From the afternoon of that day, the Tang Army Water Village began to become busy. Thousands of soldiers were sent to clean up the remains of the burnt ship in the water, and to move the supplies from the grain ship out of the ship until the next morning, when the Tang Army finally found nearly a thousand bags of turmeric oil from the cabins of the two ships.

Even though Chai Shao was a broad and smooth person, he finally couldn't help but attack. He ordered people to find more than a dozen senior officers guarding Jiangling, pointing to a pile of turbulent oil bags and scolding them angrily: "You said you dare not dispose of the materials on the ship without authorization, I can understand, but how do you explain the turbulent oil in these ships to me? Isn't the lesson still deep enough to burn more than 300 warships?"

More than a dozen senior generals lowered their heads, and no one dared to say anything. Lu Zushang stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "General, we have indeed searched ships before. Except for food and forage, no other items were found. Considering that we might have to exchange prisoners of war with the Sui army, the materials on the ship were not unloaded. We really didn't expect that there was tincture oil hidden in it, and after the fire burned the ship, it was not extinguished. We originally wanted to wait until it was completely extinguished before transporting it into the city. The general came at this time."

"What you mean is that I came here accidentally, and it delayed your transportation of supplies. Is that true?" Chai Shao said coldly.

Lu Zushang lowered his head, "I dare not be a humble position, this is the responsibility of a humble position."

"Hmph! It's your responsibility again. General Lu, you have to bear too many responsibilities, and I dare not punish you. What should I do if you say, what should I do?"

Lu Zushang felt sad and could only sigh secretly, "I beg the general to remove me from the position of General Jiangling."

Chai Shao's face turned dark and a sentence squeezed out from his teeth. "Sorry, I'm a low-ranking official position and made General Jiangling laugh at me."

After saying that, he turned around and left angrily. Lu Zushang looked at him and walked away, not understanding what he meant. A general next to him reminded: "General. Except for King Jing, no one else has the right to remove you from General Jiangling. You said that dismissal is a bit sarcastic. Offend him."

Lu Zushang was stunned. Is it so easy to offend people? He suddenly felt exhausted, and it was too difficult for these high-ranking officials. He offended people at any time, and it was just offending Chai Shao. The most powerful son-in-law of the current emperor, he couldn't help but sigh...

Chai Shao went to see the wreckage for a while, and then rode his horse toward the general's city. As soon as he walked into the city gate, a general waiting by the city gate stepped forward and said, "General Chai, I have something to say."

Chai Shao knew this person, Liu Fangzhi, the deputy general of Lu Zushang, and asked coldly: "What's wrong with you?"

Liu Fangzhi stepped forward and whispered: "General, Lu Zu still has the suspicion of colluding with the enemy."

Chai Shao frowned. He looked at Liu Fangzhi deeply. This was Lu Zushang's deputy general and the second-person in Jiangling City. He actually said that Lu Zushang collaborated with the enemy?

"Go to my room and say!"

Chai Shao whipped the war horse and ran towards the city. Liu Fangzhi looked at Chai Shao's back and couldn't help but smiled gloomyly, saying to himself, "Lu Zushang, you actually want to use my head to sacrifice the flag to see who killed whom?"

.........

Chai Shao's residence was the former Xiao Xian's palace. The imperial palace had been demolished as a ban, but the palace was still there, covering an area of ​​40 acres, with green trees and pavilions hidden among the red flowers and green leaves. It was extremely delicate and very consistent with Chai Shao's nature. This time, his wife Li Xiuning had to come with him, but because of her poor health, she stayed in Chang'an.

Chai Shao walked directly into the guest hall and sat down. After a moment, a personal soldier brought Liu Fangzhi in. Liu Fangzhi knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See General!"

Chai Shao picked up the teacup and took a sip, and said lightly: "Don't be so polite, have you got up and say anything!"

"yes!"

Liu Fangzhi stood up and said, "Let me talk about the night the big ship caught fire, because some soldiers saw that it was a spy from the Sui army setting fire, but that night it was Lu Zushang's confidant Zhao Lan on duty outside the water village, but he did not find anything."

"This is normal. It's so dark, it's hard to find the enemy situation. And if he goes in and out of the shore, it's even more impossible for him to find it. It's a bit far-fetched to say that Lu Zushang is a little bit too much!"

Although Chai Shao doesn't like Lu Zushang, he won't trap him for no reason. The key is that at this time, Chai Shao doesn't want to be in trouble. Otherwise, even if he can't dismiss Lu Zushang, he will let Li Xiaogong be dismissed. Li Xiaogong cannot give him this face, so he does not agree to Liu Fangzhi's accusations.

Liu Fangzhi sighed, "General, I did not sue him for no reason, because he did tell people around him more than once that he should not surrender to the Tang Dynasty. He said that his grandfather was originally the Lu clan of Fanyang. Now that the Lu clan of Fanyang is in the Sui Dynasty, he will have a better future in surrender to the Sui Dynasty. Moreover, he also said twice to his generals that the Tang Dynasty was in a desperate situation, and those who know the current affairs should surrender to the Sui Dynasty. This time, Yang Yuanqing personally made a southern expedition, which is a good opportunity."

"Have he really said these words?" Chai Shao asked in disbelief.

Liu Fangzhi knelt down, pointed at his heart and said, "I, Liu Fangzhi, are willing to swear by my ancestors. If there is a lie, my ancestors' spirits in heaven will not be able to live in peace."

This can be said to be the most vicious oath in the Sui Dynasty. No one would easily swear with his ancestors. In fact, Liu Fangzhi did not lie. Lu Zushang did say these words, but he could not let go of Li Xiaogong's kindness to him, so he did not surrender to the Sui army.

Chai Shao's face turned gloomy. Since he had swear like this, he had to believe it even if he didn't believe it. He walked slowly in the room with his hands behind his back, with anger flashing in his eyes. Lu Zushang actually had an objection, which surprised him.

Liu Fangzhi felt that Chai Shao believed his words and also felt the anger in his heart. He couldn't help but feel proud and said, "There is another thing that I want to report to you."

"Tell me! What else is there?"

"Also, when intercepting the grain transport ship, we captured more than 200 Sui soldiers. Lu Zushang was extremely generous to these soldiers, healed their wounds, and lived in very good food and living, which was much better than the Tang soldiers. Moreover, the Tang soldiers were not allowed to abuse prisoners of war, and they were not even allowed to scold them. Bei Zhi was thinking, if it was a Sui army officer, maybe he wanted to convince the other party to surrender, but these were ordinary little soldiers. Is this necessary? Bei Zhi inferred that he did not want to offend the Sui army and left a way out for himself."

"Is this kind of thing there?" Chai Shao had already begun to be obviously furious.

"Everything is true. If the general doesn't believe it, I can take the general to check it out in person. More than 200 Sui troops were placed in the Chengnan Inn."

At this moment, the bell of "Dang!Dang!Dang!" suddenly came from outside. The sound was huge, as if it was coming from the head of the city. Liu Fangzhi's face changed. "General, this is the alarm of the enemy's attack!"

Chai Shao was also surprised. He didn't care about pursuing Lu Zushang's willingness to surrender to the enemy at this time. He quickly walked out of the mansion, "What happened?" he asked loudly.

A soldier rushed over to report, "General, the Sui army fleet is coming!"

Chai Shao's heart twitched. He thought of the 50,000 troops stationed in the north of the city. If the situation is critical, he would transfer them into the city first. He ignored Liu Fangzhi, turned over and ran to the top of the city with his personal soldiers.

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At this time, more than a hundred giant warships appeared on the river surface, all of which were ten thousand stone sea ships, several meters high and more than ten meters long, with iron armor wrapped in the bow. They were like huge giant beasts, with towering masts soaring straight into the sky, with huge sails hanging diagonally, and rushed towards the water village.

Although the main warships of the Tang army have been burned, there are still more than 200 small boats, each carrying more than 200 small boats. They shuttle back and forth under the huge warships, which is very flexible, but they cannot play any role. If you are not careful, you will be overturned by the Sui army's warships.

More than 20 small boats were piled up at the entrance of the water camp, trying to stop the Sui army's warships from entering the water camp. On the first warship led by the Sui army Navy, Lai Hong, general of the Sui army, commanded the warships to attack bravely.

The warships ruthlessly hit more than twenty small boats, huge waves surged, and more than a dozen small boats were overturned, and Tang soldiers fell into the water one after another, screaming.

The warship hit the gate with a bang. The iron armor hit the corner of the bow and the gate shattered. The huge warship rushed straight into the water camp. Then the second and third ships, and the big ship behind simply broke the wooden stakes inserted in the water, and rushed into the Tang army water camp.

The wooden stakes of the Tang Army Water Village can withstand the impact of a large ship of up to 3,000 stone. This is the load capacity of ordinary inland warships, but they cannot withstand the impact of a sea ship of ten thousand stones in any case.

On the dock, thousands of crossbow troops were already in line. Lu Zushang bit his lips and stared at the Sui army's warships approaching. At this time, a general under his command pointed at the pier with a turbulent oil bag and suggested: "General, you can pour turbulent oil into the river and set fire to the enemy ship."

Lu Zushang had thought of it for a long time, but he was a little worried, because in this way, more than 100 grain transport ships would be burned together. This was planned to be used by General Chai to carry troops across the river. If it was burned, there would be no ships across the river and civilian ships would not be able to collect them.

"General Lu, there is no way, the Sui army is coming to destroy the grain transport fleet." The generals under his command saw through the Sui army's warships' attempts.

Lu Zushang looked at the grain transport ships that had been unloaded. He also believed that the purpose of the Sui army was to destroy the ship. Instead of the grain transport ships being destroyed, it would be better to take a risk and might burn several Sui army warships. He gritted his teeth and ordered: "The small boat brought tincture oil to attack and burn the Sui army warships!"

The soldiers brought leather bags filled with tinder oil onto the boat. More than a dozen small boats were loaded with tinder oil. Each small boat was controlled by three or four soldiers and left the dock and sailed towards the Sui army's ship.

On the Sui army warship, Lai Hongzao, who was experienced, saw the Tang army's boat approaching, and also saw the turbulent oil bags inside the boat. It was just right, and he sneered and said, "Bow and arrow shooting!"

A dense soldier appeared on both sides of the ship. He opened his bow and arrows. Before the Tang army's boat approached, the storm-like arrows shot towards the boat. The boat had nowhere to hide. The Tang army soldiers could only raise their shields to resist, but could not stop the dense rain of arrows. After a moment, the Tang army soldiers screamed and fell into the water.

There was no one on the dozen small boats full of tincture oil. Arrows shot through the leather bags, and the black slurry-like tincture oil flowed all over the boat. Lai Hong ordered again, "The water ghosts get off the boat and lead the boat into the grain boat!"

More than a hundred water ghosts jumped off the big ship and pushed the boat into the middle of the dense grain transport ship. They overturned the boat and sprayed all the tincture oil into the water. The tincture oil gradually formed a piece on the river surface, and more than one hundred grain transport ships seemed to be soaked in tincture oil.

The bell rang on the ship, and the water ghosts jumped into the water and fled, striving to escape from the turmeric area. At this moment, a rocket tied with an oil cloth shot from afar from the ship and landed on the river. With a "boom!", a sea of ​​fire suddenly appeared on the river, swallowing up more than a hundred grain transport ships.
Chapter completed!