When the sky was getting dark, in the Gaotang City Mansion on the south bank of the Shang River, a general wearing armor, with a calm temperament, about thirty years old, and a face with a national character was sitting in the inner hall to eat.

I saw that after Hua Yan ate a few bites, his face suddenly darkened, and he gently put down the dishes and chopsticks, his eyes full of worry.

At this time, a burst of footsteps suddenly sounded, and I saw several generals walking in anxiously from outside, Hua Yan frowned, and his face instantly showed a majestic look.

"General, no, Jiao's army has begun to build pontoon bridges again, preparing to cross the river, and the scale is quite large, as if it is about to be attacked in one fell swoop," said a general with a thick beard, anxious and worried.

"What's the panic, it's not that they haven't built it, and immediately sent an order for General Ma Jing to lead the naval warships to dispatch, block them in the middle of the river with bows and arrows, and then burn the pontoon bridge" Hua Yan immediately stood up and ordered solemnly.

However, hearing this, several generals did have a slight hesitation on their faces.

"What's wrong," Hua Yan's face froze.

"General, the second prince inherited the will of the lord, defeated Cao Cao, captured Xudu, the Son of Heaven personally issued an edict to crown the king, and has now occupied the land of Sanzhou, with hundreds of thousands of male soldiers under his command, although we can block it for a while because of the help of the naval army, but the general should know that at this time, because the army of the second prince did not expect that there would be a naval army in Qingzhou, once he sobered up, he could order hundreds of warships to be built in an instant, and the army came westward at all times, with the situation that the dragons in Qingzhou are leaderless now, it is impossible to stop it, does it make sense to fight this battle?" A man who was not tall and slightly thin said in a low voice.

"Yes! The eldest prince has been caught by the second son, do we belong to the protector or to the rebellion! Anyway, the second prince is also one of the sons-in-law of the old lord, and he is also the king of Yan who is rightfully canonized by the Son of Heaven "A round-faced general also said with low morale, if Yuan Tan is here, they may still be able to fight to the death, but now that Yuan Tan is gone, who are they fighting for, just for the fantasy that the eldest prince may come back?"

"Not only that, the soldiers don't want to fight, they have long known that the eldest prince is not there, there is no reward if this battle is won, and if you lose, you will lose your head" The original thick beard general looked at Hua Yan with a sigh.

When Hua Yan heard these words, he was not angry, but smiled bitterly, and said: "You are all old brothers who follow the general, what you can think of, the general can also think of, but being a man is based on loyalty, the eldest prince is so deep to me, we also swear allegiance to the eldest prince, to help him ascend to the throne of the son, the lord of the north, and now that the second prince is on the throne, the eldest prince does not know life and death, we will surrender immediately, how do the people of the world view, and how do we deal with ourselves"

The generals of the "generals" were a little ashamed one by one.

"You don't have to be like this, you want to have a future for the generals, remember, if the Jiao Touch army really crosses the river, I Hua Yan will bear all the responsibilities alone, and it has nothing to do with you, but now we have to continue to do our last thing for the eldest prince, pass on the order, and let Ma Jing dispatch immediately" Hua Yan's expression became resolute.

After the generals looked at each other a few times, they sighed and clenched their fists and said, "No! ”

Soon after, I saw that in the naval camp on the south bank, more than a dozen warships rushed out, and then accelerated upstream against the wind.

After seeing this scene, an observing scout on the other side of the river immediately got on his horse and hurried downstream, and soon came to an open river bank, only to see Sima Yi and Cheng Erhu leading more than 3,000 soldiers who were familiar with the water waiting here.

"General, Gao Tang's warship has already been dispatched," the scout said excitedly.

"Do you see the scale? What is the ship? Sima Yi was not immediately happy, but asked solemnly.

"It's a fighting ship, it's definitely the main force," the scout said.

Sima Yi smiled at this time, and at this time, a soldier pointed to the other side and said, "General, General Li has succeeded."

Sima Yi turned his head to look at the little fire on the other side, knowing that the outpost planted on the other side had been solved, and immediately said, "Brother Erhu, you can go."

After Cheng Erhu nodded, he waved lightly at the soldiers behind him, and the soldiers immediately pulled some horses towards the river with bows and arrows on their backs or knives in their mouths.

"You tell the general that after two hours of retreating, after our army captures the naval camp, we will immediately seize the warship, remind him in the form of a fire to the sky, and let him organize his troops and build a pontoon bridge again," Sima Yi said.

"No!"

After Sima Yi finished his order, he immediately took a group of guards and walked towards the river step by step, fortunately, the weather is hot and humid now, and the temperature of the river is also very suitable.

On the spacious Shang River, Sima Yi paddled the water with both hands, Cheng Erhu followed, and after swimming for a while, he said with concern: "Zhongda, although there are too few boats, you can take a boat over."

Sima Yi smiled and said: "The soldiers all wade through the river and cross the river, as the interim commander, how can I not lead by example, General Cheng rest assured, I am good at water, or I will compare the speed"

Cheng Erhu showed a hint of admiration on his face, and grinned: "Okay! ”

After more than 3,000 soldiers swam for about half an hour, they all arrived on the opposite bank, and Sima Yi said to one of his generals: "Count the number of people immediately, remember that no one is missing."

"No!"

After a while, the general came over and said, "General, they're all here."

"Okay, set off immediately along the riverbank, the archers are in front, if you find that there is a sentry, shoot immediately" Sima Yi said with a cold expression.

"No!" The ministry will answer.

"Departure" Sima Yi, Cheng Erhu immediately got on his horse and led the army to hurry in the direction of the water army camp.

At this time, in the upstream position, I saw a place based on small boats, with wooden planks on the ground, on the bank of the pontoon bridge that had just been built one-fifth of the width of the river, anxiously looking at the warships coming rapidly from below, stroking the beard on his chin, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said: "Under the order, the golden drums are sounding in unison, the archers are releasing arrows, attracting the enemy, and all the soldiers who have been built are withdrawn, don't make unnecessary casualties."

"No!"

Then he glanced at the other side expectantly, and muttered, "Zhongda, it's up to you."

When the pontoon bridge defense battle broke out upstream, Sima Yi was riding a horse, leading the army to rush to the direction of the water army camp, along the way shot three detectives again, concealed their whereabouts, an hour later, I saw a bright light not far ahead, the area of the crescent-shaped water army camp appeared in front of him, Sima Yi waved his hand, slowly dismounted the horse, and said in a low voice: "Rest in place"

"No!"

"Send someone to check on the situation of the guards in the village immediately," Sima Yi ordered.

"Yes!" I saw a scout immediately rush out through the night, and after a short time, the scout ran over again, and said excitedly: "General, the gate of the village is wide open, and it is estimated that their attention is ahead."

Sima Yi's eyes flashed, and he said cautiously: "How many people?" ”

"A thousand-hundred-hundred," the scout nodded.

"Okay" Sima Yi stood up suddenly, revealing his evil spirit, slowly pulled out the sword at his waist, looked at the soldiers behind him who were flashing with anger, and said: "Just Shanghe, how can you stop my Iron Guard army, kill!" ”