Although hundreds of warships of the Jin army had retreated after teaching the enemy troops on the other side of the river a hard lesson, the terrible power of the Jin army's attack still caused a huge psychological shock to the defending enemy troops and made the enemy soldiers defending the ferry cowardly.

As soon as the battle ended, the enemy defender reported the detailed battle situation to Cao Fu, who was sitting in Pinggao City, and asked for reinforcements to resist the next round of attacks by the Jin army.

In Pinggao City, Cao Fu was discussing his retreat with his generals, although his subordinates were trying their best to resist the Jin army's attack on crossing the river, but Cao Fu understood that the Jin army was strong, and it seemed that Hanoi County was determined to win, as long as the main force of the Jin army did not hesitate to storm the ferry, Hanoi County would be lost sooner or later, and before Hanoi County was lost, he must find a way out for himself in advance.

Cao Fu and his generals understood that the purpose of the Jin army's attack across the river was to occupy Hanoi County, so that Hanoi County would become their base for recovering Hebei, and once they were attached to the Jin army, they would become a subsidiary of the Jin army, so as to live a life under the fence, and they could not guarantee their rights and interests at all, besides, after Xingyang was captured by the Jin army, he and the Jin army had become mortal enemies, and the hatred between the soldiers on both sides was also very great, so they could not surrender to the Jin army unless they had to.

Similarly, Ran Min has also become a mud bodhisattva that he cannot protect, and will eventually be destroyed by the Yan Dynasty coalition army, so he cannot be attached to Wei, and besides, Ran Min has no troops to reinforce Hanoi County.

After thinking about it repeatedly, Cao Fu and his generals felt that once Hanoi County was not protected, they would lead their henchmen and soldiers to join Yan State, so as to save themselves with the help of Yan State.

Of course. Even if they thought of a way out, they still had to resist it with all their might in the face of the Jin army's attack, after all, it was a forced retreat to take refuge in the Yan Kingdom.

"General, Aocang Ferry urgently reported that the Jin army's offensive was extremely fierce, and most of the arrow towers arranged by our army along the ferry were destroyed by the Jin army, and our soldiers suffered considerable losses. Request reinforcements. Just when Cao Fu was discussing with his generals about retreating. Received the news of the emergency at the Aocang Ferry.

Cao Fu was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "How many casualties are there in our army, and how many warships does the Jin army have?" ”

"Back to the general, the casualties of our army have reached 1,000. There were 100 warships of the Jin army. Xiao Xiao hurriedly replied.

"General. It seems that the Jin army is determined to win the Aocang ferry. Our army must send troops to reinforce the ferry in case it falls. A subordinate general said loudly.

Cao Fu sighed and said, "Nearly half of our army's troops are deployed at Aocang Ferry. The 5,000 soldiers and horses in Pinggao City are the last family of our army, and the general does not want to lose them all, and our army is now without soldiers. ”

"General, isn't there still 3,000 soldiers and horses at Chenggao Ferry? It is completely possible to transfer to Chenggao Ferry to increase the strength of the defense of Aocang Ferry. A ministry general reminded.

When Cao Fu heard this, he objected: "No, the Jin army has 20,000 soldiers and horses in Chenggao Pass, if it is smuggled from Chenggao Ferry, wouldn't our army be dangerous, these 3,000 men and horses are set up to prevent the Jin army from smuggling." ”

The general hurriedly replied: "The general is too worried, although tens of thousands of Jin soldiers and horses are stationed in Chenggao Pass, but all the warships in Chenggao Pass have been transferred to the direction of Aocang Ferry, in addition, hundreds of large and small transport ships have also been transferred out of Chenggao Pass, and now Chenggao Pass, there are tens of thousands of troops, but there is no boat, and the soldiers and horses of the Jin army cannot swim across the river!" ”

"Oh, the warships and transport ships in Chenggao Pass have really all been transferred." Cao Fu hurriedly asked.

"General, dozens of scouts of our army supervise day and night, and all the ships of the Jin army have really been transferred, this must not be wrong." The general said affirmatively.

Cao Fu nodded, and said softly: "Ben Jiang personally saw dozens of Jin army warships going east from Chenggao Ferry last night, I didn't care, but I didn't expect that all the ships of the Jin army were transferred to the direction of Aocang, so that the Jin army will concentrate all its troops and horses to attack Aocang." ”

"General, without further ado, immediately transfer the three thousand soldiers and horses of Chenggao Ferry to the direction of Aocang Ferry." The general hurriedly urged.

Cao Fu hesitated for a moment, and ordered loudly: "Immediately order the three thousand soldiers and horses stationed at Chenggao Ferry to reinforce Aocang Ferry, and in addition, send scouts to reconnoiter on both sides of Chenggao Ferry and pay close attention to the movements of the Jin army." ”

"Yes, General." The general shouted the order and immediately went to give the order.

After the generals left, Cao Fu ordered the 5,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Pinggao City to immediately pack up and prepare to flee quickly at any time.

After all, the Jin army had assembled heavy troops in the direction of Aocang Ferry, and Cao Fu had already sent most of his soldiers and horses there to resist, but whether he could block the Jin army's attack or not, Cao Fu did not have much confidence, so he made preparations with both hands.

In order to defect to the Yan Kingdom, it was not very reckless, Cao Fu wrote a letter of surrender and sent his henchman Xiaoxiao to Jicheng to send it to Murong Jun, the king of Yan.

Watching his henchman Xiao Xiao ride his horse towards the quilt, Cao Fu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In the direction of Aocang Ferry, the Jin warships that withdrew to the south bank, rested for a few hours, and in the afternoon, launched a fierce attack on the enemy on the north bank again, and also destroyed a large number of arrow towers of the enemy on the opposite bank, and also inflicted heavy losses on the enemy, however, this attack, Zhuge Xiong found that the number of enemy troops had increased a lot, and the total strength had reached 10,000 people.

That is to say, the enemy army has increased the number of troops at the Aocang Ferry, and Zhuge Xiong does not know whether the reinforced troops are the 3,000 soldiers and horses defending the Chenggao Ferry, but judging from the increased troops, it should be about the same.

For this reason, Zhuge Xiong hurriedly flew a pigeon and published a book, telling Sù Hua'an, who was sitting in Chenggao Pass, that the enemy army had increased its troops by 3,000 at Aocang Ferry.

In the Chenggao Pass, Hua'an was waiting anxiously on the wall of the north gate, waiting for the return of the scouts on the other side, waiting for the news of the enemy's withdrawal from the Chenggao Ferry.

"Big brother, according to Zhuge Xiong's report, our army dealt a fatal blow to the enemy on the north bank of the Aocang Ferry in Chenshi, I believe that at this time, Cao Fu has already known the situation, and the three thousand soldiers and horses of Chenggao Ferry will soon be transferred to the Aocang Ferry, you don't have to worry." Seeing Hua An's anxious face, Wang San comforted.

Hua An nodded, and said with a straight face: "Our army launched a strong attack at Aocang Ferry in the morning, and now, it is already evening, why is there no news that the enemy army has been transferred from Chenggao Ferry, is Cao Fu not fooled." ”

"Big brother, it's only been half a day, as long as our army attacks a few more times, Cao Fu will definitely transfer the three thousand soldiers and horses on the other side to the Aocang Ferry, don't worry!" Wang San said.

"I hope so!" Hua An nodded and looked up in the direction of the opposite bank.

"General, General Zhuge flew a pigeon to pass the book, our warships launched an attack on the enemy army on the north bank of the Aocang Ferry again, and found that the enemy army had increased the number of troops by 3,000 at the Aocang Ferry." At this moment, a junior colonel rushed to the city and reported to Hua'an.

Hua An was shocked when he heard this, and said in surprise: "The enemy army has increased 3,000 troops at the Aocang Ferry, and most of these 3,000 soldiers and horses are the enemy troops on the north bank of the Chenggao Ferry, but why haven't our scouts reported this situation yet." ”

"Big brother, maybe there was a problem with the scouts sent out by our army, or maybe they were discovered by the enemy." Wang San guessed.

Hua An nodded and said softly, "Maybe!" However, our scouts are not alone, so why didn't any of them return? ”

"Yes! How could no one return? Wang San was also a little surprised.

"Report, general, the three thousand soldiers and horses of the enemy army on the other side have all been evacuated, leaving only a small number of scouts." Just as the two were confused, a drenched scout ran up the city wall.

Hua An looked at the soaking scout in surprise and asked, "Why are you so wolf?" ”

The scout hugged his fists and said: "General Hui, after I arrived on the north bank, we went our separate ways, and after investigating the enemy's situation, I was about to return by small boat, but unexpectedly, several small boats moored by the river were all gone, and several of us searched around, but we didn't find it, presumably it was discovered by the enemy." ”

"So, you swam across the river from the north bank?" Wang San hurriedly asked.

The scout immediately replied: "Yes, the enemy situation is urgent, and the boat is nowhere to be seen, so we have to swim across the river, but there is still a lot of delay." ”

"Don't delay, Ben will give you a credit, go down!" Hua An said softly.

When the scout heard this, he turned and retreated from the wall.

"Big brother, Cao Fu really transferred the 3,000 soldiers and horses on the other side to the Aocang Ferry, and our army can cross the river and sneak attack." Wang San said excitedly.

Hua An was also full of excitement, paused, and said softly: "It's almost dark, and in another half an hour, let the guards transfer all the hundreds of warships hidden in the water here, and as soon as the time comes, the guards will immediately board the boats and prepare to cross the river secretly." ”

"Yes, big brother, I'll arrange it." Wang San answered, turned around and walked towards the city wall, and went to arrange the army.

Hua An looked up at the north, and the corners of his mouth finally showed a smug smile.

Half an hour later, some of the officers and men of the pro-guard army went to the Bishui River not far from Chenggao Pass, and pulled all the hundreds of large and small boats hidden here to the ferry outside Chenggao Pass.

At the same time, Hua'an and the main force of the pro-guard army under his command were already ready to go in the direction of the ferry.

"Big brother, the transport ship is in place and ready to board." Wang San said softly.

Hua An nodded and ordered: "All the officers and men of the Pro-Guard Army, immediately board the boat and prepare to cross the river." ”

"The whole army got on board and prepared to cross the river." The general shouted.

Under Hua'an's order, 10,000 soldiers of the Pro-Guard Army led their horses to board the transport ship one after another, and the transport ship that had been full of soldiers of the Pro-Guard Army immediately sailed to the opposite shore.

Looking at the transport ships carrying the elite guards under his command to the opposite shore, Hua'an seemed to see the dawn of victory, and his heart was extremely happy.

"Big brother, the soldiers have boarded the ship, let's get on the ship too!" Wang San said softly.

"Okay, board." Hua An said as he stepped aboard the largest transport ship and stood on the deck of the transport ship. (To be continued......)