Chapter 657: Cao Fu Escapes
Taking advantage of the dark night, Hua An led 10,000 personal guards and hundreds of transport ships to quietly sail towards the north bank of Chenggao Ferry.
The width of the ferry was less than ten miles, and hundreds of transport ships soon sailed to the north shore, and docked one after another on the shore, and the soldiers of the personal guards on the transport ships boarded the land on the north shore of the ferry as fast as they could, and continued to run to a depth of several hundred paces.
Hua An led the horse off the transport ship, stood on the north bank of the ferry, watched the soldiers of the pro-guard army under his command board the north bank one after another, his heart was extremely excited, since he stepped on the land on the north bank, Hua An's heart was completely relieved, there were 10,000 pro-guard troops under his command, even if all the soldiers and horses under Cao Fu were killed, they were not their opponents, and the landing on the north bank of the river means that the attack on crossing the river has been victorious, and the occupation of Hanoi County is just a matter of a moment.
"Big brother, the 10,000 soldiers of the pro-guard army have been assembled, whether to launch a surprise attack on the Aocang Ferry." Wang San asked in a low voice.
"The soldiers are very fast, and the whole army is ordered to march to the Aocang ferry immediately, and they must arrive at the Aocang ferry within an hour." Hua An ordered loudly.
"The whole army set off and rushed to attack the Aocang ferry." The ministry will convey the order loudly.
......Under the order of Hua'an, 10,000 soldiers of the pro-guard army rushed to the Aocang ferry at the fastest speed.
At this time, it was already the middle of the night, Hua'an's goal was to launch a surprise attack on the enemy troops at the Aocang Ferry in the second half of the night, so he hurriedly sent a henchman back to Chenggao Pass, and told Zhuge Xiong of the Aocang Ferry to immediately prepare to cross the river to fight. In order to cooperate with the pro-guard army to seize the Aocang ferry.
Just when Hua'an and the guards boarded the north bank of the Chenggao Ferry, the enemy scouts who were ambushed nearby discovered the Jin army and ran to Pinggao City not far away as soon as possible, and they wanted to inform the main general Cao Fu of the news that the main force of the Jin army of 10,000 had crossed the Yellow River as soon as possible.
At this time, in Pinggao City, the enemy's main general Cao Fu was resting, and the personal soldiers in charge of the guards blocked the way of the scouts.
"Hurry up and tell the general that the main force of the Jin army has crossed the Yellow River." The scout shouted.
Seeing that the main force of the Jin army had crossed the Yellow River, the soldiers did not dare to stop it. Hurriedly took the scouts. walked into Cao Fu's bedroom.
"Tell the general that the main force of the Jin army has crossed the Yellow River." The scout reported loudly.
Cao Fu, the main general of the enemy army, who was resting, did not sleep very deeply, and heard that the main force of the Jin army had crossed the Yellow River. I was taken aback. Hurriedly jumped up from the bed.
"The main force of the Jin army has crossed the river. When is the matter, how many soldiers and horses? Cao Fu asked nervously.
The scout replied: "General Hui, the Jin army crossed the river just half an hour ago. There are about 10,000 soldiers and horses, all of them cavalry, and it seems that they are the main force of the Jin army. ”
When Cao Fu heard this, he was even more surprised, half an hour ago, this is enough to show that the Jin army was smuggled from Chenggao Ferry, and if it crossed the river from Aocang Ferry, the time for news transmission would be much more than half an hour.
But what Cao Fu couldn't understand was that there were not a large number of ships at Chenggao Ferry, so how did the 10,000 cavalry of the Jin army fly across? It's in that is too weird.
"The main cavalry of the Jin army crossed the Yellow River, how is this possible, did you see it with your own eyes?" Cao Fu still didn't give up, and asked again.
The scout hurriedly replied: "General, I saw with my own eyes that hundreds of large ships of the Jin army docked on the north shore of Chenggao Ferry, followed by more than 10,000 cavalry descending from the big ships in turn, this is absolutely not wrong." ”
"Hundreds of big ships, doesn't it mean that the Jin army is near Chenggao Pass, and there are no ships at all? How could hundreds of big ships suddenly pop up, and what's going on? Cao Fu roared angrily.
The scout and the two soldiers were stunned, bowing their heads and not answering, of course, they didn't know why.
Cao Fu frowned and thought for a while, and finally realized in his heart, it turned out that this qiē was a conspiracy of the Jin army, and the Jin army strengthened its attack in the direction of Aocang, in order to let himself transfer the three thousand soldiers and horses of Chenggao Ferry, so as to smuggle the Yellow River from Chenggao Ferry unknowingly, which can be regarded as a plan to repair the plank road in the Ming Dynasty and secretly Chen Cang, and hundreds of big ships must have been secretly hidden near the ferry by the Jin army, thus avoiding the ears and eyes of the people they sent out.
Thinking that he had fallen into the conspiracy of the Jin army, Cao Fu gritted his teeth with hatred, but at this time, the 10,000 main cavalry of the Jin army had crossed the Yellow River, regret and anger would not play any role, at this moment, his first consideration was his own back road, after all, even if he gathered all his soldiers and horses, he may not be the opponent of the 10,000 Jin cavalry, and it was not good to wipe out the whole army.
"Did the cavalry of the Jin army run in the direction of the Aocang Ferry?" Cao Fu looked at the scout and asked loudly.
"Back to the general, the cavalry of the Jin army is indeed rushing in the direction of the Aocang ferry, and it is a rapid march." How scouts report back.
Cao Fu nodded, sighed: "The cavalry of the Jin army rushed to attack the Aocang Ferry, our army of 10,000 soldiers is only afraid that it is not an opponent, the Aocang Ferry will inevitably fall tonight, and then, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Jin army will quickly cross the Yellow River, before tomorrow morning, the Jin army will cross the river as high as 50,000 troops, our army is by no means an opponent, or retreat tonight, give an order, let all the soldiers in the city get up and prepare to retreat." ”
"Yes, General." The scouts and their own soldiers accepted the order and turned to leave the Chinese tent.
Soon, the 5,000 enemy soldiers in Pinggao City urgently got up and assembled in Chengnei, ready to retreat at any time.
Seeing that the 5,000 soldiers under his command had been assembled, Cao Fu issued an order to evacuate Pinggao immediately.
"General, the 10,000 main forces of our army are still at the Aocang Ferry, so leave them alone?" One of the generals was a little unbearable.
Cao Fu said helplessly: "The Jin army's 10,000 main cavalry, the strength is no longer below the whole army of our army, besides, on the south bank of the Aocang Ferry, there are still tens of thousands of Jin soldiers and horses, and the general also wants to rescue the soldiers and horses defending the Aocang Ferry, but the strength is insufficient, it is better to retreat quickly." ”
"General, Pinggao City is thousands of miles away from Jicheng, and the nearest roads are occupied by Wei soldiers and horses, if our army wants to take refuge in Yan State, which road should we take to march?" A subordinate general asked.
Cao Fu replied: "There are not too many soldiers and horses stationed in Shangdang County in the north direction, and it is completely feasible for our army to take advantage of the road, and then enter Leping County from Shangdang, and then enter Changshan County of Wei State from Leping County, and finally enter Youzhou, and go straight to Jicheng." ”
When the generals heard this, they nodded one after another, obviously recognizing this road.
"General, if our army evacuates Pinggao, General Zhang Jin of Yewang City will face more pressure, I am afraid that it is not the opponent of the Jin army at all, should we immediately sue General Zhang Jin and let General Zhang Jin prepare, of course, if General Zhang Jin joins us to join Yan State, it will be the best." One of the generals said suddenly.
Cao Fu hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "Our army will evacuate overnight first, and early tomorrow morning, when our army enters the northern part of Hanoi County, we will inform General Zhang Jin of the news that the main force of the Jin army has crossed the Yellow River." ”
The reason why Zhang Jin was notified later was to prevent Zhang Jin from retreating first, and once this was the case, if the Jin cavalry launched a pursuit, Cao Fu's soldiers and horses would become lambs to be slaughtered, and if Zhang Jin was told later, his soldiers and horses could escape from Hanoi County one step earlier, even if the Jin cavalry launched a pursuit, Zhang Jin's soldiers and horses were in the rear, which could effectively block the attack pace of the Jin cavalry, so as to prevent his own soldiers and horses from losses.
People are selfish, as soon as Cao Fu said this, the generals under his command all understood, therefore, no one objected, after some brief preparations, Cao Fu led his five thousand soldiers and horses, quickly escaped from Pinggao City, and rushed to the direction of Shangdang County.
In the direction of Aocang Ferry, Hua An and his 10,000 soldiers arrived here at the fastest speed, taking less than an hour.
The 10,000 soldiers of the Pro-Guard Army stopped temporarily not far from the Aocang ferry and waited for Hua'an to give the order to attack.
"Big brother, the enemy army seems to be unprepared, our army will raid from here, and within half an hour, we will definitely be able to completely annihilate the enemy army." Hua An said softly.
Hua An nodded and ordered: "The whole army will attack immediately, and after attacking the enemy camp, immediately light a bunch of fires, and let Zhuge Xiong on the opposite bank lead the main force to cross the river immediately." ”
"Yes, big brother." Wang San accepted the order and immediately conveyed it.
Soon, 10,000 cavalry of the Guards launched a fierce attack on the enemy camp on the north bank of the Aocang Ferry with lightning speed, and instantly attacked the enemy camp.
Although the enemy army strengthened its defense, the main direction of defense was the Jin army on the south bank of the Yellow River, and the enemy army never dreamed that a large number of the main force of the Jin army would appear in their rear, thus completely disrupting the position.
"Set fire, set fire immediately." After Wang San led a group of soldiers and horses to attack the enemy's camp, he immediately ordered the enemy's grain and grass to be set on fire.
The soldiers of the pro-guard army threw the torches prepared in advance at the enemy's grain and grass, and then ignited a fire in an instant, and the fire became more and more vigorous, and was soon discovered by the Jin soldiers on the other side of the Yellow River.
"General, the signal has been sent on the other side." A personal soldier ran into Zhuge Xiong's Chinese army tent and said loudly.
When Zhuge Xiong heard this, he hurriedly walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army, and looked at the opposite bank, and sure enough, he saw the flames burning violently on the other side of the ferry.
Seeing this situation, Zhuge Xiong ordered loudly: "Order the whole army, immediately get on the boat and prepare to cross the river." ”
"The whole army got on board and prepared to cross the river." The generals in turn conveyed the order.
Soon, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Jin army boarded the big ship and headed for the opposite shore.
On the north bank of the Aocang ferry, after a short engagement, the enemy soldiers had completely lost the will to resist and began to scatter and flee.
For the fleeing enemy soldiers, Hua An ordered that there was no need to pursue them, and let them leave, after all, the rapid occupation of the Aocang ferry was the most important goal, and the fleeing stragglers did not pose any threat to the main force of the Jin army. (To be continued......)