On May 20, the imperial army led by Li Mian arrived in Chenliu, and at the same time, the troops of Li Zhongchen and Li Zhengji also arrived in Chenliu, and the three-way army with a total of 100,000 people surrounded Chenliu County, encircling but not fighting.

Baima Ferry, which is one of the most important ferries of the Yellow River, when Yuan Shao's army went south, Guan Yu killed the fierce general Yan Liang at Baima Ferry.

At this time, a large ship full of soldiers sailed from the north bank of the Yellow River, and there were constantly large ships docking, groups of soldiers rushed down from the bow of the boat, and quickly assembled on the shore, Tian Yue stood in a pavilion, his hand pressed on the hilt of his sword, and his eyes were fixed on the big ships on the river.

Tian Yue is about thirty years old, tall and burly, strong in martial arts, brave in battle, he is Tian Chenghe's own nephew, and he is also the most powerful, capable, and brave junior among his nephews.

Tian Chenghe's eldest son Tian Xu is mediocre, indulged in alcohol, and cannot inherit his career, if he forcibly gives him his career, it will only let those ambitious generals peep, after repeated thinking for many years, Tian Chengsi finally decided to give up his eldest son Tian Xu and train his nephew Tian Yue as the heir.

At this time, a civil official got off the big ship, walked quickly to Tian Yue's side, and handed him a letter, "This is the latest order of the old prince, and the general wants to carry it out immediately!" ”

"The hard horse has joined the army!"

Tian Yue opened the letter and read it, in which Tian Chengsi asked him to leave 20,000 troops to guard Puzhou and Huazhou, and let him personally lead 30,000 troops to Chenliu to rescue Li Lingyao.

This time Tian Chengsi is determined to win the Central Plains, he has secretly supported Li Lingyao for many years, invested a lot of capital, if he really can't get the Biansong, he also has to gain a foothold on the south bank of the Yellow River, but this is only the lowest goal, Tian Chengsi still wants to capture the Biansong, and Li Lingyao will become his pawn.

The uncle's attitude was expected by Tian Yue, he also wanted to save Li Lingyao, but how to save it is still debatable, the other three families besieged Chen Liucheng and did not fight, obviously they wanted to besiege the city and send reinforcements, if it was calculated in terms of troops, his 30,000 troops would definitely not be the opponent of the other party's 100,000 army.

But the other party has its own plans, but it gives Tian Yue the hope of breaking through.

Tian Yue pondered for a long time, and finally ordered: "Pass my order, and the army will set off after resting for a day!" ”

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At night, Tian Yue led 30,000 elite troops under the cover of night, quickly marching to the southwest, he thought twice, and finally decided to use Li Mian's 40,000 imperial army as a breakthrough, as long as the imperial army was defeated, Li Zhengji and Li Zhongchen's army would retreat.

The team marched quickly, due to the difficulty of crossing the river with war horses, this time Tian Chenghe's army was all infantry, the sky gradually dawned, and the towering figure of Wagang Mountain was revealed in the distance, they arrived in Weicheng County, and the army rested on the spot.

At this moment, three horsemen appeared in the woods of a small hill a few miles away, and they looked down at the army in the distance, and after observing for a long time, they wrote down a message, stuffed it into the letter tube, tied it firmly to the pigeon's legs, and threw the pigeon into the sky, and the pigeon spread its wings and flew west.

Weicheng County was only fifty miles away from Guo Song's camp, and half an hour later, Guo Song got the information sent by the scouts.

'The 30,000 Tian army marched south, neat and well-trained, armed with leather armor, spears, and swords, and received supplies from Weicheng County. ’

Guo Song regretted it a little, he was afraid of attracting Li Lingyao's attention, so he did not continue to seize the grain and grass materials in Weicheng County and Yucheng County, it is said that the grain in the official warehouse of Weicheng County is tens of thousands of stones, and now it seems that it is to leave it for the supply of Tian Chenghe's army.

Guo Song paced back and forth in the room alone, the current battle situation was basically the same as he expected, Li Lingyao was waiting for reinforcements, three armies were besieging the city to help, Tian Chenghe's army was in a weak position, he must want to use various methods to break through.

I don't know when the war will officially start, but Guo Song feels that he needs to take action.

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At night, the Baima ferry port is exceptionally quiet, hundreds of sentries patrol back and forth on the wharf, there are 30 large ships of 2,000 to 3,000 stone moored on the wharf, this is the troop carrier that Tian Chengsi spent two years to build, costing a huge amount of money, protecting the safety of these 30 ships, is already the top priority of the 10,000 troops in Huazhou, the Huazhou guard sent 2,000 troops to patrol in shifts day and night, and no one is allowed to approach the ferry.

But there are also loopholes in the defense of Tian Chengsi's army, that is, they have no naval army, Tian Chengsi only has ambitions for the Central Plains, so he built thirty troop ferries, he has no interest, and he has no financial resources to build a Yellow River naval army, which leads to Tian Chengsi's army can patrol on the shore, and can do nothing about the situation on the water.

However, the commander of Huazhou also tried his best to avoid the flotilla from being attacked from the water, so he also arranged soldiers to patrol the boat to prevent people from getting on the boat from the water, which was already the greatest protection that Tian Chenghe's army could do.

Under the cover of night, the situation on the surface of the Yellow River is also difficult to see.

There are no more than 30 boats on the pier of Hakuba Ferry, and only five large boats can be parked, and the other ferries can only be parked side by side on the periphery, tied together with iron chains, and covered with wooden planks, so that it is more convenient for soldiers to get on and off the boats.

The five large ships on the shore were tied to the wooden stakes of the pier with thick cables, and if the cables of the five large ships were broken, it was likely that all 30 large ships would float away from the water.

At the first watch, the 500 soldiers on duty patrolled back and forth on the shore, suddenly, from a distance to shoot dense arrows, the patrol soldiers could not dodge, they all screamed in the arrows, and then the sound of horses' hooves was loud, a cavalry of more than 1,000 people killed, the momentum was like thunder, unstoppable, the patrol soldiers could not resist, scattered and fled........

Guo Song ordered sharply: "Get on the boat and ignite the fire!" ”

More than 300 soldiers lit torches and rushed onto the ship, there were few patrol soldiers on the ship, they were so frightened that they hid in all directions, Guo Song's men sprinkled the hay and sulfur powder they carried on the ship's board, the torches were thrown into the sails under the mast, the cloth sails were quickly ignited, and then the hay was ignited, and the fire quickly burned and spread.

'Woo-'

Guo Song blew the horn of retreat, three hundred soldiers went ashore like a tide, turned over and mounted their horses, the cables of the five big ships were cut, and the thirty big ships gradually left the shore under the guidance of the waves, the boats were still in flames, and the patrol soldiers who were hiding jumped into the water to flee for their lives.

"Retreat!"

As soon as Guo Song gave the order, a thousand cavalry turned their horses and ran westward, and soon disappeared into the darkness.

From the time they appeared to the time they left, it was less than two incense sticks before and after, until a quarter of an hour later, Gao Yuewen, the lord of Huazhou, led five thousand soldiers from Baima County, three miles away, the boats on the dock were gone, and he only saw a fire burning in the middle of the river from a distance, Gao Yuewen was dumbfounded, and he didn't know how to explain to the little lord Tian Yue.

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Tian Yue got the news that the ferry was destroyed in Renqiu County, which made him shocked and angry, there was no ferry, how could they return to Hebei?

It is only the beginning of June, and there is still half a year before the Yellow River freezes, and they have no way out except to hold on to the Central Plains for half a year.

The retreat was cut off, Tian Yue did not have the determination to break the boat, but must carefully consider the rescue steps, and not recklessly, Tian Yue decided to temporarily give up the rescue of Li Lingyao after a day of repeated thinking, and returned to Huazhou.

Tian Yue repeatedly pondered where the cavalry that attacked the Baima Ferry came from, and he finally came to the conclusion that this cavalry could only be sent by Li Zheng, and at present Li Zheng had only sent 30,000 troops to Chenliu to participate in the extermination of Li Lingyao, and he himself led 50,000 troops to be stationed in Jeju, eyeing Puzhou, Li Zheng was already waiting for his army to go south, so he took advantage of the situation to send troops to seize Puzhou and Huazhou, and the 20,000 troops he left behind may not be able to resist.

It can be said that it was a fire at the White Horse Ferry that made Tian Yue sober up, his uncle was far away in Hebei and did not understand the situation in the Central Plains, although Biansong was fat, but the real terrible thing was Li Zhengji, the old fox, he knew that he was going to rescue Chen Liu, so he left the main force in Jeju and was waiting for him to go south!

Just as Tian Yue's army slowly withdrew to Huazhou, the 1,000 cavalry led by Guo Song had quietly returned to Wagang Mountain.

The surprise attack was beautifully done, well-planned, well-prepared, and completely unexpected by the enemy, the army of Huazhou was guarding against Li Zhengji's army coming from the east, and the main force was one hundred and fifty miles away in the southwest, and the west was Wagang Mountain, and they could not have imagined that an army would come from the west.

But Guo Song did not stay in Wagang Mountain for a long time, and soon after he returned to Wagang Mountain, he secretly set off for Chenliu County with two soldiers with high martial arts.

Guo Song knew very well that once Li Lingyao knew that Tian Yue had withdrawn his troops, he would probably abandon the city and flee south, and Guo Song must deal with Li Lingyao before he fled south, get his head, and his first task would be completed.