Pei Cai ordered Zhen Sui and Wang Ze to lead the troops to save Dali. The two generals did not dare to slack off, set off at the same time, and walked for two days, and finally arrived at the foot of Dali City at dusk that day. The sentry cavalry came to report that the Hu army had just withdrawn from the siege and headed east towards the Yellow River.

Zhen said: "I want to seize the ferry and flee back to the east of the river - we should chase after it!" ”

Wang Ze persuaded and said: "The Metropolitan Governor only teaches to save Da Li, since Da Li is not lost, I will wait for the lunch to enter the city to guard, so as to wait for the Metropolitan Governor to come, and then make a district." And I am tired from afar, if I don't go into the city to rest, but go straight to the ferry, if Hu Kou turns back and attacks, what will I do? ”

Zhen Sui glanced at him: "What you said is strange." If the Hu army does not withdraw from the siege of Dali and turns back to attack me, what will we do? It's just a battle. There is a battle under Dali City, and when you go to the ferry, isn't it a war? ”

After a pause, he couldn't help but add a few words of explanation: "If Hu Kou guards the ferry and can retreat back to Hedong at any time, then his military will definitely be motivated, maybe Liu Cang is not greedy enough, and he will go north along the river to find a decisive battle with the governor of Dadu, or go south to attack Weiwei and cut off my contact with Luoyang." If I fall into the city of Dali, I will be in their arms. If you don't go to the ferry and confront Hu, you won't dare to go out, and when the governor comes, it will be destroyed in one fell swoop! ”

When Wang Ze heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he hugged his fists and said: "What Governor Zhen said is very true, and the last general is not thoughtful. He said in his heart that there have been rumors in the army recently, saying that Zhen Sui is actually a fake idiot, pretending to be crazy and stupid, although this person's EQ is not high, his IQ still cannot be underestimated, otherwise how can he win so many battles with courage and luck alone? I also secretly laughed at this statement, and now it seems ...... It's groundless, not for nothing.

In fact, Zhen Sui still had a sentence in his heart that he hadn't said, that is: The old man waited in Dali City for so long, so he thought of Haoyang to attack Hu Lei and take Liu Cang's head, but he just went out of the city and walked around, but he couldn't kill Liu Ji, I'm depressed here! Seeing that Hu Jun is less than twenty miles away from me, I can see Liu Cang Daxu in a hurry, but you told me to go to Dali City to rest? How could I have endured!

If this statement comes out, it is estimated that Wang Ze will not be impressed by him, and will think: This is your true words, and the front is all pretentious! You just want to fight and make meritorious contributions.

So the second general led his troops and horses and hurriedly chased after the ferry. Seeing the dark clouds and the twilight fading, the day seemed to be darker than usual, although it was still more than ten miles away from the ferry, Zhen Sui did not dare to venture in again-and it was estimated that in the dark, the Hu army would definitely base at the ferry, and would not turn elsewhere - ordered the whole army to stop and camp on the spot.

The location of their village is exactly thirty miles away from the west of Dali City, where the terrain is high in the west and low in the east, and there is a gentle slope that is more than one zhang high. Zhen Sui entrusted all the trivial matters in the camp to Wang Ze, and he himself immediately climbed the slope and looked into the direction of the Yellow River. Faintly visible, sparkling fires flickered in the darkness in the distance—I wonder if Hu Kou had already conquered the ferry?

Most of them were killed by Hu Cai, and twelve of them returned with arrows, saying that the two armies were less than twenty miles apart. That is to say, he stopped when he saw that it was dark, and at the same time, Hu Jun arrived at the ferry, and it was unlikely that he would launch a fierce attack overnight, and he would inevitably set up camp and go down to the village. Then, if his army rises tomorrow on weekdays, advances westward at dawn, and approaches Hu at dawn, Hu Kou will have little time to attack the ferry. If Liu Cang can be trapped and killed on the west bank of the Yellow River, and wait for the governor and even Guo Mo to lead the army to join him, not only can he win the battle, but he may also have no way to retreat, and the horses will not be able to return to the east of the river!

Thinking of this, Zhen Sui couldn't help but be full of enthusiasm, as if he wanted to boil, spread the five fingers of his left hand, palm up, and guess the weight of Liu Cang's head in his heart. Then he turned his head slightly and asked his cronies in a whisper, "Can you bring wine?" ”

Originally, alcohol was forbidden in the army, but as a general, he always had a bit of privilege, as long as he didn't get drunk and make mistakes, Sima found out, and he might not report it, and the governor of the capital knew about it, and he might not be willing to take it seriously. Zhen has good wine, and it is massive, and he is not drunk when he is idle, so when he is marching, he often orders his cronies to bring a bag of wine to satisfy his cravings - anyway, even if he sucks it up in one go, the master will not get drunk.

When the cronies heard the question, they immediately replied: "There is wine, but there is nowhere to warm it." "Zhen Sui said that you don't need to be warm, just be cold, with my steel and cast iron body, will I still be sick? At that moment, he took the wine bag handed by his cronies, pulled out the stopper, and poured a small half bag in one gulp. The cold wine entered his throat, and the heat in his chest was slightly poured out, and he breathed a long sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Let's go back to the camp and sleep peacefully, tomorrow morning, I will lead you to break the Hu and make contributions!" ”

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Zhen Sui didn't know that Liu Cang had already ordered Liu Ji to lead his troops to take Pujin, that is, the Puban Ferry, theoretically speaking, the ferry guarded by hundreds of Jin soldiers should have been captured a long time ago. However, when Liu Cang led his army to approach the ferry, he was shocked to hear that Liu Ji had not yet succeeded!

The original reason was that Tao Kan led the boat south early, anchored on the side of the ferry, and waited for the Hu army to approach, and then fired arrows in a random manner. In the surface battle, the bow and crossbow were strong, so he brought a sufficient number of arrows, Liu Ji came in a hurry, rushed to attack the ferry, and was caught off guard for a while, and was shot back.

It was not until this afternoon that Liu Ji was able to regroup his army and launch another onslaught on the ferry. Hu Bing raised the big shield and braved the arrow, and the Jin soldiers of the stronghold launched a fierce hand-to-hand combat, it took a lot of strength, the seventh base of the ferry, only to overcome the third, and then the sky gradually darkened, and there was no more to fight.

Therefore, when Liu Cang arrived, the ferry was basically still in the hands of the Jin people, and he couldn't help but be so angry that his three corpses jumped violently, and he cursed his brother countless times in his heart. Liu Ya suggested that it would be dark and it would be difficult to attack again, so it was better to leave the camp for the time being and wait for tomorrow. However, it is estimated that the Jin reinforcements will arrive tomorrow, and Zhen will follow behind, and his sentry cavalry will go forward, mostly killed by Hu cavalry, and the approximate distance between the two sides can also be judged. Liu Ya immediately asked for an order, saying that she was willing to lead her troops out and try to set up an ambush for Zhen to follow-"If he is in a hurry, he may be broken by me." If you break Zhen and follow, that is, Pei should come, and it will be easy for me to capture. ”

If it was still dark at the usual time, maybe Liu Ya's plan could be sold, but no one expected that it would be dark early today, and Zhen Sui was forced to stop the village early.

Soon after, there was a thunderclap in the dark night sky, and a light rain began to fall. Liu Cang couldn't help but pause and said, "I don't care if I want to die this day?!" ”

Because the Hu army is stronger than the Jin division, mainly in the number of cavalry, Tu each has war horses, and sixty percent of the Huns are cavalry, totaling no less than 10,000 - in fact, the cavalry of the Jin army is not less, but most of them belong to the "Qiji Battalion", and half of the "Qu Battalion" under Xie Feng's command, see under Guo Mo, as for Pei Gai and Zhen Sui, now they are less than a thousand - Liu Cang also hopes that these cavalry can gallop on the plain and deal a heavy blow to the Jin people. If this light rain stops after a while, it will be stopped, and if it continues, the next whole night, the land will be muddy tomorrow, which is not conducive to the movement of the cavalry.

Qiao Tai advised: "If you don't cross the ferry, the hearts of the people will never be at peace; And if Pei Gai and Zhen wait for tomorrow and approach the next battle, I am afraid that our army will not have time to attack again, or will fall into death. In today's plan, when the rain goes to attack the ferry fortress overnight, the Jin people will think that I dare not attack at night, and it will inevitably be negligent, or it can be easily taken down. If you get the ferry, there is a basis for advance and retreat, and you are not afraid of Pei Cai. ”

Liu Cang thought so deeply - he was also forced to be anxious now, under the city of Dali, he had even slaughtered and injured hundreds of elite Huns and attacked the whole division without hesitation, and now why is he afraid of attacking in the rain? What about the loss? As long as the way back can be guaranteed, and then a firm foothold, it is worth the number of casualties. Otherwise, these soldiers will inevitably anoint the blades of the Jin people and fill the ravines in the pass tomorrow!

So he ordered Wang Teng and Liu Ji to lead Di and Qiang Zahu to storm the ferry, which was really not "easy to take", but the fierce battle was about to reach the middle of the night, hundreds of corpses were ambushed, and the heavy damage was doubled, and finally the ferry was captured. It was mainly dark in the middle of the night, and when it was raining, it was difficult to get the bow and arrow accurate, and it was difficult for Tao Kan's boat to cooperate with the land defense. In the end, Tao Shixing saw that the ferry was difficult to defend, and was forced to meet the remnants of the infantry to disembark and set off. The Hu army was in a hurry, and more than a dozen boats and boats that were backward were enthusiastically boarded by them, killing all the Jin people in the boats and snatching them over.

Not only did he seize the ferry, but he also got more than a dozen boats, and Liu Cang waited for the hearts of the generals, so he calmed down a little.

Almost as soon as Hu Jun occupied the ferry, the rain stopped, and although the ground was slippery, it was not too muddy.

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The next day, Zhen Sui scolded the soldiers to get up before dawn, and then feasted on a war meal, and the whole team surged downhill and approached the ferry at dawn.

The distance between the two sides was less than ten miles, and Hu Jun naturally heard the news, so Liu Cang ordered Liu Ya to lead 4,000 foot soldiers to attack, trying to take advantage of Zhen Sui's unstable foothold to destroy it in one fell swoop. When Zhen Sui heard that the Hu army was coming, he ordered the soldiers to stop, entrusted the establishment of the camp to Wang Ze again, and led the five hundred sharp soldiers to rush straight towards the Hu division.

With this rush, he killed Liu Ya by surprise, and before the array was complete, he was led by Zhen Sui to penetrate the Chinese army and kill Liu Ya's horse dangerously. Fortunately, Liu Yanai was the general of Huzhong, commanding the battle, full of resilience, and finally mobilized his troops, protected the Chinese army, and surrounded Zhen with the 500 people.

Liu Ya said in her heart: Qiao Cheqi said, it is almost inevitable that hundreds of elites led by Zhen will penetrate the Chinese army, I should still exaggerate, today it seems that there is no hypocrisy! Such a brave general, how can the Jin people have it, but my emperor and Han have not?

Fortunately, behind him is the Hu army Dazhai, which can be answered at any time, so the soldiers are more determined to fight, so they will not collapse at the first touch, and they can have the power to counterattack. It's not like Qiao Tai that day, he had just lost a game and his morale was low, so how could he still stop Zhen Sui's onslaught?

Zhen Sui saw that the Hu army was besieged, and the situation was unfavorable to his side, so he hurriedly drove his soldiers and turned back to kill the siege. He was a good kill, killing no less than 300 Hu soldiers and generals, but because he was too far forward and failed to make a full decision in one fell swoop, he was surrounded, and his Jianyong also killed and injured more than 100 people - it can be said that it was a loss-making transaction.

As soon as Zhen retreated, Liu Ya immediately waved his army to chase after him, and fought until the unfinished Jin base. Wang Ze ordered the archers to shoot on their backs, slightly forced back the Hu army, and took Zhen Sui back into the formation. But at this time, Liu Cang ordered Jin Kang to lead his troops to help, and the two armies started a fierce battle, repeatedly seesawing for as many as seven times.

At noon, the sun was shining brightly, and the water on the ground was gradually vaporizing, Liu Cang was overjoyed when he saw this, so he wanted to order the cavalry to rush forward, intending to defeat Zhen Sui and Wang Ze in one fell swoop. However, there was an urgent report, saying that Pei Gai's main force had approached the battlefield.

Pei Gai went down to the village outside Dali City last night, sent people into the city to investigate, and knew that his wife was safe, so he breathed a sigh of relief. Hearing that Zhen Sui had led his division to the ferry, he did not enter the city, and set off early in the morning to help Zhen Sui. An army of 20,000 arrived, Liu Ya and Jin Kang did not dare to resist the enemy, and were forced to shrink back to the camp under the flank protection of the cavalry.

Hu Yingzhong had already erected a high oar, and Liu Cang climbed the oars and looked, and saw that the Jin people in front of him were about thirty or forty thousand, less than half of his own army.

In fact, he miscalculated, Pei should distinguish the soldiers and the people more clearly, not like the Hu army, and the Hu people look like regular soldiers, but they also have to be coolies, and the people and others are often awarded crude weapons in times of war, and they are used as cannon fodder on top - this is the common practice of soldiers and horses from all sides at this time. Therefore, Liu Cang claimed that there were 200,000 troops and less than 100,000 soldiers, but in his heart, he always counted them as having 150,000 or 60,000 people. Some of the soldiers and horses stayed in Xiayang, some of the Jin people who guarded the mountain pass, and some of them folded under the city of Haoyang, and now in the army of Pujin, there are still 100,000 hanging zero, so what are the 30,000 or 40,000 Jin people to fear?

Liu Cangxin said that he was in the mountain pass that day, and the reason why Tao Kan was able to fight against me for a few days was because he had a perfect camp behind him, and his morale was strong because he had credentials; Now that the Jin people have just arrived, if they don't finish their camp and fight purely on the plains, then my chances of winning are still not small. Pei Gai, Pei Cai, if you come to the aid of Dali, wait for Guo Mo's department to come to rendezvous, and then seek a duel with me, the outcome is still unpredictable, and you dare to enter the draw rashly - this is your death time!

Of course, he also knew that his army had also marched for many days, and had just stormed Dali and conquered the ferry in the rain, and the soldiers were tired and their morale was not high. Therefore, they gathered Tuge, Xiongnu, and the brave and sharp people in the Huzhong, and sent 20,000 troops to attack the Jin base.

said it was 20,000, but in fact, there were only 3,000 or 4,000 people on the front line. Because even if it is a duel on the plain, the frontal battlefield cannot be spread too wide, and the generals dispatch and command, and they can't give too complicated orders just by waving the flag - most of the soldiers are illiterate, and the banners that can be recognized are also very limited - often need to rely on cavalry to pass orders; If they are too far apart from each other, they will come and go on horseback, and they will miss the warplane.

Liu Cang made Liu Ya on the left and Wang Teng on the right, and ordered his brother Liu Ji to lead the Chinese army, set up a formation, and drove towards the Jin formation. Look at the approach, Pei should move.

If one side is too close to their own camp, it is inconvenient to dispatch and be easily pressed and beaten by the other side. However, Pei should come for the first time, and his breath is undecided, how can there be a camp to fear? Therefore, they did not dare to go too far and hurriedly set up a formation to wait for the enemy to come.

In addition, the enemy is outnumbered - I can't just look at the 20,000 people in front of me, I also have to keep troops as reserves, and it is impossible to bet all of them - he can only temporarily take the defensive.

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