Chu Shan Huai Shui, Zhong Ling Yu Xiu.

The mighty Huaishui rushes down from Tongbai Mountain, meanders eastward, and reaches the fertile plain of this Ma Pingchuan, and the restlessness finally turns into tranquility and peace, like a girl lying quietly in her mother's arms.

The warm sun of early winter is shining brightly on the calm river, shining with dazzling golden light, flashing and rippling, and the blue sky and white clouds complement each other.

In the center of the river, there are two long weedy beaches, like sleeping dragons, lazily lying on their stomachs, forcibly dividing the broad river surface into a capital Sichuan character.

A few fast horses galloped along the river.

Alarming the waterfowl in the grass on the shore, they flew over the water in a daze, raised a few waves, jumped lightly, and fell stretchingly.

"General Chen, this is the place where our men and horses can swim across."

A man wearing a hat and a short coat pointed to the river and said: "Huaishui goes all the way to the east, but it is blocked by the Purple Mountain, turns back and flows backwards, splitting the Kip Stone and going down, forming the Kip Stone Mouth."

It is an important place in Huaishangjin, and the Southern Tang Dynasty also attaches great importance to it, with two villages, heavily guarded.

Because the river is extremely wide here, except for the cold winter when the water is scarce, the Southern Tang Dynasty usually doesn't care, because there is Zhengyang Pass guarding it.

But as you can see, there is such a long grassy beach in the middle of the river, firstly, because the downstream water is blocked, and the sediment is accumulated here, and secondly, since June this year, there has not been a drop of rain, and the river is nearly half shallow, so the water surface looks wide, but it is not ...... deep. ”

This group of people is Chen Scarzi, Qin Yue, Jia Yin and others, and they are arranging guides in the army to check the terrain.

The guide pointed to the water and said, "This is the shallowest place, and by the two rivers on this side, we have successively fallen many pebbles in the night, and the paving is very flat, and the deepest part is only to the chest." Just go with confidence. ”

Jia Yin was very concerned about this and asked, "Isn't it deep after passing the grass beach, and you have to swim over?" ”

"Yes, but horses are born to swim in the water, and the water here is gentle, as long as it is properly guided, it will quickly swim over."

Qin Yue asked, "How many Flying Tiger Riders can swim in the water?" ”

"Less than thirty."

The guide said: "Please rest assured, the general has thirty who can swim in the water, and the army will arrange for local sergeants who are familiar with the nature of the water to help, and then arrange a few small boats, which can not only carry people, but also guide horses, killing two birds with one stone." ”

Chen Scar nodded and asked, "Where is the place where we plan to build the pontoon bridge?" ”

"It's still upstream, it's too wide and not suitable here, and the dock is too disturbing to the people, so after a few explorations, I chose this location, and a few generals asked me to come with me."

……

It took almost a day to explore the terrain and another night to discuss.

Early the next morning, Qin Yue took Liu Qiang to the Chinese army camp.

In the Chinese military tent of Nuoda, Qin Yue began difficult negotiations alone.

Han Lingkun served in the Guards Division, but he didn't want to offend his colleagues in Beijing, so he had already used the excuse that the camp was busy.

There were only three people in the tent: Li Gu, Wang Yanchao and Wang Lingwen.

"If you want me to be a pawn in the Huya Battalion, the last general has nothing to say, but there are five conditions, all of which are indispensable."

Li Gu smiled like an old fox, "But it's okay to talk about it." ”

"First, the Huya Battalion can only hold on for one day from the time it crosses the river, and it will withdraw as soon as it gets dark."

"Exactly."

"The second is to allow me to have the right to make a decision on the spot after crossing the river, whether to stick to it or guerrilla, my Huya battalion has the final say."

Li Gu said with a smile: "As long as I ensure that my pontoon bridge is built smoothly, the old man is approved." ”

Qin Yue sneered, the task was pressed, but he responded simply, thought about it and said: "The third is that my Huya Battalion either doesn't cross the river, and if I want to cross the river, I have to bring all the guarding materials over, including the sixty carts." ”

Li Gu was stunned and asked, "Why do you want to bring a big car?" ”

"We can't hold it without that big cart."

Wang Yanchao said: "But how can you take the big car with you at night?" ”

Qin Yue said: "If there is a ferry, you can ......"

Li Gu nodded and said, "If it's an empty car frame, it's not difficult to move it, but what else?" ”

"Fourth, our battalion is poorly equipped, please allocate 100 pairs of armor stomachs, 100 rattan cards, 50 eagle crossbows, and 1,000 crossbow arrows."

Li Gu said with a smile: "If your battalion is simple, how should other battalions be described, but Nian'er and others are loyal to the country, and the old man is half supported, don't think about the eagle crossbow." ”

“…… Arrows are indispensable. ”

Li Gu was silent for a while, then finally nodded and said, "Say your last request." ”

Qin Yue rubbed his face, took out a piece of paper from his arms, handed it to Li Gu, and said with a smile: "The last one is to ask the marshal to help me use a seal on this military discipline." ”

Li Gu took a look, slapped the table and scolded: "Ridiculous, you dare to change military discipline without permission, what do you want to do?" Be a robber? ”

Qin Yue sneered: "If you want the horses to run fast, and if you want the horses not to eat grass, how can the three armies break the kettle and fight against the water?"

It's okay if you don't seal it, dare to ask the marshal, what reward is there for guarding the river? ”

"Presumptuous!"

Li Gusu straightened his hair, and scolded angrily with his halberd finger: "The old man has been in charge of the army for more than 20 years, and no one has dared to bargain with the old man like this, is it really bad to be the old man's magic sword?" ”

Qin Yue also stood up, with an unruly look, and said with a smile: "The military order is to take over from my Huya battalion, no matter what, but you should always give the brothers who are ready to fight to the death a hope."

There are 5,000 defenders in Shouzhou City, and it is said that there are also three battalions of defenders in Zhengyang Pass.

As for us, if the matter is urgent, it will take half an hour to desperately rock the boat from the north shore, and when the reinforcements arrive, people will have already died. ”

"You...... Seeing that things are not good, the old man will naturally increase the number of troops to help, you are young, which one gives you the courage to dare to question the military proposal? ”

Li Gu trembled with anger, and was about to shout at the guards to take down this arrogant man, Wang Lingwen waved his hand, signaled to be a little quiet, took the piece of paper and looked at it, and sneered: "It is said that you Qin Jiu will do business, and it is really a good calculation."

The first is the right to make decisions on the fly after crossing the river, and the latter is the revised military regulations, yes, yes, wolf ambition, it's people like you. ”

Qin Yue said with a smile: "The last general is young, and the Huya Battalion has only been established for less than a year, even younger, the last general is thinking, there are 20,000 tigers outside the tent, why do you give me this great credit?" ”

"Those who can work harder."

Wang Lingwen sneered: "The old man is very curious, you don't seem to be a person who is short of money, why do you care so much about money?" ”

Qin Yue said impatiently: "It's not that the last general is greedy for money, but otherwise, he can't divide the enemy's forces, and he really relies on the back of the river to defend it, and only five hundred people can hold the attack of the opponent's thousands of troops?" You also think that my Huya Camp is too capable, even if Li Cunxiao is reincarnated, he doesn't have this ability. ”

Wang Yanchao's eyes lit up and he interjected: "What do you mean? ”

Qin Yue pointed to the map and said: "The soldiers are divided into two roads, and the horse team is one person and two horses, and they cross the river in the middle of the night.

As for the other 400 men of our battalion, they crossed the river by boat at dawn and seized the terrain as soon as they landed.

The last general heard that there were many forts built by each village on the south bank, and if the marshal could send two guides who were familiar with the terrain, let the horse team capture a fort on the left side of Zhengyang, and defend it according to the fort, so as to contain the Zhengyang troops.

In this way, we can rest at least half a day's horsepower, and at the same time echo our infantry battalion on the bank of the Zhengyang River.

However, our army will start to build the pontoon bridge at the same time, and the last general will see that if the pontoon bridge is built with boats connected according to the plan of the commander, in fact, it only takes one day to build, and it will definitely be built before dark. ”

Wang Yanchao said: "It's a good thing to say, the horse team has entered the fort, isn't this self-tiding?" ”

Qin Yue said: "The Southern Tang Dynasty has few horses, a hundred two-horse cavalry, there are no five hundred infantry, but they can't be surrounded, if there are too many soldiers, they don't have to rush head-on, on the plains, with horses, there are roads." ”

Li Gu sat back in his seat, brushing his beard and pondering.