After the capture of Yicheng, Sun Shujun's 5,000 soldiers and horses only stayed in the city for two days before leaving, and their whereabouts are unknown.

Another day passed, the 80,000 troops of the Southern Dynasty arrived in Yicheng, as soon as they saw Yicheng become like this, Emperor Liu Yikang's heart was half cold, there was no city gate, wouldn't he live in it and wait to be caught in the urn by the cadres? The Southern Korean army had to camp outside the city.

"Newspaper—" The spies hit the Malay newspaper.

"Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, the ferry was destroyed, and all the ships were scuttled to the bottom of the river by the cadres!"

"What?" Liu Yikang was shocked when he heard the report, he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, "How can this be good, the soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasty will be killed one day, if our army can't cross the river within a day, I'm afraid that it will be blocked by the cadres and troops here!" ”

The ministers and generals of the Southern Dynasty all looked solemn one by one, and they began to talk one after another, and many people showed panic on their faces, and an urge to escape welled up in their hearts.

Minister Zhu Yan asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, is there any suspicious section of the river near here that is wading across the river on foot?" Does anyone know? ”

The ministers and generals shook their heads.

Liu Yikang scolded angrily: "Rice buckets, they are all a group of rice buckets!" Zang Qian, why don't you send someone to check it soon? ”

"Yes, yes, the minister will immediately call someone to investigate!"

In less than an hour, Zang Zhi ran back out of breath and reported to Liu Yikang: "Your Majesty, I have sent someone to find the people nearby, there is no place to cross the river on foot within two hundred miles of this vicinity, there is when the water level is low, but now it is the flood season, the water level is too high, the water flow is too fast, and you can't wade across the river on foot!" ”

Liu Yikang's face turned white, and he stretched out his trembling finger and shouted at the ministers: "Think of a way, think of a way, do you all want to wait for death here?" ”

Xiao Siyan stood up and clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty, if you want to cross the river, you can only take a boat and build a bridge, but our time is too tight, these two methods cannot be realized, and now we only have two choices: first, find a section of the river that can cross the river when the water level is low and forcibly cross the river, which may be very risky; Second, the army immediately headed eastward, abandoning all baggage except rations, and marching as fast as possible, hoping to find a boat or a section of the river that could be crossed on foot in the lower reaches! ”

Minister Liu Zhendao stood up and said: "Your Majesty, it is not advisable for the army to go east, our army has been exhausted by marching for several days, even if you abandon weapons and armor, it will not be much faster, and the cadres have the advantage of war horses, and they will soon be able to catch up, and then our army will not even have the strength to fight at the end of the day, and can only be slaughtered by others!" ”

Liu Yikang's face darkened, "Then you mean that our army can only take the risk of wading across the river on foot?" ”

"Yes, my lord, there is no other way but to venture across the river for now!"

As soon as he said this, several brave generals were furious, and Jianzhong General Lu Xun stood up and clasped his fists and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the water level of the river is too high, the current is too fast, it is too dangerous to cross the river on foot, our army has 80,000 horses, the soldiers dare to fight, and the armor is complete, please let the ministers and others fight to the death with the cadres!" ”

Jianwei General Liu Zhendao, Ningshuo General Jiang Tan, Jianjie General Yao Xian, Long Xiang General Pei Fangming, Suiyuan General Ma Xi, Zhenwu General Wang Huanzhi and others all stood up and clasped their fists and said in unison: "The ministers are willing to fight to the death with the cadres and defend Your Majesty!" ”

There were also some young generals with slightly less qualifications, such as Yin Xiaozu, Xiao Chengzhi, Ma Guang, Wang Qiu, Feng Yiwen, Yan Shibo, Bu Tiansheng, Liu Huaizhen, and others, who bowed down and asked for a decisive battle with the cadres.

"The soldiers are holding their breath in their hearts, their morale is high, and the morale of the army is unbreakable, Your Majesty!" Xiao Siyan immediately stood up, clenched his fists and said, "Please lead the army to meet the cadres to solve the current predicament!" ”

Wang Xuanmo immediately jumped out and shouted: "Do you only know the courage of a horseman?" The safety of the world depends on Your Majesty, and the most important thing now is to escort Your Majesty's safe passage across the river, Your Majesty's safety is greater than the sky, and only when Your Majesty is safely sent to the other side of the river can we talk about the issue of fighting the cadres and troops! ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Zang Zhi immediately agreed.

Some other ministers came forward to echo it.

If there is only Hua Mulan all the way to the army, in terms of the current strength of the cadre army, Liu Yikang is not afraid, in the past few months, the two sides have engaged in hundreds of battles of all sizes, and there are victories and defeats for each other, only 20,000 cavalry of the 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses led by Hua Mulan are medium soldiers, and the combat effectiveness is the strongest, and the others are mostly the town army and the state and county soldiers, and the combat effectiveness is obviously inferior, and the overall strength is equivalent to Liu Yikang's 80,000 Liu Song army.

But now it's different, Zhao Junsheng brought another 30,000 cavalry, and cut off the retreat and supply lines of Liu Song's army in a wild way, so Liu Yikang had no confidence in his heart.

In order to guard against the 20,000 cavalry, the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Dynasty can be said to have racked their brains, using 15,000 cavalry and 30,000 elite infantry to do nothing, and specifically guarding against 20,000 cavalry.

Now it's different, Zhao Junsheng brought 30,000 cavalry, this is a battle-hardened elite cadre cavalry, Liu Yilong can't think of any way to deal with these 30,000 cavalry, this cavalry is now killed, it can be said that it is like Mount Tai pressing the top.

Liu Yikang knew that Dang Xuan was constantly suffering from the chaos, and immediately ordered: "Our army has not taken advantage of the battle with the Mulan army for so long, and now that Zhao Junsheng has brought 30,000 elite cavalry, our army has almost no chance of winning, so let's cross the river!" Time waits for no one, send enough people to cut down bamboo and timber to make rafts and bamboo rafts as much as possible, and the whole army will go to the shallow river section to cross the river! ”

The generals only had deep helplessness, and could only agree: "Obey!" ”

On the afternoon of the first day of August, Liu Songjun's 80,000 horses forcibly crossed the river 20 miles west of Yicheng County, and made a raft and a bamboo raft, and immediately some people carried it to the river to cross the river.

The big scene of tens of thousands of people crossing the river is the first time that Liu Songjun has experienced it.

When the army was withdrawn, the soldiers of the Liu Song army did not dare to take off their armor, for fear of being punished by the generals, this was about to go into the water to cross the river, the armor was too heavy, and it would press people to sink straight down when they wore it, so the generals did not care about anything else, they took off their armor and threw it in the river, without the restraint of the armor, the soldiers and generals were much more relaxed, and they waited for an order from above to cross the river.

A few miles away in a wood, a cadre spies reported to Sun Shujun: "General, they are crossing the river!" ”

Sun Shujun's eyes shot a terrifying light, "My mission here is to cut off the return route of the Qianjun, the king and Marshal Hua will catch up soon, we can't wait any longer, we must attack immediately, stop Liu Song's army from crossing the river, give the order to go down, everyone assembles!" ”

"Yes!"

Soon, the 5,000 cavalry was assembled, Sun Shujun ran back and forth in front of the formation with a spear in hand, stopped in the middle and shouted to the soldiers: "Soldiers, the 80,000 horses of the Liu Song army are preparing to cross the river on foot at this time, they are already at the end of the road, the emperor of the Southern Dynasty is among them, and there are many ministers and generals accompanying him, as long as any of us catch one, we will not have to worry about it for the rest of our lives, and it is not a problem to be promoted and make a fortune!" ”

"Someone might say, how can we catch them when they have 80,000 horses and we only have 5,000? But have you forgotten that Liu Songjun was already discouraged at this time, and everyone among them only wanted to cross the river as soon as possible, so how could they still want to fight to the death with us? So, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Brothers, all follow me to kill the past, do not have any hesitation or fear, rush to the end, scatter them, kill them, capture them, let's get promoted and make a fortune together, and set off! ”

Sun Shujun's agitation was very powerful, and the soldiers all followed him one after another as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and they all beat the 80,000 Liu Song army a few miles away.

"Boom ······" Although Sun Shujun only had 5,000 men, he had 15,000 war horses, and the movement caused by his running speed was too great, and each of the three horses could be ridden in turn, and there was no pressure on the war horses from a few miles away to the crossing of the river.

How could Liu Songjun not hear such a big movement, and the outermost Liu Songjun looked to the west one after another, only to see a large number of cadres and cavalry rushing from two miles away.

"Oh no, the cadres are catching up and killing!" The soldiers of the Liu Song army, who were the first to react, shouted and ran towards the river, they wanted to cross the river, if they didn't cross the river this time, would they stand here and be cut down by the cavalry of the cadre army?

While running, someone shouted: "Run, the cavalry of the dry army is coming, run!" ”

Are you these soldiers who call your companions to flee for the safety of your comrades? They wanted everyone to join the fledgling bands, so that no one would hold them accountable, and if everyone joined the fledgling bands, the deserter would not be convicted.

"What? Why did the cadres come over so quickly? Liu Yikang was shocked.

Xiao Siyan immediately said: "Your Majesty, it is likely that the cavalry of the cadre army that raided Yicheng County, they should have been hiding nearby before!" ”

Liu Yikang couldn't speak, "Xiao Siyan, I, I ordered the people of the headquarters to resist, go quickly!" ”

Xiao Siyan clenched his fists and agreed: "Obey!" ”

He immediately rode over to the headquarters of more than 10,000 people, and Liu Yikang asked loudly: "Is the bamboo raft ready?" I want to cross the river, I can't stay here anymore! ”

"Your Majesty's raft is still being made······"

Liu Yikang roared: "Go and find a small bamboo raft first, I want to cross the river, go quickly!" ”

The ministers dissuaded: "Your Majesty, you can't, the current is fast, the water level is high, it is too dangerous to take a small bamboo raft, and the boat will capsize at any time!" Your Majesty doesn't need to panic, there are so many soldiers and horses again, and the cadre army is less than 5,000 people, it is impossible for them to fight here so quickly! ”

Liu Yikang also realized that his reaction was too panicked, he was the emperor, he was flustered like this, you can imagine what the soldiers and generals below were flustered about.

"Okay, I'll wait, tell Xiao Si to tell him, let him do his best to block this cadre cavalry!"

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