Ren Ning and others got on the horse, as if they had wings.
Not long after, more than two thousand people passed by the infantry at Zhennanguan and walked away along the post road with their envious and jealous eyes.
Before departure, Guan Luping asked Ren Ning to lead the team to the capital of Nanfeng within fifteen days. Time was running out at this time. They had to hurry.
In the evening, the team arrived at the Xian River and had to stop.
The bridge on the post road in front of me was destroyed, and only about three feet wide of the river was left on the river, slowly flowing eastward.
thump! thump!
Ren Ning threw a few big rocks into the river and quickly frowned.
This is already the lower reaches of the Da Nang River, and the water is still quite deep.
As for the horse, it is absolutely impossible to get through it.
Looking around, I couldn't find a suitable place to cross the river for a while.
He raised his head and looked into the distance.
Both sides of the river are covered with large tracts of burned farmland. There are not even trees as far as the eye can see. It is impossible to cut down trees and build bridges.
After looking at the sky, Ren Ning had no choice but to find a way to find an open place to rest for the night.
Not long after, a spy came to report in a hurry.
"General, about sixty miles to the east is the Da Nang Wharf. There are more than 3,000 Nanfeng troops on each side of the river. They are burning the facilities of the wharf, sinking ships and throwing a large number of sandbags into the river. It seems that they are trying to block the river. …”
Ren Ning frowned and got on his horse before he could finish speaking.
The territory of Nanfeng is small, Xian Mountain is not high, and the Xian River in front of us is just a small river. It is completely incomparable to the thousands-mile Yangtze River or the mighty Yellow River or even any of its tributaries that we knew in previous lives.
Six thousand people threw sandbags at the sunken ship in the river. It might not be possible to block the shipwreck, but it would be no problem to make it shallower.
All the siege equipment in Zhennanguan are currently on the East China Sea. They will arrive at the Xianhe Wharf in about two days tomorrow and then dock and log in.
By then, if you are stuck in the river and can't get in or out, it will be a troublesome thing.
He ordered repeatedly.
"Lei Er, you lead people to find a way to Nanfeng Capital to inform General Guan that we may arrive late."
"Xiao Gang, go back and find the Zhennanguan soldiers behind you, explain the situation here and let them find a way to build a bridge."
"Others mount their horses immediately and help me kill the Nanfeng people blocking the river near the dock."
"Yes!" Everyone agreed.
drive!
Ren Ning took the lead and rode chasing the wind towards the east.
The terrain near the river is gentle, and there are dense villages along the way, and the post roads are flat and wide. Not sixty miles away, before it was completely dark, the burning dock was already in front of us.
Tap tap tap!
As soon as they heard the thundering sound of horse hooves, some Nanfeng people quickly dropped what they were doing, hurriedly climbed up the hills on both sides of the post road, drew their bows and got into position.
There were even many people holding torches and shouting curses with arrogance.
"You little bastard from Yunchui, come and beat me if you dare."
"There are so many cavalry. I'm so scared. If you dare, come here and challenge them."
It's a pity that no one can understand their Nanfeng dialect.
Ren Ning was an excellent scout. With a quick glance, he knew that there were only about 500 people fighting them on the two hills. The others were probably still busy filling the Tusai River a little further away.
Three thousand people is quite a lot, and it is impossible to crowd them all together when digging the soil. It requires a lot of space.
Goldfinger glanced around and saw that the situation was safe and there were no ambushes elsewhere.
"Cut over!" Ren Ning shouted. He led the team away from the post road, bypassed the two small soldiers and continued to rush forward without stopping.
The idea was to ignore these five hundred people, rush past them while avoiding the range of their bows and arrows, and first disperse the other Nanfeng people who were still digging and filling the river.
If you want to block the river, the place where you collect sand and soil should naturally be as close to the river as possible.
The two hills in front of me are just close to the river, and they are not a pass that must be conquered.
Ren Ning didn't bother to waste his energy on them.
Whoosh!
The Nanfeng soldiers fired a lonely rain of arrows and stared blankly at the long line of men and horses passing by like the wind not far away. No one even glanced at them.
There seems to be something wrong with the script.
They held torches high in provocation, just to lure the enemy to attack, so that they could kill a group of people with arrows from above. It's just that the Yunchui people didn't follow their script at all.
The five hundred soldiers looked at each other in confusion, and involuntarily turned their heads to look at Shang Feng, who had a dark face.
"That's all." Qian Chang knew what was going on at home and couldn't help but let out a long sigh, "Leave it to fate and go down and dig the soil."
Not long ago, the Starfall Army suddenly appeared in the Annan Plain, and the Central Army in the western suburbs tried to stop them. However, both sides collapsed at the first touch, and the Central Army was instantly killed. In the end, even the base camp in the western suburbs was burned down.
The Central Army's elite soldiers and generals were like this, let alone the local garrison. For a while, everyone had to wait for the Huchou Pass officers and soldiers to return for reinforcements, hoping that they could give Nanfeng a voice.
The men and horses from Huchou Pass had returned, but before they could discuss a countermeasure, the news that Huchou Pass had been breached also came back.
In an instant, all the generals were frightened. Most people unanimously chose to shrink back to the foot of the capital.
Those generals who still had some courage could only lead their subordinates to hang behind the Starfall Army, spinning around in confusion. Talking about a siege does not sound like a siege, talking about setting up a formation does not sound like setting up a formation, they are just like a bunch of headless flies.
Now among the 6,000 people on both sides of the Da Nang pier, only 1,000 are regular soldiers, and the other 5,000 are all temporarily recruited civilians.
These people may be able to help by digging dirt to block the river. They don't have to think about the consequences when facing the menacing group of cavalry.
Qian Chang personally led the 500 people on the north bank to lure the enemy, trying to block them so that the civilians could throw a few more bags of mud into the river.
It's a pity that Ren Ning didn't give them a chance.
The rumbling cavalry quickly found the place with the most people.
Ren Ning looked up and couldn't help but be shocked.
The fire was swaying in front of me, and there were a lot of red dots, but the values were frighteningly low.
They are not so much soldiers as they are a group of underfed coolies.
Without any time to think, Ren Ning led his men and horses to kill them.
As a result, before they could rush forward, the people on the river bank screamed in fear, dropped their picks, picks, sacks and other tools in their hands, and ran around with their heads in their hands.
Some people hurriedly ran into the blazing fire and were instantly burned into flames. Others ran towards people like Ren Ning in a panic and were trampled to a pulp by horses.
More people jumped into the river and swam to the other side.
The river looks gentle, but there is an undercurrent surging underneath.
These people were already tired from digging to block the river. The strong current of the river was exhausting their physical strength. They disappeared into the river in just a few breaths. Only a few people swam to the other side.
Ren Ning quickly realized what happened.
But he still rushed along the river bank from west to east, cleaning up the north bank in an instant.
"Liang Rushi," he called Commander Qian of the Second Battalion, "the first five hundred people should be the supervisors on the north bank. You take people to kill them."
"Yes!" Liang Ru also saw it, responded, and left with his subordinates murderously.
The river-blocking workers on the other side of the river had pale faces. They looked at Ren Ning and these murderers in shock, and they hesitated to approach.
"Don't be afraid, everyone. Just do whatever you have to do." A male duck shouted loudly, waving his whip: "The river is so wide that Yunchui people will never be able to cross. If the river is blocked early, everyone can get money and go home early."
call out!
The sound of arrows sounded.
ah!
The male duck screamed and fell to the ground, spurting blood.
Although the river in front of us is wide, it is less than ten feet. Do you really think Ren Ning and the others are vegetarians in their archery skills?
The soldiers who were good at bows lined up by the river, staring coldly at the other side.
Anyone who dares to get close will be shot with an arrow. The arrows were all fired, and screams rang out.
After more than a dozen arrows, no one on the other side dared to approach.
Ren Ning smiled and entered the dock.
He did not put out the fire, but found a stick to measure the depth of the water, and quickly nodded with satisfaction.
Because we arrived in time, the upstream was not too congested, and the boat at Zhennanguan should not be delayed.
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