after being kidnapped by the general

The war is raging.

Hundreds of catties of stone were lifted up by the catapult and smashed through the wooden boat, causing more and more debris on the sea surface.

King Chen had a catapult, and Yuanli also had a catapult.After the improvement of the Artifacts Department, Yuanli's catapult is better than Chen Wang's catapult for throwing heavier boulders.

The iron-headed warship opened the way, and the most common ways of fighting on the sea were stone throwing and fire attack.The soldiers filled the arrows and torches with sesame oil and ignited them, and threw them at the enemy with all their strength.

The torches ignited the canvas and decks on the warships, and the two warships got closer and closer, and more and more ships were destroyed.

Amidst the thick smoke and the flames burning all over the sea, the sky became darker and darker, and the clouds gradually covered the top.

On the main ship, Yuanli sharply raised his head to look at the sky.The untied strands of hair around the ears changed from being blown forward to drifting behind the ears.

The wind direction has changed.

And when fighting on the sea, a change in the direction of the wind can often bring about an astonishing reversal.

Yuanli narrowed his eyes.

Sure enough, Gu Yue said in a deep voice the next moment: "My lord, the wind direction has changed! We are now at a disadvantage!"

Everyone who has already learned how to fight a water fight knows what this means.

Being in a downwind place, the arrows they shoot at the enemy ships and the torches they throw will be blocked by the wind. Not to mention the difficulty of advancing, their own flames will burn faster, which is obviously a disadvantage for them.

The enemy general He Jiwen also noticed the change in the wind direction, he was overjoyed, and said to the left and right generals: "You lead 2 people to escort the lord back to Yangzhou, and I will lead the troops to attack Yuan Lejun!"

Immediately, he stepped up his offensive against Yuanli.

On the contrary, Yuanli was extremely calm and said, "Retreat."

Wen Jun didn't like to fight, and fled downstream.

He Jiwen kept chasing after him, but when he went downstream to catch up, he discovered that there were iron chains and iron cones buried in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and there was an ambush here!

The iron chains blocked the waterway, and there were cliffs on both sides. The river here was turbulent. When the warships came in fast pursuit, they either collided with the chains and destroyed the ship, or were pierced by the iron cones buried under the water surface. Shen died. *

Chen Jun lost dozens of warships at once before stopping the ship outside the ambush.He Jiwen felt something was wrong, turned his head and saw that Duke Wen and another Wenjun fleet ambushing here had already surrounded them!

He Jiwen's face was calm, but he was not afraid, "Prepare the catapult, you can't confront Wen Jun head-on."

Yuanli and Zhou Gongdan each led the fleet, looked at each other from a distance across the enemy, and started to attack the enemy together.

In order to get rid of King Chen in one fell swoop, Yuanli discussed with Yang Zhongfa and the others and decided to divide the troops into five groups.There are two roads on land, one in the upper reaches, middle reaches and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

As the "main force", Yuanli seemed to be powerful, but in fact he had only one trick, the purpose was to attract the enemy's firepower and let Chen Wang's troops come out to deal with him.

Yang Zhongfa led Kong Ran, the naval general, to guard upstream, while Zhou Gongdan guarded downstream.Ambushes were set up both upstream and downstream, and iron chains were used to block the river and block the channel for enemy support.

Even if there is no wind that changes direction, Yuanli will pretend to be invincible within the agreed time, and flee upstream or downstream along the wind direction. When they arrive in Yuanli, they will take the opportunity to cross the river and enter the Yangzhou blockade, directly attacking the land.

And Guan Zhihuai and He Langhui each led [-] troops to the east and north to attack the military points behind King Chen in Jiankang, Guangling and other places on the shore of Yangzhou, preventing King Chen's reinforcements from entering the water, and cutting off the combat ties between the front and the rear. , so that the Yangzhou Navy and the land are isolated from each other.

With the cooperation of the land and water armies, five routes will attack Chen!This move can only succeed, not fail.

At this moment, Yang Zhongfa and Kong Ran must have led their troops across the river to Yangzhou and joined forces on land.

Chen Wang woke up before returning to land.

People around rushed forward, surprised and worried: "My lord!"

Chen Wang glanced at them blankly and began to cough violently.

The mouthful of blood just spit out seemed to exhaust all of Chen Wang's vitality, making Chen Wang age rapidly.His supported hands trembled, and he said weakly: "How is the war going?"

The people around him hurriedly said: "General He saw that you had fainted and was worried about your health, so he sent 2 people to escort you back to shore. Before returning, our army fought on par with Wen's army, and even had the upper hand. The south wind blows, God helps our army, I heard that the army suffered heavy losses, Lord Yuan Le led the army and fled along the river, General He has already followed closely! Please rest assured, my lord, this battle will definitely be won."

Chen Wang's dizziness not only frightened the other people to their senses, but also made him dizzy and his thoughts became extremely slow.

He nodded his head slowly, and after a quarter of an hour, he suddenly opened his eyes and grabbed his subordinate's hand, saying sharply, "No!"

The subordinates were shocked, "My lord, is your body unwell?"

There was a burst of fishy smell in King Chen's throat, "Mr. Yuan Le will never be easily defeated. This is a trap, an ambush! The reinforcements, haven't the reinforcements from the rear arrived yet!"

Only then did everyone realize that the sailors who were originally arranged by King Chen to rush to the battlefield in the second and third batches had not yet arrived.

Some people went out to have a look. The river was so vast that they didn't see a single ship or flag.

At this time, there is no need for Chen Wang to say anything, the others also realized that something was wrong.No matter what the situation ahead is, the army in the rear shouldn't have no news, and they haven't received any military information that the war situation has changed.

I don't know what's going on ahead, and there are changes in the back.They panicked, "Master, this..."

Their rear is very likely...already attacked!

"Go back to Yangzhou!" King Chen ordered, his eyes darkened again, "Send a boat to deliver a letter to He Jiwen, telling him not to fight, and hurry back to Yangzhou for support!"

Compared with Chen Wang, whose military letters were cut off, the military letters sent to Yuan Li were one after another.

The military situation of his own people, the military situation that was intercepted and sent to King Chen, and the addition of intelligence from the two sides allowed Yuanli to understand the current battle situation very clearly.

Soon after, a ship delivering a letter to He Jiwen arrived.Yuanli guessed that it was the military situation that King Chen asked He Jiwen to retreat, so he deliberately let the army ignore the ship.

Sure enough, the ship was not close enough, and He Jiwen quickly changed from resisting bravely to looking for an opportunity to retreat.

Yuan Li raised his lips and gave another order.

He ordered the army to pretend to reveal a gap, and asked He Jiwen to lead the army to escape through their gap and flee upstream upstream.

An hour later, as Yuan Li expected, He Jiwen took the opportunity to escape from the gap they had exposed, and desperately raised the sails and rowed the boat to escape upstream.

The sailors on Wen Jun's main ship interacted with the white and red flags, and delivered the order "Don't chase" to Zhou Gongdan and his party.

The boat led by Zhou Gongdan also stopped slowly.

When He Jiwen's army gradually drifted away, Yuan Li looked away and looked to the south, "Let's go, it's time for us to go ashore."

Although they have trained the Navy for four years, they are still not as elite and skilled as the Yangzhou Navy.Even if their ships were better and their weapons more threatening, even if He Jiwen fell into an ambush, the two sides could still draw.

If this drags on, even if Yuanli can win, he will have to pay a huge price of injuring the enemy by one thousand and self-defeating eight hundred. Most of the ships he spent four years building will be damaged and sink in the Yangtze River. The 5000 people he brought More than half of the navy and [-] Youzhou soldiers will be killed or injured.

This kind of loss is too great, even if it is a victory, it will be a miserable victory. In Yuanli's view, the loss outweighs the gain.

He couldn't defeat King Chen with a navy, so Yuanli's battle plan was to move the battlefield to land from the very beginning.

In terms of navy, he lost to King Chen.But in terms of cavalry and infantry, King Chen's army was far behind him, far behind him.

Yuanli fought He Jiwen in the Yangtze River, it would be better to let He Jiwen escape.He Jiwen went upstream, it would have taken more time to reach Yangzhou for support, and there were iron chains blocking their channel upstream.When they finally returned to Yangzhou, Yuanli had already gone ashore.

Fighting on the shore, his soldiers can avoid many unnecessary injuries. Isn't this better than fighting in the Yangtze River?

When Yuanli arrived at the bank of Yangzhou, he saw that the Wen army and the Yangzhou army were fighting, and the river on the bank had been stained scarlet with flesh and blood.

Wen Jun has already gained the upper hand.

The Yangzhou Navy that escorted King Chen back was also fighting. They did not expect the situation on land to be so severe, so they immediately abandoned this place and went ashore, escorted King Chen back to the ship while killing and guarding, and prepared to go to the Luling military point to transfer troops and ships. .

Yuan Li said directly: "Follow me."

Luling was on the south side of Yangzhou. King Chen fled all the way to Yuanli and chased him all the way, and finally arrived at Luling at dusk.

Before the Wen army arrived here, King Chen ordered everyone to go ashore, ready to go to the barracks, and prepare the army before Yuanli arrived.

Half an hour later, the boat led by Yuan Li also stopped on the distant shore.He left 1 people to guard the ship, and the other soldiers finally disembarked and stepped on the ground.

After the elite division that had fought all over the north got down to earth, they immediately revived, holding weapons and staring at Yuanli with bright eyes, eager to fight hard.

Yuan Li also lived up to their expectations, "Gu Yue, you lead [-] troops to destroy the warship left by King Chen on the shore. The rest obey my orders and sneak into Luling with me to destroy the Yangzhou navy. The barracks and shipbuilding workshop, take down King Chen here!"

"Jia Qing, you lead the way."

Jia Qing took the command with fists in his hands, divided the army into four groups to pursue King Chen's army, and blocked all possible directions for King Chen to escape.

This is the south, densely covered with jungles, and it is spring when everything is recovering, and miasma, swamps, and mosquitoes can be seen everywhere in the jungle.

Everyone took out cloths to cover their mouths and noses. They wore herbs to drive away insects and ants, and their eyes were alert to guard against possible dangers in the surrounding environment.

Many people called out to God in their hearts.

The main character is really amazing.In the past, they didn't know why they had to train to survive in the wild and how to deal with miasma and swamps, but now that they were in the southern jungle, they knew how important these things were.

I'm afraid that when the lord asked them to learn how to survive in the wild, they thought that they would have today.

Yuanli's soldiers looked at each other, admiring the lord even more from the bottom of their hearts, and Gu Yue even showed an expression of worship towards Yuanli's back, his eyes shining brightly.

Whenever they feel that they admire the lord enough, they will find that they will admire the lord even more tomorrow.

Seeing that victory was imminent, Yuan Li, Jia Qing and the others did not relax at all, but tensed up, guarding against all possible traps.

This is Yangzhou, the base camp of King Chen, and Luling is one of the military bases of King Chen. Yuanli's forces cannot penetrate here. Once he slackened a little, he might be completely overthrown by Chen Wang.

They are cautious, but not slow.After turning over the last mountain, Yuan Li raised his head to look towards Luling City, but froze in place.

The city of Luling was full of flames, and the flames reflected the sunset red in the sky, and a raging fire was burning.

Someone has captured Luling.

Who did it?

Yuanli, Jia Qing, and Guo Mao exchanged glances, then accelerated and approached Luling City.

The closer you get, the more you can feel the heat of the soaring flames, and the sweat is baked out.There are fleeing soldiers in front of the city gate, and the screams and wailing can be clearly heard inside the city wall, with occasional voices of "help" and "surrender".

Yuan Li wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and for some reason, his heart beat suddenly a little faster.

He licked his chapped lips and glanced sideways at Jia Qing.

Jia Qing quickly asked his soldiers to catch a fleeing Yangzhou soldier, escorted him over and asked, "Where is King Chen? What happened in Luling City!"

The Yangzhou soldiers knelt down and cried loudly: "There was a surprise attack from the rear! The shipyard and [-] warships were burned down, and they attacked the camp again. The entire military equipment in Luling City was burned seven or eight times!"

Five hundred warships? !

Everyone took a deep breath.

Yuan Li was surprised that there were so many warships hidden in Luling, but at the same time rejoiced that these things had been destroyed.

He felt more and more that the surrounding heat made him a little short of breath. He glanced around and asked forcefully, "Who is the one who attacked you?"

The Yangzhou soldiers were obviously frightened by the sneak attackers, shaking their heads tremblingly, when they glanced at the city gate from the corner of their eyes, they suddenly limp on the ground, fled back with both feet, and said in horror: "Here we come!" , Here they are!"

Yuan Li's eyelids twitched, he seemed to feel it, and looked up.

A group of people walked out of the burning Luling City.

The leader is tall and handsome.He was carrying a blood-stained sword, and under the sparks flying all over the sky, he looked at Yuan Li unexpectedly across the fleeing and howling soldiers.

The sky is filled with sunlight, thick black smoke is billowing, and the smell of burning lingers in the nostrils.

The setting sun seemed to be dyed red by the fire, hanging over the western mountain.

They were stunned at the same time.