Chapter 19: A feint across the river

A few days passed soon, although the surface was safe and sound, but the waves were fierce in the dark, Zhang Lang always waited for the best time to cross the river to feint.

Zhou Tai also came, and there was another tiger general under Zhang Lang's account. Zhou Taizi Youping, a native of Cai under the Jiujiang River, is seven feet long, with a rough black face, an eagle-nosed lion mouth, looks like a mighty man, and has a scar on his face, which adds to the ruthless taste. But he is very humble, understands etiquette, and knows how to advance and retreat. In the romance, everyone has the deepest impression of him is that after Gan Ning's hundred horsemen robbed the Wei camp, Zhou Tai fought a bloody battle to protect Sun Quan, Cao Jun was in three times and three out, looking for Sun Quan twice, and saving Xu Sheng once, he was seriously injured. However, it is recorded in the history books that when Sun Ce was fighting the bandits in the six counties, Sun Quan lived in Xuancheng, the envoys defended themselves, the defense was negligent, and thousands of bandits were killed, and Sun Quan got on the horse to fight, and at this time, the bandits' blades had caused the left and right, or cut the saddle, and the guards were frightened and did not react for a while. Only Zhou Tai struggled to arouse, rushed to the front guard, and was bold, and the left and right guards were inspired by Zhou Taiyong to fight the bandits without fear of death. The bandits are no enemy, and they are disbanded and defeated. In this battle, Zhou Tai was seriously injured and wounded twelve times, and it took a long time to recover. If there was no Zhou Tai, Sun Quan would almost die, and Sun Ce would have obeyed his virtue and made up for the spring valley.

Zhou Tai came to the same place, and Zhang Lang ordered him to be the protector and listen to the tune at any time.

On this day, Tian Feng divined a hexagram again, and then rejoiced, it turned out that tonight's three watches, the river was foggy, and it was very easy to cross the river. Don't be surprised, Tian Feng is proficient in the five elements of yin and yang, good at distinguishing the time of the sky, knowing the stars, and he is very excited to report to Zhang Lang at the moment, saying that the best time to attack in detail has appeared. The Great Army should begin to secretly enter a state of readiness.

Zhang Lang was also very happy, and recruited back the naval governor Jiang Qin, the deputy governor Chen Wu, and the generals to discuss the matter of crossing the river to attack Moling.

Jiang Qin changed into a military armor, with extraordinary style, not angry or intimidating, extremely dignified, coupled with an arrogant look, it is not easy for people to enter in person. There is a world of difference from when they first came to meet each other, people want gold, horses want saddles, and that's right. And Chen Wu is even worse, his face is yellow and red, very scary, when Yan Ming sees him, he is surprised, the two of them have the feeling of being in the same way, and the current martial arts test moves, although Yan Ming's foundation is poor, but he and Black Eagle Wei go in and out together, work themselves, and their martial arts have made great progress. The two fought each other for a long time, Yan Ming only lost a move, despite this, Chen Wu was also amazed, the two sympathized with each other, Zhang Lang was the witness, the righteous knot Jin Lan, Yan Ming was big, Chen Wu was small, and the arms were happy, and the army gradually spread it into a beautiful talk. Later, Dian Wei learned that he was a good martial artist, and he made an appointment with two people, Chen Wu and Jiang Qin initially joined the Chinese army, but they also knew the rumors that Dian Wei, the number one general under Zhang Lang, and Zhao Yun, who was very favored, faintly became the head of the generals.

Yan Ming and Chen Wu can't fight against Dian Wei, but they are controlled everywhere, but Jiang Qin, who is watching the battle, can be frightened, and can't think of anything worse than rumors, when he was a water thief, he has long heard of Chen Wu's name, and now he has added a Yan Ming who does not lose him, and he was beaten by the rough Dian Wei without the power to fight back, plus he said that he saw Yang Rong and Zhao Yu's two daughters, Tai Shici, who bravely ran through the three armies, sighed in his heart that the Xuzhou army was really full of generals, if he was not proficient in water warfare, how could Zhang Lang be so reused. Zhao Yun, who was praised by his lord as a brave man, slashed Gao Shun, where Huaxiong guarded the foundation, and at the same time led the troops to live in Shatou Town, Zhang Liao, who was transferred to the north to aid Langyao, etc., wanted to come to martial arts and land warfare, which was only higher than himself, and he took back a lot of pride. Do not despise the soldiers, every soldier.

Zhang Lang has a big tent in the Chinese army, and there are a lot of personnel. Sitting in the handsome position, the generals lined up, all full of energy and temperament.

Zhang Langhu glanced at everyone, his expression was relaxed, and he said a little lazily: "Do you know what the generals want to summon you today?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and although they had some eyebrows in their hearts, no one said anything. After a long silence, Dian Wei finally couldn't help but come out, his face was a little anxious, and he muttered in a rough voice: "Boss, if you have something to say, just say it, I'm a big boss, I don't know, I panic in my heart." ”

The generals smiled slightly in their hearts, they all knew that Dian Wei's surname was straight, and they were afraid that others would hang his appetite, and he would come forward better in many things.

Of course, Zhang Lang knew his surname Ke very well, and said with a smile: "What, has it suffocated you these days?" ”

Dian Wei smirked and scratched his hair while holding his palm, and said a little embarrassed: "Boss, you know." ”

Zhang Lang nodded, stood up from the handsome position, his body was very tall, extremely burly, walked back and forth two steps, suddenly stopped, turned his head and asked Jiang Qin seriously: "Our army has been suspended in Jiangjin for several days, how is the Gongyi Navy going?" ”

Jiang Qin didn't dare to slack off, the more he got along with Zhang Lang, the more he found his personality charm, seeing him ask about himself, he hurriedly said: "One but the development is smooth, the quality of the main Yangzhou Danyang army is extremely high, the combat power is good, solve some problems after getting on the boat, and form a formation, etc., if nothing else, as long as we train in this way for half a year, our army can go to the Yangtze River to fight, and we will never lose half a point to the Moling Naval Army, and even exceed it in some aspects." ”

Zhang Lang shook his head, disapprehensive, and pretended to be a little dissatisfied: "It takes half a year so long? Our army took advantage of Cao Ying's inability to take care of Jiangnan, and attacked the six counties of Jiangdong, whose Moling is the capital county, and it is urgent, so how can there be so much time for you to finish training? ”

Jiang Qin saw Zhang Lang's temper so tough for the first time, not angry and strict, which made people feel oppressed, and he actually lost his hands and feet, and lost his manners, and said in a panic: "Generally, it takes one year to train an elite sailor, and the elder is up to three or five years, and because the Danyang army is extremely high-quality, has been fighting for many years, and is an iron-blooded army, so Qin dares to assert that it will be able to run rampant on the Yangtze River in less than half a year......"

Zhang Lang stretched out his hand a little domineering and interrupted: "I can't wait that long." ”

Jiang Qin saw that Zhang Lang was so disobedient, his face was dissatisfied, and then he hung his head gloomily, his expression was extremely negative, but he did not dare to speak.

His expression fell on Zhang Lang's eyes without revealing at all, and he smiled secretly in his heart, you arrogant guy, look at how I can fix you, let you be obedient and honest in the future, and then said in a deep voice: "Jiang Qin, you immediately go and prepare 5,000 sailors, and follow me across the river to attack Moling tonight." ”

Jiang Qin listened to Zhang Lang's words, his face was shocked, regardless of the unhappiness just now, he came out and said bitterly: "Lord, by all means, our army is more green and Xu's soldiers, not accustomed to the surname of water, and the water training is only three days, not familiar with water warfare, the combat power is greatly lost, and the cross-river attack, the climate on the river is changeable, there is a slight mistake, the boat falls into the water and rushes, our army has no large warships, mostly bamboo boats and rafts, the frontal defense ability is extremely weak, once the defender does not come out, only need to shoot arrows with bows and crossbows, our army will be defeated; And even if there are more sword and shield hands, once you go ashore, your combat power will be greatly reduced, which is not conducive to the war. I hope the lord will think twice. ”

Zhang Lang was secretly moved in his heart, this Jiang Qin is really loyal, he can be honest and honest, and he thinks about it very comprehensively, and he doesn't want to hurt his heart too much, his tone is very slow, his face is back to smiling, and he said unhurriedly: "Gongyi's words are reasonable, but you have been in the Yangtze River for so long, you must know the changes of the sky when you want to come, but you don't know that the fog is hanging down at night?" ”

Jiang Qin was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Zhang Lang to know that there was a heavy fog at night, it seemed that he was not at a loss, but also had some preparations. It's just that the navy is still not yet formed, and under favorable conditions, it is only a mutual relationship, and without the strong combat power of the navy, these are not of much use. As if he saw a glimmer of hope in his heart, his face was even more compelling, and he said a little excitedly: "Lord, it is still impossible, even if the fog hangs down the river, our army will attack Moling, it is also a strategy, if you want to capture it in the near future, you can also find another good strategy." ”

Zhang Lang spread out a little helplessly, looked directly at Jiang Qin and said with a wry smile: "What a gongyi, even if I obey you, you can really speak, then I'll talk to you again, I have recruited Liyang Wu Jing and Sun Ben to come quickly, and I believe that I will arrive in Jiangjin." You don't need to say much, I've made up my mind, you go and prepare, and cross the river together at night. ”

Jiang Qin didn't know whether he was complimenting or being sarcastic, he was very unsteady in his heart, thinking about the intention of recruiting Wu Jing and Sun Ben back, but he still felt uncomfortable in his heart, and he still wanted to speak, but he saw Zhang Lang's face resolute, and he couldn't say anything more. sighed helplessly in his heart, his face was extremely bad, and he retreated angrily, standing aside without saying a word.

Zhang Lang thought silently in his heart, don't be angry Jiang Qin, it's not that I don't say it, but that you are arrogant like a flying eagle, flying alone for the world in your heart. If you really want you to have confidence in me, let you open the door of your heart for me, and make a great journey for the unification of China, the only way to prove it is to make you truly surrender, and willingly use it for me, so that you can understand how good the master you have chosen is. It's not just you, it's someone else.

Like Tai Shici, Dian Wei and other people in Xuzhou who followed the old generals all the way, they have experienced such ups and downs, and they are extremely confident in Zhang Lang, no matter what adjustments are made, there must be their unknown intentions, but the few people who have just been voted in are incomprehensible. Zhang Lang didn't specifically explain, time will tell, and they will know when the time comes. However, Jiang Qin is really good, he can give advice directly, and he is completely fearless, and it is better to have more people like this. It is no wonder that the tenth chapter of the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms Wu Shu wrote to the end: "All these generals are the tiger ministers of Jiangbiao, and the Sun family is also favored." "Among them, in addition to Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang, the first thing to say is Jiang Qin, whether it is according to the time when they returned to Sun Ce, or the calculation of merit, it can be seen that he has outstanding points. Among the others, Zhou Tai fought the Lord of the Blood; Chen Wulujiang is unstoppable; Dong attacked the mouth and broke the two shackles and defeated Huang Zu; Gan Ning's hundred horsemen robbed Cao Ying; Pan Zhang's surname is extravagant and easy to kill, and the right can still forget about the merits; Xu Shengwei must defeat Cao Ying; Ling Tong worshiped Sima in fifteen; And Ding Feng fought hard in the snow, and after Sun Hao ascended the throne, he moved to the right Sima and the left army division. Among them, no matter who they are, they have made countless achievements and are all brilliant. It can also be seen that Jiang Qin was an important surname in the state of Wu.

Judging from the current situation, Sun Ce is almost finished, many of his famous generals have joined his team, only Sun Jian has left a few old generals, and Lujiang Zhou Yu, who has a good relationship with him, maybe many Zhang Hong. And his six counties in Jiangdong will soon fall into his pocket. The rest spread that he had thrown himself into the Lujiang River, and at best it was a small fight, and there was nothing to do. At present, it is necessary to guard against Yuan Shao, not to mention that he captured Yuan Shu's territory, and killed him, in this way, he will have a feud with Yuan Shao, once he learns the news, he will raise a large army to avenge his brother, so it is possible to solve it quickly.

At the time of the third watch that night, the fog misted the river, although the lights were bright, but the visibility was extremely low, and the Jiangjin mouth was tense and busy, but it was neat and well-organized, and no one shouted loudly. Zhang Lang, Yang Rong and Zhao Yu, together with Jiang Qin, Chen Wu, Wu Jing, and Sun Ben, boarded the commander's warship. Originally, I didn't want to take Zhao Yu there, but after she got on the boat, she was pale and scary, like a serious illness, extremely uncomfortable, and sometimes vomited. However, he still insisted on accompanying Zhang Lang to go together, Zhang Lang tried his best, no matter how deceitful and deceitful, it had no effect, and in the end he could only reluctantly agree. And he and Yang Rong are special forces and have super adaptability, so there is no problem. It's just that Jiang Qin is still sullen about what happened in the morning, not because he is narrow-minded, but because he is very optimistic about the prospects of this battle, and he may return with a big defeat.

Ten warships, plus 100 bamboo rafts and 50 light boats, carrying a total of 5,000 soldiers, most of them sword and shield bearers, took advantage of the fog to start crossing the river from the mouth of Jiangjin. A warship, sailors and soldiers are only about 200 people, the shipbuilding industry was not very developed during the Three Kingdoms period, once it encounters a typhoon, the sea is over. Needless to say, the bamboo raft boat is only used to carry people, and it is not much use.

However, the batters on the warship are all rolling on the Yangtze River all the year round, and they are familiar with light vehicles, and some of them are still accompanied by Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin as water thieves. Almost without exception, all of them are thick and strong men, born dragons and tigers, full of energy, and carry pulp like flying.

Zhang Lang stood on the bow of the ship, listening to the murmuring sound of the captain driving the waves, and experiencing the whistling sound of the fishy sea breeze blowing away. Looking back, although the river is foggy, you can vaguely see other ships close to the warship, and the torches are like a long dragon dance, on the surface of the river, one after another, so you can't see it.

At this time, the tide suddenly beats, the cold river splashes on the body, and the boat sways back and forth on the dark river, fortunately, there were no accidents, but for the sake of safety, Zhang Lang's left hand tightly hugged Yang Rong's small waist, and on the boat swaying from side to side, let her plump and hot ** stick to herself. The right hand also wrapped around Zhao Yu's waist, although when she first touched her thin waist, her delicate body trembled slightly, and she struggled slightly, but she didn't break away, and there was no movement. I don't know if Zhang Lang is intentional or unintentional. Anyway, hugging left and right, enjoying the blessings of all people. I can't see Zhao Yu's expression in the dark, but I can imagine that she must be blushing, her heart is beating fast, and her heart is intoxicated, right?

And Jiang Qin, Chen Wuli is like an iron tree behind Zhang Lang, steady and upright like a pine.

The three of them were pinched together in such an ambiguous relationship, Jiang Qin and Chen Wu pretended not to see anything, just looked ahead vigilantly.

Although the navy has only practiced for a few days, there is no Mingtang, but Jiang Qin specially took the water veteran as the helmsman, so the fleet also maintained a rough formation and did not disperse.

Nearly five watches at night, the Xuzhou Navy has approached Moling Water Village, but the fog on the river, many people can't see clearly, sneaking into the place of less than an arrow, and finally some soldiers found out, on the high-rise outpost of the Water Village, some nervous shouted loudly: "Who is on the water, sign up quickly." ”

Another soldier was uneasy in his heart, and said to the left and right with some surprise: "It must be that Zhang Lang's army in Xuzhou took advantage of the fog to kill, I should quickly sound the horn and beat the drum, so that the village can be equipped to meet the enemy as soon as possible." ”

Just now, the soldier may be the squad leader, with a little experience, shook his head and said: "Otherwise, it's not too late to ask first, if you come back carefully, we will beat the horn and beat the drum again, and the rest of the soldiers will be ruined, and the sin cannot be beared." ”

The soldier thought about it, and when he looked at the river from afar, it was just that the fog was thick, the water vapor was vast, and he couldn't see clearly.

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