Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Fires are terrible as long as they are big enough to form a fire, and wildfires can burn up any living trees that are not dry. ＋◆, above the big river, the river water seems to have turned into a big pot of fire oil, burning under the whole sky, trying to burn all the momentum!

Huge flames spread towards the west of the water in the wind, and the originally huge fleet seemed vulnerable under the fire. The boat that didn't have time to run was quickly engulfed by the fire and ignited a raging flame. The air was filled with smoke, and black dust was flying everywhere.

However, the sails on the giant raft were quickly swallowed after the fire ignited. Without the assistance of the sails, the speed of the raft drifting westward was very slow. If you didn't look carefully, they seemed to have stagnated on the river. Even so, the soldiers of the Southern Tang Army were terrified.

"Ah, ah..." There was a lot of shouting on the flagship where Chen Qiao was, and he himself panicked.

Although the fire has not yet spread to the ship, the flames are raging towards this side due to the wind direction, and the distance is so close. The temperature on the ship tower is very high, and the air is scalding hot! The several flags above were all ignited by the flames, burning the flagpole bare.

Coupled with the shocking momentum of the overwhelming fire, there was chaos on the ship. Everyone panicked, screaming in pain and ran downstairs with their heads covered.

People are not fish, and they only rely on the boats they ride on the water. Many people wear armor and dare not jump into the river in a hurry; but when people encounter danger, their reaction is to run away. The heat wave hitting people in the sky is like roasting people alive!

The most reliable way to escape is to drive the warship away from here. The giant raft moves slowly, but the warship travels faster. But one by one, they only care about running around.

"My lord, go this way!" The soldiers shouted, grabbing Zhu Lingyun's arm.

Chen Qiao also hurriedly followed the crowd, leaving the unobstructed roof first. The panicked soldiers behind pushed and ran, crowding everyone to the stairs. Chen Qiao was almost pushed overboard at the opening, and immediately shouted: "Be safe, don't be impatient, don't squeeze..."

One of Zhu Lingyun's soldiers in front drew out his sword. Among the chaos, the shining sword was right in front of Chen Qiao, and his face suddenly changed. The soldier with the weapon shouted: "Don't|he|mother squeeze..."

Before the words fell, a loud "pop" was suddenly heard, followed by a loud cry. Chen Qiao hurriedly turned her head to look, and saw that the guardrail on the stairs was broken, and a figure jumped straight off the boat. After a while, it fell into the tumbling river with a "plop".

Someone hissed and shouted: "General Zhu has fallen into the water!"

Chen Qiao's heart thumped, she didn't care to cover her face that was sore from being baked, and hurriedly looked down, but she couldn't see anything, only the river water remained. Zhu Lingyun seemed to be wearing two layers of heavy armor, with dozens of catties of iron on his body, so falling into the water like this is not much different from throwing a big rock into the river!

"Quick! Throw the rope down!" Chen Qiao shouted.

But right now the army is crowded and chaotic, where can I find the rope? Someone yelled frantically: "Didn't you support the lord? How did you do it! Jump down and save people!"

"Squeeze your mother!" A soldier took a knife and slashed at a soldier behind him viciously, and suddenly screamed, blood splashed in the crowd. But the killing didn't stop the chaos. Under the fire and panic, it seemed like an explosion was going to happen here. Some people were pushed off the boat, and some climbed up from the railing, screamed and jumped onto the plate armor below, and were thrown half to death.

Someone shouted: "The coach fell into the river and drowned!"

The warship had been sailing westward, and after a while, the location of the broken railing was no longer the place where Zhu Lingyun fell into the water; finding someone at this location would undoubtedly require a sword. Chen Qiao looked behind her and saw no one at all, the waves were one after another... How to save people?

But the coach is gone on the battlefield, this matter is very serious. Chen Qiao shouted anxiously: "Quickly order the helmsman to turn around!"

Turn around? Going into the fire... Besides, even the helmsman didn't know where he was at this time. No one listened to Chen Qiao, the civil servant. The warship was still heading west, but Zhu Lingyun had disappeared.

On the big river, the warships of the Southern Tang Army fled westward one after another, and no one had a way to control the thousands of ships. Even the Lu soldiers by the river were in chaos. Countless people stood by the river, watching the fire on the river.

After a long time, the boat docked and Chen Qiao landed. Zhu Lingyun's drowning has become a fact that he has to accept... Although Chen Qiao doesn't like Zhu Lingyun, but that guy has prestige in the Zhennan Army, and he is the commander of the army, so he can lead the whole army; now that he is dead, who will lead the army? Chen Qiao didn't think that she, a civil official, could control this army temporarily.

Moreover, the news about Zhu Lingyun spread quickly. The matter of the coach is the concern of the whole army, and the news of the dead general spread rapidly. People in the army were in a state of panic, especially the navy was in a state of disarray, and for a while they couldn't find all the generals.

Chen Qiao called on the generals present, called the other generals, and re-elected a temporary coach.

But Zhou Jun didn't give them a chance, Zhou Jun's reaction to the battle situation was quite quick. Before noon, Chizhou mobilized troops over. The cavalry took the lead, followed by the infantry, and directly attacked the troops of the Southern Tang army stranded on the main road. It was too late for the Southern Tang Army to unify the military orders, and all the ministries knew they were fighting. Although the Zhou army had few vanguards, they were not besieged by the superior forces organized by the Southern Tang army. What's more, at this time, the Southern Tang army was in a state of panic, and was soon defeated...

The people behind were affected, and in some places they fled in an organized manner. The so-called 150,000 army looks majestic, but it is completely weaker than Chen Qiao imagined. The army is like a big house falling apart.

On the main road to the west, there are retreating soldiers everywhere. On the river, the boats were also scattered, retreating separately.

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In the middle of the night, Guo Shao received an urgent report from Luo Yanhuan in the water village by the river. He took a closer look, and soon a red light appeared on his face... It was late at night, and there was no one else around to celebrate with, but he still couldn't suppress the excitement in Guo Shao's heart, so he could only have fun by himself for the time being!

Luo Yanhuan described the battle situation in detail, and said that Wankou and Chizhou's troops were weak and could not expand the results of the battle; but after the chaos of the Southern Tang Army, it was not easy to redeploy, and the goal of "delaying the enemy's reinforcements" had been achieved.

But from Guo Shao's point of view, Luo Yanhuan has established extraordinary achievements unexpectedly. The Southern Tang army suffered such a big setback, let alone rectify the chaotic army, how to revive the morale and morale of the army? So far, the threat to that army has been very small.

Guo Shaoxin said: "During the Tokyo Mutiny, I felt that Luo Yanhuan was brave and resourceful. From this point of view, this person has a talent worthy of great use." Luo Yanhuan didn't have many elite soldiers, mainly a group of town soldiers from all over the country, and there were few warships; under limited conditions, he was able to devise a way to attack the army of the Southern Tang Kingdom, which was very impressive... And after the fire was successfully fired and the morale of the army was disturbed, Luo Yanhuan boldly sent troops to attack with weak forces, and he seized the opportunity very well.

"Luo Yanhuan, Luo Yanhuan..." Guo Shao read twice, and walked a few steps back and forth in the cabin.

He put down the military newspaper, went to the window again, opened a corner and looked out. The lights on the water are bright, and when the windows are opened slightly, the sound of the waves is even more noisy... It turns out that on the banks of the Yangtze River, there is no such tranquility as "the bell to the passenger ship at midnight".

The atmosphere is boisterous and boisterous. But there is no danger here: yesterday, the Han Tong navy had entered the Yangtze River, and that navy was under the jurisdiction of the guard Ma Busi.

The enemy soldiers in Jingkou are now the turtles in the urn, and they have nowhere to go except to go ashore, but the boats can't go ashore, and the reinforcements from Hukou can't come. It's only a matter of time before they are wiped out. Guo Shao is sure that he has a sure chance of winning!

Guo Shao sat in front of the table, and there was a picture of the situation under the lamp, and there was light ink in the inkstone next to it. He sat for a while, then poured a lot of water from the iron cup into the inkstone, and made the ink very diluted. Then he picked up the brush, dipped it in a little ink, and painted the entire sphere of influence of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the border of the Southern Tang Kingdom on the map.

On the whole picture, the large piece in the middle has changed color. Guo Shao stretched out his fingers, stroking the large area of ​​the Southern Tang Kingdom. Although it was just a piece of paper, he really felt the great increase in strength.

Countless wealth, countless population, vast territory...

Guo Shao suddenly felt a little bit, when he was in his infancy, it was very difficult for a small profit; but now, the huge profit is irresistible, and it comes too fast.

He still felt out of control, as if a torrent appeared in front of his eyes, but fortunately, this torrent was following his own direction. But I still have the ability to adjust its direction. Guo Shao let out a long breath, closed his eyes and felt the river flowing at the bottom of the boat.

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(When I was writing the second chapter last night, I lay down to rest, but accidentally fell asleep. When I opened my eyes, the sun had already risen... I am really sorry.)