When the dark night fell, the busy Zhang and Cao coalition troops on the north bank of the Yellow River did not stop there, but lit bright red and blazing torches in the dark night, and continued to be busy under the flickering firelight. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

And Xun You, who had a simple and honest face, said to Lu Bu, who was a little frightened, in the flickering firelight: "Fengxian, tonight you can keep the troops away from the water's edge, and strictly prevent the enemy from wading into the water and stealing the camp." ”

"That's right," Lu Bu said loudly when he heard this, "that damn thief has excellent water qualities, and our army has just broken a battle today, and now is the time when morale is low, but don't let him take advantage of the night to touch our army's camp." ”

Saying that, he turned his head and was about to drink and order the generals to arrange the vigil, but in the cool night wind, Xun You said again: "In addition, the general can order the troops to cut down wood and bamboo to make bamboo rafts and rafts early tomorrow morning, and the more they build, the better." ”

"What?"

When Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, and a group of generals who had just finished spitting out water heard this, they couldn't believe it and asked again, and they all opened their mouths wide and couldn't close them.

"Don't worry," Xun You knew that they were all frightened by Na Gan Ning, so he hurriedly comforted, "Xun didn't want you to cross the uncertain river again, but just let you lead the army to prepare to cross the river." ”

"Hoo ......"

The generals were relieved to hear this, and some of them closed their eyes and inhaled for a while, and there were also those who patted their chests with their hands, which was really a relaxed appearance of all kinds.

However, Zhang Liao asked: "Gongda, if the army does not cross the river, why do you want to order the army to cut down trees and make a large number of floating rafts?" ”

"That's right, isn't this a self-draining army's physical strength?" Lu Bu also asked loudly when he heard this.

Xun You glanced at the generals, but asked Lu Bu in a loud voice: "Feng Xian, if you face ten thousand armies in a big battle, and you have a bow in your hand at this time, do you think that if you shoot arrows, it will make the ten thousand armies panic, or will it be more frightening to not shoot the bow?" ”

"Fuck! If you don't say it directly, this is talking about why you want to build a floating raft, why are you involved in archery again, what do you mean? ”

Hearing this, Lu Bu blinked his eyes and secretly scolded this dumb Xun You, and the generals around him also blinked at each other, all of them didn't know why.

Only Zhang Liao bowed his head and muttered as if he had realized something: "If the arrow does not come out, the army must be worried that the sharp arrow will shoot at themselves, and if the arrow is issued, it will be at most just a panic. ”

"Yes," Xun Yu nodded approvingly at him, "Wen Yuan's wisdom and courage are really commendable, at this time, the troops in Guanzhong are empty, but my lord's plan is not only here, the so-called attack without attacking is exactly this." ”

Yes, Lu Bu and the others, except for Zhang Liao, all heard about one head and two big, but they also knew that Xun You was honest on the outside and shrewd on the inside, so they all arranged according to his strategy and did not mention it.

And when Gan Ning became a god in the first battle, he immediately sent someone to quickly report today's battle situation and the situation of the enemy army to Xu Shu, who was leading the army to guard Tongguan and was responsible for responding.

After receiving the information, Xu Shu, who was wearing armor, thought about it for a while, and laughed loudly: "Xun Gongda is afraid that he can't do anything this time." ”

"Xu Beijia," under the bright red flickering firelight, Yang Ren, the general of Zhenguan, said in surprise, "The enemy troops in Hebei are putting on a posture of being outnumbered, preparing to forcibly cross the river, but why do you say that?" ”

"General Yang," Xu Shu said with a smile on his face in the cool breeze, "the so-called 'soldiers' are treacherous!" Xun You was a wise man, and he made the armies put on this posture, clearly in order to hold back the strength of our army so that it could create an emptiness in other places, so that the rest of their armies could take advantage of the void. ”

After judging that there was no longer much danger on the southern line of the Yellow River, Xu Shu immediately issued an order to transfer troops, and sent military information to Huafei as soon as possible.

As a result, the elite soldiers guarding the pass in the dangerous Tongguan Pass and a large number of soldiers from the two armies of Tuntian and Atonement all marched overnight according to the order

Move.

In the early morning of the eighth day of the sixth month of the summer month, when the cool mist as thin as a light veil had not completely dispersed, Xu Shu had already ordered Yang Ang to lead 7,500 Tuntian soldiers to Zhentongtou, but he and Yang Ren led 6,000 elite soldiers and 25,000 redemption troops to arrive at the Pubanjin ferry in the east of Linjin County.

Linjin is adjacent to the Yellow River in the east and Weishui in the south, which is the flattest and open plain area in the 800-mile pass, such a terrain is most suitable for cavalry combat, and in the east of this fertile land, across the Yellow River flowing eastward, is the Hedong counties known as the Three Jin Dynasty.

The so-called wise man's opinion is roughly the same, Hua Fei, Xu Shu and others are extremely worried that this place will become the final breakthrough of the enemy army.

Because they all know that on the east side of the Yellow River, on the land north of the Zhongtiao Mountain, there is a foreign tribe that is very good at cavalry warfare.

And Cao Cao is a person who can say: "Rather teach me to bear the world, and stop teaching the world to bear me." It is still difficult to determine whether he will send someone to use the interests of this alien race to tackle the problem.

It's just that when Xu Shu was at the Pubanjin Ferry, with elite soldiers in front and militia behind, and the formation was planted with banners and dense baggage vehicles, the smoke and dust in the east of the river rose heavily, and a group of about 20,000 elite soldiers poured out of the sky with gongs and drums.

As soon as the elite soldiers reached the ferry port to the east, they immediately set up camp, and immediately cut down bamboo and wood, preparing to storm the west bank.

Xu Shu, who is more than seven feet long and has both civil and military style, stands on a high place with a sword, his cloak "hunting" blows the south wind, and he stares at the movements of the enemy soldiers for a long time in the warm sun.

But he suddenly turned to Yang Ren, who was standing beside him, and ordered in a loud voice: "General Yang, you can quickly lead the army north to Xiayang County, and you must guard Longmen Gudu for me no matter what, and the safety of Guanzhong will be in your hands." ”

"Don't worry," Yang Ren shouted with his fists held high when he heard this, "The last general swears to live and die with the Dragon Gate, even if he fights with his brothers to the point of being alone, he should swear to protect the Dragon Gate." ”

"Good!" Hearing this, Xu Shu stretched out his hand and put his hand on his warm and strong arm, and praised loudly, "Now that the enemy army has made a strong offensive posture, the situation in Longmen is urgent, you can issue the temporary military order of the lord during the march, and after the battle, I should personally welcome the general and brothers with the lord - return with glory!" ”

"The last general commands!"

Yang Ren replied with a high fist, then turned around and waved his hand at the six thousand elite soldiers under his command, gave the order to march rapidly, and hurried towards the north of Pubanjin without looking back.

Xu Shu watched Yang Ren lead the army away in the humid morning breeze, his fists clenched, and his eyes were full of regrets, he knew that when the enemy army took the posture of crossing the river, the situation that he and Hua Fei were worried about still happened.

Because the enemy army made a strong attack posture without letting the army rest as soon as they came knowing that they were resisting the west of Kasakatsu with a large army, it can only be explained that their purpose is to attract their own army here.

And the purpose of them doing this is only to let the other army quickly and safely cross the Longmen Gudu, so as to directly enter the Linjin area of Guanzhong.

Therefore, Xu Shu, who was in charge of the overall situation in front of Hua Fei, quickly ordered the only remaining army in his hands, Yang Ren's department, to quickly go north to Longmen Gudu to block the enemy army.

However, Xu Shu knew very well that he and the tens of thousands of troops under his command had been firmly sucked in this ferry by the enemy troops in Hedong.

In such a terrain suitable for enemy combat, it would be very difficult for Yang Ren's 6,000 troops to block the enemy's attack.

However, Xu Shu, who had no other troops in his hands, had no way to provide strong support for Yang Ren, so he immediately turned around and asked the troops to gather, and immediately issued the temporary military order passed to him by Hua Fei. (To be continued.) )