"Tom! Wow! ”

The sound of the boulder smashing into the Yellow River is particularly loud and clear, and the splashing waves are also several zhang high, and because the water of the Yellow River in this era is still very clear, it looks like a huge white flower suddenly blooms on the water surface of the Yellow River from a distance, which is quite beautiful.

It's a pity that the sailors of the Jibei Army on a sampan next to the huge splash didn't think much about it, the huge waves hit, splashing them all over their bodies, not to mention, and a sailor stood unsteadily, screaming and falling into the surging Yellow River, and the sampan boat under their feet was also swept up and down by the current, almost overturning, so frightened that the sailors on the boat shouted constantly, desperately rolling to keep the hull balanced.

This sampan boat is already considered lucky, and several other Jibei Army sampan boats that were directly hit by boulders are called miserable, a boulder weighing one hundred and fifty pounds falls from the sky, hitting the bow and stern, the bow and stern of the ship directly into the water and capsizing, all the sailors on the boat fell into the river, smashed the hull, the hull was directly broken out of the hole, the river was surging and bulging into the boat, and the sampan boat also directly became a garbage floating on the river, and the sailors on the boat had no choice but to jump into the water to escape.

As long as it was hit by a boulder, none of them were not on the deck, the bottom or the side of the ship was smashed out of the big hole, the river water poured into the cabin, the speed of the ship slowed down rapidly, and the hull gradually tilted, and a particularly lucky armed boat was hit on the starboard side by two boulders one after another, but it overturned into the shape of the bottom of the ship facing the sky in a moment.

Taking advantage of the difficult U-turn of more than 70 large ships of the Jibei Army Naval Division, the Han Army's trebuchet smashed three rounds of boulders one after another, successfully smashing more than 20 Jibei Army ships and even directly overturning them, causing these large ships to lose most of their mobility and become lambs to be slaughtered in front of the Han Army's naval divisions. However, the matter was not over, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Jibei Army Naval Division to turn around and flee for its life, the Han Army's fifty counterweight trebuchets adjusted the angle of fire, continued to throw stones, and continued to smash the boulders into the Jibei Army Naval Division in embarrassment, constantly expanding the results, and soon smashed more than a dozen Jibei Army ships to smash and sink, quickly reversing the comparative advantage of the Han Army's temporary naval division and the Jibei Army's naval division in water combat forces.

Even more so that the soul of the Jibei Army is still behind, they have obviously turned around and rushed across the center of the river, the boulders of the Han army are still flying, even if the hit rate drops greatly because of the distance and the Jibei Army fleet has dispersed on its own, it can also hit their large and small ships from time to time, hitting their water combat forces, the Jibei Army warships are helpless, they can only desperately accelerate all in, more and more messy formation, and many ships began to go downstream, and fled to the lower reaches of the Yellow River by the current of the water, It also led to the elongation of the formation of the Jibei Army's naval division, and it was no longer possible to fight in groups.

Seeing such a situation on the west bank of the Yellow River, and estimating that the Jibei Army Naval Division was about to escape the range of the self-army trebuchet, Uncle Zhou was about to order the Han soldiers to beat the drum again and let the self-army water division charge, but the words came to his mouth but swallowed back into his stomach, and secretly said: "Wait a little longer, the trebuchet should still have some effect." ”

Uncle Zhou's decision pitted the poor Jibei Army Naval Division flagship, a little delay, I don't know that it was the Han Army trebuchet smashed out of the boulder fell from the sky, it happened to hit the Jibei Army Naval Division flagship that had been intact before, although it did not directly hit the vital point, but also smashed a big hole in the bow of the Jibei Army flagship, the river water poured into the cabin from the hole smashed by the boulder, and the flagship of the Jibei Army also suddenly dropped in speed.

Seeing this scene, of course, Uncle Zhou did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the soldiers of the Han army to beat the second round of war drums, the Han army's trebuchet immediately stopped throwing, and the Han army's sailors, who had been gathering momentum for a long time, shouted up, and without hesitation, the cluster rushed towards the Jibei army fleet, which was already in chaos, and also rushed directly to the location of the flagship of the Jibei army's naval division.

There was no suspense in the battle, the Han army sailors who charged in clusters didn't have to pay attention to the enemy ships that were already tilting and sinking, the roar was just swarming up, and the completely chaotic Jibei army warships also ignored Tian Xun's flag order asking them to protect the flagship, and they just scattered and fled for their lives, causing the Han army sailors to be like a group of hungry wolves, quickly surround the Jibei army flagship whose ship speed has dropped significantly, seven or eight hooks refused to hook the Jibei army sailor flagship almost at the same time, the distance quickly narrowed, the Han army sailors cheered and jumped out one after another, Ferociously wielding his weapon, he stabbed the enemy sailors on the flagship of the Jibei Army.

In just a few minutes, the sailors on the flagship of the Jibei Army were either killed by the Han soldiers, or forced to jump into the water to escape, and Tian Xun, the chief general of the Jibei Army Naval Division, who was also proficient in water, was also one of them, but unfortunately many Han sailors had already been eyeing him, he had just emerged in the river after diving, and several strong crossbows had already been eager to release arrows at him, and a feather arrow also accurately hit his face, so that he began to struggle in the water after letting out a scream, and under the successive shots of the Han army's bow and crossbow, Soon disappeared into the rolling waves.

The flagship and the main general were directly killed, the Jibei Army Naval Division naturally no longer had any power to fight back, the clever ships desperately fled downstream, not clever just a little delay, and soon were drowned by the ships of the Han Army Naval Division, for a time, the Yellow River is not very wide The surface of the Yellow River is full of feather arrows shuttling, boats come and go, and there are also Jibei Army sailors struggling for help with the ups and downs, as well as the ships of the Jibei Army Naval Division that are slowly sinking. Then, because the remaining ships of the Jibei Army and the Naval Division fled downstream, most of the ships of the Han Army and the Naval Division also pursued the downstream to continue to kill the enemy, leaving only some of the warships to sweep the remnants of the enemy on the river surface of the plain ferry.

Seeing such a scene on the east bank of the Yellow River, Tian Da and Tian Ji, who had spent countless efforts and money to form this temporary naval division, of course felt like a knife, and Tian Be, the general of the Qi army who led the army to reinforce here, also had a gloomy face, and they all understood that it had become a delusion for the Qi-Ji coalition army to rely on water power to prevent the Han army from crossing the river, and the Han army with sufficient troop transport ships could also cross the river at any place they liked, and take the tactical initiative.

Of course, the Han army and the military forces around Uncle Zhou also understood this truth, so while they were all smiling, including Li Shiqi, who was quite familiar with military affairs, they all said to Uncle Zhou: "General Zhou, after killing the sailors of the Jibei Thief Army, we don't have to worry about our troop transport fleet being threatened, let's just cross the river in another place, so that we will not only be more sure of the success of the crossing, but also reduce our losses in crossing the river." ”

"Doctor Li, then our next battle will not be good." Uncle Zhou smiled and said: "If we cross the river in another place, we can reduce our losses in crossing the river, but correspondingly, we will miss the opportunity to defeat the thief army." ”

"The Qiji thief army is not a fool, once we know that we are successful in grabbing the ferry at other ferries, we will definitely immediately retreat and shrink our forces, and because of the blockage of the big river, there is no way to immediately launch a large-scale pursuit, we will only watch the Qiji thief army easily withdraw from all the divisions, retreat to a favorable position and wait for reinforcements, when the time comes, once the Qi thief army and the Western Chu thief army come to help, we want to destroy the enemy, and the losses we pay will only be greater than if we launched a rush on the plain now."

"That's right, that's the truth!" Li Shiqi woke up and hurriedly said: "It's still General Zhou who thinks long-term, yes, we can only take advantage of the opportunity of the thief army's troops to disperse and garrison, forcibly rush to cross at any cost, first take the opportunity to weaken the enemy on the plain, and then take advantage of the opportunity of the thief army's scattered retreat to try to destroy the enemy, and the next battle will be much easier." ”

Uncle Zhou nodded, then turned to the insect next to him and said with a smile: "General worm, it's up to you, rush to the east bank of the river for me at any cost, only succeed, not fail, no matter what, we must open the way to cross the river for our main force." ”

Uncle Zhou gave the Han army camp another order, so that the rest of the Han army went out in turn, rushed to the ferry to prepare to cross the river, and ordered the rear army to hurry up and prepare to cross the river after the ferry was successful, and then Uncle Zhou learned to sit on the spot as extremely irresponsible as Xiang Kang, and said with a smile: "There is nothing to do with us next, it depends on the performance of the worms." ”

Uncle Zhou's decisive decision once again greatly surprised the expectations of the Qiji coalition army, and not everyone in this era is as far-sighted as Han Xin and Uncle Zhou, and they have already thought about how to take the third step before they take the first step, so after seeing that the soldiers of the Han army began to board the ship and prepare to launch a rush to cross, Tian Da and Tian Bu and others not only failed to understand Uncle Zhou's intentions, but also said angrily: "Uncle Zhou, it's really crazy!" Obviously they have already used trickery to harm our sailors, and they can cross the river at any ferry, but they even have to cross the river on the plain where we are heavily garrisoned! Fight with the thief, even if you can't stop the thief from crossing the river, you have to let the thief break a few teeth! ”

The battle of the Han army across the river became more cruel and bloody, the Han army's troop transport fleet had just entered the range of the Qiji coalition army, and the overwhelming dense feather arrows were shot at the Han army's troop transport fleet, and then relying on the local strength advantage, as well as the river fortifications built in advance, the Qiji coalition army also once let the Han soldiers rush to the dock, suppressing the Han army very painfully, and even the Han soldiers threw primitive grenades one after another, but failed to blow up the Jibei army defenders who were forced to defend the dock by the warlords.

Fortunately, as the vanguard of the Han army is the elite troops under the command of Uncle Zhou, not only well-equipped, but also very tenacious will to fight, seeing that the front line can not be attacked for a long time, personally led the army to rush to the front of the insect Dacai just ordered his own boat to go to the front line to kill in person, many of the Han army brave generals under his command immediately went crazy, regardless of the arrows of the Qiji coalition army like rain, they have raised their shields and landed on the shore, slashing their knives and the enemy on land to do a life-and-death fight, after sacrificing two hundred generals and a five hundred long, Finally, there was still a Han army of 100 people who opened the situation on the dock, killed the enemy in front of him and seized a small foothold, and the Han soldiers behind rushed up one after another, forcibly opening a space in the enemy group, and opening the way to the shore for the troop transport ships further behind.

The next battle was still cruel and fierce, under the persecution of the supervising team, the Jibei army guarding the wharf was like a tide, repeatedly attacking the east bank position that the Han army had finally grabbed, in a vain attempt to expel the Han soldiers down the river again, and the Han soldiers fought for the wharf position space inch by inch, fighting so dark, the sun and the moon were dark, and both sides were killed and wounded, the corpses were all over the ground, and the flowing blood continued to flow into the Yellow River, and the Yellow River water, which was still very clear, was directly dyed pink.

The offensive of the Han army completely turned into a refueling war, the troop transport ships that put down the soldiers immediately crossed the river, loaded with fresh forces and immediately set sail to the opposite bank, large boats and small boats on the surface of the Yellow River endlessly, and the ships of the Han army sailors who had stayed to sweep the remnants of the enemy also all joined the battle, constantly firing arrows at the enemy on the river surface, covering the Han infantry to cross the river and land.

On the contrary, as the vicious battle continued, the small and thin Jibei Wang Tianda played a cautious eye, and when there were still reserves, he cheekily took the initiative to open his mouth to the general of the Qi army, asking Tianbe to send troops to the dock to help the war.

However, as the Han army continued to attack at any cost, insisting on relying on blood and human lives in exchange for the position on the west bank, Tabe gradually began to find that something was wrong, and after thinking about it carefully, Tabe simply beat his horse and came to the Jibei Army flag array, and said to Tian Da and Tian Ji, who were nervously observing the battlefield: "King Jibei, General, the situation is not right." The thieves have obviously hit our sailors hard, and there are a sufficient number of ships to transport troops across the river, no matter which ferry to cross next, it will definitely be much easier than crossing the plains, why does Uncle Zhou still storm the plain ferry at any cost, this is unreasonable? ”

"Of course, he looked down on us, relying on his large number of soldiers, and didn't want to trouble or waste time, so he attacked on the plains." Tian Da replied without replying.

"No, that's definitely not the reason." Tian said: "Uncle Zhou is so treacherous, how could he not seize the opportunity to avoid the real and make up for it, and choose the tactic of attacking the plain with the greatest loss?" He rushed directly across the plains at such a cost, there must have been another purpose. ”

"General Tabe, in your opinion, why did Uncle Zhou do this?" Tian Ji next to him asked.

"I'm worried that Uncle Zhou is probably beating the idea of our other partial teachers." Tabe replied: "Previously, in order to prevent Han thieves from smuggling, we scattered our troops in Gaotang, Qixian and Nanpi, and it was difficult to contact and pass orders for a while. If Uncle Zhou chooses to cross the river at other ferries, we will have plenty of time to contact the local divisions, and calmly shrink our forces to prevent the Han thieves from having a chance to defeat them all, but if the main force of the Han thieves succeeds in the plains today, and immediately divide our troops to cut off the retreat of our partial divisions, our partial divisions may be in danger. ”

Wake up the person in the dream with a word, and after listening to Tian Ji's analysis, Tian Ji also immediately woke up, and hurriedly said: "That's right, this must be the real purpose of Uncle Zhou's husband to storm the plain at any cost!" As long as he succeeds in the plains today, he will have time and opportunity to divide his army to cut off the retreat of our partial division before he can react, and not give us the opportunity to shrink our forces and reorganize our defense! ”

After being stunned for a while, Tian Da suddenly roared, and then roared: "Quick, immediately give orders to our partial divisions, telling them to immediately give up blocking the thief army from crossing the river, and all retreat towards the county, our water division is finished, the river will definitely not be able to hold, only by withdrawing all our partial divisions to the hinterland, can we hope to hold on until the reinforcements of the king of Qi and the king of Western Chu come to save us!" ”

It was also a coincidence that at this time, there was a sudden loud noise and cheers on the pier, Tian Da and Tian Bu and others hurriedly turned their heads to look, but saw that the Jibei army guarding the front of the pier suddenly collapsed, and countless soldiers rushed to the east, and the Han army on the dock took the opportunity to charge, quickly opening up a large space, and the Han troop transport ships behind also took the opportunity to dock, and quickly put down more Han soldiers to land.

Seeing this scene, of course, Tian Da could only order Tian Ji to personally lead the reserve team forward with a blue face, re-establish the defensive line to prevent the Han army from landing, Tian Ji also hurriedly rushed down to lead the army to attack, but Tian Ji's face was even more gloomy, and he said secretly: "In doing this, I am afraid that it will still fall into the calculation of Uncle Zhou's husband, and he will face the attrition at any cost, and he will not have to worry much about his soldiers, but if our main force is exhausted, even if we withdraw the divisions, I am afraid that the situation will only be bad." ”

The battle of rushing across the plains has not ended from the end of the afternoon until the sky is slightly dark, but as the sky gets darker, the Qiji coalition army with inferior troops is gradually in a bad situation, almost all the combat troops have taken turns to rush into battle to kill, physical strength and morale have dropped seriously, although relying on the geographical advantage, it did cause quite a lot of casualties to the Han army, but it is still unable to stop the Han army soldiers from crossing the Yellow River endlessly, and gradually reverse the comparative advantage of the forces on the east bank of the Yellow River, and the plain crossing was captured by the Han army, and it is only a matter of time left.

It was only at this time that Tian Da was born with the same worries as Tian Bu, and said secretly: "I'm afraid it won't work like this, the Dahe defense line will definitely not be able to hold it, if in order to cause more casualties to the Han thieves, the main force of this king will be exhausted, even if this king withdraws to the hinterland of Jibei, he will not have the capital to fight again?" ”

After coming to this conclusion, he discussed with Tian Bu a little, and Tian Da could only make up his mind, and quickly ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, and withdraw to the camp with the same loss of the Jibei Army to reorganize the team, planning to retreat to Zhuxian immediately after a short rest, and at the same time go to Linggaotang and Qixian and other places again, so that the garrison there can retreat at full speed, without any hesitation, if necessary, even if it is to give up grain and grass and military supplies, as long as the army is saved.

Relying on the retreat of the army after a little rest, the Qiji coalition army quite smoothly withdrew the camp to regroup, did not give the Han army that had crossed the river too many opportunities to pursue, and Zhou Shu did not force the Han army to cross the river to pursue with all his might, but just asked the general Wang Ling to immediately lead 20,000 troops across the river, assemble Hou Ming on the west bank of the Yellow River, and at the same time ordered the Han army soldiers to hurry up and build a pontoon bridge, so that the main force of the rear army could cross the river.

More than an hour later, Wang Ling's army successfully crossed the Yellow River to complete the assembly, and the situation was reported to Uncle Zhou, who didn't even blink an eyelid, and immediately shouted: "Tell Wang Ling and tell him to immediately lead the army north and go to Lingting to cut off the road for the thief army to withdraw to the hinterland of Jibei." If you can't stop it if you are a step too late, you will resolutely pursue it to the county! ”

After issuing this order, Uncle Zhou called Shen Ke, the commander of the Han army's naval division, to him and instructed him: "Work hard, immediately take half of our fleet to Qixian County, go there to pick up Xia's army to cross the river, pursue the thief army in Qixian County, and clearly tell Xia that he will try his best to catch up, even if he can't catch up, he must chase to Zhuxian County to meet Wang Ling." Also, after helping Xia Shuo cross the river, you will continue down the river with the fleet, and then go to meet the Yan army to cross the river in Nanpi, and let the Yan army be responsible for dealing with the thief army retreating from Nanpi. ”

Shen Qi sang a promise, and immediately rushed down to lead the fleet to attack, and Li Shiqi next to him asked worriedly: "General Zhou, is it still too late?" ”

"It's up to people to make things happen, it's up to heaven to make things happen, it's up to luck." Uncle Zhou replied: "But there should be hope, at least so far, Xia Shuo has not sent anyone to report to us that the thief army in the county has run away, and we don't want more, as long as the front and rear chase and annihilate the 20,000 thief army in the county, the price paid for forcibly crossing the plain today is worth it." ”