Chapter 273 Soldiers in Dengzhou

Not long after Li Daozong left, several shuttle boats slipped on the surface of the river. It was Qin Mubai who sent sent to Jiangbei to scout back. There are several hundred-rider sergeants on board. Although Li You's rebels in Jiangbei have also imposed blockade and martial law along the river, for the capable hundred-rider sergeants, such a line of defense is simply a thousand creations. It's easy to infiltrate and find out the military situation.

The news brought back by the three-dial sentinels is almost the same, which also proves the reliability of the military situation, and is one of the reasons why Qin Mubai deliberately arranged it at the beginning.

The two armies are fighting. Of course, knowing yourself and knowing your enemy is certainly the top priority.

The sentinel reported that in just a few days, Li You first led more than 2,000 Dengzhou soldiers under his command to raise flags to rebel. Then, almost overnight, all the local officials under his rule were arrested. Intimidate and lure them to rebel. Then, he appointed Yin Hongzhi as the commander of the marching army (equivalent to a military division). With Zang Junmo, Liang Mengbiao and others as generals, he led his soldiers and horses to sweep through seven counties under the rule of Dengzhou, including Rong County, Nanyang, Xinye, Xiangcheng, Lin Tuan, Neixiang, Jutan, etc., opened the treasury to withdraw money and grain, collected military weapons to buy carriages and horses, and recruited people to join the army at a high price. Betrayal.

Within a few days, Dengzhou ruled hundreds of miles below the boundary, and suddenly it was hell. The so-called "army" led by people like Liang Mengbiao and Zan Junmo are mostly market hooligans and scoundrels. What good can they do? Robbed the treasury and robbed the treasure, killed and abused the officials and robbed the official seal, robbed the people, robbed the money, robbed the grain and animals, and captured a large group of brothel or good women, and sent them to the army for the military school ** for fun, day and night ** ugly.

Under the high-priced recruitment and coercion, the Dengzhou rebels quickly grew to 30,000 people within a few days. They made their own flags and organized the army, imitated the guard system of the Tang army, and formed the three guards and horses of "Longhua", "Hubei" and "Shenshu". They are led by Liang Mengbiao, Zan Junmo and Li You.

The sentry also reported that Yin Hongzhi and others pained to persuade Li You to call himself emperor and fight against the Chang'an Chamber, but Li You did not follow him and still called himself "King of Qi". Later, in order to persuade Yin Hongzhi and others, he used the official system of the East Palace to "additional officials" to give them, such as the prince Taibao, the prince Taishi... casually.

Qin Mubai sneered when he heard these rewards: What a jumping clown, a monkey!

The military situation reported that two days ago, the pseudo-miral Liang Mengbiao led 3,000 puppet troops, occupied the naval port in Xinye County, Dengzhou, and prepared more than 30 large and small warships. There were arrow towers and beacon towers along the river. The guard was extremely strict and he was ready to fight.

"Explore again--" Qin Mubai gave the order and sat down again.

Pang Fei and others saw that Qin Mubai did not move at all. They couldn't hold back the long-suppressed belligerent mood and asked one after another, "General, the pseudo-general Liang Mengbiao is just a hooligan. How can he fight? Why don't we kill across the river with one spirit and step on the new field army port and kill him!"

"What's the hurry?" Qin Mubai said faintly, "How can the rabble be separated by a river to stop our army? Liang Mengbiao's clown, I disdain to pinch him to death for fear of dirty hands. Wait a minute!"

"What is the general waiting for?" Pang Fei asked softly.

Qin Mubai gently raised a trace of fine lines from the corners of his mouth and said, "You will know right away."

About an hour later, a fast horse from the Assassin's House galloped and reported that the King of Wu invited General Qin Mubai to return to the house to receive the imperial edict.

As expected!

Without saying a word, Qin Mubai took several attendants away from the boat and crossed the horse and came to the Assassin's House.

The imperial envoy came so fast that it was only seven or eight days before Li Ke wrote the letter. It is enough to prove that the emperor attaches great importance to this matter. Moreover, the imperial envoy sent is not a nobody. He is the former living person and the current Chinese scholar Chu Suiliang, the emperor's confidant secretary!

He is also an old acquaintance of Li Ke and Qin Mubai. Previously, he participated in the Jiangzhou case.

When he arrived at the Assassin's Mansion, the large and small officials stood in two rows on both sides of the main hall and looked back at Qin Mu Bairong's big stride in. Li Ke wore a purple deer robe and dressed up as a formal dress for Qin Mubai to accept the order together.

Chu Suiliang looked at Qin Mubai with solemn eyes and said, "General Qin is coming, and the official will announce the order immediately."

"Please wait a moment for Chu Zhongshu." Qin Mubai took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty has made it clear that he will accept the order with the King of Wu?"

"Yes." Chu Suiliang's simple and affirmative answer.

"Then the order will be taken." After saying that, Qin Mubai saluted with a fist on one knee. Li Ke put on his front robe and bowed down, and all the officials in the hall did the same.

"Destined, Li Ke handed over the state affairs by Quan Wanji to act as the governor of Xiangzhou, and immediately went to Beijing. Qin Mubai, the soldiers and horses to protect the people, should not act rashly. I'm here!"

The imperial edict was just two sentences, and Chu Suiliang read it out quickly.

Li Ke and Qin Mubai looked at each other. At the same time, their faces tightened, but they didn't reply for a long time. Quan Wanji behind him hurriedly said, "Your Highness, General Qin, take the order quickly!"

"The last general, I dare not accept the order!" Qin Mubai suddenly said loudly.

"What did you say?" Chu Suiliang was shocked and asked in surprise.

"Your Highness, you take the order! It will be outside, and the military life will not be accepted. The last general, I dare not accept the order!" Qin Mubai stood up and said powerfully.

Everyone in the hall was shocked. Everyone looked at him in panic and their eyes widened one after another.

Chu Suiliang was calm. He slowly closed the imperial edict and handed it to Li Ke and said, "Your Highness the King of Wu, would you like to accept the edict?"

"Weichen, take the order." Li Ke took the imperial edict with both hands, stood up, stared at Qin Mubai, and said in a low voice, "Qin Mubai, do you know what you are doing?"

"I know. The end will be against the order." Qin Mubai said calmly, "Your Majesty is thousands of miles away. He doesn't know the military situation in Xiangzhou, so he strictly ordered the last generals not to move troops. However, the last general can invite you to go to the river to have a look. The enemy's pseudo-armed army, Chen Zhou, was able to attack the river at any time. Do you want me, Qin, to be a turtle with more than 2,000 hot-blooded men? Sorry, I can't do it!"

Chu Suiliang frowned and said, "If the enemy's puppet army attacks the river, it will fight back at the right time. It belongs to the model of the protection of the people. Naturally, it will not blame the general. General Qin, you'd better accept the order!"

"If you don't answer, you won't answer." After saying it decisively, Qin Mubai took out a military information report from his chest armor pocket and threw it to Chu Suiliang. He said, "Chu Zhongshu, please take a look at what the enemy and puppet army has done in Dengzhou. Burn, kill, plunder and rape | ** Women, do all evil! If you want me, Qin, to watch the play across the river and watch the enemy's puppet army so rampant and bully good, I, Qin, can't do it!"

Chu Suiliang opened the military newspaper in surprise and looked at it a few times. He took a breath and said, "I didn't expect Li You to act like this!" At least he is also the prince of the Tang Dynasty. He is ruled by his own people. How can he bear it?

"Humph!" Qin Mubai sneered, "If he knew human relationship, he would not have done what happened today. The so-called generals he appointed are all hooligans and market scoundrels. What good can these people do? Qin Mouman thought that his majesty would send a decree to fight the thieves across the river to fight against the rebellion. Who would have thought that the last general would be a shrinking turtle! Even if the last general can turn a blind eye to it with a cold face, the generals under the command of the general will not agree! Many of the people on the other side are relatives and compatriots of the people of Xiangzhou. The military government has long been full of fighting spirit. If you put up with it again, the last general will worry, and the army's heart will change!"

Chu Suiliang took a deep breath and said, "General Qin has said so many reasons, but there is only one purpose - you want to fight against the order, right?"

Qin Mubai grinned gently: "Chu Zhongshu is a smart person, and he guessed right. It's just a pity that the last general didn't prepare a prize for you. The military situation is like fire, and I can't wait. The last general has no time to fight here - goodbye!"

"Slow!!" Chu Suiliang shouted loudly, stepped forward and stood between Li Ke and Qin Mubai, and said, "Your Highness the King of Wu, you should at least persuade General Qin. General Qin, you should also know what are the consequences of doing this?

"The assassin and the lieutenant are related to each other, but there is no subordinate relationship. I have no right to give orders to General Qin. Li Ke said lightly, "And... I have already pretended to go to the capital. How can I dissuade General Qin?"

"You! ..." Chu Suiliang touched a soft nail fiercely, and then smiled bitterly, and his heart was already understanding - these two people were obviously premeditated. People are under the eaves, how can they not bow their heads? Even if he is the imperial envoy, now the emperor's order can't stop suppressing Qin Mubai. Chu Suiliang has a mouth. What can he do to stop the heart-hearted Qin Mubai?

"It seems that it's useless for me to say too much." He shook his head and said with a wry smile, "General Qin, take care of yourself. I will report everything to His Majesty the Emperor.

"Vit's very good." Qin Mubai looked at Chu Suiliang and nodded, and said, "The two armies are about to fight, and the rivers and land roads are not connected. If His Royal Highness the King of Wu wants to go to Beijing, he must wait three or five days to avoid military disasters. That's all I said. Say goodbye!"

After saying that, Qin Mubai, like when he came, walked away with a big step.

"Hey..." Chu Suiliang looked at Qin Mubai's back and shook his head with a wry smile.

Li Ke took the imperial edict, walked to him and asked in a low voice, "Chu Zhongshu, why do you sigh with a wry smile?"

"Nothing." Chu Suiliang shook his head with a smile and said, "Cu is just sighing, when did he become so ignorant of the current affairs?"

Li Ke also smiled, "Sir, why did you say this?"

Chu Suiliang looked around at the officials in the hall and shook his head with a smile: "That's all, don't talk about it!" Since it is inconvenient to start now, why don't you ask His Royal Highness the King of Wu to arrange a good place? Let's just climb up and look at it together to see how Qin Mubai's soldiers are?

"Okay! It's in line with the king's heart!"

Qin Mubai just walked a few steps away from the Assassin's House and ordered the attendants around him, "Take my letter and quickly go back to issue a military order - the whole army purges, people board the ship, and prepare to fight!"

"No!" The pawn took the letter and rode away.

"Huh! ..." Qin Mubai snorted heavily and said secretly: After suppressing a breath of resentment for many days, it's finally time to vent!

Abend my Linger and trap me in injustice... Yin Hongzhi, you must die!

Li You, you will also pay the price for your unrighteousness and stupidity!

Qin Mubai clenched the handle of the "guiyi knife" at his waist and said to himself: compassion for the enemy is cruelty to himself. Since it's killing, it should be decisive. I must be ruthless! ...Linger, forgive me!

When he returned to the military port, Pang Fei, who received the military order, had already ordered the No. 2,100 soldiers in the military palace to board ten divine fish spacecraft neatly.

Eight hundred white wave water army, 400 elite cavalry of the Chinese army, a thousand regiments of crossbows and infantry knife hands, on standby.

Qin Mubai's horse just stopped at the port, and more than 2,000 people in the army sang in unison - "Please order the general to attack the thief across the river!"

It is magnificent and powerful!

"Okay!--" Qin Mubai shouted loudly, and walked to the flagship armored soldier with a mighty hair. He stood in the bow of the boat and pulled out a knife to point forward--

"Sect my order, the water army will be launched, and the enemy will be killed!"

"Woo-woo-woo!"

Eight long metal horns, more than one person, stood on the sergeant's shoulder and blew to the sky, and the sound shook a hundred miles. The flag bearer hit the flag, and the drums on the five warships of the former army flew loudly. The huge and majestic divine fish spaceship split the waves and advanced forward, stirring up a thousand layers of angry waves in the water of the Han River!

The ferry of Baguidu looked at the lighthouse, and Li Ke and Chu Suiliang looked side by side. Although it was a few miles away, it was also shaken by the sound of the drum corners that shook the sky.

"It's so magnificent that 2,000 soldiers and horses have such a military power!" Chu Suiliang couldn't help sighing, "Look at the ship's progress, the military prestige is high, and the morale is high. Qin Mubai is really a good general!"

"Why do you say that?" Li Ke curled his lips and said jealously, "That's what the old king of Jiang Xia in the army said. Qin Mubai, a boy who has never led a war, what can he do?

"Haha!" Chu Suiliang laughed, "In the past, Jiangdong Zhoulang was not the weak commander-in-chief. Did he start to lead the army from his mother's womb?"

"Can he be compared with Zhou Yu?" Li Ke sneered and said, "At least, Zhou Yu has Xiao Qiao, but he doesn't!"

"Wu Wang is really funny." Chu Suiliang smiled and said, "General Qin, isn't this Xiao Qiao who was angry and went to save him?"

"It's true, it's true." Li Ke nodded and cursed, "This boy is obsessed with lust. If you work hard to disobey the imperial edict, you should also try to be brave and go to the hero to save the beauty.

Of course, Chu Suiliang knew that Li Ke was deliberately pretending, so he shook his head and sighed with a wry smile, "The water of the Han River is really deep!"

"Then the king doesn't know." Li Ke said solemnly, "I can't swim and have never been in the water."

"Look - it's fighting!" Chu Suiliang raised his hand and pointed, and the two of them looked forward with concentration.

At this time, the five divine fish spacecraft were in the shape of arrows and had rushed near the enemy's pseudo-military fortress on the other side. Liang Mengbiao has already begun to prepare for it, with ships pulling arrow towers, which is quite decent. In front of the Xinye Water Army Military Port, he built a water village that stretches for three or five miles, with more than a dozen arrow towers. The gate was pulled up, and more than a dozen large and small warships rushed out, beating drums and shouting out, and shooting arrows at the divine fish spaceship.

However, this level of attack, in the face of the city wall tank-like divine fish spaceship, is like tickling. Among these so-called enemy pseudo-called "water army", the powerful ones are some idle men who can swim. If they have a stupid strength, how can they shoot good arrows? Many arrows fell down before they flew to the deck of the Shenyu spacecraft.

Pang Fei on the flagship grinned and waved the flag in his hand: "The whole army listens to the order - cast the rocket!"

Hundreds of white wave sailors neatly set up strong bows and hard crossbows, and launched rockets diagonally 45 degrees into the sky.

Suddenly, the arrows of Mars came like a strong rain and wind. It's like a fireworks suddenly bursting in the middle of the night, completely covering the enemy warships in it!

"Ah!!--" Originally, the enemy's puppet army had already been scared when they saw such a huge warship. If they hadn't been afraid of being cut off by Liang Mengbiao, few people really dared to rush out of the water fortress to fight. Now that this overwhelming fire has come, there is no love for war. As soon as the first round of fire arrows fell, screams were everywhere. Many of the arrows were killed or injured and fell into the water. The rest of them rowed back desperately in fear, and some were so timid that they cried and jumped into the water.

At this time, the wall cabin of the Shenyu spacecraft suddenly opened, and countless one or two feet long Geyu poked randomly into the water. The enemy and puppet army who fell into the water screamed repeatedly, and a mass of thick blood splashes in the water and was buried at the bottom of the river.

"It's not a level of competition at all. The cannon hit mosquitoes." Qin Mubai saw this scene on the flagship and sneered.

At this time, Pang Fei stood in the bow of the ship and waved the flag in his hand: "Crash into the enemy's fortress, break its array, and destroy its army!"

"No--"

Countless people in the belly of the cabin stepped on the pedal desperately. The five avant-garde divine fish spacecraft accelerated together, and the hard bow was facing the so-called "water village" built by Liang Mengbiao, and it collided fiercely!

More than a dozen enemy ships were so scared that they couldn't avoid the impact of the Shenyu spacecraft.

"Ah!!--" screamed everywhere!

"Ka-cha-cha!"

The enemy warship and the water fence, like a paper model, collapsed in an instant under the impact of the divine fish spaceship, a giant water protection barrier, like destruction!

Standing on the bank of the river and commanding the combat craftsman Liang Mengbiao, he suddenly sweated white and coldly, and the flag in his hand almost fell to the ground.

"Horse, horse! Lead the horse!" He exclaimed in horror.

The servant pawn hurriedly brought the horse. He turned over in a hurry and patted the horse and left, shouting, "Get back!!"

With a group of survivors, Liang Mengbiao fled. At this time, he was lucky that he did not board the boat or enter the water village. Otherwise, I don't know where to get the body now!

"The water village made of such a strong sequoia wood, iron rivets and cowhide rope is actually torn and smashed like cloth paper! Qin Mubai's water army is so horrible! There is no chance of winning on the water, and there is no way to fight!" Liang Mengbiao gritted his teeth and said hatefully, "When you get to the shore, I'll deal with you!"

Qin Mubai raised his eyes and clearly saw a group of enemy puppet troops on the embankment who abandoned their armor and fled. He sneered and said secretly: The mob, a plate of scattered sand! Such rubbish is not worthy of my opponent!

At this time, the eight ghosts crossed Li Ke and Chu Suiliang on the tower and said almost with one voice, "It's too different!"

Li Ke sneered and said, "No one under Li You can really lead the army to fight. He can only make friends with some crooked and evil characters. Liang Mengbiao, a gangster, who will be Qin Mubai's opponent? In fact, if it had been a year or two ago, the Xiangzhou navy would be almost the same as the opposite one. When the two sides fight, it's really up to decide who will win or lose.

"So, it's easy to get a thousand troops and it's hard to find a general." Chu Suiliang nodded and smiled, "I saw that Qin Mubai only sent a deputy to lead five warships and won a complete victory, and the enemy fled. He hasn't done it himself yet. The five warships just now are skilled in tactics and have strong combat power, which can really be regarded as a model of the navy. Although Chu has never led a soldier, he has read a lot of books about this. Water warfare is more difficult than land warfare. The reason is that when people are on the water, it is better to be on the shore. The ship should be controlled, the wind direction should be mastered, and the speed of the current and the sergeant's innate fear of water should also be taken into account. If it hadn't been for the usual practice and training, no matter how powerful the army is on the water, it may also be vulnerable. If the water battle is defeated, it will be more tragic than the land battle. It's like just now."

"Fighting is really a university question." Li Ke said, "Normally, I only pay attention to Qin Mubai's dealings and details of life, and I really don't care about his military affairs. I didn't expect that he had done so many things in less than a year since he came to Xiangzhou.

"He is excellent." Chu Sui said concisely, "In all aspects."

"It seems to be..." Li Ke nodded with deep understanding.

At this time, the enemy and pseudo-water army in the new field army port has either died or escaped and has collapsed. In the newly pulled water village, the raging fire burned several feet high and instantly turned into ruins. Military fortresses and warships were all turned into ashes and disappeared under the anger of the fire god.

Pang Fei ordered again: "Take a captive and get off the ship ashore. Build a dock and open the way for the rear army!"

The 800 navy had almost no casualties and won a complete victory. Landing on the side of Xinye Military Port in turn, the soldiers chased the prisoners who fell into the water and fled along the river, and began to quickly dig the wharf suitable for large warships with military shovels and other tools. Set up a sump, pull up the water pile, and set up a flag to defend.

Everything was in order, and hundreds of soldiers were in place, sweating like rain.

Qin Mubai put his hands on the side of the ship, looked at the scene in front of him, and nodded with relief: "Bad boy, you did a good job. I haven't been busy in the past few months.

At this time, the sentry came to report: "General Qin, General Pang has cleared the enemy's fake water village and is repairing the wharf to prepare for the river bank. General Qin, please order!"

"Pang Fei has many crossbows to prevent the enemy from taking the opportunity to invade. The Huotou army went ashore with enough grain and rice cookers to make rice for the army. Two hours later, the whole army landed. Eat, drink and rest for an hour. If you don't build a camp, the water army will be stationed in the warship. The army will attack lightly and attack the city!"

"Yes--"

Qin Mubai breathed a sigh of relief and thought: The new field military port was lost, and Liang Mengbiao must have returned the news to Li You. Li You's puppet army is just a rabble, and it is not enough to worry about it. Even if there are 30,000 people, I don't care about him. I'm afraid that he will make some articles with Linger... Hey, Linger, I don't know what's going on now.

At this time, she should be the hardest in the world!