Wang Zhang's roaring voice was very powerful.
However, that's all.
There are more and more Jiehu soldiers around, obviously they are well prepared.
Wang Zhang saw that many Jiehu soldiers were already wearing armor.
In such a hot weather, wearing armor must have been planned in advance.
"Don't delay, kill me!" Shi Hu ordered without hesitation.
Under the protection of his own soldiers, Wang Zhang tried his best to rush out. As long as he ran to the place where the horses were released, he might still be able to earn a chance with the speed of the horses.
Facing these trapped beasts like Wang Zhang and others, the Jiehu people were unable to succeed for a while.
Wang Zhang and others ran while fighting, but Shi Hu looked anxiously.
"Here comes the bow!" Shi Hu roared.
The soldiers beside him quickly handed over their bows and arrows.
After Shi Hu took the bow and arrow, he immediately opened the bow and nocked the arrow without even lowering his head.
"Whoosh!"
After a soft sound, a soldier guarding Wang Zhang fell down.
There were a few more arrows, and Wang Zhang and others were immediately shot with several more arrows.
These people immediately lost the power to resist.
The Jiehu people nearby swarmed up and sent all of them to meet the underworld ghost.
Only Wang Zhang, who was seriously injured, was left.
Facing the Jingnu Stone Tiger approaching step by step, Wang Zhang's face turned pale, full of fear before he was about to die. The ferociousness of the trapped beast just now was completely gone.
"My dear nephew, why are you doing this!"
"Why, ahem, why is this happening!"
Wang Zhang said in great panic.
When Shi Hu heard this, he grinned.
"Uncle, use your brain to make a fortune!"
After saying that, Shi Hu raised the long knife in his hand.
Under the shining cold light, Wang Zhang was already paralyzed. He stretched out an arm to block it, and kept shouting.
"My dear nephew, I invited you to drink yesterday."
"Crack!"
With a soft sound, Wang Zhang's words stopped abruptly.
A hand with five fingers spread out and a head fell to the ground almost at the same time.
Shi Hu withdrew the knife and turned around without even looking.
"Take Wang Zhang's head and follow me to his camp!"
A moment later, Shi Hu led the Jiehu soldiers and horses out and headed towards Wang Zhang's camp.
Wang Zhang's army was originally where rogue bandits gathered, and there was no loyalty at all.
After seeing Wang Zhang's head, almost everyone left in a hurry.
The Jiehu soldiers and horses led by Shi Hu immediately broke into the camp and took over the camp without much effort.
After annexing Wang Zhang's tribe, Shi Hu sent people to pick out all Wang Zhang's old cronies.
Regardless of whether these people were willing to submit to him or not, they were all beheaded in the camp.
Finally, Shi Hu ordered people to find lime and put all the heads of Wang Zhang and his companions in place.
These are the certificates of surrender that will be used to wash away one's past sins after taking refuge with Sima Rui in the future.
It can also be said to be a guarantee of future wealth, so it should be kept well.
Two days later, Shi Hu led his army to abandon all unnecessary baggage and began to head south.
There, an envoy sent by Jiangdong was waiting.
After Shi Hu arrived in Nanyang County, he immediately presented the heads of Wang Zhang and others to the envoy.
The person who was waiting for him from then on was Liu Wei, the prince's soldier. After seeing the heads of Wang Zhang and others, Liu Wei was very happy.
Since the fall of the Jin Dynasty, there has never been such an achievement in defeating a big bandit.
Moreover, Liu Wei saw Shi Hu coming with tens of thousands of troops, including twenty to thirty thousand strong men.
If these soldiers and horses arrive in Huainan, the authority of the Jin Emperor will be greatly enhanced.
With these elite troops stationed in Huainan, the soldiers and horses in Jingzhou and Jiangzhou will never dare to act rashly.
Without the constraints of Jingzhou and Jiangzhou, Crown Prince Sima Shao would have the opportunity to show his talents in Huainan and Jiangbei.
Liu Wei, who looked happy, quickly pardoned Shi Hu and his subordinates for all their past sins in the name of the imperial court, and also appointed Shi Hu as general and county governor on the spot.
In order to reach Huainan as soon as possible, Liu Wei also prepared thousands of boats in Nanyang specifically to transport Shi Hu's tribe.
In this case, Shi Hu and the others can take a boat, go south to Mianshui River, then enter the Yangtze River through Xiangyang and Jiangxia, and then go down the river to reach Huainan quickly.
"General, don't worry. If you go with the general on a certain road, you will be safe!" Liu Wei understood Shi Hu's heart very well.
These northern Jiehu are not used to water fighting and are instinctively afraid of riding in boats.
"The last general is from the north and doesn't like waterways. Everyone has doubts. Don't be surprised if he joins the army!"
Shi Hu felt relieved after hearing that Liu Wei was accompanying him.
After all, Liu Wei was accompanied by dozens of noble-looking Jin Dynasty officials.
It's impossible to hook up with all these people just to plot against him.
Later, after two days of preparation, Shihu's tens of thousands of people finally boarded the boat.
The water flow all the way down the river, and even if supplies were replenished on the way, they would reach Xiangyang very quickly.
After seeing the tall city walls of Xiangyang, Shi Hu, who was standing on the boat, couldn't help but notice a somewhat unkind feeling.
The entire Xiangyang City can be said to be heavily guarded. Although there are not many flags on the top of the city from a distance, they are all in good order.
Moreover, Shi Hu did not see a single boat on the river outside Xiangyang City, and the entire river was quiet and eerie.
"Joining the army, why are there no boats on the water?" Shi Hu couldn't help but ask Liu Wei beside him.
Along the way, Shi Hu was almost inseparable from Liu Wei, just afraid that Liu Wei would run away accidentally.
"Haha, general, don't be surprised. I have already informed Wang Jingzhou that when we were crossing the border by water, to avoid any misunderstanding, all Jingzhou's soldiers and horses were out of the way."
Liu Wei said with a smile.
Ever since Sima Rui and his son compromised with Wang Dun, they had completely let go of Jingzhou's affairs.
As a result, the relationship between the two parties turned out to be much better than before, and even seemed to be somewhat loving and courteous on the surface.
This time when Shihu's troops were recruited to surrender, Liu Wei told Wang Dun that they placed Jiehu along the Huaihe River to defend Qingzhou from the Han Dynasty.
Nothing else.
Wang Dun agreed to this very easily.
Now it seems that Jingzhou Mu Wangdun has indeed kept his promise.
Both the water and land sides have now been cleared in advance.
Afterwards, Liu Wei and Shi Hu went down smoothly until they reached Jingling. After walking a short distance, they could enter the river.
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion on the boat in front.
When Shi Hu saw this, he immediately became suspicious.
"What's going on!" Shi Hu asked alertly.
"General, there are large ships blocking the water ahead!" said a general.
"Who did this?" Liu Wei was also very confused.
"Get to the shore quickly, get to the shore quickly!" Shi Hu couldn't help but panic.
"General, don't panic. Let's go check it out. There must be some misunderstanding!" Liu Wei explained.
Afterwards, the two of them took a boat together and headed forward.
Only when he got closer did Liu Wei see it clearly.
It turns out that the naval forces in front are all soldiers and horses of Wang Dun of Jingzhou.
These warships of the Jingzhou Navy were tall and sturdy, almost blocking the entire river.
After approaching, Liu Wei immediately sent someone to ask questions in a small boat.
After a while, Xiao Zhou came back.
"What's going on? Didn't Wang Jingzhou tell them to get out of the way?" Liu Wei said with some dissatisfaction.
The person who asked the question had a sad face and looked at Liu Wei and then at Shi Hu next to him.
"Joining the army, those navy soldiers said, it is because of Wang Jingzhou's order that they want to be here, here..."
"What's here?!" Liu Wei shouted loudly.
"They are going to intercept and kill the traitors here. They will bring shame to Ningping and Yangcheng in the first place!"
"ah!"
"What!"
Liu Wei and Shi Hu were both shocked and felt that they had been plotted and betrayed.
"Go and say it quickly, we are all following His Majesty's orders!"
"I told you, but you didn't listen!"
"Then let's talk about it!" Liu Wei almost jumped in a hurry.
At this time, these fully loaded boats on the river were no match for warships.
Once a fight breaks out, it will definitely end in death.
Shi Hu, who was next to him, already had a knife in his hand with a gloomy expression.
"Join the army, why do you want to harm me!" Shi Hu said viciously.
"General, there is a misunderstanding. We are on the same boat now. Why should I harm you? If I harm you, I am harming me!" Liu Wei said quickly.
"The current plan is to get to the shore quickly!" Shi Hu put away some doubts.
"That's right, get to the shore quickly!" Liu Wei immediately ordered the boats behind him to dock.
Although the Jingzhou navy in front blocked the water, they had to go upstream if they wanted to attack them, which gave them a lot of time to escape.
Subsequently, flags were raised one after another on the boats, and many boats in front gradually docked.
However, there are thousands of boats carrying these Jiehu soldiers and horses, and it is almost endless as far as the eye can see. It will take a long time for them all to dock.
When Shi Hu, Liu Wei and their boats docked, Shi Hu and others ran to the shore through the mud.
After his feet stepped on solid ground, Shi Hu felt a little relieved.
However, before he put it down for a moment, he suddenly saw bursts of thick black smoke pillars in the distance to the north.
"Where did the fireworks come from!" Shi Hu couldn't help but be confused.
"It's on the river!"
"Yes, it's the plume of smoke on the water!"
Some Jiehu generals nearby all exclaimed.
Shi Hu took a closer look, and sure enough, the position of those smoke pillars was the position of the boat behind them.
"It's bad, I fell into the Jinlu's trick!" A Jiehu yelled.
When everyone heard this, they all drew their knives in their hands and prepared to fight against the enemy.
"Join the army, you really want to harm me!"
Shi Hu grabbed Liu Wei's collar and roared loudly.
"General, don't panic, let's go see it with your own eyes before making a decision!" Liu Wei already had a bad premonition in his heart, but he still insisted on saying this.
The thick smoke on Mianshui River gradually moved from far to near, and it could already be clearly seen near Jingling City.
"Hahaha, it's so funny that Thief Hu is so stupid!"
On the Mianshui River, on the largest eight-slot boat, Jingzhou Muwang Dun was looking at the scene in the distance and laughing.
"The prince has a clever plan. Now all these thieves have fallen into the trap and there is no escape!" Qian Feng, who joined Wang Dun's army, said with a smile.
"Liu Wei Shuzi, you think I am a three-year-old child and think I can let these thieves go to Huainan!" Wang Dun said dissatisfied.
It turned out that after learning that Shi Hu and other rebels had returned to the army and were going to Huainan via Mianshui and Jiangshui, Wang Dun immediately planned to intercept and kill these Jiehu.
As a result, many clan in-laws of the Langya Wang family died at the hands of these Jiehu people. If Jiehu could be intercepted and killed, it would definitely bring great fame to Wang Dun.
For those suffering scholars, as long as they can kill the enemy, it doesn't matter whether they are despicable or not.
Secondly, it is impossible for Wang Dun to let these Jiehu elites be used by Sima Rui and his son. If such a strong force is stationed in Huainan, the threat of Jingzhou Jiangzhou to Jiangdong will be greatly reduced.
As a result, Wang Dun's power and prestige will be greatly reduced.
"Send the order, all armies will march forward immediately!"
Wang Dun raised his head and glanced at the sky.
At this time, a strong southeast wind was blowing. As long as the sails were raised, the Jingzhou naval forces on the left and right, together with the ambush troops upstream, would catch all the boats transporting Jiehu.
"As you command!"
A general immediately took the order and left.
After a while, the entire river outside Jingling was filled with drums.
The sails were raised on the warship.
The swift southeast wind pushed the navy sterns one after another towards the boats in front.
Facing the menacing Jingzhou navy warships, the Jiehu people on the boats all screamed in horror.
Many boats have already docked, and the people on board have jumped into the water one after another, no matter how deep or shallow the water is, and are struggling to swim towards the shore.
However, most Jiehu are not water-resistant. If the water where you jump off the boat is shallow, it will be fine. If the water is deep, you can only plop twice, and then there will be no sound anymore.
But even so, many Jiehu no longer dare to stay on the ship.
Because the Jingzhou navy in front was already full of sails and rushing towards them at high speed.
Under the impact of the hard copper skin, these fragile boats capsized instantly.
Not only that, there are huge racket poles on both sides of the Jingzhou naval warship.
The racket stick is as long as a beam. After being raised high, once it falls, it will shatter the opponent.
After a lot of trouble, let alone the boat, even the people on the boat were fed fish and shrimp.
Suddenly, the entire fleet ahead was in chaos, and all the boats were rushing to row to both sides.
However, too many boats were crowded together, and the boats behind them were not allowed to approach.
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Then, the Jingzhou warships going down the river began to pursue them with rockets and other weapons. The ships that fell behind instantly turned into arson ships, and all the people and the ships were burned on the water.
