The sun sets, and the sunset is like blood.\\

Of the 8,000 infantry who crossed the river, nearly 1,000 were killed in battle, nearly 2,000 were seriously wounded, and although there were nearly 5,000 left, the pontoon bridge over the Wei River had been burned by his own army. Thousands of horses were besieged by the inner three layers and the outer three layers in the triangle of the intersection of Weishui and Luoshui, and there was no way to go up, and it was difficult to fly with wings.

Although Chen's army besieged but did not attack, the whole army was already gloomy.

At the end of the war, at this time, thousands of horses sat in the ice and snow, blowing the cold wind, drinking the west wind, and there was a sense of despair.

Fighting, there was no hope at all, they had launched several breakthroughs, but even the camp set up by the Chen army could not get close, and they had already suffered countless casualties under the rain of arrows. And there is a difficult question in front of them, even if they can break out of the encirclement, where can they run? Assaka, Feng Yi, and even Pujin Castle in the north have been destroyed by the enemy. And Weishui is like a danger in front of you, and it is impossible to escape from the past.

But now, these problems can no longer be taken care of, and the most urgent question in front of Qianjin is, what to use to fill your stomach when you are hungry?

Liang Yuanli was also disgraced at this time, these damn Chen Jun locked them up here like cattle and horses, neither attacking nor paying attention. It's like they're prisoners, but even if they're prisoners, they have to give them something to eat and drink. When you are thirsty, you can grab a handful of snow to eat, but when you are hungry, the snow water is not full. What's more, it will soon be dark, and the cold wind is howling, but they don't even have a tent to protect them from the wind.

On this one, in fact, Liang Yuanli can't hold it anymore. If Chen Jun opened his mouth to persuade him to surrender, he would definitely surrender immediately. But damn it, these Chen Jin didn't take them to heart at all, and they didn't even ask. He is also a dignified general of the first army, so he can't take the initiative to surrender on the pole for this matter. So where will he put the face of the Guanlong noble? Wait a little longer, maybe those damn Chen Jun will come and ask after a while. Well, they, too, are six or seven thousand brethren.

However, it is obvious that Liang Yuanli miscalculated. His six or seven thousand brothers were not worth mentioning in front of Chen Jun at all. From the dark to the young, from the early dawn to the second dark, after all, no one has ever come in and surrendered. Not even a single steamed bun was thrown in, and after being hungry and cold for two years, many people finally took the initiative to run to ask for surrender, but unfortunately Chen Jun was still guarding behind the camp and did not pay attention to them at all.

Some hungry people couldn't stand it and tried to break through, but after a rain of arrows, it didn't work at all except for turning into corpses.

The north wind was still howling, and Liang Yuanli felt that his heart was about to freeze at this time. Thousands of soldiers crowded in to keep warm, digging up all the grass roots in the snow and eating them raw.

"Your Majesty, Marshal Zhang Zhongjian reported that everything has been prepared according to His Majesty's will, and he will act according to his will tonight." Chen Lei stepped forward and said softly.

Chen Kefu nodded: "That's good, what's the situation on the other side, have you inquired clearly?" ”

"Everything on the other side of the strait is as Your Majesty expected, yesterday the Yu scribe and the 10,000 remnants of the army did not return to Tongguan, but withdrew into Guangfeng Cangcheng. Until now

At noon, another 10,000 soldiers and horses were reinforced from Chang'an. In the evening, several more troops and horses entered Guangfeng Cangcheng one after another, each ranging from 3,000 to 5,000. Now in Guangfeng Cangcheng, it is estimated that there are nearly 40,000 horses. ”

Chen Kefu estimated in his heart that he had already guessed that these reinforcements must be soldiers and horses from the Weinan area. Even Chang'an City must have dispatched some soldiers and horses, counting it, among the reinforcements that arrived at the end, there must be soldiers and horses from Wuguan and Lantian areas.

However, only 40,000 entered the horse, which still made Chen Kefu a little disappointed.

He had previously asked Yuan Li to deceive Yu Wenshi and ambush the Xu army on the north bank of Weishui, which was only a small step in the whole plan. Mobilize part of Tongguan's troops and horses to cross Weishui to reinforce Pujin, and take the opportunity to ambush and annex some of its soldiers and horses. Then deliberately Chen soldiers on the north bank of Weishui, the soldiers pointed directly at Guangfengcang, the purpose was to attack the enemy's rescue, lead the army to leave Tongguan, Chang'an, Wuguan and other cities, and let them gather in Weinan.

In this way, it is good to move on to the next step. However, the total number of Xu troops who have arrived now is only 40,000, and there must still be a lot of soldiers and horses left in several important cities in Guanzhong, which is not very good for his plan.

"Your Majesty, those besieged Xu troops are about to starve to death, should we give them some food?" Zhang Chuchen said a little unbearably.

Chen Kefu pondered for a moment: "Those Xu troops are just used to confuse the Yuwen scholars on the other side, and secondly, our army didn't bring so much grain and grass with them yesterday. But since there is action tonight, there is no need for these intakes. Come in quickly, and if you want to surrender, let them throw away their weapons and surrender, and we will send them to the prisoner camp and give them food. If they don't want to fall, let them stay there and drink the northwest wind. Those who surrendered should not be reorganized for the time being, and they should be escorted back to Feng Yi City for care, and then they will be dealt with here. ”

After Chen Lei went down to give the order, Chen Kefu looked at the other side and sighed: "It seems that the fight is not painful enough, since this is the case, let's fight a little harder." ”

It was another moonless night, the night was low and the wind was howling.

The Wei River is gentle, the two banks are flat, and pontoon bridges can be erected everywhere. Xu Jun on the south bank was also a scout along the coast, observing every move of Chen Jun on the north bank at any time. Yu Wenshi had already sent a message, as long as Chen Jun dared to cross the river, he would give away all the profits, beat Chen Jun with a falling flower, and drive all down the river to feed the fish.

Although in a row and two

i. There was no movement of the Chen army, and even some scouts detected that the Chen army was still besieging the thousands of besieged brothers. The besieged brothers broke through several times, but none of them surrendered. This information was transmitted back, making the injured Yu Wenshi and the rare Yuwen in his heart smile, sighing loudly, knowing the horsepower, it was really the wind knowing the strength of the grass. At the time of critical health, General Liang Yuanli and thousands of soldiers under his command were shown to be loyal to each other. At that time, he ordered that a copy of the list of all the soldiers trapped on the north bank be copied and sent back to Chang'an, so that the imperial court could give generous compassion to the families of the soldiers, and they could not lose these loyal soldiers.

When the soldiers of the Xu army on the south bank saw that there was still a loyal army of soldiers of the national dynasty who insisted on fighting on the north bank, they couldn't help but feel that it was impossible for the Chen army to cross south before besieging and killing those thousands of soldiers. As a result, the scouts who were monitoring Weishui couldn't help but be a little slack. Especially on this cold night, they didn't think that Chen Jun could secretly build the pontoon bridge.

This kind of unfortunate spirit, even if it is a big white to build a pontoon bridge, it will take a lot of time. There are no stars and no moon at night, and if you don't light a fire, how can you cross the river.

However, it is obvious that these Xu Jun scouts who think like this do not know Chen Jun's style, Chen Jun has always liked to make surprise moves, and taking the unusual path is the biggest style of this army.

The Weishui is surging, and the river on the north bank is in the title at this time, the horses are wrapped in hooves, and 20,000 soldiers and horses are quietly lurking.

"It's coming, it's coming!"

A scout rushed over and excitedly shouted to Chen Kefu: "Your Majesty, Marshal Zhang has arrived." ”

Sure enough, dozens of horsebacks arrived in the dark. As soon as the leader entered, it was Zhang Zhongjian, who was originally stationed opposite Wuguan, with a beard, and as soon as he saw the emperor, he immediately stepped forward to salute.

Chen Kefu pulled him up, "Is everything ready?" ”

"Everything is as Your Majesty said, five hundred ships have already passed through Weikou, the ministers are one step ahead, and they will arrive soon."

"Did you find anything?"

"Don't worry, the ministers are very careful, this time they are all small boats. The defenders of Tongguan were deceived by His Majesty's trick and took away 20,000, and only 10,000 people were left to enter the horse, and now they are holding Tongguan, and they don't even dare to go out of Guancheng. ”

"That's good." Chen Kefu smiled and nodded. Chen Jun, who came to the north shore for the past two years, has not moved at all, and is waiting for tonight.

In the eyes of Xu Jun on the other side, if Chen Jun wanted to attack them, he would first have to cross Weishui. And if you want to cross the Weishui, with the current lack of gas and water, you must build a pontoon bridge. The pontoon bridge is not so easy to build, and it is possible to build it in a few small and half years. And as long as Chen Jun builds a bridge, the scouts will definitely find out immediately. When the time comes, this is a great opportunity to defeat Chen Jun.

So in the eyes of most Xu Jun soldiers, Chen Kefu would not have done such a stupid thing.

And Chen Kefu is using Xu Jun's way of thinking to come by surprise.

The Weishui River is wide, the water flow is gentle, and the river bank is flat. To cross the river, there is indeed only one step to take a pontoon bridge, but there is more than one way to build a pontoon bridge, and one of the fastest is to connect the boats and boats, which can be achieved in an instant.

As early as Qianyao, Chen Kefu had already sent an urgent message to Zhang Zhongjian, the former marshal of the naval division, asking him to prepare a batch of small boats to sneak into Weishui from the Yellow River at night.

Now that the boat has arrived, there is no problem with the pontoon.

Five hundred boats can directly build ten pontoon bridges in Weishui, and they can be completed almost instantly. The boats are connected, the planks are pounced, and a simple pontoon bridge can be completed in an instant.

"Your Majesty, the pontoon bridge has been built!" The herald said excitedly.

In the dark night, Chen Kefu was also very excited, looking at the surging Wei River, as well as the distance on the south bank, and solemnly said: "Cross the river!" ”

"Your Majesty has a decree, the whole army crosses the river!"

The herald flew on his horse, passing the order over and over again to the soldiers of the army who were waiting in waiting.

"Cross the river, cross the river."

One phalanx after another, the infantry began to cross the river in an orderly and rapid manner, and everything was planned. 30,000 soldiers and horses crossed the river without the slightest confusion and without much sound. And in order to be secret and unexpected, as early as when the boat arrived, a group of Jing Rui had already crossed the river first by boat. They will be the vanguard of crossing the river, clearing the enemy scouts within ten miles of the south bank.

Crossing the river was tense and exciting, and with such a large-scale operation, even Chen Kefu could not guarantee that the plan would be carried out perfectly. No matter how well you plan, you are always worried that there will be accidents. However, what he had always feared did not happen in the end, and by the time the fourth watch was over, all 30,000 soldiers had crossed the Weishui and were ready to go on the south bank.

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