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In the first year of Long An, that is, in 396 AD, in late February, after successfully diverting the attention of Later Qin.

With the secret assistance of Xue Wei and Liu Gong, Wang Zhenxi, the governor of the prefecture, personally led the elite of the four compartments to enter Puban City.

Pusaka, choke Pujin Pass, when the Qin and Jin Dynasty main roads, is called the side gate of Guanzhong.

It is located behind Tongguan and is the first key to enter the pass in Hedong and Hebei landways.

From the Shundu Puban to the central capital of the Tang Dynasty, Pusaka has always been very prominent, and it is the political, economic, cultural and military center of the ancient Hedong region.

In 386 A.D., in order to use Pusaka as a place for "great defense", Liu Gong built the city wall more than three feet high and eight feet high, and there was also a moat outside the city.

At this time, the city is three zhang eight feet high, the wall is seven feet high, open four city gates, outside the city, east, south, north three sides, there are moats, one zhang five feet deep, ten zhang wide, three sides are six miles and forty-five steps.

After many repairs, today, Kasaka has become one of the six major cities in the world.

Standing at the foot of Puban City, looking at the towering city wall, Wang Zhongde couldn't help but sigh secretly, if it weren't for the strong Hedong, how could Hexi easily enter Puban Xiongcheng?

When Wang Zhongde led his army to Puban, it happened to coincide with the spring flood season of the Yellow River, and the water level of the Yellow River rose and the water potential was large.

Pujin Ferry is the most important ferry port on the Yellow River, and it is the main traffic point from Jin to Qin.

After the Battle of Pingyang, Later Qin withdrew from Hedong, and Liu Gong abandoned Qin and returned to Jin, resulting in bad relations between the two sides.

And Pujindu also became the frontier of the confrontation between the Later Qin and Hedong.

Due to the fact that the Yellow River is separated by natural dangers, there has been no conflict between the two sides, and there is no incident.

Recently, due to the increasingly tense situation in Guanzhong, Later Qin had to transfer troops to Anding, Shangjun and other places, thus greatly reducing the garrison in Tongguan, Pujindu and other places.

It is precisely because of this that the Military Division came up with the strategy of attacking the east from the west and ordered Wang Zhongde to cross Pujin at night.

For a while, the atmosphere inside and outside Kasaka Castle suddenly became tense, indicating that the big war was coming.

After arriving at Pusaka, Wang Zhongde immediately set about collecting boats in preparation for crossing the river.

Since Hou Qin did not have a water division, when crossing the river, the Hexi army did not have to worry about someone intercepting it, which reduced the difficulty of crossing the river.

With the assistance of the Liu family and the Xue family, Wang Zhongde searched the surrounding places and obtained more than 1,000 ships of various types.

However, these boats vary in size, with large boats that can accommodate hundreds of people, and small boats that can only carry three or five people.

Although small boats account for the majority, all the ships combined can carry more than 10,000 people across at a time.

Although the elite of the four-box Hexi is not enough to sweep Guanzhong, it is also guaranteed to gain a foothold on the other side.

In addition, Xue Wei will also lead 3,000 Hedong troops to cross the river with the Hexi army.

At night, Wang Zhongde stood on the bank of the Yellow River, the river roaring under his feet for thousands of miles, bringing a shadow to the army crossing the river.

It is said that it is now the spring flood and the water volume of the Yellow River is soaring, so it is not the best time to cross the river.

However, Wang Zhongde knew that the opportunity must not be lost and never come again, and at present, the Hexi army is besieging and attacking the fortified position in three ways, which is the opportunity to smuggle across the Yellow River.

No matter how difficult it was, the Hexi Army would not stop.

And the only benefit to Hexi is that until now, the Qin army on the other side has not noticed the abnormality.

After a while, Wang Zhongde saw that everything was ready, and immediately issued an order to cross the river.

In an instant, on the turbulent river, hundreds of boats competed for the current, thousands of sails raced, and thousands of boats set off together, and the scene was spectacular.

At this time, Xue Wei was sitting on the front boat with one hundred and ten Xue clansmen, and they would be the first to land on the opposite shore.

It is not that the people of Hexi deliberately let Xue Wei and others 'send them to death', but that Xue Wei has been on both sides of the river for many years and is more familiar with the geography of Linjin Pass.

After all, crossing the river is only the first step, the key is to take the Linjin Pass, so that the sneak attack can be considered a success.

Linjin Pass is located on the west bank of the Yellow River, built by Wei during the Warring States Period, and Puban City on the east bank, the same is the key pass on the Pujin Ferry.

It is also known as Pujin Pass, located in the northeast of Chang'an on the Linjin Road, located in the key pass of the mountains and rivers, choking the Pudu port, it is the main road of traffic between the Qin and Jin Dynasties, and according to the danger of the Yellow River and the solidity of the Great Wall, it has become a place where the soldiers of the past dynasties must fight.

In the past two or three years, because the center of gravity of the defense of Houqin Pass has been in the west and north directions, the defense of the east and south lines has been weak.

Tongguan and Wuguan were better, and the number of garrisons did not decrease much.

And the 'secondary' passes such as Linjin Pass, and the strength of Hedong on the opposite bank was not strong, so the garrison in the pass was greatly reduced.

Now there are only 1,000 people stationed in the entire pass, and it can be said that the defense force is extremely weak.

Because in the past two years, the people of Hedong have never crossed the Yellow River one step, so that the people of Linjin Pass are accustomed to this.

Everyone is paying attention to the battles in Yongcheng and Xinping, and no one would have thought that Linjin Pass would be attacked by a sneak attack.

Before crossing the river, Hexi was full of ambition, and it was not until he got on the boat that he realized that things were not so simple.

The Yellow River is narrow and the current is fast, so you need to use oars and oars to row.

But rowing is also a technical job, and ordinary people can't row a boat without training, let alone cross the Yellow River.

Time is urgent, Wang Zhongde has no time to find more fishermen, and besides, there are more rowers, and there will naturally be fewer people on the boat.

Therefore, in order to grab time and carry more people, only one veteran can be arranged on a ship, and the rest are all filled by ordinary soldiers.

In this way, the chaos of the river crossing scene can be imagined.

Ferry boats, full of soldiers, left the east bank, and the soldiers rowed desperately with their oars to the other side.

The turbid waters of the Yellow River roared and flowed southward with an unstoppable momentum, and in the face of this vast force of nature, it was so difficult to sail against the current!

The veterans on board are in charge of the course, and the rest of the oarsmen are paddling as hard as they can, and if they slack off in the middle, they may be carried downstream by the Yellow River.

Obviously, the Hexi army underestimated the power of nature, and soon after they set off, they encountered an accident.

Due to Mrs. Wind and Waves, several fishing boats were misoperated and were overturned by the huge waves in an instant.

Nearly 100 soldiers were swallowed up by the surging Yellow River before they could cry for help.

In the blink of an eye, not even a single splash of the waves was splashed, and the soldiers who fell into the water disappeared without a trace.

Due to the large number of boats, the ferry port was very crowded, resulting in several boats colliding with each other during departure.

Fortunately, the personnel are fine, just a false alarm.

Although the division was unfavorable and suffered a series of accidents such as shipwrecks and ship collisions, it still could not shake the determination of the Hexi Army to cross the river.

Under the strict orders of the general Wang Zhongde, the Hexi army continued to gallop to the opposite bank desperately.

Fortunately, the river in Kabanzu is not too wide, and after the initial panic, through hard work, most of the ships were able to successfully dock.

When their feet stepped on the solid ground, the soldiers who crossed the river looked like they were all relieved for the rest of their lives.

Only the forward general Xue Wei knew that the real battle had just begun.

Previously, at Xue Wei's suggestion, Wang Zhongde deliberately chose to cross the river in the upper reaches of Linjin Pass.

Therefore, when the army landed, they were still several miles away from Linjin Pass.

The army rested for a while, and Wang Zhongde immediately ordered to go straight to the Jinguan.

In the second half of the night, the Hexi army quietly arrived at the Linjin Pass.

At this moment, the defenders in the city were asleep, and they did not expect that the Hexi army would cross the river from the opposite bank.

Wang Zhongde observed in the weeds and woods for a moment, and immediately picked out hundreds of elites to Xue Wei and ordered him to sneak attack Linjin Pass.

Time passed minute by minute, the night was getting deeper, and there was silence inside and outside the gate, only the night wind was blowing.

The night dew was heavy, and after a while, everyone's clothes were wet.

Just as Wang Zhongde was looking forward to it, he saw a flash of light on the Linjin Pass, and then the shouting of killing suddenly sounded.

The hearts of all the soldiers were shocked, and everyone realized that the sneak attack was successful!

Wang Zhongde immediately made a decision, pulled out the horizontal knife with a bang, pointed the blade forward, and issued an order: "Attack." ”

Suddenly, a passionate horn sounded, and the Hexi Army, which was hiding and standby, quickly dispatched and pounced on the city with overwhelming momentum.

The guards in the city had just learned of a sneak attack and had not yet reacted, when they suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the city.

He ran to the head of the city and looked out, only to see a large figure of black pressure on the opposite side, and the armor of the first general was bright.

When I looked up again, I just saw the sun and moon battle flags waving in the wind under the firelight, and the guards couldn't help but change their complexions.

"It's not good, it's a sneak attack by the Hexi Army! Hurry up ......"

Before the guard could finish speaking, a powerful arrow that was suddenly attacked pierced through his neck and fell directly to the ground and died.

Suddenly attacked, the pass was immediately chaotic, and the defenders scurried like headless flies.

It took less than half an hour for Linjin Pass to change hands and fall into the hands of Hexi.