As soon as Zhang Xuan heard this, he knew that this matter was coming to Zhang Xuan, after all, the north bank was about thirty or forty miles away from Fengyang City, and in ancient nights, there was not so much light pollution, I am afraid that standing on the head of Fengyang City at this moment, you can see the fire here. Zhang Xuan immediately said: "Deng He." ”

"The end will be." Deng He said loudly.

"Fengyang City is moving, I don't know how many officers and soldiers there are, and I don't know if the brigade can cross the river tonight and tomorrow, but I need to camp now, set off first, occupy the south bank, and watch tonight and tomorrow, no matter how many people, I have to block it." Zhang Xuan said: "Can you do it? ”

Although the armies were not chaotic, the speed of assembly was much worse than that of Zhang Xuan's troops, and Zhang Xuan couldn't count on them for a while.

I can only count on the Linying camp.

Deng He's face didn't move, and he said, "The last general will take the order." It was as if he had received a task that was not almost mortal, but a very ordinary, ordinary task.

"My lord, the first pontoon bridge is ready." Zhang Su said.

Zhang Xuan looked over from a distance, but saw a string of torches inserted at both ends of each boat, and above the river, there seemed to be a corridor of flames.

"Go ahead." Zhang Xuan said.

Deng He solemnly saluted Zhang Xuan, didn't say anything, turned over and got on his horse, and crossed the pontoon bridge with more than 100 cavalry assigned to Linying. The sound of the wind drove the torches, and wherever they passed, all the torches were lowered.

The gallop of more than 100 horses also made the pontoon sway.

It stands to reason that when this pontoon bridge crosses, it can't be messed around like this, but no one said this at this time.

After Deng He crossed the bridge, Linying Ying Camp lined up neatly and staggered over the pontoon.

Zhang Xuan immediately turned his gaze to the east, and his heart sounded, Zhou Fuchen's request for help a few days ago.

I couldn't help but worry in my heart, and said secretly: "Zhou Fuchen doesn't know what is going on now." ”

He admits that he was in a bit of a hurry this time.

The speed of the soldier is good, but if he does it too quickly, it is easy to be taken advantage of by the opponent, but now that the time is over, Zhang Xuan can't be allowed to think too much, Luo Rucai didn't urge him much, but sent a battle report from Li Zicheng and Sun Chuanting.

A series of defeats, Li Zicheng's army and Sun Chuanting have hardly won a battle, the battlefield has shifted from Luoyang to Ruzhou, and there is a series of martyrdom lists in prefectures and counties, and even one of the 36 battalions of the righteous army, which is also a veteran of Shaanxi, Li Chunyang surrendered.

Zhang Xuan is not too familiar with Li Chunyang.

Because Zhang Xuan's qualifications in the Righteous Army are very shallow, most of the people he comes into contact with are mainly from Cao Ying and Chuang Ying, while Li Chunyang is a side general, but Zhang Xuan only knows from reading his resume that Li Chunyang is also the backbone of the Righteous Army.

The impact of surrender after such a defeat on Li Zicheng's morale can be imagined.

Luo Rucai didn't say a word about the meaning of promoting war, but every word was indicating this meaning, how could Zhang Xuan not see it.

Zhang Xuan also thought about whether this time Li Zicheng and Sun Chuanting were fighting, just like the last time, to turn defeat into victory. But Zhang Xuan was not sure, after all, the withdrawal of Cao Ying's main force must have a great impact on Li Zicheng.

Before the dust settled, Zhang Xuan did not dare to make any subjective judgments.

So, all he could do was force the crossing and speed up the pace of the battle.

Even the adventure has to be done.

And compared with the risks taken by Zhang Xuan's department, the most dangerous is actually Zhou Fuchen. Zhou Fuchen is really fighting for his life.

In Linhuai County.

"Lord Lu," Wang Xincui said, "there is movement in the army of thieves, and it seems to be forcibly crossing upstream. ”

"The thief is so bold," Lu Zhenfei said: "Ji Ming is gone, do you have the confidence to cut off the thief?" ”

Wang Xincui was secretly happy in his heart and said, "The last general has confidence." ”

The battle between Shen Tingyang and Zhou Fuchen, Wang Xincui saw the end from the beginning, in his opinion, the thieves and sailors were improvised, the boats were just some fishing boats, which were not vulnerable at all, and Shen Tingyang's way of using troops was also mediocre. In other words, he must have done a better job than Shen Tingyang in leading the troops.

At this moment, Lu Zhenfei gave him the order, and in his opinion, it was almost pie in the sky, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"You go, this official is waiting for your good news." Lu Zhenfei said.

The son of the daughter can't sit down, Lu Zhenfei will definitely not get on the boat, in his opinion, this is not his business, he just needs to distribute it to his subordinates.

"Yes." Wang Xincui said.

Wang Xincui also knew that without further ado, he immediately received Lu Zhenfei's order to take over the sailor, and under a series of orders, the fleet was ready to leave the port.

On the other side of Linhuai Port, among the reeds.

Zhou Fuchen looked up at the position of the moon and felt that the time was almost up. was about to give the order to rush over, but suddenly saw the fire on the opposite bank and the noise of people, Zhou Fuchen immediately knew that the other party had discovered the movement.

was even more anxious in his heart, and suddenly a gust of wind blew the reeds and hit Zhou Fuchen's face.

Zhou Fuchen felt that something was wrong, and he felt that it was the wind from the northwest.

Linhuai Port is on the south bank of the Huai River, so if he leaves the port, he will have to leave the port against the wind.

"Haha." Zhou Fuchen's arms shook, laughed, and said, "God has eyes, God helps me." ”

"My lord, what are we going to do?" The pro-soldier said.

"Put the sails up first." Zhou Fuchen said, "Wait a little longer." ”

These small boats did not have sails before, in fact, it is not that they are not needed, but the relationship between headwind and concealment,

Although the reeds are high, they can't cover a sail, but at this time, Zhou Fuchen doesn't have to worry about this.

The sudden headwind caused Wang Xincui to run into trouble.

Wang Xincui was not a sailor before, he just ordered the ships to leave the port as soon as possible, Linhuai Port is not too big, the road out of the port is relatively narrow, there are more ships out, plus the wind turns, the ship that was originally going outside suddenly fell back.

"Knock knock." With a few bangs, several ships crashed into each other.

"What's going on?" Wang Xincui urged.

"My lord, the ships in front of you are colliding together, you have to wait a while." Wang Xincui also learned from Shen Tingyang by his side, and found an old trick from the Cao Yun Water Master, pointing out the direction of the wind and sailing, where these knocks were.

"How long will it take?" Wang Xincui said.

"About half an hour." The dry old man said.

"Hurry up." Wang Xincui said: "The military situation is like fire, let them vacate the channel within a quarter of an hour, otherwise they will bear the consequences." ”

"Yes." The old man nodded and said.

Someone was immediately sent to herald the order.

It's just that when the boat is sailing at night, even if the lights are lit, the brightness is not very high, and the urging is too urgent, but it is even slower. Wang Xincui is useless even if he is in a hurry, after all, these boat sailors are all people on the boat, and they are familiar with the canal, not the Huai River.

The water situation is unknown, the black light is blind, it is already difficult, coupled with the military order supervision, Wang Xincui is among the sailors, and there is no foundation, this ship can only get up quickly.

"Boom." Suddenly, a large flame illuminated Wang Xincui's eyes, and he suddenly felt that there was a bright light in front of him, and his jaw of surprise almost fell to the ground, and said, "This, this, what's going on?" ”

Naturally, it was Zhou Fuchen who launched it.

Taking advantage of the northwest wind, dozens of small boats, sails and oars are used together, and the canvas of ordinary fishing boats is not white, most of them are dark tones, so in the dark, it is not real, these dozens of small boats, almost like flying across the river for a mile or two, rushed into the fleet of officials and soldiers.

Barrels of fire oil smashed into the boat, and the water was immediately ignited, and large swaths of them ignited at the same time in the water of the boat.

The fire oil in the water was quickly dispersed by the Huai Shui, and the fire did not last long, but the fire on the ship was different.

This is a tank ship that is old ships, the real new ships and good ships are under the command of Shen Tingyang, the old ships are almost on fire, the fire spreads, with an uncontrollable momentum, the first ship is wrapped in, but in a moment, the fire burned to the deck, igniting the gunpowder.

With a "boom", a large firework exploded on the deck, and countless sparks hit other ships, and this was just the beginning.

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