The strategy has been decided, and the troops are divided into three parts.

The main force was commanded by Ganling, and continued to besiege Jixian and guard against reinforcements from Hanyang and Nan'an; Some of the soldiers were led by Zhang Liao, who were responsible for holding the captured cities and the mountain passes of Longdi; In the last part, Yang Feng led 6,000 troops to the upper reaches of the big river in the northwest to intercept the Weikang soldiers who might have been on the way back to help.

From Ji County Yue Zu Li, arrived at Dahe, and from Guzang back to Yuyin, to Dahe, the distance between the two roads is not far apart, Yang Fengjun sent troops in advance, it took seven days, and rushed to the Dahe ferry first.

The state soldiers stationed at the ferry were vulnerable and surrendered to the surging Yang Feng army, but the boats near Hejin were all recruited to the ferry on the other side, and Yang Feng's army could not take the opportunity to destroy the state soldiers' boats crossing the river and block the state soldiers on the other side of the river.

Once Weikang's state soldiers returned, they had a greater initiative, they could search for other ferries along the river to cross the river, and Yang Feng, who commanded the troops to intercept the reinforcements from Ji County, if they adopted the conservative strategy of deploying and intercepting along the river, they would need to build a large number of fortifications such as beacons and barracks, and in the process of interception, they would inevitably fall into a time-consuming stalemate, passive defense and other difficulties.

The state soldiers who took the initiative to intercept Wellcome did not have this dilemma.

But Yang Fengjun has to take more risks, after all, the art of war is cloudy, "the poor do not chase but do not stop the teacher", in the face of a large number of Liangzhou state soldiers, eager to return home, with inferior troops brazenly intercepted, it is inevitable to fall into a bitter battle, and this kind of hard fighting is a huge risk, but also Yang Feng's generals are unwilling to try rashly.

The only thing worth trying at the moment is that Yang Feng pretended to give up the Hejin ferry he occupied, but in fact secretly ambushed soldiers and horses near the ferry. When the return state soldiers led by Wei Kang were halfway through, they gave another order, clamoured to kill, and killed the Liangzhou state soldiers who could not care about each other.

This is not only in line with the way of the art of war of "half-crossing and attacking", but also in line with the army siege of the city to help, quick battle and quick decision, as the main general Yang Feng after thinking about it, immediately decided to adopt this plan, and quickly sent cavalry on the east bank to search for a hidden place suitable for the ambush of soldiers and horses.

Ma Chao, Lu Ying, and Lu Yi, this group of young Zhuang generals from Liangren seem to be among them.

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On the east bank of the river, Ma Chao, who led a team of cavalry to search for the location, met with the returning Koji brothers.

When he learned that Ma Chao also found nothing, Ko Guang couldn't help but laugh teasingly, and said to himself:

"We searched all over this stretch of the river, and found several places suitable for scouts to ambush and look, but there were very few suitable places to hide the army, either too far away, or too easy to be spotted by enemy scouts."

Speaking of this, Koji Guang couldn't help but glance at Ma Chao and continued:

"My brothers and I are strong in Hebei, and we don't know much about the geography of Liangdi. But didn't Ma Jun live in a cool place for a long time and was familiar with the border situation, how could he not find a hidden place suitable for the army to ambush? ”

"Brother Light." After experiencing the drastic changes in the uprising, the whole person has undergone a transformation, and Koji Ying, who has undergone a transformation, noticed the strangeness in Koji Guang's words, and he glared at Koji Guang, who was causing trouble, to stop him from provoking Ma Chao, an unruly wild horse.

Ma Chao is not treated well by other generals, but the children of their Koji family have just arrived, and how can they be the masters who can cause trouble everywhere.

Ma Chao didn't get angry immediately, he glanced at Lu Ying, and a smile suddenly appeared on his cold face.

"I've found the place, I'm afraid you won't dare to go!"

"Heh, why don't I dare to go?" Seeing Ma Chao's disdainful face, Koji Guang snorted and responded not to be outdone.

Seeing this, Ma Chao smiled coldly, and in front of the brothers of the Koji family, he held a horsewhip in his hand, pointed to the opposite bank separated by a body of water, and said:

"There is a section of abandoned embankment there, under which is suitable for ambushing large groups of men and horses, and the terrain is low, just blocked by hills, not only can not see a trace here, but the enemy generals standing on the opposite bank of Hejin can also not see the movement of ambush soldiers. On the other side of the river, under the embankment, is the best place for the army to hide. ”

"Ridiculous, I've only heard of it, ambushing near Hejin, waiting until the enemy army is halfway across before sending troops to attack it, and I haven't heard that I ran to the other side to ambush the enemy first, once the whereabouts of the army are exposed, it is not a suicide."

When Koji Guang heard Ma Chao's words, he didn't think so, and immediately retorted.

Ma Chao didn't bother to pay attention to him, and continued:

"What if there is an ambush on the east coast, even if there is a suitable place? The scouts of the enemy army crossing the river are not blind, and it is better to cross the river quietly and run behind the enemy army to launch a surprise attack after a roundabout journey and not exploring the way forward without exploring the way forward! ”

"With so many soldiers and horses, and a lack of boats, how can you secretly cross the river to the other side?"

Lu Ying's eyes lit up, and he didn't disdain it like Koji Guang, but immediately asked about the details of Ma Chao's crossing of the river.

Ma Chao didn't hide his selfishness, and said:

"The small number of enemy troops on the other side of the river can hold the ferries and boats, and they consider themselves lucky, as long as the army feigns to withdraw, where will they pay attention to other movements of the army. The Qiang people are good at building a kind of sheepskin raft, they are more light and fast to use than the bamboo rafts of the Han people, as long as you find a few places where the river flow is gentle, and then disperse the whole army into several batches, and secretly use the raft to cross the river, one day is enough to cross the army and horses. ”

After listening to Ma Chao's words, Lu Ying was silent.

He thought about it, and felt in his heart that Ma Chao's plan had more advantages for success than the old-fashioned "half-crossing attack", although at the beginning, the army used sheepskin rafts to cross the river secretly in batches, which was really a bit risky, but General Yang wanted to outnumber the people and fight quickly, how could this kind of small battle be riskless?

Lu Ying believed that Ma Chao would not say these words to them for no reason, perhaps because of his awkward position, he wanted to persuade them privately first, and then make suggestions to Yang Feng with them and the generals, suggesting that Yang Feng change his combat strategy, send troops to cross the river secretly, and change the ambush to the other side of the river.

In any case, this is actually an opportunity for your own family.

It's just that if they make a joint decision, will Yang Feng, as the main general, be suspicious, and will accept it and temporarily change his strategy?

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A day later, on the official road leading from the mouth of the Oriin to the west bank of the river.

"Yang Zhi, are you too cautious, after entering the territory of Yinyin, you deliberately slowed down the speed of the march, and you also rested in Yinyin City for the night. Do you know that the Hejin ferry on the east bank has been captured by the soldiers and horses of Guanzhong! ”

During the march, after learning of the fall of the Hejin Ferry on the east bank, Wei Kang, who was anxious to return to the division to rescue Ji County, finally had a gap with Yang Fu, who was cautious, and he summoned Yang Fu to the state, complaining to him about the military situation ahead.

After listening to Wei Kang's words, Yang Fu was silent for a while before he continued:

"General, it is indeed a top priority for us to return to the division to rescue, but the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong are alone and deep, and they are also eager to win. At present, the two sides are like yaks that are desperate to win with their horns, and the more anxious the other side is, the more likely it is to make mistakes, and once there is a mistake, it will give the opponent an opportunity to take advantage of it, and it is difficult to escape the humiliation of losing the teacher. ”

"Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be overlooked. We will march cautiously, so as not to give the enemy a chance to take advantage of, and then we only need to retreat all the way to Ji County, meet the reinforcements from various cities, and force the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong where the lone army is deep, and the siege of Ji County can be solved without a fight. Those who are good at fighting, seek it in the situation, do not blame others, this is the way to win in stability! ”

"Moreover, the boats crossing the river have been assembled at the west bank ferry, even if the enemy occupies the west bank ferry, as long as the ships are still under the control of our army, we can still find another river and cross the river to meet the enemy."

"If the enemy general divides his troops to defend the river, it is in the danger of 'going deep alone and dividing his forces weakly', and our army can first feign to disturb it, and then surprise and cross the river to break the enemy army in one fell swoop!"

Yang Fu's words were complete and thorough, even if Wei Kang was anxious, he couldn't complain about him anymore, he could only continue to bury his head in the march and rush to the Hejin ferry.

It's just that seeing that the army has arrived at the ferry on the west bank, Zhao Ang, who was leading the army in front, suddenly sent someone to give an order, wanting the whole army to stop and seize the time to rest and recuperate.

Wei Kang thought that there was something new about the enemy army on the other side, so he hurriedly urged his horse to rush to the front army, looking for Zhao Ang, who was leading the army, to inquire about the situation on the other side.

"Zhao is engaged, but there is a new movement of the enemy forces occupying the ferry on the other side?"

Wei Kang, who rushed to the front army, saw Zhao Ang bowing his head and contemplating at a glance, and he hurriedly stepped forward to learn the latest enemy situation on the other side of the river from Zhao Ang.

When Zhao Ang saw Wei Kang arrive, he hurriedly saluted, and then reported and said:

"General, according to the report of the guards of the ferry, the enemy troops on the other side have abandoned the ferry and led the army to withdraw!"

"Huh?" Wei Kang was taken aback, and he hurriedly asked again:

"Then where did the enemy army that seized the ferry go without intercepting our army?"

"This has not yet been reported by the military."

"Then, you can send troops to take down the ferry on the other side first!"

"Troops have been sent to cross the river by boat and occupy it."

"Okay, is there an ambush near the ferry?"

"The scouts who crossed the river have searched, and no suspicious enemy hiding places have been found for the time being."

"That's great! This is the nearest ferry port to rush back to Ji County, and it must be guaranteed to be safe and secure. The enemy troops who seized the ferry must have been unable to destroy the ferry, and the troops under their command were insufficient, so they did not dare to divide their troops to defend the big river, so they simply returned to the division to encircle Ji County. This is God's bestow on me, Zhao Zhi, you can arrange for the army to cross the river as soon as possible! ”

After learning that the enemy had abandoned the ferry on the east bank, he also quickly made the judgment that "the enemy army is lone and deep, the division of troops is weak, and the division is to encircle Ji County", and immediately urged Zhao Ang to cross the river as soon as possible and return to the division to rescue the besieged Ji County.

Just seeing the joy on Wei Kang's face, Zhao Ang looked pensive, watching Wei Kang cautiously express the opposite opinion.

"General, this enemy army is very different from the cool land of the past. The army was reported that the Guanzhong soldiers and horses that were marching into Yongliang at the moment were the strong troops under the command of Yan Xing, following its east and west campaigns, invincible, and the enemy generals Ganling, Yang Feng, Zhang Liao, etc., were not unscrupulous. ”

"Now that the enemy army is coming and going, abandoning the ferry and leaving, in order to prevent fraud, the army needs to cross the river carefully!"