The banks of the Huaishui were boiling, and the infantry team that was currently crossing the river was still a little scattered, and the soldiers were busy tidying up their belongings, while accepting the reprimands of the officers. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The Huaishui River is much wider than it was a month ago.

Fortunately, during this period of time, the weather was beautiful, there was not much rain, the river was quite gentle, and there were constantly rafts docking, and the soldiers in charge of receiving them shouted and pulled the reins of the boats, so that the rafts could stop steadily, and wave after wave of soldiers unloaded like a tide.

Under the blazing firelight, piles of soldiers laughed and cursed, made vulgar jokes, and spoke slang and wild words, and the thick accent of western Henan was particularly harsh on the empty river beach at night.

Han Bale had already taken off his armor, and the bright bright light armor seemed to be majestic, but it was really a little heavy and inconvenient, and it was dozens of miles away from his body, and Han Bale's bison-like body was a little unable to support it.

He pulled open the placket of his chest, revealing his hairy chest, and the sweat stains had soaked the earthy yellow ragged clothes several times, exuding a strong smell of sweat.

Fortunately, his personal guards were accustomed to it, and they followed the deputy commander of the left army without leaving each other. Although scouts had already been sent around in the dark night, it was doubtful how useful they would be in the open and undulating bushes.

As soon as he came out of Bears Ears Mountain, Han Bale knew that his life would usher in a rare turnaround.

As soon as the Ant Army's envoy came to the cottage, he took the trouble to persuade his brother, who had not yet made up his mind, to join the Ant Army.

The opportunity must not be lost, the time will not come, although it is free in this Bears Ears Mountain, but every winter and spring can only huddle in the village and struggle, it is too difficult.

The number of dock forts in the surrounding counties outside the mountains is increasing, and the fort walls are getting higher and thicker, and if they can't attack it in a day or two with their own men and horses, the cavalry of Henan Prefecture or Ruzhou will feel that they are hiding in Tibet like rabbits.

If it weren't for the arrival of the Yellow Ant Army, Han Bale believed that half of the old brothers in the village would not survive this winter.

It's good now, it's good to enjoy the shade with your back against a big tree, not to mention the increase in soldiers and horses, not to mention the siege of the city, a few county towns are defeated, and how many brothers who can't even cover their stomachs can also wear two decent leather armor.

In the past, the wooden spears were covered with iron tips, and the earthen wooden shields were at least covered with a thick layer of old cowhide, or they were completely replaced with the standard shields of the official army.

Especially the infantry horizontal knife, thinking of this, Han Bale subconsciously caressed the nine-forged and hundred-refining iron horizontal knife on his waist.

This is what I got from him after shooting a commander of the Caizhou Army, which can be called a hundred refining knives, picked up a handful of grass roots and threw them into the air, and slashed them in the wind, and the grass roots suddenly turned into two bushes and fell to the ground, so happy that I didn't sleep well for two or three days.

Another wave of rafts crashing into the riverbank.

Perhaps because they did not grasp the reality of the docking, the raft was bounced out by the fierce rebound force, and although there was a hard pull of the soldiers on the shore, the rope that bound the raft still broke, and the raft suddenly turned into logs and cracked, and more than 20 soldiers fell into the water one after another, causing a commotion on the shore.

Han Bale glared at the shore that was reflected like daylight with some annoyance, a bunch of fools!

This phenomenon has been repeated after several days of adaptation drills on the other side of the river, and the result is that this phenomenon has still occurred.

Fortunately, there were already soldiers on the shore who threw ropes to the soldiers who fell into the water, but they were not worried about their lives, but in a panic, the subsequent rafts that were preparing to land were also busy, and the originally smooth process suddenly stalled.

"Let the soldiers who have fallen into the water get out of the way and go a little further downstream, and do not hinder the landing of the brothers behind them, and keep the progress and do not delay. Han Bale frowned and gave the order.

The drill in the past few days seems to have some effect, at least the ferry process is basically carried out according to the predetermined plan, as long as more than 20,000 people cross the river, Han Bale is confident that no one in the two states of Guang and Shou will be able to stop his own progress.

The only regret is that the left wing army led by his two brothers has no cavalry, which cannot but be said to be a great regret.

Seeing the flying wing army led by Qin He coming and going, Han Bale swallowed his saliva with envy, but the number of cavalry of the Flame Army was too small, mainly because of the serious shortage of horses, and the lack of corresponding military officers and officers.

After a period of chaos, order gradually returned to order on the beachhead, and the noisy soldiers began to form a formation under the reprimand of the officers, but the soldiers who landed on the shore soon brought another rush, so that the whole part of the beachhead was in a state of disorganization.

"What's the matter? Let the troops who have already landed on the shore leave the shore as soon as possible to form a defense, and if there are officers and soldiers attacking at this time, won't we sit back and wait for death?"

Han Bale looked at the scene in front of him with great dissatisfaction.

The casual habits brought down from the cottage and the large number of new homeless people joined, causing the combat effectiveness of the entire team to generally decrease.

Although he fought a few battles with the main force of the Flame Army, and then had the opportunity to rectify his discipline, it seems that the effect is still not enough, and he hopes to be able to use Guang and Shou to train his own army.

"Don't worry, deputy marshal, who else will break ground on Tai Sui's head within a radius of several hundred miles? Now the Caizhou army in Gwangju City is too busy to take care of itself, and he is afraid that we will find trouble with them, so where do they dare to come to provoke?" The staff next to him flattered and smiled.

Han Bale didn't think that anyone would dare to come to find trouble for himself, the Caizhou army in Gwangju was now less than 5,000 people, and they had been stationed in Gwangju City and did not dare to move, even the two counties of Le'an and Guangshan were fighting the idea of abandoning the defense, if it wasn't for going east with all his might, Han Bale really wanted to go to Gwangju to have fun.

And from Guangshan to Luzhou, there is no force that can stop their own progress, Gushi, Shengtang, Huoqiu, Anfeng and Shucheng counties are almost undefended towns, waiting for themselves to pick these fat fruits, which is why he and his brother are not afraid of trouble and choose to cross the Huaishui to the south.

"Hmph, what's the situation on Gushi's side?" Han Bale didn't forget that Gushi still had a poor Gushi army.

"It's nothing out of the ordinary, it seems that the county seat has been cordoned off, and the scouts have reported that the county is also actively repairing the city defenses. ”

"Hehe, just that small city wants to stop us?" Han Bale touched the thick beard under his chin and smiled proudly, "Let the brothers be faster, take the Gushi Kai ring for three days, and have enough fun." ”