When he heard that the main army of 70,000 or 80,000 of the Jin army was killed from the west, Murong Ba was greatly surprised, because he knew that these soldiers and horses of the Jin army must have been reinforced from Hezhang Ferry, and in addition, it was impossible for the Jin army to suddenly appear so many soldiers and horses.

And the Jin army came from Hezhang Ferry with such a quick reinforcement, which is enough to show that the Jin army had already learned of their battle plan and took a countermeasure to deal with it.

"General, the main force of the Jin army is prepared, and our army has less than 20,000 soldiers and horses crossing Zhangshui, and there is such a huge disparity in strength, how can our army deal with it?" A subordinate general asked anxiously.

Murong Ba looked in the direction of the pontoon bridge and said loudly: "Don't be afraid, the main force of our army is coming in a steady stream of reinforcements, as long as the soldiers follow the general to block the main force of the Jin army, when all our soldiers and horses come up with reinforcements, the Jin army will inevitably be defeated." ”

"Soldiers, line up to meet the enemy." Hearing the order, the general loudly scolded the soldiers who were burned by the fire, and prepared to confront the main army of the Jin army head-on.

Under the command of the generals, more than 10,000 soldiers of the Yan army began to gradually assemble and prepare for a head-on confrontation with the main force of the Jin army.

Hua An led the main army to the battlefield, and when he saw the Yan army lined up to meet the enemy, he stretched out his hand and immediately ordered: "Soldiers, kill ......"

"Kill ......" The main force of the 70,000 Jin army raised their weapons and roared to kill the soldiers and horses of the Yan army.

Seeing that the main army had launched an attack on the Yan army, the soldiers of the reserve corps who were ambushed near the camp also rushed forward with a roar and launched an attack from the rear of the Yan army's formation.

The Yan army crossed the Zhangshui with less than 20,000 horses, facing the main force of the Jin army of 70,000. At an absolute disadvantage, at this moment, the reserve army of the Jin army attacked from behind them, which made the soldiers of the Yan army, who were at an absolute disadvantage and had been frightened by the fire of the Jin army, even more afraid.

By the hazy moonlight, Murong Ke, who was standing on the high ground on the north bank of the pontoon, saw the abnormality that had occurred on the other side, and there were seventy or eighty thousand horses in the black oppression, which obviously must be the soldiers and horses of the Jin army. And. It must have been reinforced from the Hezhang Ferry.

That is to say, when he led the main army to Yecheng Ferry, the Jin army on the south bank of Hezhang Ferry was also fully prepared. And follow in your footsteps. Ran over.

"Newspaper. General, our army was ambushed by mistake, and the camp of the Jin army was all flammable. The soldiers of the Jin army in the camp tent have long been evacuated, and our army has been burned thousands of people. At this moment, the soldiers who had just been sent out returned to the north shore and reported to Murong Ke.

When Murong Ke heard this, he sighed helplessly, which is enough to show that the Jin army has already understood his plan and made full preparations for the plan, first the Jin army camp buried the fire and lured the forward army under his command to be fooled, thus suffering a lot of losses, and then, the main cavalry of the Jin army surged from the west, putting the forward army under his command in an extremely disadvantageous situation.

"General, there is a sound of fighting on the other side, and the situation of our army is not good!" A subordinate general looked at the hazy battle situation on the other side and said softly.

Another general, looking at the three pontoon bridges, said softly: "Fortunately, the main force of our army is in the past with a steady stream of reinforcements, as long as it can withstand a few hours, the main force of our army can all cross the Zhangshui, so our army will definitely win." ”

Murong Ke shook his head and said: "The main force of the Jin army is several times that of our army's forward, it seems that most of our army's vanguard cannot be stopped, and we must withdraw immediately." ”

"General, if you withdraw from the army at this time, you will completely lose your previous achievements."

"Yes! Please think twice, general. ”

Several generals clenched their fists and persuaded them.

After all, the width of the pontoon bridge is limited, and it is impossible for more than 10,000 forward corps to immediately retreat to the north bank, and retreating at this moment means giving up the forward corps that has crossed the Zhangshui, so that more than 10,000 vanguard corps will completely become the soul of the Jin saber, and the generals of the Yan army naturally do not want to see this situation.

"General, there are more than a dozen fully loaded boats floating upstream." Just when the generals of the Yan army persuaded Murong Ke not to give up, a junior colonel found more than a dozen small boats full of goods floating upstream.

Murong Ke raised his eyes and was immediately shocked, at the moment of the third watch in the middle of the night, more than a dozen boats full of goods suddenly appeared on the Zhangshui River, needless to say, it must be the fireboat of the Jin army, the purpose is to burn the pontoon bridge on the Zhangshui River, so that the main force of the Yan army can not cross the river, and at the same time, it also makes the more than 10,000 Yan army forward soldiers who crossed the Zhangshui unable to withdraw to the north bank, so as to completely annihilate this team.

"The fireboat, it must be the fireboat of the Jin army, immediately give an order to the soldiers to stop crossing and quickly retreat back." Murong Ke ordered loudly.

The generals of the Yan Army were stunned when they heard this, and before they could give the order, more than a dozen small wooden boats on the surface of Zhangshui suddenly burst into flames.

More than a dozen small wooden boats braving huge flames, driven by the current, drifted towards the position of the pontoon bridge little by little, and the Jin soldiers on the small wooden boat had already jumped into the last empty boat and slowly rowed towards the shore.

The generals of the Yan Army were shocked when they saw this, and hurriedly shouted loudly: "Retreat, retreat immediately." ”

"Bell ......" In the middle army of the Yan army on the north bank, a huge gong sounded.

The Yan soldiers who were about to run along the pontoon bridge to the south bank immediately turned their horses' heads and ran to the open space in the rear, and the Yan cavalry who were already on the pontoon bridge also began to slowly turn their horses' heads and run towards the north bank.

Murong Ke looked at the south bank of Zhangshui, his heart became more and more anxious, as long as the pontoon bridge was burned by the fire boats released by the Jin army, the more than 10,000 troops on the south bank would be completely wiped out, although the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, compared to the 200,000 horses of the Yan army, it was not a lot, but it was not a small number, the most important thing is that the first encounter with the Jin army was defeated and retreated, which would greatly frustrate the spirit of the army, thus greatly damaging the morale of the soldiers under his command.

What reassures Murong Ke the most is his fifth brother Murong Ba, if this battle defeats the first warrior of Yan Kingdom, he can't explain to his second brother, and he can't explain to his dead father.

"How many boats are there at the ferry?" , Murong Ke looked at the pro-soldier colonel beside him and asked loudly.

"Back to the general, there are only seven or eight small boats." The school replied truthfully.

Murong Ke sighed and ordered: "You lead a dozen soldiers to row to the south bank immediately, and send back all the generals above the commander of our army safely, there must be no mistake." ”

"Yes, General." When the junior colonel heard the order, he immediately led a group of soldiers and rowed to the south bank in a small boat.

Soon, more than a dozen fireboats released by the Jin army arrived in the center of the pontoon, and began to roast the trunks floating on the water, although the trunks were fresh, and all soaked in the water, but they could not withstand the huge flames ignited on the fireboat, and they were ignited in an instant, especially the hemp rope that tied the trunk was the most unburned, often the fireboat just approached, it burned, and once the hemp rope was burned, the neatly arranged trunks, under the action of the water flow, began to go down the river and drift into the distance.

The fire is ruthless, under the scorching of the Jin army's fireboats, the three pontoon bridges built by the Yan army soon became three fire bridges, some Yan soldiers, there is no way to escape, so they can only jump into the water, but the northerners are not good at water, and the armor is relatively heavy, therefore, most of the Yan soldiers who jumped into the water could not escape.

On the south bank of Zhangshui, Murong Ba and the more than 10,000 troops under his command were not the opponents of the 80,000 army of the Jin army at all, the formation was rushed into chaos, the casualties of the soldiers were extremely heavy, and the most terrible thing was that their only retreat and backing had been completely destroyed by the fireships of the Jin army, that is to say, Murong Ba and the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command had completely fallen into danger, and no one could save them.

"General, no, the pontoon bridge was destroyed by fire." A subordinate general looked at Murong Ba and shouted loudly.

Murong Ba was killing vigorously, and when he heard this, he was shocked, and when he looked back, the three pontoon bridges were all engulfed in flames, which made him feel a little desperate in his heart.

At this moment, the reinforcements on the north bank are completely unable to reinforce them, and the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses on the south bank have no way to withdraw to the north bank.

"General, our army has become a lone army, and it has suffered heavy casualties, and it must retreat immediately." One of the generals shouted.

"The pontoon bridge has been burned down by the Jin army, how can the army retreat?" Murong Ba said loudly.

"General, there is no other way at this moment, we must take off the heavy armor and swim to the north shore." The general said helplessly.

At this moment, the main force of the Jin army has been fully surrounded, and Murong Ba and his generals have no way out at all except to swim to the north shore, unless they are willing to surrender to the Jin army.

Now, when the Great Yan Kingdom is in full swing, Murong Ba and his generals naturally will not choose to surrender to the Jin army, so it has become their inevitable choice to take off their heavy armor and swim across the Zhangshui.

"Soldiers, retreat to the shore, retreat." Murong Ba let out a loud shout, ordered the army to retreat, and then rushed quickly to the shore.

Seeing that the soldiers of the Yan army were about to escape, the main force of the Jin army immediately pressed on them, not allowing the soldiers of the Yan army to have any chance to breathe.

Murong Ba and his soldiers were forced to the shore of Zhangshui, and countless Yan soldiers took off their armor, jumped into Zhangshui, and swam hard to the opposite shore.

"General, look, a ship has come to pick us up." As soon as Murong Ba wanted to take off his armor, a general spotted seven or eight small boats coming from the north shore.

Seeing this, Murong Ba breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately went into the water and prepared to board the ship.

When seven or eight small boats were still a dozen steps away from the shore, many Yan soldiers, driven by their survival instincts, all rushed to the small boats, intending to cross the river by boat.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way." Seeing that many small soldiers wanted to board the ship, the soldiers on the ship immediately waved their weapons to drive these small soldiers away, after all, these ships were specially here to rescue Murong Ba and other major generals. (To be continued......)