Chapter 751: Crossing the River! River!
A few days later, Xie County. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info
Above the city, the potters stood with their hands in their hands, their eagles staring in the direction of the north, letting the wind and snow hit the male body, but they stood like an iron tower.
The young star Luo Cheng, in a white robe and a silver gun, stood beside him, his silver suit and the flying snow set off each other, as if he had melted into the snow.
This city, Xie County, is the last city on the road to Pusaka City.
Two days ago, the potter only took 500 elite horsemen to ride in person, and the young general Luo Cheng left the main force in a low-key manner, crossed the Yellow River from Shaanxi and Tianjin, and entered the territory of Hedong County.
As soon as they set foot on the land on the north bank, the potters went straight to Xie County without stopping.
The potters believed that the Qin army's meticulous work would only arouse suspicion of the movement of a large number of troops and horses, and that the movement of more than 500 troops would definitely not arouse their suspicion.
Cao Cao probably never dreamed that he had broken away from the main force of 200,000 and came to Hedong County unconsciously.
The potter's purpose is only one, and that is to surprise and attack Kasakazu.
However, it was absolutely impossible to rely on him and five hundred elite horsemen alone, and the reason why he did not move for a few days in Xie County was to wait for the arrival of his surprise army.
Moreover, this surprise army did not come from the south.
The snow gradually weakened, and suddenly, as soon as the potter's eagle opened his eyes, he saw a faint black shadow on the snow road to the north.
In the black clouds, the shadows of the war horses surged, and the flying snow in the sky was lifted, and the black and white interlaced changes, which was very spectacular.
In a moment, the black cloud, carrying the movement of the sky and the earth, sped closer, revealing its true face.
It's cavalry, tens of thousands of cavalry!
And in the galloping sky, the black pressure pressed the endless cavalry flow in the sky, and the word "Huo" rode proudly in front.
"It's worthy of Huo Quai, who is as fast as the wind, it's not bad for a second, it's really on time......" Looking at the rolling iron horseman, the potter couldn't help but smile.
Huo Quai's cavalry was his surprise attack on Pusakajin.
On that day, Han Xin offered a plan, since the main force from the south would easily arouse the detection of the Qin army, so he simply did not move the main force and directly transferred the iron cavalry from Jinyang to the state.
In order to prevent the Xianbei people, the pottery merchants deployed nearly 10,000 iron cavalry in Jinyang, and now Xianbei and the Han State have not yet sent troops to the south, so the pottery merchants just took advantage of this short time to quickly move the cavalry south and transfer it to the east of the river.
Cao Cao's fine work in Jinyang was certainly not as tight as in Hongnong, and the speed of the cavalry would also delay Cao Cao's receipt of information.
The strategy of the potters was to take this cavalry to rush to Pubancheng on the east bank of the Yellow River, join up with the 10,000-foot Yingbu army stationed there, gather more than 20,000 cavalry troops, cross the frozen Yellow River, and capture Pubanjin on the other side of the river in one fell swoop.
At this time, the defenders of Kasakatsu were only more than 5,000 people, and they had not been warned in advance, and the potter believed that he could definitely take Kasakatsu by surprise and take it in one fell swoop.
"Let's go, let's go out of the city to meet the sick." The potter smiled, turned and walked down into town.
The gates of the city were wide open, and the potter stood in the wind and snow, smiling at the arrival of his love.
A moment later, the team of iron horsemen galloped up, Huo Quzhi stepped forward, saw that the potter had arrived, and couldn't help but show surprise on his face, hurriedly jumped off the horse, and bowed down in the snow.
"The minister visits the king...... Huo Qubing didn't think much about it, and blurted out that the potter was the king.
The potter didn't mind, he just smiled and brushed his hands, "Go sick, hurry up." β
At this time, Luo Cheng beside him couldn't help but remind: "General Huo, you are wrong, it is no longer the king who is standing in front of you, but Your Majesty." β
Huo Quai's illness since the pottery merchant called the emperor, has been stationed at the border pass, did not return to Beijing to face the saint, for a while has not been accustomed to call the pottery merchant to His Majesty, so subconsciously called the king.
At this time, Luo Chengyi reminded Huo Qu that he woke up suddenly, and hurriedly said with shame: "The minister lost his mouth, please forgive your majesty." β
"It doesn't matter." The potter waved his hand generously, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Go sick, you and I have not seen each other for many years, and the state can be as stable as Mount Tai, thanks to you and Wei Qing, you have worked hard." β
These words of consolation, although simple, are from the heartfelt words of the potter, listening to Huo Quai's heart is hot, and he was immediately moved.
At that moment, he bowed down again, and arched his hand: "It is a natural responsibility for the minister to guard the border pass for His Majesty and protect my territory of the Great Wei. β
The potter nodded with satisfaction, Fang helped Huo Quzhi up, and said with a smile: "This time it is rare for our monarchs and ministers to meet, I originally planned to have a few drinks with you, but time is pressing, we can only wait for Pubanjin to take over, and then have a good drink." β
Huo Quzhi said proudly: "Military affairs are important, since it is a surprise attack, of course it can't be delayed, Your Majesty, let's set off immediately to kill Ben Pusaka." β
Seeing that Huo Quai's fighting spirit was fierce, and the more than 10,000 iron cavalry soldiers behind him were also in good spirits, the potters were naturally relieved, so they did not let them rest, and immediately marched west along Fenshui and went straight to Puban City.
The snow was falling, but it could not stop the burning blood of the Great Wei soldiers, and more than 10,000 iron cavalry troops ran wildly through the snow, and arrived at Puban City located on the east bank of the Yellow River in a short time.
The east of the river and the west of the river are across the river, the terrain of the east of the river is slightly higher, and the city can be built, so there is a city built since ancient times, called Puban City.
The terrain on the west bank is slightly lower, and the Yellow River is vulnerable to threats once the water rises, so there is no city to build, only a ferry is built, called Pubanjin, also known as Pubanguan.
Under the cover of night, the potters led a large army to Pusaka Castle and joined up with the Yingbu Division, which had been stationed there, and the two armies combined with nearly 25,000 horsemen.
In order to avoid the careful attention of the Qin army on the other side and make a surprise attack as much as possible, the potter only ordered the soldiers to rest for a few hours, and then prepared to cross the river on the ice before dawn and launch a surprise attack on Pubanjin on the opposite bank.
After a full meal, and less than two hours of sleep, the east has gradually turned white.
The west gate of Puban City was opened, and tens of thousands of Wei army iron horsemen drove out of the city gate and went all the way to the direction of the Yellow River.
The snow was still falling, and the heavy snow soon covered the soldiers' robes with a layer of snow clothing, which also became their best camouflage color.
In a short time, the potter stood on the bank of the river, standing proudly on his horse, passing through the vast snow, and overlooking the situation on the west bank.
The black and oppressive infantry and cavalry of the Wei army were all lined up on the bank of the river, and every young face that was frozen to red was burning with hunting intent.
At this time, Yingbu's unruly face was also filled with deep excitement, his fists were clenched tightly with big guns, and he couldn't wait to participate in this big battle that would determine the fate of the Qin State.
For many years, he has been used by the potters as a town general, guarding a frontier, although the potters have been repeatedly rewarded, but for him, it is a little lonely.
Today, he didn't expect that the Hedong he guarded could be changed from a secondary battlefield to a major battlefield, and he could personally participate in this battle of fate.
Yingbu's blood, which had been silent for many years, stirred again, and after a long time, he felt excitement again.
"Your Majesty, the time has come, attack." Yingbu asked excitedly.
The potter took a deep breath, slowly raised the war knife in his hand, and shouted towards the opposite bank: "The soldiers of the Great Wei, cross the river with me on the ice, roll over Pubanjin, and plant the battle flag of my Great Wei on the land of the Qin State and cross the river!" β
"Crossing the riverβ"
"Crossing the riverβ"
The officers and men of the three armies raised their arms and shouted wildly, shouting passionately about the battlefield, almost shaking the wind and snow away and cracking the frozen river.
"Kill the Yellow River!" Huo Quai's blood was boiling, and he rushed down the river beach with a horse and a gun.
10,000 iron cavalry soldiers followed, like a black torrent that overflowed the embankment, attacked in all directions, overflowed the river beach, and rushed onto the snow-covered ice of the Yellow River.
At this time, it was the middle of winter, and the ice surface of the Yellow River was frozen several feet thick, as solid as a rock, and although thousands of troops and horses galloped on it, there was no shaking in the slightest
Under the guidance of the "Wei" character imperial flag, with the slight morning light, 10,000 iron horsemen passed through the vast wind and snow, carrying the trend of the sky and the earth cracking, and went straight to the opposite bank.
As soon as the cavalry was dispatched, Yingbu also led more than 10,000 infantry troops to follow, and also swept towards the opposite bank like a tide.
After galloping for a moment, on the river in front of him, the figures of thousands of Qin soldiers faintly appeared, wielding hoes and other tools, knocking wildly on the ice.
The potter's eagle eyes were condensed, first a surprise, and then he suddenly realized, his eyebrows flowed with a look of happiness, and he secretly wondered in his heart: "Xiahou Shang does have some talent, and he actually knows how to let the soldiers chisel the ice to prevent our army from crossing the river on the ice, fortunately I am fast enough, otherwise he will smash the ice, and my layout will fall short." β
Secretly rejoicing, the potter urged the war horses to gallop, summoned the soldiers to gallop wildly, and pounced all the way towards the Qin pawns on the ice.
A few hundred steps away, thousands of Qin soldiers were still panting like oxen, waving iron pickaxes and chiseling wildly on the ice, while chiseling the ice, secretly complaining in their hearts about their main general.
Xiahou Shang stood on the river beach, standing on his horse, watching his soldiers, his eyes as cold as iron.
"General, the weather is too cold today, and the wind is so strong on the ice, if you continue to chisel like this, you will have to freeze the brothers, it is better to wait for the snow to stop in a few days and then dig again." The lieutenant general beside him trembled and said, and even his teeth were frozen to the point of fighting.
"No way!"
Xiahou Shang flatly refused, and said in a deep voice: "The colder the weather, the thicker the ice on the river, and the more likely it is for the Wei army to cross the river on the ice. β
The deputy general was helpless, so he had to say again: "There are only 10,000 Yingbu soldiers and horses on the other side, even if he crosses the river by stepping on the ice, with that bit of soldiers and horses, he can't even threaten our Jindu fortress." β
"I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what if, that potter is too deceitful, deal with him, and no chance can be left for him." Xiahou Shang's eyes showed a bit of jealousy.
"That's what I said." The deputy general subconsciously wrapped his robe tightly, "But the weather is so cold, we just chiseled the ice today, maybe it will freeze again tomorrow morning, isn't that a waste of effort." β
Xia Hou said coldly: "Then continue to chisel for me tomorrow!" β
The adjutant general was speechless at this time, and the military order was difficult to disobey, so he had to sprinkle his depression on the soldiers, and stepped forward, scolding the soldiers who were almost stiff from the cold, and continued to dig the ice hard.
"The main force of the pottery thief is all in Hongnong, even if he makes a surprise attack on my Pusakajin, as long as the troops are mobilized, His Majesty's side will definitely support me in advance, no matter what, I will chisel the ice first, which can be regarded as an additional guarantee......"
Xiahou Shang's thoughts flew in his heart, secretly comforting himself, and the solemnity on his face gradually eased.
Through the vast wind and snow, Xiahou Shang inadvertently glanced at the east bank of the Yellow River.
Suddenly, his eyes were blown away by the wind and could not be opened, and suddenly they opened wide, and the color of astonishment rushed out.