Yuwen Shangyun led the Chu army to chase to the edge of the Nanping River in one go, but he was still late, only for a moment.

The 8,000 men and horses of the Ning army should have already prepared enough boats to cross the river by the river, and as soon as the team arrived, they immediately boarded the boats to cross the river.

At this time, the last boat was more than 20 feet away from the shore, and it was a small boat, which could only accommodate more than 20 people.

Standing at the bow of the boat, it was the general of the Ning Army, Tang Pi.

Only a moment late, this good opportunity to capture Tang's rival was missed, and Yuwen Shangyun's face was a little ugly.

"Arrows!"

Yuwen Shangyun pointed at the small boat in the river with a horizontal knife.

The soldiers of the Chu army gave out awards one after another, and this distance was still within the range of the feather arrows.

However, the Ning army is still the old way, using a one-person-high infantry shield to block the rain of arrows, which is like an iron wall.

The soldiers on the boat formed a small shield shell, which blocked the rowing soldiers and the Don rivals.

The dense feathered arrows covered it, and fell on the shields, on the ships, and on the water, and there were countless of them.

It was only a short moment, and the weight of the ship seemed to be much heavier, and the draft of the hull was a little deeper than before.

When the boat crosses the center of the river, it will be difficult for the feather arrow to hit.

Someone in the Chu army wanted to push the ballista up, but the ballista was not moving fast and had not yet reached the river.

By the time the ballista came up, the small boat that Tang had rivaled had already reached the other side of the river.

Yuwen Shangyun looked at it with clairvoyance, and after seeing Tang Pidi get off the boat, he looked back at the south bank of the river and waved his hand.

It's like saying goodbye to a friend.

"He doesn't know that I already know that there are less than 10,000 defenders in Anyang City."

Yuwen Shangyun said: "That's why he seems so calm, he thinks that we don't dare to attack Anyang directly, so we will attack him directly." ”

"I have carefully studied several examples of the Ning army, and this time I went to Jizhou and deliberately contacted them, also to study the fighting methods of the Ning army."

"Prince Wu said that the Ning army is the only team he has ever seen, and it can compete with the soldiers of the Great Chu Mansion in all aspects, so I have to go to Jizhou to see it with my own eyes."

"They are good at surprise attacks, sneak attacks, and they are good at attacking half-way with soldiers and horses, and this kind of thing has been done more than once."

Yuwen Shangyun said to his subordinates: "So Tang Pidi thought that we would be afraid, afraid that they would ambush our army while crossing the river. ”

"But he doesn't have soldiers and horses, what am I afraid of, besides, he thinks he has firmly controlled Anyang, and he despises us too much."

Yuwen Shangyun ordered: "Collect boats and prepare to cross the river!" ”

The Chu army scattered and searched for ships along the river, no matter how big or small, as long as they could cross the river, they all found them.

Three days later, the Chu army was ready to begin forcibly crossing the Nanping River.

I thought that the Ning army would make a show and make an offensive in the middle of the Chu army, but the Ning army didn't react at all, and even Anyang City didn't come out.

Yuwen Shangyun's subordinates became more and more proud, and they were even more sure that the Ning army would not dare to fight.

After the Chu army crossed the Nanping River in a big way, they began to set up camps outside Anyang City, forming a semi-encirclement of Anyang City.

The Chu army camp.

Yuwen Shangyun convened the generals to discuss the matter.

He glanced at the dozens of generals under him, and his face was relaxed.

"I told you before, even if the Ning army retreats to Anyang City, it won't be able to stop us."

He said with a smile: "Tang Pidi led the Ning army south and broke Anyang in four days, is it really because they attacked too fiercely and Anyang couldn't hold it?" ”

Yuwen Shangyun said: "Aren't you curious about where I have been missing for half a year?" ”

"In the past six months, I have done two of the most proud things in my life, and these two are almost as important to me."

"First, I rushed back to Jingzhou and took my beloved woman, Changsun Wuwu, out of her family, no matter who didn't agree, I didn't care."

"Second, I infiltrated Jizhou in the name of my eldest grandson Wuwu, and worked as a staff member under the tent of Li Qi, the king of Ning, and Li Qi obeyed my words."

He smiled: "Even this strategy for going south was written by me." ”

Hearing this, the generals all exclaimed.

"These are the two things I am most proud of, but not all the things I have done in the past six months."

Yuwen Shangyun said: "After arriving in Jizhou, I am sure that the Ning army will attack Anyang in the spring of this year. ”

"So I sent people back to Anyang City to arrange, and asked the defenders to resist for three or four days before surrendering."

The generals of the Chu army in the big tent were surprised again and looked at each other, and everyone's eyes were full of incredulity.

"After Luo Jing returns to Anyang City, he will definitely go on a killing spree, but I have already informed the really important people in advance and let them retreat."

Yuwen Shangyun said: "After the defenders in the city surrender, they will be closely monitored and will not be free, but it doesn't matter, as long as the people are still there." ”

"I made an appointment with them that when they saw my army coming across the river, they would open the gates of Anyang on the night of the third day I went outside the city."

He glanced at everyone, and there was a faint smug in his eyes.

"There are no ambushes in the city that I personally arranged, but there are at least thousands of soldiers available, do you know who they are?"

Yuwen Shangyun said: "The guards of those big families, the family members, the servants, and the dark path forces attached to the major families can all be used by me. ”

"Tang Pidi will definitely divide his troops and closely guard the troops in Anyang City, just let him watch it, but I don't need those soldiers and horses at all."

"After you go back today, you will each reorganize your armaments, and in the night of two days, I will break through Anyang with you and capture the Tang enemy alive."

"Yes!"

Dozens of generals answered in a neat voice.

In everyone's eyes, there is an undisguised reverence for Yuwen Shangyun.

Especially for those young people from the Yuwen family, this kind of reverence for Yuwen Shangyun has reached the point of almost fanaticism.

In their opinion, it was Yuwen Shangyun who pulled a broken and sunken family back up.

No, not a reinvigoration, it's a reinvention.

They were implicated because Yuwen was a member of the family, but they didn't actually have much involvement in the Yuwen family.

Today's Yuwen family, the road to reconstruction, each of them participates in it.

They may not have much sense of belonging to the glorious Yuwen family in the past, which has fallen to the bottom.

But for this new Yuwen family that they are now recreating, there is an unparalleled sense of belonging.

And Yuwen Shangyun is their spiritual pillar.

When he was in Yangzhou, Brother Li was like a bamboo, and he fought from Yuezhou to Yangzhou, and no one was invincible along the way.

When he had captured the entire Yangzhou and was about to invade Jingzhou, Yuwen Shangyun led the army to arrive.

With less than one-tenth of Brother Li's troops, he forcibly blocked that huge army from Jingzhou.

And in several encounters, Brother Li lost.

Because of this young man, Brother Li's footsteps had to stop.

It is no exaggeration to say that if it weren't for Emperor Yang Jing's sudden change of mind and the transfer of Yuwen Shangyun from the north to the south of Jingzhou, the current Jingzhou might have fallen into the hands of Li Brother Hu.

So how can a young man like Yuwen Shangyun not have self-confidence? How can there be no arrogance?

"Let's all go back, when Anyang is broken, I will get drunk with you!"

Yuwen Shangyun waved his hand, and the generals bowed down and turned to leave the big tent.

At the same time, the city of Anyang, on the city wall.

Tang Pidi looked at the Chu army camp in the south of the city, and his brows furrowed deeply.

"Shantai has led the army away for twelve days, twelve days, and with our marching speed, it is at least seven hundred miles away."

His hand rested on the wall, his fingers tapping lightly.

Wu Maoyu stood beside him, looking at the Chu army camp outside the city in the same way, and his brows were furrowed.

"The team outside the city can see it."

Wu Maoyu said in a somewhat low tone: "All the threats that can be seen are actually not terrible, and the places that cannot be seen in the city are the real threats." ”

Don snorted.

They only have less than 10,000 troops, and they have to be on duty in batches, so it is impossible to take care of them all.

There are many people in the city who want to resist the Ning army, and if they raid the city gate at night, they can't prevent it.

The main forces of the Ning army are gathered on the front line of the southern city, and they can be quickly dispatched to the east and west cities.

However, there are two city gates in the east and west, and if the thieves storm one gate, they will join forces with the outside at any cost, and the Chu army will break the city only overnight.

"What is the best plan, sir?"

Don asked.

Wu Maoyu pondered for a moment and shook his head: "I have already told you many times, once the Chu army sees through our plan, we will not be able to keep Anyang, and if we refuse to let go, we will not be able to keep the team." ”

Don nodded.

This is an obvious thing, and many people can see it clearly without Mr. Wu saying it.

"So...... Are we going to give up Anyang? ”

Tang Pidi muttered to himself.

Abandoning Anyang means that there is no way out for the team that is pressing the border to the east.

Wu Daiyu sighed lightly and said: "In this battle, if Prince Wu is changed to this side, with our strength at this time, he probably won't be able to do anything." ”

Tang's fingers were still tapping lightly on the city wall, and the rhythm was a little fast, so the sound of the fingers tapping lightly was like the sound of horses' hooves in a hurry.

He said to himself again: "How did this Yuwen Shangyun see through my false plan? ”

The Ning army was south of the Nanping River, and the Chu army did not dare to provoke at first, but only remained vigilant.

But suddenly, the Chu army changed its strategy and directly mobilized the whole army to attack the Ning army camp with all its might.

This is an abnormal move.

Don's fingers tapping on the walls suddenly stopped.

He looked at Wu Milk Fish and asked, "Sir, are you bold?" ”

Wu Milkfish laughed when she heard this, and there was a tacit understanding in her eyes when she looked at Tang Pidi.

He laughed, "It's a little big." ”

Tang Pi said: "I am also very bold. ”

So, that night, after Zi Shi, Tang Pi personally led 6,000 grassland light cavalry to raid the Chu army camp that had not yet been fully built.

No one thought that Ning Jun would dare to fight back.

Yuwen Shangyun is very sure that Tang has only 10,000 soldiers and horses, relying on this number of people, go out of the city to fight?

If they dared to go out of the city to fight, why didn't they attack when the Chu army crossed the river?

The Ning army did not attack when the Chu army crossed the river, but it was not that they did not dare, but that Tang did it on purpose.

He just wants to make the Chu army arrogant.

The six thousand grassland light horsemen were like the wind, killing into the camp of the Chu army, setting fire all the way, not stopping at all, killing in and out, from appearance to disappearance, there was not even an hour before and after.

Without waiting for the cavalry of the Chu army to assemble, the grassland light cavalry had already been killed, and even if the cavalry of the Chu army gathered, they would not be able to catch up.

This battle was like a slap in the face of Yuwen Shangyun's beautiful and proud confidence.

According to the statistics of the Chu army, the losses in this battle were not very large, with two or three thousand dead and wounded.

The casualties were not large, but they were extremely humiliating.

The blow to the morale of the Chu army is naturally very strong.

At this moment, Yuwen Shangyun, who was almost angry, suddenly remembered why Prince Wu would explain many times and ask him to be careful against the general Ning Jun named Tang Rival.

Prince Wu had great respect for this person at that time, and even said that no young general in the Chu army could reach him.

At that time, Yuwen Shangyun was not convinced at all.

You must know that Prince Wu only saw the Ning army led by Tang Rival once, and once it impressed Prince Wu.

But obviously, Yuwen Shangyun is indeed arrogant.

He let out a long exhale, which quickly changed from anger to self-blame, followed by introspection.

Yuwen Shangyun looked at Anyang City, thinking about Tang Rival, Tang Rival, you are indeed a great person.