The bitter north wind blew on Lu Zhan's face with the last bit of early spring cold, and along the way, the officials in the city occupied by the Zhi family south of the Yellow River either surrendered or fled, except for a few officials who directly set themselves on fire in the mansion in order to show their loyalty to the Zhi family.

"There are still some people on the Zhi family's side who are willing to die with their lives, and there are a total of six people who have committed suicide by self-immolation and hanging beams like him along the way. Maybe this wisdom family is not exhausted yet. ”l

Lu looked at the banks of the Yellow River looming in the distance, and sighed at these people who were willing to take the initiative to die for the Zhi family. With such loyal ministers and righteous people, it seems that it may not be so easy to conquer Qinzhou.

"Indeed, when this wise family came to fight our Yanzhou earlier, I had never seen such a loyal and brave person, and after the change of offensive and defensive forms, everyone is now a little uncomfortable."

Chen Zhuang restrained his horse and listened to it, and asked all the soldiers to prepare to set up camp.

"General Chen, seeing that there is the Yellow River in front of him, why did he make everyone stop?" Lu Zhan originally planned to camp on the edge of the Yellow River today and come to drink the Yellow River, which was really poetic and imposing.

In front of this is the turbulent Yellow River, which was called a big river in ancient times, because soil erosion was not so serious at that time, and the turbulent river of the Yellow River was an excellent barrier at that time.

If the army wants to cross the Yellow River, it will take a lot of time and energy to cross it, and once the defenders find that the enemy is ready to cross the river, they will come and attack one and a half crossings, and the vanguard troops need to spend physical strength to trek and fight on the river beach, so it is impossible to put on heavy armor, but the enemy they face is several times their own enemy army.

"My lord, this is definitely not allowed to camp on the edge of the Yellow River, not to mention that the riverbank is loose and camped, and this Zhiyu may deploy an army somewhere, and it will come hard when we make mistakes." Chen Zhuang had also traveled to the Yellow River in the early years, and with the intelligence he had collected before the war, it was a good idea to know where the ferries were along the Yellow River and where to camp.

"But I always feel that it is a little less interesting not to go to the edge of the Yellow River, so let's do it, General Chen, you are responsible for setting up camp, and I will take a group of guards to take a look at the whole picture of the Yellow River." Saying that, Lu Zhan ordered his own soldiers to ride away.

Chen Zhuang thought about it, there were plains nearby, and there must be no ambushes, even if the enemy would raid Lu Zhan on the plains, it would be very convenient for him to go to reinforcements.

The horse's hooves trampled the earth, and Lu Zhan rode on his war horse and looked at the open river, "I really can't wait to send a letter and write a poem!" Although it is a poem, it is actually Lu Zhan's mind searching for the ancient poems that he has learned before describing the Yellow River.

After looking around at the scenery that didn't seem to be particularly conscious, he rode back to the army. The trenches that should be dug and the fences that should have been erected outside the camp were also basically formed.

The soldiers in the battalion also set up stoves to prepare for cooking, and there were basically no battles along the way, but they received all kinds of seals from those officials, except for civilian officials who were more busy with their work, and these soldiers only had to hurry.

Lu Zhan took off his armor, picked up the porridge in front of him and drank it in a big gulp, smacking his mouth after a bowl of stomach. "This artillery is a cut behind our speed, if there is no artillery, the brothers in their hands now are estimated to be all desperate and will not be able to occupy Qinzhou City."

Although Chen Zhuang had a bowl of porridge in front of him, he simply took a sip because of the difference between the monarch and the minister. "The boats along the river have been taken to the north bank by the Zhi family, and the boats from the Zhao family are willing to lend us, but the number is still too small to support the army to cross the river."

"I have a solution to this ship's problem." Lu Zhan patted Chen Zhuang on the shoulder, signaling that Chen Zhuang did not have to worry about the ship.

But Chen Zhuang did not calm down, "Lord, where can this ship fall from the sky, tomorrow I will let the soldiers cut down the woods and bamboo forests to prepare the boats and bamboo rafts for crossing the river." ”

The bottom of the improvised boat is not waterproofed and can only be used for a short time. This is also what Chen Zhuang is worried about, if the soldier sinks halfway through rowing, it will be embarrassing.

"This time you really said it, I borrowed this boat from my brother-in-law, although this royal sailor has no actual combat experience, but there is still a row, this heaven's royal boat can't be transferred, but the rest of the ships will go down the river and will definitely pick us up to cross the Yellow River within three days."

His brother-in-law is not free to help, and the cost of seconding the army not only has to pay for himself, but also has to pay an additional lease fee, which is the same as the nature of mercenaries in Western Europe in the Middle Ages.

"With the Son of Heaven's sailor coming, this artillery should also be able to be transported, and I'm afraid that only we can fight the battle of Qinzhou ourselves." There was a hint of difficulty in Chen Zhuang's words.

Lu Zhan almost couldn't sit still after hearing Chen Zhuang's words, "What? Didn't the Zhao family promise to send 10,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry to Qinzhou to help in the battle, and the Zhao family would bring about five or six thousand men and horses from several other families to come to help? How did it become our Yanzhou singing one-man show? ”

The reinforcements that were said to be good didn't come, what did the Zhao family think, the defenders of Qinzhou were kept at more than 40,000, and there were only more than 25,000 people on the Lu Zhan side, and this Lu Zhan brought all the mobile forces that could be mobilized.

Although there are many soldiers in Qinzhou who have been temporarily conscripted, and they are basically peasants who have just put down their hoes, they cannot support the large number of people.

The side that is obviously inferior in numbers wants to attack the city, and if it is defeated, it will be famous all over the world and leave a name in history.

"The lord of the Zhao family has sent news that their army has been stopped in the Shang Nest, and the guards of the Shang Nest have guarded the city without leaks, and with more than 4,000 people, 20,000 people have been forcibly stopped outside." Chen Zhuang took out the letter that the Zhao family had just sent, and when Chen Zhuang saw it, he scolded the Zhao family for being so bad.

"Where can I conjure tens of thousands of dollars, the Son of Heaven just wants to reap the benefits of the fisherman, and he will definitely not send people to help, my cousin Lu Tingchen is too far away from me, and he also has a goal. There wasn't even half a reinforcement around. Lu Zhan thought carefully about the map in his mind, and now he is really outnumbered.

"If it really doesn't work, we will transfer troops to take the Shang Nest with the Zhao family first, and then move the troops to fight Qinzhou together, that kid from Zhiyu will definitely not have the courage to sneak attack us when we attack the Shang Nest."

It's not impossible for Chen Zhuang to say that it's possible, maybe it's really feasible.

Suddenly, Lu Zhan had a flash of inspiration in his head, maybe there was another way to break this situation.

"Well said, let's bypass Qinzhou."

Chen Zhuang heard Lu Zhan's tone with obvious confidence, and Chen Zhuang also puffed up his chest, like a proud rooster.

"Then let's take a boat directly to the vicinity of the merchant nest and get off the boat."

"No, I mean to let go of the southern gate of Qinzhou and directly attack Yecheng, the largest, most important and richest city in the south of Zhijia."