Fenghou

This restaurant is called Dongting West Building. It has been open for several years, but it has just changed to a new owner. The new owner is Hu Yanlei. It is the consistent strategy of Chen Qing's army to obtain information about enemy cities. Hu Yanlei bought a restaurant at a high price. , if it is no longer needed in the future, then sell it, or turn it into a military product and ask someone to operate it regularly.

In a private room on the second floor, Liu Heng met Yang Zaixing and counselor Zhang Xiao.

Hu Yanlei introduced them, everyone sat down and sat down, Liu Heng said: "Yang Yao led 1 troops and [-] warships to leave the water village last night, but I don't know what he is going to do?"

Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "We know exactly what he is going to do. Now I am more concerned about whether the two hundred warships will change the content of General Liu's map."

Zhang Xiao took out a copy of the map, spread it out on the table, Liu Heng looked at it for a moment, pointed to the exit and said: "There are no warships here, and other contents have not changed, by the way, the army has lost 1 people. "

Zhang Xiao blotted out the disappearing fleet with an ink pen, and he smiled again: "Chen Dutong asked me to ask General Liu, what do you want?"

Liu Heng was silent for a moment and said: "I only have three small requests. First, don't pursue my previous crimes. After the war, I want to leave Wuling County with my father, wife and children and settle down elsewhere; The concubine returned it to me, although she was taken over by other men, it was not her fault; third, give Yang Qin to my disposal."

Zhang Xiao took out a gold medal and said calmly, "This is Chen Dutong's gold medal. On behalf of Chen Dutong, I can agree to your three requests."

Liu Heng stared at the gold medal for a moment, picked up the wine in the bowl and gulped it down. He slammed the wine bowl on the table, "Tell me! How can I help you?"

Yang Zaixing, who had been silent all this time, stared at Liu Heng and said slowly: "We want to know, when will General Liu be in charge of patrolling the water surface?"

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At night, more than 200 warships sailed into the Yangtze River close to the west of the lake mouth, then turned around and sailed eastward along the Yangtze River.

The mouth of the Baling River is very close to the mouth of the lake, only [-] miles away, and the scale is much smaller than the mouth of Dongting Lake, only about [-] miles wide. Cars and boats are waiting for news on the Yangtze River.

Yang Yao was the leader, of course he would not take the risk himself, but his cousin Yang Jing led 180 warships and [-] troops into Balingshui.

The fleet moved south very slowly. The fleet of the Song army was about [-] miles away from the river mouth. According to intelligence, there were [-] soldiers guarding it. This battle is crucial to boosting the morale of the entire army.

After entering Balingshui for about ten miles, Yang Yao's fleet docked, and ten thousand troops went ashore one after another.

Yang Jing left [-] soldiers to guard the warship, and he led [-] soldiers to rush to the Song Army fleet ten miles away...

Chapter 292

Eight thousand rebels rushed all the way, five or six miles away, and faintly saw the shadow of a big ship in front of them, the rebels became even more excited, and ran to the fleet recklessly. After a while, they rushed to the big ship, but Yang Jing was surprised. It was found that there were only four large ships, not the fifty large ships that the king had told him before.

Yang Jing was stunned, another doubt came to her heart, where are the thousand Song troops guarding the fleet?Could it be a mistake, not this place?

At this moment, the soldier shouted, "General, they are all fake ships!"

Yang Jing rushed forward, and saw that several so-called big boats had a shell nailed with broken boards, and the inside was supported by wooden frames.

"be cheated!"

Just as a thought flashed through, suddenly dense arrows were shot from the dark woods in the west, there were thousands of arrows, there was a scream on the shore, countless bandit soldiers were shot down by the arrows, and Yang Jing was shot down by several arrows. The arrows hit his back, and one of the arrows pierced his neck, and Yang Jing fell headfirst.

There was a great chaos among the bandits, and the bandits ran back desperately. The sound of war horses suddenly sounded. Two thousand cavalry rushed out from the woods, rushed into the enemy group, stabbed with knives and spears, and killed the chaotic bandits , there were rolling human heads everywhere, blood sprayed from the headless neck cavity, and the air was filled with a pungent bloody smell.

The bandit soldiers were so frightened that they were almost crazy. Thousands of people jumped into the river and swam to the other bank.

In the dark, three thousand cavalrymen surrounded and killed thousands of bandit soldiers. The bandit soldiers ran desperately in the wilderness, but they couldn't run the horses. The cavalry quickly caught up with them. The smarter bandit soldiers knelt on the ground and kowtowed for mercy Ask for a life.

But the other part of the bandit soldiers did not have the consciousness of surrendering, and wanted to escape back to the warship. They ran desperately, and the cavalry no longer showed mercy.

At the same time, the fleet ten miles away was also attacked by thousands of Song troops. Zheng Ping and Niu Gao each led [-] soldiers to surround the [-] rebels guarding the ship. Niu Gao shouted: "Those who surrender will not be killed!"

Hundreds of people in the northwest corner tried to resist, but were ordered to be killed by the angry Zheng Ping. The screams not far away frightened the other bandit soldiers, who knelt down and surrendered.

Niu Gao shouted: "Take off your weapons and take them away!"

The reason why the surrenderers were not killed was that Chen Qing agreed to Li Gang, but there was another important reason. They captured many vehicles and boats.

……

At four o'clock, there was still no news of the [-] troops that went to Balingshui to attack the Song army. Yang Yao felt a little uneasy, and he felt something was wrong.

At this moment, a soldier shouted: "Your Majesty, they are back!"

I saw a rumbling sound coming from a distance, this is the unique sound of vehicles and boats, everyone is familiar with it, and after a while, the shadow of a boat with black pupils appeared on the river.

Yang Yao stared closely at the shadow of the boat, and saw that the boat was getting closer, but he didn't see the signal he gave to Yang Jing, and he didn't see the five lanterns hanging from the mast.

"not good!"

Yang Yao shouted, "Send the order to retreat quickly!"

Three signal torches were waved, and eighteen warships began to turn around, speeding towards the mouth of the lake...

At the mouth of the lake, fifty large ships and more than 100 small boats were moored quietly, cutting off the retreat of Yang Yao's navy. Chen Qing stood on the bow of the five thousand stone warship, looking at the river in the dark. Hearing the rumbling sound of water rolling in the distance, it should be Yang Yao who came over.

Chen Qing stared at the river, not long after, figures of more than a dozen warships appeared several miles away, and the opponent did not find the warship ahead, but Chen Qing knew in his heart that his advantage of eyesight would not last long, and the opponent would soon They will be found, and he immediately ordered: "The boats attack!"

A rocket rose on the river, which was the order to attack, and more than 100 small boats drove forward.

At the same time, the soldiers from the other side saw the rockets in front of them and shouted. Yang Yao also saw the rockets on the river, and he was shocked. How could there be rockets on the water?

Yang Yao hesitated, there were pursuers behind him, he could only go forward if he wanted to go home, but a rocket appeared in front of him, he couldn't tell whether the opposite was a small sampan or a huge fleet?Both have the potential to shoot rockets.

"My lord, it's the fleet!"

The watchmen on the bow finally saw the figures of large ships on the river, there were dozens of them.

Yang Yao didn't hesitate anymore, and immediately shouted: "Retreat to the west!"

With pursuers behind and interceptions ahead, they could only evacuate westward along the Yangtze River.

But it was too late to evacuate at this time, and dozens of small boats rushed to the west first, blocking their way from the west.

In a moment, more than 100 small boats rushed up from all directions in the west like a pack of wolves, throwing fishing nets at the impellers of the vehicles and boats, and the vehicles and boats were trapped on the river.

Yang Yao's two thousand stone chariot and boat rushed from left to right and rushed out of the encirclement. The chariot and boat were traveling at a high speed. At this moment, a large ship suddenly passed by, only dozens of steps away, and a powerful rain of arrows shot out from the large ship. Thirty bed crossbows were launched at the same time, and 150 jackdaw iron arrows were shot. A series of clicks sounded, and an impeller was shot to pieces, and the iron arrows even shot through the hull. The arrow fell down.

The big ship didn't stop, and passed by the vehicles and boats, only to see a nearly eight-foot-long giant whip slammed down from the air, and the huge hammer smashed through the deck, smashing the keel of the big ship into two pieces.

Knowing that the ship was doomed, Yang Yao rushed to the stern in one breath, grabbed a buoy, jumped off the Yangtze River, and swam westward with all his might, two miles away in one breath.

Panting heavily, he looked back and saw that the other ship was whipped down again, his boat was broken in two, and the sailors on the boat jumped into the water to escape, but it was too late, and the Song army on the big ship The soldiers raised their crossbows and shot, and most of the soldiers died in the Yangtze River.

Yang Yao groaned in his heart, turned around and hugged the buoy, and swam to the shore ten miles away.

'Boom!Boom! 'Several fire oil balls flew into the air and hit another vehicle and boat that broke out. It would be better to be entangled in fishing nets and trapped on the river. This vehicle and boat caught fire and were engulfed by the fire not long after.

The vehicles and boats came from behind, and surrounded the remaining sixteen vehicles and boats.

……

Dingkoudang in Changde Mansion is a small lake on the edge of Dongting Lake. It is actually surrounded by two peninsulas, connected to Dongting Lake by a tens of feet wide opening.

The lake surface of Dingkoudang is about several thousand acres, and the westernmost part is the Dingkoudang water village built by Yang Yao, which occupies almost half of the lake surface, surrounded by deep wooden stakes.

Hundreds of large and small warships moored quietly in the water village. The other half of the water village is naturally on the shore, covering a large area and surrounded by fences. Thousands of large tents are stationed inside. The thieves are distributed in each large tent.

Liu Cui led a small team of dozens of people to the shore of the main island in the south. It was the second watch, and the Dingkou Dang was pitch black. The soldiers each carried two bags of kerosene, which was quite difficult.

There used to be a fishing village on the peninsula, but it has been moved away, leaving only a solitary forest, uninhabited, but at the end of the peninsula there are two sentry towers, monitoring the ships entering and leaving the port.

"General, over there!" A soldier pointed in front and whispered.

Liu Cui also saw that there were three small boats moored in a bay, which is the benefit of internal support!

There was a soldier on the boat, who was Liu Heng's confidant, and he stretched his neck anxiously to visit.

"Excuse me, do you have any tokens?" the soldier asked timidly.

Liu Cui took out a token and handed it to him, and the soldier nodded, "Get on board, everyone! Tonight's patrol password is a jug of sake."

Thirty soldiers of the Song Army boarded the boat one after another, and unloaded their kerosene bags. They were all wearing the military uniforms of the bandit army, and there was basically nothing unusual about them. They looked like patrol ships on the periphery.

"How to enter the water village?" Liu Cui asked.

The water village is blocked by wooden piles and boards, so you have to go around to the front gate of the water village.

The soldier shook his head, "There is a hole to get in!"

The three small boats came to a small gap, and the soldiers looked at the two sides with their heads, and began to pull the wooden boards apart. Everyone helped, and more than a dozen wooden boards were pulled apart one after another. The small hole that was originally only two feet turned into a seven-foot hole. wide hole.

Three small boats full of soldiers from the Song army sailed into the water village silently...

Chapter 293

Yang Zaixing commanded [-] cavalry and they were all ready. They hid in the woods one mile to the north of the barracks. According to the map provided by Liu Heng, the north gate of the barracks was the logistics area. The place of entry and exit is usually locked, there are no sentry towers, and there are no sentries.

Just after the third watch, several soldiers stepped forward and smashed the iron lock, and opened the door of the logistics passageway. One soldier pulled out a fire pocket, flicked it into the wind and lit it, and waved it twice.

Yang Zaixing gave an order, "Go in!"

The cavalry was mobilized, Yang Zaixing took the lead, and five thousand cavalry urged their horses to follow, gradually forming a raging torrent and rushing into the enemy camp.

The ground was shaking, and the sound of horseshoes was like thunder. The southern rebel army had never been in contact with cavalry. They didn't know what the vibration and noise were. The patrolling general in the barracks even sent people to check the situation.

The sentinels at the west gate were the first to react. They realized that this was an enemy attack, and hurriedly sounded the alarm bell, 'Dang!when!when! '

It was too late, five thousand cavalry rushed into the barracks, and the places they passed were full of flames, shouts, cries, and screams. Beheaded mercilessly.

The night wind was strong and the fire was fierce. At this time, the boats moored on the lake also started to catch fire. It was obvious that the Song army set fire to the boats. The fires on the land and on the lake gradually became one, and the flames swept across the entire barracks .

The cavalry of the Song army had already rushed out of the camp, beheading the escaped bandit soldiers on the periphery. They only had 5000 men, and they could not accept prisoners of war. They would not accept surrender at all. Apart from fleeing into the night in a hurry, the bandit soldiers had no second way to survive. .

Yang Qin, the general who stayed behind, was caught by the Song army and tied up. At this time, Liu Heng came riding with a dozen of his men, and Liu Heng's horse also brought a woman in white, who was his concubine Li Qingluo, Liu Heng snatched the concubine out of Yang Qin's big tent, but did not find Yang Qin.

"General Yang Zaixing, may I catch Yang Qin?" Liu Heng asked loudly.

Yang Zaixing pointed with his spear, and his soldiers threw an enemy general with his hands bound to the ground. It was the terrified Yang Qin.

Liu Heng jumped off the horse and grabbed Yang Qin's hair, with anger in his eyes, "Second Yang, you also have today?"

"Liu Heng, what are you doing?" Yang Qin scolded angrily.

"You bastard has taken over my woman, what do you think I will do?"

"Dog thief, even if I'm a ghost, I won't let you go!".

"Then you go to be a ghost first!"

Liu Heng turned his head and asked the concubine to close her eyes. He raised the knife and cut off Yang Qin's neck immediately. Liu Heng grabbed the head and shouted to the sky. The humiliation of several years was finally washed away at this moment.

He threw the head to the soldiers of the Song Army, got on his horse, and saluted Yang Zaixing, "General Yang, Huang Cheng went to Wuling County in the afternoon. There are 1000 bandits guarding the county, and [-] of them are Yang Yao's confidants. Forgive me for being powerless."

Yang Zaixing nodded, "Go!"

Liu Heng rushed to the southwest with a dozen of his men. His parents, wife and children were no longer in Wuling County, and had already moved to Taoyuan County, [-] miles to the southwest.

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Overnight, tens of thousands of Yang Yao's troops and hundreds of warships were wiped out, 1000% of the tens of thousands of soldiers were killed in the flames, [-]% were killed by the cavalry of the Song Army, and [-]% fled home. In the end, only [-] troops in Wuling County remained. , This army is stationed in the county to protect the family members, and there are [-] people in it to protect Yang Yao's wife and children.

Unexpectedly, these 5000 people became Yang Yao's last army.

In order to prevent the bandits from fleeing to the mountains, Yang Zaixing's cavalry did not evacuate Wuling County, nor did they have siege weapons, so they monitored the enemy outside the city.

Yang Yao fled back to Wuling County at night two days later. He climbed to the top of the city with a rope and was sent back to the government office by the soldiers.

Yang Yao was tired and hungry, he ate two big bowls of rice and drank another cup of tea, and then slowly regained his strength. He snatched a small boat on the north bank of Dongting Lake, rowed back alone, but saw Dingkou Dangshui village burned It turned into a white field, and the dark wreckage of the ship was left. He was so frightened that he didn't dare to stay, and fled all the way back to Wuling County.

"what is the problem?"

Gritting his teeth, Yang Yao stared at the military advisor Huang Cheng and asked, "There was an ambush in Balingshui, and the Song army also attacked this side at night. Could it be that I am at the end of my life?"

Huang Cheng said in shame: "We have encountered Chen Qing's serial vicious schemes. Li Shun should have been seen through by him. Chen Qingcai followed the scheme and set up a series of tricks. It's just that I didn't expect the cavalry to be so powerful. No wonder the Song Dynasty was almost wiped out by the Jurchen cavalry. out of the country."

"Is it just because of the cavalry?"

Yang Yao sneered, "The warship was also burned by the cavalry?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, our defenses are very tight. If there is no inner ghost, the Song Army would not be able to succeed at all. Judging from the current situation, it should be related to Liu Heng!"

"That wimpy Liu Heng is the ghost?" Yang Yao couldn't believe it.

"My lord, someone saw Liu Heng rushing out of the camp with his former concubine. If he didn't have the heart to rebel, how would he dare to fight for that woman?"

Yang Yao suddenly understood that he had misread it, Liu Heng, who was always called a wimp, turned out to be a poisonous snake.

"Bang!" Yang Yao slammed his fist on the table, and the foundation he worked so hard to build was actually destroyed by Liu Heng, a poisonous snake.

Huang Cheng secretly sighed in his heart, when Liu Heng repeatedly begged to return the concubine to him, he himself persuaded Yang Yao not to anger Liu Heng, but Yang Yao refused to listen, and rewarded the woman to his brother, so that Sow the seeds of today's bane.

But Huang Cheng couldn't say anything more, so he said, "Our top priority now is to strengthen the city's defenses. It is estimated that the Song army will come to attack the city soon."

Yang Yao sighed, "I want to lead the army to retreat to Taoyuan Mountain."

"Impossible!" Huang Cheng vetoed it.

"Why?" Yang Yao was stunned.