Although Wang Sizheng was not very optimistic about the Heluo war, it did not affect the ambition of the people in the situation.

As Li Tai led his troops to evacuate the river bridge, Yuwen Hu officially settled in the southern city of Heyang. And the timely arrival of Yifeng's troops made him even more happy, allowing him to use this elite men and horses to replace the low combat effectiveness of the western Henan villagers, making the river defense more stable and reliable.

The men and horses brought by Yifeng were directly drawn from the Huazhou River defense, so they are also experienced in the fortification of the river, and they are also quite proficient in surface warfare.

The only thing that is a little difficult to arrange is Yifeng, the commander of the army. As the first batch of people who followed He Batyue into Guanzhong to quell the rebellion, and also supported Daxing Taiyu Wentai together, Yifeng is highly qualified, hard-working, and he is also brave and resourceful, and is known as a strong general. As the general of Daxingtai who arranged the first reinforcement of Heqiao, it also shows that Yuwentai attaches great importance to Yifeng.

But the problem is that the higher Yifeng's prestige ability, the more resistant Yuwen Hu becomes. He finally squeezed Li Boshan away, just to snatch the command of the front line, hoping to conquer the northern city of Heyang under his command and obtain the merit of taking full control of the river bridge.

But now Yifeng's arrival has reduced his sense of existence again, especially Zhao Gui also plans to arrange Yifeng to guard the town in the river bridge, which makes Yuwen Hu, who was just standing on the front line, directly retreat to the second line, and his heart is even more dissatisfied.

But it also has to be said that when people have a firm goal and a strong desire, they will always become quick thinking and be able to find ways to solve problems in time.

Just as Yifeng was taking a short rest in Luoyang and planning to enter the river bridge north and camp in Hezhou, Yuwen Hu promptly raised a more critical question, that is, if the enemy army crossed the river from elsewhere and invaded from the south, how would they deal with it?

Just before they arrived, the Heyang Beicheng thief army also crossed the river from the upper reaches and came south to occupy the Qianshui Valley, causing Li Yisun's thousands of troops to be defeated and scattered between Heluo, and it took a lot of effort to gather again.

Previously, it was because Li Boshan replaced the defense with attack and continued to advance the Zhongyun City in Heyang that the thief army in Nandu was forced to retreat in a hurry and did not dare to divide the troops outside.

But now they are only defending two cities, and the pressure on the enemy army on the other side of the river is far from enough, and the enemy army may not be able to repeat the old trick when there is still spare strength, and send men and horses to the south again.

In view of this situation, the best way is naturally to divide the troops and hold on to the river, and once it is discovered that the enemy army has crossed the river and attacked it halfway. In the case that Zhao Gui is in Luoyang and Yuwen Hu is in the southern city of Heyang, it is also a logical choice for Yifeng to lead his troops to take precautions.

Moreover, Yifeng has another meaning of sitting in the river, that is, to cooperate with the military operation on the other side of the river. In addition to sending a large army east out of Tongguan to rush to reinforcements, Daxingtai also ordered Yang Yan, the assassin of Jianzhou, who was guarding the carriage in Hedong, to lead the army to march east along Qiziling, hoping that this road of men and horses could kill Taihang Mountain and sweep Hanoi, so as to cooperate with the offensive of the southern army against the northern city of Heyang.

If Yang Yan can rush out of Yiguan, then Yifeng can lead his army to cross here, join forces with him on the north bank of the Yellow River, and attack the northern city of Heyang from the flank along the river.

Yuwen Hu's operational idea is also decent, and because it involves various combat forms such as river fortification and river crossing operations, it is obvious that Yi Feng, an experienced general, will carry it out more prudently.

Zhao Gui was also not at ease to let Yuwen Hu, a new melon egg who had no experience in independent military operations, carry out this task, so he ordered Yifeng to lead two thousand cavalry to Qianshui to guard and prepare for battle.

Not long after Yifeng's arrival, more than 13,000 soldiers of the Bafu Chinese Army led by He Lanxiang and others also passed through Hanguan City and entered the Heluo area. Among them, Helan Xiang personally led 3,000 elite horsemen as the vanguard of the army and took the lead in arriving at Heyang South City.

"Happiness is coming, I don't have to worry about it!"

Yuwen Huqin greeted He Lanxiang and his party outside the southern city of Heyang, and when he saw Helan Xiang riding his horse from a distance, he couldn't help but stride forward, and when He Lanxiang turned over and dismounted, he patted him on the shoulder and sighed: "Recently, the division has few soldiers and has been difficult to defend. Because the terror army gathered to attack, I tried my best to bluff to scare the enemy, and finally dragged the reinforcements to arrive safely! ”

As he spoke, he pulled He Lanxiang onto the river bridge, and introduced to him the plan he had arranged in the past few days to confuse the enemy, along the river bridge and in the city defense stronghold, arranging all the boats and boats he had collected along the river to make a battle for crossing, and so on.

"On the way, I was very worried that my cousin would covet the old way of the river bridge and refuse to destroy it, so that it would leave a passage for the thieves to advance and retreat. Now that the advantage of river defense is in me, it is better to seek stability than to advance, as long as I can stick to the present and wait for the troops in the country to gather here, it will be a great achievement! ”

He Lanxiang was walking to Zhongjun City in Hezhou, and after seeing that the Xiangbei River Bridge had been destroyed since then, and it was difficult to go along, he looked at Yuwen Hu and said with relief.

Although Yuwen Hu is older than him and is quite wise in his own affairs, he is the only one who is in the army, perhaps because he has not experienced real danger, and he acts rashly, often out of proportion, which makes people not very reassured.

Yuwen Hu was originally quite enthusiastic to tell He Lanxiang that he had worked hard for the defense of the river, but after hearing this, his expression suddenly froze, and after a while, he laughed dryly and said: "The two armies are fighting, the situation is changing rapidly, no one dares to boast that they can completely anticipate the enemy's opportunities, and whether the strategy is clever or not depends only on the commander's heart."

Although destroying the river bridge today is also a plan to seek stability, how can it not self-destruct the way forward? When the thieves saw that I was stagnant, they naturally knew what I was doing, and they would inevitably despise me in their hearts, and they would also have the heart to fight back......"

Seeing Yuwen Guard's face and analyze it, He Lanxiang suddenly understood that he had slapped the horse's hooves on the horse's hooves and praised the wrong person, so he didn't say anything more, and turned his eyes to Zhongyun City and said: "Since the construction of this Zhongcheng, it is the first time I have set foot in it. The city is in the middle of the river, there are rivers on both sides, and the terrain is so dangerous, why did Li Boshan take it? Did my cousin ask him in detail about his siege plan? If the method continues to work, it will also be very helpful for the subsequent capture of Beicheng! ”

After hearing this, Yuwen Hu first shook his head, and then said: "Li Boshan was suspected of collaborating with the enemy at that time, even if he confessed his plan, I didn't dare to believe his words. However, after taking over the defense of the city, he also carefully questioned the people of the city, and learned that he was attacking at night, using river sand to resist the bed crossbow of the city, and attacking the city with several stone cannons. The plan is not an ingenious and brilliant plan, it is just a surprise. ”

"Stone cannon? The river bridge is unstable, how can a powerful stone cannon actually shake the city? ”

He Lanxiang was surprised when he heard this, he was no stranger to the stone cannon, and knew that if this kind of equipment wanted to exert great power, it must be driven by more manpower, but the combat environment of the river bridge was very limited.

Yuwen Hu was a little uninterested in this, and after hearing this, he waved his hand and said: "Although I don't know how delicate it is, it is the same. It is useless to know that its bones can naturally imitate its shape. I have already prepared a sharp weapon to attack the northern city in the future, not only can I break the thief battle array, but also destroy its fortress! ”

As he spoke, he led He Lanxiang to the dock on the south side of the river, pointed to the boat inside, and introduced to He Lanxiang the sharp weapon he had invented to grab the ferry.

The front and back of these boats are clad in iron, and there are many spears and spears on the left and right, looking like a hedgehog with steel teeth and iron claws and spikes. And that's not all, there is also a large bed crossbow in each ship, which can be used to move and strike targets on the case.

"But these ships seem to be too small, and they are equipped with so many equipment, and they can still be controlled by armored soldiers on board?"

Looking at the full number of ships that were arranged, He Lanxiang quickly asked a more fatal question.

"Yes, we northerners are not good at boats after all, and there are no big ships available here. Therefore, two ships must be connected by iron cables, one with weapons and the other with armor, so that they can cooperate in battle. ”

After hearing this, Yuwen Wu also sighed with some distress, saying that the boat was too small to limit him from making more varied changes to his battle form.

After the two of them returned to Heyang Nancheng after an inspection, another urgent military information came over, and there was no trace of the enemy in the Qianshui Valley where Yifeng left the town, but there were a large number of enemy traces in the direction of the tiger prison in the east, and they quickly came straight to the direction of Yanshi and Heqiao.

"The thief has come from now on, and it is expected. If it was before, it might have been difficult to solve, but now that Shengle has arrived, he can divide his troops and refuse. ”

Yuwen Hu was shocked at first when he learned of this, and then said without losing confidence: "Sheng Le quickly led his troops into Baiguwu, and tried his best to prevent the enemy from crossing Luoshui, and I will also give you a plan here!" ”

(End of chapter)