.Chapter 556 Smuggling through Langcang River

In order to resist the attack of Feng Yang's army, the defenders occupying the south bank requisitioned all the nearby ships, and thousands of ships drifted on the river, looking like a piece of land floating in the river from a distance. However, this kind of land could not stop Feng Yang's naval warships from advancing. More than twenty large warships rushed towards the floating "land", and immediately knocked the "land" out of more than twenty intersections. It was not until they rushed to the middle that Feng Yang's warships stopped. While Gorke asked the ships to fight the attacks from the south bank defenders, he ordered the warships to drive the propellers on both sides of the ship and exit Feng Yang's warships from the land created by the guards on the south bank.

On the south bank of Langcang River, the commander-in-chief of the defenders looked at Feng Yang's naval warships slowly retreating, and made a quick decision and ordered: "Come on, implement the second plan to welcome the enemy immediately."

"Don't have adults, we still have our own people there." The general beside him shouted quickly.

"Shut up, you don't even look at what time it is now. If Feng Yang's warship runs away, we will not regret it."

"But sir, doing this is really a disaster. Please think twice."

"I have been thinking about it for seven or eight times." Yan Zheng kicked away the general who stopped him and shouted at the messenger responsible for ordering: "Don't go quickly!"

"Yes, yes..." The messenger rolled and crawled away.

When the generals of each army heard the orders sent by the messenger, they couldn't believe it first. Just when they wanted to go to Yan Zheng to ask, the second messenger sent by Yan Zheng arrived. "Implement it immediately and there must be no mistakes."

The military orders were like mountains, and the generals of each army gritted their teeth and began to order the soldiers to prepare. Just as everyone was preparing, the third order came again, "Don't delay, those who violate the orders are killed!"

"Let it go!" With the general's order, the catapulted cart threw the pots filled with tinder oil one by one at the battlefield where they were fighting. When they smelled the smell of tinder oil in the air, Golk's face changed drastically, and he immediately ordered all ships to immediately break away from contact with the "land", and at the same time, people shouted that the South Bank army would set the ships on fire.

It was almost time for the time to say that, just as Feng Yang's army retreated desperately, the lit rockets reached to the "land" full of tiny oil when Feng Yang's army retreated desperately. The fire was lit up immediately. It was not until this time that the defenders on the South Bank believed that they had been abandoned by the adults who were firmly sitting in the central army's tent. A feeling of being betrayed came to my heart, and the defenders on the South Bank on the "land" dived and escaped. But that was only a few. Most of them were burned to death on the battlefield because of being stained with tiny oil, which made the soldiers on the South Bank feel chilled.

Feng Yang's Navy was not having a good time this time. Although Golk's judgment was correct and issued a retreat order in time, the warships were already too deep, so when the fire attack of the South Bank defenders began, two-thirds of the Feng Yang's Navy's warships were ignited. Although several were rescued by everyone, half of the warships were still unable to participate in the battle in the following battle. As for casualties, no one was burned to death except for some wounded by the fire, and most of the dead died when they were fighting with the South Bank defenders before. However, compared with the South Bank defenders who were burned to death by the fire, the casualties of Feng Yang's Navy were almost negligible.

A total of 20,000 people, except for the three or four thousand people who died in the battle with Feng Yang Navy, the remaining 15,600 people were counted after the fire was over, and only about 1,500 people survived. Ten Pavilions went to Nine Pavilions. And the most important thing was that cracks began to appear between the soldiers and generals of the South Bank defenders, and no one wanted to follow a Shangguan who would abandon himself at any time.

"Damn it, Feng Yang's Navy escaped." Yan Zheng slapped the table with an angry face and cursed. This plan was so good, it was all because of the people below who were slow to find out the Feng Yang's Navy. If he executed his orders when he sent the first batch of messengers, most of the 24 warships of Feng Yang's Navy would be destroyed and lose their combat effectiveness. In this way, he would become a great contributor to save the foundation of the empire, and high officials and generous salaries were naturally no problem.

"It's a pity that they all broke down on those wastes." Yan Zheng thought hatred in his heart.

The north bank of Langcang River, Fengyang's central army's tent

"Loss?" Xiong Feihu asked the messenger kneeling in front of him.

"Yes, General. Everything went smoothly at the beginning of our army and broke through several lines of defense of the enemy. However, when our army's attack was interrupted, the enemy set fire to the ships, regardless of their companions who were fighting with our army. Seeing this, General Gao had to order our army to retreat to avoid greater casualties from our army."

"Okay, I understand. Go back and tell General Gao that he had a correct judgment on this matter and asked him to hurry up and rest the army. Whether our army can cross the river depends on him to escort us."

"Yes, the young one remembers. If the general had no other orders, the young one would have surrendered."

"Yeah, go down."

When the messenger went out, Xiong Feihu turned his head and asked Pang Yi on the side, "General Pang, do you have any ideas about this?"

Pang Yi smiled slightly and replied, "Since General Xiong asked me to say it, I will say it. General Mo thought this was an opportunity to completely defeat the defenders of the South Bank. The chief general of the South Bank was honest and focused on his military achievements, regardless of the lives and death of his soldiers. I believe that today's matter should have spread on the South Bank. It was the time when the defenders of the South Bank were disheartened, and our army had just lost. The defenders of the South Bank would definitely think that our army would temporarily rest and wait until our navy recovered before launching another attack. Since this is the case, General Mo suggested to attack tonight, sneak across the river and catch the defenders of the South Bank off guard."

"Okay, okay, okay, no wonder Lord Lord value you so much. He is indeed a person who can entrust major events." Xiong Feihu nodded to Pang Yi with a smile.

"Is the old general agreeing to the last general's suggestion?"

"Hahaha, of course, someone will come and get the bill."

In the Fengyang Army camp on the north bank of Langcang River, Xiong Feihu rose to the tent. Looking at the generals in the tent with some anticipation and some moving generals, Xiong Feihu felt relieved. Ao Long had successors and would belong to these young people in front of him in the future.

"Elder General Xiong, everyone has arrived." Pang Yi whispered to Xiong Feihu.

"Yeah." Xiong Feihu nodded slightly when he heard this. Xiong Feihu liked Pang Yi from the bottom of his heart. He didn't say both civil and military, and he didn't have the impetuous aura that most young people had. If it weren't for the time being that they had been too short, Xiong Feihu believed that the commander of the Northern Route Army would be this young man, not himself.

This person is afraid of comparing with Pang Yi. Xiong Xuanba, who had already done well, became a grass, while Pang Yi was an eagle soaring in the sky. Xiong Feihu looked at the excited son of Xiong in the tent, sighed helplessly, and at the same time comforted him. Fortunately, there was a grandson who was not as unreasonable as his son. Xiong Feihu believed that when Xiong Tianwei grew up, his achievements would definitely be the highest among the three generations of the Xiong family.

"Since everyone has arrived, I won't talk nonsense. I decided to smuggle through Langcang River tonight, and the following will announce the orders of each general, Xiong Xuanba."

"Here!" Xiong Xuanba stood out of the queue with an excited look on his face and responded with his hands crossed.

"I will be the pioneer and take the lead in seizing the south bank and establish a stronghold for our Fengyang Army to land on the south bank."

"The last general will receive the order!" Xiong Xuanba replied loudly.

"Lu Tong!"

"exist!"

...

After orders were issued one by one, Feng Yang's army camp began to move, and troops began to board the ship in an orderly manner. As the pioneer tonight, Xiong Xuanba was listening to his father's advice in the central army tent.

"Your mission tonight is to establish a landing site for our army. Don't forget the main business just by scrambling to fight." Xiong Feihu reminded her son in a worried manner.

Xiong Xuanba was grinning on the side. She was happy. She had been the second-in-command of Guards for so long in Yifuguan, and her body was about to rust. Looking at Hughes, Carter and others who had established Feng Yang Army with him, who had become famous in the mainland, and even Chen Siliu and Li Sansi began to make people know that Xiong Xuanba felt a little unbalanced. This time Ye Kaihuai transferred him to participate in the military operation attacking Long Shouyi on the South Bank. Xiong Xuanba was holding his breath and ready to show off. Now the position of the Pioneer of Crossing the River has fallen on his head. As the first person to land on the South Bank, Xiong Xuanba's heart is very beautiful and beautiful in three words.

"I'm talking to you, why are you grinning? Have you heard what I said clearly?" Xiong Feihu slapped his stupid son in the back of the head and asked angrily.

"Remember, remember. Father, don't worry, I will wait until the subsequent troops arrive before leading the team to fight." Xiong Xuanba answered hurriedly, covering the back of his head.

"Remember, there are no eyes on the battlefield, be careful."

Feeling his father's deep concern, Xiong Xuanba nodded heavily in emotion, "Father, the child remembers it."

"Go and let everyone see. The people in my Xiong family are not cowards."

As night fell, as if he had predicted a killing tonight, the moon hid early. Next to the landing ship on the north shore, Xiong Xuanba waved his hand and ordered: "Get off."

Dozens of troop transport ships quietly left the shore and rowed towards the south bank. After the first fleet left for a stick of incense, the second batch of troop transport ships also left the shore.

On the south bank, the defenders who were responsible for monitoring the river were whispering about what happened during the day. Originally, this matter could not be discussed, but during the day, several people were caught and chopped their heads. The charge was to shake the morale of the army. There were no outsiders around, and the officers had already gone to bed. These bitter big-headed soldiers could also relax a little and talk about things that were not allowed to talk during the day.

"Oh, it's so miserable. You guys all heard from others, but I saw it with my own eyes. At that time, I was by the river, looking at those companions who were burned to death. To be honest, my heart was half cold. I am now worried that one day I will be sold by my Shangguan like those who were burned to death." A veteran sighed and fiddled with the fire used to keep warm.

"Okay, be careful of being heard." The companion beside him whispered.

"Oh, just hear it. Anyway, it's all dead. If Feng Yangjun on the opposite side comes here, we can't escape with our ability. Saying something we want to say before death is worthy of ourselves."

"Okay. Don't be so pessimistic. I heard that Feng Yang's army generally does not kill prisoners easily. In addition, we were originally from the Ao Long Empire. When Feng Yang's army comes, we will surrender and maybe we can save our lives. To be honest, I was arrested, and I don't know how my wife and children are doing at home now?"

"Hehe... Since you have plans to surrender, then surrender." A soldier who suddenly spoke came from behind, and the five people who were chatting almost scared their souls away.

The older generation has a saying that those who die suddenly cannot pass the Naihe Bridge, if they don’t want to take over the underworld, they will become lonely ghosts. If so many people die during the day, they must be the ones who die in vain turned into evil ghosts to take revenge. Two of the five people felt that the kuzi was wet.

A dagger was placed on the neck of the soldier who had previously proposed to surrender, and a threat came from his ear: "Don't make a sound." The soldier who was restrained widened his eyes and looked at his companion who was also restrained. He couldn't help but relax his heart. At least he was a human or a ghost who was restrained.

"Fast move!" The figure standing behind the soldier urged his subordinates and asked the soldier, "What's the name?"

"Chen Liansheng."

"When will you come to the patrol team here?"

"I just passed by a quarter of an hour, and I just passed by a patrol team." Chen Liansheng replied quickly.

"Wow, then my luck is pretty good. You are also a smart person, so I can spare your life. But you'd better be more tactful and don't give me a reason to kill you." The figure behind him said, taking back his dagger.

Chen Liansheng felt the dagger on his neck leave, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He looked up and looked away. Chen Liansheng saw hazy figures busy in the darkness not far away, as if they were building fortifications.

"Are you Feng Yangjun?" Chen Liansheng mustered up the courage to ask the man beside him.

"Yes, what? You don't want to surrender anymore?"

"No, no. I just want to ask, I surrender, can you let me go home? I still have my wife and children in my family who need my care." Chen Liansheng quickly explained.

“… Are there many soldiers like you?”

"Eh, seven of my ten-man teams are the same as me. The other teams are probably in the same condition as me."

"...The handling of prisoners requires obeying the decision of the commander of the Northern Army. I have no way to let you go, but I will tell him your situation before the commander."

"Thank you, this big brother."

"General, the fortifications are almost ready. But the brothers said that a patrol team was approaching, do you need to kill them?" A soldier ran over and asked the big man sitting next to Chen Liansheng.

"The people in the patrol are the same as you?" The big man turned his head and asked Chen Liansheng.

"No, the people in the patrol are all the confidants of the generals. They always bully us and don't treat us as companions at all." Chen Liansheng shook his head and said.

"I understand." The big man nodded and ordered the soldiers who came to ask, "Let me find someone to kill them and do it cleanly. According to time, when we come to another patrol team, our reinforcements should have arrived long ago."

"Yes." The soldier agreed and turned around and ran back. After a while, Chen Liansheng saw more than 20 black shadows leaving the main force and touching the direction of the patrol.

A sound of swords and swords fighting each other came, followed by a sound of physical body falling to the ground. Things were going well, but unexpectedly, a shout came from the quiet night sky: "Enemy attack~"

"Damn, what are these little guys doing?" Xiong Xuanba, who was sitting next to Chen Liansheng, stood up and cursed. From the conversation just now, Chen Liansheng knew what the general sitting in front of him was called.

"Boy, you are lucky. I have no time to care about you now. You can run as far as you can. Next, this place will become a battlefield, not where you, a teacher, should stay. Find a chance to go home." Xiong Xuanba said to Chen Liansheng, turned around and left Chen Liansheng and others by the fire with his subordinates.

Looking at the burning flames, the four people looked at Chen Liansheng and were about to follow Chen Liansheng. Chen Liansheng thought for a while, gritted his teeth and stood up, bowed deeply to the direction where Xiong Xuanba left, turned around and grabbed the weapon and disappeared into the night. The remaining four people saw that Chen Liansheng had left and were not attacked, and immediately stood up and scattered birds and beasts, and each fled to their own lives.

"Sir, I'm sorry. We didn't expect there was a jogging belly in those soul eggs..." The adjutant said to Xiong Xuanba with some shame.

"Man's calculations are not as good as God's calculations, don't take them to heart. Tell everyone that we have been exposed. In a while, the enemy will arrive and let everyone prepare for battle." Xiong Xuanba patted the adjutant's shoulder and ordered.

"clear."

After sending away the adjutant, Xiong Xuanba ordered the messenger: "Send a signal to speed up the reinforcements." Originally, Feng Yang's plan was to land quietly, and he would catch the defenders of the South Bank off guard after the army gathered. However, now the plan was ruined, so he could only change from sneak attack to strong attack.

Three big fireworks bloomed in the night sky. When Lu Tong, the second batch of reinforcements in the river, saw it, he immediately ordered the fleet to move forward at full speed. Don't worry that the sound of rowing would alarm the defenders on the South Bank. The adjutant under his command was puzzled, and Lu Tong couldn't help but hurriedly said: "Idiot, have you not seen the fireworks in the sky? That is the signal that our landing troops were discovered. Since it has been discovered, the sneak attack will naturally be changed to a strong attack. Go and notify everyone to move forward at full speed and support our brothers."

"yes."

In the camp of the South Bank defenders, who had not yet rested, looked at the fireworks in the sky and couldn't help but exclaim: "It's so beautiful... Come, the enemy attacks, please send troops to the place where the fireworks are set off to block the attack."

Just after the solemn order was issued, some generals in the army came to report: "Sir, something abnormal happened on the riverside. A patrol team did not come back on time. Reported that someone found Feng Yang's army appeared by the riverside."
Chapter completed!