Ma Yuan and Xu Xiaoyun walked out of the governor's cabin, and they were not tired, so they went down the stairs to the back deck.

At this time, the wind and sand on the Gobi gradually rose, the wind blew the dark clouds in the sky and surged non-stop, and the stars and moon were dull. It also seemed to be much colder than usual on the deck. Both of them are young officials valued by Zhao Xingde, and Ma Yuan and Xu Xiaoyun said something to Zhao Xingde this time, and they didn't know each other in advance, so they can be said to have the same goal. Zhao Xingde gave a gag order, and they didn't want to say anything more, just sighed for a long time, and the Great Song Dynasty was stormy, just like a storm in the distance.

There was a faint voice on the deck, and it was a few veterans on duty who had gathered to pass the time.

"What, you're kind of fishing, we don't have any fart." This is from the head of the battalion that went ashore yesterday to march.

"Hehe, the knife head 'licking' blood for a living, maybe you can do a few more votes in Basra." This is the head of the battalion where the big food weapons were seized two days ago.

"Alas, among the several garrisoned armies, it is still cost-effective to follow Lord Zhao, and it has not been in vain for a few years." A Yuezhou veteran sighed.

"A good deal? What is this? The other person said disdainfully, "This bit of scattered silver, Kansai soldiers don't look down on it." ”

"Shhhh Seeing the two officers turn their heads, the veterans chattered in unison.

It has always been the rule of sailors that officers and personal soldiers live in airy and bright cabins on the deck, while ordinary soldiers live in the 'dark' and 'damp' cabins below the deck. The distinction between superior and inferior is much more pronounced than that of a land-based battalion. This group of veterans obviously rejected and guarded against the officers, Xu Xiaoyun didn't feel anything, and Ma Yuan, who had always been familiar with the Huogun Battalion, couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, coughed lightly, and said, "Lord Xu, let's go to the other side." ”

Xu Xiaoyun sighed, nodded, and followed Ma Yuan towards the other side of the deck.

From these veterans, we can already see the thoughts of the Southwest Sea Division, the three towns of Henan, and even most of the lower-level officers and soldiers.

The two of them paced to the other side of the deck, on the bank of the river where the Great Eater cavalry had camped.

Under the canopy of dark clouds, the sand and dust raised by the strong wind became bigger and bigger, and the fire on the side of the big cannibal camp was completely gone, and the tents all over the ground were no longer visible in the wind and sand. However, although the wind and sand are strong, the camp of the big cannibals is very quiet. Obviously, the warriors of the Great Food Tribe were too familiar with this kind of weather common in the Gobi Desert to be more familiar. During the day, they had been 'harassing' the fire battalions marching along the riverbank, and they were tired enough. No matter how strong the wind and sand blew, as long as the tent did not fall, they could sleep soundly. After a good night's sleep until sunrise, he prayed, pulled his horses out of his tent and to the river to wash and scrub them, and then began a new day's battle. Zhao Xingde ordered that if the Great Food Cavalry did not take the initiative to 'disturb', the Fire Gun Battalion would not have to work to attack.

Xu Xiaoyun and Ma Yuan stood on the deck, looking at the continuous cannibal tent in the distance, and the two were silent for a long time.

The morale of the fire battalion was so high that only those who were familiar with the history books would feel deep fear when they saw such a large group of nomadic cavalry.

The night was as dark as paint, the sandstorm was a little smaller, booming, a slight muffled thunder sounded in the sky, the night was dark, and there was no lightning for a long time. The thunder became louder and louder, and suddenly, Ma Yuan's face changed slightly, and he shouted: "Riding attack!" "What?" Xu Xiaoyun glanced at him for some reason, and a veteran on duty had already shouted loudly: "Brigade of cavalry!" The whistle sounded, and a moment later the musketeers and sailors, awakened from their sleep, had rushed to the deck with their swords in hand. A little later, the fire battalion, which had been listening to the ground to monitor the Great Horse Eater, was also lined up on the shore, waiting for the battle. The warriors of the Great Food Tribe who were sleeping soundly woke up at the end, and the sound of screams, horns, and arrows was woven together. At this time, thousands of war horses had already appeared in the wind and sand. The galloping horse team could not be seen at a glance, the figures of the cavalry came and went negligently in the dust, the pressure in the darkness was as ethereal as ghosts, and the huge horse team rushed towards the big cannibal camp like a black 'colored' sandstorm.

"It's fighting, it's fighting!" The sentry's shouts changed from initial nervousness to surprise.

"What's going on? Which team? Xu Xiaoyun looked at Ma Yuan suspiciously.

The cavalry of the first 'wave' raid released a round of rockets along the direction of the wind, and rushed into the camp area of the big cannibal camp after the rocket, because the wind and sand were extremely strong, the cavalry tacitly agreed not to release arrows, nor to fight with the big cannibal cavalry, but only to use the horse lance to constantly pick and kill the big cannibal who rushed out of the camp. Not far away, another group of cavalry followed, one after another, rushing out of the wind and sand in a row, as if they had come from the magic bottle. The sound of killing shook the sky, and the raiding cavalry used the momentum of the war horse to crush the opponent who was in a hurry, and the fleeing cavalry soon found that there were more enemies rushing over on the periphery of the battlefield. The raiding horse team on the periphery rammed in a row of five horses and ten horses, the long lance was like a forest, the blockers were invincible, and the big food cavalry had to flee for their lives in a smaller and smaller circle, and finally most of them were surrounded, except for those who died in resistance, the rest could only honestly drop their blades, dismount and kneel on the ground to surrender.

At this time, the wind and sand had not stopped, and the big cannibals were squatting on the ground, and many people were disheveled, and the wolves were trembling and embarrassed.

The cavalry around them were watching, and the sharp horse lances were dangling over their heads, and many of them still had a 'confused' look, wondering who attacked them, or even what happened? When the Huogong battalion was also confused, several cavalry slowly galloped in the direction of the Southwest Sea Division, ran to a stop outside the range of the firecracker, and shouted loudly: "General Tongbing Zhao Xingde, Wang Tongdeng, the second army of the 'flower' hat in the river, came to pay a visit." ”

The firecracker came up, and Du Blowhorn immediately went down to recognize him, and after a while, Wang Tongdeng was invited to the boat. Although he took advantage of the wind and sand, it also made many staff officers such as Ma Yuan and Xu Xiaoyun secretly admire, and then they were very curious about this cavalry general of the Xia Kingdom. Zhao Xingde stood on the side of the ship and waited, and everyone also gathered on the deck, wanting to see what kind of person this fierce general who broke through the Great Eater cavalry in a moment.

Before long, a dusty general with a bloody robe came up along the rope ladder and stood on the deck, standing a head taller than everyone else.

Zhao Xingde stepped out of the crowd first, threw a circle on his shoulder, and said with a smile: "I'm looking for it, you don't say hello, you just do it yourself." "My scouts have been following the periphery for two days, I'm afraid I will inform you," Wang Tongdeng was going to see him officially, but when he saw this, he was not restrained, and said with a smile: "These big cannibals, slippery like loaches, if you didn't make the 'lure' bait, I'm afraid it would be difficult to find such a big one!" As he spoke, he raised his eyes and looked around, and after greeting Liu Zhijian and a few other familiar officers, he walked into the cabin with Zhao Xingde, and then lowered his voice and said: "Old Zhao, you can be regarded as coming, there is a lack of food in the army, and if it is too late, we are afraid that we will run out of food." "How so?" Zhao Xingde was surprised, "The three armies have not moved, and the grain and grass go first, is there trouble in the river transfer?" ”

"Trouble, big trouble in the river!" Wang Tongdeng said with a sneer.

I found a 'handover' chair and sat down, grabbed the teacup and poured it violently, shook my head and sighed: "This is really the hell!" ”

"How?" Zhao Xingde asked, "Something is wrong?" He had some speculation in his heart, but at this time he had an ominous premonition.

"Well, big deal." Wang Tongdeng muttered vaguely, wanted to spit out the tea leaves in his mouth, grinned, chewed and swallowed it again, sighed, and said in a deep voice, "King Yong lost his mind and went crazy, and actually made a 'chaos' to stand on his own, and the Dragon Tooth Army protected His Majesty, but was besieged in Dawan City by the rebels in the river. "How could it be in Dawan City?" Zhao Xingde said suspiciously. "Because King Kang also participated in the rebellion," Wang Tongdeng said with a calm face, "Although Your Majesty discovered the 'treacherous' plot in advance and left Kang under the escort of the Dragon Tooth Army, it caused the vigilance of the 'Chao' party, Chen Ang and King Kang launched a rebellion in advance, and the rebels surrounded and intercepted him, and finally trapped His Majesty in Dawan City." Wang Tongdeng slammed his fist on the table, and the teacup shook for a while.

"How can the rebellion be so powerful?" Zhao Xingde said with a frown.

"It's not because the river is empty." Wang Tongdeng said hatefully, "Let's fight with the big cannibals in front, and they stab knives in the rear. What the hell. ”

He took another sip of tea and told the story of the river. It turned out that there were more than 200,000 sergeants in the river, and tens of thousands of 'elite' elites were lost by the defeat of Zhou Lireshahai, and after the repeated mobilization of the military government, the vast majority of the retired sergeants had already gone out to fight, and the number of those who stayed in the countryside was very small, and they were old and frail, so they could deal with the homeless people and bandits, but they could not cope with major events. I thought that the army was outside, and more than 100,000 firearm battalions were requisitioned and trained in Hezhong, and the hinterland was stable, and there would be no major incident. However, the bad thing is that this fire gun group training that is not controlled by the military government, King Yong and King Kang are the more than 100,000 fire gun battalions that are wrapped in this new training, plus Chen Ang and King Kang's original lurking forces in the army, they were launched all of a sudden, and they were unstoppable, and they controlled the entire big city in the river at once.

On the one hand, the rebels besieged the city of Dawan, where the emperor was located, and on the other hand, they announced to the world, accusing Chen Xuan of being warlike and cruel, and the protectorate of the country of being mediocre, making the people miserable, announcing that they would be regent by Chen Ang, the king of Yong, and calling on the generals of the army from all over the country, the founding nobles, the protectors, and the captains to be loyal to the regent, and gathered in Kangguo, ready to discuss the matter of supporting the new monarch. Although Chen Xuan's prestige is extremely high, because of the strength of the rebels, some people are 'confused' and 'confused' by the rebels' proclamations, and they really think that the imperial court is going to set up a new monarch.

Zhang Shanfu's army was outside, and although the military government still controlled most of the villages and towns with the remaining sergeants, it was temporarily unable to crusade against the large number of rebels.