When Murong Ba heard this, he said softly: "Fourth brother, Zhangshui is a hundred zhang wide, and our army is not good at building pontoon bridges, especially at night, it is even more difficult, if you can't build a pontoon bridge to the south bank in the shortest possible time, once the main force of the Jin army learns of our army's attempt, it is likely to quickly reinforce it." ”

"Building a pontoon bridge at night is indeed a big challenge for our army, but I have already selected 1,000 soldiers to train here in Fushui, and I can achieve a small success in three or five days at most." Murong Ke said softly.

"It turns out that the fourth brother has a plan, it seems that I am too worried." Seeing that Murong Ke was fully prepared, Murong Ba nodded reassuringly.

After sunset, Murong Ke's carefully selected 1,000 soldiers with good water nature gathered at the edge of the ferry outside the south gate of Linshui City, where a large number of tree trunks and hemp rope and other materials had been prepared, in addition, there were dozens of small wooden boats.

These are all the equipment for the Yan army to erect the pontoon bridge, and before starting the training, Murong Ke and the main generals under his command all went to watch it to understand the speed of the soldiers building the pontoon bridge.

"Fourth brother, the soldiers are ready and ready to start." Murong Ba whispered.

Murong Ke stretched out his hand and waved it, and said softly, "Start training." ”

Under Murong Ke's order, a thousand Yan soldiers immediately began to erect a pontoon bridge, some of them picked up the trunk and jumped into the water, some took the hemp rope and began to tie up the trunk stacked together, and some soldiers took a small boat to help on the side, and the atmosphere was extremely lively.

However, the soldiers of the Yan Kingdom are obviously not good at building pontoon bridges, especially at night when the light is extremely dim. It was even more difficult to act, and in order to simulate the situation when smuggling into the Yecheng ferry, Murong Ke gave way to the ferry, did not light the torches, and let the soldiers build a pontoon bridge by moonlight.

In the dim moonlight, the soldiers of the Yan army could not see the surrounding situation clearly at all, accidental injuries between soldiers were more common, and the fingers of individual soldiers were blurred by the smashed flesh and blood, and the most severe thing was that many tree trunks had just been thrown into the water. It's not time to tie it yet. It was washed away by the water right under the noses of the Yan soldiers.

"Fourth brother, look at these soldiers, they are all clumsy, go on like this. When the day dawns, it may not be possible to erect a pontoon bridge. "Seeing that the soldiers of the Yan Army are not good. Murong Ba said angrily.

This qiē was all expected by Murong Ke. After all, it's night, and the light is very low. The difficulty of erecting the pontoon bridge is naturally more difficult than that of the daytime, and the pontoon bridge that has been built on the water is built in the daytime, and it took half a day to build.

"Don't worry, let the soldiers train for a few more days, and it will naturally increase their speed." Murong Ke said unhurriedly, obviously, he was not in a hurry, after all, even if he was in a hurry, it would not have the slightest effect.

The training of the Yan soldiers continued, and Murong Ke and his soldiers, after watching for half an hour, returned to their camps, prepared to rest for the night, and then marched in the direction of Zhangshui.

Early in the morning of the second day, Murong Ke left 1,000 soldiers who had trained to build bridges, and personally led the main army of 200,000 to leave the south bank of Fushui and march towards the north bank of Zhangshui.

In just a few hours, Murong Ke and the main army under his command arrived at the north bank of Yecheng Ferry and set up camp.

Murong Ke led a group of generals to ascend a high ground near the ferry, and looked down on the entire Yecheng ferry, and even, you could see the Jin army camp on the south bank of Zhangshui, as well as Yecheng farther away.

"Fourth brother, the city on the other side should be Yecheng." Murong Ba pointed to the city on the south bank of Zhangshui and said softly.

Murong Ke nodded and said: "That's right, Yecheng is already close at hand, and on the other side of Zhangshui is the camp of the main force of the Jin army, it seems that the main force of the Jin army is indeed gathered here." ”

"Fourth brother, Yecheng Ferry, it is really a suitable position for the army to cross, as long as the main force of the Jin army on the other side can be transferred, our army can easily force the crossing of Zhangshui." Murong Ba also took a fancy to Yecheng Ferry.

Murong Ke smiled and said softly: "More than ten years ago, my uncle and I came to Yecheng once, but I didn't expect that more than ten years later, I came here again, but last time I met Shi Hu, I had to be cautious in my words and deeds, but this time, I led the army to level Yecheng, and the situation was completely different." ”

"I heard that the fourth brother and Hua An, the chief general of the Jin army, met on a trip to Yecheng more than ten years ago, but now, they have become each other's biggest enemies." Murong Ba said softly.

Murong Ke nodded and said: "That's right, at that time, we were still young, and we were very close to each other, at that time, the fourth brother saw that he was a rare talent, and planned to recruit him into his command, but unfortunately everyone has their own ambitions, he politely refused, and joined the Jin army, and step by step to the point where he is now the king." ”

"Yes! When he was in Liaodong, Hua'an showed his talent as a general, and the second brother once told me that Hua'an would become a famous general of the Jin Kingdom in the future, and now, as expected, it was fulfilled, Hua'an not only became a famous general of the Great Jin Dynasty, but was actually crowned the king and became a figure on an equal footing with the second brother. Murong Ba Zhengse said.

"Hua'an and you and I are both old friends, and now, when we meet on the battlefield, will the fourth brother show mercy?" Murong Ba asked softly.

Murong Ke smiled and said: "The old man returns to the old man, now, we are each our own master, how can we forget our mission because of our personal feelings, we will not show mercy to our subordinates, and Hua'an will naturally not be soft." ”

"The fourth brother is right, now, we have a hostile relationship with the Jin army, and we must not forget our mission because of our personal feelings, defeating the Jin army and capturing Yecheng is our only goal at the moment." Murong Ba said loudly.

Murong Ke nodded with a smile, and looked in the direction of the Yecheng ferry, and said softly: "Our army will choose the location of the forced crossing of Zhangshui here, the Jin army must not have imagined, leaving three thousand soldiers, in the woods five miles northwest of the ferry, immediately prepare a large number of tree trunks and other baggage to erect pontoon bridges, within five days must be prepared, enough to build three pontoon bridges, the rest of the men and horses rest for half a day, this evening to pull out the camp and leave, marching towards Hezhang and Bokou, ready to confuse the main general of the Jin army, let him transfer the main force of soldiers and horses away from the Yecheng ferry, in order to facilitate our army's forced crossing." ”

"Fourth brother, don't worry! This time, our army will definitely be able to force the Zhangshui, defeat the main force of the Jin army, and take Yecheng. Murong Ba said loudly.

Hearing this, Murong Ke nodded, rode his horse back to the camp, and asked his soldiers to rest immediately, preparing to set off in the evening, and divide the troops to Hezhang and Bokou.

The reason why they chose to set off in the evening was because they wanted to create an atmosphere of secretly marching, so that the Jin scouts would misunderstand that they were really going to attack from the left and right flanks, and then transfer the army from the Yecheng Ferry.

Murong Ke's plan was to personally lead 100,000 main forces to Hezhang Ferry, and let the generals lead another 100,000 soldiers and horses to Bokou, and build pontoon bridges in these two positions, either openly or covertly, to put huge pressure on the Jin army's defensive soldiers and horses, thus forcing the main force of the Jin army defending Yecheng Ferry to come for reinforcements.

In order to create a realistic sense of forcibly crossing the Zhangshui from both wings, Murong Ke would constantly send small groups of troops to cross the Zhangshui in small wooden boats to launch a continuous harassment of the Jin army's defensive forces.

Once the main force of the Jin army was transferred from the Yecheng ferry to the two wings, Murong Ke would immediately order the troops on the left and right wings to rush back to the Yecheng ferry as fast as possible in the evening, and at the same time, the soldiers of the Yecheng ferry began to build pontoon bridges.

In this way, when Murong Ke's two-way main army arrived at the Yecheng ferry, the pontoon bridge in the direction of the ferry was also built, and the 200,000 troops could immediately cross the river and attack Yecheng, and capture Yecheng before the main force of the Jin army returned to help, and then fought a decisive battle with the Jin and Wei coalition forces with the superior cavalry main force.

After evening, the main army of 200,000 under Murong Ke's command was all ready, and under Murong Ke's orders, they began to march quickly to the left and right.

The main force of the Yan army suddenly and quickly left the Yecheng ferry and marched to both sides, which naturally attracted the attention of the Jin army scouts, who were ambushed on the north bank of Zhangshui, and immediately reported the situation to Hua'an on the south bank of the ferry after learning this important news.

"Your Majesty, the main force of the Yan army suddenly pulled out the camp, and the troops were divided into two routes, marching to the east and west sides respectively, and the armies on each side had 100,000 horses." A small colonel rushed into the big tent of the Chinese army and reported loudly.

Hua An was stunned when he heard this, a few hours ago, he only got the news that the main force of the Yan army had arrived on the north bank of the ferry, and now, it was only a few hours, but the main force of the Yan army suddenly left the north bank of the ferry, and the troops were divided into two roads, marching to the east and west sides respectively, which is more or less strange.

Hua An was puzzled by the Yan army's attempt, so he had to give an order to let the scouts on the other side continue to closely monitor every move of the main force of the Yan army, and report immediately if there was a situation.

"Your Majesty, the main force of the Yan army is divided into two routes, and suddenly marches to the east and west, it seems that it is going to attack from both wings at the same time, after all, the main force of our army is here, and the strength of the two wings is relatively weak. Wang San opened his mouth to analyze.

Hearing this, Hua An nodded slightly, Wang San's analysis is very reasonable, the Yan army suddenly marched to the left and right wings, and there is indeed the possibility of avoiding the real and attacking the false, and launching a strong attack from the left and right wings, however, it is too early to draw conclusions at this time, and it is necessary to continue to closely monitor every move of the main force of the Yan army, so that the true intentions of the Yan army can be determined and the corresponding deployment adjustments can be made.

A few hours later, the main forces of the Yan army arrived at Hezhang and Bokou respectively, and the forwards had begun to build pontoon bridges, as if to force the crossing of Zhangshui.

When the Jin scouts learned of this, they immediately went to the south bank of the Yecheng ferry to report to Hua'an. (To be continued......)