It was nearly midnight, the Han army camp on the north bank of the Yellow River was lit with few lights, and there was snoring like thunder everywhere, and the soldiers of the Han army who were sleeping outside the camp were also staggering, snoring and dreaming one after another, although the sentries were still trying to open their eyes wide, yawning and carefully alerting to the movement of the river and the surrounding area, but they were also sleepy, and their eyelids were like a thousand pounds.

The performance of the Han army officers and soldiers is very normal, in the fierce battle during the day, because of the serious lack of rockets, fire oil and other water warfare weapons, the Han soldiers are mainly close to the physical combat and hand-to-hand combat to defend the position, the physical consumption is very huge, the Han army soldiers who arrived at noon are immediately into the battle after the rapid march, the physical consumption is only greater than the former teammates, up and down are exhausted, this will finally have a chance to rest, the Han army soldiers are of course one by one more sleepy than one another.

At this time, on the gentle river surface, dozens of clippers took advantage of the cover of night, swaying and paddling, quietly and quickly approaching the north bank of the Yellow River, and also very cunningly avoided the dock position monitored by the Han army sentry, and rushed diagonally to the downstream of the dock to grab the beach and land. And behind these clippers, a whole twenty large ships full of soldiers quietly followed, without lights or making a sound, sneakily sailing to the ferry pier.

The first clipper successfully rushed to the shallows, the sergeant jumped into the shallow water, and the cat bent down and rushed to the river bank as fast as possible to lurk, and the clippers behind followed suit, and soon many carefully selected Henan army warriors successfully landed on the south bank and quickly assembled under the cover of night.

After more than 300 warriors of the Henan Army successfully went ashore, the Han army sentries standing guard nearby found that the situation was wrong, and quickly rang the gong to give the alarm, after hearing the gong, the commandos of the Henan Army no longer concealed their whereabouts, and the soldiers who had not yet landed on the shore all struggled and desperately rocked the oars to rush to the shallows to land, and the Henan Army warriors who had already landed quickly raised a banner and roared and rushed to the rear of the Han army sleeping in the wilderness.

At the same time, hearing the sound of the alarm gong, the big ship of the Henan Army that was following immediately lit a torch while swaying hard to launch a charge, rushing to the sparsely lit ferry pier at the fastest speed. In addition, the Henan Army Fleet Brigade, which had already been full of soldiers, also dispatched together, beating war drums and rushing straight to the north bank of the Yellow River, and Sun Yin, the general of the Henan Army who led the army to launch this night attack, still kept shouting with red eyes, "Quick! Fast! Rush! ”

As Li Zuoche expected, the Han army, which was not even able to use tents, was seriously ill-prepared, and even if the sentries sent an alarm signal in time, the exhausted Han soldiers were not able to immediately assemble and dispatch to reinforce the dock to resist the landing of the Henan army. The commandos of the Henan Army had very clear tactics, that is, to raid the camps of the Han army to kill the Han army and cover the landing of the Henan Army's brigade, so the soldiers of the Han army who were sleeping outside the camp had basically just been awakened, and the Henan commandos had already killed in front of them, and they could only be forced to meet the battle in a hurry.

In order to be prepared to attack unprepared, the Henan Army commando, which was all composed of elite soldiers, naturally gained the upper hand in the melee, and quickly killed the rear team of the Han army led by Worm Da with lightning speed, not to mention sending troops to reinforce the dock, even self-protection was quite difficult, and it was caught off guard and suffered a big loss.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the troop carriers of the Henan Army also rushed into the dock position of the Han army one after another, and as soon as the side of the ship approached the wharf, the sergeants on the ship jumped off the side and landed, holding weapons and killing fiercely on the river bank, and the Han soldiers guarding the wharf launched a fierce battle.

At the same time, the front team of the Han army stationed in the camp hurriedly went out of the tent to assemble and wait, but the general of the Han army, Uncle Zhou, made a fatal mistake at this moment, that is, he sent the first assembled reinforcement to reinforce the rear team of the Han army that was killed by the enemy, and did not give priority to the reinforcement dock to block the landing of the rear team of the Henan army - this is absolutely forgiving Uncle Zhou, the king of Henan, after all, when everyone is confused, Xiang Kang finally dug up Uncle Zhou from Wei occasionally made a little mistake, His Royal Highness Sima Wei is absolutely understandable, and he wishes that Uncle Zhou would make similar mistakes a few more times.

Uncle Zhou's tactical mistake of course gave the Henan army a chance to land quickly, taking advantage of the Han army did not have time to send reinforcements to the dock, the Henan army officers and soldiers on the twenty troop transport ships roared again and again, rushed to the dock one after another and quickly landed, like a tiger down the mountain to kill the Han army at the dock, the Han army soldiers were in a hurry, should not take care of it, although they also mustered up the courage to fight hard, but still could not stop the Henan army constantly rushing soldiers, were killed and retreated, and lost many key positions one after another.

Or when the front team of the Henan Army almost rushed to the north bank, Uncle Zhou woke up like a dream and hurriedly sent reinforcements to the wharf, but it was too late to do so, the defense line of the horse antlers had already been broken by the Henan Army, and the position of the sheep and horse wall was also captured by the Henan Army, the fence was destroyed, and most of the arrow towers were ignited, and the fortification advantage completely ceased to exist, and he could only get close to the body to resist Henan's tidal attack.

Even so, the soldiers of the Han army still did not give up, the soldiers on the front line gritted their teeth and resisted desperately, and the reinforcements behind were also constantly coming, shouting and launching many counter-charges, trying to recapture the ferry position. But there was no way, the soldiers of the Han army who could not get enough rest lacked physical strength, but the first batch of Henan soldiers who went ashore were all fresh troops with full physical strength, and the tactical purpose was very clear, that is, to hold the ferry position and wait for the main brigade to go ashore for reinforcements, so no matter how the Han soldiers charged, they never succeeded in driving the Henan army back into the river and regaining the vital ferry position.

After a fierce battle for half an hour, the follow-up troop transport fleet of the Henan Army also successfully approached the north bank of the Yellow River, and more soldiers rushed to the land with torches, completely crushing all the hopes of the Han soldiers to recapture the ferry position.

Things have come to this point, the defeat of the Han army is basically doomed, but Uncle Zhou's expression is still very calm, and he continued to wait patiently in the Han army camp with his direct army, or in the fierce battle to nearly five watches, after the second fleet of the Henan army transported troops, Uncle Zhou ordered: "Mingjin, retreat to Yiguan." ”

Uncle Zhou also took his direct army to abandon the camp, went out of the camp from the north gate, and personally took on the heavy responsibility of the palace, covering the retreat of the Han army brigade that had been seriously chaotic to Yiguan, and the officers and men of the Henan army cheered and pursued to their heart's content, venting all the anger accumulated during the day to the defeated soldiers of the Han army, and also caused a large number of casualties to the Han army.

At the same time, on the high ground on the south bank, seeing the defeat of the Han army, Sima Wei was of course so excited that he danced with his hands, and praised Li Zuoche who offered a sneak attack, but Li Zuoche looked calm, and said with regret: "Uncle Zhou is really good at using troops, if he retreats a little later, we will definitely be able to get more victories tonight." ”

"It's okay! Never mind! Sima Wei said with a smile: "As long as we take back the Pingyin Ferry, take back the ferry on the north bank, our main force can easily cross the river, and then it will be much easier to clean up the Han thief army." ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is trying to tell you about this." Li Zuoche hurriedly said to Sima Wei: "After recapturing the ferry, our main force must not cross the river, and it is enough to send a partial division north to block the Yiguan, otherwise, if our main force all crosses the Yellow River, and Xiang Kang Xiao'er kills from Hangu Pass, we will be in big trouble." ”

"Guang Wujun still suspects that the Han thieves are just feintting to attack Hanoi?" Sima Wei was very surprised and said: "The Han thieves attacked so fiercely in Hanoi, and they fought so fiercely for the Pingyin Ferry tonight, it seems that they are feintting." ”

"Uncle Zhou, in order to lead us across the river, of course he has to pretend to be as similar as possible." Li Zuoche said very calmly: "In short, please be cautious, don't risk crossing the Yellow River, otherwise don't say that our Sanchuan Heavy Land will be in danger, and our main force will be completely passive." ”

I really don't understand why Li Zuoche insisted that the Han army was only a feint attack in Hanoi, and Sima Wei didn't want to argue with Li Zuoche, who had just made great contributions to himself, but made up his mind to find out the specific situation on the north bank as soon as possible, and then decide whether to personally lead the main force of the Henan Army to cross the Yellow River north.

The fierce battle on the north bank did not end until the next day, and the Henan army finally won its first victory after the war with the Han army, beheading more than 2,600 corpses and capturing more than 300 Han soldiers. In addition to being overjoyed, Sima Wei sent people north to investigate the situation of Yiguan as soon as possible, and also sent people to interrogate the captured Han prisoners and grasp the support of the Han army.

The results of the interrogation of the captives were also quickly reported to Sima Wei, and the caliber of the Han prisoners was also very consistent, saying that Xiang Kang was personally leading the main force of the Han army to Hanoi to kill, and he would arrive at Yiguan in a few days. ”

Sima Wei hesitated incomprehensibly, and only said after a while: "Then wait a little longer, anyway, the ferry has been taken back, and we will not fight for this day or two." ”

In the afternoon, an urgent report came from Shaanxi County, saying that Zhu Jishi, the general of the Han army, had led 16,000 troops out of the customs two days ago and was heading for Shaanxi County, which was located in the westernmost part of Sanchuan County. Sima Wei didn't dare to take it lightly when he heard the news, and hurriedly asked the messenger of Shaanxi County: "Can the Han thieves have a rear army?" ”

"The king forgives the sin, the Han thieves have already blocked Hangu Pass four days ago and no one is allowed to enter or leave, so we don't know if the Han thieves have a rear army." The Shaanxi County Messenger replied truthfully.

"Rubbish!" Sima Wei scolded, pondered for a moment, and then said to his left and right henchmen: "Could Xiang Kang be feintifying to attack Sanchuan and actually attack Hanoi?" Otherwise, why did he only send more than 10,000 troops west to Hanguguan? I remember that we had a detailed report before, and Xiang Kang Xiao'er dispatched more than 30,000 troops to advance westward first. ”

"King, this possibility must not be ruled out." Du Wanda hurriedly said: "Xiang Kang Xiao'er deliberately sent a partial division from Hangu Guandong to lure our main force west to meet the enemy, and then he took the opportunity to attack Hanoi in a big way, and he could easily take our Hanoi County." ”

"Du Shaofu, what evidence do you have to prove your analysis?" Li Zuoche asked quietly: "How can you be sure that after the Zhuji Stone Thief Army, there is no thief army brigade of Han thieves?" ”

"Only Zhu Jishi is a thief who will go out of the customs, this is the evidence." Du Wanda immediately replied: "Previously, our careful investigation heard accurate news, Zhu Jishi led the army eastward with Long He, if the Han thieves were really ready to attack Sanchuan, why didn't they see Long and go out?" ”

Sima Wei nodded slightly, and the result was also a coincidence, just at this time, the north bank sent an urgent report, saying that the Henan army had made a clear investigation, and another Han army rushed to Yiguan to reinforce, Sima Wei hurriedly asked the number of reinforcements of the Han army, and the north bank replied helplessly: "Back to the king, the Han thief army has tightly sealed the Yiguan, and our people can't pass the Yiguan to carefully investigate, and we don't know how many enemies are coming." ”

"Rubbish!" Sima Wei scolded again, and then shouted: "Go and investigate carefully, and report as soon as there is a situation!" ”

Meticulously took the order and left, Sima Wei thought about it again, and then asked Li Zuoche: "Guangwujun, Du Aiqing asked very right just now, Long Ji and Zhu Jishi, two thieves, led the army eastward, why is there only one thief army of Zhu Jishi out of the customs?" ”

"Because there is no need for the Han thief army to go out together." Li Zuoche replied: "Shaanxi County has been hit by military disasters, and there are few soldiers and food in the city, so Zhu Jishi's thief army is enough to quickly take Shaanxi County, and there is no need for Long Ji to quickly go out of the customs with Zhu Jishi, and he can calmly escort the grain and grass to the east." ”

Sima Wei nodded again, and then said: "Don't worry, wait a little longer, this king just doesn't see rabbits and doesn't scatter eagles, and if he doesn't figure out Xiang Kang'er's main direction of attack, this king will never cross the river easily." ”

"The king is wise." Li Zuoche praised it from the bottom of his heart and said: "As long as the king can calm down and not be confused by the illusion arranged by Xiang Kang Xiao'er, his tricks will definitely be completely exposed soon." ”

Li Zuoche praised it too early, and when it was dark that day, Sima Wei began to waver again, because the north bank Xizuo sent an urgent report, saying that after Zhou Shu led the defeated army to retreat to Yiguan, he did not directly withdraw from Yiguan to hide, but chose to set up a camp outside the east gate of Yiguan, and at the same time, the Henan army also clearly saw that there were many Han army banners behind Yiguan, and there were definitely not a few troops. Sima Wei listened to the drum in his heart, and said secretly: "Could it be that Xiang Kang Xiao'er really plans to attack Hanoi in an all-out way?" Otherwise, Uncle Zhou should have withdrawn from the Yiguan Pass to guard the pass, why did he still set up camp outside the east gate of the Yiguan to protect the road for the Han thieves to enter Hanoi? ”

What dealt Sima Wei a fatal blow was an urgent report from the Henan army from Mianchi the next day, saying that after Zhu Jishi led the Han army eastward, he did not launch an attack on the small town of Shaanxi County in a hurry, but set up a camp to completely surround the county seat of Shaanxi County, and at the same time blocked the traffic, did not allow anyone to pass through Shaanxi County, and did not give the Henan army scouts to investigate the situation of the Han army's Hangu Pass. As a result, not to mention Sima Wei, even Li Zuoche was inevitably suspicious, and said secretly: "Could it be that Xiang Kang Xiao'er really plans to attack Hanoi?" Otherwise, why didn't he rush to take the small town of Shaanxi County? ”

Li Zuoche was still like this, and Du Wanda, who had always disagreed with Li Zuoche before, was of course even more polite, and soon said to Sima Wei: "King, the situation is already obvious, the Han thieves came out of Hangu Guandong, and it was definitely just a feint, and they wanted to divert the tiger from the mountain to trick our main force into the Cuihan Road. Otherwise, with Zhu Jishi'er's troops, how could he choose to encircle Shaanxi County and not fight? Isn't he afraid of wasting time? ”

Sima Wei hesitated and didn't speak, Du Wanda was even more anxious, and hurriedly said: "King, we can't hesitate any longer, if we don't take advantage of the fact that the main force of the Han thieves has not yet arrived, we will take back the Yiguan first, and give the main force of the Han thieves the opportunity to enter Hanoi in a big way, then we will be in big trouble." Hanoi is in a hurry, Zhao will definitely take advantage of the fire to rob our Handan, we are blocked by the Han thieves on the south bank and there is no way to cross the river, so that the Han thieves can successfully take Hanoi and enter Ao Cang, then we will be completely encircled. ”

Considering the dangerous consequences of the Han army's large-scale invasion of Hanoi, Sima Wei hesitated again, then nodded and said: "It is reasonable, order the whole army to cross the river immediately, and take our Yiguan back first." ”

"The king......." Li Zuoche was extremely hesitant, and said with some lack of confidence: "Or, wait a little longer?" ”

"Guangwujun, it's not that this king doesn't listen to your advice, it's the current situation, we can't wait any longer." Sima Wei's expression was serious, and he said: "The fighter plane is fleeting, if we can't recapture Yiguan as soon as possible and give the Han thief brigade time to reinforce Hanoi, we will fall into complete passivity, and we can only take advantage of the fact that the main force of the Han thieves has not arrived now, and recapture Yiguan as soon as possible, so that we can be foolproof." ”

After that, Sima Wei took the initiative to say: "On the western front, we don't have to worry too much, Cuihan Road is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and we preemptively sent Wei Heng to lead an army of 10,000 west to Mianchi to fortify, Xiang Kang Xiao'er is a million army, and it is impossible to quickly break through Cuihan Road, if anything happens, we can also immediately turn around and go west to rescue Mianchi." ”

Li Zuoche frowned, and when he was also a little suspicious of the direction of the Han army's main attack, Li Zuoche did not insist too much on his own proposition, but said: "King, for the sake of prudence, it is best to leave an army in Henan County as a precaution." ”

Sima Wei nodded, and immediately sent 10,000 troops south to Henan County to fortify, and at the same time went to order Wei Heng, so that the Mianchi garrison was only allowed to hold on to the danger when the Han army came, and was not allowed to risk the battle. Then Sima Wei did not hesitate any longer, and led the Henan army to cross the Yellow River in an all-round way on the same day, and killed Yiguan with great momentum.

Or after the main force of the Henan Army fully crossed the Yellow River, Li Zuoche thought of a possibility and said secretly: "Xiang Kang Xiao'er shouldn't be a long-term line to catch big fish, right?" Deliberately sacrificing a little time to besiege Shaanxi County without fighting, in order to further confuse our judgment. ”

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Li Zuoche guessed correctly this time, because on the morning of the same day, Xiang Kang had personally led the main force of 50,000 Han troops to Hangu Pass, and the Han army general Long He was temporarily stationed in Hangu Pass, and then immediately joined hands to go east, and slaughtered towards the western front of the Henan army. The king will be very happy. ”

The veteran of the young marshal army Zhu Jishi did not disappoint Xiang Kang, in the afternoon, Xiang Kang had just arrived in the suburbs of Shaanxi County, and at first glance he saw the already red Han army flag fluttering in the city of Shaanxi County, Xiang Kang laughed happily, and called Long He in front of him, and ordered: "General Long, they are all pioneers, General Zhu Jishi did not disappoint me, it is time to see you now." ”

"The last general understands!" Long He immediately said: "The last general will immediately lead the troops first, and he will definitely take the Mianchi for you before you arrive at the king!" ”

"No, this king doesn't want you to take down Michi." Xiang Kang shook his head and said: "The city of Mianchi is strong, and Sima Xiao'er sent 10,000 troops to reinforce Mianchi in advance. ”

"Then the king of Han wants to fight there?" Long asked suspiciously.

"Xin'an!" Xiang Kang's triangular eyes shot out of green light, and he said fiercely: "Only take four days of grain and grass, bypass the pond to attack Xin'an, and take Xin'an for this king before the grain and grass are exhausted, does General Long have the guts?!" ”

"The king can rest assured, the last general is willing to make a military order!" Long He replied word by word.

"Good, go ahead." Xiang Kang replied with a smile.