For two days in a row, the rebels did not launch a single attack. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThey only wandered around the periphery of Wagangzhai and watched, but they did not dare to attack at all. This also allowed the Tang Army's river crossing operation to proceed smoothly.

For two days, the boats crossing the river carried people to the south bank almost day and night. Every two hours, more than 2,000 people were sent to safety on the other side, and in two days, more than 23,000 of the more than 40,000 people had been successfully sent to the other side. Although there were many accidents along the way to cross the river, and several ferries overturned in the center of the river, resulting in the drowning and disappearance of hundreds of people, this is already a pretty good result.

With the decrease in the number of people in Dazhai, the pressure of Wang Yuan, Yan Zhenqing and others has gradually been relieved. With just two more days, the river crossing will be complete. After arriving on the south bank, you can go along the south bank state capital to offer condolences and encouragement, and then you can quickly rush back to the army around Chang'an. Gao Xianzhi led the army to the left of Chang'an, I don't know if there will be a chance to fight with the defenders of Chang'an, Wang Yuan doesn't want to miss the battle to recapture Chang'an, so it's best that everything goes well, so he can rush back to the army as soon as possible and participate in the important battle to recapture Chang'an.

In fact, what everyone is most worried about now is not the more than 15,000 rebels outside, but the weather. They prayed not for the threat of the enemy, but for the threat from God. They wanted it to be windy and rainy, as it would pose a much more dangerous threat to crossing the river than the enemy troops.

I have to say that this psychology is very strange. Ignoring the dangers of reality and worrying about the sky, how to think about it and feel a little abnormal. However, this is the real feeling of everyone. Because almost everyone in the current Tang army and civilians has this idea in their hearts, that is, with Marshal Wang here, I am afraid that no soldiers and horses can defeat him. Even if the troops are at a disadvantage, Marshal Wang can magically complete the reversal, which is already a consensus among everyone.

What's more, the defeat of more than 15,000 rebels outside who had been killed on the first day made everyone ignore them. To be honest, it is a kind of luck for them to be able to stay safely outside Wagang Village. Many people believe that if Marshal Wang wants to defeat them, he is afraid that there are a hundred ways to make the other party collapse. In the minds of the military and civilians, in fact, there is already an almost blind and fanatical worship of Wang Yuan, and Wang Yuan is almost somewhat deified.

However, for Wang Yuan, he didn't dare to take anything lightly. Although everything is going well, Wang Yuan will never dare to conclude the outcome before the matter is completely over, especially in the current situation that there are still many things that make Wang Yuan difficult to feel at ease, Wang Yuan does not dare to relax his vigilance.

Although there was no sign of the enemy attacking, Wang Yuan always felt that things were a little strange, because since the enemy army did not intend to attack, why did he have to wait in front of him to watch his crossing of the river? Since they are unwilling to withdraw their troops, it can only be said that they are still brewing a plan to attack. However, in Wang Yuan's view, if the opponent's 15,000 troops are conventional but can no longer win the attack, the other party should also know this, and if they want to make a move, the other party must have a clever plan that they can't even think of. Wang Yuan also thought of a way from their point of view, and found that there seemed to be no special good way except to attack them, in that case, why did the other party stay here and hold on, isn't it meaningless?

The feeling to Wang Yuan is that maybe the other party is brewing something strange and clever that even he can't predict. It was precisely because he couldn't even think of what kind of method they would use that Wang Yuan felt a little uneasy. It was as if something bad was going to happen.

When Wang Yuan told Yan Zhenqing about his feelings, Yan Zhenqing and the others were optimistic that Wang Yuan didn't have to have such thoughts, and he didn't have to jump his nerves too tightly. Because there are all kinds of signs that the other party does not have any tricks, but that the donkey skills are poor. Wang Yuan didn't have anything to argue with this, because after all, it was just a feeling of his own. The other party's reluctance to withdraw troops may just be unwilling to fail, and when all their own personnel cross the river, they may have to turn back in disgrace.

The third day of crossing the river also ended in peace and smoothness, and because Helan Jinming on the other side tried his best to add more than ten ferries, the speed of crossing the river also increased a lot. On the third day, a record 17,000 people crossed the river. By the early morning of the fourth day, most of the people had successfully crossed the river, and all that remained in the camp on the north bank were more than 1,000 prisoners, more than 3,000 young people, and 5,000 soldiers and horses.

If all goes well, by the early hours of the next morning, all the river crossings should be successful. The only trouble is the problem of how nearly two thousand war horses should cross the river, and I am afraid that such a ferry boat will not be able to allow the war horses to cross the river, and everyone has been struggling with this problem for the past few days. Although Wang Yuan was very reluctant, he also secretly decided that these war horses were probably going to be abandoned north of the Yellow River. Kill them all before the crossing, and never leave them to the enemy.

However, in the early hours of the morning, the sentry around Wagangzhai, who was also closely monitoring the movements of the enemy troops, sent back an explosive message. The news woke everyone up from their dreams and stunned. The question of what war horses crossed the river and how to settle the operation after crossing the river became unimportant, because the arrival of this news directly made everyone start to think about whether the river crossing on the last day could be carried out smoothly, and whether more than 10,000 people could escape alive.

The news was that a large number of enemy reinforcements were arriving at the enemy camp a few miles to the west, and the number of them could not be estimated for the time being.

Wang Yuan, who got the news, immediately understood why the other party's more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were reluctant to leave, and were willing to witness the process of crossing the river with their eyes on the sidelines. The real reason is that they are waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

On a dirt bag in the enemy barracks, Wang Yuan, Gongsun Lanyan Zhenqing and others stood on horseback, looking at the rebel soldiers and horses that were surging like dark clouds in the distance, everyone was silent without frowning. The number of enemy reinforcements was beyond imagination, and judging from the experience of Wang Yuan's army, the number of these reinforcements was more than 50,000. In other words, he will face an attack by an army of sixty or seventy thousand, which is simply an impending disaster. Sixty or seventy thousand soldiers and horses, what kind of concept is that, that is more than ten times that of his own soldiers and horses, and it is difficult for him to resist the opponent's attack even if he has great ability.

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It was the 50,000 soldiers and horses led by Yan Zhuang who rushed to this black pressure. An Lushan's order to Yan Zhuang was to suspend the southern expedition, first eradicate the tumor of Pingyuan City, and annihilate the cavalry and horses of the Tang Army that had penetrated into the rear and intended to rescue Pingyuan City. Yan Zhuang did not go to Pingyuan City after setting off with his army, he was not stupid, he knew that the purpose of the soldiers and horses who rushed to Pingyuan City deep in the rear must be to rescue the defenders of Pingyuan City. After the rescue, they will rush to the Baima ferry in the south so that they can cross the Yellow River and get out of trouble. They had nowhere to go but to the south. So instead of making a detour to Pingyuan City, it is better to intercept them at the crossing of the Yellow River.

As a result, Yan Zhuang led 50,000 soldiers and horses to advance directly along the river from Luoyang to the east, all the way to the Baima Ferry. However, because of the late time when they got the news, when Yan Zhuang led the army to set off, Wang Yuan and others had successfully defeated Kang Wuyebo's soldiers and horses trapped outside the plain city and began to move south. Although the road to the bank of the Yellow River was short, it took eight days for the people to go south to the bank of the Yellow River because the speed of the people was very slow. Although it is nearly 400 miles from Luoyang to the Baima Ferry, the speed of the soldiers and horses is much faster than that of the people. In addition, Wang Yuan and others were harassed by the pursuing soldiers on the way and had to engage the enemy for a long time, so three days after arriving on the bank of the Yellow River, the solemn army of 50,000 also arrived here smoothly.

Chang Yuantu bowed outside the camp gate with a face full of anxiety to welcome Yan Zhuang's arrival. He was both happy and worried, happy that he finally had a long-awaited helper, as long as he could finally stop the other party's soldiers and horses from crossing the river, he might be able to make up for his mistakes. was worried because he led 30,000 soldiers and horses from Taiyuan and Zhengzhou to pursue the enemy, but he was annihilated by nearly half of his troops, and he could only watch the other party cross the river.

Finally, in the morning light, Yan Zhuang, who was dressed in a black cloak and had a handsome face, rode a war horse and slowly came surrounded by a group of people, Chang Yuantu hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Is it Yan Dashuai?" The incompetent criminal officer Chang Yuantu saluted Yan Dashuai. ”

A smile appeared on Yan Zhuang's tired face, he received a letter from the soldiers sent by Chang Yuantu, so he rushed here after a night's journey, and his body was a little tired. Listening to Chang Yuantu's self-proclaimed incompetent criminal official, Yan Zhuang also felt that this person's positioning of himself was very accurate. When he learned that Chang Yuantu's 30,000 soldiers and horses chased all the way down and did not intercept and defeat this team mixed with many people and a small number of soldiers and horses, Yan Zhuang did curse a few words of 'incompetence' at that time. But in fact, Yan Zhuang doesn't care about these, although Chang Yuantu is just a Taishou, but Yan Zhuang hopes to unite all the forces that can be united, which is a good opportunity for Chang Yuantu to be grateful to himself.

"Chang Taishou, huh? Yan was polite. Yan Zhuang turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and smiled back.

"But I can look forward to you, these few days, the officials have been looking forward to it day and night, and finally Marshal Yan has led the army to arrive. Well, the enemy is unable to fly this time. Chang Yuantu said with a smile.

Yan Zhuang smiled and said: "Let's go into the tent and talk, it is said that I have a dry mouth all the way, and I will listen to Chang Taishou describe the situation of the enemy in detail while drinking tea for a while, and then make calculations." ”

"Oh, look at the lower official's rudeness. The lower official ordered someone to prepare refreshments, Yan Dashuai, please! Chang Yuantu bowed down and led Yan Zhuang and his party to his big tent.