This section of the Yellow River flows from north to south, so the mouth of the river is two miles north of Dongguan Town, from where you can get on a boat, and while crossing the river, you will be washed downstream by the endless Yellow River, and you can just get to the wharf of Fuzhou on the other side.

The next day, at dawn, the Zhenwu army's operation to cross the river began.

More than 30 boats were pulled out from Dongguan Town, in addition to the boatmen, the big ones could carry more than 20 people, and the small ones could also take five or six. The first batch of Zhenwu troops to cross the river was more than 300 people led by Zuo Lang general Huang Zhi himself, of which 50 were townspeople from Dongguan Town, who followed them across the river in order to grab the boats on the other side.

Ten other people were soldiers of the former Dongguan Pacification Army and were selected to lead the way.

In the early morning in the mountains, the fog is very large, although the weather is okay, but the Yellow River is smoky, and the opposite bank is not clear, it is a good time to launch a surprise attack.

Most of the soldiers of the Zhenwu Army are landlubbers, where have they experienced such a turbulent Yellow River! When they got on the boat, the boat swung slightly, and all of them were so frightened that their faces were like earth, and they held the boat tightly with both hands and did not dare to move.

Fortunately, in order to complete the task of paying taxes in Dongguan Town, these boatmen in Dongguan Town also worked hard!

Thirty boats, large and small, set off together, but there was no collision, none of them overturned, except for a dozen or so landlubbers of the Zhenwu Army who were tossed and vomited, not a single soldier fell into the water, and all of them successfully crossed the Yellow River and arrived at the Fuzhou wharf on the opposite bank.

Fuzhou City is still more than a mile from the riverbank, and at this time there are only a dozen boatmen on the wharf waiting for the guests who have risen early to cross the Yellow River.

Seeing a large number of uniformed sergeants coming by ferry, no one panicked, and a few small boats that were blocking the way also automatically rowed away to make way for the small boats in Dongguan Town near the pier.

This is not surprising, because the Zhenwu Army and the Dingyan Army are still Tang Army, and the clothes are also black, but the styles are a little different, and these boatmen can't see it from a distance, and they think that the Dingyan Army from Dongguan Town is moving.

It's just that these "Dingyan Army" who crossed the river came ashore and gained a firm foothold, and began to make trouble.

Rows of spears and bows were aimed at these Fuzhou boatmen, and a small boat a little far from the shore wanted to run, and the two Zhenwu archers did not hesitate to shoot two arrows, which were plunged into the back of the boatmen, and fell into the rolling Yellow River and died.

As soon as they saw the dead man, the boatmen did not dare to speak, and obediently got off the boat to the shore, and squatted down in a group with their heads in their hands.

"Master Jun, what did we do?" One of the bold ones asked.

"Pay your taxes! You've been evading taxes for ten years, and today is a big deal! ”

"Huh? How much do you have to pay? ”

"You haven't paid taxes for ten years, how much difference do you say, one or two silver per person! No bargaining! ”

I'll rub it, a tael of silver! The boatmen were circled on the spot.

One tael of silver is a thousand copper plates, and ten guests are ferried every day, so you can earn thirty copper plates, and you have to pay the dock tax of ten copper plates! If you go to the house, there are only two or three copper plates left to drink a little wine, or buy a small steamed cake for the girl at home to try, where did you get a thousand copper plates!

The boatman in Dongguan Town next to him also knew him, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Don't be afraid, don't worry, these military masters want to cross the river, the price is not bad, 20 copper plates per person back and forth, you can fit ten people on the boat, 200 copper plates for one trip, and you can deduct taxes for five trips!" ”

Fuzhou boatmen listen to 20 copper plates per person? These military masters are really arrogant, where can this kind of good business that fell from the sky be released! He quickly got up and said, "Let's help the military master cross the river to deduct taxes, I wonder if we can make a few more trips?" ”

Yes, why not, we don't have a copper plate in the Zhenwu Army, and we have a meal ticket!

Zuo Lang waved Huang Zhi's big hand, less nonsense, hurry up and work! There are still dozens of unattended boats over there, and we have requisitioned them all! Since the military master ordered the theft of the ship, the boatmen from Dongguan Town were not polite, and went directly to get the boat.

As a result, more than 200 Zhenwu infantry soldiers who had gone ashore began to deploy near the pier, and other small boats also went off the shore and rowed towards the opposite shore.

Today, the number of ferries has reached nearly eighty.

The second round of boats took a bit long, because starting from the Fuzhou wharf, was washed two miles downstream by the Yellow River, and then dragged the empty boat upstream, and walked four miles to return to the departure wharf in Dongguan Town.

Fortunately, I don't know if the defenders of Fuzhou didn't wake up, or the fog was too big to see clearly, and the sound of the water was too loud to be heard clearly, so when the second group of more than 700 soldiers crossed the river and arrived at the Fuzhou wharf, although nearly an hour had passed, it was still quiet on the Fuzhou wharf.

Huang Zhi saw that there were almost a thousand people in his hands, so he was relieved.

Sending away the boats to pick up the next batch of Zhenwu troops, Huang Zhi ordered the 1,000 foot soldiers to line up, leaving 200 people to continue to guard the dock, and he himself took 800 people to line up in a neat infantry queue and began to advance towards Fuzhou City.

This is actually Huang Zhi's selfish attack.

In the past few years, I have become a military general, and everyone is watching and listening! The door in my heart is very clear!

No, Zhao Dejun rebelled and built the Yan Kingdom, Shi Jingjiao rebelled and built the Jin Kingdom, I heard that there will be people in Shandong soon, and they want to build a Lu State. Looking back at General Zhao Ping and Zhao, the Zhenwu Army claimed to be the Tang Army, and the Jin Army and the Yan Army in front of them pretended not to see it, but they waved their troops westward to recruit the party members who were also Tang Army!

Isn't this so obvious? General Zhao may also be able to build the country soon, you see, even the secretary in charge has been invited, and he is still the famous Han Kuanghei Han Dacai on the Khitan side!

Shh

There are some things that you can understand, and if you don't understand, you won't understand!

Huang Zhi, a fool from a rural gangster, originally followed his cousin Huang Qiang, and mixed in the Tang Army for several years before becoming a squad leader. Unexpectedly, as soon as Huang Qiang died, he accidentally caught up with Zhao Ping, and the official fortune was like riding a rocket, and he became a captain in a few days, and this captain was only a month, and he became a general again!

If life is open, wealth really can't be stopped!

At this time, who doesn't want to hurry up and get more credit! When General Zhao also pulls the flag and rebels one day, Huang Zhi can go further, it is really not a dream to be a general! The ancestors accumulate virtue and accumulate virtue, and personal efforts are also very important!

Winning a battle can be regarded as a credit, and the credit is big and small, but capturing a state city, no matter how small the state city, is a state city! It's all the work of pulling out the city! In any case, everyone will talk about it in the future, who won Fuzhou? Huang Zhi!

Therefore, Huang Zhi also fought hard. I'm sorry, you Brother Sang slowly crossed the river with an army of 5,000 people, labor and management will strike first, and then come to ask you to drink and make amends after taking this prefecture!

The city of Fuzhou City is not large, and the city wall is a simple earthen wall, with a height of only three meters, which is no different from a mound of earth. The population of the common people in the city was less than 10,000, and there were only 1,000 Dingyan troops defending the city.

The sun had risen high, and the fog in the mountains had slowly dissipated.

The 800 Zhenwu infantry marched forward with great vigour, and finally alarmed the 1,000 Dingyan troops defending the city.

Hell with Nima! The Zhenwu army actually crossed the river! With 800 foot soldiers, you dare to attack the city?

Hearing only a trumpet, the city gate opened, and five hundred cavalry rushed out!

This is not Dongguan Town in the east of the river, but Fuzhou in the west of the river, this 1,000-strong Dingyan army is not a strong man recruited from Fuzhou, but a genuine Dingyan army cavalry directly transferred from Yinzhou!

In the Hexi area, there is no need to cross the river, and a thousand cavalry with regular rotation are here, which is considered a normal deployment for the Dingyan army.

The cavalry of the Dingyan Army who ran out of the city gate hurriedly lined up, and one of the horsemen ran out of the horse, pointing a spear in his hand at Huang Zhi, the only one on a horse in the Zhenwu army, and shouted:

"Ahead is the Zhenwu Army? Why did you invade Fuzhou for no reason? ”

Huang Zhi also shouted at this time to stop the advancing infantry brigade, maintained the formation, and stepped forward alone on one side.

"Collect taxes!" (To be continued.) )