Chapter 660: Deng Qiang's Decision

"Order the whole army to evacuate Yewang City immediately, quickly." Zhang Jin loudly gave the order to evacuate overnight.

When the generals heard the order, they immediately went to the military camp to prepare, and less than 10,000 horses in Yewang Castle began to make urgent preparations before the withdrawal.

Soon, Zhang Jin and his less than 10,000 soldiers and horses were ready to go, and immediately evacuated Yewang City, retreating in the direction of due north.

Less than ten miles east of Yewang City, Hua An and his 10,000 soldiers of the personal guards, after a period of rest, the bodies of the soldiers and war horses have been restored to a certain extent, and at this moment, the scouts who went to Yewang City to investigate the enemy's situation also happened to return.

"What is the situation in Yewang City, and whether the enemy army is well defended." As soon as the scout arrived, Hua An hurriedly asked.

The scout was a little excited, and replied loudly: "General Qiyu, the enemy forces in Yewang City are urgently evacuating to the north. ”

"Big brother, it seems that the enemy has discovered our army, so he is in such a hurry to retreat." Wang San hurriedly said excitedly.

Hua An nodded and said lightly: "It seems that this Zhang Jin is still very self-aware, he knows that the soldiers and horses under his command are not the opponents of our army, so he was so frightened that he evacuated overnight, haha!" He laughed.

"Big brother, then what are we waiting for, let's rush to Yewang City immediately!" Wang San said excitedly.

"Okay, give the order to the whole army, immediately rush to Yewang City, remember, poor Kou do not chase, for the enemy troops who have already withdrawn, do not rashly launch a pursuit." Hua An ordered loudly.

"Yes, big brother." Wang San answered, and then ordered the guards to march towards Yewang City.

Under the personal leadership of Hua'an, 10,000 elite guards rushed to Yewang City. and soon arrived at the foot of the Wild King Castle.

Seeing that Yewang City was in front of him, and the enemy's nearly 10,000 soldiers had already evacuated. Hua An gave an order for his guards to enter Yewang City immediately. and take the city.

Under Hua'an's order, 10,000 soldiers of the pro-guard army soon occupied Yewang City, and nearly 10,000 enemy troops had withdrawn, and the soldiers of the pro-guard army completely occupied Yewang City without blood.

Hua An led some of the generals to gallop to Zhang Jin's mansion, preparing to establish a large tent of the Chinese army in Zhang Jin's mansion.

The group walked into Zhang Jin's mansion, and in the main hall, Hua An saw the cups on several cases on both sides. Reaching out and touching it, it was still warm, and I tried a few in succession, but they were all warm.

"The enemy is in a hurry enough, and the tea is still warm." Hua An said softly.

"Big brother, it seems that just now, Zhang Jin, the main general of the enemy army, was here, discussing important matters with his subordinates." Wang San guessed.

Hua An nodded: "That's right, and it was before discovering that our army had arrived in Yewang City." Otherwise, they would not have the leisure to sit here and drink tea. ”

"Big brother, the enemy army of nearly 10,000 people fled Yewang City in a hurry, and they must have rushed to Shangdang County. Why didn't our army chase after it? Wang San asked softly.

Hua An replied: "Since the smuggling of the Yellow River at Chenggao Ferry, the soldiers of the pro-guard army have been rushing back and forth for more than two days. After only resting in Pinggao City for four hours, even if the soldiers were not tired. War horses should not be able to stand it either, now. Our army very much needs to take a good rest in Yewang City, and wait for the great victory of the Wudang Flying Army at the Mengjin Ferry. ”

"Big brother, according to the calculation of time, at this moment, the 10,000 troops under General Zhuge Xiong should have arrived at the Mengjin Ferry, perhaps, the battle has started." Wang San guessed.

Hua An looked at the sky and said softly: "The sky is about to dawn, the battle should start soon, give the order, let the soldiers rest well, assemble after noon, and prepare to block the rout of the enemy army retreating north from the Mengjin Ferry." ”

"Yes, General." The generals were ordered to immediately go and arrange for the soldiers to rest and recuperate.

At this moment, less than five miles away from the Mengjin Ferry, Zhuge Xiong and his 10,000 Wudang Fei troops were secretly lurking, waiting for an opportunity, waiting for an opportunity to break through the enemy's defensive position in one fell swoop.

Before leaving, Hua'an had warned Zhuge Xiong to launch a surprise attack from behind the enemy when the opposite Deng Qiang army launched a river-crossing attack, and at this moment, the sky was not yet dawn, and the Deng Qiang army did not attack, for this reason, Zhuge Xiong and the 10,000 troops under his command were still waiting.

In order to find out the situation of the enemy's deployment of troops at the Mengjin Ferry, Zhuge Xiong sent scouts to reconnoiter near the enemy camp in the dark, and asked them to pay attention to the situation on the river, and once they found that the Deng Qiang army on the south bank was attacking, they would immediately send a signal.

It was soon dawn, and the Deng Qiang Corps, stationed on the south bank of the Mengjin Ferry, was ready to launch another strong attack on the enemy forces on the north bank.

Because the Deng Qiang Legion is all elite cavalry, although they have been trained in water warfare, but the training time is not much, for this reason, they are not very flexible in the use of water battles and warships, which also directly leads to the repeated failures of their attacks, of course, the enemy's defensive strength is strong, it is also an indisputable fact, in the case of insufficient number of warships, it is indeed difficult for them to easily capture the Mengjin Ferry.

"General, more than 100 warships are ready, do you want to launch an attack across the river immediately?" A general looked at Deng Qiang and reported loudly.

Deng Qiang looked at the Yellow River in front of him and said loudly: "After three days of attacking, our army has not yet broken through the Mengjin Ferry, thinking that at the beginning, when attacking Luoyang City, our army only took less than an hour to break the city, why is this Mengjin Ferry so difficult to fight, do you have any good ways." After speaking, he looked at the general behind him.

A subordinate general said loudly: "General, attacking Luoyang City, our army is 30,000 soldiers and horses, and the enemy army is only 5,000, our army has an absolute advantage in strength, so it is natural to easily break the city, and at this moment, the enemy army of 20,000 soldiers and horses is stationed on the north bank, and our army's more than 100 warships, carrying only 3,000 troops, 3,000 against 20,000, our army is not superior, besides, our army is cavalry, more than ninety percent of the training in peacetime is cavalry training, not to mention the water war, it is not easy to break through the Mengjin Ferry." ”

"Excuses, these are just excuses, can our army just stop." Deng Qiang said angrily.

Another subordinate general hugged his fists and said: "General, if you want to quickly break through the Mengjin Ferry, you can only take a dangerous move." ”

"What's the risk, tell me quickly?" Deng Qiang couldn't wait to ask.

The general replied: "Our army on the Mengjin ferry, the main reason why it has not been able to conquer for a long time is that the strength is insufficient, if you want to quickly break through Mengjin, you must increase the strength of the attack across the river, now our army in addition to more than 100 warships, there are nearly 1,000 transport ships, let the soldiers board the transport ships, and the warships to kill the opposite bank, using our army's strength advantage, crush the enemy troops on the opposite bank, so that there is a slight chance of victory." ”

"General, this seems to be a bit inappropriate, transport ships are different from warships, under the attack of the enemy's thunderbolts on the opposite bank, our warships will be damaged, if it is a transport ship, there is a danger of being sunk, besides, the width of the ferry is less than one mile, no matter how many soldiers and horses, it may not be able to win." A subordinate general immediately said the opposite.

Deng Qiang hesitated, he naturally knew that under the attack of the enemy's dense thunderbolts, the warships specially used for combat were a little unbearable, not to mention the transport ships with very poor defensive performance, if the soldiers were allowed to take the transport ships to fight in dangerous places before occupying the opposite bank, it was very likely to cause losses to Yan Zòng.

In order to win the ferry as soon as possible, Deng Qiang decided to make a desperate bet and let the 30,000 elite troops of the ferry board the transport ship, and attack the opposite bank with more than 100 warships, and after arriving at the opposite bank, he immediately rushed to the beach and landed on the shore, and launched a fierce battle with the enemy soldiers on the opposite bank, so as to seize the Mengjin ferry in one fell swoop.

"Order the whole army, board the ship immediately, and in today's battle, you must take the Mengjin ferry." Deng Qiang gave the order loudly.

"Yes, General." Seeing that Deng Qiang had already made up his mind, the generals all clenched their fists and immediately went to prepare.

Under Deng Qiang's order, the 30,000 elite Guanzhong cavalry corps, except for the 3,000 men and horses who controlled more than 100 warships, all the rest of the men and horses quickly boarded the transport ship and were ready to set off at any time.

Seeing that all the soldiers under his command were ready, Deng Qiang walked towards the largest warship, and immediately ordered: "Go, the army will set off immediately." ”

Soon, nearly 1,000 ships, large and small, quickly headed for the north shore of the Mengjin Ferry, ready to launch a large-scale battle.

Since the crossing was not very wide, the nearly 1,000 ships of the Deng Qiang Army had just set off when the enemy scouts on the opposite shore discovered the situation and immediately reported the situation to their commanders.

When the enemy commander heard that nearly 1,000 ships of the Jin army were pressing together, he was taken aback, and hurriedly ran to the high platform of the ferry to watch, and saw that behind the more than 100 warships of the Jin army, all of them were all transport ships, and he was greatly relieved.

"Order, let the soldiers be ready for battle, as long as the Jin army's fleet approaches, they will give me a hard beating." The enemy commander commanded loudly.

After receiving the order, the enemy soldiers began to prepare for battle, especially the hundreds of thunderbolts, which immediately entered the state of preparation before launching, and could launch a fierce attack on the Jin army fleet with just one order.

Soon, the huge fleet led by Deng Qiang entered the attack range of the enemy thunderbolts on the opposite bank.

......The thunderbolt carts on the Jin army's warships and the thunderbolts on the enemy positions on the opposite bank began to shoot almost at the same time, and the battle began to start instantly.

"Soldiers, rush forward and land on the shore to attack." Deng Qiang gave the order for the transport ships behind the warship to sail to the shore of the enemy camp in order to launch a beach landing on the beach.

Under Deng Qiang's order, nearly 1,000 transport ships with poor defensive performance broke away from the protection of the warships and rushed to the ferry port on the opposite bank.

The enemy commander in charge of the defense, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, ordered: "The thunderbolt will attack the enemy transport ship with all its might. Give me a hard beating. (To be continued......)