Chapter 1593: Four crossings of the Yellow River

Qi spans both sides of the Yellow River and occupies one-third of Qingzhou, although it is mainly south of the Yellow River, but it also has a lot of territory north of the Yellow River.

Zhu Tianpeng had already deployed 30,000 troops north of the Yellow River, and now he was leading the main force of 40,000 to the north of the Yellow River.

On the south bank of the Yellow River, at the ferry, a large number of ferries gathered, countless materials were transported back and forth, and 20,000 troops had arrived, and only when the remaining 20,000 main forces arrived, they would immediately cross the river and march to the North Sea.

Zhu Tianpeng stood at the ferry, looking at the boats coming and going on both sides of the Yellow River, and there was a faint regret in his heart.

His Qingzhou naval army had just been trained, and he wanted to defeat the Liangshan Water Army head-on and regain the title of the first naval division in the north, but he didn't expect that Liangshan, which had been standing for more than ten years, was easily annexed by Wang Mang after being severely damaged by Li Jing in a battle.

"It's really a trick!" Zhu Tianpeng sighed.

"Report ...... The lord of Qiyu, the Qin army's navy appeared in the Yellow River and was killing from the west to the ferry. ”

"Huh?"

Zhu Tianpeng raised his eyebrows, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he asked with a light smile: "Who is the leader?" ”

"It's Li Jing."

"What?"

Everyone, including Zhu Tianpeng, exclaimed.

Li Jing's move is undoubtedly extremely crazy in the eyes of the generals of the Qi army, after all, the Qi State still has 30,000 troops on the north bank of the Yellow River, and it is easy for Li Jing to take the navy to the waterway quietly, but it is difficult to go back.

In addition, the Qi State Navy is also not easy to mess with, with 10,000 elite sailors, warships and other equipment, so what is the use of relying on Li Jing's water army?

"Li Jing has no more than 5,000 sailors in his hands, and the warships are also snatched from Liangshan, so he dares to bypass the defense of our army alone and come to the rear of the Yellow River. That's guts. ”

Zhu Tianpeng said in a deep voice, but his eyes were full of war intent.

"Lord, there must be a conspiracy in Li Jing's move."

Wang Yanzhang said that although he didn't think that Li Jing's naval army could threaten the Qi State, he subconsciously thought that Li Jing was conspiring again, after all, Li Jing was known for being resourceful and decisive.

Zhu Tianpeng smiled indifferently and said unhurriedly: "It's certain that there is a conspiracy, otherwise Li Jing would not have taken such a big risk, but even if he has a conspiracy, what if he has a conspiracy?" In the face of absolute power, there is nothing to hide from any conspiracy.

The order went down, all the warships of the water village were dispatched, and this time the king personally led the naval army and fought Li Jing on the Yellow River. ”

"No."

Compared with land warfare, Zhu Tianpeng is actually better at water warfare, but Hebei has fewer water systems, which is not suitable for large-scale formation of naval armies, and the princes also fight on foot and cavalry, making it difficult for him to give full play to his skills in water warfare.

Now that he finally has the opportunity to fight a water war, Zhu Tianpeng is still a little excited in his heart, he has put a lot of effort into his own water army, and now it is finally time to test the results.

The order was forbidden, and not long after Zhu Tianpeng's order, all kinds of warships in the Qi army's water village were pulled out of the camp, and Zhu Tianpeng boarded the largest main ship under the protection of Wang Yanzhang and Wang Yantong's brothers.

"The whole army obeyed the order and marched westward."

After Zhu Tianpeng gave the order, the flag-bearer on the main general immediately waved the command flag, and nearly 100 warships, large and small, all turned around, and the 100 boats actually crossed to the west.

Zhu Tianpeng looked at the water of the Yellow River, the navy behind him, and said proudly: "Didn't Li Jing want to destroy the ferry? Then come and defeat my water army. ”

The fleet had marched less than ten miles before a spy came to report: "Report...... Enlightening the lord, the Qin army turned around and went south. ”

"What?"

Zhu Tianpeng frowned, he originally thought that Li Jing was going to follow the example of Liangshanbo and burn the ferries of the Qi army on the south bank of the Yellow River to prevent the main force of the Qi army from entering the time north of the Yellow River, but now it seems that Li Jing has another purpose for this trip.

"Continue to advance, and in addition, closely investigate Li Jing's movements."

"No."

In less than half an hour, another spy came to report: "Lord Qi, the Qin army has come ashore." ”

Zhu Tianpeng's eyebrows furrowed, and he asked, "Then what?" ”

"Then it went southeast."

"Southeast?"

Zhu Tianpeng's brows furrowed even tighter, and he analyzed: "Does Li Jing want to take advantage of the emptiness in the rear of our army and directly attack Linzi, the capital of our country?" “

Wang Yanzhang suddenly showed a sudden expression, and said firmly: "It must be like this, Li Jing must want to come to encircle Wei to save Zhao, so as to force our army to retreat." ”

"Big brother, there are still 8,000 defenders in Linzi, and Li Jing only has 5,000 sailors in his hands, and there are no large-scale siege equipment, how can he capture Linzi?" Wang Yantong retorted.

"That's right."

Wang Yanzhang laughed dryly, and Zhu Tianpeng also reacted when he heard this, and then calmly said: "Since the Qin army has already gone ashore, there is no need for the navy, so order the navy to return the same way, and transfer 20,000 troops from the south bank to encircle and suppress Li Jing." ”

Li Jing only had 5,000 naval troops, but Zhu Tianpeng used 20,000 troops to encircle and suppress him, which shows how much he attached importance to Li Jing.

Zhu Tianpeng led the water army back to Shuizhai, and the 20,000 Qi troops who wanted to assemble at the ferry turned around and marched towards Li Jing, while the leading generals were Pang Shigu and Ge Congzhou.

Early the next morning, Zhu Tianpeng received an important piece of military information, before the army of Pang Shigu and Ge Congzhou surrounded Li Jing, Li Jing's army withdrew to the south bank of the Yellow River, and then went to the north bank of the Yellow River by boat.

"Huh? What kind of medicine did Li Jing buy in his gourd? Ran all the way over, didn't let go of an arrow, and then ran back again? What is the reasoning behind this? Wang Yanzhang looked puzzled.

"Running back? He couldn't run away. There are still 30,000 troops of our army on the north bank of the Yellow River, and since Li Jing has been exposed, how can he escape? Where to run? ”

Zhu Tianpeng sneered, and ordered: "Immediately fly the pigeon to send a message to Xia Luqi on the north bank of the Yellow River, and ask him to lead all the soldiers and horses to surround Li Jing, and Li Jing must not be allowed to escape back to Beihai." ”

"No."

After receiving the order, Charuqi immediately led his soldiers and horses to set up encirclements in major waterways, and shrank little by little, wanting to completely trap him to death.

Xia Luqi's strategy was not wrong, but he underestimated Li Jing too much, and before his encirclement had shrunk to the last circle, Li Jing returned to the south bank of the Yellow River by boat, leaving the 30,000 Qi army in the air.

Li Jing's back-and-forth operation also made the high-level Qi army, including Zhu Tianpeng, completely confused, and they didn't understand the meaning of doing this, after all, there was no escape from doing this, at most it was just delaying time.

What Zhu Tianpeng didn't know was that delaying time was Li Jing's goal, but it was only one of the goals.

Zhu Tianpeng ordered the Qi army on the south bank to encircle again, but sure enough, Li Jing returned to the north bank of the Yellow River, so that the Qi army on the south bank was in the air again.