"That boy Song Xin is such a bastard. He didn't realize that the flow of Lushui is from south to north!!!" Chen Kang cursed, thinking that Song Xin was really stupid.
He sent his greetings to the Song Xin clan in his heart, but now that the matter was over, they still set off according to the plan. A fleet of boats trudged upstream. The soldiers and civilians rowing the boats complained incessantly and greeted the whole family of Chen Tao and Chen Kang.
The fleet had been walking for two hours, and the night was getting darker. Suddenly, several small boats came across from the east bank of the Lishui River. It turned out that the enemy's watchtower discovered that this fleet was flying a small flag selling salt, and sent people to inspect the ships.
Chen Tao was a little panicked now. Only the first few ships in his own fleet were equipped with salt bags to hide their presence, and the cabins at the back were filled with ambushes. If they were discovered, they would definitely order an attack.
"Stop the boat in front and dock!"
shouted the enemy soldier on the opposite side.
Chen Tao came out and said with a smile: "Master, we are salt sellers. I heard that the war has been tense recently, so we thought we would go out and make some money." As he said that, he asked someone to carry a bag of salt and put it on the deck. During the war, the bag of salt was worth more than gold.
At this time, wars broke out frequently and the people suffered, but it also gave many merchants the opportunity to make a fortune, especially private salt dealers. Although the sale of illicit salt was expressly prohibited by the imperial court, the warlords in various places did not care about it. In addition, salt is an extremely important strategic material, which can be eaten and healed. Especially when defending a city and when dead bodies cannot be transported out, salt must be used to prevent plague.
Therefore, both sides in the war often turn a blind eye to these private salt dealers, loving and hating them at the same time.
Chen Tao naturally understood this, so he believed Song Xin's words. But this time he didn't expect that the enemy soldiers not only refused to accept his bribe, but pointed at him and shouted: "Stop talking nonsense, come to the shore for inspection!"
Chen Tao was a little panicked now and wanted to explain. But the enemy soldiers on the opposite boat had already drawn their bows and pointed them at themselves.
"Okay, okay, let's dock right now." Chen Tao pretended to be calm, put his hands behind his back, and sent a code signal to several crossbowmen in the cabin.
Waiting for the enemy's boat to approach, suddenly several sharp arrows were shot out. The enemy was caught off guard and fell into the water one after another. Fortunately, it was night and it was dark, so the observation deck on the shore did not notice the changes here. Chen Tao hurriedly ordered rowing boats to quickly pass through the enemy's defense zone.
After going upstream for a few miles, I heard a rapid banging sound behind me, and then I saw countless lanterns and torches gathering towards the shore like stars.
Chen Kang was shocked when he saw this, "Oh no! They found us!"
Chen Tao also looked ashen, "Oh no! You really shouldn't have listened to that boy Song Xin!"
"Did he tell you on purpose, asking us to come here and die!?" Chen Kang suddenly realized something.
"It's useless to say this at this time. Throw away the baggage, change the front team to the rear team, and we will fight back!" Chen Tao also understood that it was impossible to go south at this time. The enemy troops would definitely block them along the way. Now he just wanted to I hope I can return to camp as soon as possible.
His fleet quickly turned around and headed north. At this time, because it was downstream, the speed was obviously much faster. When the enemy saw his fleet coming, they quickly crossed the river and blocked his way. There are also a large number of torches on both sides of the river bank. It is impossible to escape on the bank at this time.
"Crash the enemy ship, let's fight out!" Chen Tao drew his sword and shouted.
Suddenly, a large fire broke out in the direction of the enemy ship, and then someone on the ship in front was heard shouting in terror, "Rocket! Put up your shield!"
Before he finished speaking, Chen Tao heard screams coming from the ships in front of his fleet, and then saw the boats quickly burst into flames.
Then another burst of fire rose from the enemy ship lying across the river, and the enemy's second wave of arrows fell immediately.
Chen Tao was so angry that his eyes were splitting, and he shouted angrily: "Song Xin, when I go back, I will definitely kill you!!!!"
"Uncle, let's run away!"
"Escape, how to escape!" Chen Tao shouted loudly, and both sides of the Lishui River were ablaze. The enemy soldiers picked up their crossbows and fired arrows at Chen Tao's fleet from time to time. There were screams and the sound of soldiers falling into the water. One after another.
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The trapped beasts, with a few small boats, fought hard to kill. At this critical moment of life and death, the soldiers under their command also burst out with amazing fighting power. Several boats used the speed of flowing down the river to stop the enemy lying in the center. The military ship was broken. It opened a hole for Chen Tao's fleet.
"Quick, break out!" Seeing this opportunity to escape, Chen Tao ordered his men to paddle hard.
Although the enemy tried hard to intercept him, he was still able to escape with several ships.
The enemy cavalry on the shore noticed their escape and followed them galloping along the shore, shooting arrows at them continuously. However, the rapid river water still exceeded the speed of the horses, and Chen Tao escaped with a few boats and the defeated soldiers.
When the enemy saw them fleeing far away, they did not pursue them, but continued to encircle and suppress the ships that had not yet broken through. Those people lost their command and turned into headless flies, running around. When the enemy general found out, he ordered them to be surrounded. When Chen Tao saw his men in danger, he did not dare to come back to rescue them. He only wanted to escape for his own life, and he did not care about the lives of these soldiers.
After walking for a few miles, it became a lot quieter behind him. Chen Kang felt thirsty, so he lay on the side of the boat and scooped out water with his hands to drink. However, he spit it out as soon as he took a sip.
"This is...this is blood!"
"Blood water!?" Chen Tao was shocked. He took the torch and saw that there were patches of blood floating on the river.
When they fled back to the camp in embarrassment, they found that the camp was already ablaze, with countless black figures chasing and fighting inside, screams resounding in the sky, and the dead bodies by the river had turned the water red.
"The enemy...the enemy has robbed the camp..."
Chen Kang panicked and shouted, "What should we do!?"
"Shut up!" Chen Tao angrily shouted at him, scaring Chen Kang to the point of being stunned.
"Don't go ashore, let's flee north!"
Several boats listened to the order and did not go ashore and continued to flee north. At this time, the soldiers stationed in the camp saw their boats and quickly fled to the shore, shouting that they wanted to board the boat and escape.
The enemy cavalry quickly chased behind them and then covered them up. For a time, heads were rolling and blood was flowing like rivers.
Some people were so worried that they jumped into the water and swam desperately toward the boat.
Chen Tao shouted: "Don't let them come over, shoot arrows for me!"
The soldiers under his command were stunned when they heard this, raised their bows and put them down again. Chen Kang roared angrily: "You haven't fired the arrow yet!" He grabbed a bow, pulled it open and shot an arrow, hitting a swimming soldier in the head. The man was swallowed up by the river without even making a cry and disappeared.
Several soldiers swam hard to the side of the boat, grabbed the boat's gang with their hands and tried to climb up. Chen Tao was so angry that he drew his sword and cut off their fingers.
When the people on the shore saw Chen Tao treating his men like this, they were instantly filled with despair.
