Chapter 736: The Yan Army Crossed Zhangshui
Soon after the main force of the Yan army arrived at the pontoon bridge, the three pontoon bridges were all built, and a lieutenant who was responsible for building the pontoon bridge immediately rushed back to the north bank and hugged his fists and said: "General, the three pontoon bridges have all been built, and the army can cross the river at any time." ”
"The soldiers have worked hard." Murong Ke nodded with satisfaction and asked softly, "What is the situation on the other side?" What is abnormal in the Jin army camp. ”
The junior colonel hugged his fists and said: "General Hui, the other side is normal, the Jin army camp is the same as usual, there is nothing abnormal, only a small number of soldiers patrol in the camp, and most of the soldiers should rest in the camp tent." ”
"Okay, great, tonight is the best time for our army to capture Yecheng and break the Jin and Wei coalition forces, pass the order, all the soldiers and horses, immediately prepare to cross the river." Murong Ke said loudly.
When Murong Ba heard this, he ordered loudly: "Soldiers, set off immediately, drive." After saying that, he personally rode his horse to the other side.
The soldiers of the Yan army, following behind Murong Ba, rode their horses and ran towards the south bank of Zhangshui, due to the limited width of the pontoon bridge, the main force of the Yan army could only march in six rows at the same time.
Murong Ke stood on the high ground not far from the ferry port, watching the main force under his command, running towards the south bank of Zhangshui continuously, his heart was full of reverie, as long as the 200,000 horses under his command could all cross Zhangshui, victory would inevitably belong to him, which was no suspense.
And whether the 200,000 main forces of soldiers and horses can all cross the Zhangshui is also tonight, that is to say, success or failure depends entirely on the next few hours, which makes Murong Ke feel more or less apprehensive in his heart, after all. The more critical it is, the more nervous it is.
Murong Ba led the forward army under his command, and soon landed on the land on the north bank of Zhangshui, which was only a few miles away from the camp of the Jin army's reserve army.
One thousand, two thousand, three thousand, five thousand, ten thousand. The number of Yan cavalry landing on the south bank increased. and soon assembled a fighting assault corps, ready to attack the Jin camp at any time.
However, at this time, the main force of 70,000 cavalry led by Hua An himself. Reinforcements came from the Hezhang Ferry. The distance from the Yan army is only five miles.
"Newspaper. The king, the cavalry of the Yan army had crossed Zhangshui and assembled several miles near the camp of our army. At any time there is a possibility of an attack on the battalion of our army. A junior colonel of the reserve regiment reported loudly that he had been ordered to wait for Hua'an in this position for a long time, in order to inform Hua'an of the latest news of the Yan army.
Hua An Lerma stopped, looked at the junior colonel, and asked loudly, "How many soldiers and horses have the Yan army crossed?" ”
"Back to the king, there are more than 10,000 people." The school replied truthfully.
"More than 10,000 people, there are already a lot." Hua An whispered, then looked at the junior colonel and asked, "How is the fireboat prepared, and where is it?" ”
Xiao Colonel clasped his fists and said: "Back to the king, more than a dozen fireships are all ready, and on the shore not far from here, the soldiers are guarding the ships?" ”
Hearing this, Hua An nodded with satisfaction, looked at the junior colonel, and ordered: "You immediately return to the fireboat, lead the soldiers down the river, and prepare to cut off the Yan army's pontoon bridge." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty." The little colonel clenched his fists and took the order, and then turned to leave.
"Your Majesty, the Yan army has a main army of 200,000, and now, it has only crossed more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Zhangshui, and our army has 70,000 main cavalry, why don't you let some Yan soldiers come over?" Seeing that Hua'an was about to cut off the pontoon bridge built by the Yan army now, Wang San asked with some puzzlement.
"Yes! Your Majesty, why don't you cut off his 350,000 horses, and in this way, you can win a great victory. Deng Qiang said loudly.
"Your Majesty, the morale of our army has been restored, and with the main force of 70,000, there is no problem in severely inflicting heavy losses on the Yan army of 350,000 horses." Chen Poyu said.
"At this time, it is an excellent time for our army to inflict heavy losses on the Yan army, what else is there to worry about the king." Chen Zhanhu naturally also hoped to win a big victory in annihilating tens of thousands of Yan troops.
Seeing that all the generals under his command were thinking of a big victory, Hua An smiled and said, "The appetite of the generals is really not small!" They all want to eat in one go, and they are not afraid to hold on. After speaking, he looked at the generals under his command.
"Your Majesty, if you eat the 350,000 horses of the Yan army in one go, our army should still have this appetite, and it will definitely not be able to hold on." Deng Qiang said loudly.
"Well, our army should have this strength." All the generals nodded in approval.
Hua An looked in the direction of the Yan army's assembly, and said: "This king believes in the strength of the generals, and also believes in the combat power of our army's soldiers, however, our army has never fought with the Yan army from beginning to end, and the combat power of the Yan army is not very clear. ”
When the generals heard this, they learned Hua'an's true thoughts, but they also had to admit that what Hua'an said was the truth, and they were all decisions made after careful consideration, with the current shape of the world, there are many people who support the army and respect themselves, outside of Hua'an, the soldiers and horses owned by the rest of the forces add up to more than one million, such a huge force, it is scary to think about, if you rely on brute force to conquer one by one, I am afraid that the loss will be very huge, and in this way, it is bound to drag down your own strength. As a result, he re-followed Ran Min's old path, ended up with no national strength, and finally collapsed.
The strength of the Yan army, although the soldiers of the Jin army have not experienced it personally, but from their step by step expansion of the territory, and defeat the elite army of Ran Min of the mighty Huaxia, it can be seen that their strength is definitely not blown out, if the Yan army is allowed to cross the river of 350,000 people, with twice the strength of the Jin army, it is natural to have enough confidence to defeat the Yan army, but it will definitely be bitten off a piece of meat by the Yan army, and the loss will definitely not be small, and concentrate several times the number of men and horses, and go all out to attack the Yan army's 10,000 or 20,000 troops, then the hope of victory is no suspense, and, The losses are relatively smaller, and at the same time, the annihilation of the Yan army of 10,000 or 20,000 horses can also give the Yan army a stern warning, and show their attitude of defending Yecheng.
Seeing that the soldiers under his command understood their thoughts, Hua An stretched out his hand and waved lightly, and ordered: "The whole army will set off immediately and prepare to raid the advance of the Yan army. After speaking, he rode his horse and ran towards the position where the Yan army had assembled.
Under the leadership of Hua'an, the main cavalry of the 70,000 Jin army rushed to the position where the Yan army was assembled at the fastest speed.
At this time, on the south bank of the pontoon bridge, the soldiers and horses gathered under Murong Ba's command had reached as many as 15,000, and so many men and horses were more than enough to deal with the Jin army camp in the distance.
Outside the gate of the Jin army camp, Murong Ba and the Yan army soldiers under his command raised their weapons and rushed over in a swarm, and the Jin army soldiers who were responsible for defending the camp saw this, and immediately evacuated to the inside of the camp in a panic according to the prior order, and the Jin army patrols in the camp also evacuated together.
"Soldiers, rush! Annihilation of the Jin Army. The soldiers of the Yan army shouted, rushed into the camp of the Jin army, and went straight to the camp tent of the soldiers of the Jin army.
A sharp blade slashed through the camp tent, and what the Yan soldiers saw was not a sleeping Jin army soldier, but a pile of hay doused with fire oil.
Seeing this situation, the soldiers of the Yan army knew that something was wrong, and immediately withdrew from the camp and immediately reported the situation to Murong Ba.
"General, the camp is empty, and the tent is full of hay doused with fire oil. One of the generals said loudly.
Murong Ba was shocked when he heard this, he didn't expect that he would actually lead the army into a dangerous place, at this moment, he didn't have time to think about it, and immediately ordered: "Retreat, retreat immediately." After speaking, he quickly ran outside the Jin army camp.
It's easy to come in, but it's so easy to get out, just when the soldiers of the Yan army were about to escape from the Jin army camp, the Jin army soldiers who were ambushed outside the camp had already ignited rockets and shot intensively in the direction of the camp.
The tent of the "Huhuhu......" camp caught fire, and a huge flame immediately burst out, wrapping the Yan soldiers who had not had time to evacuate in the sea of fire.
The soldiers of the Yan Army, who were mercilessly roasted by the scorching fire, let out a terrible howl, and in a short period of time, thousands of soldiers of the Yan Army were burned to death and burned, and the feelings of fear shrouded the hearts of the soldiers of the Yan Army.
Murong Ke, the commander of the Yan army standing on the north bank, couldn't help but be slightly taken aback when she saw a huge flame burning in the direction of the Jin army camp, she didn't understand why there was such a huge flame in the Jin army camp, after all, even if the army under his command broke through the Jin army camp, it was unlikely that such a big fire would be set on fire, and an ominous premonition shrouded Murong Ke's heart, making Murong Ke worried.
"Let's go and find out, what's going on on the other side?" Murong Ke ordered loudly.
When the soldiers beside him heard the order, they immediately left with their fists clenched, and rode their horses to the opposite bank.
Outside the Jin army's camp, Murong Ba, who had finally escaped from the sea of fire, and the soldiers under his command finally breathed a sigh of relief, but since the Jin army had set up an empty city plan for themselves, it was enough to show that the Jin army had a good understanding of their actions, and it was very likely that they had already had a countermeasure.
"General, the big thing is not good, tens of thousands of main soldiers and horses of the Jin army have already been killed from the west, and according to this, it is less than five hundred steps." Just when Murong Ba was shocked, bad news came.
"What, the main force of the Jin army is coming, how many soldiers and horses are there?" Murong Ba stabilized his mind, looked at the soldiers in front of him, and asked.
"Back to the general, there are seventy or eighty thousand horses in the black press." The soldier replied truthfully. (To be continued......)