The sky is about to dawn, and the morning fog in Hukou Bay on the beach in Cangzhou is filled, and the figure of the person is completely invisible two or three feet away on the opposite side. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 According to the detailed rules set last night, the generals of each army led the troops out of the camp, and after the heavy camp tents were moved onto the ship first, they slowly and orderly lined up to the dock five miles away to board the ship one after another.

Because of this foggy weather, it took 15,000 soldiers a full hour to get on board, and at the beginning of the morning, the fog cleared a little, and the line of sight could reach more than a mile. Zhang Yue's ride was a small and medium-sized sea ship with 1,500 materials, he stood on the deck to watch An Shouzhong dispatch waving the flag, Dengzhou defense envoy Wang Lixin led 50 warships to lead the way first, and then the main warships followed, keeping a distance of three or four miles, occasionally blowing trumpets before and after, so as not to be disjointed or collided with each other.

It was not until 700 warships of all sizes sailed out of the bay for more than ten miles, that the fog completely dissipated after three poles of the sun, and the morning sun was obliquely reflected on the sea, and the rolling blue waves danced wildly like golden snakes, and the three fleets divided into front, middle and rear sails cut the waves and moved forward, and the puffed sails covered the sky and the sun, and the scene was very spectacular.

In the distance, seagulls and ospreys can be seen in flocks, screaming non-stop. The brownish coastline was desolate, with the occasional hill not showing any green, and there were no other ships on the whole sea, except for the warships ahead, and the distance was gray.

The march by sea was much faster than by land, and in the afternoon of the same day, Shen Shi arrived at Tanggukou, 20 miles southeast of Nigu Village, where a temporary wharf had been built by the garrison Qianfu army, and the Jing'an army and Qianning army transferred from Sikou Pass arrived the day before to camp here to rest, and Gao Zhongyi and Pang Congduo heard the news and went to the wharf to greet them. However, the 10,000 cavalry of Xue Wenqian's army of the Changyi Army was scattered to the border area of Yizhou, and it was a bit too late to assemble and transfer it again, and the 10,000 horses had not yet arrived.

There are still more than 130 miles from Tanggukou to Lutai Army, it takes a day, and after the fleet enters Jishui, the river narrows and the queue is lengthened, and the small boat goes forward to open the way, and the big boat follows behind, and the speed of the boat will slow down a lot, and it will take some time to adjust, by the way, wait for Xue Wenqian.

On the afternoon of the day when Zhang Yue led his troops to Tanggukou, Wu Hongying, the envoy of the Lutai army in Fangzhou, received a report from his subordinates again, and Yang Gon of Pingzhou led 30,000 troops out of Lulong and camped in Shicheng County.

At this time, Zhang Zangying led an army from the Puzhou headquarters to the Lutai army for two days, and Zhuang Shao also had some roots among the salt farmers under the rule of the Lutai army.

Wu Hongying had already decided to surrender, and immediately after receiving the report, he sent someone to invite Zhang Zangying and Zhuang Shao to the military office, and asked anxiously: "When will the envoy of Cangzhou Zhang arrive?" Yang Gon is on the border of Jizhou, with our current military strength may not be able to stop it, it is better to take advantage of the situation to attack Pingzhou, if Yang Gon has to return for help, we can also achieve the goal. ”

Zhang Zangying was also a military envoy to Lutai, very familiar with the terrain along the coast, and couldn't help but shake his head and said: "This will only be self-defeating, if we attack Pingzhou, it is natural to take Macheng County first, this distance is farther than Yang Gon's return to help, in my opinion, we should send troops to the north first, there is a swamp in the southeast of Baodi Township on the west bank of Jishui, called Huangzhuang Wa, where there are reeds all over the place, which is conducive to ambush soldiers, and when Yang Gon crosses Jishui, our army will attack half-crossing, and can always drag them for one or two days. ”

"But we only have 7,500 men in total, how can we be able to match them? Besides, if the envoy of Cangzhou Chapter arrives, how can we do if we don't have the manpower to stay to answer? Wu Hong Ying frowned.

Since Zhang Zangying led the army and civilians to flee Cangzhou in the third year of Guangshun, the Liao State took measures to send Khitan soldiers and horses to supervise the Han generals under his rule, and limited the number of troops under the jurisdiction of the Han generals, which made the later successor Wu Hongying has only 5,000 miscellaneous soldiers in his hands, with poor equipment and poor combat effectiveness, and naturally has little confidence in the face of Yang Gon's 30,000 soldiers.

However, after the mutiny the day before yesterday to resolve the Liao army, Zhang Zangying temporarily recruited five battalions of young and strong Yanhu to arm them, but these five battalions were unbearable and could only be used as a stay, and Wu Hongying did not count them.

"What is this...... Zhang Zangying lowered his head and pondered for a moment, he already had an idea in his heart, and replied: "It is indeed difficult for us to outnumber, but we also have advantages. The Ukrainian envoy can remember that two days ago we booby-trapped and killed 500 soldiers including the Khitan guards, and Yang Gon in Pingzhou did not know about it, plus the Qianxiang River, the Yanzi River, and the Sanshui River converged on the east bank of Jishui, and the water network was dense, and we were familiar with the terrain, and if we planned it properly, we could also catch Yang Gon off guard. As for the main force of Zhang Envoyjun, he only needs to send a battalion of young and strong salt households to the mouth of the Haihe River to watch the wind, and let him know when the army arrives. ”

"It's hard for a good woman to drink without rice, how can she fight with only 7,000 soldiers?" Wu Hong should be surprised, although he was dissatisfied with the harsh treatment of the Liao army and had the courage to surrender, but he did not dare to fight the Liao army head-on.

This Wu Hong should really be greedy for life and afraid of death, Zhuang Shao was disdainful when he heard this, and hurriedly said words of encouragement, dispelling his concerns: "The Ukrainian army envoy, please rest assured, as long as Yang Gon is dragged for a day, there will be a horse team coming over in Jiulong Mountain, Jizhou, even if the enemy is not the Liao army, there is no problem at all for the guards to evacuate." ”

Wu Hongying was surprised for a while, Zhuang Shao, as a tycoon in Youzhou, of course he had heard of it, but he was not clear about the foundation of his strength, so he hurriedly found out the map, and the three of them urgently discussed according to the terrain in Baodi Township, Huangzhuangwa, and Jishui, and gathered the officers overnight to prepare dry food and military supplies.

Early in the morning of the 17th, Zhang Zangying, Wu Hongying, and Zhuang Shao led 7,500 troops out of the Lutai Military City, took more than 100 large and small fishing boats along the Jishui River to the north, sailed into the small lake in Huangzhuang Wa to hide the boats, and the soldiers hid in the reeds north of the Wazi, and at the same time sent outposts to cross the Jishui River and pay close attention to the movements of the Liao army.

The area of this lake is not large, but it is not small, there are more than ten miles in the radius, the east is connected with the thistle water, the Chaobai River in the northwest direction passes through Baodi Township, and flows into the Huangzhuang Valley, this water area is surrounded by dense reeds, and the waterway is also extending in all directions.

And Baodi Township is a big town with more than 100 households, so there is no county seat on the way to Luxian County in the east of Youzhou, so if Yang Gon crosses the Jishui, he will inevitably choose Baodi Township to camp.

Shicheng County, Pingzhou to Jishui 130 miles, to Baodi Township is 150 miles, if all the horse army will arrive on the same day, but Yang Gon under the command of the Pingzhou soldiers and Liaoxi soldiers have infantry, but also carry baggage, drive a large number of cattle and sheep as grain and grass, that night in the east bank of the Yanzi River to move to the township camp, the speed of the march is not fast, to a certain extent to give Zhang Zangying, Zhuang Shao and others time to deploy troops.

That night, the sentinel returned to the camp of the Liao army by boat, but the Liao army was still ignorant of its own ambush, and this battle was promising. Zhang Zangying summoned the officers overnight to change tactics and issue combat orders.

The next day, Zhuang Shao led 2,500 Lutai troops to sail out of Huangzhuangwa with more than 20 warships, turned southeast into Yanzi River and went north, and went around to the Liao army to find an opportunity to fight.

At the same time, Zhang Zangying and Wu Hongying led 5,000 troops north to ambush in the reeds on both sides of Jishui, and ambushed the Liao army in the triangle at the confluence of the Yanzi River and Jishui, and did not intend to give the Liao army a chance to cross Jishui.