It is cloudy today, and the fog of frost in winter morning is extremely difficult to dissipate, and there is still a hint of coldness.

Chao County is built with a gentle water, similar to the thousands of small cities in Dahua. The difference is that it only has three walls, and to the west of Chaohu Lake is a water village composed of water piles and docks. At this time, the dock where countless ships were originally gathered in large and small, seemed deserted. The original ships disappeared without a trace, leaving only a few unusable small boats swaying in the gentle waves of Chaohu Lake.

The three-meter-high stone city wall was also quiet, but some places were obviously newly damaged, with broken green city wall bricks and powdery powder striking. There were several places on the city gate building still emitting blue smoke.

Under the city walls, a large number of soldiers gathered there. There were a lot of people at the city gates, most of whom were taking a nap with weapons. The unnoisy sound gathered into a low buzzing sound because of the large number of people. The unsilent scene brought a sense of tranquility before the war, which was quite strange. On the city wall, in addition to the guarded soldiers, there were also several people dressed in civilian clothes, washing away blood stains and debris. The blood-colored sewage gathered along the drainage trenches at the city entrance, flowing out of the city entrance and pouring directly into the moat outside the city.

After crossing the battlements, there was another scene outside the city.

The moat, which is not too wide and deep in Chao County, has changed its color at this moment, turning into a dull ochre red, uneven, as if a large bucket of pigments was poured into the water before it could be dissolved. Floating corpses everywhere slowly passed by with the water flow, and some were nailed with arrows. The flesh that was rolled on the wound had turned gray and white, giving people an unreal feeling.

There were more corpses scattered on a small section of the ground near the city wall, some charred and blue smoke emitting like city gate towers, some were incomplete and weirdly twisted, and blood stains that had solidified could be seen everywhere. Especially near the city gate, corpses naturally piled up into a pile, and a gray-white hand that had completely lost its life stretched out from the pile of corpses, stretching towards the gloomy sky, as if trying to catch something.

Crossing the moat, beyond a distance of one arrow, the shallow trenches dug temporarily were densely dug, like spider webs, extending into the invisible fog. From the top of the city, you can also see soldiers covered with trenches nearby curled up there. Unlike the messy soldiers in the city, the soldiers in the trenches outside the city were all wearing Dahua military uniforms and looked much neat.

At this moment, fires were lit everywhere on the Dahua Army's positions outside the city. Not far away, the originally dense forests and fields no longer existed and turned into materials for people to keep warm.

The burning blue smoke merges into the fog, making the gloomy world more hazy. I don’t know when the sun can dispel the smoke, and can you see the way you came after the clouds clear and the fog dissipates?

A few miles south along the east shore of the lake, turned to the west, and the lakeside was empty because the lake water was shallow in winter, and the shoals flooded in the rainy season were exposed again. The lake water slapped the shore like a tide, and the withered reeds dot the shallows by the lakeside. Going west, the sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded by the lakeside more than ten miles away.

A small team of cavalry suddenly rushed out of the woods by the lake and galloped to the shallows on the shore without the barrier of woods and shrubs. At the same time, the shallows were covered with fine sand and stones, and the shallows on the shore were more suitable for fast horses to gallop. The team of ten people galloped west along the lake shore, while looking at the empty water surface of the lake from time to time, as if looking for something.

In this way, the cavalry kept running along the lake shore and headed west until some small black dots appeared in the distance of the lake on the shore in sight.

The leading man made a gesture, and the cavalry rushed into the woods again, and with the help of the woods, they gradually approached the black spots. When they approached a certain distance, the cavalry stopped, and the leader led the man and the two of them off the horses and sneaked towards the target on foot.

Soon, the three of them had approached the original location of the small black dot. With the help of the cover of the woods, the three of them poked their heads out of the bushes and looked carefully.

I saw that there were not nearly a hundred wooden boats of large and small docked by the lake, and several larger boats could not be deported, and were transporting things to the shore by those small boats. The shore that served as a temporary dock was full of people, and hundreds of people were busy. Some people kept carrying some heavy rice bags and some other items from the boats, while others were building a temporary camp. Judging from the size, it was still a large camp.

The three people in the dark seemed to be not interested in the movements on the shore. They counted the boats in the water carefully, then turned around and ran back quickly.

Soon, ten batches of fast horses turned back, rushed out of the woods, and disappeared in the southeast direction.

The busy people on the temporary dock on the shore knew nothing about this and were doing their work in an orderly manner. They actually drove off a few horses and wooden carts from several boats. Some were reorganizing the carts. More than a dozen people picked up their axes and started to cut down dry firewood in the woods.

In this way, more than an hour passed, and it was almost noon. The camps that had already formed a prototype on the shore began to fire. Dozens of digging soil stoves were burning. Some people were pouring bags of rice into large iron pots on the stove, and some were putting piles of bacon in the pots. Obviously, these people were preparing a lot of food.

Half an hour later, the entire camp was filled with the aroma of rice and bacon. At this moment, a low thunder sounded, causing the busy people to stop the guy in their hands.

Where did the thunder come from in winter? Soon, everyone's doubts were answered, and a torrent of iron cavalry like a black dragon suddenly rushed out of the forest not far away.

Before everyone in the camp on the shore could react, they stared blankly at the team that suddenly appeared like dragons. The swords could not be seen shining. The people skillfully picked up the strange muskets on the horse's shoulders.

"Dahua Army!", a panic scream woke everyone up. Only the Dahua Army had such a large number of muskets.

"Ah, isn't the Dahua Army attacking the King?"

Some people still couldn't believe the facts in front of them, and they were panicking and screaming in panic while taking the weapons.

The dragon-like army rushed to the sky, and there was a flash of lightning at the arrogant dragon head. The camp here was screaming and a large area fell down. Suddenly, the entire dock camp fell into extreme panic.

"Get together!" A leader-like man pulled out his waist knife and jumped onto a wooden stake and shouted. With another flash of thunder, the officer suddenly burst into a few bloody dances, and he fell down, twitched for a few times and could not get up again.

The black dragon formed by more than a thousand cavalry spewed like a dragon slipping on the shallows, rushing into the camp pier with fire and white smoke. It was just a turn, and there was no resistance in the camp. The hundreds of people in the camp were already swept away. Except for a dozen people who were curled up and knelt on the ground, trembling, the others were either in pain or had turned into corpses.

There were still some people on the wooden boat in the water. Seeing this scene, they began to stand off the shore. Although the Dahua Army was fierce, they could not go into the water to chase them.

The cavalry destroyed the camp on the shore and lined up by the water. A heroic white-armored female general rushed to the shore. It was not Bai Bing. Bai Bing looked at the wooden boats leaving the shore and shouted loudly: "The Dragon Army is here! You can quickly dock, otherwise you will be killed!"

Some small boats near the shore stopped immediately, hesitating whether to follow the orders to return to the shore. The big boats had gradually moved away, and they had taken off the range of bows and arrows, and even began to raise sails, and there was no point in the docking. The people on the boat stood by the side of the ship, laughing at the cavalry who were beyond the reach. The meaning was obvious, and they had the ability to catch us.

Bai Bing's beautiful eyes turned cold and he shouted coldly: "Prepare!"

"Brush!", the cavalry arranged on the shore raised the Shenlong gun in their hands, and aimed at the largest wooden boat that had risen and started to accelerate. The people on the wooden boat were not too nervous, and obviously had some understanding of the power of the Dahua army's firearms. The well-known three-eyed gun could not hit such a long distance.

"put!"

With Bai Bing's order, a series of fire flashed on the shore, and a large row of white smoke burst out from the sound of explosion. I saw that the big ship suddenly blew up and there were slight wood smoke everywhere. After a short and shrill scream, the soldiers who were originally arrogant on the side of the ship pounced and fell into the water. A large piece of blood immediately rose up in the water, and no one was seen floating out of the water again. The thick main mast was even more wood chips flew, and Zhang Man's huge sail suddenly lost its restraint and fell directly. The sail rod hit the side of the ship heavily, and the side of the ship was smashed several feet wide.

Waiting for a large amount of white smoke on the shore to dissipate quickly under the lake wind, the big ship, dozens of steps, was beyond recognition, the hull was covered with bullet holes, the front warehouse had almost become a fishing net, and all the sails had fallen, without any motivation, and seemed to be no longer even the person in charge of the helm, and began to slowly spin in the water.

The dozens of people on the boat seemed to have disappeared in an instant. The wooden boat that was about to sail far away just now seemed to have turned into a ghost ship, without any movement, which made people shudder.

The people on the other ships on the lake were stunned when they saw what was happening in front of them. The big ship was the largest, most solid and the farthest from the shore. The cavalry had become like this with just one shot, and the other ships could be imagined.

"Preparation!" The cold voice of the female general sounded again. The cavalry raised their muskets again without loading, and aimed at other ships.

"Don't, stop fighting! We dock, we dock!" Almost at the same time, boats of all sizes in the lake rushed to shout. This firearm is too terrible. The big ship is the best example. It is good to live for a longer time. Who wants to die?

In this way, these nearly a hundred wooden boats of all sizes leaned towards the shore, and even those big boats did not dare to neglect. Under Bai Bing's command, the big boats were connected by flap boards, and then connected by small boats with wooden boards, leading to the river bank. More than 200 boatmen and soldiers on the boat went shore honestly, and were taken to the south by Xing Tianhu and the soldiers of the Shenlong Army, leaving the shore.
Chapter completed!