The Great River Goes East

"Brother Bangmao, wake up! Big stick! Big stick! Big stick! Big stick!" Big stick snored like thunder, and finally woke up by someone, and said angrily: "What's wrong? Since Fengyang, I haven't had a sleep in peace. This break has never been broken, and my bones have dissipated. You are in a state of energy, are you trying to make trouble?"

The soldier grinned and whispered, "Brother Bangchui, I just got up at night and saw that the Duke of the State was still standing in the yard and motionless. It was almost dawn, but I was scared to death. You are close to the Duke of the State, why don't you go and persuade me, I dare not speak."

"Ah?" Dabangmao jumped up: "You little bastard, why didn't you say it earlier?" He hurriedly put on his clothes, and saw the glitter outside the window, and felt even more anxious: "The Duke of the State asked us to go to bed, but he thought he had rested, you said this was a mess."

After putting on his clothes, he put his shoes on his shoes and left the house in a flash. Under the lobby of the front hall, Yang Ling was still standing there straight, foggy, and the fog was everywhere. Yang Ling stood in the swaying mist, lonely like a ghost.

Dabangmai walked behind him and deliberately made his steps heavy. Yang Ling seemed to have not heard of it. Dabangmai quietly turned to the side. He was shocked when he saw it. He hurriedly stepped forward and held his shoulder and said in panic: "Duke? Duke?"

After a night, Yang Ling's face became extremely haggard. He only wore a Confucian shirt, tied a corner of cloth scarf on his head, and his hair was covered with a layer of morning frost. He looked silver and bright, as if his hair was white, and his exhausted and unstoppable complexion was visible. Even a rough man like Dabangmao could see clearly.

"Don't shake, don't shake me." Yang Ling was exhausted. He squeezed out a sentence like a moan. The big stick immediately did not dare to move, but he chased after him worriedly: "Dude, you...you..."

"I dare not think of her, but she is all around my mind." Yang Ling said coldly: "I should go and see Pan'er, but I dare not see her. How was Lian'er doing this night? Is she still alive? Ravaged by crazy bandits, she has become a cold corpse, abandoned in the wild mountains and ridges, and gnawed her body by wild wolves and dogs?"

Yang Ling slowly turned his head and took a step back in horror. Yang Ling looked like he was dead, but his eyes were flashing with strange flames, which looked particularly scary.

The big stick began to tremble: "The country... the kingdom... the kingdom's grandfather. The auspicious people have their own appearance. They say... maybe they have escaped. You... don't think so scary. Besides... Zhao Crazy is the most concerned about stealing and has a way. He... his people must abide by the rules."

Yang Ling smiled, and his smile was particularly bleak: "If the officers and soldiers were chased and defeated to such an extent, there was no military discipline at all. The commander of the dignified commander could kill people and take the blame for the whole family. Will Lian'er be safe?"

Yang Ling said as if crying and laughing: "If I saw her, she had become an unrecognizable corpse. How do you let me live, how do you live?"

He suddenly grabbed the big stick, his hand became extremely strong, and even his big stick felt pain in his arms. He didn't dare to resist, and was shaken like a leaf. Yang Ling said with a fierce expression on his face: "You said, what is the use of a woman when two armies fight? Will anyone take her? Either kill or let it go, what are they doing when they run away? You said! Why are you lying to me?"

Dabanchi was almost scared and howled suddenly: "I... we will send troops immediately to avenge our wife and slaughter them all!"

"Send troops?" The faint ghost fire in Yang Ling's eyes burned even brighter: "Yes! Send troops! Let's send troops!"

He raised his head and looked at the white mist with straight eyes.

"You are like the bright moon, I am like the fog. The fog is hidden with the moon and the dew. I am just a reminder to you, and I miss you in the morning and evening. My soul follows you to the end of the world, and my clothes are getting wider and I don't feel the pain. I sigh that the years are like the morning dew. When will you carry a mud nest and your house? After the thirty-six bright moons, I should dance for you in a rainbow dress."

The love words that came from the heart of his infatuated daughter echoed in his ears. Yang Ling suddenly closed his eyes, and tears came down. He struggled to squeeze out two murderous words from his teeth: "Send troops!"

"Why did there be heavy fog?" Zhao Fengzi frowned. His beard was not intent to comb. It was mixed and messy, and he was straight, like a hedgehog, with red eyes: "The heavy fog is extremely beneficial to our army's breakthrough. It is just a fog that can be fished in the water, but if you take the wrong path... I hope that by the way by the river, the fog will have dissipated."

"Second brother and third brother, notify everyone to prepare for the action."

"What should I do if the injured person?" Zhao Pan asked cautiously.

Zhao Sui hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "If you can keep up, follow me, otherwise you can escape by taking advantage of the fog and find a way out. We... we don't care about that much."

Zhao Pan paused and left in a hurry.

Hongniu walked slowly to Ma Lian'er, and Ma Lian'er immediately stood up. Hongniu was still wearing a mysterious suit, but she had a snow-white cloth strap on her head. I don't know if it was because of the grudge that the snow father was filial to her husband Yang Hu.

"You are obedient, you are very peaceful in this stay," she said to Ma Lian'er with a coquettish look.

Ma Lian'er smiled obediently: "Sister Hong is a righteous woman in the green forest. How could I not believe you with a word?"

The Hongniang looked her up and down a few times and sighed softly: "The rich people look down on us, and we look down on the rich people. Now looking at you, the rich people are not all mediocre and inaction, they can only suck the rice insects that can squeeze the blood and sweat of the people."

Ma Lian'er smiled and said softly: "Whether it is a thief does not mean that the person is good or bad; whether it is poor or rich does not mean that the person is good or evil. Sister Hong, if we know each other in another place, we may become very good sisters."

The Hong Madam looked at Ma Lian'er with a steady look for a moment before she said lightly: "Impossible, we are not all the people." She turned around and wanted to leave, thought for a while and turned around, untied the sword from her waist and handed it to Ma Lian'er, and said: "A horse, a pot of arrows, a bow, and my short sword, you can bring it with you."

She smiled contemptuously and said disdainfully: "Don't think we are robbers. But my people are also moral. Sometimes, officers and soldiers are more greedy and worse than us robbers! You look so beautiful. Since I let you go, I will try my best to protect you and don't be ruined by officers and soldiers on the way."

"You......... your sword?" Ma Lian'er was a little stunned. The woman in front of her had always adhered to the life principles and morals she recognized, and was a woman. Ma Lian'er could understand giving her own weapons, but it was a bit strange to give her the sword. She could see that the sword was a sword, which must be the thing that Hong Niangzi loved to carry.

The Hongniang turned around and said quietly: "This is a good sword, which has been with me for many years. Today's battle will surely be a bloody battle. If I can't break out, it may be sent to the pawnshop by a small man, or... it will be buried underground and rusted and corroded. I will cause trouble for myself, the sword is innocent, I hope you can treat it well."

"Then...what are you using?"

"Of course, it is a spear and a big knife to make it feel refreshed!" After the Hongniang said that, he raised a long-handled machete weighing more than 20 pounds from the tripod of the weapons on the side, and said without looking back: "We are about to pull out the camp. You wait for us to leave before leaving!" After that, he walked with great strides.

Ma Lian'er stuck out her tongue: "What a fierce Yang Kuohu!"

Somehow, Ma Lian'er, who has always been proud, suddenly felt pity for the thief Hong Ma, who seemed to be a hundred times stronger than herself, just like she was a hundred times weaker than herself. As a woman, her life and destiny were many times more difficult than herself. Seeing that she was so powerful, she was the real person, and she was struggling to fight against the powerful fate.

As she said, people like her who were born to live at the bottom of the world are destined to live at the bottom. From the moment they fall, they are enduring their lives and fighting fate...

On Phoenix Ridge, Liu Hui stood on a big rock and looked down at the mountain. The fog was so magnificent that it was difficult to identify the figure. Liu Hui couldn't help but be overjoyed, and the grief accumulated due to the death of Liu Qi and Qi Yanming was also wiped out: "The heavy fog fell from the sky, and it was the only opportunity to break through."

He jumped off the stone excitedly and shouted: "Hurry, hurry up, get up, the fog is over, it's a good opportunity to break through. As long as we fight out, we still have a way out!"

A soldier said timidly: "Brother Liu, where are we going? I don't know if the other two teams have captured Nanjing City. Should we go to Nanjing?"

Liu Hui was stunned and thought for a while and said, "If they had captured Nanjing, the officers and soldiers who had been chasing and intercepted had already rushed to Nanjing City. How could they be trapped at the foot of the mountain? We...... We rushed to the riverside, walked along the river, found the ships abandoned yesterday, and crossed the river to the west!"

On the other side of the Yangtze River, the wharf in front of Yinyingzhuang, in the wild grass, Xie Zengcai, Xie Zengbao two brothers lie shoulder to shoulder in the grass.

Xie Zhongbao said: "I think the time is almost done. There are not many people guarding the boat. They are all civilians and brave men and a few leading county servants. There are all ships along the river, and there are not too many. Isn't there Matoukou and three small islands on both sides in the river in front? The water flows through the place to connect the islands. It's okay if the bridge is over 100,000 troops."

Xie Zhongcai snorted and said, "It's easy to say. Whenever there is any movement here, the officers and soldiers of He County will have to come here. There are less than a thousand people left in the river. It's a big deal for the third son and the female relatives and children hidden in Wutong Mountain. There are 200 people who have to build bridges and deal with the officers and soldiers, but it's a big deal."

"Don't you go! Why don't you pick up a nice thing?" Xie Zhongbao had no respect for this elder brother who had just gotten out of his mother's stomach for a while: "There are only a few soldiers in Hexian County? Except for the more than 300 people who were recruited from Shanxi, all of them were elite soldiers from the old village. Besides, when they arrived, people from the opposite side of our river had already arrived. Why should he fight?

Besides, you don’t look at what this place is. Zhao Xiucai has a few tricks. Not only does he choose a place that is easy to build a floating bridge. Even this village is good to name the place. Have you heard from the storyteller about the Three Kingdoms? Pang Tong, who was nicknamed Feng Chu, was finished at Luofengpo, and there is knowledge here. This place is called Yinyingzhuang. Isn’t Yinying just Tibetanying? Ying'er must be fine."

"You can go to fortune telling. Go back and call the people and start immediately. Damn, the lights can still be seen clearly last night. Now it's foggy, and you can't see the other side at all. I hope they won't get lost."

Xie Zhongbao didn't say anything anymore, quietly retreated back and went back to greet the hidden people in the dense forest. Xie Zhongcai lay there and sighed, saying to himself: "I didn't expect this trick to be used, alas! Nanjing City was not defeated. I heard that Liu Qi encountered a natural disaster along the way. He lost countless losses, and I don't know what happened to Ying'er and Yang Hudi."

At this time, Zhao Crazy's men had already begun to move to the riverside, and the fog in the sky became the best cover color, but it also caused certain obstacles to their actions. Zhao Crazy tried his best to maintain the straight direction and avoid killing east and west blocking and deviating from the direction. In this way, he would have to block people and kill people, and the Buddha blocked and killed Buddha. He would kill a bloody road and go out.

Fortunately, the army heading north from Huguang and Jiangxi was not yet rushing over due to night camps and early fog. Most of the people and horses near Nanjing had gathered at the stone city, especially no one would have thought that he would go to death and head straight for the Yangtze River. Therefore, the west road was the weakest, and the heavy fog hindered the army from passing messages to each other and cooperating with each other. The rushing along the way was extremely smooth.

In the military camp outside Banqiao Village, several soldiers in charge of police whistles were holding guns and swaying gently in the vast fog, with occasional whispers. It was early morning, and it was also a time when a person was about to wake up and was very tired. A small school yawned a long time and said listlessly: "I am so sleepy. Today, the army has surrounded the white army and dealt with it. You can have a good sleep."

Another was about to answer. Suddenly, he listened with a moment of slightest, and said, "What's the sound? It's not going to rain, it's a muffled thunder."

The school changed color suddenly: "It's the sound of horse hooves. Whose army is adjusting defense? Why didn't we notify?.........Not good, please give us a warning!"

The sound of the gong "bang bang bang bang" sounded, and the war drums also rumbling. The soldiers in panic grabbed swords, guns and shields and ran out of the camp tent in a mess. There was not a neat formation. A sharp arrow roared, and countless arrows broke through the air, splitting the fog that covered the sky and the sun, and soared across like a storm.

The soldiers who were hasty and unprepared fell like grass under the accumulating rain of arrows. The military camp was suddenly in chaos. The generals drew their swords and shouted loudly, purging the team, and stopping the defenders from falling into chaos. But then another rain of arrows came. The chaos could no longer be suppressed. The horse's hooves roared. Zhao Caizi's two thousand vanguard cavalry had already entered the military formation with vicious harsh sounds. The sound of shouting and killing sounds sounded in the fog like thunder, and there were figures of crazy killing everywhere.

The iron cavalry of more than two thousand people, like a sharp knife, cut no more people than them, and the Ming army camp, which had no effect on attack formation, cut it into two halves, and then rushed to the back camp fiercely, leaving behind a messy corpse, with blood all over the ground.

The army swept by like a strong wind, and the barracks were quickly disintegrated by their lightning strike and had no combat power.

Zhao Fengzi led the central army to rush over with a big knife. Before that, the battles they had entered the barracks were extremely fierce, but the more they walked to the river, the easier it was to fight. Some barracks almost broke through with effortless efforts. It seemed that these barracks were in the back formation and had several lines of defense for officers and soldiers in front of them, so they were very negligent.

If this is the case, it should be very easy to attack the riverside, but the officers and soldiers from the fleeing areas will inevitably spread the news, and there will be more and more pursuers behind it. It will take time to cross the river, and a real bloody battle will surely happen by the river.

He was surrounded by enemies and fought with his back! He had a bow on his shoulder and a knife in his hand. The majestic Crazy Zhao looked like the King of Chu who was at the end of his journey and was powerful.

The waves slammed the shore and rolled up thousands of snow.

Xie Zhongcai and Xie Zhongbao successfully built a floating bridge. With the help of three small islands standing side by side in the river, the people crossing the river can also get buffered on the islands, so the speed of crossing the river is extremely smooth. Miao Kui is also familiar with military affairs and has made many military achievements in the northern border. Unfortunately, this time he was careless and lost Jingzhou. Because he failed to go to Jiangdong in person to defeat the enemy, he was not concerned about the strategy of sealing the river and destroying the enemy, so he could not wipe out all the stubborn bandits in Jiangdong.

At this moment, the fog was not yet retreating, and Zhao Crazy had already crossed two thousand men. He County officers and soldiers were dispatched when they heard that the police were dispatched. They hit Xie Zhongcai on the way and were ambushed and killed. Zhao Crazy had two thousand men crossed the river. Even if the dock position was stable, the government wanted to mobilize troops to fight, but it was too late to go.

But at this time, all the pursuers also arrived. The horns were blowing on the Yangtze River, the war drums shook the sky, and the arrows were densely filled with rain, crisscrossing. It was like a meteor, very magnificent. The howling wind was mixed with deafening shouts, roars, screams and howling in horror... The tragic battle slowly kicked off in this confused shock.

The sand on the riverside was soft and the horses were hard to move. The white-clothed army dismounted and fought. They formed a semicircle to protect the temporary crossing of the river. The floating bridge was their only hope for life and they would never allow anyone to take it away.

The officers and soldiers who chased, especially those who shouted and waved the banners of different belongings, continued to join in. There were no people in the confusion and fog, which invisibly added a great psychological deterrence to the white-clothed army, but encouraged the morale of the officers and soldiers.

The men and horses of both sides fought each other, and the officers and soldiers around were like waves that kept slamming the huge rocks on the rock edge, surging up and retreating. They surged up again, leaving behind a piece of blood. Zhao Pan, Zhao Hao and Zhao Madman each led their troops to block one direction, like a huge rock, letting the huge waves slap, and never taking a step back. Both sides only killed the sky and the earth and the sun and the moon were gone.

"Kill!" With a knife, two more heads fell to the ground. Zhao Fengzi was also a little weak. He staggered forward and took two steps. A officer and soldier waved the steel knife when he saw the opportunity and slashed hard at his head.

"Brother, be careful!"

There was a harsh roar, and an iron rod swung out and a single knife. Zhao Pan rushed over and supported Zhao Sui, and said in a crying voice: "Brother, my troops are almost over. My third brother and I are blocking you. You take the troops out. Zhao Sui took a few steps back with a breath, turned around and looked at the endless crowds of people crossing the river. Seeing that there were almost two thousand people passing by, a smile appeared on his lips.

"No! Anyone can leave, I can't leave! It was my idea to rush the army to capture Nanjing in Jiangdong. It was me who caused Liu Liu and Yang Hu to wipe out all the troops and bring our troops into the Jedi. But there was a brother who had not crossed the river, so I, Zhao Sui, could never leave!"

"Brother!" Zhao Pan stamped his feet anxiously.

At this time, the Hongniang figure flashed and rushed over from the direction of the dock, saying, "Siucai, the speed of crossing the river is still too slow, otherwise he would abandon the war horse and just cross the people."

"No!" Zhao Suihuo said sternly: "Horse is the hope that we can live. If there is no horse, how can we kill back? Even if we cross the river, we will be trapped and surrounded. We will just die a few days later. If we pass by one person and lead a horse, even if we die halfway by the river, at least half will survive."

The Hong Madam gritted her teeth, nodded heavily, and said to the sweaty Crazy Zhao, "Okay! Then I'll guard you. You are the chief general, and you cannot fail. Take people across the river first."

"Get out!" Zhao Crazy Zi was as powerful as a mad tiger, staring at the blood-red eyes and staggering: "I, Zhao Crazy Zi, are so handsome, how can I run away first and let a woman block the knife for me? I asked you to take someone across the river and preside over the overall situation. What are you doing when you run back?"

Hongnie was also furious: "Bastard scholar, I Hongnie won't lead troops. If you want your brothers to survive, then you can cross the river quickly and hand it over to me to guard the ferry. I am no worse than you, a man!"

Zhao Caizi smiled and said with a slut: "Leading troops? What kind of soldiers are you bringing? If you still think about rebelling at this moment, I, Zhao Sui, will be really crazy. You are the king of the mountain. You are better than me in the mountains. Take the surviving brothers into the mountains and find a way out for them."

"Ah!" Zhao Fengzi let out a thunderous shout, and rushed to free the siege of several personal soldiers blocking the front. The big sword in his hand made a shrill sound of wind. He swung three spears and cut off a soldier's fingers. With a scream, the sword light flowed into the gap, turned close, and blood splattered everywhere. The flame-like sword light instantly passed the necks of the three spearmen who had no time to retreat, and three heads flew high.

Zhao Fengzi retreated again. In this moment, his thigh was stabbed by a bamboo spear that was unpredictably stabbed in. The red lady picked her eyebrows and raised her right foot. She raised a spear from the ground and was about to enter the enemy formation. She was pulled by Zhao Fengzi.

He looked back at the front of Zhao Pan's defense, which had been infiltrated by officers and soldiers. The two sides fought in a stalemate and began to press inch inch inch. Since a group of people crossed the rear, a piece of space had been vacant. The loud horses that expanded into a semicircle to cover the retreat of the inner layer were too large because the circle was too large. The officers and soldiers were almost unable to support the continuous rushing into the ground from all sides to attack.

Zhao Fengzi pointed to the front and said, "You go, command the front defense to gradually retreat, don't lose your position. Let's shrink the defensive circle. The inner team speeds up crossing the river!"

The Hongniang agreed and hurried over with Zhao Pan.

As the fog gradually dissipated, the first ray of sunshine was about to appear, and the eyes could see more than a hundred steps away. At this time, a shout came from afar, and the pressure on the left-wing Zhao Hao's position was suddenly lightened, as if the officers and soldiers' back formation was a little loose. Zhao Hao was stunned and looked at him, but happened to see a big flag with the word "Liu" shaking in the air, and the pattern was clearly a white-clothed military flag.

Zhao Hao couldn't help but be overjoyed and shouted suddenly: "It's Liu Qi's people. Liu Qi's people are coming, brothers, kill me." The exhausted horse thieves heard the excitement and shouted, plucked up Yu Yong, and then drove the officers and soldiers into it.

Liu Hui had been in this position, but he was reluctant to throw away the banner, but led his troops to fight. There must be a command order. Their communication tools were not as complete as officers and soldiers, and they were all equipped with various flags, musical instruments, lamps, etc. However, when the battle was in the melee, they were full of chaos. Without a flag, they had to be dispersed, so the flag had to stand.

He took advantage of the heavy fog and quietly chose a direction, slowly touched the corner of the mountain, suddenly attacked, rushed out, and rushed down the river. However, although the officers and soldiers surrounding the mountain could not see the direction of their movements and could not mobilize their troops to his main attack direction in time, the entire army was on guard. All the soldiers who were resting were neatly dressed and were ready to go, and they would never dare to be ungrateful. Therefore, when they heard the alarm, the counterattack was extremely timely.
To be continued...