The Beiwang camp was preparing to cross the river, but at this time, a disturbance occurred in the northeast corner of the Beiwang camp, and a group of "homeless people" who came from nowhere suddenly broke through the layers of protection on the periphery of the Beiwang camp and set fire to the Beiwang camp.

When the king of the north learned of this news in his big tent, he was at first incredulous. Judging from the intelligence of these days, the imperial army is only constantly deployed on the south bank of the Yellow River, and no soldiers and horses are sent to cross the river at all, and the movement of soldiers and horses of the Hebei generation is also under his control. He didn't know where this "homeless" came from.

"I don't know if I'm alive or dead. Send someone to pacify them. The North King said angrily.

At this time, Yang Ke and the generals of the Northern King's army had already gathered in the Great Tent of the Northern King, and Yang Ke asked: "Please leave the matter of quelling the chaos to the child." ”

Beiwang frowned and glanced at Yang Ke, nodded and said, "Hmm." There you go. ”

"Command." Yang Ke bowed down to receive the order and left the big tent with two generals. When Yang Ke took the people away, Beiwang still felt that something was wrong. The king of the north is suspicious by nature, and now that the chaos has just happened, it is not clear how many people there are even the homeless, so Yang Ke asked for orders to quell the chaos, and the king of the north thought to himself, could it be that the chaos was instructed by this kid?

At this time, Yang Ke never expected that he would become the object of his father's suspicion, and he was also bent on leading people to quell the chaos and ensure that the Beiwang army would not lose sight when crossing the river.

Beiwang didn't expect that this farewell to Yang Ke would be goodbye. He never had the chance to see his son again.

In the middle of the fifth watch, the navy of the Northern King arrived at the Yellow River. Then the Northern Wang's naval army began to attack the south bank of the Yellow River.

At first, the south bank of the Yellow River seemed to have no response, allowing the Beiwang naval army to attack without the power to parry. However, as the Beiwang Navy approached the south bank of the Yellow River, and then in the river defense position on the south bank of the Yellow River, the catapult launched a huge burning oil bomb, which crossed a parabola in the air and landed on the ships of the Beiwang Navy one by one.

Originally, the king of the north was already dispatching the cavalry to carry the cavalry on the boat to cross the river, but when he saw the oil bombs on the river piercing the night sky one by one, the king of the north sighed in his heart. This was the exact opposite of what he had gotten before.

In previous intelligence, although the imperial court sent a large number of troops to fortify the south bank of the Yellow River. But the precautions have been sparse. Moreover, if he has his people in the army, as long as his navy arrives and carries his soldiers and horses across the river, the south bank of the Yellow River will collapse without a fight. There will even be a steady stream of imperial troops joining his camp. In addition, the north Jingmen of Luoyang City is already under his control. As long as his army crossed the river. The cavalry will not need to change horses, and will directly kill in the north Jingmen of Luoyang within an hour, and the rest is a matter of street fighting.

But now the first step. has already deviated from his expectations.

Thinking that the rear of his camp was being attacked by displaced people of unknown origin, Bei Wangxin said, is it a trick?

On the river surface, with the oil bombs rising into the air on the south bank of the Yellow River, there was already some chaos, and the formation of the Beiwang Water Army, which was originally neat, had begun to be a little messy. The troop transport, which was supposed to carry the first cavalry of the Northern King across the river, was now in the center of the river, and was also within the attack range of the catapults on the south bank, and it was too late for the Northern King to order a withdrawal.

Although the king of the north knew that retreating at this time might be able to save the defeat, at least he could leave Qingshan here and plot again in the future. But he was already riding a tiger, and he knew that if he withdrew at this time, then his plan for many years would be in vain, and it would be almost impossible to plot Luoyang City in the future. At this time, he decided to bite the bullet. Anyway, he knows the situation on the south bank of the river well, as long as he crosses the river, even if there is a bloody battle, his Northern Wang Army is brave and good at fighting, and he will definitely not fall behind the imperial army. As long as they gain a firm foothold on the south bank of the Yellow River, it will be easy for the army to kill Luoyang City.

Although the king of the north is still very optimistic, he also knows that the original ten percent chance of winning is now only seven or eight percent. If it doesn't go well, maybe his chance of winning will only be 50%. It's not enough to win, it's enough for him.

Therefore, when the northern king encountered the resistance of the army on the south bank of the river, he did not order the withdrawal of the army, but continued to dispatch the navy to attack the south bank while ensuring that the troop carriers could transport the cavalry across the river. At the same time, the North King also began to build a pontoon bridge over the river. Although it was difficult to build a pontoon bridge over such a wide surface of the Yellow River, Beiwang was confident that his soldiers could adapt to any challenge.

The war launched on the fifth watch day has gradually entered the white heat before the fifth watch and when the sky is getting brighter. Although the Northern Wang's army gained a firm foothold on the south bank of the river at the beginning, the imperial army relied on its superiority in strength and soon trapped the Beiwang's army firmly in a corner of the south bank of the Yellow River.

At this time, the king of the north did not personally lead the soldiers and horses to rush to the front line, so that the first batch of soldiers who crossed the river jumped into the river because they were greedy for life and afraid of death, making the situation of the north king's army on the south bank of the river a mess. At the same time, the Northern King's naval army was also defeated by the imperial court's catapults, and in the back, the Northern King's naval army was no longer enough to protect the troop transports across the river.

At this time, the Northern King not only remembered Han Xin, who was fighting against the water, but probably the situation of Han Xin at that time was very similar to that of his subordinates. He also wanted to encourage the soldiers, but he was still on the north bank of the Yellow River. Later, he already felt that not only did he not have a seventy or eighty percent chance of winning this battle, but he also lacked a one-percent chance of winning. The imperial army was simply waiting for his soldiers and horses to cross the river to throw himself into the net, and if he crossed the river like this, he would also be waiting to be slaughtered.

"Lord Wang, whether to continue the assault or withdraw the troops, please show the prince."

Seeing that the situation was not right, the generals of the North King Army also began to come over to ask the North King, which also means that these soldiers had the intention of withdrawing their troops, but they were afraid of being held accountable by the North King, so they had to come over first to ask for instructions.

The North King's face was cloudy, it was originally a foolproof rebellion, how could it be the current rout?

"Lord, if you don't withdraw your troops, I'm afraid that the court will kill you across the river......"

A general was also anxious and wanted to ask the king of the north to withdraw his troops, and he talked a little more. The king of the north was furious, and drew his sword to kill the general. When the rest of the generals saw this posture, they didn't dare to say a word.

"Withdraw the troops and horses to the north bank......," the king of the north ordered, "set up a defensive formation, and do not let the southern army cross the river!" ”

When the king of the north said this, it was equivalent to that he also admitted that he could not force the Yellow River now, and only focused on retreating. The king of the north is also very confident now, even if he can't force his way through to capture Luoyang City, he can still gain a foothold on the north bank of the Yellow River, they can't kill it, and the imperial army can't kill it either. He has a secret naval army as support, but the imperial army is "cutting wood and burning boats", and there is not even a piece of board, how can he cross the river?

With the Beiwang military order conveyed from top to bottom, the part of the Beiwang army crossing the river was also completely abandoned, because no longer found any troop transport ships crossing the river, and the group of Beiwang troops on the south bank of the Yellow River were either still trapped and fighting, or had surrendered.

The war had only been going on for more than an hour, and the Beiwang army basically had no ships on the river, and the boats of the Beiwang navy had either been sunk, or they were still on fire on the river, or they had already withdrawn to the north bank. At this time, the river was mottled with oil everywhere, and the oil bombs sent out by the catapults of the imperial army were not many and exhausted, and the war entered a period of relative calm.

With the withdrawal of the Beiwang army to the north bank, in addition to regretting that he had occupied Beijingmen but could not lead troops into Beijingmen, the king of Beiwang was also thinking about how to organize the river defense so that he would not be killed by the imperial army.

The North King knew that after this defeat, the North King's army was disheartened, and there was only one way to retreat. And on the way to retreat, the imperial army will inevitably be surrounded and intercepted, and it is still a question of how many men and horses he can bring back to the Beiwang Domain. At this time, you should also be careful of those Hebei generation generals who were originally "loyal" to him, and these people are now likely to stab him back.

Beiwang was a little panicked, but he heard a report from his subordinates, saying that the "chaotic people" who had attacked the camp in the rear still did not retreat.

"If it wasn't the prince who led the troops, how could this be? There are just some chaotic people, do you still need to pay attention to this king personally? "The North King is full of anger, if Yang Ke is here, the North King may really kill his son with a sword in front of all the soldiers.

The people under his hands were a little uneasy and replied: "Back to the prince, the prince of the world...... Evacuate with the soldiers and horses in the direction of Changdi......"

The North King was stunned for a moment, and then he smiled bitterly. By this time, even his son had turned his back on him and fled with men. He still believed in his son, thinking that he could help him solve his worries.

"Lord Wang, if you don't withdraw your troops now, I'm afraid it will ...... Caught in two flanks. Although the generals under their command knew that saying this would anger the Northern King, they still had to make such an opinion.

The Northern King thought about it again and again, rather than guarding the bank of the Yellow River without any barrier, it was better to withdraw directly to Changdi City, with the city wall to protect it, and then wait for the opportunity to withdraw to the Northern King's domain, which would be regarded as nothing to lose. It's just a loss of planning.

"Hmm." The North King nodded, but did not say in agreement. He suddenly came up with a bold plan, if he pretended to withdraw his troops, while the imperial army crossed the river to chase after him, he would come back and kill the imperial army by surprise, maybe he could save the defeat and cross the Yellow River again.

The Northern King knew very well how important it was to have a stable military spirit in wartime, and the reason why the imperial army was dominant now was because the imperial army was in full swing, while the Northern Wang army was unsmooth and unstable. If you can kill a horse gun and stabilize the morale of the army, then you can turn the tide. And the imperial army suffered a defeat, and the imperial army had little actual combat experience, it would inevitably have been dispersed from top to bottom, and he could easily take his soldiers and horses to Luoyang City.

"Withdraw troops."

The King of the North ordered.

Sometimes the plan is good, but the implementation is a little difficult. The king of the north thought that it would be easy to kill the horse pistol after withdrawing the troops, but he didn't know that once the order to withdraw the troops was given, the three armies would be like ants scattered and completely lose their direction.

The ministries have lost their support and it is completely impossible to cooperate. (To be continued......)