The majestic formation of lightning and thunder shook the earth completely, and the birds in the jungle on the other side of the lake were flying as hard as they could after an earthquake! Within a radius of more than one mile of Xu Jun's military camp, the naval guns on the artillery array and on the water seemed to be spraying angry flames, and the sky was filled with gunpowder smoke. The shells flew into crop fields, grasslands, and woods, bouncing on the ground and splashing mud and water in the paddy fields. In the phalanx of people by the river, white smoke suddenly erupted into sheets, as if a monster suddenly blew out a large mouthful of white steam! The Jiaozhou Army had obviously never seen such a battle. As soon as it started, the firepower came with earth-shaking momentum. Gunpowder greatly enhances a person's power. When ordinary fighting only really begins when they face each other face to face, Xu Jun has extended the threat of death to the enemy. The heavily armed elephants fell in the rice fields, and more were running around in fear. The corpses of enemy soldiers with chaotic and random armor were floating in the river. The muddy water and blood were mixed and indistinguishable. Before noon, the Jiaozhou Army was completely defeated. Cheers and shouts arose on land and on water. Standing on horseback, the arrogant forward general Feng Jiye faced the drifting smoke, looked around and sighed: "The men and horses in the wild border areas are simply vulnerable! It's over before we even fight!" Zhang Jiankui said calmly: "It's just a majestic formation. We can't compete with the large army. If we hide in the mountains and forests in the countryside, this may not be the case." Feng Jiye was still unsatisfied and said: "The enemy is defeated, so it is better to gather troops and pursue them as soon as possible." Zhang Jiankui. He immediately advised: "No, we are new here. We have never been to Jiaozhou before. Be careful of an ambush." ??Zheng Xianchun, the civil servant of the supervisory army, also said: "Since we have repelled the invading enemies, there is no need to take risks." Unexpectedly, Feng Jiye was furious and squinted. He looked at them with disdain: "My mother-in-law is a civil servant who is weak and cowardly, looking forward and backward! General Zhang, I see that you are beaten by nature. You dare not do anything else except defend the city. You are afraid of wolves and tigers!" Zheng Xianchun Frowning, he said sternly: "What Duke Cao asked us to do is very clear. We must hold our stronghold to find out the enemy's situation. Duke Cao has repeatedly told General Feng to change his temper and don't let him down. Otherwise, no one will dare to vouch for you again." Make the decision. The vanguard is not in a hurry to compete with the Jiaozhou Army!" Feng Jiye sneered after hearing this, but did not dare to ignore Cao Bin's deployment in the south. The calls for high morale from all around are still heard, so that the dull and unhappy here seems very out of place. After a while, Feng Jiye spoke again: "This general is a rough martial artist, so don't be offended by what he says. But I have seen more soldiers than you. Even if we want to defend, we don't have to draw a single muscle to make the ground a prison. This is great now." The situation, counterattack is also for defense." He restrained his arrogance and anger, and looked at the burly bearded man Zhang Jiankui seriously, "Just like you, General Zhang, are an honest man, no matter how strong you are, anyone can do it. If anyone dares to provoke you, they will punch and stomp you. Can you resist it? If anyone dares to touch you, they will beat him to death and chase him for half the city. If you fight, will you still be tired of trying to defend yourself?" Zhang Jiankui's face turned pale and blue, but he had no words to refute. Feng Jiye pointed at the enemy soldiers escaping in the distance and said, "The people led by Dingbu are so arrogant that they don't give them face to talk to each other and just come to see them with weapons! If we don't show them some color, how can anything happen? Let's move on later Can you calm down if you stay here?" Even the civil servants did not expect that this man who claimed to be a rough martial artist could speak so well. He looked at Feng Jiye dumbfounded. Feng Jiye simply spoke nonsense, "Let's see how the officials deal with the Liao Kingdom. Are you talking to them calmly and good-tempered? You need to give them a good beating first, and then we can talk!" Zheng Xianchun: "" Feng Jiye thought for a while, and then said calmly: "Zhang Jianjun didn't want to build a fortress, the foundation. Do you want strips of stone? I remember that you wanted to cover the walls with bricks and open the kiln without clay? Nothing can be done." He added, "When I catch up with the enemy soldiers and capture a group of prisoners, I won't have the manpower anymore!" Zhang Jiankui seemed to be persuaded when he heard this. He had been responsible for building two forts. It was a simple earthen wall built on the spot using earthen wood. This time some new adhesive ash was shipped by ship, and he wanted to make it more presentable! Zhang Jiankui said: "I am just a deputy general. Like Zheng Changshi, I only worry about bad things." Feng Jiye said: "There is no perfect strategy for fighting a war, so how can we not dare to take risks? Don't worry, because I advocated this matter, if you suffer a loss , you can go to Duke Cao to file a complaint, and all the blame will be borne by one person!" He then said with a teasing smile: "Of course, you won't get much of the credit." Feng Jiye did not listen to the dissuasion at all and gave the order.Gather the troops and attack. Although the forward army also has a military government, according to the laws of the Daxu Privy Council, the military government only has great power before the army is mobilized. Without the coordination of the military government, soldiers, weapons, and military supplies cannot be managed. Once on the battlefield, the situation of the battle array will change. The decision-making power is still in the hands of the general, and the biggest role of the military staff is to supervise and organize military orders. Zheng Xianchun wanted to inform Duke Cao as soon as possible, but Cao Bin was far away in Guangzhou (the name of Prince Xing's mansion was unlucky, so it was renamed). The land route was impassable, the sea route was slow, and the risk of a single ship was extremely high. If something happened at sea, there would be no one to save. He was very anxious. Feng Jiye ordered the remaining people to rely on the Jiaolong Army warships to protect themselves, and led the main force of the forward army, nearly 3,000 people, to dispatch. The main warships of the Jiaolong Army cannot travel smoothly in the inland rivers, and the shallow water cannot pass at all. So Feng Jiye took all the sand ships and marched along the river, both by land and water, up the Taiping River. That night, Feng Jiye chose a place to camp by the river. At night, two Xu Jun sentries were attacked by surprise, one was killed and the other was injured. The reinforcements did not dare to chase far away at night. They caught nothing and sounded the alarm gong again. After half a night of tossing, the soldiers were quite tired. Early the next morning, Feng Jiye heard from the scouts that there was a village and town five miles ahead. He immediately came up with a plan and had a way to retaliate against the enemy. He quickly found a commander and gave the order in public: "The town of Wuli to the north is a place where thieves hide and ambush. You lead people to kill them" After that, he stretched out his palm and waved it down. an action. The generals of the Forbidden Army were used to restraining the soldiers. After hearing this, there was an uproar. One general immediately said: "Since it is a market and most of them are civilians, aren't we killing indiscriminately? Military law does not allow it!" Feng Jiye said seriously: "We have to To be fair, a traitor would not pretend to be a commoner, but would put a sign on his head and dance with joy when he saw Xu Jun, 'I am a traitor, I am a traitor, come and kill me'?" His unfailingly funny look made many people unable to hold back their laughter. Many people's attitudes have obviously changed. These warriors are not good at all. They have become very restrained after being under Guo Shao's command. They are nothing more than strict military laws, sufficient rewards, and kindness and coercion. Feng Jiye spoke earnestly to the generals: "Thieves like these are easy to kill but difficult to distinguish. The best way is to raze them all to the ground. How can the enemy soldiers hide? Could they be able to burrow underground?" ? We must be merciful, and those who die are our brothers. Do you want to let the enemy soldiers die, or let your own brothers die? " The generals all agreed, and the commander just said straightforwardly: "This is the end. Go and do it!" Feng Jiye made arrangements and ordered the main force on land and water to break camp and move forward. He boarded the flagship building in the river, and when he walked into the cabin, he immediately looked at it with great interest This ship was really more unique than the big tent. On the battlefield, it was a pleasure to live here. The cabin is fully furnished, including paper, pens and inkstones. Calligraphy and paintings are hung on the walls of the ship. There is even a piano table with a piano on it. "Please, General Feng." The civil servant of the military government bowed and said, "This ship originally belonged to the Navy of the Southern Han Dynasty. The general should be an arty man. General Feng is so heroic and condescending." Feng Jiye immediately said: "We You have to be reasonable, I don't have much ink in my mind, but I respect the Confucian generals who are wise and strategic. Tsk, tsk, strategist, and elegant! You come in and play a song for me, so that I can be enlightened. The civil servant was very happy when he heard the respect in Feng Jiye's words. He bowed and said, "If you are brave, you may make the generosity laugh." The civil servant stepped forward to adjust the instrument, but found that one of the strings was broken. , then he was busy repairing the piano. It took two sticks of incense to finish it. Feng Jiye sat on the chair with great interest and called the guards to make tea. "Ding dong" The crisp sound of the piano finally fell into a song, rippling from the water to all sides. Feng Jiye looked intoxicated, listening to the piano and watching the warships on the river. The black muzzles of the cannons on the deck and the ferocious metallic light, the armored soldiers and the hunting flags formed a pattern on the river. A rough and spectacular scenery, and the crisp and elegant sound of the piano seems out of place, but it is integrated with it. Feng Jiye was very happy with this contrast. After a few songs, I suddenly saw fire flickering on the river bank, thick smoke billowing, and noisy screams seemed to be heard in the wind. Feng Jiye looked intently from the cabin window for a long time, and saw clearly the good deeds of the people he sent. He suddenly raised his head and laughed "haha", stroking his hands and said: "Have fun! I hate being hurt the most!" The piano player The civil servants who accompanied the army were immediately terrified, and the sound of the piano was slightly out of tune. They were extremely afraid of Feng Jiye, and their faces became even paler. Fortunately, Feng Jiye couldn't hear it being out of tune at all. It seemed that as long as it was the sound of the piano, it was just arty, so why should he care about the quality of the music? He picked up the freshly brewed tea cup on the table, took a pretentious breath, and raised his head.Looking at the tragic scene in the blood and fire, I don't know if I am enjoying the sound of the piano and the fragrance of tea, or enjoying the release of my violent temper.