On the day of the defeat of Timur, Li Luo sent Hugu himself to lead 10,000 cavalry and return to Jiangnan to support Cui Xiuning. Then, he sent Zhu Hao to lead 20,000 infantry back to the south of the Yangtze River.

Therefore, the siege of Timur also preceded only more than 200,000 people.

The next day, the coalition forces repaired and treated the wounded without any action. But there was no slackness in the siege of the Yuan army camp.

Li Luo and Wen Tianxiang looked up at the Yuan army camp and gave up the idea of attacking the camp.

The Yuan army camp is built on a high place, and it is very strong, if it is attacked now, I am afraid that there will be great casualties.

At night, the Yuan army camp was deliberating nervously.

"My lord, our army is newly defeated today, and its morale is low. If there is no reinforcement for Sudieer and Xiang Mango within a few days, it will be dangerous. Li Ting said.

The king of Yunnan also looked worried, "This king has fallen for Li Luo's plan to divide his troops." At present, the army of more than 200,000 people has been blocked, and it will be difficult to rush back for a while. ”

Bo Luohuan comforted: "There are not many thieves who block the loss of Sudieer and Xiang Mango, they just occupy a favorable terrain." Don't worry, the king will see that in three or five days at most, they will be able to return to help. ”

The speed in the direction of Baoqing is also two days away. The mango loss in Yuxian County is only one day away. It is said that at least the mango loss in Yuxian County should have arrived.

In retrospect, several people made two wrong moves. The first is that the troops should not be divided, and the second is that Wang Wei, a general, should not be believed.

In the words of the Han people, it is a mistake, and the whole game is lost.

Duan Qingdao: "Our army still has 70,000 and 100,000 slaves, and it is not that we have no strength to fight again if we give them weapons." Don't forget, the king, there are still 120,000 horses in the camp. Many infantry and slaves also knew how to ride horses. ”

A large number of slaves in the Yuan army, in addition to serving hard labor in the army, were also auxiliaries when necessary. Therefore, military slaves are often young and strong.

It's just that the slaves have very poor combat power and no armor, so they can only be used as cannon fodder, and they can't fight tough battles.

The king of Yunnan nodded, "This king has also thought about it." It's not time to use slaves yet. ”

It is true that many of the slaves could ride horses, but once the slaves were given horses and weapons, they might cause trouble. Not only was it a last resort, but the king of Yunnan was reluctant to arm the slaves.

He was also reluctant to give his horses to the Duan infantry who could ride horses.

Duan got the war horse, will he run away by himself? It's hard to say. At this moment, the king of Yunnan didn't even dare to fully believe Li Ting, the Jurchen general. He completely believed that only Bo Luohuan and other Mongolian generals were the generals.

More importantly, he had already come up with the idea of abandoning the Duan infantry if necessary, and using the Duan Clan's infantry to escape with 20,000 cavalry.

Of course, not only did he have to, but he didn't want to do it.

"Order, first take out a part of the reliable old slaves, give them weapons, and let them help guard the camp. Tell them that if they can do meritorious service, the king will abolish their slavery. The king of Yunnan said.

And after a while they had taken counsel about holding on to the matter of waiting for help, they went back to their camps.

After Duan Qing returned to the camp, he talked about the military discussion, and Duan Zheng said after listening: "Father, the king doesn't believe us, he is afraid that we will be assigned to the war horse and lead the army to flee alone." ”

Duan Qing nodded with an ugly face, "The king is unwilling to give us war horses, the rest of us are infantry, and when the time comes, we will really be defeated, and we won't be able to run away." ”

Duan Zheng sneered: "The king may already have the intention of abandoning my Duan clan's 50,000 infantry. Father, we must be careful, we must not be thrown out of the palace by the king. ”

Duan Qing nodded, he agreed with this smart son's words.

"Let's do it when the opportunity comes. If we can't do anything—" he pointed in the direction behind the camp, "I'll get out of the camp and go over the mountains." ”

Duan Zheng smiled bitterly: "I have no choice but to do this." Husband and wife are still like forest birds, flying separately when the disaster comes, not to mention my Duan clan and the king of Yunnan? ”

Father and son did not rest until midnight.

But the two of them were sleeping in a daze, when they were suddenly awakened by a loud noise, accompanied by screams.

It turned out that the Tang army suddenly shelled the Yuan camp in the middle of the night, killing and wounding many infantry and slaves guarding the camp.

"Boom, boom—"

The artillery of the Tang army bombarded several rounds in a row, and the Yuan army camp was devastated, with thousands of dead and wounded.

Timur was furious, but he was completely helpless, so he could only order the slaves to repair the camp.

Li Luo felt sorry for the gunpowder, and he didn't keep bombarding it without money. After all, it is not cost-effective to bombard the large battalion of the Yuan army with fortifications and a higher position, and the killing effect is not good.

However, the artillery bombardment dealt a great blow to the morale of the Yuan army.

On the third day, the Tang army, which was besieging the Yuan army camp, shelled the Yuan army camp again. The morale of the Yuan army was even lower.

What worries Timur and others even more is that the army lost by Yessudieer and Xiang Mango does not even have a shadow.

At this time, the inlaid mango loss of Youxian County had abandoned Youxian County and was desperately attacking Camel Mountain, wanting to return to the army to rescue the king of Yunnan.

However, although there were only 20,000 allied troops occupying Camel Mountain, they occupied a favorable terrain, and under the command of the Tang general Shen Huaanhua, they stubbornly held the Yuan army to attack, so that the Yuan army could not move closer to Qiyang.

There are only a small number of firearms in Shen Hua's army, but the soldiers and horses lost by Xiang Mango are mainly the Bagan tribal army of the Golden Tooth King and others, although they are savage and brave, they are very afraid of sharp firearms, which causes Xiang Mango to lose and cannot capture the camel mountain for a long time.

At the same time, the direction of Baoqing also gave up attacking Baoqing and wanted to return to Qiyang, but was also blocked by Zhang Yong's 20,000 soldiers and horses at Yuecheng Pass. And Jiang Jun, who was guarding Baoqing, also followed, and he was entangled with Zhang Yong one after the other.

It is also difficult to take care of both the beginning and the end, and there is no way to take the city pass for a while, so I can only hope that the king of Yunnan will hold on for a few more days.

It can be said that although the Yuan army on the Hengyang battlefield still has an army of two or three hundred thousand, it has fallen into a comprehensive passivity.

But the Liang army in Jiangling, as well as the Tang army Shang Zhu and Zha Yin Nan in Fujian, also fell into passivity.

Lu Wenhuan took advantage of the great victory and stormed the important town of Jiangling, which was in danger. Xiao Yin hurriedly summoned "King Qin" everywhere, but where are the soldiers and horses?

Although there are more than 100,000 Liang troops in Hengyang, it is too late to transfer them back.

Just when Lu Wenhuan was about to capture Jiangling, the 50,000 Tang army led by Wu Yan had already arrived. Lu Wenhuan had no choice but to temporarily give up attacking Jiangling and instead attack Wuyan.

Lü Wenhuan's army exceeded 120,000 and 10,000 cavalry. Wuyan only had 50,000 infantry, most of them were recruits, and the firearms were only one regiment.

But even so, Lu Wenhuan failed to defeat Wu Yan after several fierce attacks, and with the 30,000 Liang troops in the city, a confrontation was formed for a while.

But Lu Wenhuan is obviously older than Wu Yan with more troops, and there are many cavalry, so he still has the upper hand. Although the Tang and Liang coalition forces could not be suppressed in the short term, the Tang and Liang coalition forces that were suppressed were barely supported.

The Tang army relied entirely on the quality of its soldiers and a small number of firearms as its pillars, and united with the Liang army to contend with the more than 100,000 Sichuan Yuan troops with 10,000 cavalry.

And the defense line bordering Fujian and Guangdong Road, Shang Zhu and Zha Yinnan also fought very hard.

The two had 70,000 soldiers and horses, and most of their soldiers and horses were the Fujian Han army that had rebelled before, and their combat effectiveness was not too strong. The Tang army, which was trained according to the Tang army model, had only 30,000 people, and all of them were Fujian recruits. There are no firearms soldiers.

On the other hand, the Tusi coalition army that attacked Fujian had more than 100,000 people and many cavalry. These Tusi coalitions came from more than a dozen Tusi families, and they were all good at mountain warfare. Although Shang Zhu and Zha Yin Nan relied on Luo Xiaoshan to defend, they could still only defend with all their might.

In desperation, Luo Yu's sailors could only abandon the warship and send 10,000 people ashore to become an army to assist in the defense of Luo Xiao Mountain.

And Zhao Liangchao in Guangzhou was still not confused, he used the privy envoy Lin Guifang, who had been defeated in Nanhai County (Foshan) before, to lead 50,000 Song troops, threatening Tian Jinxian's back road, so that more than 100,000 Tusi coalition troops could not attack Fujian with all their might.

The Fujian front was at a stalemate and temporarily stabilized. But overall, Tian Jinxian still had the upper hand, and if there were no accidents, it would be a matter of time before he defeated the Tang and Song coalition forces and invaded Fujian.

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At this time, Cui Xiuning had already received Li Luo's letter.

Li Luo's guess shocked her into a cold sweat.

It turns out that there is still a matter of Kublai Khan's "crossing the river with leather bags" to destroy Dali in history!

If you're familiar with history, don't wait until now to find out.

"Naiyan's department has left Yangzhou and is heading west along the north of the Yangtze River. At this time, Anhui, which has entered the later generations, where will they cross the river? ”

Cui Xiuning closed his eyes and recalled the general geography of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

When Naiyan's troops went along Jiangxi, everyone would think that they had crossed the mountains to Xiangyang, then entered Sichuan, and then crossed the river in a narrow middle and upper reaches that were difficult for the Tang army's naval divisions to control.

This route was extremely difficult for the cavalry of the brigade, and it took a lot of time, and it was not as easy as taking a detour through Tibet. At least although Tibet is around, the road is ready-made.

And what Naiyan did was to open a new road.

Now Cui Xiuning understands, where did they cross the mountains and mountains to cross the river in Sichuan? They basically want to cross the river in Anhui in the future!

Kublai Khan was cunning and cunning, and he was also familiar with the Yangtze River, so he must have secretly explained the location and method of crossing the river.

She didn't know too much about how to cross the river. Kublai Khan's operation was completely directed by secret decrees, and he also issued a gag order, even the general of Naiyan's department, and he didn't know the details, and the special investigation bureau could not find out the information in the short term.

But she knew that the location where the Yuan army crossed the river was either in Wuwei or Anqing! Or, the two places together!

Why? Because these two rivers are not only very narrow, but also the river flow is gentle and not turbulent.

She remembered that the section of the Xiaogushan River in Anqing was only 700 meters above the river. And Wuwei somewhere on the surface of the river, less than 900 meters. It's just the depth of the water.

In the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, only these two sections of the river are less than two places wide, and most of the people who are good at swimming can swim through. It is completely different from the river more than ten miles wide downstream.

Even, these two sections of the river are not wider than the Jinsha River, and they are not as fast as the Jinsha River.

According to Li Luo's allusion to "Yuandu Ge Bag", since the 100,000 Mongolian army was able to suddenly cross the river with a leather bag, why couldn't it be in these two sections of the river?

Absolutely!

If he hadn't told Li Luo about his doubts, if Li Luo hadn't guessed his conclusions based on his doubts, then everyone would have been kept in the dark.

You must know that the warships of the Tang Army's naval division on the Yangtze River are chain-blockaded, and there is only one warship in each section of the river, which is at least one mile away and more than two miles.

More than a thousand warships are a lot, but they are distributed on the river for two thousand miles, and the forces are very scattered. Moreover, no one could have imagined that the Yuan army would cross the river without a boat!

They also thought that the Yuan army really went to Sichuan!

If the Yuan army suddenly stopped to cross the river somewhere, it would be too late for the sailors to assemble and intercept. Even if a part of the warships is gathered to intercept it, only a part of it can be intercepted.

It is easy for the sailor to deal with the enemy ship, after all, the enemy ship has a large target, and if you kill one enemy ship, the enemy will be finished with a full boat. But it's not easy to deal with people in the water.

The Tang army relied on the blockade of the Yangtze River, and the Yuan army's naval divisions were lost, and the river defense army was not deployed along the river.

The Southern Song Dynasty Jiangfang garrisoned tens of thousands of troops all year round, guarding the narrowest river. At that time, the Song army had dozens of Jiangfang military towns, with a garrison of up to 300,000.

Now it seems that it is not unreasonable!

With such a tight defense of the river, the Yuan army crossed the river with leather bags, and there was no chance.

"Someone!" Cui Xiuning stood up suddenly, "Pass my order, five thousand townships bravely guard Lin'an!" Lin'an 10,000 soldiers and horses will go with me! ”

"Order all prefectures and counties along the Yangtze River to urgently requisition young and strong, distribute weapons, and guard the south bank of the Yangtze River!"

"Herald Sailor ......"

Cui Xiuning gave several military orders, kissed the three children, and then wore red armor and prepared to leave.

The guards also hurried into action. The spies also took action. The order to transfer troops quickly spread to the Xiangyong Battalion and the Lin'an Garrison Battalion.

Yan Duo, who rushed to hear the news, felt and asked, "My son, what's wrong!" It's almost the New Year, why do you want to go to war by yourself? ”

Cui Xiuning put aside the speculation, and said a little anxiously: "Dad, it is estimated that the Yuan army is about to cross the river, and the water division and the county along the river still don't know, and there is no Jiang defense land division on the south bank, 100,000 are urgent, and you must go in person!" ”

All the generals of the Tang Army went to the battle, and there were no generals above the brigade commander in Lin'an.

Yan Duo was surprised: "If that's the case, then Jiangnan is in danger!" Tribes such as Shui Dada and Bone Ghosts, that is the wolf in the water, is not afraid of rivers! However, since the Yuan army may cross the river in two places, it must be divided! Can't let them cross one place! ”

Yan Duo was right. Even if only one out of the river is successful, even if only 30,000 cavalry go ashore, then Jiangnan will be bloody and bloody.

The elite soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River are exhausted, except for Lin'an, which has 5,000 soldiers and horses, and the other cities and counties are scattered garrisons, which can only maintain law and order. It can be described as extremely empty.

All firearms were also transferred to the front, and Jiangnan had almost none.

Even these small garrisons scattered all over the place are almost all recruits.

"It's urgent! The old man also goes! Yan Duo said, "You lead the troops to Wuhu County!" The old man led his troops to Jiande (eastward)! ”

These two places are across the river from Wuwei and Anqing.

"But my father is old...... Cui Xiuning is worried about Yan Duo's body.

"It's okay!" Yan Duo said with a smile, "Although my father can't pull a bow anymore, he can still ride a horse and lead a soldier!" I'm worried about you, you rarely lead troops to battle! ”

Cui Xiuning said: "Don't worry, Dad, my son is not a weak woman in the boudoir, and he has also fought wars." ”

Although she is so fierce, she knows very well that her so-called war is just a life. Fight the Yuan army, I'm sorry, inexperienced.

But now, Lin'an doesn't have a general, and she can't go if she doesn't go.

Soon, the Xiangyong and Lin'an defenders were all assembled. Cui Xiuning hurriedly made some arrangements, and set off with Yan Duo.

They had no cavalry, and 50,000 men could only march on two legs. It's just that all the armor and weapons of the soldiers are carried by mules and horses, and the people are much easier.

Generals such as Cui Xiuning and Yan Duo are still equipped with two horses. Yan Duo is seventy years old, his hair is white, he is wearing a black armor, holding a spear, and he is still majestic.

"Speaking of which, I haven't been in battle for more than ten years as a father." Yan Duo sighed, "I didn't expect to have a chance to fight before I died." ”

Cui Xiuning, who was wearing red armor next to him, said: "Dad, don't say such ominous words. With his father's figure, it is not impossible to live a long life. ”

The two of them were quite anxious, but tens of thousands of soldiers were infantry, and they couldn't get up quickly. Cui Xiuning only hoped that Naiyan would not cross the river so quickly.

According to the intelligence, Naiyan's department has not completely crossed the Jianghuai hills, but it is also soon. Turning over the hilly belt is Chaohu Lake, and bypassing Chaohu Lake is inaction.

Counting up, Naiyan will definitely be able to cross the river within five days.

Cui Xiuning was so anxious that he could only order Xiang Yong to hurry up. The messenger who informed the magistrates along the river had already ridden a fast horse, but there were no soldiers and horses in the counties along the river.

Cui Xiuning hoped that all speculations were wrong, and the Yuan army had no plan to cross the river at all.

Fortunately, after more than a month of hard training, Xiangyong is no longer what it used to be. When he went out to fight in the wind and snow at the end of the year, he did not complain, but was very interested.

Shi Coral and other guards also followed Cui Xiuning closely, and the group braved the wind and snow to hurry.

The next day, the team traveled more than 100 miles and came to Guangde, where the troops were divided into two routes. Yan Duo led 20,000 people west to Jiande, while Cui Xiuning led 30,000 people north to Wuhu.

"Take care! If there is disharmony, don't insist, immediately retreat to Jiangning City (Nanjing)! Yan Duo waved his hand and said.

Cui Xiuning's eyes moistened, "Father, take care, don't disobey the old!" ”

"The old man saves! Zheng'er has not yet been made the prince, and the old man is reluctant to die! Drive! Yan Duo whipped violently, walked to the front of the team, and slowly disappeared into the wind and snow.

"Drive!" Cui Xiuning also beat the horse and walked in front, and shouted crisply: "As long as the back is there, the Tartars will never be allowed to poison Jiangnan!" ”

The villagers shouted tears: "Datang Wansheng! The queen wins! ”

"We must fight to the death and kill the enemy, and we can't let the queen have a bad pool!"

"That's it! The queen personally led the troops to the battle, not to mention me and other men! It's nothing more than a life, never die! ”

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Just when Cui Xiuning and Yan Duobing were divided, in the Jianghuai hills in Jiangbei, there was an earth-shattering sound of horse neighing. Slowly, a large number of war horses, cattle and sheep climbed over the hills and came to the flat field.

There are more and more people and horses, and a steady stream of people and horses are coming out of the Jianghuai hills. When many people get off the mountain, they sit in the snow with their tired butts.

A bearded fur-fur warrior untied his saber and scolded in a Kanwai dialect that the Han people could not understand: "How many more mountains do you have to climb!" Damn, it's been a big mountain or a small hill along the way, and both people and horses have lost weight! ”

"Ah Yahu, you don't have to say a word! Man, you've been complaining all the way, this isn't the temper of our waterside people! We are in our hometown, and we have not gone over the mountains. ”

Another warrior said in Hu language, "Nayan Khan said that we get a lot of slaves, salt, women, money. ”

Ah Yahu snorted coldly: "Bahai, do you think I, Ah Yahu, am afraid of tiredness? I don't know where I'm going! The king of the Khan does not say it, the chief does not say it, it is as mysterious as the spell of a sorcerer. ”

Ba Hai said: "To tell you the truth, even the leader doesn't know where to go. Don't ask so much, just go. As long as you can grab slaves and goodies, you can go anywhere! ”

The so-called Water Dada actually has a lot to do with the Eight Banners of the Manchu Dynasty in later generations. In fact, they themselves are Jurchens, but they never consider themselves to be Jurchens.

However, they are not the same thing as the Jurchens who established the Jin State.

The main body of the Jin Kingdom Nuzhen, especially the Wanyan Department, is mainly "people in the forest". And Shui Dada is the "waterside person". The two also do not agree with each other, and there are differences in customs.

It wasn't until an hour later that more than 100,000 cavalry, more than 200,000 war horses, and even larger numbers of sheep and cattle all came out of the Jianghuai hills, and the mountains and fields were full of men and horses.

Such hills, the north bank of the Yangtze River in the west of Yangzhou, are everywhere, stretching for hundreds of miles, and can only be crossed.

The hills, though only hills, were painful enough for the cavalry. This hill, they climbed over for half a month.

Everyone was exhausted, the horses had lost weight, and the cattle and sheep had lost weight.

Fortunately, this place was under the rule of the Yuan Court in Jiangbei, and they were not afraid of enemy attacks.

The tall Nai Yan, whose original gorgeous fur fur coat has also become tattered. The three Ulus kings (vassal kings) such as Nahar were also very embarrassed.

"Come on, my brother, and my two uncles, we've made it past this damn hill, let's sum it up." Naiyan said breathlessly.

Far from their generals and guards, the four venerable Urus kings came to an open place and sat down to discuss important matters. In addition to them, there is also a cowardly Xue guard Tuzang.

Tuzang was Kublai Khan's confidant and bodyguard, and he was also sent by Kublai Khan to guide Naiyan and others. This man was silent and cautious, which is why Kublai Khan told him all his plans.

"Very good." Nayan opened his mouth and smiled, "No one knows where we are going. "This man pointed to the side of the guide, the rebels must have thought that we would continue to cross the mountains and mountains to Sichuan, they never imagined that we would cross the river."

In fact, although Naiyan and the others knew that Ge Nang crossed the river, they did not know where to cross the river. They don't know anything about the topography of the Yangtze River.

Tuzang took out a piece of parchment and opened it, and it was a map of the Yangtze River, and it was very delicately drawn.

"Here," Tuzang pointed to the opposite side of Wuhu, "it's called Wuwei." There are less than two places on the river. ”

He pointed to the place of Anqing again, "This is the small lonely mountain in Anqing, and the river here is narrower, only one and a half miles." These two places are the narrowest and easiest places to cross the river. The Great Khan chose these two places. ”

Less than two miles? When Nai Yan and the others heard this, they couldn't help laughing.

Less than two miles, it was too easy to cross the leather bag.

"When the Great Khan crossed the Jinsha River, I was only sixteen years old."

He also said, "The Jinsha River is more than two miles, and the water flow is very fast." At that time, 100,000 troops and 200,000 horses crossed the river, and after crossing the opposite side, there were only more than 80,000 people and 170,000 horses. Many people and horses were actually swept away by the flood. ”

"If this section of the river is not as wide as the Jinsha River, it may be easier to cross. However, is the current fast? ”

He is not nearly fifty years old, and he participated in the attack on Dali with Kublai Khan.

Tuzang shook his head, "The water is not fast, it is deep." ”

He didn't smile dryly: "What are you afraid of?" I am afraid of being lenient and anxious. With that said, that's fine. ”

Nayan said: "Shui Dada in the army, don't be afraid of this." But my Tuzang, can you guarantee that the rebels have no soldiers and horses on the other side of the river? ”

Shi Du'er also said: "If there are soldiers and horses on the other side, then it will be a big trouble just to go ashore." The warriors were still in the water, unable to fight back and could only be shot by the rebels on the shore. And we are cavalry, so we always have to spend effort to go ashore and ride the whole team. ”

Tuzang showed a rare stiff smile, "The rebel soldiers and horses have fought with the king of Yunnan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are like sheepfolds without hunting dogs to guard, except for the rebel sailors, there are no soldiers on the shore at all." ”

Nayan nodded, "So, as long as you cross the river quickly and cross before the rebel sailors assemble, you'll be fine?" However, I heard that the rebel sailors are very strong, and the river is also very dead. No matter how fast we move, we will inevitably encounter a few warships to intercept us, and it is estimated that the losses will not be small. ”

Tuzang said: "If you can pass eight centaurs, you will be successful." How can you fight a war without dying? Didn't the Great Khan promise several kings? After crossing the river, you can do whatever you want. ”

"Good!" Nai Yan slapped his thigh, "Then we will listen to your arrangement of Tuzang." Don't do uncle, how much time did it take to cross the Jinsha River back then, from slaughtering cattle and sheep to successfully crossing the river? ”

He wanted to slaughter cattle and sheep, but the slaughter was very skillful, except for the neck and limbs, the whole cow and sheep skin was not sewn.

Then use a blower to blow the cow and sheepskin into a bulging air bag and tie the hole. Then tie the airbag to the horse's body. When crossing the river, the horse swims in the water, and the man rides on the horse to paddle to help the horse accelerate.

Horses can swim and can swim with people. However, horses have a limited swimming distance, no more than a mile in the river, and even shorter if they are carrying people.

But if the horse has an airbag strapped to it, that's a different story. In that way, the horse will not sink into the water, the horse's head will be exposed to breathe, and the person on horseback will help paddle the water, which will greatly increase the distance of crossing the river. Even if you are tired, you can stop and rest.

However, the drawbacks of this method are also obvious. First, it is impossible to cross the river with heavy supplies and heavy weapons, and it is almost a desperate gamble, and if it cannot win quickly, it will be exhausted.

Second, when crossing the river, it is difficult to counterattack the enemy, unable to defend and arrange, and once there is an enemy army on the opposite bank, it will suffer heavy losses or even annihilate the entire army.

Hearing Nai Yan's question, he recalled for a while and said: "Crossing the river is very fast, and it will only take half an hour to work." The slow thing is to make leather bags, which took a full hour. However, the before and after add up to just over an hour. ”

Tuzang said: "Then slaughter the cattle and sheep here and take the skins away." The slaughter here is no longer afraid of reaching the ears of the rebels to make them suspicious. ”

It's only a few days away from the river crossing. Not to mention that the rebels may not know about the slaughter of cattle and sheep, and even if they do, it is too late to stop them.

"Okay, then slaughter here!" Naiyan immediately gave the order to slaughter cattle and sheep.

After an hour, all the cattle and sheep were slaughtered. The flesh was divided and taken away, and the bones were buried on the spot.

For fear of being discovered by the Tang Army's sailors, the Yuan army did not approach the river, but dozens of miles away from the river.

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"General! The Queen's Order! ”

At the Yangtze River Naval Division camp stationed in Jiangning (Nanjing), a messenger sent by Cui Xiuning arrived in a hurry for 600 li.

Han Shao, the commander of the Yangtze River Naval Division, read Cui Xiuning's secret order, and his expression suddenly changed greatly.

"Herald! Warning ......"

"Boom!" The six-pound artillery on the flagship of the Yangtze River Naval Division bombarded and flags were issued, and more and more warships began to gather and head west.

The other messengers also rode fast horses to Xunyang (Jiujiang) and other places, and notified the sailors there to come east to intercept them.

But the problem is that the speed of the sailor on the river is really slow, and Han Shao can't be faster no matter how anxious he is.

Although the queen said that it was a possibility, he was not sure, but Han Shao's intuition felt that what the queen said should happen.

Be sure to stop the Yuan army before they cross the river!

At the same time, the 2,000 recruits of the Tang Army who defended Jiangning City were also sent more than 1,000 people and hurried west. The leader of the troops is only a regimental commander.

Three days later, Cui Xiuning marched 400 miles and finally arrived in Wuhu County, but he was still 20 miles away from the bank of the Yangtze River.

The 30,000 soldiers and horses were all tired, and Cui Xiuning's originally bright eyes were also bloodshot at this time, and the inside of his legs was worn out.

Later, she could only dismount and walk, and her subordinates persuaded her to insist on not taking the carriage.

The news of Cui Xiuning's arrival, of course, had already alarmed Wang Fusheng, the commander of Wuhu County.

The county officials sent by Wang Fusheng to greet Cui Xiuning had been waiting at the post station for a long time.

"Weichen Wuhu County Cheng Liu Jiulang, meet Her Royal Highness the Queen!" Liu Jiulang is an old man in Haidong, of course he knows Liu Jiulang.

"Liu Xiancheng, is there any movement on the other side of the Yangtze River?" Cui Xiuning asked.

Liu Jiulang said: "Not yet, but the county order of Wang County has summoned 6,000 young and strong people from this county and two neighboring counties to patrol the riverbank, and the nearby warships have also been notified, please rest assured." ”

Cui Xiuning breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's okay to ......."

Just said this, suddenly the Luan bell on the official road in front of him rang sharply, and at the same time the piercing gong sounded, and at the same time, the knight immediately shouted: "The Yuan army crosses the river, quickly pick up the farm tools and guard the river!" The county magistrate is urgent! ”

Cui Xiuning's head buzzed, and he turned over on his horse without thinking about it, "The Yuan army is coming, hurry!" It's too late! "Gallop first.

Stone Coral and the other guards followed. 30,000 Xiangyong simply ran.

At this time, on the river less than two miles wide, tens of thousands of Yuan troops suddenly launched into the water and came to the opposite bank.

Dozens of warships that had already gathered were intercepting, and the sailors on board were firing arrows one after another, shooting the Yuan troops swimming over.

It turned out that after the Yuan army came to Chaohu, it was divided into two, with 70,000 people continuing to the west and 70,000 going south. Nayan led 70,000 people south, stopped at a distance of ten miles from the river, made leather bags, and tied them to the body of the war horse.

With so many people and such a big movement, of course, you can't hide it from anyone, but the problem is that there is no need to hide it at all now. Even if it leaks a few days in advance, it doesn't matter.

Each war horse was tied with more than two leather bags. In order to maintain balance in the water, the leather bag is also very particular.

The cavalry of the Yuan army were all dressed in leather armor and carried riding bows, while swords, guns and feather arrows were also floated in leather bags.

Then, under Naiyan's order, an army of 70,000 came to the riverside and began to be launched in batches on the bank of the river, which was several miles long.

Although the nearby warships of the Tang Army's naval division were discovered, it was to no avail. The number of warships was too small, and the number of Yuan troops crossing the river was too large. By the time the warships from farther afield arrived, the Yuan army would have already crossed the river.

"Kill!" Seeing that a large number of Yuan army sailors were launched, dozens of ships and warships formed a line of defense, but the gap was still very large and could not be blocked at all.

You must know that the warships of the Yangtze River Naval Division are all small and medium-sized warships, and dozens of intercepting ships rushed over from the nearby waters of 50 miles, but the strength of the troops is actually only a thousand, where can they block the tens of thousands of troops covering the river?

At this moment, the sailor warships upstream and downstream are still rushing here, but where is the time?

The river is less than two miles wide, and you can cross the river in no time!

"Kill!" The sailors were stunned and released the arrows, and the cannons were fired. But they were only armed with small cannons.

The Yuan army sailors rode on horses, the horse's head was exposed to the water, and most of the knights' bodies were also in the water, but their chests were above the water.

They rode on horseback with difficulty, and tried to shoot the Tang sailors on the ship with curved bows and arrows. It's like tens of thousands of troops charging and shooting on land.

Although the strength and accuracy of the arrows were much worse than on land, they were too numerous after all, and for a while, the arrows rained down, and the Tang Army's naval divisions suffered more than 100 casualties, and they could not resist the dense rain of arrows at all.

The difference in numbers is just too great.

In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of troops crossed to the center of the river and approached the Tang army's warship. Although many Yuan troops were killed and wounded by the Tang Army's sailors, they were nothing compared to their huge numbers.

"Kill! Don't cross the river with tartars!" Wang Fusheng, the commander of Wuhu County, shouted with blood-red eyes, he looked at the thousands of young and strong people behind him, "Tartars cross the river, we all have to die, guard the river bank, and block them in the river!" ”

Thousands of young men with pot lids, spears, bamboo guns, and farm tools shouted together: "Otherwise, the Tartars will cross the river!" ”

Wang Fusheng had already prepared a day in advance, and he had prepared a large number of obstacles to block the riverbank. Even if the Yuan army came to the river, it would not be able to go ashore for a while.

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