Chen Yu realized that the situation was serious and did not care that the rain was still going on. He immediately ordered the soldiers to attack and stop the bold enemy troops.

The Xiangzhou army quickly attacked and advanced eastward. The enemy troops who were waiting in the mud slowly retreated to the river bank behind.

In the heavy rain, the soldiers of Xiangzhou Army marched in the mud, and many people stumbled, and there was no formation at all.

After the distance between the two sides was closer to 30 or 40 steps, the enemy had retreated to the riverside. The soldiers of Xiangzhou soldiers started shooting arrows with mulberry bows, regardless of the rain.

On the banks of the river, suddenly many people emerged from the water, went ashore, and rushed towards the Xiangzhou army. The number was large, and it seemed that they had been ambushing the shore, waiting to launch a fatal blow.

The enemy troops on the shore, which had already defended with shields, also began to charge.

The two sides shot at a distance of twenty or thirty steps, but the Xiangzhou army soon suffered heavy casualties because everyone was wearing heavy armor, iron faces, and arrows inserted on their bodies, and they could continue to charge.

The charger of the enemy only shot arrows at more than ten steps. Because the long bow was thick, the bow was strong, and the face was specially shot, the Xiangzhou army could not withstand it at all.

He shot his face with a strong bow at close range, and even with an iron face, he could not defend himself, let alone the soldiers of Xiangzhou army did not even have iron faces. He shot his face with an arrow and died on the spot.

Even though he was not shot in the face and was wearing armor, the arrows shot from close range were still easily shot into his chest, and the person was almost the same at that time.

The Xiangzhou army was shot down first, and the enemy, who had the advantage in numbers, then abandoned their bows and drew their swords, pushed forward with their spears, and their formation was scattered. They were panicked and they were unable to deal with it.

The hand-to-hand combat began and soon ended. The Xiangzhou Army vanguard, who had suffered heavy casualties, turned around and ran away.

However, the terrain by the river is low and the camp is high. When attacking, it is the Xiangzhou army that goes downhill. When retreating, it becomes an uphill road, and the ground is muddy and very slippery.

The people in front ran back, and the people behind who were staggering forward were unable to react, and many people slipped and collided with each other.

Pushing and trampling on each other, the scene was in chaos in an instant.

The enemy troops who rushed over seemed to be wearing very special shoes, so they walked relatively steadily in the mud, and they chased them like a hungry tiger pounced on a sheep.

Bow shooting, spear stabbing, knife cutting, and battles break out in the mud in the heavy rain were like adults slaughtering children. The defeated Xiangzhou soldiers were driven by the enemy and rushed to the camp.

The soldiers defending in the camp could not stop the scattered comrades. The defenses organized in a hurry were rushed and were destroyed by the comrades and were defeated by the enemy who followed him.

In just a moment, Chen Yu's camp was already broken by the enemy, and his troops pulled up their mounts to escort the Langzhu to break through.

He looked at the chaos in front of him, listened to the screams everywhere in the camp, and wanted to cry without tears.

It was raining heavily and there was muddy outside. Although I couldn’t run fast on a horse, I couldn’t run away if I didn’t run anymore.

Chen Yu rode out of the camp and, under the escort of the horse riding team, headed south to Chaling. However, the group ran out not far and tripped by a tripping horse rope on the section along the river.

After urging to death, Chen Yu, who was shot by the ambush on the shore, suffered heavy casualties. He was captured by the enemy soldiers and was caught in the head and was dizzy.

He was dragged to the shore, but he saw that there were already many people on the shore, and there were still a large number of bamboo rafts. The bamboo rafts were covered with straw men, and they looked like they were crowded with soldiers.

When Chen Yu saw this, he was stunned: it turned out that the other party deliberately used a deception to use a bamboo raft full of straw men to pretend that a large number of soldiers were riding on the bamboo raft and storm him in the rain.

There were already ambushers on the shore, and the ambushers had been soaking in the water long ago, waiting for him to attack.

In the heavy rain, a tall young man with a wet body and a burly figure looked at him with a smile: "Who are you? What's the situation in Chaling?"

"Bah!" Chen Yu spat at the other party with great strength, but the distance was a bit far and he didn't hit it.

But he still shouted at the top of his lungs: "Madman, madman! Fighting in the rain, I curse you all catching a cold, getting caught in the wind and cold, and all of them died of illness!"

When the young man smiled, he asked someone to bring a bamboo tube and opened the lid: "Do you drink ginger soup? If you don't warm your body, it will easily catch a cold and will get cold!"

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The rain kept falling, drizzling, and the Hunan water level rose sharply, spreading across the shore. Looking up, it was yellow.

On the east bank of the Xiang River, at the high terrain, in the military camp, the guard Zhou Tiehu checked the rain on the arrow tower, and saw the flood in front of him, and felt much more at ease.

It rained heavily for days and the roads were muddy. It would take a lot of time for the invading enemy to reach here, but it was impossible to break through the gate.

Then, the so-called surprise attack will be invalid.

Not long ago, Zhou Tiehu, under the order of King Xiao Yu of Hedong, led his army to Lukou to station, guarding against the invading enemy. The enemy came from Jiangzhou and advanced westward through the Ancheng Trail.

The other party delayed his trip because it rained for days and was seen through by his own eyes.

Even if you leave the western end of the trail now, there are only two places to go: either enter the Liling boundary in the northwest direction or enter the Chaling boundary in the southwest direction.

Liling is southeast of Changsha, and Chaling is south of Liling, further away from Changsha.

No matter where the other party emerges from, it is necessary to attack Changsha, whether it is water or land.

There is the Lu River on the edge of Liling City, which flows westward into the Xiang River. The confluence mouth is called "Lukou". The Lukou is about a hundred miles away from Changsha to the north, and the Xiang River route is about two hundred miles away.

The west bank of Xiangshui River is full of mountains, and the east bank has official roads to travel north and south. Therefore, there are constant business trips on the east bank official roads. If there are troops and horses, they can only go to the east bank land.

The Lukou Military Camp is located on the east bank of the Xiangshui River and the north bank of the Lukou River. It guards this throat-like rush and Jinkou. Even if the invading enemy breaks through Liling or Chaling, they have to break through Lukou again before they can go to Changsha.

Now that heavy rain has been falling for several days, the water level of the Xiang River has soared, and it is impossible to sail. The roads are muddy, and even if the enemy comes, they cannot attack in the rain. Therefore, Zhou Tiehu is now at 100 people.

With him here to guard the king, the king will feel much more at ease.

Zhou Tiehu was a subordinate of the Hedong Palace. He followed the palace master for many years. The Hedong Palace was sent to the local government as the governor, so he followed him to serve. If he returned to Beijing to serve, he would serve as the guard of the palace and be regarded as a confidant.

Therefore, when the King of Hedong learned that an enemy had advanced westward through the Ancheng Trail, he sent him to guard the Lukou just in case.

Now it is impossible to have anything in case.

The sky was getting darker and night was about to fall. Zhou Tiehu went down the Arrow Tower and explained some things to each battalion, then turned back to the tent to rest.

It was dark, and there were a little fire in the military camp on the shore, and the wilderness was pitch black. The river was flowing very loudly, like thousands of horses galloping and noisy.

On the dark river surface, a large number of bamboo rafts flowed downstream. Each bamboo raft was tied with some packages, and there were some people climbing on both sides of the bamboo raft.

On the edge of a bamboo raft, Liang Sen grabbed the rope that Quan made the handrail and floated heavily as the bamboo raft rose and fell on the water.

The rope was put on the hand wearing cloth gloves, and the repeated frictions made the corresponding gloves turn white. He and his subordinates went downstream and had been soaking in the water for a day.

I only went to the shore once in the middle, ate some dry food, cooked ginger soup and continued to "rush".

Looking at the dimly lit military camp on the shore not far away, Liang Sen was a little nervous, but the military camp was a bit far from the river bank, and it was dark and raining, so their whereabouts were unlikely to be noticed by the other party.

So the risks come from river channels: shallows, dangerous shoals, reefs, and waterfalls that are not big or small.

However, Li Li sent a detailed work to find out the situation of the Xiang River. After Liang Sen and Li Li thought about it carefully, they were sure that they dared to take a "drifting trip" on the Xiang River during the flood season.

There are no waterfalls in the river section here, and it is a busy waterway on weekdays. Even during the dry season in winter, the water level is not low, let alone the flood is now, so their risk is not too high.

However, people were still dead.

War is not a joke, surprise attack is not an outing, "drifting" in a river with floods, people are going with the flow and they cannot help themselves.

Starting from Chaling, drifting all the way, the surprise attack team inevitably suffered casualties.

Liang Sen himself was also injured due to several bumps during the drift. Although they were all skin injuries, the wound began to turn white after soaking for several days.

In addition, if you are always wet from the rain, you can easily catch a cold and get sick. If you are not lucky, even the strongest person will die due to a cold.

Therefore, Liang Sen and his subordinates were really trying their best to do their best, rather than going out for a trip.

Of course, he was trying his best to avoid the defenders along the way and headed straight to Changsha, with his target of King Xiao Yu of Hedong.

It is difficult to march on rainy days, and even more difficult to fight. Because the land is muddy and the rivers are flooded, only this method can surprise you.

Li Li was originally going to lead the team to drift in person, but Liang Sen desperately persuaded him, so the two of them divided their work, and Liang Sen led his people downstream and acted according to the plan.

He heard Zhang Ying say that in the late Han Dynasty, the Wei army attacked Shu Han, but was blocked by the Han army in Jiange, and was at a loss.

So Wei general Deng Ai led his troops on the Yinping Path, bypassed Jiange, sneaked into Fucheng behind Jiange, and then rushed straight to Chengdu.

However, this Yinping Path is actually not a normal road, but a mountain trail, which is equivalent to no road.

As expected, the trail was extremely difficult and dangerous, and I had to keep building a plank road.

Even had to "climb the wood cliff", Deng Ai also led the way, wrapped in a blanket and rolled down the steep slope, led his troops to climb over natural danger, and successfully bypassed Jiange and captured Fucheng.

Then he rushed straight to Chengdu and made the first contribution to destroying Shu Han.

Liang Sen felt that compared to marching in the mountains, drifting in the river is no danger, just like walking in the city.

The waves rushed over, Liang Sen wiped his face and looked back at the enemy camp that had been left behind and his companions who were hiding on the river.

Looking forward again, there was a dark downstream river surface. He knew that the Xiangshui Road from Lukou to Changsha was about 200 miles.

After passing the mouth, they can get ashore in a certain section of the river downstream, gather the team and rest appropriately.

Treat the wound, eat some dry food to replenish your energy, cook ginger soup to warm your body, and then continue drifting.

Give the King of Hedong a surprise!
Chapter completed!