Chapter 364: The fireboat approached Zhao Jun's water village

After a few hours, fog began to appear on the surface of the river, and soon, the fog grew larger and larger, and under the light of a large number of torches, the visibility was only about two zhang, and almost nothing could be seen beyond three zhang.

The sentry in charge of observing the river immediately reported the situation to Hua'an.

When Hua An heard that the fog was rising, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered Wang San and Wang Biantou beside him to immediately gather their men and horses and prepare for action.

The three of them walked out of the cabin one after another, looking at the thick fog on the river, Hua An breathed a sigh of relief, while Wang San and Wang Biantou were extremely surprised, the two glanced at each other, and went to give orders respectively.

Soon, everyone was ready, and at this time, there was still nearly an hour before dawn, which was the most paralyzing time of the day.

"Big brother, you're ready, let's go!" Wang Biantou asked for his life.

"Don't worry, Wang Liu and the thunderstorm will arrive soon, and the eldest brother still has something to explain to them." Hua An replied.

Soon, Wang Liu and Thunderstorm were ordered to arrive at the ferry, clasped their fists and said, "Big brother, what are your orders?" ā€

Hua An looked at the two of them, and said: "Half an hour later, the two of you will immediately gather all the troops and horses, if the eldest brother succeeds, he will try to inform you, at that time, you will gather all the soldiers of the water army, cross the river to pursue the defeated army of Shihu." ā€

"Big brother, don't worry, let's go back and gather the team." Thunderstorm replied loudly.

Hua An waved his hand and said, "Don't be in such a hurry, let the soldiers sleep for half an hour longer!" ā€

"Yes, big brother." Thunderstorm responded, then raised his head and said, "By the way, big brother, Zhao Wu and Tie Niu have just sent back the news that they have arrived in the capital." ā€

"Oh, so fast." Hua'an was overjoyed when he heard this.

"Big brother, our army's sneak attack on Shihu Water Village is mostly successful, let the two of them lead the army to cross the river directly from Jingbei Ferry to the north!" Wang Sanjian said.

Hua An nodded and said, "Okay, Thunderstorm, when you go back, you will pass the order, let Tie Niu and Zhao Wu lead the main army to cross the river from the Jingbei Ferry respectively, and go straight to Dangtu to block the retreat of Shihu's defeated army." ā€

"Yes, big brother." Thunderstorm took his command.

Hua An nodded and ordered loudly: "Let's go, head to the other side." ā€

Immediately, more than 70 ships of various types, under the leadership of Hua'an, headed towards the north shore of the ferry.

The fog was thick along the way, and the fog became bigger and bigger the further north he went, Hua An stood on the deck, looking at the white fog around him, and suddenly lost his sense of direction completely, he was really worried that the ship would deviate from the course, but since Wang Biantou swore that he would not make a mistake, Hua An believed in his brother.

When the ship reached the center of the river, Wang Biantou ordered fifty fireships and ten receiving ships to march in the upstream direction of the Zhao army's water village, while more than ten large warships marched to the downstream of the Zhao army's water village.

The fog was getting thicker and thicker, and when we were about to reach the location of Zhao Jun's water village, the visibility of the fog was only about one zhang.

"Big brother, the place in front of you is the arrow tower of Zhao Junshui Village, and you can't go any further." Wang Bian pointed to the front and reported.

Hua An followed the direction pointed by Wang Biantou, looked at it, suddenly felt confused, and hurriedly said: "Biantou, are you sure that the water village ahead is Zhao Jun's water village?" ā€

"Don't worry, big brother, you can't go wrong." Wang Biantou said with an oath.

Hua An and Wang San glanced at each other, both in disbelief.

Seeing that the two of them didn't believe it, Wang Biantou ordered that the warship that Hua An was riding continue to move forward for a while, and said: "Big brother, now that our army has entered the range of the Zhao army's bow and arrow, as long as our army beats the drum, it will be shot by the Zhao army's arrow tower bow and arrow, do you want to give it a try." ā€

"Okay, drumming." Hua An ordered loudly.

"Knock knock knock ......" Suddenly, more than ten warships beat drums at the same time, and the huge sound of war drums instantly entered the camp of the Zhao army.

The Zhao army crossbowmen who were on duty on the arrow tower were tired and sleepy all night, and were about to lean on the pillar to rest, but suddenly heard the huge war drums in front of them, and suddenly, all the Zhao army crossbowmen were startled.

"The Jin army robbed the camp, the Jin army robbed the camp, quickly, quickly release the arrows." A Zhao Junzheng hurriedly ordered.

"Whoosh ......" a burst of bows and arrows shot from the top of the Zhao army's arrow tower in the direction of the sound of war drums.

Because the fog was so great that the soldiers of the Zhao army could not aim at all, they shot in the direction of the sound completely by feeling.

Most of the arrows shot by Zhao Jun were off course, and only a few of them landed on the ship where Hua'an was, and one of the arrows happened to land on a pillar next to Hua'an.

Hua An stretched out his hand and pulled out the arrow, nodded and said, "Yes, the front is indeed the camp of the Zhao army, the ship retreated and continued to beat the drum." ā€

Soon, Hua'an's ship moved backwards and was out of the range of the Zhao army's crossbowmen, and at the same time, all the soldiers on the warship took turns beating drums and shouting to create the momentum of the main naval division attacking the camp.

The sound of hundreds of war drums was undoubtedly huge, and the soldiers of the Zhao army stationed on the shore were all awakened by the sound of the war drums of the Jin army.

"The Jin army is attacking the camp, go and report to the king." A general who was on duty at night shouted to the soldiers beside him, then drew his sword and led the soldiers around him to reinforce in the direction of Shuizhai.

At this time, Shi Hu, the king of Zhao Kingdom, was lying on the couch, and there were two fourteen or fifteen-year-old beautiful girls lying beside him, Shi Hu's hands were on the breasts of the two girls, and he kneaded them twice from time to time.

Because the tent where Shi Hu lives is very well insulated, the chaotic sound outside is almost inaudible.

"Your Majesty, the Jin army attacked the camp, and the Jin army attacked the camp." A soldier entered Shi Hu's tent and knelt down to report.

Hearing that the Jin army was attacking the camp, Shi Hu was quite annoyed in his heart, and said loudly: "How many people are here." ā€

"Your Majesty, the river is full of fog, and I can't see clearly." The soldier replied truthfully.

"Oh, it's foggy." Shi Hu answered, removed his hands from the breasts of the two girls beside him, and stood up.

The two disheveled girls beside him hurriedly got up to change Shi Hu's clothes, and after Shi Hu was dressed neatly, he walked out of the tent with a big belly.

As soon as he came out of the big tent, Shi Hu heard the sound of war drums of 'dong dong', and when he opened his eyes, he was surrounded by fog.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Seeing the Jin army attacking the camp, more than a dozen generals hurriedly came to Shi Hu's Chinese army tent and met Shi Hu at the gate of the tent.

Shi Hu looked around and said loudly, "Let's go, go to the high platform." Then he led a group of generals and walked towards a high platform that was ten feet high.

When Shi Hu and the generals climbed the high platform, their vision became clear, and when they looked up, the moon and stars in the sky were clearly visible, the surroundings were pitch black, and the fog under their feet was white by the torches, looking as if they were standing in the clouds.

Shi Hu and all the soldiers under his command standing on the high platform could only hear the approximate direction of the Jin army's drumming, but they could not find the location of the Jin army's warship.

"Your Majesty, the warships of the Jin army are all in the east, and our army can send warships to meet them." A general built yƬ road.

"Your Majesty, by all means, it is dark and foggy outside, you can't see the shadow of the Jin army at all, the warship rushes out, in case of an ambush, the consequences are unimaginable, it is safer to stay in the water village." Another general retorted.

Hearing this, Shi Hu thought for a while and ordered: "Zhixiong, you immediately transfer 10,000 crossbowmen from the battalion to reinforce the direction of the arrow tower."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The general Zhixiong took the order and left.

Soon, 10,000 elite Zhao army crossbowmen rushed to the arrow tower on the periphery of the water village and fired wantonly in the direction of the Jin army's war drums.

Two moments later, the soldiers of the Zhao army had already shot hundreds of thousands of arrows, and the sound of the war drums of the Jin army was still the same, it seemed that the warships of the Jin army were completely unaffected by the bow and arrows of the Zhao army, and the sound of war drums seemed to be even louder.

At this time, Hua An, Wang San, and Wang Biantou were sitting in the cabin, eating cooked mutton, drinking delicious wine, and talking about some interesting things from time to time, seemingly not worried at all that the Zhao army's warship would suddenly rush out.

On both sides of the cabin, two soldiers took turns beating drums, so they did not feel tired at all, but were extremely excited, because they knew that the purpose of this operation was to attract the attention of the Zhao army, so that the upstream fireships could calmly blend into the Zhao army's camp.

"Big brother, the fireships upstream should be close to Zhao Jun's water village at this time, and it won't be long before they can launch a fire attack." Wang Biantou said excitedly.

"Big brother, as long as there is a fire, Zhao Jun's thousands of warships will be reimbursed." Wang San is also looking forward to it.

Hua An nodded and said, "As long as the fire is together, you will send a signal to the thunderstorm and Wang Liu on the south bank, so that they and the soldiers of the navy army can prepare and immediately cross the river to chase and kill the Zhao army." ā€

"Hmm." The two nodded in response.

"Big brother, why don't you let the soldiers of the navy, Thunderstorm, and Wang Liu's men and horses set off with our army? In this way, once Shi Hu is defeated, we can also pursue it in time. Wang San said the question he had always had in his heart.

Hua An smiled and replied, "This big brother wants to too!" However, it is too risky to go deep into the enemy camp and set fire, and the eldest brother is not 100% sure, in case of failure, won't all the 30,000 sailors run away? Wouldn't this be laughed at by the soldiers of the navy, you know, these 30,000 sailors are not under the control of the eldest brother! ā€

"Well, it's still the eldest brother who thinks thoughtfully." Wang San suddenly realized.

In the upstream direction of the Zhao Army's Water Village, the Jin Army's fifty fireships and ten receiving boats have approached the Zhao Army's Water Village, and because it is downstream, there is almost no need to paddle, and the movement is very small.

When the fleet reached the perimeter of the Zhao Army's arrow tower, the ten small boats in charge of receiving it stopped, while the fifty fireships continued to advance.

When passing through the arrow tower of the Zhao army, the sailors on the fire ship held their breath, and from time to time there was the footsteps of the Zhao soldiers patrolling overhead, which made the sailors of the Jin army very nervous.