The deployment of the Qiji coalition army on the front line of the Yellow River is like this, with a total strength of 60,000 Jibei troops, 4,000 went north to the Nanpi area, responsible for preventing the Yan army's servant army from crossing the river from here, and because the Yan army came from afar and had no ships, unless it was the Han army fleet that rushed to Nanpi to assist the Yan army to cross the river, only with these 4,000 troops, it was quite hopeful that it could block the Yan army that shamelessly betrayed the overlord of Western Chu for a long time.

8,000 troops were deployed to the Gaotang area, responsible for preventing the Han army from crossing the river in Gaotang or smuggling at Yuanting further upstream; 10,000 Jibei Army was responsible for the important Wuxian ferry port second only to the plain, and another 3,000 troops were arranged to be stationed in Xiaodu, which was between Qixian and the plain, and nearly 2,000 soldiers who were familiar with the water nature were incorporated into the temporary water division of the Jibei Army, responsible for mobile operations on the water, and the remaining 30,000 Jibei Army, including the reserves, and the 20,000 Qi troops sent by Qi Wangtian to help the Jibei Army were all stationed in the most important Pingyuandu.

More than 50,000 Qiji coalition troops and temporary water divisions are stationed in Pingyuandu, if the Han army really launches a rush in the plain, then the Qiji coalition army will definitely not have to worry, there is hope and certainty to temporarily stop the main force of the Han army's Zhou Shu's corps, and wait for more Qichu coalition troops to come to reinforce. However, whether it is Tian Da, the king of Jibei, Tian Ji, the general of the Jibei Army, or Tian Bu, the chief general of the Qi army's reinforcements, they have to worry about such a fatal problem - will the Han army, which is despicable and treacherous to the extreme, come to another outstanding surprise soldier to break through their Yellow River defense line at other ferries?

This is almost a doomed thing, avoiding the real is a common means of soldiers, the commander of the Han Army's Northern Front Corps, Uncle Zhou, is notoriously shameless in this regard, when a voice from the north attacked the south and smuggled the Yellow River in Wubao, Zhang Han, Dong Fei and Sima Xin The three masters did not want to be pitted, and now who is not afraid that this despicable villain will repeat his old tricks, ostensibly attacking the plains, but in fact suddenly crossing the river at other ferries?

And Uncle Zhou, a shameless villain, how do you look at it this time, it seems that he is ready to come to Yin again, after successfully arriving on the west bank of the Pingyuan Ferry, when the Han army fleet came to join him on schedule, Uncle Zhou not only did not take advantage of the opportunity of the Han army's morale to start a rush to cross, but on the contrary, he also let the main force of the Han army's northern line set up a camp on the west bank of the Pingyuan Ferry, so that the Han soldiers who were not affected much by their physical strength could rest at ease, and at the same time sent ships to explore the hydrological route of Pingyuandu. It looks like he's really going to cross the river directly on the plains.

On the contrary, in the Qi-Ji coalition forces in the weak Qixian and Gaotang and other places, the two partial divisions of the Han army did not make any moves, neither collected ships to build rafts, nor sent skilled sailors and river workers to understand the hydrological situation, as if they were just to properly contain the Jibei army defenders in these places, and had no intention of crossing the river at these crossings.

The more Uncle Zhou's generation was like this, the more Tian Da, Tian Ji, Tian Ji and Tian Bu, who were familiar with his bad nature, of course, beat the drum in their hearts, and they were forced to find time to meet to discuss whether they should appropriately adjust the deployment of troops on the Yellow River defense line. For the sake of prudence, Wang Tianda, who was on the ground in Jibei, also considered drawing two armies from the plain garrison and rushing to Gaotang and Qixian, which were also suitable for a large number of enemies to launch a rush to reinforce the defenders there.

Tian Ji, who had suffered Uncle Zhou's big loss on the battlefield of Zhao Di, also agreed with Tian Da's decision, on the contrary, Tian Ji, who had never fought with Uncle Zhou, thought that there was no need to adjust in a hurry, and said to Tian Da: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty feels that there is no need for this, our defenders in Gaotang and Qixian are relatively thin, but the Han thieves there do not have enough boats to cross the river, even if they want to launch a sneak attack, they can only send a fleet from Pingyuan Ferry to reinforce the past, so there is hope to win the crossing, so we only need to keep an eye on the fleet of Han thieves, As long as the movement of the Han thief fleet is confirmed, it is completely too late to preemptively send troops to reinforce Gaotang and Qixian, and there is no need to preemptively adjust the deployment of troops, exposing flaws to give the Han thieves an opportunity. ”

Tian Da was a little hesitant to be persuaded by Tian Ji, but Tian Bu said: "Although the general's words are reasonable, as long as we keep an eye on the Han thief's fleet, we can also judge the location of the Han thief's crossing in advance, but if the Han thief fleet secretly dispatches at night and runs to other ferries to meet the Han thief's division there to cross the river, it is still possible to kill us by surprise." ”

Tian Ji didn't dare to deny this possibility, so he could only nod, Tian Da thought twice, and then said: "Be careful, our troops are still sufficient, so let's do it, our Jibei Army will send 3,000 troops to reinforce Gaotang, General Tianbe, please transfer 5,000 troops to help the county, so that even if the thieves suddenly cheat, we also have sufficient troops available at these two important ferries." ”

Tian was generous, and he didn't care about what to divide the troops from his command, so he immediately agreed, and took the initiative to agree to let the reinforcements he sent to the county obey the orders of the Jibei Army and the commander of the county guard.

In this way, in the case that the Han army has not crossed the Yellow River with a single soldier, in order to be on the safe side, to prevent the notoriously shameless Uncle Zhou from attacking the north from the south, the Qiji coalition army adjusted the deployment of the Yellow River defense line that had been perfected, and as a result, after the situation was reported to Uncle Zhou by the Han army scouts, Uncle Zhou couldn't help laughing directly, and said: "It seems that it is better to be kind, and if it goes on like this, I am afraid that no one will believe what General Ben said in the future." ”

After more than a day of confrontation across the river, the scouts of the Qiji coalition army suddenly found that the Han army's cooking time had become longer, and there was a strong smell of meat in the camp of the Han sailors stationed on the dock, which was obviously feasting on the sailors, ready to let the fleet take action. After the results confirmed this, the scouts of the Qiji coalition army did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly reported the situation to Tian Da and the others as soon as possible.

It was also a coincidence that when he heard the news, it happened that Xiang Zhuang, the commander of the Western Chu Army's partial division, also sent a fast horse to send a letter to Wang Tianda of Jibei, which not only informed the Western Chu Army of the approximate arrival time of the division, but also reminded the Qiji coalition army to be careful to prevent the Han army from attacking the plain openly, and actually launched a sneak attack at other ferries, and also clearly pointed out that if the Han army launched a smuggling at other ferries, the location could only be the lower reaches of the plain, and the advantage of the speed of the Han army's fleet down the river was taken by surprise to kill the Qiji coalition army.

After carefully reading Xiang Zhuang's letter, he felt that Xiang Zhuang's words were very reasonable, and combined with the discovery of the army scouts, Tian Da inevitably felt a little worried in his heart, and said to Tian Ji in front of him: "The fleet of Han thieves, shouldn't it suddenly go out this night and rush from here on the plain to meet the Han thieves there to cross the river?" If that's the case, we're on the side of the county, and I'm afraid that the pressure will be great. ”

"The king is at ease." Tian Ji comforted: "At the end, we will let people closely monitor the Han thief fleet, and also let our sailors be ready to attack at any time, once we find that the Han thief's fleet is suddenly dispatched, let our sailors attack immediately, first kill some Han thieves' ferries on the road, and then go to the county to help our defenders." ”

"I'm afraid it's not enough." Tian Da frowned and said: "If the Han thieves really plan to cross the river in Qi County, then the 20,000 partial divisions they sent there must be the main force of soldiers, and our defenders in Qi County are not as strong as the Han thieves, in case we are not able to stop the Han thieves from crossing the river and let the Han thieves open a gap in the Han County, then our big river defense line may collapse completely." ”

"And how is the king going to deal with it?" Tian Ji asked.

Tian Da frowned and calculated, and after a while, Tian Da gritted his teeth again and said: "Just like this, the troops that we have in the plains are very sufficient, so let's take advantage of the fact that there is still a little time to send 5,000 reinforcements to the county, so that the county will be more sure to hold the ferry." ”

"King, do you still have to divide the troops?" Tian Ji was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "What if our judgment is wrong, and the Han thief really directly initiates a robbery here in the plain?" ”

"Afraid of what?" Tian Da said: "Even if we send another 5,000 reinforcements to the county, we still have nearly 40,000 troops available in Pingyuandu, and with the help of our sailors, it will definitely be no problem to defend Pingyuandu." Besides, General Xiang Zhuang's letter also makes a lot of sense, with the treachery of the Han thief and the style of Zhou Shupifu's use of troops, there is almost no possibility of really launching a direct rush in the plain. ”

Tian Ji persuaded again with good intentions, but Tian Da was stubborn, believing that it was impossible for the Han army to really launch a rush on the plain, so he insisted and decided to immediately send 5,000 reinforcements to the north, and urgently rushed to Qixian to reinforce the defenders there. Then after making this arrangement, Tian Da asked Tian Ji to organize the Jibei Army to prepare for war with all his might, so as to deal with the Han army's real attack on the plain the next day, and at the same time sent someone to contact Tian Bu and ask Tian to also organize Qi Jun to prepare for war.

Approaching the evening, the re-division of the Jibei army was reported to Uncle Zhou by the Han army scouts, and Uncle Zhou was full of helplessness after hearing this, and said: "Tian Dapuff, you really don't know how to write the dead word, obviously the total strength is not half of ours, since we dare to divide the troops again and again to fortify everywhere, it seems that tomorrow's battle, we just can't win how difficult it is." ”

Then in the early morning of the next day, Tian Da, Tian Ji and Tian Bu and others knew that Uncle Zhou really did not pit them this time, just after dawn, more than 30,000 Han soldiers came out of the camp under the personal leadership of Uncle Zhou, and lined up to the plain ferry to prepare to board the ship to attack, and at the same time, the temporary sailors of the Han army also boarded the ship and began to prepare to escort the port. So much so that when the situation was reported to Tian Da and the others, Tian Da exclaimed on the spot, "The sun rises in the west today?" The thieves really attacked the plains and confronted us head-on? ”

Fortunately, although the Han army's abnormality surprised Tian Da and others, it did not completely catch the Qiji coalition army off guard, and soon, the Jibei Army and the Qi Army attacked under the leadership of Tian Da and Tian Bu and others, and came to the plain ferry to prepare to defend the river.

Under the leadership of Shen Ke, the commander of the Han Army's temporary naval division, more than 1,600 Han soldiers first sailed out of the port, maneuvering more than 40 armed boats and more than 100 sampan clippers to the east bank of the Yellow River, and also sailed directly to the location of the Jibei Army's naval division. Seeing this scene, Tian Da, Tian Ji, Tian Bu and others also immediately understood the intentions of the Han army, and knew that the Han army wanted to fight a very rare water battle on the Yellow River with the water division of the Jibei Army on the river first, kill the water division of the Jibei Army, and then launch a transportation force to rush to cross.

After understanding this, Tian Da also laughed directly and said: "Water war, it's very good, since you thieves like to kill yourself, then this king will fulfill you!" Give Tian Xun an order, telling him to immediately lead the sailor to attack and kill the thief's sailor! ”

The Han army did use its own shortcomings this time to attack the enemy's strengths, because the naval division of the Jibei Army not only had an advantage in terms of the number of ships and troops, but also learned the experience and lessons of being successfully crossed by the Han army in the plains, and formed the Yellow River Naval Division earlier than the Han army, and also received water warfare training earlier than the Han army's naval division, relatively speaking, the water war experience is richer, and it is far more familiar with the hydrological routes in this area of the plain than the Han army, so Tian Da has absolute self-confidence, knowing that the self-army is absolutely impossible to be the opponent of the Han army even on land. But when it comes to the water, this situation will definitely only be reversed!

Tian Xun, the commander of the sailor of the Jibei Army, was more confident than Tian Da, and as soon as he received Tian Da's order, Tian Xun couldn't wait to shout: "Raise the flag, all the warships will attack, and kill the Han thief sailor for me!" ”

When the flag was raised, the Jibei Army Naval Division, composed of more than 70 armed ships and more than 100 sampan clippers, immediately set sail and took the initiative to meet the Han Army's naval division. Seeing this scene, Tian Da and others, who were full of confidence in their own army sailors, were of course triumphant, and they all depicted such a wonderful scene in their minds - as long as the escort sailors of the Han army were killed, then on the west bank of the Yellow River, no matter how many Han ships transported troops across the river, in front of the brave and invincible Jibei army sailors, they would only become a group of lambs to be slaughtered.

The rookie degree and timidity of the Han Army's naval division are still far from the imagination of the Jibei Army, and just after seeing the Jibei Army's naval division attack, the extremely timid Han Army's naval division commander Shen Kun asked the flagship to play the flag, let all the Han ships lower their sails, shrink the ship formation and prepare for group combat, almost the four words greed for life and fear of death were directly written on the crimson military flag of the Han army. Seeing this scene, Tian Xun was even more polite while laughing, and shouted: "Beat the drums, speed up, and kill the broken ship of the Han thieves!" ”

The war drums sounded, the soldiers of the Jibei Army Sailor Division struggled to sway the oars, rushing to kill faster, but a moment crossed the center of the river, and the momentum of the slaughter gradually shrank into a group of Han Army Sailor fleet, the sound of shouting and killing also rose to the sky early, and then just entered the range of the bow and crossbow, the soldiers of the Jibei Army Sailor Division rushed to release the arrows, and couldn't wait to shoot the feather arrows to the Han Army Sailors hiding behind the shield.

"Knock knock knock!"

The sound of new war drums suddenly sounded on the west bank of the Yellow River, and behind a dam on the west bank, dozens of boulders suddenly flew up, spinning and drawing a long arc in the sky, whistling and smashing into the Jibei Army flotilla that was rushing towards the Han Army's naval fleet. ”

"A new trebuchet for the thief!" On the land on the east bank of the Yellow River, Tian Be, the commander of the Qi army who had participated in the Second Julu War, was the first to understand what it was, and he was suddenly frightened and yelled, "Fooled!" The thief wants to use the trebuchet to kill our sailor first! Then cross the river with peace of mind! ”

It was too late to understand Uncle Zhou's vicious intentions, and the whole fifty boulders had already smashed into the head of the Jibei Army Navy fleet, and the first boulder that fell first also accurately hit the deck of a large armed ship of the Jibei Army full of sailors, and directly smashed through the deck without much effort, and then smashed through the bottom of the ship.

More boulders smashed into the river, splashing several feet high, not to mention, the waves also shook the surrounding Jibei Army sampan clippers, several Jibei Army sampan boats that were directly hit by the boulders were even worse, the hull was directly shattered, and the sailors on the boat were swept into the water, making a desperate scream like killing pigs. During this period, several large armed ships of the Jibei Army were hit by boulders, and all of them were smashed through the deck and bottom of the ship in an instant, directly losing their navigation and combat capabilities.

Seeing this scene, the Han army sailors in the ranks and on the west bank of the Han army were of course cheering like thunder, and their morale was greatly boosted, but the generals and soldiers of the Qiji coalition army on the east bank of the Yellow River were all screaming and screaming, and the noise was everywhere, Tian Da and Tian Ji and others were even more dead, and they didn't have to think about it to understand that the self-army water division had already been on the Han army's big role, and what kind of fate the self-army water division would face.

The worst is of course the Jibei Army's sailor soldiers, after being smashed by the Han army's boulders, they finally came back to their senses, many Jibei Army sailors didn't even have time to rescue their comrades who fell into the water, and immediately turned around and prepared to flee for their lives, and Tian Xun, the commander of the Jibei Army's sailors, who came back to his senses, yelled wildly, "Quick!" Fast! Flag! Back to the East Coast, Back to the East Coast! ”

Of course, the ships carrying sailors and soldiers cannot be as flexible as the soldiers or war horses on land, especially the main armed ships of the Jibei Army Naval Division, so before the armed ships of the Jibei Army turned their heads, the second round of boulders of the Han Army had already flown in, and smashed into the fleet of the Jibei Army Naval Division, which had become a mess, and the sound of the cracking of the wood and the screams of the Jibei soldiers and soldiers suddenly reverberated again on the surface of the Yellow River, which is still very clear......

Using a counterweight trebuchet to fight a boat was not Xiang Kang's idea for Uncle Zhou, and Xiang Kang, who had a sparse history, did not know that when the Yuan army destroyed the Song Dynasty, the Mongolian army used this tactic to kill the main force of the Yangtze River Naval Division of the Southern Song Dynasty. And Han Xin, the most dangerous opponent of Uncle Zhou's army in the Eastern Expedition this time, suffered because he was never able to get a counterweight trebuchet, so he couldn't imagine that Uncle Zhou would use such tactics to deal with the Jibei Army Naval Division that could seriously threaten the Han army's crossing of the river.

It is precisely because of this that the soldier immortal Han Xin guessed the location of the military genius Zhou Shu from the beginning, and also caused Liu Laosan and Xiang Zhuang to be kind enough to help, misleading the Qiji coalition army to divide the troops repeatedly, which further reduced the difficulty of the Han army directly crossing the Yellow River in the plain.