Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Duli, who was fleeing from the Soviet clan, pursued closely, but he kept shooting bows and arrows in his hands.Most of the thousands of horsemen and Han soldiers under the command of Su Clan Duli are infantry, and it is impossible for them to run past these Liang Jun Qingqi according to common sense.

Seeing that Liang Jun Qingqi was chasing closer and closer, Su Fate Duli suddenly rode his horse and ran towards a sea branch. He went directly into the sea water, and then quickly crossed the sea branch.It turns out that the depth of this section of the sea branch is only three feet, enough for soldiers and horses to swim across.If it is not someone who is very familiar with the geography of this place, they will never know.The rest of the Ma and Han soldiers quickly followed him across the water, and white waves churned up on the surface of the water.

After Su Clan Duli crossed the sea branch, he stopped running. Instead, he stood on his horse and shouted: "Arrangement along the water. The infantry used spears and shield walls to prevent the Liang army from crossing the river, and the crossbowmen were behind. Stand! Anyone who fears the enemy and refuses to listen to orders will be beheaded immediately for public display."

Seeing the commander like this, the Ma and Han soldiers also stopped their minds and got busy according to different types of troops.The shield soldiers lined up several rows of shield walls, and behind the first row of shield walls were two rows of spearmen. They raised their spears together and gathered into a gun forest.The second row of shield walls was more than ten battles behind, and rows of crossbowmen stood behind them.

Liang Jun Qingqi had chased to the water's edge at this time, but they did not rush into the water, but started to shoot arrows at a distance of dozens of battles.But everyone on the other side was crouching behind the two shield walls, and even throwing shots would be hard to do.Lieutenant Liang Junying, who was in command of the light cavalry, took a deep breath, put away his bow and crossbow, drew out his saber, and tentatively walked towards the middle of the shallows.The rest of the riders followed suit.

When their war horses just wade into the water, the arrows of the Ma Han army had already struck like locusts.Liang Jun's light cavalry is different from heavy cavalry. Although the armor is black iron fine armor, it only covers the most important parts.Limbs and horses have no armor protection.Amidst the whistling of the horse and the painful groan of the arrow, Liang Jun Qingqi, who had more than a dozen riders, was shot by the arrow from his horse and fell into the water.The rest of the people rode their horses across the shoal with difficulty, and immediately faced a forest of spears.Liang Jun's battalion captain was also shot by an arrow. Seeing this situation, he immediately ordered to retreat.The soldiers and horses that had fallen into the water immediately turned around and withdrew to the shore.

The already terrified Su Clan Duli didn't dare to pursue the opponent, so he hurriedly fled southeast with his soldiers and horses, and quickly disappeared into the vast night.

The sound of fighting in Bumi City became smaller and smaller, and many Mahan soldiers knew that they were vulnerable, so they were forced to throw away their weapons and beg for surrender.Of course, there were many who continued to resist, but they were quickly killed by Liang Jun.

At dawn, when the sky had just turned pale, the fierce battle in Bumi City was completely over.A large number of Ma and Han soldiers were escorted to an open space more than [-] battles wide between Nancheng and the port.These Mahan people were tied with ropes, their hands and feet were worn, and they knelt on the grass in a scurry.

At this time, Zhang Liao was talking and laughing with Cao Chong, Guo Jia and others sitting in the government office.Zhang Liao bowed to Guo Jia and said, "Guo Guoxiang, please accept my general's obeisance. If Guo Guoxiang hadn't mentioned something, not only would our army not have won today's victory, I'm afraid there will be a catastrophe brewing in the end."

Guo Jia hurriedly supported Zhang Liao and said, "General Zhang must not do it. You are a general of the Celestial Dynasty, how can you show such a big gift to a minister of a certain country. This is a trivial matter, and the minister just reminded me casually, so there is no need to worry about it."

It turned out that when Guo Jia entered the city that day, he found that Bumi City had not been destroyed by war, and after Zhang Liao told him about the process of occupying Bumi City.He immediately realized something was wrong, and said to Zhang Liao that since the Su Clan Duli had given up Bumi City, why didn't he destroy the city walls and defenses of Bumi City?Regardless of whether the Soviet Clan did not plan to recapture Bumi City in the short term, they should do so.Unless he deliberately left dense passages communicating inside and outside the city.

When Zhang Liao heard it, he thought it made sense.Immediately mobilize the soldiers to dig three feet inside and outside the city to search for possible secret passages.As a result, the underwater passage was found.So Zhang Liao decided to follow his plan.The most elite scouts were placed at the exit of the secret passage as secret sentries, monitoring day and night.When Ma Han's water ghost soldiers marched halfway through the secret passage, Liang Jun had already discovered their movements.This led to the ambush last night.

After they discussed it again, Zhang Liao suddenly sighed and said, "It's a pity that we didn't win this battle completely, and we escaped from Han Chief and Su Clan Duli. It will be troublesome in the future."

Guo Jia nodded and said, "Su Clan Du Li Neng immediately decided to send only half of the soldiers and horses into the city, and he was able to use his familiar terrain to easily get rid of Daliang's Qingqi while fleeing. From this, it can be seen that this person is extremely vigilant, It's a tough opponent."

Xu Chu behind him shouted: "Master Guo, you are showing too much face to these Han barbarians. They are just a group of barbarians scattered among the mountains and seas. We only need to find their lair and bring the [-] troops from our island. Come to Liting to sweep the hole, and they will be wiped out."

Everyone smiled and didn't pay attention to Xu Zhu's words.At this time, a soldier came to report to Zhang Liao: "General Qi, our army captured a total of 950 Han and Yi soldiers in this battle, and beheaded 86 of them. Now these captured Yi soldiers are being taken to the south gate. , just wait for the general to give an order, and then he will be cut with a knife!"

Guo Jia frowned slightly when he heard this, and was about to speak, but Zhang Liao said first, "Who said you want to kill them?"

Chapter 747 Reasons for Not Killing Prisoners

Hearing that Zhang Liao said that he would not kill the prisoners, the soldiers who came to inform him couldn't help being stunned.It's no wonder that when Liang Jun pacified Baekje, he beheaded all the Fuyu people who refused to surrender.In this southern expedition, because the Mahan people abandoned their cities to avoid the war, they encountered only a few weak resistances.Many Mahan people died in these few battles, but very few Mahan people were captured, because the Liang army often adopted the method of besieging the city, so once Mahan was defeated, they would come from Liang Jun escaped from the gap deliberately left.

However, this time, the Mahan people used the reserved secret passage to sneak attack on the Liang army in Bumi City. After the defeat, nearly 2000 people were captured.The general Liang Jun below took it for granted that he would kill all these captives according to the usual practice, and pile up their heads as a Beijing watch to deter the Mahan people.But unexpectedly, Zhang Liao strongly opposed it.

Naturally, Zhang Liao didn't need to explain anything to the commanding soldiers, and directly ordered: "Send down the order, and send these Ma and Han captives to Nanxin City for custody."

At this time, Guo Jia said, "Nanxin City is eight hundred miles away. To transfer these captives such a long distance, I'm afraid there will be accidents. Moreover, the Soviet Clan is not exhausted, and troubles will come again at any time. Nearly two thousand The captives have to be escorted with such a considerable force, and the soldiers and horses who stay in Bumi will be difficult to deal with the Su faction."

Zhang Liao cupped his hands and replied: "What the Prime Minister said is very true. I was worried about this. But to keep these captives in Bumi, Ren Jiu needs to allocate a considerable force to guard them, and put them in Bumi City. In the future, we will take care of them." It is equal to the struggle of the Su Clan Duli, and it will be a disaster after all."

Xu Zhu on the side yelled again: "Why are you so mother-in-law! What kind of prisoners are you still escorting? If you ask me, old Xu, to kill them all with one knife, it will save trouble and save their rations. This is an extraordinary period, don't care what it is The killing of prisoners is unknown!"

Zhang Liao was about to explain, but Guo Jia was the first to say to Xu Zhudao with a big smile, "Zhongkang, General Zhang Liao is right to do this. This is not because of the unknown killing of prisoners, but for the long-term peace and stability of Sanhan. ah."

Guo Jia paused and said: "Mahan is different from Fuyu. They are natives of Haidong who have been born and bred for hundreds or even thousands of years. If you just use brute force to conquer, it will be a protracted war. If you slaughter a city, Killing one place is like sweeping up the soil with a broom, driving the population of Mahan from one location to another. Unless hundreds of thousands of troops are scattered in the mountains and mountains, the rivers and seas can be wiped out carefully. It was slaughtered. Moreover, the Daliang court needed to allocate a large amount of manpower and material resources to support the war, and a large number of immigrants to Haidong to complete the final goal. Although the population of the Central Plains has recovered a lot, it is still much thinner compared to the heyday of the previous dynasty. Therefore, it is impossible for the imperial court to mobilize this force just to pacify Dongqingzhou. Therefore, we can only achieve the wish of today's emperor by using force to deter and subdue people's hearts."

Zhang Liao took Guo Jia's words and said: "That's right, the Prime Minister has said everything I want to say." He paused for a moment and continued: "However, it is really difficult to deal with these Ma Han captives now. And it may be possible in the future Many Ma and Han soldiers and civilians will be captured, and we must find a perfect plan.”

Guo Jia said with a smile: "It's not difficult. General Zhang can send these captives to an island for centralized custody. This island is far away from the coast, and the nearest island is more than [-] miles away. It is [-] miles away from Bumi City. It is more than a mile away. It is expected that the Su Clan Duli intends to attack this island, but it is difficult to make an unexpected surprise attack. The island is very large, more than [-] miles from east to west, and more than [-] miles from north to south. There is fresh water, and tens of thousands of troops can be stationed. Except for the island There is a solitary peak in the center, surrounded by flat terrain, which is suitable for cavalry to gallop. Therefore, as long as a few teams of heavy cavalry are stationed, even if they arrive, when they land, the cavalry can drive them into the sea with a single charge."

Zhang Liao said happily, "Oh, this island is the one currently guarded by the army of Wei State?"

Before Guo Jia could answer, Wei Wen had already replied: "Brother Wen Yuan guessed right, it is the island that my Eastern Fleet found before. There is only a tribe of hundreds of natives on the island, and the natives call this island For Shera. We surrendered them easily after we landed on the island, so there will be no enemies on the island. However, the only disadvantage of Shera Island is that it does not have a good harbor. It is too risky to moor ships for a long time, but it is possible if there is a typhoon The danger of capsizing a ship at anchor. That's why our army is bringing the fleet here."

After discussing for a while, Guo Jia turned to Zhang Liao and said, "The Su Clan Duli has suffered a great loss this time, and must restrain himself for a long time. I, the Wei Army, should have cooperated with the general to pacify Ma Han here. Unfortunately, we The Wei army must rush to Tsushima Island as soon as possible, conquer Gaya in the north, and complete the sacred mission of crossing Yingzhou in the south, so we cannot stay here for long..."

Before Guo Jia could finish speaking, Zhang Liao quickly waved his hand and said, "Guo Guoxiang is being polite. Your Majesty has never assigned you the task of assisting the imperial army to quell Sanhan. You should obey the imperial order and get south as soon as possible." Cross Yingzhou and complete the great cause of opening up the territory that the Holy Majesty entrusted."

Wei Wen followed up and said: "However, according to the strategy we agreed on in Nanxin before, in this waterway, our Eastern Fleet can dispatch more than a hundred warships to help Wen Yuan completely calm down Ma Han. These battles There are some special ships in the ship, which can play miraculous effects. In addition, a certain man also dispatched [-] soldiers and horses with the ship, including elite scouts who have been surveying the Bumi area for quite a long time."

Zhang Liao clasped his fists to Wei Wen and said, "So, thank you Brother Wei."

At this moment, Guo Jia glanced at Cao Chong, Cao Chong nodded knowingly, and Guo Jia just said: "General Zhang Liao, I haven't finished my words just now. The king of Wei discussed with a certain one. Fight side by side with the imperial army here. But my country of Wei can also lend the general 3000 troops and the mighty general Xu Zhu to assist the general in the battle. When the Japanese general pacifies Ma Han, we will pacify Gaya, and after we open up traffic, the general will be in Just return these soldiers and horses to the poor country."

Zhang Liao was overjoyed when he heard this, and bowed to Cao Chong: "This is really a timely gift. With these thousands of troops and Xu Chu, a powerful general, it will not be difficult to subdue the Su Clan Duli."

Cao Chong quickly returned the salute and said: "General Zhang doesn't have to be like this. In fact, Xiao Wang helped the general to help himself. Even if our army successfully captured Tsushima Island, before we could gain a firm foothold in the mainland of Yingzhou, the land of the Three Koreas Stability is crucial to the future of our Wei army. The Wei army needs Bumi to be able to safely receive the supplies, food, grass and supplies provided by the imperial court. Even if our army gains a firm foothold in Yingzhou in the future, the land of the Three Koreas will still be ours Backing and relying on!"

Chapter 748

Since the Liang army ambushed the Ma Han army in Bumi City and won the victory, for several days in a row, the Soviet Clan Duli's army did not move at all.According to the news that Liang Jun took out from the mouths of several Mahan prisoners of war, the scouts of the Dongyang Fleet and Zhang Liao found out the location of the old nest occupied by Su Clan Duli through waterways and land respectively.But when the raiding troops rushed in, they found that there was no one left.Apparently, Su Clan Duli's lair and garrison location are definitely more than one, and there may not even be a fixed location at all.

A few days later, Cao Chong and Wei Wen bid farewell to Zhang Liao.After leaving a large amount of supplies for Zhang Liao, he escorted the Ma and Han prisoners of war to the boat and sailed out of Bumi Bay to Sheluo Island.They will unload these prisoners of war on Sheluo Island, and then after loading Cao Chong's army on board, they will go to Tsushima Island.Of course, the troops they promised to leave for Zhang Liao had already been transferred to Bumi two days ago.

When Wei Wen's fleet sailed through the narrow waterway leading to the open sea in Bumi Bay, there were two heads in a pile of bushes on the nearby coast looking at the fleet.They were also silently thinking about the number of ships sailing out of the port.At this time, there was a rush of horseshoes and dogs barking in the distance.One of them shouted in Ma-Korean: "Not good, the Chinese scouts are here! It seems that we have been spotted, retreat!"

The two immediately jumped out of the bushes and ran quickly.After a while, five or six cavalry cavalry scouts appeared behind them, and two mountain dogs ran wildly following the cavalry.Liang Jun's scouts had obviously spotted the two men, and they sped up to chase them with whipped horses, and at the same time commanded the mountain dogs to pounce on them.

These two horsemen run on foot, and of course they cannot be as fast as war horses and dogs.However, when Liang Jun's mountain dog was only two battles away from them, there was already a sea branch in front of them, and they only heard two plop plops, and the two jumped into the sea one after another, never to be seen again.The mountain dog could only helplessly bark at the sea water.The scouts' horses also chased after them one after another, and one of them complained, "Hey, let them run away. If you follow what I said, shooting these two people will be considered a small achievement!"

Another leader-like scout snorted coldly in his nose and said: "They are Ma Han's water ghost soldiers, who would have thought of this. Who would not want to make a great contribution by catching alive."

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Thirty miles south of Bumi City, opposite a sea branch about [-] yards wide is a lush mountain range.In fact, this mountain range is an island with a radius of fifty or sixty miles, but the waters around it are sea branches and fjords and bays, so it looks like a large piece of land cut out by sea branches and fjords.The mountains are covered with valley basins and freshwater rivers and lakes of different sizes, and there are smaller sea branches and bays cutting into the hinterland on the edge of the plain.

After crossing the sea branch and then crossing hundreds of plains, there is a five-foot path hidden under the bushes and grass at the foot of the mountain. cave.The entrance of the cave is nearly five or six columns high, and along the entrance there is a wall of artificial wood and stone, about two or three columns high and two columns wide.There is also a "city gate" on the barrier. There are Ma Han soldiers on duty at the "city head" and "city gate".Apparently this is another Sioux Dolly's lair.

In fact, this cave is only one of the dozen or so Tibetan military places in Su Clan Duli. Apart from the dozen or so permanent Tibetan soldier places with food and supplies, he also has hundreds of temporary temporary Tibetan soldier places for alternatives.But this location is different from other Tibetan military offices, because this island still hides hundreds of thousands of civilians from more than ten states of Mahan.They are all the people of Ma Hanbang who abandoned the city when Zhang Liao went all the way south.

At this time, in a rather spacious stone room in the mountain cave, Duli Su was listening to the report of the two water ghost soldiers under the light of the swaying oil lamp.

After the two water ghost soldiers finished speaking, Duli Su asked slowly, "Did you see that all the warships of Liang Jun have withdrawn from Bumi Bay?"

The two looked at each other, and one of them said unequivocally, "Back to your Majesty, because Liang Jun's land cavalry and water walkers patrolled the surrounding area tightly. We were forced to end the investigation early and retreated back. However, when we left, we could clearly see that at least [-]% of all Liang Jun's warships had sailed along the waterway to the open sea, and the remaining [-]% ​​of the ships were small boats. There must be no mistake!"

Su Clan Duli nodded, turned his head and said to the commanding soldiers: "Pass the king's military order, and let the secret sentries deployed in the southwest of Bumi City to monitor the key points of various water channels quickly report today's information. In addition, send more elite water ghost scouts, Make more inquiries about the harbor of Bumi City. This king needs to grasp all the current accurate information of Bumi City!"

"Yes!"

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In the early morning of the second day, Su Fuduli woke up from his dream, and saw a ray of sunlight from the ceiling of the stone chamber, so he knew it was dawn.As soon as he finished washing, the soldiers came to report, saying that the intelligence information summary of those secret sentries had been submitted.

The Mahan people also don't have paper and pens, and all messages are conveyed through their mouths.After the commanding soldier finished telling the news to the Su faction, the latter was convinced that most of Liang Jun's navy had withdrawn from Bumi Harbor and sailed to the open sea.The rest were small boats, and the largest ships were galleys with no more than a hundred oars.

Su Fate Duli let out a cold snort from his nostrils, and said to himself: "Finally, the day of revenge has come!" The transfer was carried out, and the headquarters was moved here quickly, so as to avoid the fate of being overwhelmed by Liang Jun.

As soon as he calmed down, he and the other Ma Hanzhu were thinking about how to avenge the shame of defeat.But they didn't have the strength to attack Bumi City. They sneaked into Liang Jun's land food road. The opponent now had enough supplies, and the supplies transported by land were very few. I don't know when they will be able to make a vote.If you take advantage of your familiarity with the geographical terrain to harass the patrols and checkpoints of the Liang Army outside the city, you will be afraid of thousands of warships, large and small.With these warships, even if they were familiar with the geographical terrain in this area where the waterways were criss-crossed, they would risk being blocked when they attacked the Liang army.Therefore, they had no choice but to be turtles, hiding in this cave and valley, waiting for the opportunity.And now, the time has finally come.

Su Clan Duli said to Ling Bing: "Go, tell all the lords in the valley, as well as my inexhaustible generals, to discuss matters!" Ling Bing was about to leave, but he said: "No, I'm going to do it too soon!" I haven't gone to the valley today, and I just went out to bask in the sun today." After saying that, he lifted his legs and walked towards the stone room.

Chapter 749

Su Clan Duli, surrounded by several personal guards, walked zigzagging in the huge mountainside cave.From time to time, soldiers patrolling the cave could be seen saluting him, and after a while, the front suddenly opened up, and the sunlight poured in unhindered.They have come to the exit of the cave, and when they step out of the cave, they can see a large plain, and the mountains in the distance stretch across the skyline, mixed with the clouds, like an ink painting.The whole plain is a huge valley basin surrounded by mountains.

Newly reclaimed fields and dotted Mahan camps can be seen everywhere on the plain.These camps are divided according to Ma Hanbang, dotted all over this valley and basin.Su Duli walked to a grass field with several natural stone benches, and said to the guards behind him: "Go, invite the kings of all states to meet me here, this king is here Talk to them!"

The guards immediately left in response, and after a while, someone galloped here on horseback.The first Ma Hanzhu to come said to Su Faction Duli: "Su Faction King Duli, why did you summon me to wait here? My village is nearby, so I don't need to bask in the sun anymore. It is my house Discuss in the room, Smecta."

Su Duli stretched his waist and said: "No need, I've been in the cave for a long time, and my body is almost moldy. When I'm discussing with you here, I can also bask in the sun."

While speaking, nearly ten horse masters came one after another on horseback.Everyone just sat around on the grass, and after quietly listening to Su Falduli's explanation, someone said: "Then what are you waiting for, let's do it. Let's gather our forces to attack Liang Jun Smecta."

Su Clan Duli shook his head and said, "We gather our troops to attack the Liang army's patrols and checkpoints. On the contrary, it will increase our risk and reduce the effect of our killing the enemy. Think about it, we have assembled hundreds of thousands of brigades , the target will be very large, and Liang Jun scouts and secret sentries are not vegetarians. In addition, such a large troop attack and kill once is nothing more than attacking and killing the opponent's ranger patrol or checkpoint with several to dozens of people. This The efficiency is too low to shock Liang Jun."

"Then dare to ask Su Clan Duli Wang what he thinks should be a good Smecta?"

The Su faction conveniently revealed the plan that had been contemplated for a long time: "Our thousands of soldiers should be divided into tens or hundreds of small units, and each team consists of several elite scouts plus dozens or hundreds of Ma and Han soldiers. Composition, equipped with enough shuttle boats and bamboo rafts. Divided into divisions, unlimited and indiscriminate attacks on all the secret posts and rangers of Liang Jun that we can find. We want to beat Liang Jun so hard that we dare not deploy outside Bumi City One soldier at a time, let them cut off their food and grass, and finally force them to send out a large army to encircle us. This way we have a chance to wipe them out in one fell swoop!"

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Forty miles to the north of Bumi City, a group of thirty Qingqi Feiyu was riding slowly.This has reached the northernmost end of Liang Jun's security patrol range.

The thirty light cavalry knights looked very leisurely. After all, this was the place closest to the rear of the Liang army. If they traveled another fifty li to the north, they would reach another city occupied by the Liang army.Everyone thought that the chance of meeting Ma Hanjun here would be very low.

Among the 30 people, some people have started to complain about this: "Hey, this task is really boring. We were unlucky enough to be assigned to the north. What kind of Ma Han army can there be here? If we are in the south, maybe It can also run into Ma Hanjun's lair and make great achievements."

Another person persuaded: "Don't think about meritorious deeds every day, saving your life on the battlefield is the first priority. You lost your life, what's the use of that merit? Save the double reward for your wife to raise a man To use it or to raise a child? By the way, I forgot that you don’t have a wife yet!” The person’s jokes caused the rest of the people to burst into laughter.

Dozens of people have heard the sound of the river gurgling while talking and laughing.The leader of the team said: "There is a water source nearby, and the water we brought just happened to be used up. Let's go to the water's edge to fill up the water, and then return."

After saying that, the pedestrian turned his horse's head and galloped towards the place where the sound of water came from.Sitting on the saddle, they could see the sparkling river through the bushes.At this moment, the sharp-eyed team leader noticed that there seemed to be a figure flashing among the bushes and reeds by the river.He hurriedly stopped the horse and reminded loudly: "Be careful, there seems to be someone in the grass!" As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of dense arrows flew towards them.Following several screams in succession, several knights riding Feiyu were shot and fell to the ground.

The rest of the warriors immediately turned their horses and ran to both sides, then circled away from the lush grass on the river bank, and took out their bows and crossbows.The arrows shot continuously towards the reeds and bushes by the river bank, and the water sprayed, broken leaves and broken stems splashed everywhere.After shooting like this for a while, Liang Jun's war cavalry found no movement. Just now, ten cavalry drew out their sabers and rode their horses to gallop into the grass.The rest of them rode bows and arrows, and were on guard.

The war horses rushed through the bushes and reeds and rushed to the river beach water, but there was no sign of anyone.They looked around, only to find that there were five or six more boats on the river.The shape of these ships is very strange, extremely long and narrow, like a shuttle used for spinning.The slender hull allows only one row of people to ride lengthwise.A long boat can hold nearly ten people, and even a short boat can hold four or five people.The oars in the hands of the crew members in the boat are also very strange, they are the kind of oars with blades at both ends.They used the oars to fly at both ends, rolling out rolling white waves on both sides of the shuttle boat, making the boats fly forward like arrows.

These are the unique shuttle boats of the Namahan people, which are chiseled and cut from a single giant log.Although primitive, the Mahan people can use them to turn rivers and seas. They can not only sail inland rivers, but also sail into the vast ocean, and even sail to Yingzhou through Tsushima Island.

Except for five or six of Qingqi Feiyu who left behind to take care of the wounded and the dead, the rest rode their horses and started chasing the shuttle boats along the river, and at the same time shot arrows at the shuttle boats in the river.It's a pity that Liang Jun's Qingqi Feiyu's accuracy is far less than that of a longbowman, and the distance is so far, so most of the arrows fell into the water.Occasionally, one or two arrows deliberately hit the target.

However, as the distance gets closer, Liang Jun's hit rate should increase.But when the distance between the two sides was less than fifty battles, this river merged into another larger river.As soon as the shuttle boat turned a corner, it entered the channel of the big river and quickly left downstream.However, Liang Jun was blocked by the original river course, so he could only look at the water and sigh.

Chapter 750 The speed of life and death on the river

The team of these Liang Jun rangers rode their horses around the confluence of the two rivers helplessly, and suddenly thought of something high and shouted: "Shoot the arrow!".

Immediately, a light cavalry rider shot an arrow into the air, and amidst the screaming sound of the arrow, a streak of red smoke more than ten battles high appeared in the air.Then the same two loud arrows soared into the sky.

After a while, there seemed to be no movement.A rider said to the team leader: "Boss, there are not as many waterways in the north as in the west and south. I'm afraid our water cruising fleet will not meet here. Let's transport the casualties back to the city for treatment first." .”

The team scolded bitterly: "Damn, let us suffer a bad loss, and take advantage of these grandchildren. Next time we bump into them, we must take revenge for this arrow!" After finishing speaking, with More than ten riders galloped back.

Not long after they left, there was the whistling sound of arrows in the distance, and a puff of red smoke also rose from a far away place.Because the distance was too far, the sound was very weak, and the red smoke was only faintly visible.It's just that these Qingqi Feiyu didn't see it, they had already lifted the casualties on their horses in despondency, and left in the dust.

On the surface of the water, the shuttle boats were nervous for a long time when they saw Liang Jun's cavalry firing arrows, but there was no movement after a while, so it was assumed that Liang Jun was just bluffing.But they heard the faint sound of arrows again, but the leader laughed and said, "This must be the sound of arrows shot by Liang Jun's secret sentry. Don't pay attention to them. Let's just go our own way and wait for Liang Jun's rangers to come around in circles." , we don’t know where we have gone.”

Only then did the Ma Han soldiers feel relieved, and began to chat while paddling leisurely.One of them asked, "How many Liang Bing Rangers did we kill just now?"

"At least five or six people!"

"Not so much, I think there are at least ten people!"

"Why are there so many? I can see clearly that there are seven or eight people with horses."

"Hey, we don't need to be so nervous. We can shoot one more round of arrows, and we can kill at least five or six more of them."

"What nonsense are you talking about! King Duli of the Su faction has specifically stated that it is more important to preserve oneself than to kill the other party. If we stay a little longer, we may kill five or six more of them, but we may also be shot and beheaded by them all. It's not like you don't know how powerful Liang Jun's iron cavalry is. Although we have killed less than ten opponents, we have not suffered any damage, and this is the best result."

A man's exclamation ended their argument: "Look, what's on the river ahead?...It's a boat, not our boat!"

Everyone looked into the distance, and sure enough, several masts and sails were raised on the horizon in the distance.Apparently the ships were sailing upwind.

"It must be Liang Jun's warship! Boss, what should we do with Smecta?"

Their leader gritted his molars and shouted, "Did we cross a river mouth just now?!"

"Boss, we just passed the mouth of the Snake River, but if we turn around and enter, we have to sail against the current and the wind! And that waterway is a dead end!"

"We are against the current and the wind, and so will the Liang army warships chasing us. Besides, the Snake River is a small river, and I believe that the Liang army warships are likely to run aground. They are not like our shuttle boats, which can sail on the water several feet deep. .In addition, somewhere upstream, there is only a distance of less than a hundred battles from another river. We can carry the shuttle boat and transfer to another river. Quickly, turn the bow and enter that tributary."

"Follow orders, Smecta!"

The Mahan soldiers moved when they heard the sound, turned the bow of the ship and fled upstream.The Liang army fleet that was chasing after them was a Viking warship. At this time, their single-masted sails were full, and the sailors and soldiers were also struggling to paddle.Previously, they saw the sound of arrows and fireworks coming from the relay far away, so they rushed here.

Ma Han's shuttle boat was traveling very fast, but Liang Jun's Viking boat was also traveling very fast. Since the shuttle boat took some time to turn around, the distance between the Viking fleet and them was shortened to more than a hundred battles, and they followed the shuttle boat. The boat entered the Snake River.After the two sides chased each other, the shuttle boat went to a place where the water flow was slow.

The head of Ma Han turned his head and sighed: "Liang Jun's ship is so big, how can it sail on the shallows." Of course, he sighed because he didn't know much about the characteristics of Viking warships.In fact, the largest Viking ships capable of oceangoing sailing were less than two feet deeper than their shuttle ships.

The leader of Ma Han glanced at the shore and shouted loudly: "This is it, stop here! Go ashore quickly! If we go south for more than a hundred battles, we will be able to enter the channel of another river!"

The Mahan soldiers rushed the shuttle boat to the river bank, and ran south quickly with their shoulders on their backs.The shuttle boat was carved out of a single log, so it was naturally much lighter than the Viking boat.It is not difficult for several people to carry it.

When the Viking warships came after them, they saw that they had landed and ran away carrying the ships, so they had to stop the pursuit.Although the Viking ship can also be carried by sailors and soldiers to move on the shore, it can only move slowly like a turtle.The leader of the Sailor Soldiers looked at the backs of these Mahan people but let out a sneer.

The Mahan people threw the shuttle boat into the water heavily, boarded the boat one after another, and went down the water again.They started laughing and laughing again, and began to mock Liang Jun.Their leader said proudly: "Liang Jun is here, like a tiger falling into a swamp, being teased by us at will."

Everyone laughed loudly, but after a few breaths, their smiles froze on their faces, because five or six Liang Army Viking warships came around from the bend in the river and appeared in their sight.

"Not good! Turn around!" A soldier was the first to exclaim.Their leader gritted his teeth and said: "It's too late, the distance is too close. According to their speed, they can catch up as soon as we turn around. In that way, we will show our backs to them instead, not to mention the Liang army before us The fleet may also be ready to intercept us. We can only fight to the death with this Liang army fleet!"

All the horse and Han soldiers immediately took out a pair of strange weapons, but they did not hold them in their hands, but installed them on the two blades of the oars.The paddle immediately became a strange double-edged water warfare weapon.

Several shuttle boats lined up and headed towards the Viking fleet at high speed, and the Viking fleet also lined up on the river.The battle between the two sides is on the verge of breaking out.

When the distance between the two sides was less than ten battles, the spinning axes and javelins shot towards the gate of Ma Han's shuttle boat.The soldier at the front of the shuttle boat that bore the brunt, with a puff, had a throwing ax embedded in his forehead, and fell obliquely into the water...

Chapter 751

Under the throwing axes and javelins of Liang Jun sailors and soldiers, the Ma and Han soldiers on the shuttle boat fell into the river one after another.Suddenly, the turbid waves rolled over the river, splashing water in all directions.These shuttle boats lost a lot of speed because of the sudden reduction in paddling manpower.