu Tongzhi." When I saw them, I couldn't help but startled.The three of them knelt in the shape of Pin, and the first one looked to be Shang Ben, with one arm hanging by gauze, some blood oozing out. Unexpectedly, they were all wounded soldiers.The previous displeasure towards them immediately evaporated, I helped him up and said: "General Shang, please stand up, how is the battle going on in Dongping City?" Shang Ben stood up, still very respectful and authentic: "Controlling, the snake man broke through the water army in the city earlier, and the ships were greatly damaged, but the Second Highness and General Shao defended well, so there is no serious problem. General Shao ordered us The wounded who couldn't go to battle formed a food urging team, but it was never expected that the snake people would sneak attack here, or the non-commander came to help, and our team of 300 people must have no luck. Shang Ben will always remember the grace of saving lives." I don't care if he remembers it or not, but I heard what he said to urge the food team, and said anxiously: "How is the food in the city? Is it enough?" Shang Ben looked at me with some doubts, probably he didn't understand why I was so concerned about this issue.Naturally, he didn't know the tragic situation when I was out of food when I was trapped in Gaojiu City by the snake man when I was marching south with Marquis Wu.I'm really afraid that Dongping City will repeat the mistakes of Gaojiu City, and the Snake People are playing our old trick of encircling four generals, deliberately letting reinforcements come in continuously to consume the food accumulated in the city. Shang Ben said: "Don't worry about the control, there are still 20 million catties of surplus grain in the city, and 240,000 soldiers and civilians in the city, even if they only use the surplus grain, it will be enough for March. One year is enough. General Shao ordered me to wait to collect food, but he really asked me to go to the farm to recuperate." Tuntian was originally practiced only in areas in the northwest where there were few people. Zhijiang Province was known as rich and prosperous. Unexpectedly, Shaofengguan also practiced the system of tuntian.I said, "Where are you farming?" "Two hundred miles to the east of Dongping City, there are thousands of miles of fertile land. There used to be many villages. Since the snake men attacked, the villages in the south of the Yangtze River have moved north one after another. General Shao ordered us wounded soldiers to gather the victims on the north bank of the river and set up a fort along the north bank of the river. Tuntian, on the one hand, allows the victims to have a safe place to live, on the other hand, it also deploys defenses along the river, and the strong and strong among the victims can also supplement the casualties of Dongping City after training." Shao Fengguan has such vision!I can't help admiring secretly.His idea is extremely grand. Zhijiang Province has a population of one million, among which Dongping City has 200,000 people.The land here is fertile, and there is a war. I am afraid that the people in the south of the Yangtze River will flee north. If there is no place to settle, these people will compete with the original residents in the north of the Yangtze River for food.In Shaofengguan's way, one is deployed along the river, and the two have a solid rear. The transportation on the big river does not need to rely on the strength of horses and horses, and the cost is very low. Dongping City relies on water, and has a steady stream of supplies. If the enemy If it weren't for these snakemen whose combat strength far exceeded expectations, Dongping City would have been more than enough to hold on for decades. I thought I had the shadow of a famous general. It seems that my current director is nothing more than fighting on the battlefield, which is really different from a real famous general.Maybe Shao Fengguan is closer to the famous general. I sighed: "General Shao is really amazing. General Shang, do you still want to go east now?" "Yes. There are many skilled carpenters in this ship. We are mainly responsible for shipbuilding. Since the water army in the city was defeated, the ships lost a lot. None of the armies in the field were able to build ships. Commander Chu, thank you for your help. Grace, it's time for us to go." I thought for a while and said, "Okay. But you have to be careful, in case there is another ambush by the snake man." Just as he sent Shang Ben away, he suddenly heard a voice shouting from the bow: "Where is the control? I want to see him!" The voice belonged to Tao Changshi.I walked across the cabin and said, "General Tao, I'm here." Then Tao Changshi and Liu Shixian came over.It was still raining heavily, Zhen Yining did not know where to find an umbrella to support me.Although it was still bright now, the rain was too heavy, and their figures could not be seen clearly. Hearing the sound, Tao Changshi was full of anger.When he came to me, there was a sudden "boom", and the two of them knelt down at the same time.I was taken aback and said, "General Tao, General Liu, why is this?" Tao Changshi said: "The two of us were ordered to obey the Commander's command, and since then the Commander has regarded us as subordinates. However, I am afraid that the two of us have committed unforgivable crimes. Please punish the Commander." I was a bit puzzled and asked, "Why did General Tao say that?" "Tanzhi, before departure, did Tongzhi say that the wolf soldiers and the vanguard battalion will advance and retreat together?" "yes." "Then why did the Commander only let our army sit on the sidelines and take credit for the vanguard battalion in these two consecutive battles? Previously, it could be said that it was due to the limitations of the camp, but this time it really surprised the general. I think we have committed a heinous crime, and the Commander is unwilling. For the sake of our meritorious deeds, please control and punish." They want to fight for success.I couldn't help but a little bit dumbfounded.In fact, the contribution of the two thousand wolf troops is not small, but the two snakemen attacked the vanguard battalion head-on, and their losses were small, so the credit was naturally small.I pondered for a while and said: "General Tao, General Liu, please don't be suspicious, if Chu Xiuhong has this heart, heaven and man will punish him together." "Since this is the case, the last general asks for orders. This time, General Qian Wenyi and General Xing Tiefeng's troops have suffered heavy losses. My original headquarters was the forward. Please make it complete." What he said was not bad. The vanguard battalion originally had only 1,300 people. After being divided into these three parts, although the number was slightly larger, the two attacks by the snake people were all directed at the vanguard battalion. Although our losses were not heavy, the casualties totaled There were less than a hundred men, and only one ship was damaged, but the vanguard battalion was already a bit blunt, and the wolf soldiers were almost unscathed, so it was not a bad idea to let him be the vanguard.I thought for a while and said, "General Tao is dedicated to serving the country. I really admire it. Since General Tao is asking for a general, then I will accept General Tao's invitation. For the next hundred miles of travel, General Tao's troops will be the forward, and the front camp will be the right wing." , General Liu is on the left wing, and the front line is advancing." After I arranged it like this, they responded with an "order" and stood up, but their faces were still somewhat dissatisfied.Looking at their backs, I couldn't help being upset for a while. To command such a few people, there are so many things. If I am asked to command an army of 100,000, then I am afraid that I will vomit blood just by dispatching these generals. After Tao and Liu left, I asked Zhen Yining to change the formation, and the forward battalion was transferred to the right wing, and Tao Changshi's army came to the center.Fortunately, there are not many people now, and it is easy to change the formation. It is only a short delay to change the new formation. The fleet set off again in the rain.I looked at the new row of tombs on the shore, but my nose couldn't help but sore. The rain was still heavy, making my black moon armor shiny, and the clothes under the armor were already soaked.I leaned on the rail of the boat and stood silently. Human life may be the most precious thing for a person, but in war, life is such an insignificant thing. In the shadow of swords and swords, life and death are just a matter of an instant.Some of those who died in battle don't even know their names. At this time, someone came to me and held an umbrella over my head.I turned my head, it was Zhen Yining, he probably finished giving the order and came down.I forced a smile and said: "Zhen Yining, it's raining heavily, you go in first." Zhen Yining also had a worried look on his face, and said, "Tongzhi, why haven't you shown any joy after this victory?" His words were like a knife, and I was almost dizzy for a while.But how should I say it?That I actually don't want to fight at all, I just want to live my life in peace? "Zhen Yining, you're just new to the battle, and you'll get to know it slowly." It's still raining.I looked up at the sky and sighed deeply. The ship is advancing at high speed, should we arrive at Dongping City tonight?The tragic battle has only now really begun to lift the curtain. Now the fleet is sailing on the river.Although it was going up against the current, it was going with the wind. Although the speed of the boat was not as fast as on the river, it could still reach Dongping City in two hours.But it was already afternoon, and it must be midnight when we arrived at Dongping City. After dusk, the rain gradually thinned, and when it got dark, the rain finally stopped.As soon as the rain stopped, the soldiers on each ship took time to change out of the clothes that had been soaked by the rain before, and there was only a commotion on the river.I also went back to the cabin to change my underwear and wipe off the black moon armor.The black moon armor is just a half body armor, mainly protecting the upper body, and it is not too heavy, but it is not easy to wipe it off.I wiped it carefully with a dry cloth, and under the oil lamp, the nail leaves began to shine again. At this time, someone knocked on the door, and I said, "Come in." It was Cao Wendao who came in.As soon as he entered the door, he said: "Controller, the boat that was sent out to explore the way has returned." I frowned.This time I sent four small boats to explore the way ahead, so that even if something happens, at least one boat will be able to come back.When Shang Ben and the others were attacked, we could calmly deploy the formation only if a small boat from the Pathfinder came back to send a message.The soldiers who explore the way will not come back if they have nothing to do.When they came back to report, I'm afraid something happened in front of them.I said, "Is there anything unusual?" "They can already see Dongping City, and it seems strange that Dongping City is brightly lit." Brightly lit?My heart skipped a beat.This sentence probably means that there is a war in the city, otherwise the city would not waste candles.I stood up and said, "Let's go and have a look." "They are already on our boat. In addition, Tao Changshi also sent someone to ask for an order to speed up and arrive at Dongping City as soon as possible." As soon as I stepped out of the cockpit, I saw that the deck was full of people.Cao Wendao shouted: "Get out of the way, what does it look like, there is no military discipline at all." The soldiers stepped aside when they heard the sound, revealing a few soldiers among them.As soon as those soldiers saw me, they came forward and knelt down and said, "Information, there seems to be a fierce battle in Dongping City." I looked ahead, and now I can only vaguely see some lights in the distance, presumably there is Dongping City, and I can't see anything unusual.I said, "Is it just lights?" The two soldiers looked at each other, one swallowed and said: "Controller, we saw some broken ship planks in the water, and... dead bodies floating over, looking at the clothes, they are the dead bodies of soldiers in the army." Is there a dead body floating over?I walked to the side of the boat and looked at the water. The soldier didn't know what my purpose was, but said, "I can't see it now, maybe I didn't float over." On the surface of the water, only some fallen leaves and twigs were floating down the current. I watched a twig floating towards the bow of the boat and counted my pulse.An hour is divided into four quarters, I counted, and my pulse is about 10,000 times per hour.My pulse beat fourteen times as the branch floated from bow to stern.The total length of the boat is eight feet and seven feet, and the current speed of the boat is thirty miles per hour. After deducting the speed of the boat, the current speed of the current is about ten miles per hour. We are still about twenty miles away from Dongping City. Dead bodies can float Here, it was two hours ago. A battle rarely lasts for two hours.If the battle in Dongping City hadn't ended yet, then the snake man's attack this time would probably be like the battle of Gaojiu City's destruction of the city, with no end to death.I couldn't help trembling with my fingers pressing my pulse, and stared blankly ahead. At this moment, a soldier came over and said, "Tan Zhi, my General Tao, please order, please command the whole army to speed up, and must arrive at Dongping City as soon as possible." That's the soldier in the wolf soldier, right?I looked at him.This person was full of spirit and fighting spirit, as if he didn't care about it at all.Perhaps, he didn't even think about what a battle that lasted for two hours meant.But it is also right to speed up. We arrived a moment earlier, which will be of great help to the war in Dongping City.However, in the past few days on the ship, I took the time to review the manuscripts of Tingtian's "Seven Essentials of the March" and "Strategy for Victory in the Army". A tall ship is the way to win." Water warfare is ever-changing, so it is not possible to become a famous general in water warfare just by reading a book, but I don't have the advantages of relying on the upper reaches and riding a high ship as mentioned above. According to the art of war, I must Undoubtedly defeated? The soldier thought I hadn't heard, and said again: "Control, General Tao Changshi, please order that the whole army should speed up, please command the order." I nodded and said: "Admissible order. But please report back to General Tao Changshi, don't advance rashly, keep a distance, and the forward can't advance too fast." The soldier saluted and said: "I have to order." He turned around and got off the boat.等他一走，我对站在我身边的曹闻道道：“曹将军，你觉得，城中是在苦战么？” 曹闻道侧耳听了听，只是道：“现在不太确定，不过统制，你看见东平城的亮光么？光头虽大，照得并不高。如果是当初高鹫城一样，城中大火四起，那这些光势必要直上云霄。但此时城中的灯光虽然很多，却起得不高，可见那是些火把灯烛之光，看来东平城行有余力，就算有战事，多半并不处下风。” 我微微一笑道：“曹将军，你想的和我一样。东平城这么亮，恐怕确有战事，我们一味冒进，于事无补，反而会让城中守军掣肘。从长计议，不如稳健为上。步步为营，时刻让人在前探路，不要自乱阵脚。” 曹闻道也微微一笑道：“统制，要是老曹不死，以后请统制多多提携。” 他突然冒出这么一句，让我有点摸不着头脑。我道：“此话何解？” “统制你用兵已大似陆爵爷，假以时日，你未必不会如爵爷一般，由军功封爵的。到时，可要请楚将军你多多提拔我了。” 我不禁一笑道：“曹将军，认识你以来，第一次知道你原来是个马屁精，倒是看不出来。” 曹闻道长相有些象柴胜相，胡子拉碴的，看起来很有点忠厚样。他听得我这么说，却有些惶恐地道：“统制，末将无礼，请统制恕罪。” 我叹了口气道：“何罪之有？希望我有朝一日能和陆将军一般。” 说起陆经渔，曹闻道也深深地叹了口气。陆经渔这个不世出的名将，他的最后一战却如此窝囊，根本没什么表现，实在让人唏嘘。可是在我心里，隐隐地又在想着：“有朝一日，难道我不能胜过陆经渔，甚至胜过那庭天么？” 一发现自己在想这个，我不由得一凛。也许是因为接连两个胜仗，斩杀一千多个蛇人，让我有些得意了。兵法上也说“骄兵必败”，我自己能意识到自己有些骄傲，但那些士兵能意识到么？ 我看了看周围的船只。在江面上，星星点点的，几十艘船正在加快行驶，我心头却涌上了一丝惧意。 离东平城还有两里时，隐隐听得有一些厮杀声传来。因为正起东风，这声音支离破碎，也听不出城中战况如何。我叫起正在休息的甄以宁，让他跟在我身边，一块儿站在舱顶观察周遭形势。离东平城渐渐近了，现在必须要加倍小心。一想到又要守城，高鹫城中的那些事又象一个挥之不去的噩梦一般萦绕在眼前。 了望台上的甄以宁忽然大声道：“统制，陶将军发现水上有敌情，他准备全速前进，要我们跟上。” 现在虽然顺风，却是逆水，船能开到每个时辰四十里，已是把大部份士兵都充作桨手了。陶昌时的狼军颇谙水战，他们的桨手比前锋营要强得多，大概还能再加快一些，但前锋营却已勉为其难了。如果他一味求快，那这个锋矢阵便要被打乱，我急道：“命令他保持队形，不得乱了阵势。” 但是我也知道已经没有用了。前方的狼军已经在加速，左翼的刘石仙也已跟上，现在处于右翼的前锋营已落后了十余丈，这个锋矢阵哪里还有锋矢的样子，倒象是个钩形阵。我心急如焚，叫道：“甄以宁，命狼兵不得擅自前进。” 先前遇到的蛇人，恐怕都不是准备打仗的，所以都没有带水战器具。在东平城外出现的蛇人，一定已是准备充份。我们一路狂奔，士兵已有疲意，更兼是逆水，船又不大，又是晚上，可以说天时地利人和一样不占。陶昌时只怕因为先前两场胜仗来得太轻易，已有了轻敌之意。 可是，这条命令哪里有用，陶昌时一军一马当先，越冲越快，刘石仙则紧随其后。如果是在陆上，这样子不成章法的冲锋纯粹是胡闹，陶昌时大概也自信狼兵水陆两方面的战斗力，根本是在不顾一切地冲上去。甄以宁打了一阵旗号，颓然道：“不行，陶将军没看见。” “是不想看吧。”我喃喃道，又大声道：“命全军加快跟上。” 现在只有寄希望于狼兵的战斗力了。这样支离破碎的阵势，已不能再发挥作用，现在我们的优势又少了一项，只希望狼兵在水上的战斗力能够和陶昌时想的一样强。 东平城已经就在眼前，现在也可以听到一些喊杀声，并不很强，而我们在船上也可以看到，东平城北面的水门上，灯火亮了许多，想必是城上的士兵已听得江上有动静，正在加强北门守御。 前锋营虽然战斗力不会逊于狼兵，但是操桨之术却比狼兵差远了，我看就算让所有人都去操桨，恐怕也赶不上狼兵了。水面上，只见陶昌时船上的灯光越来越远，他的前锋大概已到了东平城北门外了。 突然，从前面暴发出一阵喊叫，这声音让我浑身都一凛。这声音太熟悉了，好多次我在半夜里惊醒时，耳边回响的就是这样的叫声。 这是人垂死时绝望的惨叫！ 我伸长脖子，只待看过去，但现在前面重帆如云，就算大白天也大概看不清前面，不用说是晚上了。却见前面有一阵灯光闪过，我急道：“甄以宁，那儿说什么？” 甄以宁的脸色也有点变了，他两手挥舞着手中的油灯，一边道：“陶将军的一艘船被击沉，他要我们加倍小心！” 这么快法！我不禁一阵骇然。现在，陶昌时的前锋恐怕刚刚和蛇人碰面，这么快便有船被击沉了。我急道：“让他不要胡乱攻击，以方圆阵对敌！” 陶昌时有十艘船，刘石仙也有十艘，他们二十艘船足可以布一个方圆阵。甄以宁道：“统领，你放宽心，陶将军已经在布阵了。” 的确，远远看过去，原先乱作一片的灯火现在已经变得有序多了。看来狼兵名不虚传，水陆皆能。在陆上，要变这个阵也并不是太容易，在水上就更难了。如果换作前锋营，一定是变不出来的。我叫道：“我们也马上变阵，每六艘结成方圆阵。” 前锋营现在有十二艘船，加上任吉一艘，已远远落在狼兵后面。结成两个小方圆阵，也费了好一阵子。刚把这两个小方圆阵结好，突然前面又传来一阵惨叫，甄以宁脸也白了，惊叫道：“统制，不好了，刘将军的座船被凿通，现在正在下沉！”他顿了一顿又道：“又是一艘！统制，怎么办？” 我沉声道：“向前！” 大敌当前，逃是逃不掉了，现在只有拼命向前。虽然情势危急，我心底却不由得有点想笑。邵风观和二太子正盼着援军早日到来吧，我们原来也想着在城外打个胜仗，鼓舞一下城中守军的士气，可看样子这一次，胜利是不属于我了，现在还能有挽回的余地么？ 我们原来还有三十三艘船，狼兵也剩了七艘。四十艘船，战力也相当可观，可是陶昌时却妄自进兵，使得我想好的聚集迎敌之策根本行不通，全军分成了两半，战力也分成两半了。照这样子下去，蛇人以逸待劳，各个击破，我们只怕有全军覆没之虞。