At the beginning of the third watch, the anxious people finally ushered in the first returning ferry. The night crossing of the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info took much longer than the daytime, and it took nearly three hours to cross the river back and forth. However, in Wang Yuan's view, as long as he can successfully cross the river, it is already a blessing, and it is not a big problem to spend some time. The boatmen will obviously be more nervous and cautious at the time of the first crossing, and it is understandable to spend more time.

The first ferry boat to dock was the boat driven by Mr. Niu, and sure enough, in order to prove that he was old and strong, Mr. Niu was the first to return after not falling behind. Wang Yuan and Yan Zhenqing hurriedly greeted him and asked about the situation. The tired old man sat down and gasped for breath, and he brought good news and bad news.

The good news is that all the ferries have arrived on the other side without any problems, and although the middle is extremely dangerous, the assembled ships have proved to be up to the task. The bad news is that in the middle of the river, there are strong winds and waves, which causes people to fall into the water on several ferries. After arriving on the other side of the river, the number of people was counted, and dozens of people were missing. Needless to say, these people fell into the river and could not survive.

Wang Yuan was shocked to hear the news, and Yan Zhenqing even beat his chest and sighed. Wang Yuan immediately ordered that the people who boarded the ship must be tied to the boat with ropes to be used as safety ropes, which was a major mistake not to take into account before. Most of these people are old and weak, how can they withstand the torrent in the center of the river, and it is easy to fall into the water. Fortunately, after inquiry, it was learned that Helan Jinming and Li Heng had arrived safely on the other side, which made Wang Yuan and Yan Zhenqing breathe a sigh of relief. If these two people drowned, it would be a joke.

Soon after, the ferries returned one after another, and the second group of people began to board the boats. With the experience of the first crossing, the boatmen were no longer particularly nervous, but everyone looked tired, after all, fighting the wind and waves was extremely physically demanding.

Considering that from now on, these boatmen will have to start crossing the river without interruption, it is extremely important to replenish their physical strength, and also to take turns to rest in time. Wang Yuan took out all the dried beef and dried meat for the guards and distributed them to the shipwrights to eat at any time. There's no faster way to replenish your strength than these jerky.

In addition, Wang Yuan also asked Yan Zhenqing to select and draw more than 100 strong young people to follow them on the ferry to assist the boatmen in crossing the river. Three or four people are placed in each boat as the boatmen, firstly, to reduce the physical exertion, and secondly, after these helpers are a little more proficient, one or two boatmen can also be rotated to disembark and rest. In this way, the boatmen on the whole ferry can take turns to rest and sleep, ensuring that the ferry can continue to cross the river.

In this way, by the time of the hour, the third group of people crossing the river had also set out, and the speed of crossing the river became faster and faster, and it had been shortened to two hours per trip. At this rate, six ferries a day can transport more than 10,000 people, which basically meets Wang Yuan's requirements. Moreover, according to the news from the other side, Helan Jinming is still trying to find a way to collect ferries for modification, as long as there are five or six more ferries, he can complete the task of crossing the river in three days.

Although the crossing was well underway, the threat of the rebels became more serious after dawn. After the hour, almost all the soldiers and horses in the rebel camp were dispatched, and nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses were covered in front of Wagangzhai.

Wang Yuan gave up the first line of defense for his soldiers and horses to defend at the collapsed wall. Because such a defense is pointless, it is better to let them attack, use the complex terrain to naturally divide their troops and horses, and let the ambushes in the reeds and the long grass of the trees to solve them.

Therefore, without encountering any resistance, the rebels entered the wall, and came to a large area of flat land on the inside of the wall, where they had stopped the night. But this time they did not attack rashly, the encounter of last night was vivid, and of course they knew that the large reeds in front of them were dangerous places and could not be easily set foot in.

Chang Yuantu discussed with his generals for a long time last night, but they didn't come up with any good solutions. Someone suggested attacking with fire, and swore that even green reeds could be burned, but after Chang Yuantu ordered someone to cut a bundle of reeds and came back, and ordered someone to light a fire for a long time, he finally found out that this guy was talking nonsense. Slowly, it takes a long time to burn even if it is thrown into the bonfire, and the bonfire is accidentally extinguished. Obviously, the green reeds cannot be attacked with fire.

It was also suggested to attack from the north or east, but it soon became clear that the entire area was almost identical. Compared to the entrance to the west of the stockade, the road is easy to pass. On the northwest side, there is a vast expanse of reeds with no way out because of decades of flooding. So this solution also failed.

It was also suggested that the soldiers and horses should simply be concentrated in one place and forced through the reeds. However, when early in the morning they sent a small group of men and horses to try out a small patch of reeds outside the camp, they immediately rejected the proposal. Although the water in the reeds is not deep, people will not drown. But the soldiers had walked less than fifty paces through the reeds before they were all gasping for breath with their tongues stuck out like dogs. The roots and weeds beneath the reeds wrapped around their bodies, and the mud sucked their legs and feet, and each step forward was like carrying a heavy load, which grew heavier and heavier, and eventually collapsed.

After these methods have failed, there is only one way left, and this method seems to be a bit of a spectrum, that is, the method proposed by a captain to force his way through under the cover of shield soldiers. Using a wooden shield to cover the soldiers and horses through this ambush place, a large number of troops arrived at the place where the enemy crossed the river, and attacked the people and a small number of soldiers and horses there, which was also a move to encircle Wei and save Zhao. The ambushed soldiers and horses are obviously meant to be rescued, so the threat of ambushes can be completely removed.

Although this strategy is not very reliable in Chang Yuantu's opinion, but at this time, Chang Yuantu really has no other good way, maybe you can try the effect. So, at the end of the hour, four thousand sword and shield men were mobilized in place, and Chang Yuantu gave an order, and the sword and shield men shrank with their shields on their shields to maintain a protective distance from each other and began to attack along the path of reeds and bushes.

After about two hundred paces deep into the reeds, everyone watched the battlefield with bated breath, for it was the place where the previous night had been first attacked, and it was evident that the ambush had begun to lay in ambush. In Chang Yuantu's opinion, this is carefully designed, and an ambush is set up two hundred steps away, which can ensure that his archers cannot shoot arrows at the ambush in the reed swing, even if they know the location of the other party, if they want to shoot them, they must enter the path between the reed swings. And that is a great threat to your own archers.

Four thousand sword and shield soldiers used shields to block the vital parts of their bodies, three or five people covered each other, and a dozen teams carefully passed through the grass path between the reeds. The wind blew over the large reeds, and the reed blades rubbed together with a loud noise, which made the highly nervous sword and shield soldiers sweat profusely.

The journey was extremely long, but the expected attack did not come. And it is this process of knowing that danger is coming, but delaying it, is the most painful, and sometimes the process of fear is more frightening than the fear itself. But this time, the fear that seemed to be inevitable did not come for a long time, and the four thousand sword and shield soldiers had been advancing along the path between the reeds into the land of Lixu, and had even reached the edge of the grassy mountain pack in front, where it was already close to the camp of the Tang army, and not a single feather arrow was shot out of the reeds. There really wasn't a single arrow.

The four thousand sword and shield soldiers were surprised, because they had already prepared for the baptism of the dark arrow, but they tensed their nerves and found that nothing had happened. It's a strange situation. Not only did they find it weird, but Chang Yuantu and a cadre of generals in the rear also felt very weird.

Chang Yuantu frowned, he was originally a confident person, but recently he felt that his IQ was not enough, and he didn't understand what was going on at all. Just like the scene in front of him, he felt a chaos in his mind.

It seems that it should be rejoicing, because the four thousand sword and shield soldiers have already approached the enemy camp and will soon be able to rush into the enemy camp to attack, which is absolutely good news. But he always felt that he was not very steady, after all, this trip was too smooth.

From a distance, there was obviously chaos in the Tang military camp, because the four thousand sword and shield soldiers had already begun to climb the open meadow. They had completely broken away from the trail between the reeds and swings, and had gotten rid of the threat of ambushes. The Tang army had also discovered that they were approaching the camp, and the sounds of many people in the camp who were howling in horror could be heard clearly. A moment later, a contingent of Tang soldiers met the path of their own sword and shield soldiers. Without any hesitation, the two sides quickly charged to one place and fought in one place.

"Chang Taishou, should we go to support? It seems that the number of the Tang army is not small, it seems that there are 2,000 people. Our 4,000 sword and shield soldiers don't know if they can stand it. An adjutant said in a low voice.

Chang Yuantu's eyes did not look at the battlefield of the battle, but instead stared at the large reeds in front of him. He believed that the 4,000 sword and shield soldiers could definitely resist the opponent's 2,000 soldiers, because in terms of infantry hand-to-hand combat, the sword and shield soldiers were the strongest troops. And there are more troops than the other side, so he is not worried. He just wanted to force the ambush soldiers hiding in the reeds to come back and rescue them, and that was the mission of the four thousand sword and shield soldiers to attack. forced away the soldiers and horses in the reeds, and he could lead more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to level the opponent's camp.

However, there was no movement in the reeds, and the wind blew the reeds and rolled like waves, but there was no trace of the enemy. This made Chang Yuantu puzzled.

"Chang Taishou, our sword and shield soldiers seem to be unable to resist, and the Tang army seems to have thousands of more men and horses to support." The adjutant shouted.

Chang Yuantu hurriedly raised his eyes, and sure enough, when the battle on the opposite side was fierce, the number of Tang troops seemed to have increased a lot. His 4,000 sword and shield soldiers were on the contrary, and they were on the verge of retreating. A question suddenly rose in my heart: There are thousands of soldiers and horses in ambush in the reeds, how can there be so many soldiers in the Tang army camp? During this time, he followed the Tang army all the way, and basically found out that the opponent's strength was actually less than 4,000 people, and if he wasn't afraid of the power of the opponent's cavalry, he wouldn't have paid attention to it at all. But now the other side is fighting with 4,000 troops, and that is already all their soldiers and horses, so what is the ambush in the reeds?

In an instant, it was like a bolt of lightning that lit up the cloud-covered sky, and Chang Yuantu's chaotic brain suddenly became extremely intelligent and flexible. He felt that his brain suddenly became enlightened, and his IQ skyrocketed, as if he had been empowered by Daigo, as if he could see through everything.

Chang Yuantu couldn't help but laugh.

"Why is Chang Taishou laughing?" The surrounding people were very surprised and hurriedly asked.

"The little carving insect has little skills, and I want to deceive the old man. It's ridiculous to learn to use an empty city plan. Adjutant General Ma and Adjutant General Yang immediately led troops to rush to the attack, killing them without leaving a piece of armor. Chang Yuantu did not answer their question, and arrogantly gave the order.

"But their ambush ...... I haven't shown up yet. The lieutenants were surprised.

"Where did the ambush come from? Hahaha, there are no ambushes at all. Don't worry, give me a rush. Chang Yuantu stroked his beard and laughed.