The morning sun was rising, and in the Han army barracks, Zhuge was standing outside the handsome tent wearing armor.

Beside him, stood Xu Chu and Dian Wei.

All the generals of the Han army have already dressed up in full armor, and they can enter the battle at any time as long as Zhuge Jun gives an order.

All the Han troops in the barracks have also prepared their armor and are waiting for Zhuge Jun to give the order to go to battle.

Standing outside the tent, Zhuge Jun was not in a hurry to give the order to go to battle.

He was still waiting, waiting for news from the scouts.

"Report!" The army was fully prepared, rushed in from outside the barracks and rode a fast horse, the Han army on horseback was still twenty or thirty steps away from Zhuge Jun, so he turned over and jumped down, ran to Zhuge Jun quickly, hugged his fists and bowed to him and said: "General Qiyu, Dong Dana led 30,000 barbarians, left the station, and went all the way downstream!" ”

"General!" As soon as the scout's words fell, another fast horse also galloped into the barracks, and the second scout dismounted and ran to Zhuge Jun's approach, clasped his fists and said, "Ah Hao led 30,000 barbarians and went upstream!" ”

After listening to the report of the two scouts, Zhuge Jun pulled up a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said to Xu Chu and Dian Wei beside him: "The barbarian soldiers are divided into three ways, obviously to surround and annihilate our army!" ”

"If the barbarians only cross the river one way, our army can still attack them halfway, and they are divided into three roads, so what can I do?" Knowing that the barbarians were divided into three ways, Xu Chu frowned and asked Zhuge Jun.

"The enemy is coming in three ways, and I will only go all the way!" The corners of his mouth kept a smile, and Zhuge Jun said: "The barbarian soldiers are divided into three routes, and the Chinese army must be empty." At that time, they had more than 100,000 people, and if our army crossed the river and attacked them, they would have no chance of winning! But since the barbarians have divided their troops, and our army crosses the river again, how can they withstand me? ”

Zhuge Jun said that he wanted to cross the river and take the initiative to attack the barbarians, Xu Chu and Dian Wei and the generals of the Han army were stunned.

Although the barbarian soldiers were divided into three routes, the barbarian army on the other side still numbered as many as 40,000 or 50,000 people.

With less than 20,000 Han troops forcibly crossing the river, it is still difficult to say whether they can defeat the barbarians.

"Keep an eye on the barbarians!" His eyes narrowed slightly, and Zhuge Jun instructed the scout: "The upstream and downstream barbarians cross the river and report to the general immediately!" ”

"No!" The two scouts bowed with their fists in response and ran out of the barracks together.

Seeing the two scouts leave, Xu Chu whispered to Zhuge Jun: "General, the number of barbarians crossing the river from the downstream and upstream is relatively small, so why don't our army concentrate its forces and break one of them......"

Waving his hand, Zhuge Jun said to Xu Chu: "The upstream and downstream ferries are quite far away, and if there is any movement of our army, the barbarians on the other side will know about it." According to the general's expectation, the barbarians will not be in a hurry to cross the river when they confront our army, and the other two armies that are far away from our army are the main force to cross the river. If our army were to attack, the other two barbarians would have taken advantage of the situation to cross the river. Moreover, if they attack any barbarians, their Chinese army will not rush to help, and our army still cannot achieve the goal of completely exterminating the barbarians! ”

Zhuge Jun's words, Xu Chu didn't say anything more.

Looking outside the barracks, Xu Chu tightly clenched the hand holding the hilt of the sword.

Passively waiting for the barbarians to attack is not the same as actively attacking the barbarians.

The number of Han troops was only one-sixth or seventh, and with such a small number of troops, even if they defended the city, the victory or defeat was only five or five.

Now the two armies are facing each other in the wilderness, and once the barbarians really launch a full-scale attack, it is still unknown whether the Han army can withstand the enemy.

The well-equipped soldiers of the Han army lined up and waited in the barracks, but the barbarian army was divided into three groups at this time, and they took a posture of crossing the river.

"King!" On the south side of the river bank facing the Han army, in the barbarian army, Meng Shu was staring at the Han army on the other bank, and Mrs. Zhu Rong stood beside him and asked with some hesitation: "When will you cross the river?" ”

"Wait until Dong Dana and Ah Hao Lan show up!" Looking at the Han army on the other bank, Meng Shu said: "At this time, we will cross the river, if the Han army crosses it halfway, we will definitely suffer a big loss." When Dong Dana and Ah Xulan arrive at the army, we will cross the river again, and the Han people will definitely not take it, and it will be decided by then! ”

Listening to what Meng Shu said, Mrs. Zhurong was silent.

Looking at the other side of the riverbank, she was very worried in her heart, she was not as confident as Meng Huo, thinking that the Han army would definitely follow Meng Huo's ideas.

However, judging from the current situation, the Han army really does not have any advantage in this battle.

Meng's decision may be the beginning of the barbarians' attack on the Han army.

Once the soldiers and horses led by Dong Dana and Ah Xulan crossed the river, they could quickly advance towards the Han army, and the soldiers could be divided into three ways to destroy the Han army, which may be the most appropriate method for the barbarians.

The barbarian army moved, but the Han army never made any response, even the hundreds of barbarians who were very close to the river bank did not react at all.

In the camp of hundreds of barbarians across the river from the barbarian army, a Han army general, with more than a dozen Han soldiers, pulled two carts of Han army armor and weapons, and distributed them to these surrendered barbarians.

The barbarians were short in stature, and many people wore the robes of the Han army, but they felt that they were too lenient.

The barbarian army led by Meng Shu may cross the river at any time, and it is too late to change the size of the robe, and the general of the Han army is thinking about how to solve the problem of robes, leading the leaders of these barbarians, taking the armor, not wearing robes, and directly putting them on their bodies.

The armor of the Han army is a breastplate with two pieces of front and back.

No matter how thin a person is, when he puts on armor, he doesn't look so empty.

Shirtless and wearing the armor of the Han army, the barbarian leader shouted something to the hundreds of barbarians in the camp.

Hearing his shout, hundreds of barbarians put down their Han military robes one after another, and only picked up their armor and put it on.

Seeing the barbarians shirtless and putting the armor on their bodies, the Han army general who led people to issue them armor pursed his lips and didn't say anything more.

Changing into armor and distributing the blades of the Han army, hundreds of barbarians were excited, and they raised their silver swords in their hands and let out a shout.

At this time, in the Han army barracks, Zhuge Jun had already received the second message from the scout.

Ah Hao Lan and Dong Dana each led a group of soldiers and horses, respectively to the upper and lower reaches of the river, and had already begun to cross the river.

After receiving the news that the two barbarian armies had begun to cross the river, Zhuge Jun turned over the war horse that his own soldiers brought for him, drew a long sword from his waist, pointed the long sword towards the outside of the barracks, and shouted: "Cross the river!" ”

I had long known that I would take the initiative to attack the barbarians on the opposite bank, and when Zhuge Jun shouted the words "crossing the river", nearly 20,000 Han troops shouted in unison.

When they arrived at the barbarian realm, it had been a long time, and the soldiers of the Han army all had a thought in their hearts, that is, to defeat the barbarians as soon as possible and return to their hometown earlier.

The area where the barbarians lived was picturesque, surrounded by primeval jungle, but for the soldiers of the Han army, it was extremely difficult.

Not to mention that there are many more mosquitoes than in the north, and the humid climate has made it unbearable for the soldiers.

Defeating the barbarians and returning to their homeland as soon as possible has become the most urgent desire in the hearts of almost every Han army soldier.

The shouts of the soldiers of the Han army alarmed Meng Shu on the other side of the riverbank.

Hearing the shout, he hurriedly jumped on a big rock, stretched his neck and looked at the opposite bank.

"What are the Han people going to do?" Seeing the Han army coming out of the barracks from a distance, Meng Shu's brows tightened, as if muttering to himself.

Mrs. Zhurong, who was on the side, heard him talking to herself, and also jumped on the big rock and looked across the riverbank.

When she found out that the Han army had left the camp, her brows couldn't help frowning, and like Meng Shu, she muttered to herself: "Isn't the Han army going to cross the river to attack our army?" ”

"How dare they cross the river and attack our army when they have few people?" Shaking his head, Meng Huo still didn't believe that the Han army would cross the river and launch an attack.

What made him most sure that the Han army would not cross the river was that there were no rafts or boats on the riverbank, and even if the Han army wanted to cross the river, it was impossible for them to swim to the other side.

Tightly frowning, Meng Shu said to a barbarian standing on the side of the stone: "Let everyone beware of the Han army, in case they cross the river, they will immediately meet the attack!" ”

The barbarian answered, and delivered Meng Huo's order to the barbarian army.

Mobilizing the army, Meng Huo did not avoid the eyes of the Han army.

He was so confident in the battle that was about to break out, and even that his confidence had reached a point where it was almost inflated.

In terms of numbers, the Han army was only one-sixth or seven-tenth of the barbarians, and the river between the two armies was not very wide, but the river in the middle was not shallow.

With this river between the two armies, Meng Shu had no worries at all that the Han army would be able to successfully cross the river without a raft.

Looking at the Han army who came out of the barracks on the opposite side, the look on Meng Shu's face became more and more calm.

The main force of the Han army left the barracks, and hundreds of barbarians were stationed in the camp, and hundreds of shirtless and armored barbarians also drove out of the camp.

The barbarians, who had left the camp, carried many thick logs, and went straight to the bank of the river.

Hundreds of barbarians carried logs to the riverbank, and three or four thousand Han soldiers immediately followed closely behind them, and as they ran, they took the crossbow from their backs, and in the process of running, put arrows on the crossbows.

On the other side of the riverbank, Meng Huo, who was sure that the Han army would not dare to cross the river, saw hundreds of barbarians wearing Han army armor running towards the river, was taken aback, and hurriedly shouted to the barbarians on the side: "Quick! Shoot those who carry wood with bows and arrows! Don't let them get close to the riverbank! ”

Already aware of the Han army's attempt to cross the river, Meng Shu gave the order to shoot the barbarians carrying wood on the opposite bank with bows and arrows, and thousands of barbarian archers ran towards the river bank.

Before they could reach the bank of the river, the Han soldiers who were following the barbarians carrying logs ran and shot a puff of arrows at them.