Lanjiang River, this is a river located in Xingquan Province, flowing from the mountains in the south to the northwest, the river is not too big, but because of the topography, most of the river sections of the river are relatively fast, and it is difficult to sail, let alone cross the river.

However, even if the river is fast, there will always be some sections of the river where the water flow is relatively gentle and can be ferried across the river, and the Lanjiang ferry port is such a place.

Moreover, this ferry port is located on the official road between Zhengtai County and Xingquan Fucheng, because whether it is an ordinary person's daily travel between Fucheng and Zhengtai, or the march of the army, this Lanjiang ferry is the best choice.

In addition to this Lanjiang crossing, although there are several other places in the upper and lower reaches of the Lanjiang River that are suitable for crossing the river, either the distance is too far, or the river surface that can be crossed is relatively small, making it difficult for the army to pass.

In such a comparison, the military strategic position of the Lanjiang ferry has also been reflected.

It is precisely because of this that the Ming army will choose to cross the river from here, and Li Xuan will also choose to intercept the Ming army in this place.

When Li Xuan saw this Lanjiang River for the first time at noon that day, he finally knew why this Lanjiang River, which was not famous, was also called a moat by Zeng Ziwen.

This Lanjiang River looks small, but the speed of the water flow is extremely fast, and you can see a lot of boulders floating on the surface of the river, and under the surface of the water, there may be more killing reefs.

If this kind of river is a big boat, it will not be able to go 100 meters before it will hit a reef and capsize

However, in the middle of such a rapid river, there is a section of the river that is obviously wider, and the current is quite gentle, and you can see it when you get closer, and there is a small wharf on this gentle river, and two small boats are moored on the wharf.

Next to the boat were a few shivering boatmen.

"Your Majesty, a platoon of the forward troops has crossed the river in an hour, and there is no trace of the puppet Ming thief army, and now as long as our army cuts off the ropeway on the river, it is enough for the enemy to cross the river on a large scale in a short time!" Fang Dongquan stepped forward and said: "If there is no ropeway, even if the puppet Ming thief army cuts down trees to make wooden rows, it will not be so easy to cross the river!" ”

The ropeway on the river is a big chain, the role is naturally not used as a bridge to walk, but to tow the boats crossing the river, if there is no cableway, although you can cross the river, but the difficulty must be increased greatly.

Immediately, Li Xuan said: "Then why do you still keep the cableway?" ”

Li Xuan was a little speechless, these subordinates are also real, such an important cableway should be cut off as soon as possible, is it possible to wait for the Ming army to cross the river!

At this time, Fang Dongquan and Wang Danxu glanced at each other, and then Wang Danxu said: "Your Majesty, it was the minister who asked the striker to keep the cableway." ”

Li Xuan didn't have any extra nonsense, and directly asked, "Reason?" ”

Wang Danxu said: "If we cut off the ropeway now, the puppet Ming thief army will definitely notice that we have arrived in advance, and the vigilance will be greatly improved, when we want to ambush here, I'm afraid it will not be easy, keep the cableway, the puppet thief army will relax its vigilance, and will definitely send some forwards to use the cableway to cross the river, and then we can fight an ambush war!" ”

Hearing this, Li Xuan did not answer immediately, nor did he continue to ask, but continued to observe the terrain of the Lanjiang Ferry.

In addition to the surface of the river, there is an open place on the shore of this Lanjiang ferry, although it is not large, but it is not a problem to arrange thousands of people.

Behind this open field, to the northwest is a relatively low hillside with dense forests.

To the southwest, there is a mountainous area, which is not suitable for fighting or hiding troops, and due west, although it is not open, it is also not suitable for ambushes.

If you want to ambush and sneak attack, the dense forest on the northwest slope is the only option.

After thinking about it, he directly pulled the horse's head and said, "Let's go, go up and have a look!" ”

Regardless of whether there is an ambush or not, the surrounding terrain must be seen first, as long as he has seen it in person, Li Xuan can make the final decision.

Soon, Li Xuan took Wang Danxu and Fang Dongquan to the small slope in the northwest, and then found that the area of woods on the hillside was not large, at most, there were hundreds of people hidden, and any more would be exposed.

But behind the hillside is an anticline, suitable for hiding a large number of troops, since there is this anticline that can hide a large number of troops, the ropeway on the river side will be left for an afternoon, to see if it can attract the Ming army's forward to come over and kill a small ambush.

After the ambush, cut off the ropeway.

After looking at the dense forest on the hillside, Li Xuan took people to the southwest of the mountain, the terrain of this place was even worse than he expected, not to mention the undulating mountains, and there were many strange-shaped rocks, not to mention the deployment of an army here, even people need to be careful when walking in these places.

After looking at the surrounding terrain, Li Xuan compared the terrain of the Lanjiang Ferry in detail in his mind, Li Xuan pointed to the anticline behind the hillside with a horsewhip and said, "Pass the order, and camp behind the hillside!" ”

Naturally, the army could not be stupidly stationed directly in an open place by the river, which was tantamount to exposing its every move to the other party.

Although the dense forest on the hillside did not have much hidden effect for the army, the anticline was good, at least it could block the reconnaissance of the Ming army on the other side of the river, so that they could not know the reality of their own side.

The hard work of building a camp is usually done by ordinary soldiers, but today is more special, the arrival of the Ming army is imminent, and those combat soldiers need to recover and maintain sufficient physical strength, so the fighters are beginning to rest, and the construction of the camp is handed over to the baggage battalion.

Although the soldiers of the baggage battalion are also very tired now, they do not need to participate as the main force in the subsequent battles, so it is not harmful to consume more physical strength.

Li Xuan was stationed in ambush on the west bank of the Lanjiang ferry, preparing to attack the Ming army in a sneak attack, while about five miles away on the east bank of the Lanjiang River, a Ming army of about 500 people was hurrying away.

The direction of their rush is to go straight to the Lanjiang ferry!

Their speed was not slow, in the afternoon, Li Xuan's baggage battalion had just repaired the camp, and the combat soldiers who were sitting and resting had just eaten the lunch prepared by the men, and the Ming army appeared on the east bank of the Lanjiang River.

As soon as the Ming army appeared, it immediately attracted the attention of the scouts of the Datang New Army who were hiding in the dense forests on the hillside, and soon passed the relevant news to Li Xuan.

Immediately, Li Xuan led a group of senior officers to climb the hill and secretly observed the Ming army on the opposite side, these Ming troops only had a few people at first, but soon there were dozens of people, and after a while, there were already as many as 100 people, and the Ming army was still arriving!

Seeing this scene, Li Xuan sighed secretly: They came so fast!