Hong Chengchou's plan to march on three fronts was shelved because they couldn't build a pontoon bridge over the river.

The Guandi army in Hequ and Baode Prefecture directly set up artillery on the shore and shelled their ships and timber, and as long as the Ming army appeared on the river, the artillery on the opposite bank would aim at them.

No one dared to drive the ships moored on the shore away, so they could only let the Guan Emperor's army bombard them one by one and sink to the bottom of the river.

Zuo Guangxian, who attacked the river meander, once selected two hundred elite soldiers who were familiar with the nature of the water, and took advantage of the dark night to swim across the river with a bamboo pole, wanting to attack the artillery of the Guandi army on the bank at night.

But the Guan Emperor army on the other side lit piles of bonfires on the shore, and there were sentries constantly patrolling back and forth, as if there were hidden piles, and the two hundred elite soldiers were discovered before they landed.

Then, they fell into the target of the other side, and the vast majority of the two hundred elite soldiers were killed in the river by muskets, and only a few were lucky enough to swim back.

Since then, Zuo Guangxian has never dared to send people across the river again.

On the day of the bombardment, he sent hundreds of his men to rush to the shore in an attempt to sail hundreds of large and small ships anchored on the shore to the shore.

As a result, his subordinates suffered from the artillery on the opposite side, and as soon as they rushed to the river, hundreds of people were killed and wounded, and dozens of them were bombarded into the bottom of the river by the people who led the boat after they got on the boat.

It's just that he grabbed nearly two hundred ships, and he finally gained something.

Since then, Wang Chengen has not dared to send people close to the river, and the two hundred boats he snatched out have also hidden in several nearby river bays, and he does not dare to drive out again.

The beach has not been shelled, and all the boats and timber have been concentrated on the beach, and they can take pontoon bridges and cross the river by boat at any time.

But Hong Chengchou didn't dare to move, because artillery was clearly set up on the other side, but he didn't open fire to blow up the ship.

That's the scariest thing.

The other party was waiting, waiting for his army to start building pontoons.

At that time, the personnel were dense, and the artillery was accurate and accurate, and there were bound to be heavy casualties.

Hong Chengchou did not move, and Emperor Guan's army did not attack, and the two armies confronted each other across the Yellow River.

Three days later, Bai Guangen led 2,000 Ming troops to cross the Yellow River from Jiaxian, enter Kryu Village in Shanxi, and then march along the Yellow River in the direction of Xingxian.

Keruzhai belongs to the jurisdiction of Linxian County and is still under the control of the Ming Dynasty, so the Guan Di army did not find this Ming army that made a detour.

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Xingxian is the jurisdiction of Feng Yilong, the eastern defense line is the Yellow River, and the southern defense line is from Anping Village in Luliang Mountain in the east to Luoyukou Village on the bank of the Yellow River in the west, and the entire southern defense line is almost in a straight line.

Responsible for garrisoning Luoyukou Village is Feng Yilong's eighth brother Feng Babiao, the defenders originally had 500 Feng Shan battalions, but after Hong Chengchou Chen Bingbu River Beach, Feng Yilong transferred troops from all over the country to block Hong Chengchou, Luoyukou Village was also taken away 200 people, only 300 troops remained.

But there are two piers built on the ridge next to the village, the surrounding ditches are all over the field, the arrow towers are lined up, the defense facilities are all available, there are three tiger squat cannons and small Franc machine guns in the pier platform, 20 flintlock guns, earth-shaking thunder, thistle terrestris and so on are fully reserved.

Moreover, Feng Yilong repeatedly told Feng Babiao that now that the Ming army is forcing the situation, it is an extraordinary period, and we must not be careless, and beware of the Ming army from going north from the Linxian area.

Feng Babiao followed Feng Yilong as a horse bandit for many years, and of course he didn't dare to be careless about things related to his head, and he would send a large number of scouts every day to scout in the south.

Early one morning, Feng Babiao was walking out of the pier as usual, and when he was wearing armor to inspect the surrounding defenses, a fast horse suddenly appeared from the south and galloped towards the village.

Feng Babiao's face changed, and he hurriedly ordered someone to open the gate of the village.

Soon, he saw clearly that there was a man lying on the back of the war horse, the man was covered in blood, and there were two arrows stuck in his back.

Feng Babiao's face changed again, and he hurriedly rushed out and grabbed the war horse that was already sweating profusely.

"Ahsan? Ahsan, what's wrong with you? ”

Feng Babiao recognized at a glance that the person on horseback was from their Fengjiazhuang, named Feng Dashan, who was a sentry captain, who went out to spy with ten of his men last night, but now he was the only one who returned from being wounded.

But no matter how Feng Babiao shouted, Feng Dashan did not respond, only a faint breath and pulse remained.

"General Feng, this is the arrow of the Ming army."

An officer from the Fengshan battalion exclaimed in surprise after carefully looking at the two arrows.

"Quick, get ready! Prepare for battle! ”

"Carry Feng Dashan in for treatment, quick!"

"He Ming, take your people out to investigate the situation, be careful, don't fight in the face of the enemy, remember."

"Yes!"

Feng Babiao didn't care much, and quickly ran towards the pier next to him, while shouting orders.

It was clear that the enemy was approaching from the south.

It's just that the number of enemies is unknown, the distance is unknown, and it is not known how many people came.

The entire Luoyukou Village was busy, and the three hundred defenders were dressed in armor and in place, and the only one hundred and eighty people in the village also helped to carry all kinds of war materials.

Only two quarters of an hour later, the sentry that had just been sent out came back, and as soon as they entered the door, the captain He Ming shouted: "Your Excellency, the enemy army has many horses, and we cannot carefully probe, but it is certain that the strength of the Ming army is not less than a thousand, and it is less than fifteen miles away. ”

"No less than a thousand."

Feng Babiao frowned and muttered to himself.

"General, ask for help."

"That's right, Brother Biao, the Ming army can't only come with a thousand people, they don't have the courage, in my opinion, their number is not less than three thousand, we only have three hundred brothers, we will definitely not be able to stop each other, those two piers can't fit so many people, if the Ming army breaks through the wall, the brothers who can't enter the pier will have to die."

"And the people, what should they do?"

Several subordinates around you said a word, and they all persuaded Feng Babiao to ask for help.

Feng Babiao frowned and thought hard, and after a while, he gritted his teeth: "Feng Yuqi, you take two hundred brothers with you, take all the horses, and those people, go north along the Yellow River, go immediately, and then send someone to pass the horse to Xinxing County, and let Lao Wu bring troops to the rescue." ”

"Tell him that I can only last five days at most, but he must gather 1,500 troops before he can come out, and he must not rush alone."

Feng Yuqi's face on the side changed: "Brother Biao, what about you?" ”

"I'm going to hold these two piers with my brothers."

"This ...... Brother Biao, let's go together, we have horses, they can't catch up. ”

"We have horses, but those people don't, if the Ming army finds that Luoyukou is empty, they will inevitably catch up, and when the time comes...... Those people will surely suffer. ”

"Brother Biao, when we were horse bandits in the past, we killed a lot of ordinary people......"

"Shut up!"

Feng Babiao frowned: "You remember, we are in the Guan Emperor Army first!" ”

"General Qin didn't kill our people in Fengjiazhuang, didn't rob a grain of grain in Fengjiazhuang, and gave us another way, you see, what life we live now, what kind of life your mother lives."

"If you hear this to your eldest brother, you will have to shed your skin if you don't die, and in the future, you must never say such things again, remember?"

"Remembered."

Feng Yuqi lowered his head and didn't dare to speak back.

"What are you still doing? Hurry up and take people away, and leave immediately. ”

"Yes."

Soon, Feng Yuqi took a battalion of two hundred Feng Shan and escorted more than 100 people who only brought them with them to leave Luoyukou Village and quickly go north along the Yellow River.

Feng Babiao asked people to carry water from the two piers, filled all the large water tanks inside, and then took the remaining 100 Feng Shan camps into the two piers that were horns of each other.

He had to defend these two piers and contain the Ming army until reinforcements arrived.