It took three days for Zhang Shihua and his team, who were heading south from Xinye City, to the north bank of the wider Han River along the broad Tangbai River on the evening of the third day, and confronted the enemy who had been waiting for them for a long time. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Han River, also known as the Han River, is the most important river in the land of the Yangtze River and the largest tributary of the Yangtze River Basin.

Therefore, when he came south along the Tangbai River and saw with his own eyes the Han River with hundreds of steps on the river, Zhang Shihua, who had been living in the north in his previous life, had never seen any wide rivers except for the Yellow River in the north and in his two lives, and couldn't help but be shocked by the majestic river in front of him.

"The power of nature, how vast, this Han water alone is daunting, and it is no wonder that the Yangtze River has been called a natural danger since ancient times." On a high ground, Zhang Shihua rode this jet-black horse, looked at the Han River flowing in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

However, hearing Zhang Shihua's emotion, Zhao Ziyu shook his head slightly, but said: "Throughout the ages, those who rely on natural dangers to establish a country have never been able to achieve the hegemony of dominating the world. And all the kings who only want to rely on natural dangers to block the enemy, and do not know how to reflect on their own compassion for the people, from ancient times to the present, there is no king who has not lost his country because of this. ”

"So no matter how dangerous the terrain is, it can't protect him forever. Therefore, you don't need to worry about this small river in front of you now. The river can't stop you, only those on the other side will. Saying this, Zhao Ziyu couldn't help but point to the enemies who were constantly patrolling the river in the distance and keeping an eye on their tracks.

"Yes, they are our real enemies, a bunch of cowards who don't even dare to fight us head-on." Saying this, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but spit on the ground with disdain.

"Ah Yu, I have ordered you to be the vanguard, let you take the lead and help the army search for the boats needed to cross the river. So, have you found enough ships now? After spitting disdainfully, Zhang Shihua turned to Guo Yu behind him and couldn't help asking.

Hearing Zhang Shihua's words, Guo Yu, who had been silent all the time guarding Zhang Shihua's side, couldn't help lowering his head in shame and whispered to Zhang Shihua: "Hui Zhugong (since Zhao Ziyu's example appeared, others have also changed their titles), and his subordinates are incompetent. The ministers were one step late, and all the ships on the north bank of the Han River had been requisitioned and taken away by the Badulu who had lost them. ”

"So apart from a dozen small sampans that were lucky enough not to be requisitioned by the Tartars, no other ships were collected. If your subordinates are incompetent, please punish the lord. Saying this, Guo Yu, who was ashamed, couldn't help but sink his head deeply.

However, in this regard, Zhang Shihua shook his head indifferently and said: "Hurry up, it's not your fault, I should have thought that the Tartars would do this." ”

comforted Guo Yu, then Zhang Shihua frowned slightly, and then couldn't help but turn to the other person and asked: "Xiqiao, you are in charge of our army's grain and ordnance, and there is no one in the army who knows this kind of thing better than you." So do you know how many boats we have available right now? ”

"This, back to the words of the lord. Nanyang was poor and had no sailors, so this time he went south, but he barely collected nine sand boats, 273 canoes and 80 sampan boats. Saying this, Chang Xiqiao couldn't help but sink his head deeply.

After all, there are many boats and boats, and the powerful officers and men of the naval division are really too unacceptable.

"Sand boat, it's no problem to transport food with that thing, but a small sand boat like ours can carry up to thirty people in one boat. As for the boat you mentioned, can you carry three people at a time? And those sampans, hey, not much bigger than the sampans. ”

Saying this, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but rub his eyebrows and sighed weakly.

"As far as I know, the Tartars in Xiangyang City on the other side have more than a dozen warships that can carry a hundred people at a time, and there are dozens of ships the size of sand boats. As for the other sampan boats, there are even more of them. ”

"There is such a big difference between the boats and sailors, it is obviously impossible to defeat them on this Han River. So I wonder if you have any good way to cross the river? After a long sigh of weakness, Zhang Shihua looked at the generals behind him, and couldn't help but ask so sincerely.

However, for Zhang Shihua's words, the generals beside Zhang Shihua couldn't help but bow their heads silently after looking at each other.

"Lord, you say, is it feasible to attack at night?" After being silent for a long time, Chen Xishan, who was in thousands of households, looked at Zhang Shihua and couldn't help but whisper cautiously.

Hearing his words, Zhang Shihua glanced at him deeply, nodded with encouragement, and said to him: "Night raid may be a good way." If you speak up and say what you think, you might be able to help us. ”

"Yes!" Hearing Zhang Shihua's words of encouragement, Chen Xishan sang a promise, and then couldn't help but speak aloud: "Your lord, you know, it is the end of the month, and it is the dimmerest time of the month. ”

"At this time, even on a clear night, you can't see your fingers. And this Han water is so wide, so in the minds of his subordinates, in the middle of the night, it is impossible for the Tartars to search all the rivers. ”

"So we can send a squad of three or five hundred elite soldiers to cross the river in a small boat at night after we are familiar with the movements of the Tartar patrol. After crossing the river, the squad could raid the Tartar-guarded ferry at night, burn the enemy ships to create unrest, and cover most of the soldiers and horses to cross the river. ”

"After all, the elite of our army far exceeds the officers and soldiers, as long as there are 3,000 soldiers and horses who can successfully cross the river, the odds of victory will be fifty percent, isn't it?" Looking at the people around him, Chen Xishan couldn't help but talk so eloquently.

And hearing his words, Zhang Shihua, who had always been expressionless, couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth.

"Very good, I didn't expect you to have such wisdom in Xishan, it really surprised me a little." Zhang Shihua smiled and praised like this.

Hearing such praise, Chen Xishan, who was excited, also happily bowed deeply to Zhang Shihua to thank Zhang Shihua for his praise.

In this regard, Zhang Shihua smiled and nodded, and after letting him excuse himself, he couldn't help but look at the other people around him, and asked loudly: "I think the plan proposed by Xishan is worth trying, what do you think?" ”

"We all look to the lord and the horse." Everyone looked at each other, and they couldn't help but bow in unison.

"Very well, in that case, then this matter will be left to you to do it. So, do you have the courage to take your only 500 elite soldiers in the middle of the night to assault the ferry surrounded by the Tartars? Zhang Shihua looked at Chen Xishan and couldn't help asking.

"Your Majesty thanks to your lord's attention, and your subordinates are willing to die for your lord!" Hearing Zhang Shihua's words, Chen Xishan, who was extremely excited, couldn't help but kneel on the ground at the first time, and shouted at Zhang Shihua so angrily.

Hearing his roar, Zhang Shihua, who was riding on a war horse, couldn't help but smile and nodded, and said, "Very good, go down and prepare to go." Tonight, I await the good news. ”

"Your Majesty obeys!" sang a promise, Chen Xishan made a deep gesture, and then couldn't help but retreat against his waist.

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"Quick, under my military order, all the ten hundred household officials and deputy thousand households under my account will be summoned, and I have important matters to discuss with them." After returning to his camp for the first time, Chen Xishan couldn't help but say this to a guard beside him.

Hearing Chen Xishan's words, the loyal guards accepted the order without hesitation, and they couldn't help but ride a war horse and convey this order to the ten hundred household officials and the deputy thousand households in the battalion.

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"General, you are so eager to summon us all, but is there anything important to announce?" A moment later, when the eleven generals under Chen Xishan's tent all came to Chen Xishan's camp, when Chen Xishan was still an officer and soldier, it was Wei Tao, the deputy of Chen Xishan's deputy, and he couldn't help but ask on behalf of everyone so curiously.

Hearing Wei Tao's question, Chen Xishan, who had always been smiling, couldn't help but wave his hand at them, and let the eleven of them all sit in their tents in order before nodding and saying, "Yes, I do have a very important thing to announce now." ”

"Just now, I think the lord made a suggestion to attack the Tartar ferry at night, and the lord also adopted my suggestion. Therefore, the lord and he left such a matter to me. Therefore, in the middle of the night, I will lead 500 soldiers and horses to launch a night attack on the Tartars. ”

"This ......" suddenly heard this, and the generals under the tent couldn't help but be stunned by this sudden news. But after all, they were all men who had been in battle for a long time, so in the next moment, these people reacted and showed different expressions.

"General, that's good news! As long as we can complete this task, it will definitely be a great achievement! After reacting, Wei Tao, the deputy Qianhu, couldn't help but be so surprised.

"Yes, General, as long as we can complete this task, with the temper of the lord, we will definitely be rewarded!" With Wei Tao as an example, other radical generals couldn't help but echo it.

However, there are optimistic ones, and naturally there are pessimistic ones. Of course, in the general environment of the black-clothed army's martial arts, even if they are pessimistic, they can at most say a few words to be careful and safe.

As for such words, Chen Xishan, who is a thousand households, also listened to it carefully, and after listening to everyone's suggestions, he provoked everyone's fighting spirit in a few words.

"Gentlemen, let's make a contribution today. At that time, the lord once said, 'The eldest husband was born in troubled times, and he had to go to the battlefield with weapons in hand to establish brilliant deeds.' And today is the time for us to build up our deeds, so I wonder if you are willing to follow me and go together to build up your deeds in dangerous situations. ”

"I'm waiting, I'm willing to fight with the general!" When the generals under the tent heard Chen Xishan's words, they couldn't help but roar in unison.

Hearing their roars, Chen Xishan laughed heartily a few times, and then couldn't help but wave his hand arrogantly and said: "Very good, now I order you to immediately gather the bravest soldiers from the troops under you, and today I will take them together to make meritorious contributions." ”

"I'll do as I was told!" The generals shouted in a loud voice, and then they withdrew from the camp one after another, and went down to prepare.

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Xiangyang City is an ancient city with an extremely long history. And because of the geographical location, in the feudal historical period, the water transportation is convenient, and the city of Xiangyang, which has two big rivers of Xiangshui and Hanshui, has always been a place where soldiers must fight.

And it is precisely because of this that as an economic and military location, it also has the title of "the first city and iron city in China". Of course, these two titles also have a lot to do with today's Yuanmeng court.

Friends who are familiar with history should know that when the Yuan and Meng iron cavalry went south to destroy the Song Dynasty, an epic offensive and defensive battle that lasted for six years broke out in Xiangyang City.

Under the continuous siege of nearly 100,000 yuan of elite soldiers and horses of the Mongolian imperial court, Xiangyang City, as a lonely city, held out for nearly six years. Such a brilliant achievement is not to mention in ancient times, even now, it can still be said to be an incredible miracle.

After all, six years, what kind of concept is that, and our current university is only four years. Six years is equivalent to three-quarters of the War of Resistance Against Japan.

And you must know that the Yuanmeng soldiers and horses of that period did not want to be as corrupt and incompetent as they are now. At that time, Yuanmeng's soldiers and horses were synonymous with invincibility on the battlefield. At that time, the entire civilized world trembled under the iron hooves of the Yuanmeng people. It took almost two generations for the Yuanmeng people to conquer almost three-fifths of the civilized world.

At that time, the Yuan and Mongolian people only needed 10,000 cavalry to march west, and in one year they were enough to destroy several countries in Central and West Asia.

Therefore, it took nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses six years to attack a city, and this city can fully afford to be called an "iron city".

However, this did not come without a price, and the six-year-long offensive and defensive war almost turned the area around Xiangyang into a blank field. Even Nanyang Mansion suffered an unwarranted disaster at that time, and was angered by the Yuanmeng Empire, and was almost slaughtered into a blank land. To describe the massacre with no one in ten can only be said to be "light".

However, there is a saying that "feng shui takes turns". Nearly a hundred years later, when the Han people and the Yuan and Mongolian courts completely changed their offensive and defensive positions in this scarred ancient land. The massacre of the Yuanmeng court back then helped the current Zhang Shihua and others to some extent.

(To be continued.................. ）