The Xiahou brothers, the Cao brothers, Yu Ban, Li Dian and others glanced at each other, and followed Cao Ying's steps into the tent.

"Big brother, don't you tell the alliance leader about this?"

Cao Ren opened the door of the tent, followed Cao Ying closely, and said suspiciously.

"Tell the original?" Cao Ying stood still, glanced at Cao Ren with a slanted face, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and said, "What's the use of telling him?" ”

Cao Ren is quite wise, but after all, he has never seen Liu Yuan with his own eyes, and he has never seen the military power of Youzhou with his own eyes, otherwise he would not ask this question.

"With Zihong's surname, he will not let these 400,000 troops enter the customs!" Cao Ying's young and resolute face appeared in front of his eyes, remembering Liu Yuan's words for the maintenance of the royal family in every way, and sighed: "At this moment, presumably Bishui Pass has fallen into his hands!" ”

In Cao Ying's opinion, once the Bishui Pass falls into Liu Yuan's hands, then even if its defenders only have tens of thousands of people, they will not be able to tolerate these 400,000 rabble!

Even if the Yuan family and Liu Yuan have a deep blood feud, presumably with Yuan Shao's indecisive surname, he would not dare to play it arbitrarily.

"Big brother is saying that Bishui Pass has been captured by the Youzhou army?" Xiahou Chun held the handle of the knife, his face full of disbelief: "That Huaxiong was known as the first fierce general in Xiliang in the early years, although he is now replaced by Lu Bu, but with his brave military strategy and nearly 100,000 troops in Bishui Pass, how can he not resist the Youzhou army by taking advantage of the danger of Bishui Pass?" ”

"Hmph" Cao Ying snorted twice, walked up to the main seat and sat down, and said: "If Huaxiong is in the Bishui Pass, this is not bad, but Yuan Rang, do you think that there is nothing strange in Pan Feng's pursuit of Huaxiong today?" ”

Several people were silent when they heard this.

Cao Ying also ignored it and continued: "There are naturally a lot of articles in it. Hua Xiong killed several people in a row, it was when morale was high, how could he retreat without a fight because of one Pan Feng? So why did he retreat in a hurry? ”

Cao Ying pointed to the direction of Bishui Pass and said categorically: "There must be a problem with Bishui Pass!" I guess he must have received the news that a large army was rushing to threaten Bishui Pass, so he led his army to retreat! ”

"So, what kind of people, what kind of army made Huaxiong, who dared to lead 5,000 people to challenge 400,000 people, to retreat in a hurry? Youzhou Army! ”

"When suppressing the Yellow Turban, Hua Xiong had seen Liu Zihong, and he had witnessed the power of the Youzhou Army to defeat the Yellow Turban Army on the battlefield, so he was so jealous!"

Hearing this, Xiahou Yuan couldn't help but say, "Just because Huaxiong retreated too quickly, he fell into an ambush?" But how did the Youzhou army know that Hua Xiong led the army out of Bishui Pass? The timing is too clever, isn't it? ”

"Hehehe" Cao Ying stroked the three-inch beard under his chin and said with a smile: "According to my guess, there are two reasons. ”

"First, Liu Zihong has been in business for many years, and the Central Plains Commercial Bank under his command is all over the world, that is to say, its intelligence system must be very complete, of course, we can also see from this matter that this intelligence system is too complete!"

"Second, it is not enough to have complete information. It takes a perfect executor to make things happen. ”

Cao Ying looked at the generals under his command, asked them all to sit down, and then said: "There is only one subordinate army of Youzhou that can react so quickly, cross the Yellow River, and advance to Bishui Pass-Jizhou Legion!" And the principal of the Jizhou Legion is Tian Feng! Tian Feng, who was already famous in the Central Plains ten years ago, was exemplary in his resourcefulness and military strategy, so he could naturally seize the opportunity and skillfully set up an ambush, so that Hua Xiong fell into the trap unconsciously! ”

"After that, I caught Hua Xiong, and then pretended to be the Xiliang Army, and easily opened the city gate of Bishui, so"

Cao Ying spread his hands and shrugged.

"It's amazing!"

The generals were impressed.

If Tian Feng was here, after listening to Cao Ying's words, he would definitely be deeply impressed. Because, Cao Ying almost restored the whole thing to its original form, which also shows the depth of Cao Ying's scheming and the spirit of his mind!

Looking at Hetang, a general who is proficient in the art of war but is a little lacking in strategy, Cao Ying couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart - if I had a subordinate like Tian Feng, I'm afraid it would be much easier. For the strategist, Cao Ying's heart was also eagerly looking forward to it.

The next morning, when the sky was only slightly bright, Yuan Shao invited a group of princes to the main tent.

When everyone arrived at the main tent, they saw a sergeant in iron armor standing tall in the center of the tent, and they couldn't help frowning slightly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have asked you to come over this time, and I have an important matter to inform you." Yuan Shao squinted slightly, as if he hadn't woken up. He stretched out his hand slightly in his sleeve, pointed at the black-armored sergeant, and said, "Say it." ”

The black-armored sergeant stretched out his hand and hugged his fists neatly, and said to everyone present: "A certain is a soldier of the Jizhou Legion under the command of King Yuyang, and now by the order of the commander of the legion Tian Feng, please go to Bishui Pass to talk about it!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was in an uproar - except for Yuan Shao and Cao Ying.

"The King of Yuyang has arrived at Bishui Pass?" Beihai Taishou Kong Rong stood up and asked.

The soldier clenched his fists and shook his head: "Where is the prince, I don't know if the pawn is there." ”

When Kong Rong heard this, his face was full of disappointment.

"Bishui Pass has been captured?" A one-armed man beside Kong Rong couldn't help but ask.

The sergeant looked at the one-armed man strangely, and was a little puzzled in his heart, how could such a cripple be qualified to sit with the princes of the Sixteenth Road?

"Exactly."

Hearing the sergeant's answer, the whole tent fell silent.

"When?"

Cao Ying's voice rang out.

"It's noon." The sergeant still had an indifferent face and replied sonorously.

"Okay, Cao will definitely arrive at that time."

The sergeant nodded slightly, then hugged his fist at Yuan Shao, and said, "The task is complete, and I will retire!" ”

After saying that, he turned around sharply and strode out of the tent

Bishui Pass fell, but because of Tian Feng's proper planning, no news came out. The army of Tiger Prison Pass is still the same, and Dong Zhuo of Luoyang is still living a brutal and drunken life in worry.

As everyone knows, Liu Yuan at this time is already close to Mengjin.

Mengjin Ferry is located fifty miles north of Luoyang City. It is the only Yellow River ferry in the whole Sili and the largest ferry on the bank of the entire Yellow River.

At this time, Mengjin had already been built by Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu's uncle and nephew like an iron bucket - the part on the shore was built with a three-zhang high wall, which was impermeable, and even because of the abundance of grain and grass, even the city gate was not built, and the whole was a closed barrel.

In the water, the water village and the arrow tower are lined up, connected into a piece, looking at it from a distance, it looks like a hedgehog, and it is chilling to look at.

In the Yellow River, which is less than ten miles away from Mengjin Water Village, a huge fleet of boats is connected in a line, and it stops steadily in the middle of the river where the water flow is slightly gentle.

In the middle of the fleet, on the largest iron boat, Liu Yuan, Dian Wei, and Gan Ning stood quietly on the deck facing the river breeze.

"Lord, according to the report from the spies, that Meng Jindu was like an iron bucket built by Dong Zhuo, and this is going to go ashore" Gan Ning looked at the huge black shadow looming in the distance and frowned.

Liu Yuan sat in the river breeze and took a deep breath, and when he heard the words, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl, but he asked, "Can you find out who is the Meng Jin guard?" And what about the composition and number of troops? ”

Gan Ning immediately replied: "The people guarding Mengjin are Zhang Ji, an important general under Dong Zhuo, and his nephew Zhang Xiu. In Mengjindu, there were 50,000 troops, most of them were archers, and the rest were light infantry. ”

Liu Yuan nodded slowly and said, "It turned out to be Uncle Zhang Ji's nephew." It's not bad, I know how to use archers to deal with sailors" Liu Yuan smiled, took another deep breath, stretched out his hand and pointed to the dense woods on the south bank, turned around sharply, and said to Gan Ning: "Xingba, tonight, when it's over, I will land there!" ”

"Ahh Gan Ning reflexively looked at Liu Yuan's finger and said in disbelief: "Didn't you land in Mengjin?" ”

"Who said you had to land in Mengjin?" Liu Yuan put his hands behind his back and said, "Although Mengjin is the only port where the water is deep and the water is gentle, the Yellow River is long, where can't it land?" ”

"But it's too hard to land here!" Gan Ning said: "The lord is all cavalry, it's almost impossible!" ”

"Forgot what this king asked you to prepare when he got on board?" Liu Yuan said with a smile.

"The planks?" Gan Ning remembered the large number of wooden planks that Liu Yuan had prepared for him when he boarded the ship in Dagu, and his heart gradually became clearer.

"Not bad. Although the big ship here can't dock, but with a large number of wooden planks and a lifebuoy sewn from cowhide, hey, the grass makes a pontoon bridge, and it won't take long for 10,000 cavalry to land! Liu Yuan said.

"Oh!" The fog in Gan Ning's heart was revealed.

As a sailor, life-saving utensils in the water are naturally indispensable. The lifebuoy sewn from cowhide is one of them. Gan Ning had been focusing on Meng Jindu before, and he didn't understand it for a while, but after listening to Liu Yuan's explanation, he couldn't help but admire it in his heart, and he kept this method in mind as a means for the future naval division to fight.

Time passed, and the round red gradually fell westward, and through the mist, there was quite a taste of the long river falling round.

Night, soon to come.

At that time, the entire river was quiet, and only a hazy light came from a hazy light more than ten miles away, but it was Meng Jin.

Liu Yuan had already changed into military armor at this time, Dian Wei was on the left, and the Lion Tiger Beast was on the right.

Gan Ning commanded the sailors to slowly move the fleet closer to the riverbank, and countless soldiers had already stood on the side of the boat with wooden planks and lifebuoys, ready for everything.

"Lord, it's okay!"

After a while, Gan Ning came to report.

Liu Yuan squinted slightly, looked at the water surface carefully, nodded slightly, and said, "Let's start." ”

Following the order, countless sailors and soldiers dived into the water, followed the cowhide lifebuoys thrown down from the boat, connected them with ropes, and then put the wooden planks handed down from the boat on them

But a quarter of an hour, under the swift hands and feet of the warriors, everything was ready.

Liu Yuan looked at the three pontoon bridges on the water that were one zhang wide and more than two hundred meters long, the corners of his mouth curled, and he turned over the lion and tiger beast.

"Gan Ning, this time the king went ashore, he went straight to Luoyang and caught Dong Zhuo off guard! You immediately begin to attack Mengjindu. Remember, as long as the army of Meng Jin Duzhong is delayed, it is a victory! Of course, if you can take Mengjin at a small price, it will naturally be better. ”

"Gan Ning has an order!"

Gan Ning clenched his fist fiercely, and his voice was sonorous and powerful.

"Let's go!"

Liu Yuanqing shouted, and the lion and tiger beast kicked its four claws when it heard the sound and landed on the pontoon.

Following Liu Yuan, 10,000 of Youzhou's most elite warriors rode war horses, stepped onto the pontoon bridge from the wooden planks that were leaning on the big boat and the pontoon bridge, and went straight to the river bank.

10,000 people, three pontoons. Each bridge could pass side by side at the same time, and it took half an hour to fully reach the shore.

Then, Gan Ning ordered someone to dismantle the pontoon bridge and lead the fleet straight to Mengjin!

Liu Yuan's army went ashore, quietly found a relatively open place, and took a little rest. Then let the soldiers wrap cloth on the horse's hooves to reduce the movement brought by the cavalry march, and took advantage of the darkness of the night to go straight to Luoyang, fifty miles away.

Mengjindu.

Zhang Ji was about to rest, when suddenly there was a shout of killing from outside. Zhang Ji was startled, stood up suddenly, hurriedly put on his military uniform, and walked out with his blade. As soon as I went out, I met my nephew Zhang Xiu.

"How?"

Zhang Ji asked.

"I don't know." Zhang Xiu said: "The sound of shouting and killing came from the direction of Shuizhai, and I am afraid that the Youzhou army is coming!" ”

"Let's go!" Zhang Ji's face sank, he waved his hand, and took the guards who had already gathered and went straight to the water village.

Before he arrived at Shuizhai, Zhang Ji bumped into the soldiers who came to report.

"General, there are a large number of enemy troops attacking from the water!"

Zhang Ji's heart lifted up, and he hurriedly said, "What is the specific situation?" ”

"It's going well." The pawn said: "Just because of the enemy's surprise attack, the first two bursts of arrow rain killed and injured many brothers, and after the brothers reacted, they have stabilized their positions." ”

"Whew, that's good!" Zhang Ji was relieved. As long as the enemy does not attack the water village, everything is easy to say.

"Uncle, it's time to get dark. There are lights in the water village, which can be described as bright; The enemy army is in the river, it can be said that it is dark, and it is not easy to deal with! Zhang Xiu shook the steel gun in his hand, very unhappy.

"This is the time of day, there is nothing to be done." Zhang Jidao: "Now we can only defend passively, supplemented by bows and arrows to counterattack, only when tomorrow dawns and understand the enemy's arrangement, can we do it." ”

"Well, the water comes to cover the earth, and that's all it can be." Zhang Xiu nodded.

So Zhang Ji immediately ordered the army to be on strict alert and defend, just waiting for the dawn to come.

Gan Ning stood on the deck shirtless and with a knife in his hand, and let the warrior shoot a few showers of arrows before stopping.

"Come on, prepare a trebuchet for each ship!"

As Gan Ning's voice fell, on each boat in the front row, a warrior pushed a trebuchet out of the cabin.

"Get on the rocks!"

The warriors quickly installed the large stones.

"Projection!"

Crunch

Woooooooo

Twenty or thirty huge stones were thrown into the sky by trebuchets, piercing the air, with bursts of whining and hissing sounds, and shot straight at Mengjin Water Village.

Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu gave an order and were about to return, when suddenly a loud noise came, and then they heard a scream, and then, two arrow towers collapsed!

"What's going on?!"

The uncle and nephew of the Zhang family were shocked, I don't know why!

"General, a flying stone fell from the sky and killed many brothers! Smashed several arrow towers! ”

"Flying Stones!?" Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu glanced at each other, their faces shocked.

"A weapon that throws flying stones!" Zhang Xiu gritted his teeth and said: "The enemy army has such a sharp weapon, how can the water village be defended!?" ”

The uncle and nephew of the Zhang family thought of the cause and effect in an instant. I can't help but feel numb in my heart.

Fortunately, the flying stone only threw three formations, and then it disappeared, but the uncle and nephew of the Zhang family did not dare to leave the water village at all, and the Xiliang army guarding the water village did not dare to close their eyes and rest at all. I'm afraid that the flying stone arrow array will suddenly attack, and I will lose my surname for no reason.

Gan Ning used bows, arrows, and trebuchets to give Mengjin Water Village an unforgettable night, and then immediately retreated the fleet into the river and ordered the soldiers to rest. When the Youzhou Sailor was resting, in the Mengjin Water Village, it was dignified.

(To be continued)