Both sides of the water are densely packed with military camps, and there is no conflict between the hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides, and the army of the court has not launched an attack at all because of the wavering of the generals, while the rebels have not much morale because of the rebellion, and the chief general Chi Dan is the first time to command such a large army to fight, and he has no experience at all, so he has to maintain a defensive position.

It was only the day after Gao Gong and Yang Yong arrived at the front line, the official army began to move, and the entire west bank of the river changed the calm atmosphere of the past, and under the orders of the army, countless craftsmen took small boats to transport all kinds of timber and began to erect pontoon bridges on the river. The marching commanders scrambled to be the first, and no one dared to slack off, and six pontoon bridges were erected at the same time above the water.

At this time, it was the seventh day, the river water was cool, some excited craftsmen jumped directly into the river, saw the official army building the bridge, the rebels on the east bank were suddenly surprised, and quickly organized people and horses to shoot the craftsmen in the river, but they were shot back by the officials and soldiers who had been prepared, behind each pontoon bridge that was being erected, there were hundreds of crossbow beds and thousands of archers waiting for them, the range of the standard crossbow bed was as high as more than 300 meters, the stainless steel was the edge, the wrought iron was the feather, and the shield could be easily torn apart, and the people were nailed to the ground, and the rebel archers who were organized in a panic were not opponents at all.

When the pontoon bridge was erected, the officers and soldiers were not idle, and the hundreds of fishing boats collected these days began to load soldiers and cross to the opposite bank, the widest part of the water was only about 200 meters, and the narrow place was only a few tens of meters, and in less than a tea time, the first batch of officers and soldiers had already crossed the river.

On the east bank of the river, there were rudimentary fortifications built by the rebels, and wooden stakes were used to block the way of the officers and soldiers to the shore, but after the defending rebels were dispersed by the rain of arrows of the officers and soldiers, these wooden stakes became ornaments, and they were quickly cut down, and the officers and soldiers poured up the river bank through the cut gap. Instead, these stakes were used by the officers and soldiers to build fortifications in front of them in preparation for the rebel counter-attack.

The rebels were too paralyzed and careless, thinking that the officers and troops on the opposite side would not attack if they did not attack these days, and that the west bank had dispatched troops early in the morning, and the rebels ignored such a big movement, and as soon as they were attacked by the officers and troops, they were immediately caught off guard, and the vanguard of the officers and troops crossed the river almost without any resistance.

Wei Chidun was still lying down in the camp when he heard shouts of killing. Hurriedly got up: "What's the matter?" What's going on? ”

Several pro-soldiers poured into the tent: "Marshal, it's not good, our army is attacking on the other side." ”

Wei Chidun scolded: "What's the panic, just send someone to drive them down." After saying that, he hurriedly put on his clothes.

At a distance of dozens of meters from the water, the officers and soldiers set up a high platform, which was used by Wei Xiaokuan to command the crossing of the river, and the platform was full of flags, and the He army advanced. He Jun retreated, Wei Xiaokuan relied on these banners to command, Yang Yong and Gao Gong stood beside Wei Xiaokuan, and saw Wei Xiaokuan's command of tens of thousands of people's attacks, and they glanced at each other, and they were really shocked.

On this high platform, the movements of the enemy and us on both sides of the river were clear, and seeing that the vanguard of the official army had crossed the river, Gao Gong and Yang Yong were relieved, as long as they gained a foothold. The first step in crossing the river was considered a success.

When Wei Chi Dun arrived at the front, the officers and troops had already crossed the second round, and there were more than 2,000 soldiers who had landed on the shore. ”

Tens of thousands of troops were brought up from behind. Like a swarm of locusts, the black pressure pressed the officers and troops on the shore, and the two sides immediately launched a bloody battle on the opposite bank, the sky was full of arrows flying, and the junction of the two sides was even more crowded.

Wei Xiaokuan closed his eyes, rolled out a few tears, and sighed: "These are all my loyal and brave soldiers of the Great Zhou, but now they are killing each other here, how can the old man bear it." ”

Du Qingxin comforted: "Your Excellency doesn't have to blame yourself, this is all Wei Chi's wolf ambition, and he wants to rebel against the court as much as he can." That's going to happen. ”

"Wolf ambition, who is the wolf ambition, maybe I'm wrong?" Wei Xiaokuan muttered.

Du Qingxin was shocked into a cold sweat, Wei Xiaokuan's words were not directed at the prime minister, and he couldn't help but look up at Yang Yong, but Yang Yong just watched the battle on the other side, as if he didn't hear Wei Xiaokuan's words, Du Qingxin put his mind at ease and didn't dare to answer Wei Xiaokuan's words again.

The rebels are outnumbered. The officers and troops on the east bank gradually lost their foothold, and were pressed by the rebels step by step towards the river. The officers and troops on the river desperately rowed over to reinforce, and the officers and troops on the west bank also organized strong archers to suppress the rebels as much as possible, but the two sides were mixed together, and the crossbow bed could not be used at all, and the effect of the archers was minimal.

Taking advantage of the fact that the rebels' attention was on the officers and troops crossing the river, the pontoon bridge on the water stretched forward little by little, and the fastest pontoon bridge had been completed for tens of meters.

The rebels finally came back to their senses, the same as the Great Zhou army, they also had a lot of bed crossbows, the rebels began to push the bed crossbows to the place where the officers and soldiers erected pontoon bridges, countless sharp arrows shot into the river, the thick arrows could even directly shoot through the boats used by craftsmen to build pontoon bridges, some crossbow arrows flew into the air with the human body that was shot, and smashed directly into another person, a crossbow arrow often passed through the corpses of several people before falling into the water with a snap, and the river was quickly dyed red.

The rebels' crossbow bolts interrupted the construction of the pontoon bridge, and many craftsmen, seeing that their companions had died so badly, immediately lost the courage to stay in the water and rowed desperately to the shore.

"Keep building, don't stop!" The officers and soldiers on the shore showed no mercy, even though they were their own people, as long as any craftsman dared to go ashore and stabbed to death with spears, the craftsmen could only continue to stop in the river to build bridges in fear, praying that the crossbow arrows would not hit them.

"Ballista, counterattack, counterattack." The officers on the shore shouted hoarsely, and hundreds of ballistas immediately shot in the direction of the rebels' ballistas, but the rebels had already calculated the distance, and the crossbows used by both sides were of the same specifications, they only needed to shoot at the craftsmen in Hanoi, and they were not within the range of the officers and soldiers on the shore at all, only a small number of giant arrows could fly over, and most of the crossbow arrows could only fall in front of the rebels' ballistas.

The crossbow cart in front of him could not protect himself, and the craftsmen who forced it down could no longer hold back the fear in their hearts, crying and shouting that they would go ashore no matter what, and they would be killed by crossbow arrows in the water, it would be better to die on the shore, at least the corpse would not be thrown into the water and fed to the fish and turtles.

The officers and soldiers had no choice but to open the gap and let the craftsmen go ashore temporarily, but they could not kill all these craftsmen. The construction of the five pontoon bridges has come to an end for the time being, but the pontoon bridge protected by the officers and soldiers on the east bank is stubbornly advancing little by little, and as long as the officers and troops on the east bank have not been cleared, the rebels will have no choice but to take this pontoon bridge under construction.

Wei Xiaokuan pointed at the flag. Order the remaining five bridges to withdraw from the ground

Join the pontoon bridge under construction and speed up the construction of the pontoon bridge

Although the number of officers and soldiers was not less than that of the rebels, the small boats in the transportation area were limited, and they could only transport more than 1,000 people at a time, and only seven or eight thousand people were transported after an hour had passed. Every time the people who are transported past are not even enough to consume, it has become the most taboo refueling tactic.

Fortunately, the morale of the officers and men was strong, and they knew that there were reinforcements behind them, so they could fight to the death and not retreat, otherwise they would have collapsed long ago, but if this situation did not change, sooner or later the officers and troops crossing the river would be driven down the river by the rebels, and then the river crossing operation would be regarded as a complete failure.

Liang Shiyan, Yuwen, Yuan Harmonic, Yuwenshu, and Cui Hongdu all came to the high platform, and only Yang Su was still directing the sergeant to cross the river. Repairing the bridge, seeing this situation, everyone was nervous.

"Marshal, what should I do?" Yuan Harmony asked.

Wei Xiaokuan frowned, and it was difficult to answer for a while, but at this moment, there was a sound of bells and bells on the other side, and the rebels who were attacking actually retreated.

"What's going on?"

"What are the plots of the rebels?"

……

All the generals of the official army were puzzled, seeing that as long as the offensive continued, the troops put in by the officers and troops could not keep up with the attrition. The support of the officers and troops who crossed the river will not be long before it collapses.

"Marshal, why did you stop attacking?" There were also many generals on the other side of the river who were puzzled and asked Wei Chi Dun questions.

Wei Chidun said triumphantly: "Why stop the attack, if we eliminate the people who crossed the river, it will only eliminate less than 10,000 people, and the main force of the Zhou army will not be damaged." Now I let them go, that is, I have to wait until they have built the pontoon bridge, and then destroy their pontoon bridge after half of the men and horses, and the art of war is cloudy, and this is still half crossed, and then the victory can be determined in one fell swoop. ”

Several generals suddenly realized when they heard this, and said in unison: "The marshal is wise!" ”

One of the generals cautiously objected: "Marshal, if the enemy is more than half, how can you destroy their pontoon bridge?" ”

Wei Chidun said: "I have already prepared the fire boat and other things, and when the time comes, I will directly ignite it upstream and rush down." How could the pontoon bridge of the Zhou army not be destroyed, and the order was issued that the whole army retreated five miles, vacated the place, and let the Zhou army cross the river. ”

Although some people still faintly felt that it was inappropriate, but Wei Chi Dan's order was still faithfully carried out, and more than 200,000 troops moved back together, and many ordinary sergeants were confused, and rumors immediately spread. It's not going to be defeated. Poor Wei Chi Dun didn't know it at all, and he was still triumphant. Immersed in the joy of the upcoming defeat of the Zhou army.

Without the interference of the rebels, coupled with the full efforts of the craftsmen, the pontoon bridge was quickly erected, and Wei Xiaokuan pointed forward: "Order, the whole army crosses the river." ”

Yuan Huan said cautiously: "Marshal, the other party suddenly retreated, beware of fraud." ”

Wei Xiaokuan smiled: "What a deception, Wei Chi Xiao'er wants to come and attack half-crossing, how can the old man not be guarded." ”

A group of Zhou troops quickly rushed across the pontoon bridge, and in half an hour, tens of thousands of people had already crossed the river, and the soldiers in the distance suddenly became agitated, but without the order of the commander-in-chief, they did not dare to move for the time being.

"Marshal, should you give the order to attack?" One of the generals couldn't help but ask.

Wei Chidun didn't care: "Wait, the other party is only tens of thousands, and it's not too late to attack after 100,000 people." ”

One of them said hurriedly: "Marshal, you can't wait any longer, the soldiers are already restless." ”

Wei Chidun turned his head to look at the soldiers in the distance, and sure enough, except for his personal guards, the other soldiers did not understand the intentions of the main general, and their faces were already panicked, and he secretly said that these soldiers were too stupid to even understand his simple strategy, so he had to nod: "Okay, beat the drum, march." "Fu Dao in his heart, being able to eliminate tens of thousands of Zhou troops is barely a great achievement.

As soon as the drum sounded, the rebels finally regained a little confidence, hundreds of thousands of troops rushed to the officers and soldiers together, and the officers and soldiers did not show weakness, the two sides shouted, screamed, and soon collided together, the morale of the officers and soldiers was like a rainbow, since Yang Jian took office, although it was only more than two months, but he really did a lot of things, stopped the construction of Luoyang Palace, and let all the sergeants be exempted from forty-five days of labor for a year, and re-implemented the uniform field system, so that the soldiers had no worries, and everyone was willing to fight to the death for the court.

The morale of the rebels was not high, and the inexplicable retreat of several miles, so that the soldiers' hearts were full of doubts, and the morale aroused by the drums quickly collapsed as soon as they encountered the strong counterattack of the officers and troops, not to mention that although the number of rebels was large, but the area of engagement was limited, under the personal command of Wei Xiaokuandi, the officers and troops often fought more and less in the local area, and the rebel army of more than 200,000 troops was pressed back step by step.

Seeing that the situation on the battlefield was not good, Wei Chi was taken aback, and he had no choice but to pin his hopes on the arsonist ship and shouted: "Resist me, resist me!" We're going to win soon. ”

The fire in the river came out, and the arson boat arranged by Wei Chi Dan finally ignited and rushed towards the pontoon bridge built by the Zhou army, and the Zhou army had already made preparations and set up many wooden stakes to intercept it at a distance of several hundred meters from the pontoon bridge, and the arson boat was held by the wooden stakes and could only burn at a distance of several hundred meters from the pontoon bridge, except for producing a little smoke, it had no effect on the army crossing the bridge.

Seeing that the raging fire in the river had already burned, Wei Chidun thought that it had burned to the pontoon bridge of the Zhou army, and immediately overjoyed, and shouted to the soldiers around him: "The Zhou army is going to be defeated, and the Zhou army is going to be defeated." ”

The shouts of the lieutenant Chi Dan reached the front line, and it really played a certain role, and the rebel army, which was about to collapse, barely gathered a little more morale and pushed back the attack of the officers and troops.

Just waited for half a ring, the officers and troops still continued to reinforce them, and when the more the battle became stronger, the morale of the rebels suddenly collapsed, and several Zhou soldiers on the front line had an idea and shouted: "The rebels are defeated, the rebels are defeated." ”

The shouts spread all over the battlefield at once, and the rebels who were struggling to support them could not distinguish between truth and falsehood, and many people immediately turned around and fled, and suddenly the whole battlefield was in chaos, and the rebels were defeated like a mountain, and they could no longer be controlled.