33, Burning the Lingcang River
The fortresses along the river became noisy late at night. Feng Sibei and others led the elites of the Shenyou Army to attack the fortresses along the river to prevent them from having the opportunity to join together. As long as the troops in Linjiang City could not cross the defense line of the imperial guards and the Shenyou Army to rescue, then they had to face only one Northern Jin navy and Wang Lixing.
Chu Ling strolled in the firelight on the eyeliner of Jiang'an, but his eyes became more quiet and far-reaching.
"You're not worried at all? General Lu is just afraid he is not Wang Lixing's opponent." Huan Yu asked not far behind him, smiling and leisurely looking like he was not like someone who was participating in a big battle.
Yun Xingyue followed Huan Yu slowly, looking like he was standing by and watching. Anyway, he knew nothing about leading troops to fight. This time he was really shocked by Chu Ling's magical tricks, and now he was still a little confused.
Chu Ling looked back at the two of them and said, "Of course someone helped him, let alone... how can you know if you can't win if you haven't fought?" Now in this world, there are no long-range weapons such as shells on the battlefield. The catapults used for siege are too bulky and not suitable for the navy. If it's just a single soldier, Chu Ling thinks that the Apocalypse should take advantage of the war. Even if it's really not as good as Wang Lixing, didn't she prepare a backup plan? Anyway, Wang Lixing will die tonight!
Huan Yu walked to Chu Ling and said, "Your Majesty and your cousin asked me to bring you a message. Be careful... There is no need to worry about Pingjing."
Chu Ling smiled and said, "I might as well rely on Prime Minister Shangguan and Lord Zhu." This is not Chu Ling complaining about his father, but Emperor Yongjia really cannot control the situation in the court, so Chu Ling has spent a lot of effort on Shangguan Chengyi and Lord Zhu in recent years. He even kidnapped the descendants of the two families into the Shenyou Army early. Isn't it just to have a hostage in hand and everyone can't cooperate?
Huan Yu couldn't help rolling his eyes and said, "Your Majesty will be sad if you say this." Chu Ling waved his hand and said, "Okay, what's the situation in the capital when you left?"
"As you wish, Lord Shangguan and Lord Zhu said that as long as they are still there, there is no need to worry about these. The food and grass of the Shenyou Army and the Imperial Army will be transported to the north through the Lingxiao Trading Company. It is best not to be exposed, but... there is no hope. So they are also ready to fight with the people of the Northern Jin Dynasty and even turn against each other."
Chu Ling raised his eyebrows and said, "If you really want to turn against the people of the Clan, I'm afraid there are many people in the court who will object?" Huan Yu nodded and said, "So, Your Highness the Princess needs a big victory to stabilize the hearts of the people inside and outside the court. It must be... big, victory, battle! Do you understand? In addition, there is another question, Lord Shangguan asked me to remind the princess."
Chu Ling was puzzled, "What else is there?"
Huan Yu said: "Your identity, even if you win a great victory, it is hard to say whether those sour scholars and generals of Tianqi can accept your identity. After all... do you understand?"
Chu Ling sneered and said, "Of course I understand, what do you don't understand?"
Isn’t it because she is a woman? A large group of big men in Tianqi were beaten by the tribe and cried and cried, saying that their parents were in a hurry. In the end, they had to rely on her as a little girl to recover the lost land. It would be strange if those men who were above the top were used to it. Even though there were basically no fools in the court, there were levels and realms between smart people and smart people. Not every smart person could stand as far as Shangguan Chengyi, Zhu and others. But for some scholars, face is more important than life.
Huan Yu looked at Chu Ling and said thoughtfully: "Two years ago, you transferred Zhao Bo'an to guard the river defense. Three years ago, you inserted Yu Fanzhou into the imperial guards, and made friends with General Lu. They are all for today, right? At that time, you were preparing for counterattacking the North?" Yu Fanzhou was outstanding in strength, but as the commander of the Zhuque Camp of Cangyun City, there was no need to stay in Tianqi to hide his identity and start over. If you stay in Cangyun City, Yu Fanzhou could do a lot of things. But in these three years, Yu Baizhou was basically wasted.
Although there is support from Princess Shenyou, there is not no one behind Yu Huazhou for years. However, three years are enough for Yu Huazhou to completely control his troops, so there is no accident that happened when Princess Shenyou was using troops because the generals refused to listen to the dispatch.
Chu Ling shook his head and said, "How is that possible? But... If Tianqi wants to regain the north, he must cross the Lingcang River. The navy always needs it. As for Yu Fanzhou and Zhao Bo'an, I just want to install a few useful people in the army. Who made me have no useful generals? Yu Fanzhou is Jun Wuhuan's person. Zhao Bo'an also had some friendship with me at the beginning, so he could be considered trustworthy."
"Haha." Huan Yu laughed dryly, looking like "I'll listen to you nonsense".
Chu Ling shrugged, to be honest, no one believed it. She is not a magician, so how could she calculate that she would land in Runzhou three years ago? Maybe it was Xinzhou, Huizhou, or even go around the sea from the entrance to the sea.
"Princess." In the night sky, several figures were flying from a distance. The head was the evening breeze wearing a black cloak, and several men in black followed behind her.
Chu Ling nodded at her and asked with concern: "Are you injured?"
Wanfeng smiled and said, "Princess, don't worry, no one was injured when we walked fast. But the fight started on the river. I think General Lu didn't seem to be very good." Chu Ling nodded, "I can see." Although they were far away, they could also see the sound of fires rising into the sky on the river in the distance.
Yun Xingyue and Huan Yu looked at the woman in front of him with some confusion. Huan Yu frowned slightly and said, "This girl... looks familiar." It seems that she has seen it somewhere.
Chu Ling smiled and said, "Let me introduce the famous Water Dragon King, Wanfeng. These two are..." Wanfeng said, "I know, Mr. Huan Yu and Mr. Yun."
Huan Yu was stunned and suddenly remembered, "It's you? Are you the Water Dragon King?" A few years ago, Chu Ling used the way of Lingxiao Trading Company to send Wanfeng south. Huan Yu had seen Wanfeng once. However, although the woman in front of him was still beautiful, she had a weak and graceful temperament. It was completely different from the woman who was wearing a black cloak, even if she only showed a face without makeup.
"Lingcang River Water Dragon King?" Yun Xingyue was also a little surprised. Yun Xingyue had naturally heard of the reputation of the Water Dragon King.
The most popular thief leader in Lingcang River almost monopolized most of the businesses in the lower reaches of Lingcang River. Even Lingxiao Trading Company sometimes passes by the downstream, and has to pay some tolls. Legend has it that there are powerful figures behind this Water Dragon King. He once guessed to people who were supporting him. But no matter who it is, he must be strong.
But I didn't expect that the legendary Dragon King would be such a beautiful woman. The one who supports Wanfeng behind it is naturally the Shenyou Princess. The Shenyou Princess is unparalleled in holy favors, holding the Shenyou Army and Lingxiao Trading Company, and has a close relationship with the Jingbei Army of Cangyun City. If she wants to support the Water Dragon King, it will be easy.
Wanfeng bowed to the two of them generously and said, "You two are laughing." Huan Yu wanted to communicate with Wanfeng, but was interrupted by Chu Ling's lazily voice. Chu Ling said, "I'm talking to you three... Is it time to chat now?"
Wanfeng smiled and stood beside Chu Ling and said, "Princess, you are ready. Should we do it?" Chu Ling nodded and smiled at her, "Then let's do it."
Wanfeng nodded happily to the people around him. The people around him took off the bow and arrow behind him and shot two arrows into the air without hesitation. The feathered arrow rushed into the night sky with a harsh whistling sound. After a moment, it exploded in the night, emitting a cold green light. Chu Ling pointed to the fortress that had been occupied by the Divine Blessing Army not far away and said, "Let's go and take a look."
Without waiting for the others to say anything, Chu Ling had already grabbed Wanfeng and flew out. Huan Yu and Yun Xingyue looked at each other, sighed helplessly and followed.
The fortress along the river was originally where the people of the Clan looked at the enemy's situation, but now it has become the place where Chu Ling and others watch the battle. Standing on the observation deck, one of the two naval armies that were originally fighting on the river suddenly began to retreat. The other side obviously thought that the other side was afraid to stand and immediately wanted to catch up. However, Wang Lixing had despised the bad ships of the Apocalypse Navy before, but knew that the bad ships were not good, and at least when running, the Apocalypse ship was much faster than the Northern Jin Dynasty.
Yun Xingyue was a little confused and looked back at Chu Ling, "You'll show us this?"
Wanfeng smiled and said, "What's the rush for Mr. Yun? The show will begin soon." Before he finished speaking, a fire suddenly appeared on the large ship chasing the Apocalypse of the Apocalypse Naval Army in the river. In a moment, many ships stringed up fire and began to spread at an extremely fast speed.
Generally, there are some fire prevention measures on the ship, and even if it is ignited, it will be extinguished quickly. However, the sudden fire was obviously arsoned by someone deliberately and a lot of things to aid the fire. Yun Xingyue pointed at Chu Ling in shock and said, "You... did you really put the stone fat on Wang Lixing's ship?" Chu Ling glanced at him lightly and said, "Otherwise, what did I work hard to transport it to Lingcang River for? Why do you think the evening breeze appeared here?"
Huan Yu frowned and said, "They are accelerating. If the fire cannot be extinguished, they will catch up with General Lu and the others..."
Wanfeng smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Huan Yu, they chased General Lu. Look." Looking in the direction pointed by Wanfeng, there were hundreds of small boats on the river. These small boats were naturally smaller than Wang Lixing's warships, but hundreds of them spread out on the river were spectacular enough. These small boats completely separated Wang Lixing's warships from the Apocalypse Navy. Huan Yu frowned and said, "It's just that I'll hit it." In front of the tall and mighty warships, such small boats were not worth mentioning at all.
Wanfeng smiled and said, "What if all the ships were tied together with iron chains? And... the ship was piled with tincture oil. We piled all the tincture oil that could be collected along the Lingcang River onto the ship." After these small boats were sent to a fixed position, the people who were carrying the boat immediately jumped into the water and swam, and then were caught by the Apocalypse Water Army not far away or went ashore with excellent water quality. The people under the command of the Water Dragon King, other things are not good, and the water quality cannot be bad.
In short, it was the navy that was determined to burn Wang Lixing to death.
As he spoke, the fire on the Northern Jin Navy fleet was getting bigger and bigger. Especially when two ships directly hit the small ship fleet across the river, the flames directly rushed up on the river surface, and instantly burned the entire river surface red.
Many archers appeared on the fortresses and riverside along the river. There were even catapults on the south bank to attack the ships in the middle of the river. Once they had the intention of shore, thousands of arrows were shot out immediately.
Wanfeng felt a little regretful, "Why isn't Wang Lixing the one who bumped into it?"
Chu Ling said: "Isn't Wang Lixing stupid? You can burn it a second time if you set fire to you?"
Wanfeng shrugged, forget it. Even if Wang Lixing couldn't be burned to death, she was still happy.
Yun Xingyue sighed and said, "How many people must be on this boat?"
Wanfeng smiled and said, "Don't worry, not all the navy troops on the ship, at least most of them are still in the dock. But they don't have a boat and can't afford any big waves."
"There are three thousand people, too." Yun Xingyue said. Wanfeng glanced back at him and said strangely: "We are fighting. Haven't Mr. Yun seen a dead person before?"
"..." I have seen it, but I have never seen so many people who were burned or drowned.
Chu Ling patted Wanfeng on the shoulder and said, "Be careful, don't run around. I'll meet Wang Lixing."
Huan Yu said, "I'll go with you, Mr. Yun, please stay to protect Miss Wanfeng." Chu Ling looked at him without saying anything, knowing that it was Jun Wuhuan who was worried that he had told Huan Yu.
The two of them jumped up from the fortress and headed directly towards the tallest and largest ship in the heart of the river, which was also ignited with fire. Wanfeng looked at the backs of the two and couldn't help but say enviously: "I would be as powerful as Master Huan Yu." Then he could fight on the battlefield with the princess, which was much more interesting than being a water dragon king.
Yun Xingyue looked at the girl beside her with bright eyes that looked like stars and didn't say anything. For some reason, she always felt that... the position of Young Master Changli might be a little unstable.
Before Chu Ling and Huan Yu could not bear to fall on the station ship, a heat came to his face and made people frown. The people on the battlefield didn't care about responding to the enemy at this time, and they tried to put out the fire, which was already in chaos. Some even abandoned the boat and jumped into the river, but even jumping into the river was not a good way out. Not to mention how many people could swim directly from the middle of the river to the shore, even if they went shore, what was waiting for them was not a good result.
Huan Yu couldn't help frowning when he smelled the unpleasant smell in the air and said, "Your Highness, your move is so cruel."
Chu Ling rolled her eyes and said, "I can only find another way, what can I do?" If possible, wouldn't she want to be honest and upright? But... what is that saying goes, a soldier is a trick. So, she shouldn't be anything, right?
"Is that Wang Lixing?" Huan Yu narrowed his eyes and pointed to a middle-aged man staring at their eyes and asked.
Chu Ling looked carefully, nodded and said, "It seems to be."
Huan Yu smiled and made a very provocative gesture at the other party. Unexpectedly, the other party did not rush over as he expected, but instead glared at him viciously, turned around and disappeared behind the flames.
Huan Yu was stunned, "What does this mean? The commander of the Northern Jin naval army is so cowardly? Did the people of the Clan take a frightened look at him?" Chu Ling said, "We two, he is the one. And the ship is about to burn out, and he still cares about your provocation? He is not impatient to live."
"What should I do now?" Huan Yu asked.
Chu Ling said, "Chasing, if he runs to the south, we will be in trouble."
Huan Yu didn't care about why they were troubled by running to the north but to the south, so he hurriedly followed Chu Ling's figure flying forward. The two of them crossed the warship like a fire and fell to the stern of the ship, but saw that Wang Lixing had jumped onto a small boat parked next to the warship. Huan Yu looked at the direction and said, "No, if he escapes downstream, will you have anyone intercept them?"
Chu Ling rolled her eyes and said, "I brought so many people to you? Chase me!"
Both of them jumped up from the warship and rushed towards the boat in the river below. Wang Lixing was not polite, and the archers on the ship shot arrows at the two without hesitation. Both of them had extraordinary identities and did not delay dodging in the air. Several of them fell to another warship next to them, which was slightly smaller than the main warship. Chu Ling looked at Wang Lixing standing on the boat with a smile and said, "General Wang, I have long admired him."
Wang Lixing stared at the two people standing on the side of the boat, and finally set his eyes on the boy in white. He said sternly: "Who are you?"
Chu Ling smiled and said, "Apocalypse, God bless the princess."
Chapter completed!