Zhao Chenhan rode his horse and looked around, saying, "Aren't they blocking the village gate? Gather the boats and pass through from all sides."
The officers and soldiers requisitioned boats in the name of the imperial court, and the fishermen in Wuhu dared not disobey.
Soon, they gathered more than one hundred boats of various sizes. The smallest boat could carry twenty people, and the largest could carry one hundred people. They could transport almost five thousand people at a time.
When it got dark, the officers and soldiers quietly boarded the boat and sailed to Carp Island under the cover of darkness.
Zhao Chenhan and others watched the officers and soldiers go deep into the night.
"As long as we get to the island, this general has a hundred ways to make these bandits regret it." Zhao Chenhan gritted his teeth.
Zhao Chenhan had just finished speaking.
Suddenly, shouts and screams were heard in the distance.
Suddenly, torches lit up on the dark lake.
It turned out that the rebels on Carp Island had long seen the officers and soldiers organizing the boats and preparing to go over, and intercepted them halfway.
Most of the rebels on Carp Island were fishermen who made a living on the lake, and all of them were good swimmers. In contrast, most of the officers and soldiers of the Zuo Yulin Guard were from the north, and some of them could not even swim. They were no match for the rebels on the boat.
In just half an hour, the shouting and screaming died down, the torches went out, and the lake became dark again.
Only a few shabby boats carrying a hundred or so officers and soldiers returned, crying out in sorrow, "General, we've been ambushed, and all our men are dead."
Zhao Chenhan’s eyes went dark and he almost fell headfirst to the ground. Fortunately, he was supported in time by his close follower.
"Collect more ships and we must capture Carp Island." Zhao Chenhan roared.
Xu Zhong shook his head and turned away.
As the saying goes, a tiger father will have a dog son.
Zhao Jingzhou's lifelong reputation will sooner or later be ruined by this non-blood-related son.
Six or seven days passed.
Zhao Chenhan looked haggard. Even with Zhao Mingya's stand-in to take care of him, he had lost a lot of weight and his eye sockets were sunken.
For six or seven days, the officers and soldiers were unable to set foot on the island, let alone eliminate the rebels.
"If you can't win, then don't win. Don't ruin your health."
Zhao Mingya was so heartbroken that she tried to persuade Zhao Chenhan.
Zhao Chenhan snorted coldly: "This is the first mission His Majesty has given me. I must complete it. Besides..."
Zhao Chenhan didn't say anything else.
What's more, Zhao Lin swept through the Qingzhou rebels with 20,000 local miscellaneous troops. Zhao Chenhan led the Zuo Yulin Guard, one of the top-ranked troops in the Great Qi Dynasty. If he couldn't even wipe out a mere tens of thousands of rebels, how would he explain himself when he returned?
"General, there are rebels surrendering."
At this time, Bai Shicheng suddenly came in with someone and said.
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