Ji Ling listened to Yang Hong's strategy, moved the Yuan army camp back ten miles, and wrote to the Xuzhou army camp, agreeing to a decisive battle after two days. The messenger quickly returned from Huaibei, saying that Liu Ze had agreed to a decisive battle in two days, which made Ji Ling excited, and it seemed that the opportunity for revenge was coming.

He immediately ordered that on the day of the decisive battle, he personally led the army in front of the camp, and put out a plan to wait for the Xuzhou army to cross the river after the decisive battle, and Lei Bo Chen Lan each led 10,000 horses, ambushed on the left and right sides, and when the Xuzhou army crossed halfway, the formation was not stable, and the three soldiers and horses came out together, and the Xuzhou army was annihilated on the south bank of Huaishui in one fell swoop.

As soon as the Yuan army finished the formation, the scouts came to report that the Xuzhou army had built a pontoon bridge on the Huai River and was preparing to cross the river. Ji Ling showed a sinister smile on his face, and ordered the troops to stop and stay still, not to let the Xuzhou army recognize the flaws, and obey the order.

At about the end of the day, the Xuzhou army had completed the erection of six pontoon bridges on the Huaishui, and the brigade of men and horses marched in a large line in six ways and boarded the embankment on the south bank of the Huaishui. The first to cross the river is an army led by Guan Hai, Guan Hai takes the lead, walking in the forefront of the team, after this group of men and horses cross the river, the army is arranged in an orderly formation, the sword and shield soldiers are in front, and the pikemen are behind, although the number is not large, but it is strict and orderly. The front formation was completed, and after crossing the river in the back, it was quickly filled into the battle array, and the front advanced little by little, and as more and more soldiers crossed the river, the battle formation became more and more powerful.

Ji Ling couldn't help but be stunned, in his impression, if tens of thousands of horses wanted to cross the river, it would be a mess, and there would be no generals. There will be no soldiers, and the regrouping after crossing the river will inevitably take a lot of time. But I didn't expect that the crossing of the river by the Xuzhou soldiers was no different from the usual march, and the queue was neat. The formation is tight and almost invulnerable.

Yang Hong also saw that the situation was not good, originally he planned to take advantage of the opportunity of the Xuzhou army to regroup and make a mess after crossing the river to launch a surprise attack, killing the Xuzhou army by surprise, but now the Xuzhou army is in a strict formation, there is no trace of chaos at all, and there is no chance to take advantage of the chaos to attack. He said to Ji Ling: "General Ji, you can't wait any longer, take advantage of the fact that the number of Xuzhou troops crossing the river is not large now." Hurry up and attack, otherwise after letting Liu Ze's brigade cross the river, our plan will fail. ”

Ji Ling visually estimated that there were less than 10,000 people crossing the river in Xuzhou now, and he had a great appetite, at least after half of Liu Ze's men and horses crossed the river, he could attack again, and he could eat Liu Ze's main force in one fell swoop, but looking at the situation in front of him, the Xuzhou army was neat and neat, and the formation was tight. If most of it is really allowed to cross the river, it is estimated that it will be a hard bone to gnaw, so he obeyed Yang Hong's construction and ordered: "Attack!" ”

The drums of war rumbled. Lei Bo Chen Lan, who was ambushed on both sides, immediately killed him, the battle flag fluttering high, and the dust was flying. The shouting of killing shook the heavens and the earth, and Yuan Jun was like an ant locust. Swarming.

encountered chaos, but Guan Hai was not surprised by the changes. He shouted: "The enemy has an ambush, and the armies retreat quickly." ”

The Xuzhou army immediately changed the front team to the rear team, and the rear team to the front team, almost only turning half a circle to complete this transformation, and quickly retreated in the direction of the pontoon bridge.

Ji Ling's meat that was willing to allow his mouth to fly away, and he ordered the three people to come out and kill in a big way.

Crossing the river is not as good as marching on the flat ground, even if the six pontoon bridges can not transport nearly 10,000 horses across the opposite bank in a short time, but the Xuzhou army is quite disciplined, even if it is a large soldier pressing the border, it is still calm, retreating in order, and there is no crowded stampede.

On the one hand, Guan Hai commanded the brigade to cross the river, and on the other hand, he organized the rearguard troops to block the offensive of Yuan Bing, and engaged in a fierce battle with Yuan Bing on the river embankment on the south bank of Huaishui. In the face of the Yuan army that swarmed dozens of times, the rearguard troops were not afraid of death, built an indestructible defense line, and fought to the death with the Yuan army.

Although the casualties were not small, the brigade safely crossed the river and retreated to the north bank. Guan Hai has always held on to the last line of defense, the broadsword in his hand has long been stained with blood, he personally led the rearguard troops to fight and retreat, and gradually retreated to the pontoon bridge.

Ji Lingna was willing to give up, and ordered the army to chase after him. On the pontoon bridge, Yuan Jun and Xu Jun once again launched a life-and-death struggle, on the narrow bridge deck, Yuan Jun's numerical advantage has been unable to play, at this time the fight is more than the Su zhì and ability of individual soldiers, obviously the Xuzhou Army is slightly better in this regard, every foot that Yuan Jun advances, there will be a soldier falling, and the blood almost stains the bridge surface red.

However, Yuan Jun is a large number of people, and if one falls in front, one will be immediately added in the back. The Xuzhou army did not seem to be in love with war, and retreated after fighting, looking straight to the north bank.

At this time, the vanguard of the Yuan army had already set foot on the north bank of Huaishui, completely controlling the six pontoon bridges, and a large number of men and horses were still advancing to the north bank through the pontoon bridges.

Yang Hongzhi frowned, the evolution of the battle situation seemed to have exceeded his expectations, he faintly felt that something was wrong, so he said to Ji Ling: "General Ji, don't chase after the poor, be careful and deceitful." ”

Ji Ling seemed to be a little unsatisfied, after all, there was still a big gap between this and the long-awaited hearty victory, and now that the Xuzhou army had been defeated, he had no reason not to take advantage of the victory to pursue and expand the results. Ji Ling laughed and said: "Yang Changshi is too worried, today is a good opportunity to break the enemy, you can see how I can go straight to Xuzhou Daying and capture Liu Ze!" Ordered Lei Bo Chen Lan to cross the river quickly and chase Liu Ze! ”

Lei Bo Chen Lan was ordered to lead the army to attack the opposite bank along the pontoon bridge, and more Yuan soldiers rushed to the north bank and occupied the advantage, Guan Hai could not support it, gave up the position on the north bank, and fled north, and the Yuan army had completely controlled the line along the river.

Yang Hong has been paying attention to the battle situation, and suddenly he realized that Liu Ze's main army has not shown up for a long time, whether it is crossing the river to fight or retreating to block, it has always been supported by Guan Hai's army alone, which is also too unusual, if Liu Ze is ready to stick to the north bank, he will definitely send more troops to participate in the defense, and no matter what, Yuan Jun cannot be allowed to capture the north bank lightly.

Snare! This is a trap through and through, using Guan Hai's army to fight and retreat, luring Yuan's army into a trap step by step, and then attacking half-crossing-oh my God! Half-crossed? Yang Hong was dripping with cold sweat, he had to admire Liu Ze's profoundness in his strategy, and he returned the favor with his own way, and before he knew it, the roles of Liu and Yuan's armies had quietly changed.

"General Ji, this is completely Liu Ze's trap, you can't enter the army anymore, retreat quickly! If you don't withdraw, it's too late. Yang Hong persuaded hard.

Even if Ji Ling was stupid, he could find out that the situation was not good at this time, from beginning to end, an army of Guan Hai was struggling to entangle, and Liu Ze's main force was nowhere to be seen, which was completely contrary to common sense. Ji Ling suddenly realized that he ordered the troops to retreat immediately.

But it was too late, and I heard the sound of a cannon behind a high hill on the north bank, and the shouts were everywhere, and the Xuzhou ambush troops were exhausted, and the arrows rained down, and the Yuan army was in chaos.

Lei Bo Chen Lan had just occupied the ferry position on the north bank, and his foothold was not stable, and a large number of Yuan soldiers were still driving towards the north bank on the pontoon bridge, and Ji Ling's order to withdraw the troops had just arrived, and the ambush soldiers in Xuzhou had already been killed. The Xuzhou soldiers were condescending, and the Yuan army on the ferry was scattered, and it completely became a live target for the archers.

The whole Yuan soldiers were completely chaotic, in order to escape many people rushed to the pontoon bridge regardless of a qiē, because the order to withdraw the troops had not yet reached the lowest level of soldiers, the follow-up soldiers continued to advance, and the retreating soldiers in front collided together, the whole pontoon bridge was overcrowded, many people were squeezed into the Huai Shui, the water will be better, the water will not be drowned directly, on the bridge and under the bridge, there is a mess.

What's worse is that these pontoon bridges are connected together with not too thick hemp rope, if the bridge walks normally and orderly, the pontoon bridge can also be carried, but at this time Yuan soldiers are fleeing for their lives, there is still order to save zài, the pontoon bridge has long exceeded its rated load, the hemp rope connecting the wooden planks is overwhelmed, and finally broken, a pontoon bridge collapsed, and all the people on the bridge fell into the Huai water like dumplings, and countless people drowned.

The same situation happened one after another, the pontoon bridges with the chain of reflection, one after another collapsed, but a few pillars of incense, the six pontoon bridges were all broken, the traffic between the north and south of Huaishui was completely interrupted, and Yuan Bing, who was isolated on the north bank, except for those who knew how to swim back to the south bank, the rest were like headless flies, at a loss.

In fact, the fracture of the pontoon bridge is not because the level of Xuzhou military engineers is too inferior, this tofu scum project is deliberately arranged by Liu Ze, the quality of the original Xuzhou army sappers to build the pontoon bridge is strictly controlled, even if it is two or three times the rated weight of the bearing there is no problem. However, when the bridge was built, Liu Ze specially instructed that the original thick rope be replaced with a thin rope, so that the built pontoon bridge has no problem carrying a normal weight, but once it is overloaded, the pontoon bridge is overwhelmed and will collapse.

The Xuzhou army launched a comprehensive general attack, and Guan Yu, Guan Hai, Chen Dao, and Hao Meng were like sharp knives, cutting the Yuan army on the ferry on the north bank and annihilating it. Yuan Shu's army was already discouraged, and the fighting spirit was completely lost, and he didn't want to die and threw away his weapons early, raised his hands and surrendered, leaving a few stubborn resistance, and those who were still hesitating to surrender, were crushed under the offensive of the Xuzhou army like a tide, and there were a few transparent holes in their bodies.

Lei Bo Chen Lan saw that the general trend was gone, and he had no intention of fighting, so he even abandoned his war horse, hurriedly climbed into a small boat at the riverside ferry, and fled to the south bank. (To be continued......)