There are many crossings from Henan to Hebei, but there are only two places in Yanjin and Baima in Dongjun that can cross the river from Chenliu to tens of thousands of troops. On the north shore, there is only one place that can land in large numbers, Liyang. The reason why Han Yi exchanged the land of the four counties of Xuzhou for the land of the two counties of Yanzhou was because this important ferry port was in Dongjun.

There is also a ferry port in Dongjun, which is Cangting in the north of Dongjun. That place was garrisoned by the Gao Lan Department, and there were eight counties in the East County as a fulcrum. It's just that last year's Yanzhou disaster caused a scarcity of grain in various counties. And it is a little far away from Yuzhou, and it is inconvenient to transport grain and grass, so it is not used there. And Mengjin and Pingyin in Henan are also not selected because of the distance and grain storage.

The Yellow River carries a lot of sediment, the bottom of the entire river is silt, and the river is extremely fast, and the Yellow River is easy to freeze, so there is almost no water master on the Yellow River. Gao Ran has been in Luoyang for several years, because he has the responsibility to support Hanoi and Hedong at all times. Therefore, he ordered the deputy general Zhang Sheng to build 1,000 small boats, each of which could accommodate six or seven people, and was led by Sima of the First Water Army. At this time, he was sent to support the crossing of the first army of Niula.

At this time, Chela wanted to force the Yellow River and attack Liyang on the north bank of the Yellow River. In Liyang, there was a military captain sent by Yuan Shao to garrison Jiang Yiqu's department, and there were 3,000 people patrolling along the river every day.

Chela ordered 3,000 troops to cross the Yellow River on a trial basis, but they did not want arrows to rain down on the other side, and they lost hundreds of soldiers in vain, and it was difficult to dock. Che La was furious and shouted: "The Ruhe Hebei army has a strong crossbow, so don't you deceive me that there is no big yellow crossbow in Henan?" After that, he brought in a thousand rhubarb crossbows and shot at Yuan Jun in the river.

The big yellow crossbow used to be the artifact of the Han family, but since Dong Zhuo's rebellion, it has become increasingly rare. Most of the good craftsmen who knew how to make crossbows were coerced by Dong Zhuo, and when they were in Chang'an, most of them died. After Han Yi defeated the Xiliang Army, there were only about 100 of the tens of thousands of good craftsmen left. And there are only a few good craftsmen who know how to make rhubarb crossbows. For a while, I couldn't make any good crossbows, so I could only do some repair work.

There were nearly 20,000 military artifacts in the past, of which Dong Zhuo got a lot, and Han Yi got a small half. There were originally 3,000 corpses in Jizhou that were specially used to deal with Changshan thieves, and then fell into the hands of Yuan Shao. Yuan Shaocai used it to defeat Gongsun Zhan's tens of thousands of Youzhou cavalry in the Battle of Jieqiao, and the reason why Han Yi went east to the north, especially to defeat Cao Cao's army, was also because of the help of the rhubarb crossbow.

It's just that after years of conquest, we have only seen loss and no addition. Dong Zhuojun's is gone, Han Yijun's is only 3,000 left, and Yuan Shao only has more than 1,000 left. On weekdays, Yuan Shao regarded his life as if he were a sharp weapon to restrain Gongsun Zhan's iron cavalry, which was personally controlled by the famous Hebei general Liyi. However, although there are few big yellow crossbows, there are a lot of ordinary strong crossbows, and the strong crossbows used by Jiang Yiqu's army have become a major problem for Chelabu to cross the river.

However, after Che La transferred the rhubarb crossbow, the ultra-long range and Ling Li's offensive were twice as far as the usual strong crossbow, so that Jiang Yiqu's troops could not resist, and retreated again and again, and finally evacuated from Liyang Port.

Chelahaha laughed, ordered the whole army to cross the river, and turned his back to the water. With the support of the water division in the back, it is not considered to be self-defeating. On the third day, Che Jing asked Deng Dang and Yang Ke to stay at the port, and led 20,000 troops to attack Liyang.

Liyang City is close to the Yellow River, once led the water of the Yellow River to the Wei River, since ancient times it has been an important place for soldiers between the north and the south. There are also Jiang Yiqu's 5,000 troops to defend it, and it is not easy to capture it.

However, Han Yi led a large army to the north to attack Yuan Shao, and Runan County was far away from Deye City, so he needed to have a place to store grain on the way. And Liyang is close to the Yellow River, which is a good place to store grain. Because Han Yi prepared for the Northern Expedition to Yuan Shao two years ago.

Han Yi specially ordered Zhao Yan to dredge the waterway transportation, use the ancient Suishui to repair the canal in Suiyang County, and communicate the water transportation between Bian and Huai in order to transport grain. Two months after Han Yi leaked, he was waiting for the whole line of this Suiyang Canal to be completed.

When a large army fights, it should give priority to grain and grass. Seeing that the canal was about to be opened, the vanguard army of Chela must first capture Liyang and reserve a place for the follow-up army to store grain, so that in the future, Han Yi's army and Yuan Shao's army could start a possible long-term battle.

Che La led the troops with Gundam, the son of the high district, and Gundam was both wise and brave, and bold. Not only did he kill the gangster who kidnapped him alone at the age of ten, but he was also able to go deep into the prison of the Tingwei Mansion to visit his father, and he could also help Han Yichao spread the message outside the prison.

At a young age, he performed very extraordinary, and he was very happy with Han Yi. Gao District was originally a mediocre person, and now he can still be used under Han Yi, most of which is because of this. Gundam has been in the army since he was a child, and he knows how to use soldiers. Later, he served as the chief leader of the battalion of tens of thousands of orphaned children, and he was well versed in the method of leading troops. So he was just twenty-one years old, and he became a lieutenant in the First Army.

Che La, who was the chief instructor of the orphan children's camp, naturally knew the power of Gundam, so his life was the first. Che La looked at Gundam's lively appearance and sighed: "Old man, I watched the children of my grandchildren grow up, and the old man will not be able to accept the old man." After this battle, it is really time for the old man to return to his hometown. ”

Zhou Ge shouted dissatisfiedly: "Che Laojing said some coaxing words, he said that he was old ten years ago, he said he was old seven years ago, and he said that he was old three years ago, but he didn't want to really say goodbye." This time, the vanguard position was originally to be selected from me and Yu Hua, but you have once again jumped out of the competition. It's really a model of old disrespect. ”

Che La's old face turned red, and he laughed again in an instant, and said: "The old man thought that his body was not good, but every time he recuperated for more than half a year, he was better again, but who is to blame." However, the old man is over sixty years old this year, and Ah Jing also gave birth to several grandchildren for the old man. ”

Zhou Ge arched his hand again and again: "Old Che, I hope you always talk and count." Otherwise, there will be more and more generals under the command of the lord, and there will be more and more brave and good fighters, and our group of old generals will be squeezed out of breath. Coupled with the pressure of the group of boys such as Gundam and Lu Meng, our hope of becoming the main general of one side is getting slimmer and slimmer. ”

Lu Meng was also born in the orphan children's camp, and was recommended by his brother-in-law Deng Dang to join. Since entering the camp, Lu Meng has been immediately like a fish in water, and has been accepted by everyone in the camp in a short period of time, and officially replaced Gundam as the chief leader of the orphaned children's battalion last year. According to the lord's use of Gundam, when Lu Meng becomes an adult, he will also be a military captain.

Che La nodded and said: "The old man knows that he can do it, and it is already the bottom line of the old man to bring the army of thousands of people." An army of 30,000, if there is no you and Deng Dang, and the Gundam boy, I am afraid that the command will be inconvenient. However, the lord is also a loving person, as long as you really have this ability, the lord will use you first. ”

"If you talk about this camp and school for orphaned children, the lord is really far-sighted, knowing that the clan has some disdain for the lord, and few talents who are leading the government come to vote, so he has trained a large number of orphaned children as officers. They have grown up in the army since childhood, and they are absolutely experienced in military affairs, and they can be used when they are adults. And the children of the poor and the untouchables of the common people who were awarded by the schools in each county were immediately awarded official positions as long as they had completed their studies. With such endless assistance, the foundation of the lord has been invincible. ”

Zhou Ge also sighed: "That's right, in the past, the lord wanted to seek talents from the family, but the talents of the family could not be sought. Now it is the family who comes to vote, but finds that there is no place. Fortunately, the talents produced by the county schools are only officials, and there are few officials. Otherwise, there would be no need for this clan to continue to exist. ”

Che La shook his head and said softly: "You don't understand, the academy has few talents, it is only that the academy has only been in operation for a few years, and it cannot be compared with the family study that has existed for hundreds of years." After ten or twenty years, you will see that there will be no place for the world. ”

Zhou Ge also whispered: "The lord suppresses the clan so much, isn't he afraid that the clan will resist?" ”

Che La chuckled and said, "Since Dong Zhuo, the lord and I have learned that as long as we don't let the people of the clan take charge of the army, they won't be able to make big waves." Look at the general of our army, is there one of them who is the commander of the army? There are almost no scholars. The intention of the lord seems to be to separate the civil and military and make the warriors independent. In the officialdom of governance, only the clans, scholars, and scholars or those who work from the academy are allowed to work...... The compete. Now the lord's wings are getting fuller, even if there is a rebellion, it is just a mantis arm blocking the car, and it will be extinguished with one drum. ”

"The only thing that can defeat us now is civil strife. But with Lu Ping's Hidden Eagle Guard secretly watching, who has the ability to rebel quietly? Anyway, the old man can't see anyone at the moment. As long as we, the generals who lead the troops, do not die, it is absolutely possible for the lord to dominate the world within ten years. Therefore, the old man took advantage of the fact that he was still able to move, and he wanted to earn a great merit for the younger generations. ”

"Che Lao, Che Zhengli is capable enough, and among our juniors, he is already a great talent who can stand alone. No matter how you are, aren't you afraid that the future lord will taboo your Che clan to be strong? ”

Che La was not annoyed, and pointed at Zhou Ge with a smile and said: "You kid, for the sake of merit, you actually played a game for the old man to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger." Hmph, the old man's eyes are like candles, how can he be confused by you. Alas, the lord is so good, but he is only domineering but not, and he can only rule the world with the royal way. Maybe it's an experience when I was a child.,So there's a little lack of domineering.。 But that's okay, we, the old people who fight the world, also have less worries. It's just a necessary retreat from the rapids, and you younger ones still have to be prepared. At that time, although the lord wants to be Guangwu, for the sake of future generations, the matter of Gaozu is also extraordinary. ”

Zhou Ge was stunned, and immediately smiled: "The lord is only over thirty years old, and it is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, why do you want to retreat bravely?" Let's wait twenty or thirty years! ”