(Thanks to the drunken smile, Lin. Biao is here to support, thank you! ）

The night is like a black curtain, and the rain is like a downpour.

On such a rainy night, there was a fleet on the Huai River that sailed through the storm like an arrow, rushing towards the south bank.

Li Jing stood high in the forward cabin of the fifth deck of the Sky Wolf's flagship, he was wearing a poncho, and inside was a set of dark golden angular Qinglong-style full-body armor. The smooth and shiny plate armor breastplate is inscribed with a silver wolf with wings and a howling moon, leading the neck to the sky. He pressed his hand firmly against the silver wolf-headed hilt of the two-handed sword hanging from his waist.

"The more the enemy thinks that it is impossible for us to send troops on a rainy night like tonight, the more we can take them by surprise and attack them unprepared." Li Jing said with a smile.

Li Jing chose to do it tonight, and many officers in the army thought it was too hasty. Before the war, eighty percent of the gunpowder in the powder magazine was wet, which made many staff officers unanimously believe that the combat effectiveness of the Qin army had dropped significantly. At the same time, tonight's torrential rain will cover up the night raid, but such a rainy night will also be a major test for the night raid itself. Night raids are a double-edged sword, non-elite troops generally do not dare to raid at night, and the larger the scale of the night raid, the more the level of the command and generals is tested, and the night raid is full of too many uncertain factors. Moreover, on such a rainy night, the remaining firearms in Qin Jun's hands completely lost their effectiveness. Even, on such a rainy night, bows and crossbows, likewise, almost lose their effectiveness.

However, Li Jing insisted that fighting is not a brawl. Water has no normality, and soldiers are impermanent. Once the goal is really formulated, the next thing that needs to be done is to execute it with all your might. Even the Qin army itself thinks that such a rainy night is not suitable for a surprise attack, and presumably the Huai army on the other side will be more and more relaxed, and this is the opportunity for the Qin army.

Li Jing has never liked to fight those head-on decisive battles. In Li Jing's view, there is no technical content. At the same time, it is also a huge war of attrition.

Li Jing likes to be surprised. Be proactive.

"Huaiyin's Gaoyu camp now has 50,000 soldiers and horses, plus 50,000 people, of which there are nearly 2,000 large and small ships in Shuizhai." Recently, the fifth officer of the Military Intelligence Agency has been reprimanded one after another, which has caused not only the Military Intelligence Agency, but also the entire Supervision Office to feel a great loss of face. During these times, both the Fifth Shu and Gongsun Lan are doing their best to search for the enemy's situation, so as not to happen again in the state of poor intelligence like some time ago.

Gongsun Lan felt that the destruction of Hu Tuzhou's garrison seemed to have a lot of pressure on the beloved man in front of him. Although on the surface, he didn't even say much about Hu Tuzhou. But she could clearly feel that he seemed to be full of guilt for Hu Yuzhou's 11,000 submerged garrison, and he was even more angry with Gao Yu. At present, many staff officers believe that for the current situation in the south, they should be in the stage of shrinking defense, temporarily abandon Xuzhou, and defend Huaidong according to Sizhou. The main force of the Qin army should be transferred back to Hebei to prepare for the upcoming decisive battle in Hebei.

But Li Jing didn't listen to it, and refused to go north, but insisted on fighting Gao Biao in Huainan, and even changed the original defensive plan to take the initiative to attack Huainan.

This is a proud man. Gao Biao did the first year of junior high school, and he had to do fifteen.

"Why don't you concentrate your forces to attack the Huaiyin Gaoyu camp together?" Gongsun Lan was still a little puzzled.

Tonight's action. To the surprise of many people, only the water division troops attacked the Huaiyin battalion, and not all the water division troops. Li Jing led nearly 30,000 main forces, but the target was not the Huaiyin camp.

Li Jing looked at the rainy night and did not speak.

Haozhou, Yongcheng.

The three founding generals of the Great Qi Empire worked together. The three of them were all old generals in the early days of Huangchao, and now they are all in command of the army. At this time, the three generals suddenly gathered in Haozhou, and their actions were secret.

Yongcheng is located between Songzhou and Xuzhou, and meets the two states. Moreover, Xuzhou was divided into two in the early years, the north is still Xuzhou, the south is Suzhou, and Yongcheng is located at the intersection of Song, Xu and Suzhou. And on the east bank of the Bianhe Canal, the reverse canal can go north to Songcheng, the seat of Songzhou, and the south of the canal can go directly to the bridge of Suzhou, and to the east can reach Xuzhou. It is in the water and land to rush, and the land throat.

Zhang Guiba's two cousins, Zhang Guihou and Zhang Guimu, walked into the hall.

"How's it going?" When Zhang Guiba saw the two brothers coming back, he immediately asked.

"Came out, the Huai army in Shouzhou and Haozhou, as Ge Shuai said, only a small number of soldiers, and the rest were mostly dressed by people. The main force of the Huai army gathered in Huaiyin, Chuzhou at this time, and it seemed that they were really going to compete with Li Jing. Zhang Guihou said with a smile.

Zhang Guimu added later: "Li Jing has gathered 40,000 elite soldiers in Sizhou to defend the Huai River, and it seems that he also intends to fight with the Huai army before taking Xuzhou. ”

Huo Cun, who was drinking tea on the side, had a bright eye, and said with a smile: "Big brother and second brother, Gao Yu and Li Jing are fighting each other, but Shi Pu is swaying on the side, this is our opportunity." At this time, Xu and Su Erzhou were empty, and it was a good time to capture them in one fell swoop. Taking Xu and Su Prefectures, blocking Gao Biao along the Huai River in the south, Li Jing in Sizhou in the east, and Yan and Song in the north are extremely important for us to fight for Lu land. ”

Although the two states of Shou and Hao are also empty at the moment, Emperor Huang Chao of Qi has said in advance, so that Ge Congzhou and others can save the peace between Gao Biao and Gao Biao, and they must not provoke a battle with Gao Biao first. Huang Chao was very jealous of Gao Yu. Fighting with Gao Biao several times back then, Huang Chao almost jumped into the river without being beaten, although he finally won once after the most reluctance, and Gao Biao no longer dealt with him, but he didn't think that Gao Biao was really scared by him. Huang Chao was bent on holding Luoyang, capturing Chang'an and destroying Li Tang. As for Gao Yu, he doesn't want to take the initiative to provoke him at this stage.

Ge Congzhou thought about it and nodded, this is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Xuzhou has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, especially in the current situation, Qi, Qin, and Huai are competing for the Central Plains in Huaibei, and the status of Xuzhou is becoming more and more important. Whoever can win Xuzhou will be able to gain a strategic advantage in Huaibei.

"I personally led the troops to Xuzhou, and the second and third brothers led the army to attack Suzhou. Strive to win Xusu Erzhou before Li Jing and Gao Biao decide the winner. Ge Congzhou said in a deep voice.

"I think it's better to send someone to contact Zhu Asan and ask him to send troops to Songzhou. Hold it back. ”

"Okay."

Huaiyin. The south bank of the Huai River.

A torrential rain fell like a pillar. In the rainy night, the warships of the Qin army's naval division had slowed down, and the horse lanterns on the ships could only illuminate the distance of a few steps next to them in the rain, and the warships were like dragons with yellow eyes swimming across the river.

"Prepare for battle!"

In the cabin, Zhu Xuan, who was wearing a dark cyan half-body armor, picked up a horizontal knife and struck it a few times on his round iron shield, calling his subordinates.

The cabin was crowded with soldiers in half-body plate armor, because on a rainy night, these soldiers were not equipped with the earth-shattering thunder they were used to. There was no bow on his back, and he did not carry a crossbow. All of a sudden, there were two bows, a crossbow and four earth-shattering thunders, plus two pots of swords, and everyone was much lighter. But as a result, everyone's combat effectiveness has also decreased significantly.

"Check your gear!"

After Zhu Xuan finished drinking, he took the lead in checking the equipment, a set of half-body plate armor on his body, a steel wire rope armor on his body, a pot-type steel helmet on his head, plus neck guards, arm armor, shin armor, and leather boots. Leather belt. A horizontal knife at his waist and a three-edged stab on his left leg. There was also a short sword on his right leg, followed by an eight-foot triangular spear in his hand, plus a round shield of steel. He also carried a water bottle, a small first aid kit, and a two-day dry ration on his back. Plus three cowhide cords that bind people!

After checking them one by one, he got up and jumped a few times, and the equipment on his body did not fall loosely.

He had sensed that the battle was about to begin, and Zhu Xuan felt that it would be a hard battle, with no thunder, no bows, no crossbows, no artillery support, and no cavalry to respond, and once ashore, there would be no way out.

The most important thing is that although it was the naval division that attacked tonight, in fact, the real main force was the marine division of the naval division.

Zhu Xuan was not a rookie who fought for the first time, he worked as a salt seller, later joined the army, ate grain under Cao Quanyang, fought Huangchao, and worked Wang Xianzhi, and was transferred from Cao Quanhui by Li Jing after the most reluctance. At that time, he was transferred to Li Jing's subordinates, as well as the Zhao Li brothers in Zhongwu Town, Zeng Yuanyu in the forbidden army, etc., but Zhao Li and Zeng Yuanyu were originally generals, and now they are the top generals in the Qin army.

And although he, Zhu Xuan, has also fought in Liaodong, Hebei and other places for several years, he is now only a battalion commander.

"The second battalion of the front compartment and the right battalion of the Seventh Army of the Marine Division are ready!" Zhu Jin, the commander of the second battalion of the right battalion, said loudly.

"All three are ready!" Zhu Qiong reported.

"All four are ready!" Zhu Yu stepped forward to report.

"All five are ready!" Zhu Han, the eldest of Zhu Xuan's five brothers, also said loudly.

Zhu Xuan was transferred from the five brothers to the Zhenguo Army together, and now it is very rare to stay in the first battalion. This situation is very rare in the Zhenguo army, but the brothers are still in low ranks, and if they rise further, according to the military system, it will never be possible to get together as officials again.

"After the ship docks in a moment, you all follow me!" Zhu Xuan said loudly.

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a vibration on the soles of his feet, and everyone in the cabin shook for a while, and then heard someone shouting at the hatch: "Arrive at the shore, hurry, all get off the ship!" ”

Zhu Xuan hurriedly grabbed his weapon, and with a wave of his hand, the 500 men and horses in the front and rear of the Seventh Army of the Marine Corps carried on this huge Bianboat fell into the rain one after another, and then jumped down the boat one after another.

The boat did not completely dock, but stopped on the beach a few feet away from the shore, and Zhu Xuan and the others had to jump into the water, and then wade into the water to land on the beach.

Jumping into the somewhat cold water of the Huai River, the river water flowing to the belly of the gun and shield desperately rushed to the shore.

As he went, he glanced left and right, and saw that in the pouring rain, troop carriers arrived on the left and right, and then groups of soldiers jumped into the river and rushed to the shore as hard as he did.

While struggling forward, Zhu Xuan forgot the battle plan before the battle, the place where they landed at this time was about ten miles above the Huaiyin Huai army camp, and there was no need to worry about being discovered and blocked by the Huai army on such a rainy night. However, this also meant that after they went ashore, they had to march ten miles on foot in the heavy rain night to reach the Huai army camp to attack.

Before that, any accident could cause the 10,000 marines in this area to encounter a counterattack by 100,000 people in the Huaiyin battalion.

Behind them, except for the rolling waves of the Huai River, there are no reinforcements!

It's a last stand! (To be continued......)