When the Jin army scouts returned to the south bank of Yecheng Ferry, the sky was just a little bright, and Hua'an also got up early, ready to go to the direction of the ferry to check the situation.

"Your Majesty, the scouts have just returned, and the main forces of the Yan army have arrived at Hezhang and Bokou respectively." As soon as Hua'an walked out of the Chinese army's tent, a junior colonel clenched his fists and said.

When Hua An heard this, he immediately returned to the big tent, and looked at the map on the case, and fell into deep thought.

The main forces of the Yan army went to Hezhang and Bokou respectively, and it seemed that they really wanted to launch an action to force the crossing of Zhangshui from both wings, but Hua'an always felt as if something was wrong, and Hua'an couldn't say what was wrong.

Not long after, Deng Qiang and Jiang Gan also sent henchmen to deliver a message, telling Hua'an that the main force of the Yan army had arrived on the north shore and was building a pontoon bridge, and it seemed that they had plans to force their way across the Zhangshui.

Seeing that the Yan army had begun to build pontoon bridges, Hua'an no longer suspected that the Yan army was attempting to force the crossing from both wings, and planned to send reinforcements to both wings to deter the main force of the Yan army that was preparing to force the crossing.

Soon, Wang San and other generals gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army and asked Hua'an for orders, asking for reinforcements on both wings to crush the Yan army's attempt to force crossing.

Hua'an was preparing to reinforce the two wings respectively, and suddenly felt that the Yan army was so arranged, it seemed a little strange, and the arrangement of heavy troops on the two wings was equivalent to stretching out two fists, so that the soft heart was exposed in front of the opponent's eyes, and the Yan army was so arranged, wasn't he afraid that he would lead the main army of the ferry to cross the Zhangshui and break his two main armies?

Think about it, though. The soldiers and horses of the main force of the Yan army on both sides are in the crowd of 100,000, and the soldiers and horses stationed at the Yecheng ferry are only 80,000 horses, even if these 80,000 horses cross the Zhangshui, it is difficult to pose a fatal threat to any of the Yan army's men and horses, for this reason, the Yan army can open its chest so boldly, without fear of being cut into two pieces by the Jin army.

"Your Majesty, the main force of the Yan army is ready to launch a strong attack from both flanks, and our army should immediately reinforce the two flanks to crush the Yan army's attempt." Chen Poyu clenched his fists and asked for his life.

"Your Majesty. The two flanks of our army are weak. It is difficult to form an effective deterrent against the Yan army's soldiers and horses, and the two wings should be reinforced immediately. Chen Zhenhu also clenched his fists and asked for his life.

Hearing this, Hua An nodded, and said softly: "The main army of the Yan Army is the main army on both roads. Attempts to attack from the left and right flanks were becoming more and more apparent. But. This king always felt that something was wrong, with Murong Ke's wisdom, wouldn't he have thought that our army would reinforce the two wings? If the main force of our army. Shun lì reinforced the two wings, and the plan of the Yan army to cross the Zhangshui could not be realized. ”

"What the king means is that Yan Jun has another conspiracy." Wang San asked softly.

Hua An nodded and said softly: "Murong Ke must still have a conspiracy, but what the specific conspiracy is, this king has no way of knowing. ”

"Command, Your Majesty! How to reinforce our army. Wang San asked.

Hua An thought for a moment and ordered: "The reserve army of 40,000 horses and horses will reinforce General Jiang Gan, and the remaining 40,000 main forces will reinforce Deng Qiang with this king." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The generals will clench their fists and lead their lives.

The reason why Hua'an wanted to lead the main force to reinforce Deng Qiang was because on the opposite side of the Deng Qiang army was the 100,000 elite army led by Murong Ke himself, which was where the main force of the Yan army was located.

Before leaving, Hua'an suddenly worried about the safety of the ferry, so he let the 40,000 horses of the reserve army leave 10,000 to continue to garrison the Yecheng ferry, and the remaining 30,000 horses to the east to reinforce Jiang Gan's corps.

As soon as he was ready, Hua An led the main army of 40,000 under his command and marched towards the Hezhang Ferry.

On the north bank of the Hezhang ferry, Murong Ke personally led a cadre to inspect back and forth in the direction of the ferry, and asked his soldiers to step up the construction of pontoon bridges.

The soldiers of the Yan army chose several locations and began to build pontoon bridges, but in broad daylight, the large-scale operation of building pontoon bridges will definitely not be able to escape the ears and eyes of the soldiers of the Deng Qiang Army on the other side.

Knowing that the Yan soldiers had built a number of pontoon bridges at the ferry, Deng Qiang did not dare to be careless, and hurriedly reported the situation to Hua'an, and sent his soldiers to camp on the south bank of the pontoon bridge where the Yan army had built, and prepared a large number of bows and crossbows, ready to shoot the approaching Yan soldiers who built bridges.

The pontoon bridge of the Yan army was not built very quickly, but at noon, it had already reached a position less than a stone's throw from the south bank.

Seeing that the soldiers of the Yan army had already entered the range of bows and arrows, the soldiers of the Jin army who were defending the south bank were naturally not polite, and after a violent rain of arrows, the soldiers of the Yan army had fallen into the water with arrows.

Seeing the Jin army firing arrows, the Yan soldiers retreated in a gloomy manner and immediately reported the situation to Murong Ke.

Murong Ke naturally expected this to be the case, so he immediately sent shield soldiers and crossbow men to protect the soldiers who built the pontoon bridge, and asked the pontoon bridge to continue to be built.

The Yan soldiers, who were responsible for building the pontoon bridge, went to build the pontoon bridge again under the protection of shield soldiers and crossbow men.

At this time, Deng Qiang, the chief general of the Jin army, personally went to the edge of the ferry to supervise the battle, and saw that the soldiers of the Yan army came to build the pontoon bridge again, and immediately ordered: "Release the arrows, release the arrows immediately." ”

"Whoosh...... A rapid rain of arrows shot at the Yan soldiers who were building a pontoon bridge.

However, directly in front of the Yan soldiers, there were several small wooden boats responsible for cover, and in these small wooden boats, there were shield soldiers holding shields, and the bows and arrows shot by the Jin army were all blocked by the shields, and did not cause damage to the Yan soldiers who built the pontoon bridge.

"Whoosh......" A rain of arrows shot from the direction of the small wooden boat.

The Yan army crossbowmen counterattacked, instantly hitting a number of Jin army soldiers.

Seeing this, Deng Qiang was furious and shouted: "The shield soldiers stepped forward to cover, and the crossbowmen continued to release arrows." ”

Under Deng Qiang's order, the soldiers of the Jin army who defended the ferry fought to the death with the men and horses of the Yan army to build a pontoon bridge.

Although there were more soldiers and horses in the Jin army, both sides were covered by shields, so they were not hurt too much, but the speed at which the Yan soldiers built the pontoon bridge slowed down significantly.

"General, within thirty steps of the shore is the shallow water area, men and horses can cross, if the Yan army is allowed to advance to a distance of thirty steps from the shore, the main force of the Yan army can attack." A junior school reminded.

When Deng Qiang heard this, his heart tightened, and he immediately ordered: "What about the thunderbolt car? All the thunderbolts of the whole army must be transferred to the shore, and the Yan army must not be allowed to build a pontoon bridge. ”

Hearing the order, the generals immediately went to prepare, and soon, the thunderbolts of Deng Qiang's army were all pushed to the shore.

"General, the Thunderbolt is ready." The Colonel asked.

Deng Qiang nodded and ordered loudly: "Immediately throw black powder and completely destroy the pontoon bridge." ”

When the soldiers heard the order, they immediately lit the black powder and threw it at the place where the Yan army had built a pontoon bridge.

A number of thunderbolts were thrown at the same time, and many black powder blocks, some of which fell into the water, some on the pontoon, and some on the small wooden boat in which the Yan army was riding.

"Boom, boom......, boom" huge explosions sounded one after another, the small wooden boat of the Yan army was blown overturned, the Yan soldiers in the boat were thrown into the water, the pontoon bridge that had just been built was blown open one by one, and several Yan soldiers who were responsible for building the pontoon bridge were also lifted into the water, and the black powder that fell into the water exploded a huge column of water on the water surface.

Seeing that the soldiers of the Yan army were so bombed, Deng Qiang was very happy and ordered to continue the shooting.

How could the soldiers of the Yan army withstand such a huge blow, and after a few rounds of thunderbolt throwing from the Jin army, they began to retreat in a hurry.

Murong Ke, who was on the north shore of the ferry, saw with his own eyes the huge column of water rising on the surface of the water, and heard the deafening explosion, for this, he frowned, he had never seen such a thing, and he didn't understand what it was.

"What is the Jin army throwing at it, and why can it lift a huge column of water from the surface of the water?" Murong Ke looked at the generals beside him and asked softly.

When the generals heard this, they looked at each other a few times, and most of them shook their heads.

A subordinate general hugged his fists and said: "General, the last general has heard that in the hands of the Jin army, there is such a powerful weapon that can destroy the city gate, and even, can make the entire city gate tower collapse, maybe it is what we see now!" ”

"What, the Jin army actually has such a powerful weapon in its hands, if so, once our army is at a disadvantage, won't there be no need to defend the city." Murong Ke said in surprise.

When the generals heard this, they all looked at each other, and they were very afraid of this weapon of the Jin army.

"Fourth brother, the pontoon bridge built by our army has been destroyed by the Jin army, what should I do now?" Murong Ba asked softly.

Murong Ke hesitated for a moment, and said, "Let the soldiers rest well, and after sunset, continue to build the pontoon bridge." ”

Murong Ke's intention was obvious, that is, to start the construction at night and when the light was low, so that it would be difficult for the Jin army's thunderbolt chariots to aim at the target, so as to reduce the casualties of his own soldiers.

"Fourth brother, since our army's intention is to feint on the two flanks, and finally concentrate all the main forces and assault from the middle road, why do you have to go to such great lengths to build a pontoon bridge and let the soldiers suffer losses?" Murong Ba asked puzzled.

Murong Ke smiled and said softly: "Fifth brother, you also said just now, we are feints to attack the two wings, if we don't let the Jin army see that our army is building a pontoon bridge at any cost, how can we make the Jin army commander believe that our army is really going to attack from the two wings?" In order for the enemy to be neutralized, the necessary losses are worth it. After speaking, he raised his eyes and looked at the south bank of Zhangshui.

"Since the fourth brother has made up his mind, then our army will start building the pontoon bridge after dark." Murong Ba agreed. (To be continued......)