Chapter 637: Night Attack Vanguard

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Early in the morning, Wei Wentong stood on the city wall and looked into the distance, his eyes looked a little hesitant, whether he continued to stay in Wuzhi County, or led the army to the east, he really couldn't make up his mind.

At this time, Du Ruhui walked up to him and said with a smile: "Is General Wei worried about the Tang army going south?" ”

"How can you not be worried? I only have two thousand troops, and the other side has tens of thousands, how can I resist? ”

"But if General Wei drags the Tang Army, I can guarantee that the general will be promoted from this!"

"What do you mean by that?" Wei Wentong looked back at Du Ruhui.

Du Ruhui smiled slightly: "Zhang Xuan led the main force of the Qingzhou Army to intercept Yu Wenhua on the Huai River and go north, Hebei was empty, Li Yuan took the opportunity to go east, obviously wanted to use Hanoi County as a springboard, and then kill Ji County, Wei County, and finally join Youzhou Luo Yi, at that time half of Hebei will fall into the hands of Li Yuan, and the situation in the world will be completely tilted towards Li Yuan, if Li Yuan unifies the north of the Yellow River, then Zhang Xuan will lose completely." ”

"But Li Jiancheng only has 30,000 troops, will it have such a big effect?"

"Li Jiancheng is only a former army, once Li Jiancheng has a firm foothold in Hanoi County, Li Yuan will inevitably increase his troops in a big way, and the situation will be complicated."

Wei Wentong finally understood the severity of the situation, he nodded and smiled: "It seems that my crossing of the river to Hanoi County seems to be a deliberate arrangement by God!" ”

"That's right, this is also an opportunity for the general, seize it, the general will have a bright future."

"It seems that Mr. is walking with me, and it is also arranged by God."

"I don't dare to do it, but I have a plan. If the general applies it properly, he will definitely be able to give the Tang army a blow to the head. ”

Wei Wentong was overjoyed, and hurriedly clenched his fists: "Please teach me, sir!" ”

Du Ruhui looked at a group of cattle grazing in the grass outside the city, stroked his short beard and said with a smile: "Cao Cao has clouds, wants to fight, and judges the terrain to win." The general has such favorable terrain, why not make good use of it? ”

Du Ruhui whispered to Wei Wentong, and Wei Wen nodded again and again, "Sir, see me!" ”

Two days later, Pei Renji led 5,000 troops to Wuzhi County, and the army temporarily stopped in a small town called Liangjiangkou, the so-called Liangjiangkou is Qinshui from the west, Yongji Canal from the east, where the two big rivers meet. It flows more than 30 miles to the south and then flows into the Yellow River.

Wuzhi County is located south of the Yongji Canal, as a forward, Pei Renji first needs to build a pontoon bridge, in fact, Pei Renji also considered crossing the Yongji Canal in the area of Xinxiang County, and then he can directly kill Wuzhi County, but he asked the guide to know. To the east of Wuzhi County is a mountainous area with high mountains and dense forests. The population is barren, the march is extremely difficult, and the only way to cross the river is at the Liangjiangkou Wharf north of Wuzhi County, which is the only way to go to Wuzhi County.

As a last resort, Pei Renji had to give up the idea of crossing the river first and decided to build a pontoon bridge to cross the river at the wharf of Liangjiangkou Town.

Bae In-ki is an experienced general. On the one hand, he sent his soldiers to search for ships, and on the other hand, he sent scouts to patrol the surroundings to prevent the other side from attacking when they crossed the river, and soon the scouts came to report, and there was nothing unusual around.

But the soldiers in charge of collecting the ships were in trouble. They traveled thirty miles in a row, but did not find a single small boat, because the army of Wuzhi County on the opposite side had collected all the ships first.

This news made Pei Renji shocked and angry, but it was not difficult for him, Pei Renji immediately sent Qin Qiong to lead a thousand people to the nearby woods to cut down trees, there is no boat, he can also use a raft to build a pontoon bridge.

After some tossing, night fell quietly, and the trees along the river were all cut down, but the trees were still far from enough to build a bridge, so the soldiers had to go to the woods two miles away to cut them down, and then carry the trees back to the river.

In the woods, several soldiers were cutting down a big tree together, and suddenly more than a dozen black shadows rushed out of the darkness, knocked the tree cutter to the ground, and quickly dragged it into the depths of the woods, and soon, these soldiers seemed to appear again, and continued to cut down trees, and after a while, they tied the big tree they had cut down with ropes and dragged it to the river.

A few hundred steps away from the temporary barracks, more than a dozen soldiers who had been patrolling also collapsed in pools of blood.........

The time has gradually reached the third watch, the pontoon bridge has been halfway built, thousands of soldiers on the north bank are busy in full swing, the blazing torches on both sides will illuminate the dozens of acres of land as day, and soldiers continue to drag back the big trees one by one.

Pei Renji rode along the river and watched more than 100 soldiers busily building pontoon bridges, and soldiers continued to carry tied rafts along the pontoon bridge to the river, and hundreds of lanterns were hung on the pontoon bridge, illuminating the pontoon bridge brightly.

There are dozens of big tents in the distance, although Pei Renji has built some camp tents, they are only for the use of sick or wounded soldiers, most of the soldiers have not rested, their task is not to siege the city, but to open roads in the mountains and build them when encountering water, so as to create conditions for the rapid advance of the main force behind.

So the soldiers must build a pontoon bridge overnight, and wait for the arrival of the army tomorrow morning before they rest, 5,000 soldiers at least more than 4,000 people are busy, some go to logging, some are building bridges, but most of them are sawing wood and building rafts, generally building three-layer rafts, connected by iron chains, driving wooden stakes into the water on both sides, and fixing the rafts that are connected together, so as to form a very strong pontoon bridge, which can pass tens of thousands of soldiers in the shortest time.

Despite the large amount of work, Pei Renji was quite satisfied with the current progress, and at this rate, the pontoon bridge would be completed before dawn, and at the speed of the march, Li Jiancheng's army would arrive on the north bank tomorrow morning, when he would see a completely solid pontoon bridge.

Pei Renji is now very concerned about Li Jiancheng's attitude towards him, it is obvious that Li Yuan will ascend the throne as emperor in a few months, then the eldest son Jiancheng will be the crown prince, and hugging the prince's thigh is undoubtedly a broad road for his future.

At present, there are two main factions of military generals under Li Jiancheng, one is the Wagang faction represented by Wang Bodang, which is the core of Li Jiancheng, including Wei Zheng, Chai Shao, Wang Bodang, Xie Yingdeng, Wang Junkuo, You Junda and other important figures, who are nicknamed the Yan faction by everyone. The other faction is other sources, mainly composed of the Great Sui generals, Pei Renji belongs to this faction, and is naturally nicknamed the Shu faction.

Although Li Jiancheng repeatedly reiterated that there is no distinction between the descendants and the concubines, Pei Renji understands that there is actually a difference, but this time the vanguard did not send Wang Bodang, but gave himself the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

Pei Renji was secretly proud in his heart, he knew that he was indeed valued by Li Jiancheng, which was undeniable, the fundamental reason was that he had an army of 5,000 people, which was the capital for him to climb up.

Looking at the faster and faster progress of bridging, Pei Renji felt very relieved in his heart, hoping that after this battle, he would be able to change from the Shu faction to the Yan faction.

But at this moment, a terrible scream suddenly came from the distance, Pei Renji was taken aback, and looked back suddenly, only to see that more than thousands of busy soldiers had fallen one after another.

Pei Renji secretly screamed that something was wrong, turned the horse's head and galloped away in the distance.

More than 100 soldiers who were building the pontoon bridge stood up straight and looked back at the shore, but at this moment, more than a dozen small boats came from the river dozens of steps away from them.

I only heard someone shouting, "Shoot the arrow!" ”

More than a dozen small boats suddenly rained arrows, dense arrows shot at the pontoon bridge, the soldiers on the pontoon bridge were caught off guard, they were shot, and suddenly a miserable scream sounded, the soldiers fell into the water one after another, and the soldiers who were lucky not to be shot also stumbled and fled to the shore.

More than a dozen soldiers jumped on the boat, quickly piled hay, sulfur and other fire-igniting things on the pontoon, poured fire oil, and lit the hay with torches, and the fire immediately ignited on the pontoon......

The raft field was in chaos, thousands of soldiers were in the light, and the arrows were in the dark, no one knew where the arrows were shot from, how many enemy troops there were, but the soldiers were experienced after all, and after the initial confusion, many people lay on the ground, hiding behind the rafts, only to hear the sound of arrows breaking through the air from above their heads. Sou! 'Shot through.

At this moment, there was a sudden thunderous hoof sound in the distance, the sky was dusty, and several soldiers shouted, "Run! The cavalry of the Qingzhou Army came. ”

"Run! If you don't run away, you'll be killed. ”

The sound of hooves was like thunder, and some soldiers were desperately agitating, and some people began to flee, and everyone had a herd mentality, and only if someone took the lead in escaping first, more people would run faster.

In a very short period of time, the more soldiers fled, and the panicked soldiers got up from the ground, threw off their armor, and ran for their lives, and soon a wave of fleeing was formed.

When Pei Renji brought dozens of personal soldiers to rush back, he happened to encounter the 'cavalry' of the Qingzhou Army, Pei Renji was stunned, and the so-called 'cavalry' turned out to be hundreds of angry cattle.

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