Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 183
Huan Yuan looked at the defeated Fujian and Yue soldiers by the river, feeling anxious.

He had already guessed this scene, but he still didn't want to see it.Because these all show that things are moving towards his worst expectations.

Things could be worse than he imagined.

There are more than 1000 people deployed on the left wing on the north bank, and there are more than 500 people facing Yu Shan and Liu Ju's boat.In order to prevent accidents, he also deployed several archers from the Houyi Battalion, hoping to use their excellent archery skills to last for a while, so that the soldiers on the ship could land in time for support.

However, in just two drums, the Minyue Army collapsed and was driven to the bank of the river, but the soldiers on the water were blocked by Liu Ju's warship and had not yet found a suitable place to go ashore.

Who is it?Could it be the Kuaiji County soldiers led by Dou Qufei?

Huan Yuan didn't dare to neglect, he hurriedly greeted Liu Ju who had just boarded his warship. "Your Highness, don't stay here for long, leave immediately."

Liu Ju was so frightened that he couldn't stop shaking while holding on to the mast.He looked at Huan Yuan and hesitated for a long time. "Go? How?"

"Your Highness, Wu County is only thirty or forty miles away from here, and it will arrive soon. Once they arrive, we will be trapped in the river, unable to get up and down, and we will be defeated without a fight. It will be too late to regret. The small boat still has a chance to break through."

Jing Zhao climbed up with the support of two personal guards, just in time to hear Huan Yuan's words, and coughed majestically: "His Royal Highness's ship was damaged, and there are more than a hundred soldiers trapped in the ship. Let's go, aren't you afraid that the soldiers will be disappointed? Besides, there are still many treasures on board, if they are not rescued, will His Highness return to Dongzhi and drink the wind to satisfy his hunger?"

Huan Yuan couldn't bear it anymore, and flew into a rage. "General Jing, you were also a general of the Wu Kingdom back then. Don't you know anything about the water situation in Songjiang? Now that the ship is damaged and will sink soon, how can you rescue the treasures on board? I'm afraid the treasures will be stolen. , and you have no chance to take it away, are you going to present it to Dou Qufei as a meeting gift? Or take His Highness's head too?"

"Huan Yuan, you're spitting blood." Jing Zhao also blushed, furious. "My loyalty to His Highness can be learned from the sun and the moon. When I escorted His Highness to Dongye, where were you? What is the reason for today's predicament? Isn't it because of the collusion between your master and apprentice..."

Huan Yuan's face darkened, feeling cold. "If my master colludes inside and outside, you can still stand here and talk."

As soon as Zhong Liqi waved his hand, the archers from the Houyi camp immediately surrounded them, drew their bows and set up arrows, aiming at Jing Zhao's subordinates who were desperately climbing up.Jing Zhao looked around, took a deep breath, and immediately closed his mouth with a look of fear on his face.Only then did he realize that the situation was wrong.Liu Ju's ship was damaged, so they had to move to Huanyuan's warship and live under the fence.If Huan Yuan wanted his life, it would be a matter of little effort.

Jing Zhao regretted Mo Die, and gave Liu Ju winks again and again.

Liu Ju also realized the danger, swallowed hard, forced a smile on his face, and even said good things. "General Huan, the situation is urgent. General Jing made a slip of the tongue. Don't take it to heart. According to the general, it's better to leave as soon as possible. General, look..."

Huan Yuan snorted angrily, walked to the side, and raised his hand to give an order. "Beat the drums, charge forward, order everyone to get out of the way, and anyone who dares to block the way will be killed!"

The archers responded loudly, lined up beside the ship, shouted in unison, and ordered the other warships to get out of the way.The sound of the war drums exploded, and the oarsmen rowed vigorously, driving the warships to break through the waves and push aside the warships that were in the way.Some warships were overturned, and the soldiers on board fell into the water and cursed.Some warships simply turned their heads, ready to fight their way.Without saying a word, Huan Yuan raised his bow, and the string rang repeatedly, shooting and killing several people one after another.

There were screams everywhere, seeing Huan Yuan standing on the bow of the boat with a sullen expression on his face, and the archers of the Houyi camp opened their arrows, no one dared to fight for the road, and they all avoided.

Huan Yuan's warship accelerated rapidly and got away from the sinking warship.He commanded the warship to go straight to Yu Shan's ship.Yu Shan's boat was also pierced by the underwater iron spear, and he was busy retreating to other warships, when he saw Huan Yuan and others coming, he kept calling for help.

Huan Yuan told Yu Shan about the current danger, and Yu Shan was also taken aback.However, he was different from Liu Ju, he followed good example, immediately gave up those treasures, took the personal guard battalion, squeezed away the other warships, and sailed downstream first.

Liu Ju's men and horses were not many in the first place, and a dozen or so boats could accommodate them. When they saw Liu Ju retreating, they all followed him.Yu Shan's army didn't have time to greet them, only a small half found the boat and retreated with Yu Shan, the rest were trapped on the big boat, or simply fell into the water.

Huan Yuan led Yu Shan and Liu Ju out of the siege, and then stopped.

"General, Your Highness, you retreat first, and I will gather the remnants."

Yu Shan was still in shock, and nodded again and again.He ordered someone to take his command flag and hand it over to Huanyuan. "Everything is entrusted to the general."

"Don't worry, general." Huan Yuan nodded emphatically, bowed deeply to Liu Ju, took Zhong Liqi with him, jumped into a small boat, and returned to the chaotic battlefield.Yu Shan sighed. "Loyalty general."

Liu Ju's face was like a pig's liver, he felt ashamed.Jing Zhao's face was gloomy, his eyes flickering.

Huan Yuan returned to the center of the battlefield, boarded a medium-sized warship, and ordered people to raise Yu Shan's battle flag and beat the drums. While commanding the army to reorganize and retreat in an orderly manner, he ordered Zhong Liqi to take Houyi's battalion with him. Go ashore and organize a counterattack, so as not to be rushed to the ship by the enemy on the shore.

The drums sounded, the flag was raised, and the panic-stricken Fujian and Yue soldiers found their backbone and gathered towards Huanyuan together.

……

On the bank, Li Jiao had already commanded various ministries, pushed the remnants of Fujian and Vietnam off the river bank, and then ordered everyone to come forward and shoot.The Fujian and Yue soldiers huddled on the narrow bank, stepped on the wet mud, walked with difficulty, were shot in a panic, and fell one by one in a pool of blood.The blood stained the wet mud red, gathered into a stream, seeped into the river water, and drifted with the current, turning dark red.

Zhong Liqi led the Houyi battalion archers to arrive and shot together, and finally stabilized the situation.

Seeing the battle flag of the Houyi Battalion, Liang Xiao immediately signaled Li Jiao to retreat.Although Li Jiao still had a lot to say, he still accepted Liang Xiao's suggestion.He could also see that although the archers of the Houyi Battalion were far behind Liang Xiaobi, and even inferior to Lang Guan, they still had an advantage over the slave soldiers formed by the Wu County tycoons.Once there is a stalemate, the casualties of domestic slave soldiers are likely to increase sharply.

"Unfortunately, if Kuaiji County soldiers are here, none of these Yue thieves will be able to escape."

"The soldiers of Kuaiji County shouldn't be far away." Liang Xiao looked at the western horizon, and then at the excited domestic slave soldiers. "Time to hide them."

"why?"

"It's impossible for Prefect Dou not to know the strength of these big names, but he doesn't want to be troublesome, so he pretends not to know. If he doesn't hide it, can Prefect Dou continue to pretend not to know?"

Li Jiao frowned. "Dou Qufei is so timid and fearful, he is not at all like the descendants of the Dou family. The empress dowager is still alive, and they are so weak. When the empress dowager dies, will they still have a place to stand?"

"The Dou family has the difficulties of the Dou family. The empress dowager is over sixty years old and has been suffering from eye diseases for many years. I'm afraid she won't last long. The children of the Dou family are also planning ahead and have foresight. Otherwise, when the empress dowager dies, It’s too late to change course.”

Li Jiao glanced at Liang Xiao in surprise, smacked his lips, thought for a while, and said, "What you said makes sense, but I still feel aggrieved. Wei Qihou was so chivalrous back then, but now he has fallen to such a level. Chilling."

Liang Xiao didn't say anything.This is chilling?Wait for two years, and there will be more chilling things to come.Of course, your Li family is not much better.You'd better think about yourself, don't just worry about the Dou family.

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Yan Zhu and Dou Qufei shared a chariot and rushed to the battlefield.

Calm has returned to the river, except for some overturned boats and the bodies of drowned Fujian and Yue soldiers, there are not many people in sight.Huan Yuan gathered the rest of the soldiers and went down the river. He had been gone for half a day.

The more obvious results of the battle were only three or four hundred people who were beheaded by the slave soldiers led by Liang Xiao and Li Jiao by the riverside.Because of Zhong Liqi's help, nearly 400 people who had nowhere to escape returned to the warship.

Seeing Wang Xing who came to greet him, Dou Qufei was very embarrassed.If he had listened to Wang Xing's suggestion and sent the county soldiers to set up an ambush by the river earlier, the result would not have been just these few hundred people, and it might even have wiped out the main force of Fujian and Yue.It is possible to catch Liu Ju or Yu Shan.

What a great opportunity, now it's all gone along the river.

Dou Qufei said to Liang Xiao and the others with an apologetic face, "You guys have worked hard."

Li Jiao snorted and glanced at Yan Zhu.Liang Xiao pulled his sleeve, pushed him, and came to Yan Zhu.Li Jiao held his head up, pretending not to see Yan Zhu.Liang Xiao had no choice but to secretly kick Li Jiao, even giving him winks.Li Jiao glared unconvinced, and reluctantly saluted Yan Zhu, but remained silent.

Yan Zhu was also very embarrassed, and said lightly: "You have worked hard, this time back to Beijing, Zhu will definitely ask for credit for you."

After hearing this, the officials' faces softened a little.

Liang Xiao smiled wryly, thinking that these guys are really straightforward, they don't even turn a corner.He said to ask for credit for you, and you believed it?Are you all three year olds?

"It's all because of the master's command, I just did my best, it's not worth mentioning." Liang Xiao said modestly, and reminded: "Although Minyue retreats, the mission of the master is not over yet. When is your lord going to set off, arrange it early so that I can make some preparations. These days, the horses are working very hard, and if they lose their huss, they need to be carefully adjusted. There are still a few horses that died in battle, so please invite Lord Dou Issue the paperwork, and I will log it out when I return to Beijing."

Dou Qufei showed a little surprise in his eyes, and looked at Liang Xiao deliberately.

Yan Zhu's color softened a bit. "You don't have to worry about this. You report the horses that died in battle, and I will prepare the documents for you. As for the mission, Liang Xiao, do you have any good suggestions?"

Liang Xiao shook his head again and again. "We only know how to gallop and kill the enemy, so we don't know about important national affairs. Whatever your lord has arranged, we will follow orders."

Yan Zhu was silent, but Dou Qufei laughed silently.He looked at Liang Xiao, and then at Wang Xing.
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