Chapter 422

"This..." Ziying hesitated and said nothing.

Tang Yin was stunned and asked, "Does General Ziying have any concerns?"

Ziying said: "Sir, we don't know the specific situation on the north bank yet. Should we wait until the Sky Eye and Earth Network investigate clearly before making a decision?"

Tang Yin smiled and asked, "General Ziying thinks the enemy will set up an ambush on the north bank?"

Ziying nodded and said worriedly: "Zhong Tian and the Peng generals under his command are nothing to worry about, but Zhan Wushuang is extraordinary. This man is very good at using soldiers. You must be on guard! Three hundred rafts, even if Without transporting horses, baggage, and food, only a few thousand people can cross the river. Once the enemy sets up an ambush on the north bank of the Pan River, the first batch of soldiers crossing the river will be in danger. "

"Oh?" Tang Yin didn't expect this. He thought for a moment and shouted: "Someone is here!"

Following his words, a guard approached from outside, stepped in to salute, and asked, "What are your orders, sir?"

Tang Yin said: "Go and find Letian and Ai Jia here."

"Yes! Sir!"

The guard agreed and left with the order. Tang Yin asked Ziying to bring over the map of Lishan City and carefully examine the terrain around Panshui. Lishan City is located on the south bank of Pan River, while on the north bank, apart from a small dock, there is a large area of ​​dense forest, where it is very easy to hide troops.

Not long after, Letian and Ai Jia arrived one after another. After greeting Tang Yin, they stood aside.

Tang Yin asked: "Have you two sent spies to investigate the situation on the other side?"

Letian and Ai Jia looked at each other and frowned secretly. The latter did not answer. Letian whispered: "Sir, we have been sent out, but we haven't brought back any news yet."

Tang Yin raised his eyebrows and said, "We have been staying in Lishan City for five days, and we haven't clearly investigated the situation on the other side in five days?"

"It's like this. There are no ships in Lishan City. To get to the other side, we have to swim across. But the brothers under General Ai and I are basically from Tianyuan County. It's cold and dry there, and most of the brothers don't know how to swim. They can't swim. There are very few brothers who have reached the other side, and the investigation will be much slower. No definite news has been sent back yet. "

After Lotte finished speaking, even he felt that this was far-fetched. There were not many Sky Eyes and Ground Network spies accompanying the army, and even fewer were good at water. But after all, there were still some, and when the Tianyuan Army first entered Lishan City, Lotte and Ai Jia The spies were sent out, but after five days, there was no sound and training. This was somewhat abnormal.

Tang Yin tapped his forehead and asked, "Then when will the exact news be sent back?"

"This..." Lotte was speechless. After thinking for a while, he handed over his hand and said: "Currently, there are rafts in the army. General Ai and I will send some brothers to ride the rafts to the other side..."

Before he could finish speaking, Tang Yin interrupted: "Are you asking me to wait for another five days?"

Letian was shocked and said hurriedly: "Within three days, I will give you a satisfactory answer."

"I can't wait that long." Tang Yin squinted his eyes and said faintly: "No matter whether the enemy is ambushing on the other side or not, I will forcefully cross the river!" After all, Tang Yin has not yet become a king, and he is worried about being away from the capital for too long. Changes would happen on the home front, so he sincerely hoped that the war would end quickly so that he could return to the capital as soon as possible. Furthermore, there are currently many strong generals around him, including Shangguan Yuanrang and Zhan Hu, who are invincible to ten thousand people. Even if the opponent really has an ambush, they can't do anything to his side.

After hearing what he said, Ziying's heart trembled and she asked, "What do you mean, sir..."

"Early tomorrow morning, Yuan Rang, the commander of six thousand soldiers, will cross the river first and set up camp on the north bank of Pan River. After stabilizing the position, my army will follow." Tang Yin said firmly.

Ziying still felt it was wrong to cross the river hastily without finding out the other side. Even with a fierce general like Shangguan Yuanrang holding the battle, Ziying still felt inappropriate. He wanted to make a comment, but then he remembered what Tang Yin said to him a few days ago, seemingly unintentionally and intentionally. That sentence reached his lips and he swallowed it back.

Hearing Ziying's silence, Tang Yin smiled and asked, "What do you think, General Ziying?"

"Oh... Just as you see it!" Ziying looked confused, hesitated for a while, and then followed Tang Yin's words.

"Okay! Since General Ziying has no objections, then the matter is settled. You all go back and prepare to cross the river tomorrow morning!"

"Yes! Sir!"

Ziying, Letian and Ai Jia resigned one after another and left Tang Yin's bedroom.

The next day, in the early morning, Shangguan Yuanrang received Tang Yin's order and led 6,000 Tianyuan Army soldiers to prepare to cross the river on a raft.

The rafts made by the Tianyuan Army were very crude. Seven or eight long wooden piles were arranged side by side and tied tightly with hemp ropes. Each raft could only seat about twenty people at best. Three hundred rafts could barely accommodate six people. Used by thousands of soldiers.

Before Shangguan Yuanrang got on the raft, Ziying stepped forward and whispered: "General Yuanrang, you must be careful when crossing the river this time. Do not rush forward. If you find any disturbance on the other side, you must retreat immediately."

Shangguan Yuanrang wondered whether he had taken Ziying's advice seriously. He looked up and laughed and said, "General Ziying, don't worry, I have my own sense of proportion." Having met an opponent who could compete with him, he was even more confident and would not look down upon anyone.

Seeing his appearance, Ziying knew that his words were in vain. He sighed secretly and said no more.

The surface of the Pan River is about 500 meters, more than 100 feet, and the current is fast and difficult to ferry. The Tianyuan Army specially invited people from Lishan City who were familiar with the water to steer the raft so that the raft would not be washed away by the river.

Shangguan Yuanrang boarded the raft, looked back at Tang Yin who was lying in the carriage, raised his hands, and shouted loudly: "Sir, the general is gone!"

Tang Yin propped his body up with his elbows, then waved to Shang Guanyuan with a smile. After seeing this, the latter, without further delay, swung his arms forward and shouted: "March!"

call!

Under Shangguan Yuanrang's order, three hundred rafts all left the river and rowed straight to the other side. I saw the common people at the helm using long bamboo poles to control the direction of the raft, and the soldiers on the boat used special small wooden boards to paddle the water. One after another, the small rafts began to slide on the river, and the speed was extremely fast. .

Not long after, the raft had successfully entered the center of the river, and the plants and trees on the other side were clearly visible. Looking at the calm waves on the shore ahead, Shangguan Yuanrang couldn't help but grin and said quietly: "Unless the enemy has eaten the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard, You dare to block our army's path and resist our army's strength!"

The soldiers who were on the same raft with him all laughed and said: "Don't say there are no enemy troops on the other side. Even if there are enemy troops, they would have been scared away as soon as they heard that General Yuan Rang was personally leading the troops."

The compliments of the soldiers made Shangguan Yuanrang smile from ear to ear. When he was arrogant and elated, he suddenly heard whistles in the dense forest on the other side. Before the soldiers could figure out what was going on, they saw a piece of Huge boulders flew out from above the forest and hit the raft of the Tianyuan Army.

"Ah? There are enemy troops on the other side!" Shangguan Yuanrang shouted instinctively. At the same time, he immediately put on his spiritual armor and spiritualized the three-pointed two-edged sword in his hand.

I saw more than twenty boulders flying from the dense forest. They fell high and roared into the river. The water columns stirred up were several meters high. The surrounding rafts swayed from side to side, and the soldiers on them were agitated. Shaodu couldn't sit still enough, and his body fell into the river. People only shouted a few times on the river surface, and then they were swept into the bottom of the river by the undercurrent of the river and lost their traces.

These were just boulders that were not heavy enough. Some of the boulders hit the raft directly. In an instant, several soldiers were beaten into a pulp. How could flesh and blood resist the force of the boulders falling? After the huge boulder smashed the soldiers of Feng Army, it also smashed the raft below. The Feng Army soldiers on top and the people at the helm fell into the water and were swept away by the rushing river in the blink of an eye.

For a time, people on the river were shouting and screaming, and the poor soldiers were buried at the bottom of the river without even seeing the shadow of their enemies.

When Shangguan Yuanrang saw him, his eyebrows stood up, his eyes widened, and his dark face turned purple. He shouted repeatedly: "Don't mess up! Don't mess up! Speed ​​up and rush to the shore first!"

The opponent used weapons such as trebuchets, which could not hit the target at a distance. Shangguan Yuanrang thought that as long as he crossed the range of the trebuchet, he would be fine, but things were not that simple.

Shangguan Yuanrang's raft took the lead and rushed to the front. It quickly crossed the center of the river and sailed straight to the other side. Seeing that the Fengjun raft headed by Shangguan Yuanrang was only about 20 feet away from the shore. At this time, the whistle sounded again in the dense forest on the opposite side, and countless Peng troops were seen rushing out of the forest, holding arrows wrapped in oilcloth in their hands. After quickly lighting them, they fired a volley of arrows at the rafts on the river. .

Seeing the rockets in the sky coming towards him, Shangguan Yuanrang's head buzzed. He didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly waved his spiritual knife to block the arrows. He could protect his own body, but he couldn't protect everyone on the ship. After the rain of arrows, several soldiers behind him had been shot to death, and even the common people at the helm were hit by several arrows and fell into the river.

If this is the case on his side, one can imagine the situation on other rafts. The Fengjun finally managed to avoid being hit by the opponent's boulders, and were about to rush to the river bank. At this time, they became a living target. On the raft, there was no place to dodge. The dense and continuous rockets would attack them. The wind soldiers shot into row after row.

What's even worse is that the opponent's rocket was nailed to the raft and burned the wooden piles. The wooden piles were soaked with water and could not burn completely. However, the hemp ropes binding the wooden piles could not withstand the fire, and the hemp ropes were soon burned. The wooden piles that had lost their fixation were broken and fell into pieces, and the soldiers on them fell into the water one after another. Many people were still struggling on the river surface and calling for help, but they were hit on the head by wooden piles floating down from the upstream and died tragically in the river.

For a moment, the water on the river was almost dyed red with the blood of Feng Jun. Most of the three hundred rafts were damaged in an instant, and Feng Jun, who was drifting with the current, could not even fight back.