In the early morning, the sun stingily squeezed out a faint morning glow from between the clouds.

Gan Ning stood at the head of Yewang City with a sword, quietly looking at the northwest side.

In the field of vision, the thin black line was wriggling.

The earth was trembling, and he could feel the slight tremors even in the city built on this solid earth.

The black line grew thicker and thicker, and after a while, the eyes were filled.

It was a crowd of people, and the large black pressure was directly connected to the sky, and the formation could only be described as overwhelming.

The enemy has finally arrived.

Just a few days ago, not long after the breakthrough of Luoyang City, the general Liu Feng summoned him alone and handed him this secret and difficult mission.

On the same day, Gan Ning selected 3,000 strong soldiers, crossed the Yellow River north, and entered the territory of Hanoi County.

It turned out that Sima Yi, in the name of Emperor Han, had more than 10,000 troops in Hanoi, and strictly guarded the various ferries along the coast.

However, soon after hearing that Luoyang had fallen, Sima Yi withdrew all his troops and horses along the river and gathered in the Chaoge area east of Hanoi.

Gan Ning's troops landed on the north shore almost without encountering any resistance, and the soldiers and horses rushed to Yewang County at night.

At this time, in Yewang County, there were only hundreds of county soldiers, and the county commander saw that the southern army suddenly arrived, and before Gan Ning's troops could kill the city, they took the initiative to open the city and surrender.

Gan Ning's soldiers occupied Yewang County bloodlessly, and then ordered the nearby Dingkou and food and other materials to be moved into the city, and everything that could not be taken away, along with the houses, was burned down.

This is to implement the policy of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness.

On the fourth day after Gan Ning occupied Yewang, Liu Beijun, who came from Shangdang County on the northern route, arrived first, according to preliminary visual inspection, as well as scouts' reconnaissance, the enemy army should be about 50,000 people, and the leader will be Zhang Fei, the first general under Liu Bei.

50,000 against 3,000, 17 times the strength of the comparison, Zhang Feijun has the advantage in numbers.

The 50,000-strong army surrounded Yewang County, and as soon as the next day dawned, Zhang Fei's army launched a fierce attack on the county seat.

Zhang Feijun's attack was indeed fierce, and this was perhaps the most ferocious siege battle Gan Ning had ever seen.

Those morale-filled enemy soldiers, like a tide, climbed the city wall one after another, stone bullets, boiling oil, wood, and arrows like rain, exhausted all means, but could not defeat these meritorious northern soldiers.

Gan Ning felt unprecedented pressure, but he didn't even frown.

Since the enemy attacked the city, Gan Ning has almost changed his food and sleep in the city. And his 3,000 soldiers were outlaws he had gathered since he was a Jinfan thief, with full preparation and tenacious fighting spirit, after several days of fierce confrontation, none of Zhang Feijun's troops were able to reach Yewang City.

A few days later, the 20,000 cavalry commanded by Ma Chao also entered Yewang City from Hedong County, and the two generals joined forces and launched a fierce attack on Yewang City again.

The result was still in vain.

Facts have proved that as the defending side of the city, as long as the fighting spirit is firm and the command is appropriate, no matter how many enemies there are and how good the generals are, it is enough to make them forget the city and sigh.

Frustrated under the Yewang City, Liu Bei, who was still in Hedong, was quite angry.

He originally planned to take advantage of the opportunity of Liu Feng's army to fall into Henan and drive straight into Hanoi to seize the Han Emperor, but this plan has not changed even after hearing that Luoyang has fallen into the hands of Liu Feng.

Because Liu Bei believed that after a bloody battle, Liu Feng would never dare to easily lead his tired army across the river to fight a decisive battle with him.

But what annoyed Liu Bei was that his army of 70,000 was blocked by Gan Ning with 3,000 soldiers and horses in a small Yewang town.

Liu Bei, who was furious, left more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to guard the east of the river, and led 20,000 soldiers and horses to Hanoi in person.

While Liu Bei stepped up his attack on Yewang, he ordered Ma Chao and Li Yan to lead some troops and horses to the south to capture Qinshui, Yixian, and Heyang counties, and Chen soldiers on the north bank of the Yellow River to prevent Liu Feng's army from threatening the flank of his main force.

In addition, Liu Bei also ordered Zhuge Liang, who remained in Chang'an, to transfer more troops and horses to the front line in Hanoi, and strengthen the defense of the Tongguan line to prevent Liu Feng's army from attacking Chang'an in the west and threatening his strategic rear.

At the same time as Liu Bei dispatched troops, Liu Feng was not idle, he left 150,000 soldiers and horses in the town of Yin in Henan, and the remaining more than 100,000 soldiers and horses were all transferred to various states.

The armies that withdrew from Henan successively quelled the rebellion in the area of Cao Ying's hometown of Qiaojun, and then repelled the attack of Zang Ba and others on the Qingzhou side, and forced Zang Ba to send envoys to express their willingness to submit.

Zang Ba, Sun Li and other Qingxu tyrants are nominally loyal to Cao Ying, but in fact, they have been in a state of semi-reading power since the Guandu era.

In order to maintain stability in the east, Liu Feng followed Cao Ying's method and continued to appoint Zang Ba as the assassin of Qingzhou, and promoted him to the general of Zhendong and the marquis of the township.

In Henan, more than 100,000 troops were stationed near Luoyang, which was originally an extremely unfavorable burden for the supply of grain and grass.

Fortunately, Luoyang, which Cao Ying painstakingly managed, hoarded grain and grass for several years, and after the capture of Luoyang City, Liu Feng was able to use this part of the grain and grass to "feed the war with war".

Gan Ning did not live up to Liu Feng's trust, and with 3,000 people, he dragged Liu Bei's army of 70,000 or 80,000 under Yewang City for nearly two months.

In the past two months, Liu Feng successfully appeased the hearts of the people of Henan Prefecture through the means of grace and power. At the same time, his 150,000 troops stationed in Henan also received a precious two-month recuperation period.

At the end of winter and the beginning of spring, Gan Ning of Yewang City finally couldn't stand it anymore, and sent people to fight his way out of the siege and send a call for help to Liu Feng.

After some preparations, Liu Feng then stayed in Luoyang with Pang Tong, and the 150,000-strong army marched north to start a decisive battle with Liu Bei's army assembled in Hanoi.

As a feint along the way, Liu Feng led an army of 10,000 with Zhang Ren, went west to Hanguguan, and attacked Tongguan through Huxian to threaten Liu Bei's Guanzhong rear. With Zhang Wei leading an army of 5,000, he arrived in Hongnong Shaanxi County and attacked Dayang County on the other side of the Yellow River to the north, posing a threat to Hedong County.

At the same time, Huang Zhong in Shuzhong and Ma Tan of the three eastern counties also raised their headquarters and horses, attacking Hanzhong County from the south and east, and forming a trap from Guanlong from the south.

Although they may not have an advantage in terms of troops, they have not participated in the war for many years, and their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated because of the two routes of soldiers and horses such as Shuzhong and the three eastern counties.

Although Liu Feng could use only about 150,000 soldiers and horses in the Battle of Hanoi, these partial divisions were enough to contain a considerable number of Liu Bei's army, and finally ensured that Liu Feng had an advantage in the number of troops on the battlefield in Hanoi.

On the main battlefield, Liu Feng ordered Wei Yandu to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses, march from Heyin, take advantage of the advantages of the navy, build a pontoon bridge on the Yellow River, and the army crossed the Yellow River north to attack Heyang, posing a threat to Liu Bei's flank.

The veteran general Zhang Ren led an army of 10,000 to cross the river in the north of Xingyang and capture Wude, Huaixian and other places to guard Sima Yi's troops on the Chaoge side and protect the flank and rear of the Yewang battlefield.

Liu Feng himself led an army of 110,000 to cross the river from Xiaomengjin and galloped west along the Qinshui River to aid Yewang.

The armies of all roads marched together and launched a decisive battle against Liu Bei.

#######风越来越大, the war horse was shaking its hooves in fear, and Wei stretched out his hand to caress its neck, and he felt it tremble.

Deafening thunder roared overhead, as if the entire sky was about to collapse.

The wind was still strengthening, and the horsehair and tail of the horses, the robes of the warriors, and the black tassels of the iron helmets were all blown in the same direction, like wave after wave of black raging waves.

A bolt of lightning tore through the dim sky, and a dazzling flash of light instantly illuminated both sides of the Yellow River.

On the big river, a pontoon bridge with a width of more than three zhang lies between the two banks, and on the bridge deck, a heavy truck is moving cautiously from south to north.

A heavy drop of rain fell heavily on Wei Yan's iron helmet, the second, the third, every four...... Soon it was as if someone was beating a drum on his head, and the rhythm of the rain echoed around the wilderness.

In the heavy rain, 5,000 soldiers were silent, like black stone elephants, neatly arranged on the north bank of the Yellow River.

Behind them, thousands of busy warriors were rushing to build a barracks every minute and every second.

The ground began to tremble, and in the field of heavy rain, black clouds were rolling flat from the other side of the horizon.

The distant sound of the horn rumbled, and Wei Yan knew that it was a signal that the enemy cavalry was about to launch an assault.

Wei Yan looked far away, under the red banner of the former army, the tiger and bear general, was excitedly fiddling with the big knife in his hand, as if he couldn't wait to prepare for a big kill.

The general of the tiger and bear is none other than Shamoke, and most of these five thousand elite warriors are a barbarian army composed of Wuxi barbarians.

The enemy army categorically would not let him cross the river easily, not to mention that he was going to build a pontoon bridge over the Yellow River, and the scouts learned that a group of about 7,000 cavalry had driven out of Heyang City and rushed towards the beachhead.

Obviously, the enemy wanted to take advantage of the shock of the cavalry and drive them back into the river while they were not well established and did not have enough defense.

Xizuo has already reported that the garrison in Heyang is the Xiliang Xiongshi Ma Chao, and the cavalry under his command is mostly the Xiliang Iron Cavalry composed of Qianghu.

The Qiang people are brave and good at fighting, back then, it was such a cavalry that almost killed Cao Ying in Weishui, and Wei Yan naturally did not dare to underestimate it.

Therefore, Wei Yan put the equally fierce Wuling barbarian army out and played a trick of "razing against razing".

As long as he can block the impact of Ma Chao's cavalry, he can successfully set up camp on the north bank, and the rest of the army and supplies can be successfully transported across the north bank.

As he pondered, the tremors of the earth became more and more intense.

In the rain and mist, countless black shadows, like ghosts, roared and hissed, surging towards the military formation.

Wei Yan took a deep breath, slashed his long knife, and ordered to prepare for the battle.

(To be continued)