Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

Xiao Xuexing was silent for a moment, knowing that he was holding on all these days with one breath, and now it seemed that he couldn't hold on with this breath.

However, the Northern Wei Dynasty hadn't withdrawn its troops yet, so he still had to hold on.

Xiao Xuexing wiped off the blood on his hands slowly, brought the documents over and buried his head in the desk again.

At that time, Xiao Zirong on the other side was really relieved when he heard that Lu Liu said that he had handed over all the things to Xiao Xuexing's scouts.

In the next few days, news came from the scouts he sent out that Xiao Xuexing's men had tightly guarded the pier.

Xiao Zirong completely relaxed, but he did not dismantle the stepping crossbows at the top of the city. The thing was very heavy, and it was not easy to disassemble it once, so he just put it on it and tried to find a way to protect the crossbows. Once it rains, it should be covered up, and it should be maintained more on weekdays.

Anyway, he didn't expect these crossbows to last forever, at worst, he would change them later.

Of course, the premise of this is that the Northern Wei Dynasty retreated, and his transaction with Yuan Jia returned to normal.

Xiao Xuexing's people did not block the pier directly, but lurked near the pier, planning to wait until the Northern Wei army landed before doing anything.

If they let the other party find themselves in advance, then the other party may turn around and go back. At that time, they will go all the way in vain without taking any prisoners. Then they will have no military exploits. Wouldn't it be a loss?

Naturally, Northern Wei didn't know that someone had leaked the news, and Yuan Jia actually didn't expect Xiao Zirong to be able to contact Xiao Xuexing directly.

In his eyes, Xiao Zirong and Xiao Xuexing are basically incompatible. Even if Xiao Zirong's surname is Xiao, he is just a descendant of a down-and-out family, how could he possibly talk to Xiao Xuexing?

However, even if Yuan Jia knew about it, he would grit his teeth and inform Xiao Zirong. After all, Xiao Zirong was his source of money, and the army of the Northern Wei Dynasty... not many passed by sea anyway, with a maximum of 2000 people. This defeat is still possible. I can bear it.

Not only did Yuan Jia not feel that there was anything wrong with this, but he was even very calm.

The army of the Northern Wei Dynasty didn't know that Xiao Xuexing had already set up a net to wait for them. When they were about to approach the pier, they chose to walk slowly, intending to go ashore at night.

During the daytime, people come and go on the pier, it is too easy to be discovered, but it is much easier to handle at night, they even asked Yuan Jia to order that no one should be left on the pier these days, not even the lights, and it would be in total darkness disembark.

This was a trap for Ling Fu and the others. Most people are night blind these days. Those in ambush dare not light torches in order not to startle the enemy. They can only rely on their hearing to judge whether the other party has landed or not.

But fortunately, although the other party did not allow lights here, he still carried a torch. After all, few of their people could see things at night.

Ling Fu held back and waited anxiously for the other party to come ashore. After the other party's three large ships docked in a row, he waited for a long time and did not wait for the fourth ship. He immediately shouted: "Do it!"

Following these words, torches lit up in the sand on both sides of the pier.

When Wei Jun saw this posture, he knew that the other party had set a trap, and he panicked, but he was very smart and did not order to retreat, but shouted: "Rush over!"

If you order to retreat, it would be a waste of time to board or sail the boat, and it would easily cause confusion. It is better to fight directly, and he does not command the team. The biggest characteristic of nomads fighting is that they are independent, and they don't even pay too much attention to it. The art of war, after all, they are stronger than the Central Plains people in terms of race.

Later, after the Hu people occupied the north, they slowly absorbed some Central Plains culture, and began to pay attention to the art of war.

Now that they are in a hurry, they don't care about the art of war, just rush out, no matter how many people there are, they can still hide in Yuanjia's villa at that time.

The leader of the Wei army rushed over directly with his people, Ling Fu sneered: "Fire the arrow!"

How could they really come up and fight each other with real knives and guns?The opponent's weapons and the like have not been completely unloaded from the ship, and there is no shield or anything. It is much easier to clean up after a round of archery strikes.

The leader of the Wei army was also very helpless. They planned well but they encountered an ambush from the other side. Even if he is stupid now, he knows that someone must have leaked the news, but now is not the time to worry about this.

After a round of long-range strikes by the opponent, the leader of the Wei army saw his adjutant was shot dead, and he directly gritted his teeth and ordered: "Stop, prepare to surrender!"

They have no idea of ​​being unyielding and unyielding. If they can fight, they will fight, if they can't fight, they will run, and if they can't escape, they will surrender.

Anyway, the people in the south are relatively weak, even if they are caught, they will not dare to kill them. At that time, the two countries will still need to negotiate to determine their future.

Although he was not sure whether the imperial court would save him, he could save his life by surrendering now, but if he continued to persist, he might really die here.

The main general chose to surrender, and the little soldiers panicked. Some soldiers knew that the main general would survive after surrendering, but it was hard to say whether they would survive, so they subconsciously wanted to jump into the sea, but it turned out that Ling Fu had already sent the watery good man wearing water leaning against sea lurks.

Qi Jun, who was in the dark at night, didn't even need to dive, and he would not be found if he just put his head out of the water.

And when the fighting on the shore was in full swing, they couldn't bear to stand still. As a result, some people in the Wei army really threw themselves into the net, and then the people who were ambushed by the Qi army either killed them or drove them back.

The entire battle lasted less than an hour and a half, and the leader of the Wei army was kidnapped by Wuhuada and brought before Ling Fu.

Ling Fu glanced at the man and frowned - he didn't know him.

He was very unhappy and said: "You Wei Guo is not willing to send a famous general over such an important matter?"

Although all captives are captives, there is a difference between a famous general and a little-known person. As long as Qi knows his name, once he is captured, he will make great contributions. If no one knows, even if he is of the same rank as a celebrity , It is also different when recording merit.

The leader of Wei Jun was very angry after hearing this, but he still didn't say a word.

Ling Fu took a closer look at the leader of the Wei army, and found that although he was tied up, there was no sign of fear on his face, and he even looked at the dark sea from time to time with his peripheral vision.

Ling Fu felt that something was wrong, and asked with a whip in his hand, "Tell me, how many ships did you come this time? How many people?"

The leader of Wei Jun glanced at him and said: "Three ships, each with 300 people."

There were nearly a thousand people, but he matched up with the information, but he still asked: "Tell the truth!"

The leader of Wei Jun said without fear: "This is the truth, it's all here!"

Ling Fu directly pulled out the long knife from his waist and clamped it around his neck and said, "I'll give you one last chance. I'll count to five. If you don't tell the truth again, I'll kill you."

The leader of the Wei army stared: "Don't you Qi people not kill prisoners?"

Ling Fu sneered: "So what if I kill you and say you were killed by the chaos army? Stop talking nonsense, five, four, three, one!"

The leader of the Wei army was still struggling when he heard him counting, and he couldn't figure out whether what Ling Fu said was true, but he heard Ling Fu jump from three to one, and at the same time he felt a pain in his neck , suddenly turned pale with shock: "How can there be such a number? I will tell you!"

It's not surprising that he recognized Ling Fu so quickly. If he really had a backbone, he wouldn't have surrendered so quickly. You know, an hour and a half sounds like a lot, but in fact it is enough for the two armies to just fully contact each other.

Although he confessed in time, Ling Fu still didn't take back the long knife in his hand, but pressed it again and asked, "Say it quickly."

The leader of the Wei army said a little unwillingly: "There is another ship that had some accidents just before departure, so it distanced itself from us and followed not far behind."

Originally, the leader of the Wei army still put his hope on that ship. As long as the people on that ship did not get off, they might be able to rescue them by sneaking ashore after the Qi army withdrew.

As a result, now... hey, forget it, if you confess, you can confess. Anyway, it is not realistic to expect those 300 people to save people. If you don’t confess, he will die immediately. If you confess, everyone still has a way to live.

Ling Fu's expression changed after hearing this, and he immediately sent people to search at sea.

Qi Jun directly requisitioned Wei Jun's ship and began to look for the ship behind.

In the end, he couldn't find it until dawn. Ling Fu knew that it was probably because the sound and fire on the shore made the other party notice and avoid it.

It’s okay if you go back, but if you don’t go back...

While Ling Fu sent people to search along the coast, he was preparing to go back and report to Xiao Xuexing. Such a large ship could not dock without a dock, but there were no docks nearby that could be used by them, so it was likely that they would rely on small boats to send people ashore.

When he passed by, he happened to meet the imperial doctor who was earnestly persuading Xiao Xuexing to drink the medicine.

After listening to Ling Fu, he realized that His Highness not only did not drink medicine these days, but even seldom ate food, let alone medicinal food.

Ling Fu was worried, at first he didn't really want to bother Xiao Xuexing, but he had no choice but to go and talk to Xiao Xuexing.

Xiao Xuexing nodded after hearing this: "You have done a good job. Send more people along the way. The Wei army is cunning. They must think that we don't know their whereabouts, so they will definitely go ashore quietly. If there is no one along the coast, check the nearby villages."

Ling Fu responded, hesitated for a moment before saying: "Your Highness, the battle is fierce now, please take care of yourself, Your Highness."

Don't take medicated food or drink medicine.

Xiao Xuexing could naturally hear Ling Fu's meaning, and said helplessly: "Understood, go quickly."

This is already... how many people have said this to him?

Since he had an attack that day, everyone thought he was disheartened and didn't want to live anymore.

In fact, it is true that Xiao Xuexing is disheartened, but there is still a distance from not wanting to live, at least... He must be sure that Xiao Zirong is really safe before he can rest assured.

Not eating for the past two days is purely because his mood fluctuated too much that day, which made him feel sick to his stomach when he saw everything recently, and he wanted to vomit after eating, not to mention bad-tasting medicine and medicated food, so he had to eat less first. A little bit, let's talk about it after raising it.

In the end, he didn't expect to be misunderstood like this, but he couldn't tell everyone that he didn't plan to see the first emperor, so he could only play it perfunctory.

Ling Fu arranged the affairs with worry, and Xiao Xuexing was very relieved when he did things, but they didn't find any trace of the enemy for many days.

Just when they thought that the Wei army had withdrawn, they finally found some traces on a deserted coast.

Xiao Xuexing glanced at the location marked on the map and his expression sank—the place where Wei Jun landed was very close to the ruins of his ancestral home.

So these days, neither the common people nor the soldiers have caught the other party's trace, probably because the other party is hiding there and preparing to act after they are paralyzed.

Xiao Xuexing said with hidden anger: "Prepare the horses, order the troops, I will go there myself."