In the twelfth lunar month of winter, the vegetation was withered and yellow, and fueled by kerosene, the fire spread across the mountain at a speed visible to the naked eye. The flames soaring into the sky could still be seen from more than ten miles away.
At this moment, Ren Xiao's heart was like the sparks beating all over the mountains and plains, filled with abnormal excitement.
"Why did it catch fire?"
The Nanhai Port, where five thousand navy troops were stationed, was boiling like water.
Sima Chao, who was the temporary general of the South China Sea Navy, ran out as soon as he heard the noise.
In front of him was a sea of fire and a roar of people.
However, although the fire was fierce, there was still a distance between the hill in front of him and the port camp, and there was also a mountain road in between, so it couldn't be burned, but Sima Chao was very suspicious in his heart.
In this kind of weather, except for accidental wildfires caused by lightning strikes, fires usually don't happen. Why is it so strange that a fire started outside the port?
"General, do you need to send someone out to check?"
An armored lieutenant ran to Sima Chao and bowed to ask for instructions.
Although Sima Chao was the temporary replacement of Tu Sui's General Lou Chuan, he was the General Lou Chuan when he was in Langya Port, so he did not panic. This is why Zhao Hao was willing to hand over the South China Sea Navy to him.
I saw Sima Chao looking around, shaking his head and saying: "We still don't know what the situation is outside the port. Our task is to guard the port, wake up everyone, and let the boatmen sail the ship out of the port.
In addition, the entire army is equipped with armor and is on standby on the way here! "
"promise!"
This may be just an accidental mountain fire, or maybe Zhao Tuo is trying to achieve some purpose. Sima Chao cannot tell, but there is only one road leading to this port. Guarding this place, despite all the tricks outside, will not help in the end.
At this time, in a mountain forest on the left side of Nanhai Port, Wang Jian, who set out three days ago and arrived at dusk, naturally saw the fire, but he did not act immediately, but quietly watched the situation down the mountain.
"Old General, it seems that just as the young master expected, Zhao Tuo and the others are eyeing those artillery pieces!"
Ke Bei walked slowly to Wang Jian and said with a smile.
Wang Jian glanced at him and said, "Have Chen Ping's people come back?"
"I'm back, and I brought important news!"
"What important news?"
Ke Bei said with a smile: "Zhao Tuo had a disagreement with Luo Yao, the chief of the Luo Yue Alliance today. The two parties are now at odds with each other!"
"I have dealt with Luo Yao before, and he is quite a good person!"
Wang Jian frowned and said: "It's a pity that the poor mountains and rivers breed unruly people. The environment where Luoyue is located is harsh. The Luoyue people are not familiar with farming and have very few living resources. We can only force him, the chief, to constantly ask for supplies from Da Qin. Otherwise, he will never I won’t cooperate with Zhao Tuo!”
"Anyway, this is good news for us to disintegrate the Zhao Tuo Alliance!"
"What do Chen Ping have in mind?"
Ke Bei pondered for a moment and said: "Director Chen plans to kill Luo Yao and make them fight among themselves."
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Wang Jian frowned and said nothing, but finally nodded.
He knew how much Zhao Hao valued Chen Ping, so although Chen Ping's decision made him a little shameful, someone had to sacrifice for victory.
On the other side, the senior officials who had been waiting behind Ren Xiao for a long time saw Ren Xiao lighting the mountain fire and immediately called to Zhao Tuojun behind him, saying:
"Brothers, there are rebel warships at the foot of the mountain. As long as Lieutenant Ren is allowed to hijack these warships, Zhao Hao's army will be in chaos. We can then rush into Linchen City and save His Majesty from danger!"
As he spoke, he dropped the sword in his hand from the mountain: "Throw down the weapons and shields in your hands!"
Everyone moved when they heard the sound and threw down the weapons and shields in their hands.
On a quiet night, people in the port camp could hear these bursts of thunder and banging sounds, even if they were two miles away. But at this time, their attention was focused outside the port. Everyone They all gathered together, and no one noticed the movement here at all.
When Gao Yao saw everyone throwing down their weapons and shields from the mountain, he picked up the blanket on the ground and wrapped it around himself. He looked around at the people in front of him and said in a deep voice:
"At the foot of the mountain is our unparalleled feat, our immortal deeds. I am waiting for you all at the foot of the mountain!"
After saying that, without any hesitation, he jumped down like a kite with its string broken. First it hit the slope four to five feet high, and then it flipped and rolled down like a rolling stone. Finally disappeared into the dark valley.
Zhao Gao originally trained Gao Yao as a dead soldier, but now he is sent to assist Ren Xiao and Zhao Tuo.
Of course he does his best.
Zhao Tuo and Ren Xiao did not underestimate him, and directly handed over their most elite death squads to him.
Originally, these members of the death squad didn't think highly of the eunuch, but Gao Yao's leading-edge demeanor inspired them so much that they immediately wrapped themselves in blankets and jumped in as if they were dead.
Those who are luckier can avoid their head and other vital parts every time they fall. With the help of blankets and armor, most of the impact is removed. The people in the blankets close their eyes tightly and exert all their strength, looking forward to every fall. It's all the final distance.
Those who were unlucky lost consciousness when the first impact hit them. Even though their chests were dented by the impact, they felt no pain, because they were already dead before they could hit the bottom.
He was the first to jump off the cliff. Because of his good luck and his strong physique, Gao Yao endured the severe pain all over his body and climbed up from the ground with difficulty.
There were already several wounds on his body, and there was a half-foot-long gash on his arm, which was bleeding profusely, but he just silently tore off a corner of his cloak and tied the wound.
The pain from the wound was the most painful compared to witnessing these suicide squad members falling to death one after another.
Because these death squad members, like him, cannot choose their own destiny.
As the last muffled sound came, everyone had reached the bottom.
However, those who can stand up are just barely halfway through.
"I'm alive"
This is the first sentence of most people. They are more or less injured, but no one cares because it is not easy to live.
"inventory."
Halfway through his words, Gao Yao became speechless.
This was just a subconscious order, but he suddenly remembered that this leap that killed more than half of the people was not the end of the battle, but the beginning.
He took a deep breath, looked at the warships that were moving away not far away, and said in a deep voice:
"Brothers, for His Majesty's sake, come with me!"
"Your Majesty, ten thousand years!"
The gathered members of the death squads roared.
Immediately, they rushed towards the port.
At this time, at the port, Sima Chao was holding a halberd leaning on the ground in his right hand. He really saw a group of enemy troops outside the port. This was expected, but Sima Chao was becoming more and more confused.
Because the group of enemy troops outside the port did not seem to be large in number, only three to four thousand people, and they did not intend to take further action. They were just ready to confront and stare at the naval forces at the port.
"General, do you need to light a hot air balloon and let me know?"
The lieutenant beside Sima Xuan asked.
"What do they want to do?"
Sima Chao did not answer the lieutenant, but muttered to himself.
In fact, Sima Chao had repeated this sentence five times without knowing it, because he had never seen anyone fighting like this.
Sima Chao had not considered lighting a hot air balloon. Zhao Hao had repeatedly explained that only when the South China Sea port was attacked and the troops could not support it would he need to light a hot air balloon for help. The situation at hand was unclear, so he did not dare to light a hot air balloon rashly.
But no matter what, when he saw the enemy, he still asked his soldiers to prepare in formation, with three thousand naval infantry in front, wearing armor and carrying swords, and two thousand naval crossbowmen behind them with bows and strings.
While they were concentrating on confronting the enemy forces outside Hong Kong, Gao Yao behind them had already moved forward with 1,600 members of the death squad.
"kill!"
Gao Yao waved the long sword in his hand and swept through the entire army like a roll, directly sending five naval crossbowmen flying away.
With swords in hand and the death squads, they pounced on each other as if they were enemies, and chopped down the navy crossbowmen with astonished faces in front of them one by one.
Gao Yao and the 1,600 members of the suicide squad were like magic soldiers descending from the sky. The Nanhai Navy did not expect that an enemy force would come out from behind at this time, and they suddenly fell into chaos.
"Don't panic, don't be chaotic, there aren't many enemy troops coming, come with me and fight back!"
The world only knows that Sima Cuo is good at using troops, but his descendant Sima Chao is also a general who has experienced hundreds of battles. His psychological quality is not bad. He didn't even think about how these people appeared. He immediately shouted and wanted to Hold your ground.
However, how could the navy crossbowmen fight hand-to-hand with such melee soldiers? Their conditioned reflex was to hide in front, while the navy infantry in front wanted to rush up and fight the enemy in hand-to-hand combat, but they collided with the crossbowmen. It was full of people, and it was even more chaotic.
At this time, even when faced with an army of five thousand, these sixteen hundred members of the death squad showed a crushing attitude.
What's worse is that as soon as the port war started, Ren Xiao from outside the port rushed in with three thousand men under his command.
Now he was attacked from both sides. Even if Sima Chao shouted with all his strength and killed the approaching rebels, it would be difficult to restore the defeated situation. He could only helplessly shout: "Go and get the hot air balloon, hurry up." Hot air balloon, get out quickly!”
"Master! Master! Something big has happened. Get up and take a look!"
The impatient Wu Nian could only shout outside the tent because he was blocked by Wu Ya.
Zhao Hao lay on the bed and rubbed his sleepy eyes. He was in a daze for a while. When he came to his senses, he immediately jumped out of bed, put on his big cloak and walked out.
"What's wrong?"
"There's a fire! There's a fire at the Nanhai Port! Zhao Tuo must have sent people to attack. Please send troops to rescue me!"
Wu Nian was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, pointing to the southwest and shouting.
Looking in the direction of his finger, Zhao Hao couldn't see the fire, but only saw billowing smoke and a bright red. It was obvious that there was a sneak attack.
At this time, the senior brothers also ran over, but they did not dare to disturb Zhao Hao.
"My lord, time does not wait for me. Send your troops quickly. Maybe Sima Chao is fighting to the death with Zhao Tuo's army at this time!"
Wu Nian asked anxiously again.
Perhaps Sima Zhao didn't have much affection for the Nanhai Navy, but many of Wu Nian's lords were in the Nanhai Navy, so he was more anxious than anyone else.
Seeing that Zhao Hao was still unmoved, he finally couldn't help but knelt down, bowed and said: "Please, sir, give the order quickly!"
"Don't panic, don't panic, panic won't solve the problem!"
Zhao Hao helped Wu Nian up with his hand and asked, "Do you know how far it is from the port?"
"this"
Wu Nian reacted for a moment, then suddenly thought of something and said hesitantly: "About dozens of miles."
"Yes, it's dozens of miles away. By the time we get there, others will have already finished fighting. Besides, such a big fire has obviously been burning for a while, and it's too late for rescue!"
"Is it possible that we could just watch the Nanhai port fall into the hands of Zhao Tuo? There are more than a hundred warships there."
"The Nanhai Port is a natural port with only one road through it. How did they do it?
and"
As he said that, Zhao Hao suddenly slapped his forehead: "I remembered, the fire may not have started inside the port, but maybe it started outside. This is a plan to attack the east and attack the west!"
"Whoever comes, please notify Han Xin immediately and ask him to take five thousand people to the Nanhai port to rescue Sima Chao!"
"promise!"
After watching a messenger leave, Zhao Hao once again set his sights on Wu Nian: "Wu Nian, take 10,000 people and ambush near Linchen City. If you don't encounter the enemy after daybreak, withdraw immediately!"
"promise."
After bowing, Wu Nian hesitated for a moment and then said: "Sir, do you want to fight the Minyue side?"
"hehe."
Zhao Hao smiled and said nothing, but waved his hand to signal Wu Nian to go quickly.
Wu Nian knew that Zhao Hao was resourceful, so he left the military tent without saying anything.
"Brother Hao?"
The senior brothers were a little surprised. They were all sent out, but nothing happened to them.
"Brothers, you want to attack Minyue, but don't you think that if you really take people to Minyue, our camp will be empty?"
Zhao Hao smiled lightly and said as if chatting.
The senior brothers were shocked and subconsciously took a step back.
After a while, I heard Young Master Gao tentatively saying, "What do you mean, Brother Hao, is Minyue going to send people to rob the camp?"
"I'm not a god and can predict the future, but if I were Wu Zhu, I would definitely not miss this opportunity!"
"Understood."
Young Master Gao nodded, cupped his fists and said, "Brother Hao, please find a safe place and leave the rest to us brothers!"
"Yes Haodi, leave this place to us!"
Gong Ziliang and others also rubbed their hands together excitedly.
Zhao Hao looked at them with a smile, didn't say much, and just left the Chinese army's tent.
Zhao Hao still doesn't know the abilities of the senior brothers, but it depends on luck whether they can catch any big fish tonight.
I heard that Wuzhu, the Minyue king, was fond of military affairs, but I didn't know if he would come tonight.
If they come, it will be much easier to unify Baiyue.
If he doesn't come, let's take action on these two bastards, Zhao Tuo and Ren Xiao.
"Father, the next step is up to you."
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