In the direction of Rencheng, Yao Xiang and the main army under his command had arrived at the east bank of the swimming water overnight, and confronted the army under Wang Wu on the opposite bank across the swimming water.

At the same time, Yao Chang and his 5,000 elite soldiers had also quietly arrived more than 30 miles downstream, and built a simple pontoon bridge, ready to quickly cross the water.

After crossing the water, they will immediately march upstream and launch a fierce attack on Wang Wu's army defending the water.

Since there were not many 5,000 men and horses, Yao Chang and his soldiers and horses quickly crossed the swimming water and simply assembled on the west bank of the swimming water.

"General, the army has been assembled and is ready to go." After the general gathered his troops and horses, he reported to Yao Chang.

Hearing this, Yao Chang nodded, and said: "The whole army should set off immediately, and before dawn, it must reach thirty miles upstream and attack the enemy with the main army." ”

"Yes, General." The general answered, and then began to convey the order.

Under the leadership of Yao Chang, 5,000 elite cavalry marched 30 miles upstream along the west bank of the swimming water at the fastest speed.

At this time, on the east bank of the swimming water, Yao Xiang and the main force of the soldiers and horses under his command are preparing for a strong attack, because the ships on the east bank of the swimming water have all been collected by the soldiers and horses under the command of Wang Wu, for this reason, Yao Xiang and the army under his command have no ships to use, and temporary shipbuilding, the time is definitely too late, for this reason, they can only use simple materials, ready to build more than ten pontoon bridges overnight, and launch a large-scale attack on the opposite bank.

In Yao Xiang's Chinese army tent, Yao Xiang concisely arranged the task of building a pontoon bridge, and asked the armies of all walks of life to prepare for an attack before dawn.

When the generals in the big tent heard this, they all expressed their confusion about Yao Xiang's order, and they didn't understand where Yao Xiang's confidence came from. After all, the Wang Wu army on the other side was already very well prepared, and hastily built a pontoon bridge and launched an attack overnight, and the chance of success was not great.

"General Yao, Wang Wu has already arranged a large army on the opposite bank, and our army has just arrived in the water. Before the soldiers could catch their breath, they had to build a pontoon bridge and launch an attack on the other side, which would inevitably be too light on the enemy. A general felt sorry for his subordinates and exhorted loudly.

"Yes! General Yao. Although the soldiers are fast, they don't care about these hours! The soldiers are all tired, where do they still have the strength to build a pontoon bridge! Another general objected.

When Yao Xiang heard this, he shook his head very dissatisfied, but these generals didn't know that Yao Chang's 5,000 men and horses had arrived on the other side, so they raised their voices of opposition. It's inevitable.

"Generals, before dawn. A partial division of our army will attack from behind the enemy's army, and our army can only start preparing now in order to carry out the necessary countermeasures when the partial division attacks the enemy's army, so. Just ask the generals to go back and prepare immediately, and the pontoon bridge must be built before dawn. Yao Xiang felt that the time was ripe, so he no longer planned to hide it from these generals.

When the generals heard Yao Xiang's words, they were all a little surprised. They didn't understand where Yao Xiang was talking about the partial division, and frowned.

"General, the main forces of our army are all in the big camp, where did the division come from!" A subordinate general asked curiously.

Yao Xiang Zhengse said: "General Yao Chang led 5,000 elite soldiers, has arrived 30 miles downstream of the west bank of the water, before dawn, you can reach the enemy on the opposite bank and attack the enemy, so our army must step up the construction of pontoon bridges, and before dawn, launch an attack on the opposite bank, in order to deal with Yao Chang's 5,000 soldiers and horses." ”

When the generals heard this, they immediately understood that Yao Chang did not go to the rear to escort grain and grass when he left the barracks, but led an elite army and secretly went downstream to swim in the water.

"It turns out that the general has already made up his mind, and I will wait until I understand, so I will go back and prepare." A general responded with a fist clenched, then turned around and left the Chinese army's tent and returned to the camp to prepare.

Soon, all the generals led their troops to leave, and preparations for the construction of the pontoon bridge were quickly carried out.

Yao Xiang and the main army under his command were actively preparing for the attack, and such a large-scale operation was naturally quickly discovered by the soldiers under Wang Wu on the other side, and immediately reported upwards step by step, and finally reported to Wang Wu's Chinese army tent.

At this time, although it was already very late, Wang Wu still did not rest, he was in the big tent of the Chinese army, discussing with the generals how to resist Yao Xiang's main army, and from time to time asked the location of various reinforcements.

"General, the soldiers in front have just sent back the news that the main army under Yao Xiang has arrived on the other side and is building a pontoon bridge, which seems to be about to cross the water!" The general walked into the big tent of the Chinese army and reported to Wang Wu.

Wang Wu and his subordinates were all shocked when they heard this, they didn't expect that Yao Xiang and the main army under his command would arrive on the other side of the river so quickly, and they also put on a posture of immediately launching a forced crossing.

"General, Yao Xiang is really arrogant! The army has just come from afar, and before it has rested for a moment, it is going to storm our swimming defense line overnight. One of the generals said loudly.

"General, our army's swimming defense line has been deployed very tightly, Yao Xiang wants to break through, but I'm afraid it won't be so easy." Another general said loudly.

Wang Wu knew that Yao Xiang was a very cunning general, for this reason, he did not dare to take it lightly, he looked at his subordinate generals, and said: "Yao Xiang is a generation of famous generals, our army must not take it lightly, the generals will go to the shore with the general to observe, to see how this Yao Xiang is preparing for a strong attack." After speaking, he strode away from the big tent of the Chinese army and walked towards the shore of the swimming water, and the troops would follow closely behind Wang Wu and walk towards the shore of the swimming water.

The group, riding horses, soon arrived at the shore of the water, because the position of the shore is too low, the line of sight is not very good, so Wang Wu and all the generals under his command, all jumped off the war horses, and climbed on the high platform built on the shore.

Standing on the high platform and looking at the other side of the water, I saw that the Yaoxiang camp was completely a scene of brilliant lights, and tens of thousands of soldiers of the Yaoxiang army were preparing for the attack.

Wang Wu and the generals under his command, according to many years of combat experience, saw at a glance that there were 50,000 or 60,000 horses in the Yaoxiang camp on the opposite bank, which was basically not much different from the people and horses investigated by the detailed work in the direction of Qingzhou.

The soldiers in Yao Xiang's camp are preparing to build a pontoon bridge, for this kind of strong attack, Wang Wu has already made all preparations, therefore, he is very confident that if the soldiers and horses of Yao Xiang's army take this kind of strong attack method, it is impossible to break through the water defense line in any case, which also reassures him a lot.

"General, looking at Yao Xiang's posture, he plans to launch a strong attack at more than ten positions in the upper and lower reaches of the swimming water, if so, our army only needs to arrange five hundred soldiers and horses in these more than ten positions, which is enough to block the strong attack of Yao Xiang's army!" A general, looking at the situation on the other side, said loudly.

"Where you need five hundred men, two hundred in each location is sufficient." Another general said loudly.

When Wang Wu heard this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, what the generals said was the same as what he thought, and he was really relieved to see Yao Xiang's army arranging a strong attack plan like this.

"It is said that Yao Xiang is a generation of famous generals, and when I see it today, it's nothing more than that!" Wang Wu looked at the generals under his command and said confidently.

"General, I think this Yao Xiang is in vain, he deploys troops and horses like this, he can't break through the defense line of the water at all." One of the generals said loudly.

"Yes! The army had just arrived at the water, and the soldiers were already exhausted, so Yao Xiang actually let the soldiers under his command drag their tired bodies to prepare for the strong attack, so how could they win. Another general shouted.

Wang Wu smiled and said: "Generals, this can't blame Yao Xiang for not being considerate of the soldiers, it is true that our army's reinforcements are not far from Rencheng, if we don't launch a strong attack immediately, as soon as our army's reinforcements arrive, Yao Xiang will have no chance of winning." After speaking, he looked at the other side of the water.

"General, since it is impossible for Yao Xiang's army to break through our army's swimming defense line, then there is no need for us to continue watching here, it is better to return to the camp to rest! The task of defending the swimming water is left to the soldiers! A subordinate general looked at Wang Wu and said softly.

At this time, Wang Wu was also a little sleepy, and saw that the Yao Xiang army on the other side was not much of a threat at all, so he nodded and returned to the big tent with his subordinates.

After returning to the Chinese army's big tent, Wang Wu asked the soldiers and horses responsible for defending the water not to relax their vigilance, and told the soldiers of his big tent that as long as the Yao Xiang army launched an attack, immediately wake him up, after all, even if the Yao Xiang army could not break through the water defense line, as long as the war started, he would personally sit in the Chinese army's big tent and dispose of the battlefield intelligence from various positions at any time.

The soldiers of Wang Wu's army, after seeing the preparations of the Yao Xiang army, all had the heart of underestimating the enemy, but the Yao Xiang army was still actively preparing for the battle, and was ready to attack Rencheng after breaking through the defense line of the water.

A few hours later, the soldiers of Yao Xiang's army had braved the enemy's arrow rain to build the pontoon bridge very close to the opposite bank, and the soldiers had already used shields and bows and arrows to shoot at the soldiers and horses under Wang Wu's command who were defending on the opposite bank, and each caused some casualties.

"General, the pontoon bridge is already approaching the opposite bank, and our army can launch a strong attack at any time, but I don't know if our army's 5,000 partial divisions have reached the opposite bank." A general looked at Yao Xiang and said loudly. (To be continued......)