The Sixteen Kingdoms of the Eastern Jin Dynasty: The Competition in the Central Plains

The two soldiers looked around and saw a broken wall closest to the bonfire. One soldier said to the other:"We are hiding behind the wall. We should be able to hear something. But we can't just walk over. The few people guarding the camp gate will see it.""

"Do you smell it? asked a soldier. Another said,"It smells like alcohol.""

"We crawled over and went behind the wall to see what was going on."After the two soldiers said that, they started to crawl towards the wall. When they got behind the wall, they saw that there were several houses with collapsed roofs. Although they climbed behind the wall, they could not see the entrance to the camp because the wall was higher than the people. situation. A soldier came to his senses and said:"I squat down, you get up!""

The two soldiers were stacked on top of each other, and the soldier on top could easily show his head. He lay on the wall and saw that there were five soldiers guarding the camp entrance, drinking.

"Our Lord Du is really awesome. In the past few months, he has been winning consecutive battles. The imperial army didn’t even know where they had gone! said one. The other said:"Come on, cheers!""

The five people were picking up vegetables and drinking wine like a storm. Another person continued:"Master Du is happy today and let all the soldiers eat meat in large chunks and drink wine in large bowls. Tomorrow, we will have a new task. When Mr. Du takes over the world, we can also get some light."

The soldier above came down, and the two of them crawled back and told Zhao Yin what they saw. On Zhou Fu's side, he and the two soldiers kept groping towards the north. As they walked, there was a road in front of them that was not very wide. The east and west rivers are connected to the river, and there are several small boats docked on the rivers. Zhou Fu said to the two soldiers:"This looks like a camp for the enemy's navy."

There are two rows of willow trees as thick as arms on both sides of the river, and the cables on the boats are tied to the willow trees. The three people walked west along the river bank, and there were more and more boats of different sizes on both sides of the river. As they continued to walk west, they heard voices. Zhou Fu and the two soldiers relied on the cover of the willow tree, walked a few steps, and hid behind the willow tree for a while. They walked a little further west, and this time they saw clearly that four soldiers were shouting at the gate of the camp, pushing cups and changing cups. It was so lively. I heard one person say:"Let me see, this Jin Dynasty has run out of energy. Otherwise, why were several of their generals killed by our Lord Du? They fought several battles with us, resulting in tens of thousands of casualties. That man named Tao, Tao Kan, a famous general of the Jin Dynasty, was beaten by General Du to the point where he lost his armor and fled in embarrassment, and almost died!"

"That’s right, that’s right, let’s behave well, and in the future we can become a general Dangdang, a wife, a son, and an ancestor."The other one took a sip of wine and laughed.

"You guys have eaten and drank well, and remember to turn east frequently to be on guard against enemy spies sneaking in."One said. The other three replied:"Don't worry, boss!"

Zhou Fu and the two soldiers returned along the original road and came to the tree on the shore. Zhao Yin and the other two soldiers happened to be back. The soldier who stayed behind asked in a low voice:"You are back, General Zhao. , General Zhou? Is everything going well?"

"Everything goes well, let's get on the boat and talk about it."Zhou Fu said. Zhao Yin, Zhou Fu and five other soldiers came to the shore and got on their respective sampans. The five sampans turned around, then quickly rowed away from the shore and disappeared into the vast night. Leaving Du After Zeng's camp, the five sampans slowly stopped. Zhou Fu's sampan approached Zhao Yin's sampan, and each of them talked about what they had discovered. Zhou Fu said:"This Du Zeng is indeed extraordinary. The water The army's barracks are not small. There are fifty or sixty warships of various sizes. Looking at the situation at the entrance of Shuijun Camp, Du Zeng seemed to be holding a celebration banquet because he had won several times in a row."

"What we saw was similar. There must be people eating and drinking in the barracks, and their vigilance was relatively low. Drinking is generally not allowed at the entrance of the barracks, unless there is a celebration banquet."Zhao Yin said:"This celebration banquet sometimes includes not only rewards, but also drinking, and even dancing prostitutes to entertain. You must be exhausted after working hard all night. If the battle starts tomorrow, we will definitely win!"

Ten soldiers took turns rowing the sampan, and after rowing for about an hour, they met head-on a fleet of boats that could not be seen to the end. The white fish belly was already exposed in the east, and the sky was getting bright. When they got closer, they saw Zhou Fang's majestic appearance. Standing at the bow of the boat, Li Heng and Xu Chao were also beside them.

"General Zhao, you have worked hard all night! Zhou Fang said:"Is there anything gained?""

"There is a harvest, and the harvest is not small!"Zhao Yin and Zhou Fu went to the handsome ship one after another and reported in detail the situation they discovered. After hearing this, Zhou Fang said:"You will go back to the ship immediately to eat, rest, and have a good sleep. When you get up, you will fight the enemy."

"Follow the order!"Zhou Fu, Zhao Yin and ten soldiers each went to the cabin of the handsome ship to eat and sleep. Zhou Fang said to Li Heng and Xu Chao:"Two generals, you two go to the cabin and tell us about the situation that General Zhao and the others investigated just now. Immediately mark it on the picture I drew."

"OK!"Li Heng and Xu Chao entered the cabin of the handsome ship. There were still candles in the cabin.

It was already dawn, and the sun slowly showed its smiling face. Li Heng and Xu Chao came out of the cabin with the pictures. Li Heng said:"The Sheriff Sir, after we marked it, we drew three more pictures. You can take the original one. General Xu and General Zhao and I will take one each."

"Yes, you two are very thoughtful."As Zhou Wan was talking, Zhou Fu and Zhao Yin rubbed their eyes and came out of the cabin. Ten soldiers also got off the five sampans. Zhou Wan held his sword in his left hand and took the picture with his right hand. , and then handed it to Zhou Fu

"Soldiers, it's time to serve your country! Zhou Fang clenched his sword, raised it high, and then began to issue an order:"General Li Heng, lead your troops and set off half an hour in advance to the left side of Chaoyang to supervise the left wing of Chaoyang." General Xu Chao, you will lead your troops and set off half an hour later, twenty miles away from General Li Heng's left flank, and guard the right side of Chaoyang. The commander-in-chief and Zhou Fu are stationed in the central army, observing the enemy's situation at any time and adapting to changes"

"General Zhao Yin, you set out with General Li Heng and belong to the left wing."Zhou Fang said again. Li Heng, Xu Chao, Zhou Fu and Zhao Yin said in unison:"The general has received the order! Fulfill the mission!"

Li Heng led fifty large, medium and small boats, twenty sampans, and two thousand five hundred soldiers, accompanied by Zhao Yin and his soldiers. The ships and soldiers led by Xu Chao were the same as Li Heng, and they set off last. After Li Heng Setting off behind Heng was the Chinese army of Zhou Fang and his son, leading the remaining boats and soldiers. The fishing boat was in the middle of all the boats, and all the sampans were put down. The river dozens of miles across from Chaoyang was covered with There were ships of all sizes. Du Zeng had already received the news and led several of his generals to the shore to prepare for the battle.