Chapter 39: The Burning of the River Bridge

The night is not pitch black. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info The moonlight makes the Yellow River sparkling. The lights in Heyin City can even be faintly visible, although Heyin City is still some way from the banks of the Yellow River.

Although Heyin City cannot be said to be an empty city at the moment, only a small number of Western Wei troops remained, and most of the Western Wei troops took advantage of the night to pour out.

The banks of the Yellow River were muddy and uneven, and the Western Wei army was divided into small teams and boarded the ships in formation, and the water on the south bank of the Yellow River was already full of ships of the Western Wei army ready to go. The boat is not big, as long as it can be quickly and lightly entered. Every ship was full of pine fuel, bows and arrows, linen and other things.

It was a quiet and windless night, the moon was almost full, and the Eastern Wei army did not know that the Western thieves on the opposite side of the Yellow River were ready to attack the city quickly.

The river bridge over Fupingjin was built in the pre-Jindu period. Later, in order to facilitate the garrison, Gao Huan and Gao Cheng father and son ordered the construction of the three cities of Heyang on the north and south banks of the original pontoon bridge and Hezhong Prefecture to strengthen the defense. It is said that it is the three cities of Heyang, but in fact, it is just a place where troops are stationed smaller than Beizhong and Heyin.

Seeing that the river was full of boats, Yuwentai himself abandoned the shore to board the boat. His stern was larger than those of the small boats, and his hull was long, easy to move, and he could turn around nimbly. The hussar general Zhao Gui followed the prime minister on the ship.

The prime minister seems to be indifferent on the surface, or it should be understood as calm. Although Yuwentai is always like this, I don't know why, Zhao Gui always feels that today's prime minister is different from the past. He didn't care to think about it, Yuwentai had already given the order to sail towards the center of the Yellow River.

Zhao Gui knew that when he reached the center of the river, he would set fire to the bridge. In this way, Gao Cheng's Eastern Wei army was to be intercepted on the north bank, and it was difficult to cross the river, and Gao Yue, who was stationed in Yangzhou, and Hou Jing, who was going to the tiger prison, were outflanked and annihilated one by one. There is no road between Henan and Hanoi, which can also relieve the pressure on Yu Jin in Henan.

Not long after the boat sailed to the north shore, Zhao Gui stood at the bow of the boat, beside Yuwentai. Somehow, there was no wind at all in the late autumn night, and it was as stuffy as a summer day, which made people breathless. Just when Zhao Gui was sighing in his heart that the season was strange, it was suddenly cool, and the wind actually rose.

The wind gradually became stronger, blowing the waves of the Yellow River. The soldiers of the Western Wei army suddenly became excited, seeing that they were about to go to the center of Hezhou, they couldn't help but point, you said a word to me, as if they were about to take Beizhong City in an instant, annihilated the Eastern Wei general Gao Cheng, and then went straight to Shangdang and then captured Yedu.

"Yuangui, come and see!" Yuwentai turned back to Zhao Gui when he was looming in Hezhou, and pointed to the center of the river to remind him. can hear that Yu Wentai's heart is also excited at this moment.

Before Zhao Gui could answer, suddenly the flag on the bow of the ship was blown towards his cheeks. He couldn't catch off guard, and his eyes were swept by the corner of the flag, and he immediately became sore and painful, and he closed his eyes and wept, and he couldn't see anything for the time being.

The boat was heading in the direction of the north shore.

"Lord!" Zhao Gui shouted.

Although his eyes couldn't see anything for a while, his other senses were extremely sensitive. The wind of the hunt sounded, as if something had fallen and crackled, and then there were exclamations, and people were noisy. Then Zhao Gui, who was closing his eyes, felt that it was getting brighter and brighter, why did it suddenly turn into daylight?

Finally, I heard a soldier shouting loudly, "Thief! East thief! ”

Then came Yuwentai's voice, "Shoot the arrow!" Hurry up and release the arrows! ”

Zhao Gui sounded, Yu Wentai's voice was actually panicked. There were now all kinds of miscellaneous voices mixed in his ears, especially noisy, and all kinds of voices were getting louder and louder. There were also "whoosh", "whoosh", "whoosh" sounds, and the screams of the sergeants around him.

Then Zhao Gui felt someone push him suddenly, and he fell to the ground.

"Yuangui!" This is Yuwentai's voice.

Zhao Gui opened his eyes suddenly, he could finally see it. However, he was shocked by this fiery scene, just now in his mind it was just a moment, how could it completely change time and space? The light was so dazzling that he was so stimulated that he could barely open his eyes. But he couldn't believe what was happening in front of him, and he had to try to see it with his eyes wide to make sure it was true, and his eyes were pierced by the bright light.

In the midst of the fierce winds, the ship was already in flames. This is true not only of Yuwentai's ship, but also of almost every ship of the Western Wei Army. Despite this, there are still as many rockets as stars in the sky, flying one after another.

The arrows of the rockets were wrapped in grease-soaked sackcloth and flames. No matter where it falls, a flame immediately ignites. As soon as the wind blew, the fire immediately burst out. It's the north wind! It is simply the nemesis of the Western Wei Army.

"My lord! Lord!! Zhao Gui suddenly saw that the river bridge not far away had also become a sea of fire, and he was immediately shocked, shouting loudly while looking for Yuwentai on the chaotic boat.

Zhao Gui didn't expect that Gao Cheng actually made the first move, and Gao Cheng set fire to the river bridge himself. Is he going to die and come back to life?

"Yuangui!" Yu Wentai came out of nowhere, pushed away the generals and soldiers beside him, and grabbed Zhao Gui. "Gao Zihui, this bastard, actually struck first." Yu Wentai was completely angry and anxious, and he was extremely unwilling. He didn't expect that Gao Cheng would think the same as he thought, and he made the first move.

"My lord! Hurry back to Heyin, don't go further north! Zhao Guiyi grasped Yuwentai and shouted loudly at Yuwentai in the chaos of human voices.

At this time, if you go up against the wind again, you will either be burned to death in the Yellow River, or you will finally reach the north bank and be captured by the Eastern Wei army who are waiting for the rabbit.

Yu Wentai was extremely unwilling, and looked back at the ships of the Western Wei army in the river in the firelight everywhere, almost every boat was burned and killed. In my ears was the sound of the Eastern Wei army shouting and killing. I even heard the words of "capturing the Yuwen black otter alive". Yu Wentai's heart was about to explode.

"Lord, Si Jing is still in Luoyang, it is advisable to return and Xu Tuzhi." Zhao Gui saw that Yuwentai was silent, and his heart was anxious.

Yu Wentai suddenly laughed out loud and said loudly, "Victory and defeat are common. What is there to fear about a momentary defeat? Gao Cheng'er set himself on fire, and the life of this thief is not far away. According to Yuangui's words, he quickly returned to Heyin and joined forces with Sijing. The tiger is firmly in hand, what do I worry about? Gao Cheng'er, I will capture it sooner or later! ”

In fact, where is Yuwentai still used to give orders again, the Western Wei army, which suffered heavy casualties, was in its own way at this time, and where could you see what general orders the commander had on the ship in the chaos? The fire spread by the wind, and the ships were already blown away by the strong winds to the south shore. Of course, at this juncture, it is also important to escape.

Many small boats were burned, and the officers and men of the Western Wei army on board were half burned to death, and half fell into the water to die. There are really few who have not been burned or drowned.

Yuwentai's ship could barely hold on. Zhao Gui struggled to command the soldiers on the ship to extinguish the fire, lest the big ship be burned to pieces before reaching the south shore. The fire is stained with grease and burned, and can only be extinguished by means of clothes, bedding, etc., and must not be watered. However, there are not many such items on the ship. But I finally saw the riverbank.

Finally, the bow of the boat touched the shore and stopped, and Zhao Gui and others escorted Yuwentai to abandon the boat and land on the shore. When he stepped on the muddy and uneven cliff bank of the riverbank, Zhao Gui finally settled down.

Zhao Gui protected Yuwentai to look far away, the Yellow River was full of fire, and it was like this all the way to the distance. The river bridge was burned and collapsed in the fire, and the access was cut off. The worst soldier of the Western Wei Army. Originally, it was to burn the bridge, which ship was not full of pine oil and other things? Unexpectedly, the Eastern Wei army struck first, and the river bridge led the Western Wei army, and none of them were spared. The flammable things on the ships of the Western Wei army were prepared for themselves, and they were buried in the fire.

Yuwentai stood on the riverbank and looked into the distance, silent for a long time, refusing to leave.

"Lord, the general trend of Henan is in the hands of the lord. cut off the access, Gao Cheng'er was asking for his own death. Of course, we can't wait to cross the river, and neither can the thieves. Zhao Gui comforted Yuwentai. The most important thing now is to quickly join forces with Yu Jin, and then think about it in the long run after repairing, and don't be in a hurry.

Besides, Zhao Gui thought to himself, as long as Heyin City is still in his hands, the pontoon bridge can be rebuilt at any time, so why refuse?

"Great Prime Minister! Great Prime Minister! There was a shout behind him, which overpowered all the noise and could not help but be noticeable.

Yu Wentai turned around. Zhao Gui also saw that it was a partial general who came on horseback.

"Prime Minister, Heyin is lost!" The general flew forward and dismounted, ran over and knelt on the ground, looking like a mourner, very depressed, his voice was full of trembling, with great puzzlement.

"What?!" Zhao Gui was shocked.

Yu Wentai had already taken a few big strides over, picked up the general, and shouted angrily, "The thief can't fall from the sky?!" ”

The partial generals were almost out of breath, and said with grievances, "As soon as the prime minister and others led the army to the north, the major shareholder Kou came down from the river bridge. There are many people in the city, and they spare no effort to attack the city, but there are few people in the city, and they are attacked by the Dongkou without the strength to resist......"

I see! Gao Cheng had let out the wind before and said that he wanted to take Heyin, but only then did he know that it was not a fraud, but the truth. It's just that the truth is known everywhere, and I think it's a lie. This true and false mind deceived the Western Wei army.

The Eastern Wei army took advantage of the darkness to cross the river, and at the same time burned the river bridge and the ships of the Western Wei army, everything was in an orderly and orderly manner, the information was accurate, and the attack was accurate and ruthless, without any hesitation. Yuwentai really didn't expect Gao Cheng's means to be so high.

"Gao Zihui! I will kill you! As soon as Yuwentai shook off the general, he was about to look for a horse, and wanted to get on the horse to intercept Gao Cheng.

"Slow down!" Zhao Gui grabbed him to death. "Not to mention that Gao Cheng'er doesn't know where he is now, even if he knows that the prime minister can't go rashly, isn't it just a child's plan? The matter has come to this point, the prime minister should quickly go to Sijing, advance to Luoyang City, and then think about it in the long run. ”

"Child!" Yu Wentai was so angry that he almost couldn't breathe, "Damn it! He struggled to break free of Zhao Gui.

Zhao Gui had never seen the prime minister so angry. But that's why he had to stop him.

"Great Prime Minister! Great Prime Minister! Toko is here! Prime Minister go quickly!! Out of nowhere, there was another shout, apparently panicked.

"Horses! Horse!! Zhao Gui drank. He knew that since Gao Cheng had taken Heyin, there was no plan for this place, and it was a big plan to go to Luoyang as soon as possible.

Zhao Gui, who has been in the field for a long time, understands that the more he loses power, the more he can't be chaotic, if it is chaotic, it will be a defeat and a thousand miles. Moreover, it is not yet time to show the signs of defeat. The prime minister was just determined to win it in advance, but the incident happened suddenly, and he was preempted by Gao Cheng, who was too unwilling.

In the chaos, Yuwentai was pushed on the horse by Zhao Guiqiang. At this time, Yuwentai was also embarrassed. Although the Mingguang armor on his body is intact, the cloak has long been burned by the fire, and his cheeks are also covered with black ash, and he is angry and anxious, where is the domineering spirit of the six armies when he set off from Chang'an?

Heyin City has been captured, and it is difficult to find a few horses, Zhao Gui escorted Yuwentai and headed towards Luoyang. The Western Wei army that followed Yuwentai escaped from the fire in the Yellow Sea, or escaped from Heyin City, at this time it was really like a lost dog without a clue, and followed the lord's galloping Dawan horse after exhausting all his strength and running away in a panic and panting, all the way was full of panic and panting. The Western Wei army, which came by luck, originally intended to cross the river bridge in one fell swoop and capture Yedu, who would have thought that they would be hit before they had just set up their positions and made a move.

Gao Cheng, the general of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and his henchman Chen Yuankang were divided into two ways. Gao Cheng personally led heavy troops across the river bridge and attacked Heyin. And in the Yellow River, it was Chen Yuankang who found the right time, and as soon as the Eastern Wei army crossed the river, he set fire to the river bridge and attacked the Western Wei army. It's not that Chen Yuankang has no one who can grasp this time so skillfully. It coincided with the beauty of the heavens, the strong wind, and the north wind carried the road, which was a great help to the Eastern Wei army.

Hou He, the general of Wuwei, followed the general Gao Cheng to capture Heyin City, and when he entered Heyin again, he was not as happy and excited as Gao Cheng. But both of them did think of the same person at the same time, the late Metropolitan Governor Gao Ao Cao.

When Gao Cheng thought of Gao Aocao, he even felt a kind of telepathy in his heart. Gao Aocao died outside the city of Heyin, Heyin was lost and recaptured again, Gao Cheng seemed to inherit the will of heaven in the dark, and a kind of ambition to rule the world peacefully before was clearly manifested in his heart.

However, Hou He remembered that he was ordered to communicate with Gao Aocao, the governor of the capital, outside Heyin City, and neglected his life because he refused to die. This Heyin City especially made him feel eerie and terrifying.

And the most emotional is Gao Cheng's cangtou slave Liu Taozhi. At the time of the Battle of the River Bridge, he was originally just a soldier under Gao Aocao. By chance, he was entrusted by the governor on his deathbed, and later had many adventures and finally became a confidant by the side of the general Gao Cheng. But what he has always wanted in his heart is to avenge the governor of Dadu, Gao Aocao. When I came to Heyin again, this thought came out in my heart and lingered.

Gao Cheng entered Heyin City and waited for Chen Yuankang, who burned the river bridge, to enter the city. Chen Yuankang took people into the Heyin County Ya, and the place where Gao Cheng was hit by an arrow to heal his wounds that day is now a thing or a person.

The scout sent news that Yuwen Black Otter, the prime minister of the Western Wei Dynasty, had already gone to Luoyang with the remnants of the defeated army.

Gao Cheng ordered to chase after Yuwen Black Otter and capture him alive. (To be continued.) )