Chapter The Truth Comes Out
‘Rush…’ Just as the sky was dawn, a light sound came from the reeds by the lake. A man in messy clothes and dirt on his face came out. After checking around for a while, he sat down depressedly, took off his boots and poured out the accumulated water inside, and untied his foot cloth to dry his feet. He sniffed, and there was still a burnt smell in the air. Thinking about the days of these two days, I was really unbearable to look back. I sighed and sat by the lake in a daze, as if I had forgotten that I had just escaped from danger and had not yet walked out of the war zone.
"..." After sitting for a while, he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps, rolling and crawling into the reeds like a frightened rabbit, and even forgot to take his boots.
"There are people here!" After a moment, several people came over. They also threw away their armor and dragged their swords and guns, looking like they were escaping from death, but they did not lose their vigilance. When they saw the boots by the lake, they immediately became nervous, raised their swords and guns, and prepared for battle. To be appropriate, they were ready to escape at any time.
"Who is inside? Is it the firearm guard or a general in the avant-garde?" Seeing that there was no movement for a long time, the leader walked forward and used a knife to pluck his boots. Seeing that it was Mongolian style, although it was full of mud, it was well-made and inlaid with two turquoise sizes of pigeon eggs, which could not be worn by ordinary soldiers, he shouted into the reeds.
"If we don't come out again, we will shoot arrows!" He shouted twice in a row, without a reply. He took two steps back and shouted again, while the others were also ready to escape at any time.
"Don't shoot arrows, I'm out!" The person hiding in the reeds heard that he was going to shoot arrows, and quickly replied and crawled out tremblingly.
"you……"
"Inner Envoy?!" Both of them were shocked when they met. The leader carefully distinguished for a moment before saying in surprise.
"Yuwashi, oh, I was so scared that I thought the Southern Army had come to chase me again!" He Weixian also recognized his own outfit from his outfit, and the leader was Yuwashi, the commander of the avant-garde commander. He was shocked and fragile, his legs became weak and sat on the ground again.
"I disturbed the inner envoy, atone for my sins!" Yu Washi hurriedly stepped forward to support He Weixian, who was about to fall, and said to apologize.
"It's okay, are you breaking out?" He Weixian took a breath and asked by holding Yuwas's hand.
"Oh, the Southern Army is despicable, setting fire to reed marsh, and most of the troops are trapped in it. Now only a few of us have escaped... Inner envoys, you are also..." Yu Washi sighed and looked at the people around him with a wry smile and shook his head, and then asked again, but seeing their lonely appearance, he immediately realized that it was definitely not good on their side.
"The whole army was wiped out..." He Weixian burst into tears after hearing the sad voice.
"Uncle envoy, it's dawn, we're not out of danger yet. This place is not far from the road. It's time for the enemy's mail cavalry to go on patrol. Let's avoid it first!" A big man cried so hard that Yuwa was so sad and angry that he felt funny, but he didn't know how to persuade him. He cried for a long time before he said.
"What the general said is, let's avoid it first!" He heard this, He Weixian immediately stopped his sad voice, stood up and looked around and said.
"Yes!" Yuwa was so amused and laughed at the sight of this, and the envoy was also a wonderful person, and his tears were free to receive and receive. He looked around and looked around, chose a small path and entered the reed marsh. In the past two days, they had been hiking in the day and night and escaped the search of the Song army.
Several people chose a reed that was still dry far away from the road. Yuwashi ordered the soldiers to trample the reeds down and make a grass nest. Two more soldiers pulled some reed roots to wash them for food. Everyone sat around and chewed the reed roots to satisfy their hunger. He Weixian also picked up the roots and chewed them hard in his mouth. Although it was a bit sweet, it was also rough and difficult to swallow. But there was nothing else in this place, and he didn't dare to ignite the fire, so he could only swallow it forcibly.
"I wonder if Jia Qianhu had broken through?" Yuwa used his helmet and scooped some clear water and handed it to He Weixian.
"Oh, Jia Qianhu was killed!" He Weixian's face froze when he heard him ask about Jia Zhenhou, but quickly turned around.
"All the people who were rushing to the water road were trapped in the enemy camp?" Yuwa's face was gloomy after hearing this. He had already had a premonition that the situation in the water road army was not good, but after it was confirmed, he couldn't help feeling uncomfortable.
"During the raid, some of the ships were separated, and only half of them arrived at the enemy camp. Almost no one survived during the raid. I also escaped by all my life. Speaking of which, I also entrusted the general's blessing!" He Weixian said.
"Internal envoy, victory or defeat is common for military strategists. Don't be sad in the past!" Yu Washi was dissatisfied with the hasty raid, and he was even more angry after losing these many soldiers. It can be seen that he was full of sorrow and felt relieved.
"This battle was not a complete defeat. We successfully broke into the enemy camp and burned the grain ships in the village. If the young emperor of the Southern Dynasty had not escaped quickly, he would have been almost killed by us. It was just that he lost so many soldiers and horses, which really made me feel uncomfortable!" He Weixian squeezed out two more tears and said.
"Oh, the internal envoy burned the enemy camp and burned his food, grass and supplies?" Yuwashi said in surprise.
"Well, except for a few canal ships who forced the water camp to break through the water camp and escaped from the lake when the fire broke out, the rest were not spared, and even the camps on the shore were burned down!" He Weixian nodded and said.
"Haha, the inner envoy led his army to burn the camp behind the Song army, and even if he made an unparalleled contribution, it would be nothing to lose thousands of troops!" After confirmation, Yuwashi couldn't help laughing out loud, and the bad luck of defeat on his face was instantly swept away, full of excitement.
"We dare not take credit. If we can successfully burn the enemy camp, we will rely on the general to attract the enemy's troops, so that we can take advantage of the opportunity." He Weixian said with a chuckling, but he still looked bitter.
"Inner Envoy, we cannot leave now. Please tell the situation of the war and let the commander know the commander after you go back!" Yu Washi couldn't help but feel a little strange about his attitude of changing his arrogant and domineering attitude, but he also knew that the entire army was almost wiped out in this battle. If he didn't have an appropriate statement, he would be punished. Of course, he also hoped to share some of the credit, so he threw away the doubts in his heart.
"Okay, we can plan the next move!" He Weixian pondered for a moment, "We marched from the water after Fu Li split the troops. It was quite smooth in the front. However, after night, because we were not familiar with the water conditions and had no training, the fleet began to be in chaos. Our army did not recognize the water nature, which led to seasickness. As a result, many ships stranded on the beach and sank in collisions. Some ships lost their direction and failed to keep up with the fleet. Only 60% of the ships arrived at the destination, and their troops were sharply reduced..."
He Weixian told the story of the battle, and explained the details of Yuwashi's troops' decision to divide the troops and take the lead in launching an attack on the enemy camp because they could not wait for a long time. They also told the story of the fleet's plan to attack the enemy camp with fire ships and was defeated by the Song navy, which made the plan to burn the enemy camp with fire ships fail. However, they successfully transferred all the enemy navy warships from the camp. They decided to launch an attack on the imperial camp and were ready to fight to the death without reservation.
"The internal envoy is really wise and courageous. Under this circumstance, he dares to fight alone and attack the enemy's imperial camp. I really admire him!" Yuwa said with a deep impression and said.
"Oh, I dare not be greedy for merit. This is because Jia Qianhu is well-manned." He Weixian sighed lightly and continued, "Because the large guns of the firearm guards are insufficient, even when we rushed to the Yuzhou Wharf, we failed to stop the young emperor of the Southern Dynasty from boarding the ship, and watched him sail away. At this time, all the units of the Song army had surrounded us and trapped us by the lake. The troops were less than 200, and there was no hope of breaking through!"
"Oh, how did the inner envoy get out of trouble?" Yu Washi, a veteran who had been fighting for the rest of his life, naturally knew what it was like to be trapped among thousands of troops, and asked in surprise.
"I was already completely disappointed at this time and was about to die for the country, so I launched an attack on the nearby Caoboat Wharf, but was blocked by the enemy. But at this moment, the general launched an assault on the enemy's camp, causing the Song army to be attacked from both sides and had to mobilize troops, so that we could get a front-line opportunity. After we had all the ammunition, Jia Qianhu personally led more than a hundred people to advance forward, and finally opened a breakthrough, but... was hit by the Song army's stray bullet..." He Weixian said this, his words couldn't help but stagnate, and his heart tightened, and his eyes flashed.
He Weixian's hand holding Weigen was trembling at this moment, as if he was holding a knife, the knife that was inserted into Jia Zhenhou's back heart. In fact, when they were suppressed by the Song army during the breakout, there were only a few people left beside him. He Weixian realized that there was no hope of breaking through, and wanted to surrender and thought about what Jia Zhenhou said before, so he inserted the knife in his hand into his back heart when his back was exposed. Before his death, Jia Zhenhou looked back and looked at him in shock, making him feel palpitations when he thought about it. But he still drew his sword and cut off his head and asked the Song army to surrender.
"Jia Qianhu was killed?!" Yuwas asked.
"The situation was urgent, and I didn't have time to look closely. I saw a hole as big as a bowl in his chest by a musket, and I couldn't help it. At that time, we rushed to the dock of the canal ship, fired rockets at the canal ship parked here, throwing torches, and the flames rose. At this time, the retreat was broken, so I made the remaining soldiers thrown into the lake, thinking that I could not fall into the enemy even if I die. Shortly after entering the water, I was choked and fainted. When I woke up, it was the next day that I found myself floating in a coma in a small water bay in the water village and was spared, and the Song army's business had been burned to white ground."
"The inner envoy is really a lucky person. He can survive the sky-sky fire and escape by chance!" Yu Washi exclaimed.
"It's a pity that this fire also affected the general, causing thousands of troops to be buried in the sea of fire, making me feel embarrassed to face their family!" He Weixian waved his hand and said with a sad look on his face.
Chapter completed!