Chapter 17 Stealing the Enemy Ship at Night
"Not good, no good! The forage yard is on fire too!"
A young Jin Bing School first discovered the fire behind him. He hurriedly called his friends around him and called them back to the grassland to put out the fire.
"It's broken, we've fallen into a trap! It's clear that someone used the trick of luring the tiger away from the mountain to set fire to our forage farm!" The head of Jin soldiers immediately reacted. He saw that the fire in these two places was strange, and it was obvious that someone was deliberately making arrangements. However, at this time, he led his subordinates back to put out the fire, which was already too late.
"Go and notify the brothers in Liyuwan and let them come to put out the fire quickly!" The leader of the Jin soldiers hurriedly ordered the small school to go to Liyuwan to report the news quickly.
Just now, Wang Zichun sneaked into the forage yard while the Jin soldiers were not prepared. He ignited the pre-prepared sulfur, spear and other items of fire-induced ignition. He asked the dozen brothers below to take out the torches soaked in fish oil, and guided them to ignite the forty or fifty haystacks from south to north. When they reached the end of the haystacks, they threw the torches into the horse shed, turned over and jumped out of the fence wall of the haystacks. When they retreated to the distance and turned around to look at them, the haystacks were already lit, and the haystacks that were lit at the beginning had already burned.
According to Liu Yixuan's instructions, Wang Zichun did not stay here for a long time after setting fires, but took the Song army around the small road to Liyu Bay, because it was their main battlefield tonight.
At this time, Liu Yixuan was still ambushing in the reed marsh around Liyu Bay. While observing the movements in the Jin barracks, he also paid attention to the situation on the forage farm. When he saw fires rising from the northwest from afar, he felt relieved.
There were more than 100 Jin soldiers stationed in Liyu Bay. Because they had not fought for a long time, they were already exhausted and relaxed. They just drank and played money every day to bully the local people. Suddenly, they heard sentries coming to report that the forage farm in the north had caught fire and were busy for a while.
Jin soldiers, big and small, ran from the barracks to watch from the high ground. When they saw that the fire was indeed rising, they hurriedly took weapons to the forage yard to put out the fire. Because the Jin soldiers here were not only responsible for guarding the warships in Liyu Bay, but also assumed part of the guards of the forage yard. When they saw that the forage yard had a fire, they didn't know whether someone deliberately set fire or the guards of the forage yard accidentally ignited the pasture by themselves with fire. In short, the water and fire were ruthless and could not be delayed for a second.
Liu Yixuan was observing the movements of these Jin soldiers in the dark. As expected, this group of Jin soldiers was only concerned about helping their companions put out fires, and had already lost guards of their defense zone. The entire Liyu Bay soon became quiet after passing the noise just now.
More than 100 Jin soldiers ran to put out the fire, leaving only a few guards guarding the lake. The sentry saw the fire in the distance, and they had no intention of keeping the watch. They all climbed onto the platform and watched the fire northward. They were still talking about each other, fearing that the superiors would blame them, and they would punish them for their wages, or transfer them to other places to do hard work. In fact, they were thinking too much because the Song imperial guards hiding behind them would not give them this opportunity!
"Come on me!" Liu Yixuan turned around and gave orders to the Song army behind him.
After about fifty or sixty Song soldiers rushed out of the reed marsh quickly. They rushed into the Jin barracks with big swords and spears in their hands at a speed of 100 meters.
"Who is there..." A sentry heard the movement and hurriedly turned back to the alert, but she didn't expect that Song Jun had already rushed in front of him. Before he could react, he saw a long spear flying towards him quickly.
"Ah!..." After a scream, the sentry fell to the ground from the high platform. Seeing that the group of people came from somewhere, the other Jin soldiers immediately rushed to get the weapons, but unexpectedly, the Song army had already caught up with them from behind.
"Puchi! Puchi..." I don't know whether it was the sound of a steel knife stabbing into the human body or the sound of a spear stabbing into the human body, the Song army, who had already prepared, quickly cleaned up the Jin soldiers who were left behind one by one. In less than two minutes, the Jin soldiers who were left beside the barracks met the King of Hell in advance, and the Song army did it neatly and did not let a Jin soldier run out to report the news.
"Mr. Liu, we have solved all these Jin soldiers, a total of eleven!" A soldier came to report on the results of the battle.
"Okay, good work! Liuzi, take a few brothers to the stage to keep watch, closely monitor the movements of the Jin soldiers on the forage farm. The rest of the brothers, hurry up and take the ropes and follow me to the water to pick up the boat! Be quick, be sure to be fast!"
Liu Yixuan hurriedly called everyone to jump into the lake water of Liyu Bay. He saw that the fishing boats in the lake were full of fishing boats, some of which were fixed on the levee on the shore. Since he had surveyed the terrain of this place in advance, Liu Yixuan naturally knew where the exit of the lake water was. He asked someone to pull out the bamboo fence at the entrance of the lake to understand the lake water of Liyu Bay and the Yellow River, so that these fishing boats could successfully enter the vast Yellow River waters.
"Mr. Liu, Lord. My fellow villagers and I are here!"
Liu Yixuan turned around and found that Niu Er and the fishermen from Niujia Village rushed over. The two or three hundred fishermen were holding ropes, poles, oars and other ship-driven equipment in their hands. They had been waiting at the mouth of the Yellow River as Liu Yixuan told him. When he saw the fire in the northwest, he hurried to the Liyu Bay. At this time, he saw that the Jin defenders disappeared, and only then did he know that the Song army had occupied this place. When the villagers saw that the Song army had seized the Liyu Bay, they immediately had the courage to come to the waterside.
"It's just right. Let everyone go to the water to hold the boat. Remember, if you want to use ropes to connect the boats, you can bring a few more boats. If you have a big boat, you can do it!"
"Okay, don't worry, we will get a thousand boats for you!"
"Okay, okay, that's all the trouble for the villagers! Everyone get out of the water and drive the boat!"
At Liu Yixuan's order, the villagers jumped onto the boat one after another. Because the boats were next to each other, these fishermen walked around the boat all year round, so they walked back and forth between these wooden boats, as if walking on flat ground. They picked their own boats and passed the prepared hemp ropes through the anchor holes of each boat, strung three or five small boats into a string, and fished out from the entrance of the lake in Liyu Bay, and drove into the Yellow River in a mighty manner...
One, two, three...swarms of fishing boats swam happily into the vast Yellow River water like carp that had been imprisoned in the net for a long time. The fishermen who had not sailed for a long time finally returned to their old business and showed their skillful ability to hold oars and steer in this wide water surface of the Yellow River.
Liu Yixuan didn't know how many fishing boats finally entered the Yellow River. He only saw the fishermen happily riding their beloved boats and disappearing from the view of the riverside. At this time, his long-standing heart was truly calmed down.
"I hope these boats can reach the other side smoothly, and I hope General Zongze can let the army cross the river smoothly!" Liu Yixuan thought silently in his heart. He hoped that his efforts could win back more time for the Northern Song Dynasty to survive. Even if he knew that it was just a surviving breath, he was unwilling to let this multi-melting refugee nation lose its last dignity...
"Brother, we are back!" Wang Zichun and his brothers rushed over from the forage.
When Liu Yixuan heard that it was Wang Zichun's voice, he quickly turned around to see him, "Okay, brothers are all back, are you?"
"I'm back, there are not a single one!" Wang Zichun replied.
"Okay, it's not suitable to stay here for a long time. Once the Jin people found that we had burned the forage yard and stole the fishing boat, they would definitely search us everywhere. My brother quickly took everyone on the boat and returned to the south bank overnight to report!"
"What? Why did my brother ask me to take everyone on the boat? Don't you go back with us?" Wang Zichun saw that Liu Yixuan arranged for everyone to board the boat, but he did not move on the shore, so he hurriedly came to ask him.
Liu Yixuan quickly took out a letter from his arms and said to Wang Zichun: "Brother, I have a letter here. Please give it to Zongshuai for me, so I won't go back with you!"
"What? How can that work? This time we made great contributions, the old general will definitely reward us. You are our leader, how can you not go back? Besides, this place is the territory of the Jin people. We burned their forage yard and stole so many ships. They will definitely send people to arrest us. If you stay here, wouldn't it be that sheep entering the tiger's mouth? No, no, absolutely not!"
"My brother, don't worry about me. Although we have obtained ships this time, it is not easy to capture Puyang City successfully. While the Jin soldiers have not yet prepared, I will take the lead in mingling into Puyang City. After your army crosses the river, I can serve as an internal supporter to assist the veteran general to capture Puyang. This is what I want to stay."
After hearing this, Wang Zichun understood Liu Yixuan’s true intention and hurriedly said, “I really admire my brother for having such a vision. It’s just that the golden man is cunning and versatile. I’m afraid that my brother will encounter any danger. It’s better for me to stay with you, so I can take care of you.”
"Haha, brother, don't worry about me. I only go to inquire about military information in the city and do not fight with the enemy. There will be no problem. I have asked Xiao Liuzi to stay with me. You can take everyone to transport the ship to the other side without worry. As long as you cross the river smoothly, I will be safe!"
Chapter completed!