By the evening, Wang Pu had not yet climbed the mountain. So Zuo You and Cao Bin said goodbye and left.

Guo Shao sent them to the door of the vegetarian room and went down the eaves to another house. The rain was still falling, and the water was leaving behind the pillars between the tiles. Guo Shao found that the door was just covered and pushed it open. He saw a beautiful woman in plain clothes kneeling on the futon in front of the Buddha statue. She was Zhou Xian. Although all the jewelry was removed at this time, she did not apply makeup on her face; the beauty on her beautiful and white face was like a worldly relationship.

Green lamp, ancient Buddha. However, the woman on the futon was indeed graceful and full of breasts. Her kneeling posture made her skirt tighter and highlighted her round buttocks. She was closing her eyes, her long eyelashes were trembling slightly, and her smooth lips were moving gently as if she was silently chanting something, and she was counting a string of Buddhist beads on her hands.

Guo Shao was stunned. Zhou Xian was indeed stunning. Different postures had different styles... She was originally the queen of the Southern Tang Kingdom, but Guo Shao believed that such a beautiful woman did not belong to anyone, she only belonged to the winner.

"What are you asking for in front of the Buddha?" Guo Shao asked.

Zhou Xian opened his eyes and looked back at Guo Shao. His eyebrows were filled with pity and sorrow. Guo Shao then walked over and sat down on the cushion next to her. The light outside was gradually dimming, and the light rain continued to fall.

Zhou Xian said with a slight voice: "I'm sorry to the king, and even more so to Jiamin... For myself, I don't care about Jiamin's life and death, I don't know what's wrong with her now."

Guo Shao said kindly: "I told my subordinates not to disclose the matter of temporary warning. I sent someone to Jiangning City to question the crime without mentioning this. The Lord of the Southern Tang Kingdom should not know, so he should not take Ehuang's sister, you don't have to worry too much."

"He will know sooner or later." Zhou Xian shook his head slightly.

Guo Shao thought for a while, and then heard the sound of wooden fish coming from afar, and did not do anything to Zhou Xian. He left the room soon after.

...

The weather finally cleared. In February of the sixth year of Xiande (959), spring was bright and the decisive battle finally came. The Qinhuai River was crowded with people, the Southern Tang army was on the north bank, the Zhou army was on the south bank, and the army extended along the river bank, with at least 200,000 troops on both sides.

In such a large-scale scene, the drums and trumpets on both wings cannot be heard from each other. Looking around, the situation in the distance cannot be seen. Guo Shao's army cannot control the army immediately; each unit has its own chief general, and has discussed tactics and strategies in advance and responded to the situation temporarily.

The generals scattered all the troops, and Guo Shao rode his horse to patrol the army among the ranks in front to boost morale. The soldiers saw him shouting loudly, and the sounds were overwhelming. At this moment, Guo Shao suddenly stopped the reins of the horse and turned over from the horse. Wang Pu and the generals who were accompanying stopped and looked at each other.

Guo Shao walked straight to a soldier holding a tiger flag. The soldier suddenly stretched his body and stood up straight, not daring to look at him. Guo Shao reached out to hold the flagpole and handed it to the soldier next to him, and then grabbed the soldier's hand.

A pair of cracked hands spread out, covered with dirt that cannot be washed away, the cracked wound was shocking, and a piece of broken linen was wrapped around his palm. Guo Shao turned to look at everyone, and all the followers were silent. He untied the linen from the soldiers' hands, tore open his shoulder scarf, and wrapped it around the soldiers again.

"Master Guo..." The soldiers could not speak.

Guo Shao returned the flagpole just now and said, "I will not forget the soldiers who fought bloody battles on the battle formation."

A general immediately raised his spear and shouted, "Fight for General Guo!" The troops were in an uproar, and the shouts became more and more majestic, and even the people in the distance were watching here.

Guo Shao turned his horse, looked at the distance, and looked back and said, "Look at the difficulties and hardships of the soldiers, but the Lord of Southern Tang resisted stubbornly and for his own selfishness, and ineffectively caused more people to bleed! We have repeatedly persuaded surrender but failed, so we can only break into Jiangning City and restore Jiangnan!"

He drew his sword and shouted loudly: "The king's army will defeat the unrighteous army, and the world will be in power!" A large number of people shouted that they would win one after another, and their voices overwhelmed the Southern Tang Army camp opposite.

At this moment, I suddenly saw a bright fire in front of the left wing. Although the sky was bright, the fire was stronger than the sun.

Several giant rafts carrying firewood swam from the west of the Qinhuai River. They caught fire while the fire was rising. The flames soared into the sky and the smoke rolled straight to the southern Tang army water camp on the other side. It was something Luo Yanhuan made fun of. It was used up at Ankou, and now it was reused.

The raft, twenty-three meters wide, floated like a volcano. It moved slowly after the fire caught with the wind, but nothing could stop it on the water surface. The warship of the Southern Tang army hung sails, turned around and ran away with the wind. The raft slowly moved to the vicinity of the water village on the other side. Soon, the flames spread and ignited the fenced ship of the water village, making the fire even bigger.

A large cloud of thick smoke was spreading, and the scorching temperature covered the surrounding area. The Southern Tang army retreated in front of him, and the chaos was in chaos.

Not far southeast of the water village, Shi Yanchao, who had already prepared, waved his iron spear and shouted: "Kill!" He was the first to gallop out of the crowd. The nearby iron cavalry rushed straight into the river. The river water in this place that was discovered was very shallow, and the water was not as deep as the horse's back. The cavalry was trekking in the water, splashing water everywhere.

Shi Yanchao was the first to cross the Qinhuai River. The smoke was filled with smoke in front of him, and the Southern Tang army was in chaos. However, there were also crossbow arrows with a thick arm flying from somewhere, and even the loud bang of the crossbow was heard in the noise. Someone was hit by the crossbow arrow and screamed and fell from the horse. Shi Yanchao did not discipline his troops and rushed straight into the chaos of the Southern Tang army. Many elite soldiers from behind quickly surrounded him.

The nearby Southern Tang soldiers were in chaos and had no resistance. Shi Yanchao and others almost ignored the enemy soldiers and drove the riots straight north. The people crossed the river slowly, and the river slowed down the subsequent horses; the people in front rushed faster, and Shi Yanchao's troops became like a long snake formation. In the smoke, there were riots who couldn't run away, and were chopped by the Zhou soldiers on the horse. The soldier's hand was covered on his head and screamed.

Shi Yanchao's vanguard went around the flank of the camp in the east from the riots. The swords and guns in front of him were like a forest, and the thick square formation made his men and horses look extremely thin. But Shi Yanchao took the lead and slammed the front of the central formation of the Southern Tang Army without caring about the amount.

He was in the army, as if he was the first-sized man, taller than everyone, and fiercely aura. "Huh!" A heavy gun shot all over his body, he took off his hand and flew forward. A scream not far away. The heavy iron gun with great force directly broke through the armor of a soldier and pierced his torso! A group of guns roared away, and a long spear in the Southern Tang army camp fell a lot. Shi Yanchao was sitting on the running iron horse and quickly rushed into the enemy lineup. The iron gun he was holding in his hand suddenly penetrated into the chest of a soldier on the side, and blood was storming. The soldier was lifted by a rapid force, and his body was hit back and knocked over two more people.

The surroundings were crowded with people. The infantry turned to look at the horse soldiers who had never been here. Before they could react, Shi Yanchao led his troops to break through the square formation and entered with one blow. The morale of the Southern Tang army here was very low, and they couldn't help but fight. Only a few people died, and a large group of people threw away their weapons and fled.

Arrows shot on Shi Yanchao's armor and jingled and sounded. The elite soldiers rushed up to protect his wings with desperate attempts. The war horses were crisscrossing in the enemy camp, and no one could stop them. Many soldiers started running from afar before Shi Yanchao rushed over. Shi Yanchao looked excited, covered in blood, holding a saber in his left hand and an iron spear in his right hand. The weapons used in both hands were extremely light in his hands, and he completely ignored the feelings of the other soldiers as if he was chopping melons and vegetables.

"Kill!" Shi Yanchao pointed south with a sabre, and a cavalry followed him to the direction of the river. In front were the long-range light soldiers of the Southern Tang army, guarding the people and horses by the river with bows and crossbows. Countless arrows were required to turn around to greet the cavalry rushing from behind. Shi Yanchao's side suffered a lot of losses, mainly because the horses were injured and the soldiers were left behind.

But as soon as the iron cavalry rushed into the crowd of light soldiers, they were destroyed and the crowd scattered like ants were frightened.

...On the Qinhuai River, a large number of Zhou army ships rowed to transport troops across the river. No one extinguished the fire in the west, and even the river surface was covered with a faint layer of smoke. The black gray burned from the reeds in the sky fell down. In addition, there were a large number of arrows. The arrows fell into the water, "dingdong" sounded, and the water splashed, and the river surface was really like it was raining.

There are several shallow waters in this section of the river. The Zhou army's warships could not enter, and the troops were transported by small boats and various civilian ships temporarily requisitioned. The ships here were even black-sailed ships. The soldiers on the boat held rough wooden shields on their heads, because the tent on their heads was already full of holes and arrows kept falling down.

"Ah!" Suddenly, the soldiers turned their heads and saw that a soldier who was rowing down the oars, his hand was nailed to the side of the boat by an arrow, and the wooden boards were stained with blood. His face showed pain.

The shouting outside became louder and louder. The man at the bow of the boat jumped straight into the river and waded onto the shore from the river. A young general shouted, "Stop up and kill!" A group of people threw away the broken wooden shield with many arrows, picked up the weapons and rushed out.

In the water by the river, the river bank was shining with light, and the metallic luster of the plate armor was particularly conspicuous in the sun. This group of people and horses were Zhang Jiankui's troops on the left wing of the Hu Ben Army. The armor and weapons were the most exquisite infantrymen, and they usually went to the front of the infantrymen. Even the Third Army Commander Zhou Tong rushed to the crowd himself.

The Southern Tang army was in chaos on the river bank, and the cavalry of the Zhou army rushed around. Some people from Zhang Jiankui's troops also crossed the river and climbed up from the water in a mess, but no one rectified the queue at all. Zhang Jiankui had already stepped on himself with a big axe, and the troops rushed forward in a mess with arrows.
Chapter completed!