Chapter 41: Crossing the River

"The Huai River is in Fengyang, and it stretches for hundreds of miles." Zhang Su said: "Among them, there are countless dark roads and ferries, and we can repair the plank road openly and Chen Cang in the dark." ”

"Ming Xiu plank road darkness Chen Cang." Zhang Xuan said.

"Yes, the army is divided into several routes, and they cross the river together, and the east side of it is empty, and the west side is real." Zhang Su said: "Order General Zhou to guard the downstream and buy time. It will take time for the officers and troops to break through several pontoon bridges. ”

"Take advantage of this time to cross the Huai River in one breath."

Zhang Xuan pondered for a while and said, "Diverging ways to cross the river? ”

Whether this method is good or not, Zhang Xuan said that it is very bad.

The shortcomings are very obvious, in the case that there is no advantage in the battle on the first water, Zhang Xuan cannot guarantee that Zhou Fuchen can contain the sailors downstream. Second, crossing the river should not only consider the problems on the Huai River, but also consider the situation on the other side.

Not to mention anything else, if they cross the river in different ways, the first batch of soldiers who come ashore in each place will not have much combat power, if Zhang Xuan is Ma Shiying, at this time, release the most elite men and horses in his hand, and come to a horse to step on the company camp.

One by one, the bridgehead was picked.

But is there another way?

Zhang Xuan said: "The army crosses the river, since the river is crossed, that is, the more pontoon bridges, the better, do we have enough materials to build pontoon bridges?" ”

"In the end, a group of fishing boats can be transferred from the upstream, which can be used to build pontoon bridges." Zhou Fuchen said.

It is best to have boats, there are enough boats together, and this board is laid on them, which is the so-called boat bridge. This thing is much easier to use than a raft or something.

"So, can you sustain a day and a night?" Zhang Xuan said.

Zhou Fuchen was silent for a while.

He knew that his question was of great importance, the success or failure of this battle, and the life and death of tens of thousands of people. He wanted to say yes, but he seemed to have a thousand pounds of weight on his mouth, but he couldn't open his mouth, he thought about it again and again in his heart, and finally said, "Yes." ”

"Okay, since you said you can, I'll leave this matter to you." Zhang Xuan said: "How many days do you need to prepare? ”

"Three days." Zhou Fuchen said.

"I'll give you five days." Zhang Xuan said: "I have handed over the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers to you. ”

"Yes." Zhou Fuchen said.

Not to mention Zhou Fuchen's determination, this time the decision will not allow failure, just to say where Shen Tingyang is downstream.

On the wharf in the north of Linhuai County,

At this moment, this place has long been blocked and requisitioned by the government. Shen Tingyang's battalion was stationed here, and there was a well-built wharf here, although it was not enough for Shen Tingyang's fleet to berth, but it also saved Shen Tingyang a lot of trouble.

However, this time, Shen Tingyang wanted to vacate it

Quite a few empty seats to come.

Without him, Lu Zhenfei is coming.

After Lu Zhenfei received Shen Tingyang's message, he also knew that it would be a little difficult for Shen Tingyang to stay in Linhuai County, after all, Shen Tingyang's job was to change the water to the sea, and provide food for Liaodong, Shandong, and Beijing, not to fight here.

And I heard that Shen Tingyang defeated the thief sailor, and probably felt that the thief sailor was not worried, so he hurriedly recruited some trough boats and went upriver from Hongze Lake to Linhuai.

The reason why Shen Tingyang did this was for Lu Zhenfei to catch the wind and wash the dust.

"Ji Ming has seen Lu Gong, Lu Gong is here, please." Shen Tingyang greeted Lu Zhenfei on the dock and said. Ji Ming is Shen Tingyang's character.

"Ji Ming has helped me a lot this time, and he will definitely ask for credit for Ji Ming in the future." Lu Zhenfei lifted Shen Tingyang with both hands and said.

"It's just a trivial matter, why worry about it, I have already set up a banquet in the city, and I also invite Lu Gong to appreciate it." Shen Tingyang said.

How could Lu Zhenfei not save face for Shen Tingyang, there is no need to elaborate on the staggered matters between the two sides, after three rounds of wine and five flavors, Shen Tingyang said: "Since Duke Lu has arrived, Ji Ming is on official business, so I won't stay here for a long time, and I ask Duke Lu to forgive me." ”

Lu Zhenfei naturally kept it again and again, but he couldn't keep it, so he could only let Lu Zhenfei leave.

But in a hurry, in Linhuai County, there was a change.

Shen Tingyang breathed a sigh of relief on the Huai River and said, "I finally threw this hot potato out." ”

The soldiers are in danger and in a hurry, who knows what will happen, where is the ease with which he can transport grain by sea. In this year, all the people who seem to be shrewd and strong have not achieved a good result when they ascend to the position of the minister of leading the army. Even people like Lu Xiangsheng died on the battlefield, so although Shen Tingyang has the heart to serve the country, he doesn't want to easily step into the field of right and wrong.

The night Shen Tingyang left Linhuai.

Dozens of large and small ships came to the other side of the Huai River in the north of Huai at night.

Ships large and small are hidden in the reeds.

"My lord, something is wrong, the ship on the other side does not seem to be quite the same as the one we met that day." Zhou Fuchen's personal soldiers said.

Zhou Fuchen was on a small boat at the moment.

The boat was only a few meters long and one or two meters wide, and only a dozen of them could be carried on it, not even sails, only some heavy objects seemed to be pressed on the boat, barrel after barrel, nothing else, or hot oil.

Zhou Fuchen said: "The arrow has to be sent on the string." ”

If you restrain the officer, army, and sailor, for a day and a night.

For Zhou Fuchen, this problem is almost an unsolvable problem.

Above the water, not on the land, you can set up cards on the land, break through one, and buy time, but above the water, can it be so?

Zhou Fuchen didn't look at it

Okay, and what kind of defense capability does the temporary pontoon bridge have, Zhou Fuchen doesn't have to do anything, he hits it by boat, and the pontoon bridge is bound to become a mess. Instead of pinning your hopes on the pontoons, you should hope for the weather.

Let God be windy and rainy for a few days, and it would be best if the ship could not leave the port.

However, in this way, people will not be able to cross the river.

After thinking about it, Zhou Fuchen only thought of this way, which was to strike first and let the enemy panic first, so as to better gain time. That's why he did today's thing, he looked up at the moon, the moon was only half of this matter, and he secretly said in his heart: "The upstream is ready." ”

Zhou Fuchen's location is dozens of miles to the west.

The lights are bright, countless people are busy, and the small boats are lined up horizontally, trying to build a bridge.

Around Zhang Xuan, countless torches lit up, looking like daylight from a distance.

"Command." Zhang Xuantie blushed and said: "Everyone is lightly armed, just bring weapons at any time, and ten days of dry food, and don't want the rest of the things, whether it's a tent or something else." ”

Zhang Su said: "Yes." ”

Zhang Su knew that all this in front of him had disappointed Zhang Xuan.

He thought that he could do it like the People's Liberation Army crossing the river, in an orderly manner, and build several pontoon bridges in one go, but he never expected that the plan had already been broken down and every battalion head had been arranged, but when it came to the end, there was still a panic.

Zhang Xuan didn't want to shoot torches, after all, so many torches gathered, bright, a few miles away, you can see the fire, know that it is an army, I don't know what I think is a fire, such a situation, if you want to hide from people, it is impossible at all, maybe, at this time, Linhuai and Fengyang have already got the news.

It's just that the army is not Zhang Xuan's Runing Army, and the Runing Army may be able to cross the river by moonlight, but the other departments are determined not to have this training, so Zhang Xuan has to do this. Desperately increase the speed.

"My lord, I only have ten days of dry food, I'm afraid it won't work." Zhang Su said.

After crossing the river, it was a siege battle, and I don't know how many days it would take, and ten days would be too tight.

"It's autumn." Zhang Xuan said: "I don't believe that outside Fengyang City, there are no crops at all today, only the grain from the field is harvested, which is enough for the army to support it." ”

Leaving the hard-hit area of Henan, Zhang Xuan found that Nanzhili was worthy of being the essence of the Ming Dynasty, and the grain planting area in many places was not small, especially near Fengyang, where Shi Kefa tuntian, so that Fengyang could support several armies, which shows that the Shi Pavilion Department still has achievements in internal affairs.

Therefore, entering outside Fengyang City, you can feed the enemy, which is not Zhang Xuan's delusion.

"Report, the news that is not received at night, there is movement in Fengyang City." A pro-soldier rushed to report.

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