On the banks of the Yellow River, there is a quiet area, the breeze is coming, and the water waves are not stirring. There is a bright moon above and a vast smoke waves below. This feeling and scenery are so beautiful.

The Yazui Beach Ferry seemed a little busy, and a group of soldiers in casual clothes quietly shuttled through the reed marsh while the night was dark.

The bright moonlight enveloped the dark green reeds, and the breeze blew by, making the reeds sway, like thousands of troops.

"Young Master Liu, when will we set out?" A tender question broke the tranquility of the shore. The one who spoke was Xiao Liuzi from Yongying, who had just turned sixteen this year.

"What? Are you anxious?" Liu Yixuan asked him with a smile.

"Well... I'm not in a hurry, I just don't understand. Since we are going to cross the river, why don't we take advantage of the bright moonlight when the moonlight passes. If it's the second half of the night, the moon will go down the mountain? Besides, there are so many mosquitoes on this shore, so let's go to the river to cool down!"

Liu Yixuan touched his little head and said, "You kid are afraid of mosquito bites. Now the Jin soldiers on the other side have not yet rested, and they probably are enjoying the cool air by the river. If we cross the river rashly, they will easily find it. Wait a little longer. When the night is dead, the enemy will fall asleep, and we are secretly crossing the river."

"Oh, I understand!" Xiao Liuzi seemed to understand Liu Yixuan's intention and nodded silently.

Liu Yixuan turned around and said to Wang Zichun: "Good brother, thank you so much for your hard work. I have selected so many talented sailors for me!"

"Brother, don't be polite. I should do my best to what my brother told me. But I still have something unknown. I don't know if I should ask?"

"Haha, do you want to ask, what method should I use to get a thousand warships from the Jin soldiers?"

"Yes, I'm wondering too? My brother also made a military order in front of the generals. If the task is not completed, it will be handled according to military law. At the very least, it will be beaten with a hundred military sticks, and at the worst, it will be beheaded!"

"No, it's so serious? Do you want to hit a hundred military sticks?"

"Yes, this is not a joke! I know my brother always has some fantasy ideas on weekdays, but this is in the military camp. Once the performance is broken, it will be held accountable!"

After hearing this, Liu Yixuan was scared for a moment. After all, it was the first time he had actually been on the battlefield. If things were not as simple as he thought and there was a mistake at the moment, wouldn’t he have to let his butt suffer? Ma Menglong, who came from Runan, would definitely laugh at him, so how could he stay in this military camp in the future?

"Brother, Brother Rong, ask, how much chance of winning do you have to steal a thousand Jin soldiers ferries?" Wang Zichun was obviously full of doubts, and didn't know what strategy Liu Yixuan had come up with.

"Well... I can't tell the difference in winning chances, it's about 50%." Liu Yixuan frowned and said as if nothing had happened.

"What? 50%?" Wang Zichun was shocked and shouted with his eyes.

"What are you yelling? Don't let those soldiers hear it, just keep your voice down!" Liu Yixuan saw that he was so surprised, and hurriedly stopped him.

"No, my dear brother, you dare to issue a military order even if you are 50% sure? You really treat yourself as Zhuge Kongming!"

"What's wrong? Isn't it okay to be 50% sure? This is much more likely to win the lottery!"

After hearing this, Wang Zichun sighed helplessly, "Fifty percent sure is not sure! We used to be life and death unknown. You can't joke about the lives of these brothers!"

Liu Yixuan smiled and said, "No, no, I am still a little confident in my IQ. When we cross the river, I will be 60% sure. Brothers, don't worry, how could I harm you?"

After hearing this, Wang Zichun just nodded helplessly, "Okay, okay, since the old general has agreed to your request, it is useless to regret it now. Who told us to be brothers? I will follow you next to this hundred military stick."

"Don't, brother, you have to support me. When did I lied to you? Believe me, with my brother here, you will definitely win and return!" Liu Yixuan patted his chest and cheered himself up. Anyway, he was willing to do his best. While he was young, he should make a breakthrough.

While talking, Xiao Liuzi and several soldiers also surrounded him. Liu Yixuan asked, "You guys are not there to be cool, why are you running over?"

Xiao Liuzi laughed and said, "Young Master Liu, we want to go down the river to take a shower, and we are familiar with the nature of water. Don't go down the river for a while and forget how to swim in the water. Isn't that a big deal?"

"Okay, you monkey, come to fool me again, right? If you want to take a shower, just say it, why are you familiar with water?" Liu Yixuan looked up at the night sky. The half-curved moon had also tilted westward. According to his previous plan, the moon would only set off when it fell into the west mid-air. Since these soldiers wanted to cool down in the river for a while, they naturally agreed to their request.

"Okay, it's late at night now. Let the brothers come to the riverside and push the ten wooden boats into the water. Let's cross the river now!"

With Liu Yixuan's order, several minions hurried to the dam over there to call people. It turned out that the hundreds of soldiers were lying on the river bank and some even stared for a while.

Wang Zichun greeted these soldiers and counted the heads, not too much, not too little, exactly one hundred people. The soldiers were not wearing armor, only dressed in plain clothes, and some simply took off their shirts and stood up in a crooked manner.

In order to ensure a victory in the division, Liu Yixuan planned to mobilize before the war. He walked to the front of the team, stood on a stone embankment, looked at the team with different heights, and looked for the feeling of being the commander of the army.

"Hello, Jizi! Thank you for your hard work! Today, with great excitement, we want to cross the Yellow River flowing eastward in front of us. The Yellow River is our mother river, and it has nurtured our entire Central Plains nation..."

Liu Yixuan talked nonsense, and the soldiers below seemed to understand it.

"Can we go? If we don't go, it will be dawn!" A veteran didn't want to listen to his nonsense and interrupted his speech.

"Go, go, of course, go, let's go!" Liu Yixuan waved his hand and saw the soldiers rushing into the river.

"Go to take a shower!" A group of soldiers cheered and ran towards the river. Several impatient "puzzles" jumped into the river, splashing Liu Yixuan's mud and water.

When Liu Yixuan saw that the soldiers had all run away, leaving only Wang Zichun and herself on the shore. Wang Zichun said, "Brother, let's go too. The boat is ready, get on the boat!"

Liu Yixuan asked Teacher Yuan that there were ten small boats, and each boat could only be seated for five or six people. Some of these soldiers could row and paddle. They were also found by Liu Yixuan, and each boat was equipped with one.

Liu Yixuan was not good at water and didn't know the depth of the Yellow River, so he stayed on the boat obediently. Wang Zichun also felt that it was hot, so he took off his clothes and still stood on the boat, turned over and jumped out of the water.

"Brother Liu, come down and swim for a while, it's cool!" Wang Zichun swam beside the small wooden boat, chatting with him constantly.

"No, no, I am not good at water. I will do some tricks. You should swim together! If you are tired of swimming, come and rest on the boat. Don't stay in the water all the time!"

A group of soldiers were like fish. When they saw a river of clear water, they wanted to have a skin-loving relationship. These hundred soldiers were all good swimmers, and they were still as flexible and natural as they were on land when they arrived in the water. While swimming, they played and threw the fear and fatigue of the march into the Yellow River. Liu Yixuan rarely saw these Northern Song soldiers forgetting the troubles in their hearts, no longer missing their parents and relatives in the distance, and they talked and laughed, as if they were back in their childhood. At this time, they were still a distance from the north bank of the Yellow River, so let them relax.

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The moonlight was setting in the west, the mist was misty, and when the stars rose in the east made Liu Yixuan yawn.

Liu Yixuan stood at the bow of the boat, looking back and forth at both sides of the Yellow River, and could not see any scenery on the shore. It was thought that he had arrived at the center of the Yellow River. Several soldiers who were tired of swimming also climbed onto the boat to rest. It was already the middle of the night. Liu Yixuan felt a little cold and quickly shouted to the nearby boats: "Don't disperse, hurry up and move closer to me, I have a military order!"

When the soldiers heard the shouts, they all moved closer. Those who were on board the boat and those who were dressed in clothes. Some soldiers who were still nostalgic about the river were soaking in the river, holding their hands and following the team.

"Everyone listens to me, we will soon reach the shore. Now we are swimming north. Since the river is still flowing eastward, we will land about a mile east of the North Bank Ferry. At that time, don't make noise and follow my command. If anyone dares to make noise and expose our actions, don't blame me for being ruthless!

Of course, this operation depends on everyone's concerted efforts. If the task is completed successfully, the old general will definitely receive a lot of rewards. When I can get the reward, I will not leave a single point and give it to everyone. As long as my brothers trust me, I promise to make everyone a meritorious person in the Song Dynasty!”

Liu Yixuan mobilized again. After all, these soldiers went out to fight with him for the first time, and some of them were veterans, so they were hard to take. If they didn't understand the reason and lure them for profit, I'm afraid no one would work hard for him.

"Don't worry, Mr. Liu, we all listen to you. I have heard that you treat the soldiers below like brothers, and we are willing to obey your orders!" Several soldiers who have heard of his reputation have expressed their opinions.

"Okay, thank you brothers for your respect. After the matter is completed, I will thank you very much!"

Liu Yixuan said all the good things, just to stabilize the morale of the army, so that more than 100 soldiers could work together, because he knew that only in this way could he implement the plan in his mind. If these soldiers were in a mess, he would definitely be defeated and could not even come back.

Liu Yixuan and the Song army quietly traveled for more than a mile and saw a little light on the north bank of the Yellow River from afar. I wonder if it was the lights lit by the fishermen along the coast or the lights in the Jin soldiers' outposts.

With the lights, the wooden boat has a goal to move forward. While Liu Yixuan asked the sailors to row in the direction of the lights, he also kept everyone quiet and slowly moved closer to the river.

Several soldiers in the water gradually felt the mud at the bottom of the water, and immediately realized that the north bank of the Yellow River had arrived... (To be continued)
Chapter completed!