The Luo River made a big bend on Tzu Chi's side, placing Tzu Chi on the north bank of the river, but when it arrived in Xinhua, it turned back and separated Xinhua on the south bank, and the 10,000 right army led by Jiang Lai spent a whole day to cross the Luo River, set foot on the land of Xinhua, and then ran all the way to the interior of Xinhua. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the Luo River, there were more than a dozen pontoon bridges and countless large and small boats, and a captain of 500 people stayed on the side of the Luo River to guard these, so as to wait for the main force behind him to arrive.

It is the midsummer season of August, even at night, between heaven and earth, it is still like a huge furnace, burning people a little breathless, although they are on the edge of the Luo River, but the river breeze is obviously a drop in the bucket, and does not play a big role. The 500 people who stayed behind were obviously a little unable to endure the furnace-like weather, and the roar of the flowing river was a great temptation for them.

First of all, he took off the heavy armor on his body, in such weather, wearing a suit of armor, it was not an ordinary discomfort, in the army, under the nose of the general, no matter how uncomfortable it was, he had to stand up, but at this moment, Jiang Lai, the general of the right army, had already led his troops to Xinhua, there was no tiger in the mountains, and it was naturally the monkey who called the king.

Captain Ma Yan himself felt a little too hot to stand. In the pitiful eyes of the soldiers on the left and right, he finally waved his hand, "Divide the shifts, go to the river one by one, cool down." ”

As soon as the lieutenant spoke, the soldiers let out a cheer, and fifty soldiers from a sentry near the river could not wait to strip off their clothes in three or two strokes, and plunged into the river and swam happily.

"Captain, you also went to the armor!" A pro-soldier came over flatteringly: "There is General Jiang's army in front, and the main force of Jiang Junshou in the back, we are in the middle, what can we do?" ”

Ma Yan snorted: "Wouldn't it be a big deal if Jiang Junshou saw us so disheveled?" ”

"The county keeper and we are a day's journey. I can't fly over with wings, so let's cool down first, and when the county guard comes, we will already have bright armor and military discipline. The soldiers grinned.

Ma Yan carried the scabbard, knocked on the other party's helmet, and said locally: "Just you are clever, go to the bath if you want to, and when it's over, bring me two buckets of water." ”

"Okay, thank you, Captain!" The pro-soldier succeeded in his cunning, and ran away with a smile, looking at the figure of the pro-soldier in the distance, Ma Yan finally did not resist the temptation, took off the armor on his body, sat cross-legged on the ground, and pulled a piece of grass and chewed it in his mouth.

It's a little bitter, and after the bitterness, there's a hint of sweetness.

In fact, Mayan didn't figure out why he was fighting this battle. Loyal to the Great Viet? He doesn't think so. Ma Yan has read books, although when Jiang Junshou sent troops, he solemnly stated to everyone that he wanted to help Da Yue, set things right, and drive Qin Feng, who was in a big position, out of Yuejing.

If this is the case, then when the king sent troops to exterminate Luo Yishui, why did Jiang Junshou not pull out a dime, not only did not come out of a single soldier, but also did not give out a little bit of grain and grass, now Da Yue has died, and even the emperor has been slaughtered, at this time, Jiang Jun Shou jumped out and said that he wanted to help Da Yue, can he convince the public?

Especially the alliance with the barbarians, which made Ma Yan extremely unhappy. When those barbarians arrived in Fuyuan County, they did a lot of bad things, and many people in Fuyuan County suffered, at least Ma Yan knew that there were no less than ten things, which were suppressed by the top, if according to the law, those barbarians should be divided into five horses.

Don't know why to fight? Ma Yan was very confused in his heart, maybe Jiang Junshou wanted to be the emperor, right? If he really succeeds, will he be able to get a general?

Ma Yan flattened his mouth and drove this idea out of his mind, Tzu Chi made him a little frightened, he didn't think that he was worse than the Ming army, but those weapons of the Ming army were really beyond his imagination. If the main attack was the right army at that time, would he still be able to sit here alive?

He shook his head, but the left army had suffered more than 3,000 casualties. His luck has always been not very good, otherwise he would be in his early thirties, and he would only be a lieutenant, and if he was also in the attacking team at that time, he might have been a corpse.

It's good now, there's no risk. In this battle with the Ming army, Ma Yan really has no confidence, this thunderbolt battalion is still the least famous one in the Ming army, if it is replaced by several other famous ones, I am afraid that the Fuyuan army will be even worse.

If the barbarians can't stop the main force of the Ming army, Fuyuan's nest, will they be able to keep it when the time comes? Where are your own homes and families, and if the Ming army raids their nests, what should they do?

With a thud, he spat out the grass residue in his mouth, the crow's mouth. I will definitely win, I must win, if I lose, there will be no eggs under the nest, and I don't want to be a lost dog.

He stretched his waist and stood up, the soldier was drenched, and ran towards him with a wooden bucket in one hand, reached out and took a bucket of water, which was drenched from head to toe, and the hot breath on his body was instantly washed clean by the water, and it was indescribably comfortable.

He groaned comfortably, lifted another bucket, held it high, looked up, and was about to pour the water on his head, but the whole person froze somewhere.

At the end of his line of sight, rows of black buildings suddenly appeared. It was supposed to be a wilderness, what was that?

The shadows moved, and with a click, the barrel in their hands fell to the ground. At the same time as the barrel fell to the ground, those black shadows suddenly increased their speed and rushed towards them, and a deafening shout was also heard at the same time.

"Enemy attack!" Ma Yan screamed hoarsely.

On the bank of the river, there was a sudden chaos, the soldiers raised their knives and guns, and ran around like flies, Ma Yan looked around, his five hundred people, about a hundred people were in the river, and the rest of the people also took off their armor to take advantage of the cold, at this moment, you can see panicked subordinates running indiscriminately everywhere.

My luck is so bad! Ma Yan sighed, dragged his knife backwards, turned and ran, without hesitation, ran down the embankment, ran up the pontoon, and ran towards the opposite bank in a puff of smoke.

As soon as Ma Yan arrived, the soldiers behind him immediately fled to the pontoon bridge above the river, and as for the soldiers who were still playing in the river, seeing that the situation was not good, they had already swam towards the opposite bank with their arms waving their arms.

Behind him, feathered arrows flew like locusts, shooting down the Fuyuan troops crowded at the end of the pontoon bridge one by one by the river.

Ma Yan ran to the opposite bank in one breath, and turned around, on the pontoon bridge, a few soldiers were running over in despair, and those teams that suddenly attacked did not set foot on the pontoon bridge to chase.

The fire on the opposite bank was bright, and a fire sword flag was planted on the river bank, and next to the fire war sword flag, the battle flag of the thick earth camp fluttered in the wind. There were not many soldiers from the Houtu battalion who attacked, only between four or five hundred, but they caught him off guard, and he didn't even have the slightest room to fight back.

Ma Yan looked around with tears in his eyes, and the soldiers who were drenched and crawled out of the river stood beside him helplessly, most of them naked, not to mention weapons, and there was not even a piece of clothing to cover their shame.

Liu Dai, the son of Liu Xingwen, who led the attack of the Houtu Battalion, led five hundred personal soldiers around his father, and this battle was fought too easily, so that when the war ended, Liu Dai still couldn't believe that the victory was achieved like this? Liu's family, who has joined the Taiping Army for many years, has long been familiar with and accustomed to the strict military discipline of the Taiping Army, and the military discipline of Fuyuan County opposite is so sloppy, he can't believe his eyes, with the bright water in the sky, looking at the bodies of those red stripes and white flowers on the other side, he can't help laughing out loud.

Like him, the five hundred pro-soldiers were all laughing so hard that they couldn't stand up straight.

"Set fire to these pontoons and boats!" Holding his stomach, which was a little sore from laughter, Liu Dai laughed loudly.

As a surprise attack force, the purpose of this attack was to destroy the pontoon bridges and boats, and his father, Liu Xingwen, led the main force of the Houtu battalion, would arrive here at dawn and set up an impregnable defensive line by the river. Blocking Jiang Haokun's main force from crossing the river to Xinhua. As for the Fuyuan army that has already crossed the river, there are 10,000 soldiers and horses from the river, which is naturally very difficult to come and go.

Liu Dai smiled happily. If you want to copy our lair, then you can't come and go.

"Young General, why don't you let that damn Jiang Haokun go across the river and copy their back roads, and the nest is all round?" A pro-soldier of some age came to Liu Dai's side, these people used to be dependent on Liu's Jianghu guests, when Liu Xingwen formed the City Gate Army, these Jianghu guests who were extremely good in martial arts became Liu Xingwen's personal soldiers. In the years after becoming an army, these Jianghu guests have become the killer of the Houtu camp after experiencing the edification and tempering of the army.

"Jiang Haokun's forty or fifty thousand people, how many of us have come?" Liu Dai said with a smile: "If there is too much filling, it will break the dumpling skin." If you are greedy and chew more, you don't know it? First bit off Jiang Lai's 10,000 people, and then turn around, let's slowly clean up Jiang Haokun. ”

"That's the same reason!" The old soldier nodded again and again. "But Your Majesty's death camp and miners' camp are here, and you can't eat Jiang Haokun?"

"Three thousand death battalions, five thousand miners' battalions, plus five thousand of our thick earth battalions, 13,000 can cover forty or fifty thousand people on the opposite side? Even if we defeat them, and then they will run all over the land, don't forget, this is on our territory, so isn't it for the common people to suffer? So, if you want to eat, eat one, and find a chance for the rest, this is Your Majesty's benevolence and benevolence. Liu Dai, who didn't know it, replaced Qin Feng's thoughts with his own thoughts, and said to the old soldier with a clear eye.

"Your Majesty is merciful!" The old soldier said with emotion.