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Chapter 242 Fatty Crossing the River

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    The cold wind was biting, the river was rushing, the waves were continuous, and the Wuchang-Hanyang River was covered in darkness under the night. Only a few scout ships from the two armies lit their lonely lights and patrolled the invisible river.  However, compared with the previous period, whether it is the Qing army defense area on the north bank or the Wu army defense area on the south bank, the number of scouts and patrols on both sides has obviously decreased a lot, and their attitudes have also relaxed a lot.  It's so tight, unless it is a north-south boat, ordinary civilian boats and fishing boats going down the river or up the river, there are basically no scout boats to search and question.

    Near the second watch, a layer of mist gradually formed on the surface of the river, the temperature became lower and lower, and the vision became more and more poor. Wu Jun's scout ships probably saw that staying on the river was of no use, so they simply retreated to the south and shrank to  Gathered around Wuchang Wharf, where they chatted and warmed up.  The scouts of the Qing Army judged the movement of the Wu Jun scouts from the lights, and they couldn't help but feel lazy. Several scout ships began to shrink towards the Hanyang Wharf. Only one more honest scout ship was still floating near the center of the river, continuing to monitor all kinds of people on the river.  kind of movement.

    To be so loyal to his duty in the foggy night in the winter, the captain on the scout ship of the Qing army could bear it, but the other ordinary soldiers couldn't bear it. One of the soldiers smashed an empty wine gourd into the side of the ship and cursed  : "Fucking day, half a catty of rice wine that was agreed to be worth at night, three taels at most, and the remaining two taels will definitely be taken by Huang Datou in exchange for Baqi ointment. Dutou, you have to deal with Sun when you go back.  Let¡¯s talk about guerrillas, that bastard Huang Datou was picked up and beaten with dozens of army sticks.¡±

    "Sun Guerrilla speaks and manages the ball!" A Qing soldier interjected: "Huang Datou's sister is a maid in the governor's house. I heard that she is still serving the governor well in bed. If he wants to take a concubine, Sun Guerrilla dares to provoke him.  ball!"

    "Then the old men deserve to be unlucky?" The Qing soldier who vented his dissatisfaction said angrily: "The military salary has not been paid for more than a month, and even the rice wine for the night watch is withheld, and the old men are not allowed to patrol.  "

    "Shut up!" The chief of the Qing army on the scouting ship finally spoke up, yelling angrily: "Chen Ergou, your dog mouth will kill you sooner or later, believe it or not? If you drink two liang less, drink less."  Two, what's so great about having a dick? I still want to drink, do you want to drink my urine?"

    "Dutou, I'm not attacking you, why are you so angry?" Chen Ergou said unconvinced: "It's such a cold day, and there's no wine to warm you up. If you have to wait till dawn, who can stand it?  In my opinion, we'd better retreat to the pier and enjoy the fire, like the other ships, and don't be a fool here."

    "Yeah, Dutou, everyone else has gone back to the pier, so let's go too." Several other Qing scouts also echoed, "Anyway, the war has ceased, why are you so stupid? Everyone else has retreated, so let's retreat too.  .¡±

    Considering that the other comrades were slacking off, the Chief of the Qing Army was inevitably tempted, but at this moment, a soldier of the Qing Army suddenly exclaimed in a low voice, "Dutou, listen quickly, there is the sound of boating!"  He quickly listened, and sure enough, he heard the sound of boats breaking through the waves from the south, but there were no lights in the mist, as if a ship was secretly approaching.

    "Prepare to call the police on the gong!" Na Dutou made a decisive decision and ordered the soldiers of the Qing army to prepare the gong to protect the police at any time.  But as soon as the words fell, the soldiers of the Qing army took out the gong, and a light suddenly lit up in the dark place opposite, and someone shouted in a Yunnan-Guizhou accent: "Don't shoot the arrows, we are here to send the Eight Banners ointment, which one of you is here?"  The person Governor Cai sent to pick us up?"

    "Did you bring the Eight Banners ointment?" The soldiers of the Qing army on the scouting ship were all taken aback, and they were not in a hurry to beat the gong to call for the police.  After a while, a civilian cargo ship appeared in front of the scouts of the Qing army. Several Wu army officers and soldiers stood on board, none of them armed. One of the Wu army generals, who was wearing a general's uniform, glanced at the Qing army scout ship and asked casually.  Said: "Are you sent by Governor Cai? Where is Baqi Gao unloading?"

    "What do you want to do? What Baqi ointment?" Na Tutou asked vigilantly.

    "Are we here to send the Eight Banners ointment?" General Wu Jun asked very strangely: "What's the matter, aren't you sent by Governor Cai to welcome us?"

    "No." Na Du shook his head.

    "Fuck, Xu Er, is the time wrong? Is it the second watch now?" General Wu Jun turned around and asked and scolded.  A soldier of the Wu army replied: "That's right, it's the second watch."

    "What's the problem?" General Wu Jun scratched his head, then patted his head again, and suddenly said, "You Governor Cai must have misremembered the time, or forgot!" After that, General Wu Jun climbed on the side of the ship again  Shang said to Dutou: "Brother, can I trouble you to go to the pier and ask, who is Governor Cai who is here to pick up the goods? If there is no more, I will trouble you to inform Governor Cai that we have sent Baqi ointment.  , ask him to send a boat to pick him up?It¡¯s not a simple comparison of troop numbers, but Fatty Lu, who values ??his opponent tactically, is quite confident in the combat effectiveness of the Wu army. However, the Wu army Wu Yingqi and Wang Xu¡¯s troops who landed in the first two waves did not disappoint Fatty Lu. The army of Cai Yurong and his son certainly  They charged fiercely, but Wu Yingqi and Wang Xu's armies also defended tenaciously until Zhang Zufa's army landed. Wu Yingqi and Wang Xu's two armies still controlled a considerable area on the pier, making room for Zhang Zufa's army to land.  Out of space and time, and with the successful third landing of the Wu army, the entire Qing army began to waver. The enemy is fighting more and more, how can this be fought?

    After another half an hour of bloody fighting, new bad news came. A Wu army landed from the west of the pier, and had already made a detour to attack the empty city of Hanyang.  In this way, although Governor Cai knew that Wu Jun was besieging Wei and saving Zhao, he was caught in a dilemma. Either he continued to gamble, betting that he could continue to defend the pier, keep the important warships that were still alive, and strive to persist to the source of friendly troops;  If the troops still remain, immediately abandon the pier position, retreat to Hanyang City, which is high and deep, and wait for help with the help of the strong city - and keep the two distinguished guests of the capital, Changning and Dadu, otherwise, once they fall into the hands of the Wu army,  My own family and nine clans must have been killed instead of beheaded.

    "Wu Gou only has 10,000 troops in Wuchang. If he retreats to defend Hanyang, there is still hope for a long time to defend Hanyang. But if he continues to stay on the pier, wait for Wu Gou to take down Hanyang City and nail the nails in Jiangbei before trying to pull it out."  It will be difficult to drop this nail. And once Prince Gong falls into the hands of Wu Gou, I will never even think about surviving!" After weighing the pros and cons repeatedly, Governor Cai Da finally stomped his feet and shouted: "Ming Jin,  Abandon the pier and save Hanyang City!"

    "Dangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdangdang!" As soon as the sound of golden bells rang, the Qing army, who had been entangled with Wu Jun on the pier for a long time and was still struggling to make any progress, began to retreat like a tide, and fled to Hanyang City with Cai Yurong.  However, the soldiers of the Qing army who were still resisting on the warship were crying loudly, cursing Cai Yurong for being ruthless and ungrateful.  After hacking and killing, Wang Xu led his headquarters to the Qing army warship, and launched an extermination and killing of the remaining Qing soldiers guarding the cabin.

    At dusk, as the fourth wave of Wu troops boarded the pier, the overall situation of the battlefield at Hanyang Wharf settled.  One, completely destroyed the other four, and also captured countless ordinary civilian ships, warships, and sentry ships, which completely changed the advantage of the Wuchang River surface army and completely guaranteed the safety of the fifth and sixth waves of troops crossing the river. Cai Yurong led the  More than 5,000 defeated soldiers fled back to Hanyang City, relying on the fortified city to stand by and wait for help.  When the news came back to Wuchang, there was thunderous cheers on the Wuchang pier, and countless soldiers of the Wu army jumped up and down to celebrate the success of the battle of crossing the river.

    "Thank God, I finally crossed the Yangtze River successfully." After clapping his hands together to rejoice, Fatty Lu quickly ordered: "Hurry up and send an order to Wang Xu and Chen Wenhuan, let them drive the full dog warship to bring more burning fire bottles, and replace it with full dog  Military uniforms, pretending to be defeated by the Mangou Navy, and went down the river to meet the Mangou Navy rescuers in Huangzhou. They said they were defeated by us and went to Huangzhou to ask for help and replenish their troops. What happened after they mixed into Huangzhou's Mangou fleet  Do it, let them figure it out for themselves!"

    "I got the order!" Xiao Erlang agreed with his hands clasped, and quickly rushed down to deliver the order.  Next to him, Wang Shaobo said worriedly: "Boss, you sent the warship downstream. If Luoshan is full of dogs from the upstream, what will you do?"

    "Luoshan is full of dogs?" Fatty Lu grinned, and said, "Let's talk about it after they get rid of the entanglement of the main force of our navy.  This meeting has received Hanyang's request for help in advance, and I am afraid I will not dare to go south to rescue."

    At noon in the morning, Fatty Lu stayed in Wangjing to guard Wuchang, personally led the sixth wave of crossing troops across the Yangtze River, arrived at the north bank of the Yangtze River, and personally commanded the battle to attack the city of Hanyang.  When his feet stepped on the blood-soaked Jiangbei ground, Fatty Lu couldn't help but knelt down on his knees, leaned over and gently kissed the Jiangbei land, weeping, raised his head and shouted, "Yangtze River, I'm finally here!  Man Gou, you wait, the Lord is going to settle accounts with you!  Let's settle the old and new accounts with you!  "

    At the same time, on the upper floor of Hanyang City, when seeing the sixth wave of Wu Jun's fleet land, making Jiangbei's army obviously exceed tens of thousands, our Governor Cai Da was completely crazy, "Oh my god! So many Wugou from Wuchang  The army? How is it possible? How is it possible? Are they all flying from the sky?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets.  My biggest motivation.) (Remember this site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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