Chapter 152: Crossing the River
Li Erhei led the army to the west on the south bank of Jingshui, facing Yiju County across the river, which was quite a provocation to show off his might.
Jingshui flows down from the south of Yiju County to the north, and after merging with the muddy water from the northwest, it flows directly to the east! After passing through the south of the city, he made a big bend more than 20 miles away and went south instead.
Therefore, when Li Erhei led the army to the south of the city, he had to cross the river from the bridge. But at this time, on the other side of the river, a group of men and horses suddenly came out, and they blocked the bridge, blocking their way.
"Well, Li Erhei on the other side listens, my family has something to say, let you quickly return to Xinping County with the army, but you are not to blame for the past. If you don't listen to the advice, if you dare to take a step forward, you will be buried here, and there will be no return with the army behind you! After he got out of the West City Gate, he crossed the muddy water directly from the bridge, and quickly rushed to the west bank of Jingshui to stop Li Erhei who wanted to cross the bridge!
"General, they are all cavalry, it seems that the cavalry under Sang Lun should be here!" Li Erhei did not reply immediately, but looked at the other party, and a lieutenant beside him said in a low voice at this time.
"In all likelihood, there is a flat area on the other side of the bridge, which is conducive to cavalry assault. The other side swings along the river bank, although the number is inferior to ours, but once we cross the river, if the other party launches an attack, I am afraid that it will be a great disadvantage! Li Erhei nodded, and naturally understood this in his heart.
"The general looked at the other side, those people in Yiju County were coming and going, as if they were transferring something!" As he spoke, another lieutenant suddenly reminded.
"Don't look at it, in this situation, what else can the other party transfer besides salt! It seems that the other party also knows our intention. They sent men to stop them at the bridge, just to delay the time so that all the salt could be brought back. In this case, even if we fight in the end, we won't be able to gain anything! Li Erhei only glanced at it, and he already understood.
"So what do we do? The only way to do this is to cross the river as soon as possible, so that you can get those salts! ”
"The location of this place is not on our side, the other party is blocking the way, and it is difficult to fight down for a while. However, if these cavalry are wiped out, then Sang Lun is afraid that he will go out of the city with a large army! In that case, it doesn't matter if we take the salt or not, we just need to achieve the goal. Pass the order, spread out along the river, and prepare to attack! At the same time, you take 300 men and horses up the river to find another place to cross the river! After thinking for a while, Li Erhei instructed the generals behind him.
Soon, the brigade lined up along the river and made an offensive gesture towards the opposite bank. The two sides of this Jingshui are more than 100 meters wide, and ordinary bows and arrows can't reach them! Therefore, the two sides are basically unable to fight, and the only way is the bridge!
"Well, listen to the nameless junior on the other side! General Ben led his troops westward to attack Fu Qin, and if you block my way, you will be the enemy of the Huashan army! Do you want to conspire with Fu Qin to reject my Huashan Army? Before the war, Li Erhei opened his mouth and shouted, which was a response to the previous one.
Who wouldn't shout! Moreover, if Li Erhei shouts like this, the initiative is in the hands of the other party, is the other party blocking himself or not? Li Erhei didn't force them, it was up to them to decide. And for the other party, this becomes a problem.
Sure enough, when Naduping heard this, he didn't know how to answer for a while! After thinking about it for a while, he had to send someone to ask Sang Lun for instructions. And taking advantage of this opportunity, the captain under Li Erhei had already taken a part of the soldiers and horses, quietly detoured, and went upstream.
"Fight Fu Qin? Is he thinking that we are all stupid~? How many troops does Fu Qin have on this side now? Basically, it's gone! After the Qin court withdrew from Guanzhong, it was no longer able to control these many places, and basically returned to the previous situation of being the king. He wants to fight Fu Qin, why don't he go to Longxi? It's clearly a false way to destroy us, and they want to destroy us! Don't let it, say nothing and let them pass, otherwise, Yiju County will no longer be owned by my Sang family! The news reached the city, and when Sang Lun heard it, he couldn't help but be furious.
"However, if we don't let it, then the other party will be famous and can attack us justifiably. Moreover, there may be more armies coming later, so I'm afraid that Yiju County will not be spared! Liu Yi reminded on the side.
"Yes, you can let it, but you have to bring all the salt back before you let it! However, I'm still a little worried, once I really let in, what if the other party occupies the salt pond and doesn't leave? Hearing this, Sang Lun couldn't help but calm down, he didn't want to really offend Huashan Jun to death, after thinking for a while, he said worriedly.
"In my opinion, what should I do now?" Liu Yi was also a little unsure of what he meant, so he had to ask.
"I should ask you that, right? If you can't figure out what to do, what do you want your staff to do? Hearing this, Sang Lun's face sank and said lightly.
As soon as these words came out, seeing his face again, Liu Yi and the others couldn't help but sink in their hearts. They couldn't know Sang Lun's character any better, and if they and the others didn't speak to his liking at this time, maybe disaster would come immediately.
Not to mention that these people were still discussing, at this time Li Erhei was already impatiently waiting, and did not answer under repeated urgings, so he directly ordered to attack. Anyway, the purpose of his coming this time is to provoke the other party and let the other party's army go out of the city, and the room for play is very large.
The main target of the attack was placed at the bridgehead, and the soldiers slowly moved forward with their shields, and then continued to fire arrows at the opposite side. Du Ping was holding on to the bridgehead and not retreating, and at the same time counterattacking with bows and arrows.
However, one of his biggest killer weapons is the soldiers who are guarding the bridge, ready to cut it at any time. Once the battle is really fought to the last moment, if he feels that he can't hold it anymore, he will directly break the bridge.
It was precisely because he was afraid of this thing that Li Erhei did not dare to send a large army to rush over. After all, in the event that the bridge suddenly breaks halfway through the army, the army will have to be swept away by the water. The other party is not injured alone, and his side will have to suffer heavy losses.
Fortunately, this stalemate did not last long, and after half an hour, the people sent out to find other ways to cross the river finally made a discovery! A few miles upstream, a narrow spot was found at the foot of the mountain, where a bridge was already being cut down and ready to cross the river.
After getting the news, Li Erhei couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered to increase the intensity of the attack in order to attract the enemy's attention. Li Erhei personally held a strong bow and shot several enemy soldiers in a row, successfully attracting Du Ping's attention.
"What a Li Erhei, he actually has this archery skill! Let you also see how powerful I am, otherwise it won't make you look down! Du Ping had the intention of winning in his heart, and immediately took out his bow and arrows and fired arrows at the opposite side.
As a result, two soldiers of the Huashan Army also died under his arrows. Seeing this, Li Erhei immediately aimed at Duping, and the two sides seemed to be fighting purely for personal victory for a while, and it seemed that they must divide each other.
When the people under Du Ping's command saw that he didn't seem to be weaker than Li Erhei, their morale was immediately boosted! Gather around Du Ping's side and shout and cheer! But what they didn't know was that at this time, the soldiers of the Huashan Army had already crossed the river and were heading towards them.
More than 300 soldiers and horses were sent out, and after crossing the river, they went all the way north along the west bank of Jingshui. Since the two places were not very far apart, and there was a flat river beach on the west bank, this group of men and horses was quickly discovered by the people of Duping.
"Report, General Du, the people of the Huashan Army have killed them from the south along the river!"
"What? Okay, you Li Erhei, you actually gave me this set, how many people did they come? Du Ping was shooting at Li Erhei, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but say angrily.
"It looks like there are no more than three hundred, and they're all foot soldiers!"
"It's only 300 foot soldiers, and you want to attack our hundreds of cavalry? The name of the Huashan Army seems to be nothing more than that, so Li Erhei is afraid that he has never seen cavalry! Hmph, this time it's going to make him suffer! Let him know that he knows how good I am! Du Ping was even angrier when he heard this, but then he sneered.
Afterwards, he called a general beside him and asked him to take 200 cavalry south to block a small group of soldiers of the Huashan Army going north. Originally, in this case, a hundred cavalry was enough, but he was afraid that there would be a mistake in it, and he would face the Huashan army after all, so he sent an extra hundred people over.
It's just a distance from Rich, and for a cavalry, it's nothing at all, almost just a distance to charge. Since the two sides of the river were only separated by such a small distance, the actions on the other side immediately fell into Li Erhei's eyes, knowing that his men and horses should have crossed the river.
Therefore, he immediately changed his plan, and continued to attack by the bridge with some of his men, while on the other side he sent additional men to cross the river from the upper reaches to support the soldiers and horses who crossed the river on the opposite bank.
The cavalry under Du Ping brandished their spears, shouted loudly and accelerated towards the soldiers of the Huashan Army. After crossing the river, the soldiers of the Huashan Army did not rush forward, and after discovering that the cavalry was coming to block the attack, they immediately lined up on the side of the river beach not far from the river crossing.
"Kill, kill a Huashan army, there will be a reward!" The general on the horse, when he saw these more than 300 people at this time, seemed to see that the opportunity for meritorious service was in front of him, and he couldn't help shouting.
Under his leadership, two hundred cavalry accelerated and rushed towards the Huashan Army formation. 22