After Yu Ban and Le Jin received the order, they led 15,000 soldiers to the bath water for training.

Ma Jun was appointed as the superintendent of the navy and began to build steam engine warships. Although he didn't know the principle and structure of the steam engine warship, with Yuan Xi's guidance throughout the whole process and his improvement, it was not a big problem.

The first small steam-engine warship is taking shape at a breakneck pace.

..........

At this time, the Montenegrin Army in Hedong County had a new move. Zhang Yan, the leader of the Montenegrin Army, robbed all the families and wealthy families in the entire Hedong County, and searched the grain cleanly.

The Wei family of Ha Dong County also moved to Hanoi County.

The 200,000 troops under his command each eat half a catty of rice every day, which is 100,000 catties. Three million catties are consumed every month. Since the occupation of Hedong County, there is no farming or trade, and in a few months, it will be consumed.

Now there is no food ....

Zhang Yan can only think of a way to go outside and grab it!

Who to rob?

Yuan Shang is an ally and his backer with him, and he can't cut himself off. The counties in the west of Bingzhou do not have large granaries, and even if they rob them, they are not enough to feed the army.

Yan Liang's army stationed in Hanoi County had tens of thousands of stone grains, but Yan Liang had more than 70,000 foot cavalry in his hands, as well as Zhang's vanguard battalion and Li Dian's wolf cavalry, which had extremely strong combat effectiveness.

He didn't have the guts to go toe.

The only way to cross the Luo River, enter Xiliang, and rob Li Dao and Guo Yan. He had already thought about this plan in his heart. As long as the action is fast enough, there will be no danger in returning to Hedong before the reinforcements of Li Dao and Guo Yan arrive.

After planning.

Zhang Yan mobilized 100,000 troops and advanced towards Banpujin on the north bank of the Luo River, where there were a large number of fishing boats preparing to cross the Luo River in batches.

The second day of the operation of the Montenegrin Army.

Yan Liang and Zhang Jaw, who were stationed in Hanoi County, knew the news.

In the government.

The crowd gathered.

Zhang Jaw put out the map and said to Yan Liang: "General Yan, Zhang Yan's 200,000 Black Mountain Army, although the equipment is poor and the combat effectiveness is weak, all of them are veterans. If we take them prisoner and give them the best equipment and regular training, it will be a rare elite. Now that it is difficult to recruit troops in Hebei and Youzhou, the lord has the foresight to let us stay in Hanoi and contain Zhang Yan, which is to think about capturing Zhang Yan's Montenegrin army. ”

"We can't let him escape to the west bank of the Luo River. If it is wiped out by Li Dao and Guo Yan's iron cavalry, it will be a huge loss for us. ”

"That's right!" Li Dian also said: "I heard the lord say that Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army is our future source of soldiers, and all of them must be captured!" ”

Gao Ran pointed to the map and said: "The cavalry of Li Dao and Guo Yan are all in Chang'an City. It takes five days to travel from Luohe, Gaoling and other places. We sent the vanguard battalion and the wolf cavalry to chase after us, and we must intercept Zhang Yan before Li Dao and Guo Yan arrived. ”

"You're thinking a little simple, aren't you?" Yan Liang said: "We don't have a warship, how can we cross the Luo River and intercept Zhang Yan?" Besides, there are still 100,000 troops of Zhang Yan in Hedong County, and once we occupy Banpujin, we will not be able to come back.... ”

Zhang Jaw frowned and said, "You can't watch Zhang Yan go to death, right?" ”

"Of course not." Yan Liang snorted.

"What does General Yan have in mind?" Li Dian could see that Yan Hao seemed to be confident.

"Hehe..."

Yan Liang said with a smile: "If you want to capture Zhang Yan's 200,000 troops, it's actually not difficult. Just gather all your troops and storm his place of governorship. There was his army of 100,000. Once he is in an emergency, he will go to Xiliang's 100,000 troops and return to help. At that time, we captured Itaurazu and defeated him halfway. ”

"Okay..." Everyone agreed with Yan Liang's strategy.

"But..." Yan Liang said with a bitter face: "Although I am the commander of the army, I have no right to transfer troops." I must have an edict from the lord or an order from the military and political yamen before I can send troops. ”

"When is it, how can you manage so much? Deploy troops first, fight with Zhang Yan, and then report again. will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected. Don't you understand this truth? Jaw open.

"If you ask Yecheng for instructions on everything, then how can you be in time?" Li Dian said.

"Okay...."

Yan Liang was not an honest general, so he gritted his teeth and said, "I will give the order now to attack Anyi City." General Zhang Jaw and General Li Dian, if you lead the army to Banpujin and intercept Zhang Yan, you must cut off his back road. ”

"No..."

Everyone answers.

The Great War was imminent, and there was an unusual smell in the air. Yuan Xi was still discussing with Li Yang and Ma Jun to build a steam engine warship, and he didn't know what happened in Hedong County. Yu Ban and Le Jin trained the navy in the bath, and it was impossible for them to participate in the battle of Hedong County. Therefore, Yan Liang and Zhang Jaw's actions are destined to have no backup. There is no support from the behemoths either.

this day.

The sky is clear and the sun is shining.

The scorching heat will make the ground hot.

Zhangjaw's vanguard battalion and Li Dian's wolf cavalry army bypassed Anyi City at great speed and headed for the port of Banpujin.

Zhang Yan's 100,000 troops, slow to move and react extremely slowly, have not crossed the river until now. He did not send people to guard, nor did he send scouts to patrol, and he did not know that Zhang Jaw and Li Dian's troops had already arrived behind him.

Da Da...

Twenty miles from Itaurajin.

"Stop!"

Zhang Jaw waved his hand to stop the advance of the army, and said to Li Dian on the side: "General Li Dian, we can't go any further, we will scare Zhang Yan away." This fool still doesn't know that we are attacking his city of Anyi, and I suggest sending a small force over to give him a message. Lure him back and beat him in the plains. ”

"Okay."

Li Dian completely agrees.

The wolf cavalry and the vanguard battalion are both field troops, and only in the plain area can he exert his might.

Zhang Yan's army blocked the north bank of Banpujin and used only twenty fishing boats to cross the river. The river is a kilometer wide and the current is a little rapid, making it difficult to navigate. No matter how fast it is, it takes two quarters of an hour to go back and forth, and only a thousand people can be sent there at a time.

"Report!"

Zhang Bai, the leader of the Montenegrin army, came on horseback: "Chief, a soldier came to report just now that a large number of enemy troops appeared outside Anyi City, which should be the troops of Yan Liang and Zhang Jaw. ”

"Yan Liang, open jaw?" Zhang Yan got off the boat and said angrily: "They still made a move, they want to attack my Hedong County?!" ”

"Chief, what do we do now?"

"I'm worried about running out of food. After repelling them, seize the grain of Hanoi County, and relieve the urgent needs of our army. Zhang Yan instructed several generals beside him: "Immediately upload my order, and the whole army will return to Anyi." The brothers, who had already crossed the Luo River, immediately turned back and stationed in Banpojin. ”

"No..."

The congregation will take action.

Zhang Yan and Zhang Bai rode horses and galloped to Hedong County.