Chapter 534: Let’s rest assured to your destiny…

The night is as dark as ink, and the stars and moon are lit.

A winding fire dragon slowly moved towards the south, and the team of the two high men of Daqin was moving towards the north bank of the Great River.

Somewhere in the middle of the team, the fire was a little dense, because the two high men rode together and the personal guards surrounded them.

The orange flames set off the two men's angular faces, which were extremely serious. Qin Li lowered his head, his voice was low and hoarse, "I didn't expect that he would lose a lot in a blink of an eye." When he first entered the army, although the boss was not as optimistic as others, he also felt that it would be fine to fight Chaoge City, but he didn't expect that he would be beaten to run away with his head on the Makinoyuan, which was really unacceptable.

Qin Lei nodded and said softly: "The 200,000 army headed north, and I only saw less than 100,000 people fleeing back."

Qin Li was stunned when he heard this, shook his head and smiled, "It's not that bad. The two old tricks Che Yinguo and Shen Wei were fighting in the front. They must have escaped north." He smiled with a self-deprecating smile: "After all, our Qin army is tall and strong, and if we really want to run, it will be difficult for the Qi army to catch up."

Qin Lei's eyes lit up, but he said in a blink of an eye: "Even if Muye City has enough food and fodder, he can gather 100,000 troops, so what? This is in the hinterland of Qi!" As he said that, he pointed behind his whip and said in a deep voice: "The reason why Zhao Wujiu didn't chase him is because he has the choice of Muye City!"

Qin Li had to nod and said, "If he could eat up the 100,000 troops in Muye City, we would lose 150,000 elite troops." He said, "I won all the money in one night before, and I lost it at dawn."

Qin Lei's face changed and he suddenly said, "What did you say?"

Qin Li was confused when asked, thinking that he was unwilling to accept the failure, so he comforted him in a low voice: "Brother, don't be too sad. As long as Hulao is locked in our hands, there will be a chance to make a comeback."

After pondering for a while, Qin Lei slapped his thigh hard and said, "We are not out of danger yet!"

Qin Li's expression changed rapidly and he said in a deep voice: "Why do you say this?"

"As you said just now, we occupy Hulao Pass and destroy the Qi army with a minimum of 150,000 yuan. This battle is not considered a loss!" Qin Lei said with a serious expression: "You said Zhao Wujiu has such a large amount of capital, just to be invincible?"

Qin Li was not a stupid person, and his expression changed a lot when he heard this. He said in a deep voice: "Yes, isn't this his fart when he took off his pants and farted. Is this a waste of time?" As he said that, he raised his head and looked at Qin Lei. Both of them saw uneasy expressions on each other's faces, and said in unison: "Zhao Wujiu must have ambushed on the south bank!"

The two suddenly remembered that they had never seen Xin Jiazang and Chen Liefeng's flag today. These two men had never crossed the river and were lurking somewhere in Henan, waiting for the Qin army to be repelled... to attack them halfway!

"Stop moving forward!" In the flash of lightning, Qin Lei thought through the whole story and ordered quickly: "Scouts quickly go south and find out the military situation at the ferry!"

Two hours ago, the autumn rain had just stopped and the rainbow bridge appeared.

Emperor Zhaowu finally wrapped himself in a quilt and rode a cart and returned to the camp established by the Jingshan Army.

Huangfu Zhanwen and Yang Wenyu quickly came out. When they saw His Majesty's appearance, they were stunned and thought to themselves: "What's going on? Why don't they even have a roof?"

But Emperor Zhaowu did not blame the two of them, but instead whispered: "Can the two generals find me a plain clothes to change into?" As he said, he said with awkward expression: "I am soaked and will catch a cold..." He was not a fool either. He knew that it was his own will and his temporary confusion that led to this complete defeat... In order to avoid arousing public outrage from the officers and soldiers, he decided to be a low-key person for the time being.

It seems that Emperor Shizu Lie finally woke up from the beautiful dream of "the emperor of the ages"... Of course, it is not ruled out that he was scared by Qin Lei.

Fortunately, the unpretentious animals like Qin Lei were extremely rare. Huangfu Zhanwen and Yang Wenyu were flattered and said, "Your Majesty will kill me and wait." As he said that, he ordered his personal soldiers to find the latest and best clothes for the emperor to choose, and did not forget to offer hot ginger soup to drive away the cold.

Feeling a completely different attitude from Qin Lei, the emperor slightly regained his confidence. He sipped the ginger soup in the bowl and said slowly: "I want to go south to Hulao Pass, you can make arrangements." The arrogant face was a sign of oral dissatisfaction. I guess after returning to Zhongdu, Your Majesty should do whatever he wants.

Huangfu Zhanwen said respectfully: "Your Majesty, we have been ordered to build several floating bridges on the river, you can cross the river at any time." As he said that, he did not forget to add, "Of course, it is OK to take a boat." Yang Wenyu looked down upon him and thought to himself: 'General Huangfu is good, but he is a little arrogant...' So he didn't want to stay here, so he found an excuse and said: "I will check the preparations." After Emperor Zhaowu nodded, he quickly left, and was invisible.

"Good job." Emperor Zhaowu nodded, put down the bowl, a hint of blush appeared on his pale face, and he whispered: "You are the boss of the Huangfu family, are you?" As the saying goes, fullness and warmth, and seeing that Huangfu Zhanwen is the only one left beside him, the emperor began to be attracted by his eyes.

"Your Majesty is concerned about it. The last one is the eldest son of the Huangfu family." Huangfu Zhanwen smiled like a chrysanthemum.

"Remember you were in the Imperial Guard?" The people below had already begun to prepare for crossing the river, and Emperor Zhaowu happened to have time to chat for a few words.

"Yes." Huangfu Zhanwen said with a gloomy face: "If it weren't for the gangsters who were framed back then, the general would not have been swept out."

"Let it go over the past." Emperor Zhaowu smiled and said, "Since it is wrong, how can I restore your reputation?"

Huangfu Zhanwen kowtowed excitedly when he heard this, "Thank you Your Majesty, I will cry out of gratitude..."

When Emperor Zhaowu saw that there was a door, he said inadvertently: "Well, since you have restored your reputation, you will still be an officer of the Imperial Guard. Hand over to General Yang and follow me to cross the river."

Huangfu Zhanwen was stunned and looked up and said in a daze: "I didn't think about changing jobs..."

Emperor Zhaowu thought to himself, 'This is a bargaining price.' Then he laughed and said, "Don't worry, I won't treat you badly. The position of General Imperial Guard is still vacant." He didn't say that he wanted to give you the vacancy... This old guy used his same trick again, and he used some mirage flowers and water moons to fool people all day long.

Huangfu Zhanwen was stunned for a while and kowtowed hard, "Thank you Your Majesty for your love, thank you Your Majesty for your love, but I will be deeply grateful to the fifth prince. You must not leave it alone!" Qin Lei was so good to him, Qin Lei was so capable, Qin Lei had a lot of future! Is it easy to find such a boss? Huangfu Zhanwen also expects investment appreciation, a huge profit. Besides, since he betrayed the prince, he can only be a firm "Fifth Master Party". If he betrayed again, will he not be a "three-class slave"? Therefore, no matter from any angle, he will never be able to hang out with Emperor Zhaowu.

Emperor Zhaowu's expression darkened when he heard this, and he said with a forced smile: "Yutian is my son. If you are loyal to me, you will repay him." The reason why he made a temporary decision was to dig Qin Lei's wall and expel bad anger. More importantly, in order to maintain absolute control, he eliminated all the prestigious generals in the Imperial Guard. Now it seems that this is a bit too much and has seriously affected the combat effectiveness of the Golden Armor Imperial Guard.

But unexpectedly, Commander Huangfu, who was quite flattering, refused it in one go, which made His Majesty the Emperor feel embarrassed.

"Since the general of the Jingshan Army is an officer, he must listen to the prince first. He said that he would let the general serve His Majesty, and then the general would be heartbroken and would not refuse!" Huangfu Zhanwen was an old man after all, and he used retreat as an advance, which made Emperor Zhaowu have nothing to say. He could only snort coldly and ended the unsuccessful win-up.

Ask Qin Lei for someone? He doesn't have the courage to do so... Oh no, because he doesn't have the interest, His Majesty the Emperor will not be afraid of anyone.

Under Zhuo Yan's service, Emperor Zhaowu took off his dragon robe and changed into Huangfu Zhanwen's clothes from the inside to the outside... He was a little fat and his sleeves were a little long, but he was always more comfortable than wet all over his body.

At this time, the vanguard had already crossed the river and set up a front station. Qin Zhan came over to invite Emperor Zhaowu to cross the river. The emperor stood by the river and saw the turbid Yellow River surging and the waves were surging, shaking the floating bridge very violently.

"I want to take a boat." Emperor Zhaowu frowned and said, "This is shaking, what should I do if I fall down?"

Qin Zhan hurried to find the boat, and in a short while, he called a large...sampan. It’s not that this child can’t do anything, but the big boats are used to transport military horses, food and fodder, and none of them are idle.

His Majesty the Emperor frowned unhappily and said, "This is so shaking, I will be seasick."

Qin Zhanxin said, "I'm really picky..." He had to go find someone to coordinate. It took a long time to intercept a large ship that had been transported by one ship and returned.

His Majesty the Emperor then held Qin Zhan and Zhuo Yan's shoulders and slowly climbed onto the pedal. Halfway through, he turned around and said, "General Huangfu, don't forget my agreement with you." This attracted the attention of the generals of the Jingshan Army... They all saw Huangfu Zhanwen talking alone with the emperor and kowtowed more than once.

Feeling the strange gaze of his colleagues, Huangfu Zhanwen regretted his intestines... Why did he be so enthusiastic about the emperor just now? When this old guy instigated him, he just fell into his crotch. It was nothing but that.

After looking at Huangfu Zhanwen deeply, Emperor Zhaowu finally felt the pleasure of revenge, and then he boarded the broken ship with satisfaction...

"Why is it so smelly?" As soon as he got on the boat, His Majesty the Emperor was almost beaten.

"Father, let's just hold on. You are on a boat for transporting animals." Qin Zhan said nothing about his mouth and said something unreliable.

Emperor Zhaowu was so angry that he covered his nose and was in a state of disgust.

It was completely dark, the ferry was brightly lit, and it was noisy and busy, and the army was still crossing the river.

There are more than 100,000 troops, a larger number of civilians, as well as a large number of horses and food. Although there are eight pontoon bridges and eight hundred ships, they cannot be passed in a short while.

Moreover, there is night blindness. After it gets dark, most civilians and considerable soldiers can't see things clearly and dare not walk on the pontoon bridge. Most of the transportation tasks are on the 800 large and small ships, which further delays the speed of crossing the river.

"How long will it take to finish?" Yang Wenyu asked anxiously.

"As for this situation," Shi Meng, who was in charge of crossing the river, smacked his lips and said, "It's too early to dawn."

"It's too dangerous!" Yang Wenyu looked at the endless darkness on the other side and said in a deep voice: "Start up and let the army cross the river first!"

Shi Meng turned around and smiled bitterly, "Except for the Tiance Army, all the troops have crossed the river." Then he explained in a low voice: "Old man Li insisted on waiting for us to pass by, and he didn't know what the medicine was sold in the gourd."

After pondering slightly, Yang Wenyu figured it out and said softly: "He is afraid that there will be danger on the other side..." In this case, the later the safer it is. It seems that after the daytime fright, Li Hun has been too careful.

"Let him go..." Before Yang Wenyu finished speaking, he heard a sailor screaming in surprise: "There is a fleet downstream!" Yang Wenyu turned his head suddenly and indeed saw some lights hanging in the air on the black river downstream...

He was born in the Zhennan Navy, so he naturally understood that the large ships with lights representing the level of the ship warship were sailing towards the ferry. His face suddenly turned pale, and he said in a cold sweat: "Hurry! Stop crossing the river, all ships unload the cargo!"

The sound of police buzzers sounded at the ferry! Some Qin soldiers wanted to board the boat and cross the river, some wanted to get off the boat and take risks, and some people ran to the opposite side from the pontoon bridge at all costs. For a moment, the scene was very chaotic.

After a while, the uninvited guests who were going upstream finally showed their figures... They were thirty Qi's "water dragon warships". These ships were equivalent to Qin's ships and were not conspicuous in normal times, but they were compared with big guys like "street ships" and "giant elephants".

At least now, compared with the Qin State's chaotic transport fleet, these "water dragon warships" are some monsters like giants.

The monster was struggling to sail against the current and slowly sailed towards the ferry, making it look even more arrogant and arrogant...

A "water dragon" in the middle is the flagship, and Xin Jiazang and a navy general stand on the deck.

At this time, General Xin, who had always been calm and sophisticated, was also excited and laughed loudly: "Brother, you are a wolf in the flock of sheep, you can kill it happily!"

Because the relationship with Chu State has been maintained well in the past few decades, the navy's status in Qi State is slightly higher than that of the garrison. Therefore, the navy general was very low and he smiled respectfully and said: "It's all the great general's ability to make a brilliant plan, and the general is wise in command!"

Xin Jiazang smiled and nodded, "Yes, the general is completely up to date. He had expected that the Qin army would cross the river at this time, and he was a real god!" Although the Qin army crossed the river faster than Zhao Wujiu expected, he still caught up and could naturally brag.

While speaking, the fleet finally arrived at the edge of the ferry. Before he had time to ravage the Qin boat, he was attacked by a rock-casting cannon on the shore. The sulphur-like turbulent bombs like flying fire stars were smashed like raindrops, and suddenly smashed a warship and lit another one.

The Qi fleet was stunned by the Qin army's head-on spike. Xin Jiazang and the navy general were shocked. It took a while before they remembered to fight back.

However, although there were stone castings on Qi's ship, the range was accurate and the head was not comparable to that of Qin's... He clearly discovered the Qin army's attack position, but he could not hit it, which allowed many transport ships to take the opportunity to dock and unload the cargo.

Looking at the Qin State's attack, it was really a whip, a mark, a slap, a palm of blood, and you can gain something every time.

After a long attack, the Qi warships did not hit the Qin army's cannon formation. Instead, they lost four warships, and six were still sizzling and pouring into the water. I don't know if the damage was useful.

Seeing that the attack was not cheap, the Qi army changed its strategy... from the position close to the north shore to the south shore, away from the Qin army's artillery formation, Ka was devoted to attacking the Qin army's transport ships on the south shore, no longer caring about the enemies on the north shore.

Shi Meng directed his subordinates to push the "Seven-Tip Stone-Toothing Cannon" with the farthest range to the river and tried to shoot a shot at the opposite side, but it was still several meters away. The same was true for a few more attempts. Shi Meng and his special camp could only sigh at the river and could not help!

Huangfu Zhanwen beside him stomped his feet and said repeatedly: "No one can get through this!" The turbulent and complex hydrological conditions of the river made the naval army unable to survive here. Therefore, the naval army of Qin and Qi were deployed on the river, and warships had never been mobilized in previous battles... even the Qi army that controlled the sea estuary.

After all, it is too dangerous to go north from the sea route. After all, you have to worry about the strongest naval army in Nanchu!

But Zhao Wujiu was Zhao Wujiu after all. He transferred the elite fleet on the river to the river for the first time. Although he had worked hard along the way and lost many warships, this unexpected move had a miraculous effect after all. Not only did he block the Qin army with inertial thinking north of the river, but he also accidentally cut off the contact between the Qin emperor and the main force.

In theory, Emperor Zhaowu had quite a lot of troops around him... it was 100,000, but there were 50,000 civilians, 40,000 defeated soldiers in various places, only 10,000 imperial guards, which were considered as established troops... The imperial guards were responsible for the task of protecting the imperial capital, and Emperor Zhaowu did not want them to suffer losses, so he only brought half of the golden armored imperial guards to fight. Because the dragons were headless, the imperial guards suffered heavy casualties and were still separated in the daytime escape, leaving only one thousand.

The warships of Qi blocked the southern ferry, and the 50,000 Qin troops on the north bank had more than 20,000 civilians who could not cross the river. Yang Wenyu and Huangfu Zhanwen were so anxious that they finally received the order from the prince: "The whole army set off the camp and went north to meet with the orphan king!" The two of them seemed to have a reassurance and ordered the team to start packing their baggage and preparing to set off.

The two of them came to the camp where the Tiance Army temporarily rested and sought to see the old lieutenant.

Although he is in danger on weekdays, the two sides can only unite sincerely. After listening to the situation introduced by the two, Li Hun sighed and nodded, "Tell you that before returning to China, I and my Tiance Army will listen to him!" Even though Li Hun was so arrogant, he was impressed by Qin Lei's wisdom and grandeur shown in this war.

The two were overjoyed, so they left one to be the liaison officer and the other to inform the troops to prepare for departure.

The Tiance Army was already packing up and preparing to cross the river, so naturally there was no need to prepare. Following the pace of the Jingshan Army, he headed north with a torch.

The south bank of the river...

"Why haven't they kept up?" Emperor Zhaowu turned around anxiously on the cart.

"Your Majesty, the Qi navy has blocked the river surface, so it is unlikely that they will cross the river." The Imperial Marshal Ma Guangzu said with concern.

"Oh, what should we do?" Emperor Zhaowu only cared about himself.

"Hurry back to Hulao Pass!" Ma Guangzu said in a deep voice: "Child changes!"

"Then let's go!" Emperor Zhaowu ordered repeatedly.
Chapter completed!