Tens of thousands of troops crossed the river on rafts, and they didn't want to cross it in three or five days. There are a few days to spare. Zhang Jie stayed in Luoyang's Li Ru, whether it was to transfer troops. It is better to let Zhang Jie's family and others move out of Luoyang first, and there is enough time.

Even if it is only delayed for two or three days, Zhang Jie's reinforcements will not be able to reach Luoyang, but at least Zhang Jie's family and hundreds of officials from the Son of Heaven will have enough time to evacuate Luoyang, right?

Big brother, if Zhang Jie knew that you burned the boat and saved his family, do you think he doesn't owe you a favor?

Zhang Jie still has a lot of feelings. He ordered Gao Ran to lead his troops to take most of Hanoi, but he never came to Hedong much! One of these is that Zhang Jie has been busy dealing with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and second, because of Xu Huang's affairs, he has been a little merciful.

Well, that's right.

Second brother, you personally lead the troops along the Yellow River, drive all the boats to the other side, and do not allow them to drive back for ten days. If you don't drive away, you will simply burn it. Tell those people that Lao Tzu will accompany him in the future.

If Lao Tzu can't afford to accompany him, you can ask Zhang Jie for it! Hahaha!

Promise!

Third child, you go to Luoyang to see Li Ru immediately. Let's just say that Ma Tenglai did not attack the city east of the river, and I couldn't stop it, but I burned all the boats. The boat at Mengjin Ferry let him watch it!

Needless to say, Li Ru's bastard is ruthless! He might burn it before we do.

Promise! I'll go right away!

At this time, Li Ru had already received information, and Li Ru sent someone to Xuzhou to inform Zhang Jie. On the one hand, he sent people to Bingzhou to transfer Gao Lan to Hanoi and let him guard the Kei Pass. He also sent people to Nanyang to ask Zhang He to bring thousands of people to Luoyang.

Let Gao Shun prepare materials and equipment to defend the city. And let Dian Man bring 500 personal soldiers, prepare the carriage, as long as Ma Teng's army is about to arrive in Luoyang, Zhang Jie's family will be sent to the tiger prison first. In the end, Li Ru hated and asked people to burn the boats of Mengjin Ferry and Xiaopingjin Ferry.

Ma Teng did not dare to delay too long in Hedong. I want to rush to Luoyang as soon as possible, but unfortunately, the military food is not enough, and Liangzhou is also a place where there is a shortage of food. The dry food brought along the way was not enough to eat. When you get to Chang'an, there is nothing to grab. But Hedong is much better than Xiliang.

(The so-called Xiliang mainly refers to the west of the Guanzhong Plain, Tianshui, Longxi, Weiwu, Xiping, Jiuquan, Zhangye and other places.) Therefore, it is called Xiliang, which means that it is located in the west and is often cold. Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty Liu Che incorporated it into the territory of the Han Dynasty, and before the Western Han Dynasty, there were Yueshi and Xiongnu occupation, and later Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up Wuwei County in Guzang, and set up Jiuquan County, which belonged to Liangzhou. In fact, today it is Gansu, Ningxia, and some places in Xinjiang. mostly sparsely populated).

As soon as they entered the east of the river, these Western Liang soldiers wanted to enter the city to rob them. But everywhere the city gates were closed. Ma Teng didn't dare to delay too much time to attack the city. I had to let go of these counties first.

And when Ma Teng's tens of thousands of troops rushed all the way to the Mengjin ferry on the north bank of the Yellow River, they were dumbfounded. The whole ferry port, not to mention the boat, did not even have a plank.

Brother Wen Yue, what should I do! We were negligent for a moment. From Hedong to Luoyang, although it bypassed Hangu Pass, it also reached the north of the Yellow River! How can you cross the river without a boat now? Ma Teng said.

Ay! Luoyang is in front of you, and you have to cross the river no matter what. So he ordered men to look for boats along the banks of the river. Find all the fishing boats of the people along the coast. Han Sui said.

Ma Tengdao: Meng Qi, you take someone to find the boat!

Ma Chaodao: It is impossible for the people along the coast to have big boats. What's the use of a few small fishing boats! You can't fit a horse at a time.

Now everyone was also depressed.

Oh, yes! What's the use of finding a few small fishing boats? Big boats are all parked in the water, how can they be kept at home. A few small fishing boats were used to cross the river with a large army, but it could not be completed in a month.

Ma Tiedao: Dad, why don't we stay on the river for the time being, go east along the river, and find a boat to cross the river at the next Xiaopingjin ferry.

Han Sui said: It's useless. If Mengjin doesn't have a ship, Xiaopingjin won't have it. If you can think of taking the Mengjin ferry, you will also think of Xiaopingjin. It seems that you can only cross the river on a bamboo raft.

Brother Shoucheng, let's order someone to look upstream along the river. See if you can find the boat. On the one hand, he ordered people to cut down trees and demolished the houses of the people along the river. Take the wood and make a raft. The raft should be made large so that the horses could cross the river. But it's going to take a lot of time. Han Sui said.

It seems that this is the only way, Ma Tie, you immediately take someone to find a boat along the river. Meng Qi, you have people cut down trees. It's hard to find bamboo in this place. You go to the people's houses and borrow timber.

Promise!

said that it was borrowed, but in fact, it was a demolition of the house and a robbery.

Han Sui said: Candidate, you take someone to find the wooden door panel. How many to have. If!

For a time, the people near the river suffered. The doors of every house were demolished, and the beams and timbers of the houses became the trophies of the Xiliang Army. Some are accompanied by robbery and murder. In short, this group of Xiliang bandits has nothing to dare to do.

After two days of robbery, Ma Teng finally had hundreds of rafts made. Each raft is more than 20 meters long and more than 10 meters wide. Since the wood is dry, the buoyancy is not bad. Each raft can carry dozens of people at a time. But the horses are much slower.

When the army of Maten began to cross the river. At this time, Li Ru was also shocked when he received the news that Ma Teng had crossed the river, how could it be so fast! While ordering someone to probe again. While preparing for the evacuation of the family!

When Li Ru came to Wei Houfu to meet Cai Yan, he said: "Lord, now Ma Teng's army is coming from Hedong to Luoyang, and there are only a few thousand defenders in the city. The reinforcements of the Lord have not yet arrived, for the sake of safety, please arrange for your family to temporarily withdraw to the Tiger Prison Pass.

There were a thousand defenders in Tiger Prison. Ma Teng wants Luoyang, and he will not attack the Tiger Prison Pass. Even if he goes for a while, he can't break it. Ma Teng has already crossed the river, and he will be in Luoyang in one day at most. Maybe even faster. Although Luoyang City is high and deep, his subordinates really don't dare to bet on whether they can hold the city.

Cai Yan was also a little anxious, and said: Is there no other way?

Li Rudao: His subordinates have already sent reinforcements. But Ma Teng came too quickly, and the reinforcements were probably still on the way. Please also ask the housewife to withdraw first. If you don't retreat now, in a few mornings, there will be Ma Teng's cavalry outside the city, and it will be difficult to retreat safely at that time.

The lord's family must not fall into the hands of Ma Teng. So please decide as soon as possible.

All right! You ask people to prepare the car, and I'll go and let everyone clean up. Let's leave in the morning! Cai Yan said.

Promise!

Cai Yan summoned everyone in the waiting mansion and asked them to prepare to evacuate immediately! Everyone heard that someone had come to Luoyang. I was worried for a while.

He Shidao: Ma Teng Han Sui two thieves and wolf ambitions, more than ten years ago I heard that they were making trouble in Xiliang, but I didn't expect to take advantage of the Shimin army to go to Xuzhou and attack Luoyang, it's really damned.

Cai Yan said: Okay, it's useless to talk more, let's prepare to withdraw!

Withdraw! I will stay and defend the city. I'm here to see what this Xiliang thief has the ability to attack Luoyang. Yu Fei Yu said.