The Yan army's behavior of building a pontoon bridge quickly aroused the vigilance of the southern army, and Sheng Yong ran to the watchtower to look at it for a long time and came to a conclusion:

"The lack of food must be detected by the Yan army, and this is a decisive battle with our army."

This is a very accurate judgment, because the act of sending soldiers to collect grain and grass is too obvious, Sheng Yong expected that Zhu Di would know about the lack of food in the southern army, and then take this opportunity to launch a general attack, he just didn't expect Zhu Di's decision to be so fast and so ruthless.

The tributaries of this Sui River are very shallow, the current is not urgent, and the position of the confrontation between the two armies is not impossible to forcibly cross the river, but with the pontoon bridge, the army can all cross the river and start fighting, so Sheng Yong decisively gave a military order - to seize the pontoon bridge.

In the past, the confrontation between the two armies was often the side that lacked food and wanted to fight quickly, but this time it was the other way around, because Sheng Yong knew that the Yan army was alone in the depths, as long as it dragged on, the hope of victory would be bigger and bigger, he didn't care about the infamy, and used the method of grabbing food from the people to forcibly maintain the state of confrontation, just hoping to consume the Yan army here, and now the Yan army was anxious and wanted to play with his life, he naturally refused, so seizing the pontoon bridge became the most urgent thing.

The two armies camped, both from the river bank there is a distance, as one of the general's compulsory courses, is to camp not too close to the river, otherwise the upstream stream and then release the water, you can easily wash away the camp, the southern army camp is about half a mile away from the river bank, the Yan army is more than the southern army, if the Yan army really let the pontoon bridge be built, the southern army can not shield the entire south bank at all, I am afraid that it will fall into the stage of hand-to-hand combat all of a sudden.

After more than ten days of confrontation, the food shortage of the southern army is indeed very serious, these days the whole army is not full, and the Yan army is really short in the case of inferior troops, Sheng Yong does not have that confidence, so he decisively gave up the favorite ambush method of the generals since ancient times - half-crossing and attacking, and instead wanted to fight with the Yan army to fight for the pontoon bridge.

Although this tributary of the Sui River is shallow, Zhu Di will not be stupid enough to let more than 100,000 troops forcibly cross the river, so the pontoon bridge is destroyed, and this state of confrontation can continue.

The river bank sounded the sound of fighting again, more than ten miles of the riverbank, built countless pontoon bridges, the most brave soldiers of the two armies began hand-to-hand combat on the pontoon bridge just built, but when it comes to battle damage, there are more people killed in the Yan army, after all, the purpose of the southern army is to destroy the pontoon bridge, and the Yan army is to break through the shore of the southern army at the same time to open up a position, to kill a way for the comrades behind them, the difficulty of the two is not the same, naturally the Yan army casualties are greater.

This situation lasted until midnight, the moonlight was unknown tonight, countless torches were lit on both sides of the river, fighting desperately, I don't know how many soldiers fell into the river after they died, and were washed away by the river and piled up in the shallows everywhere, at a glance, the incomparably bloody and tragic scene seemed to make people put themselves in hell, but at this moment no one can think about this, everyone's attention is focused on the pontoon bridge, on the body of the soldiers on the opposite bank, killing the enemy, is the only thought left in the hearts of the soldiers covered in blood and red eyes.

The tug of war on the riverside, Sheng Yong on the watchtower could see it clearly, he couldn't understand why Zhu Di would use such a stupid method to attack, but it was obviously not suitable to be too entangled in this at the moment, and it could only be attributed to Zhu Di's arrogance because the army was stronger than himself, plus he was arrogant when he heard the news of the southern army's food shortage, no matter what, this kind of tug-of-war was always beneficial to the southern army, because Sheng Yong knew that behind him was the entire Ming Dynasty, and behind Zhu Di was an empty piece and nothing.

But soon Sheng Yong's idea was overturned, because he found that behind him was not the imperial court and thousands of miles of rivers, but the sudden explosion and shouting of killing.

Sheng Yong, who was standing in the wind, was stunned, and quickly looked back, only to see countless torches suddenly appear behind the camp of the Southern Army, and the cavalry of the formation began to attack the camp, and the non-commissioned soldiers of the Southern Army, whose attention was on the bank of the river, were really caught off guard and rushed into the camp by the Yan Army.

Sheng Yong's eyes on the watchtower were split, he finally understood why Zhu Di chose this offensive method of forcibly building a pontoon bridge to exchange his life for his life, which was obviously to attract the attention of the southern army and pave the way for the cavalry raid behind him! For a while, he just wanted to scold, Zhu Di, this bastard is so shameless, with the advantage of troops and logistics, he still has to use the method of sneak attack? Does he have the dignity and faith of a general?

At this time, Ping'an, who was on the riverbank to command the battle, also found that something was wrong, and learned that the Yan cavalry attacked the camp behind him, and he ordered the superintendent team to maintain the riverbank defense line without saying a word. The Southern army will surely be defeated tonight.

Ping'an's command succeeded in delaying Sheng Yong for some time, he hurriedly went down the watchtower, and took the soldiers in the camp to desperately resist the attack, and Tie Xuan, who happened to lead the troops out to collect grain and grass, also returned to the camp at this time, and under the combined force of the two, he finally temporarily blocked the cavalry with the help of the camp, but he could only resist temporarily, because Zhu Di did not miss the opportunity of the southern army's chaos, he saw that Gu Huai and Gu Cheng led the troops around the success, and immediately turned over and stepped on the horse, taking the lead to boost morale, the defense line on the riverbank, the resistance of the southern army battalion, Once again, there are signs of collapse.

At this time, the handsome Xu Huizu was ten miles away, quietly looking at the firelight in the sky, and the corners of his mouth gently hooked a smile.

It's really... It's better to come early than to come at a good time.

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It stands to reason that this kind of thing of escorting grain and grass does not need to be done by the commander Xu Huizu personally, but he really can't rest assured that the Shengyong army on the riverside will personally bring 30,000 soldiers and horses to escort the grain and grass, and rush to the southern army camp on the riverside in a big circle.

This time Sheng Yong and Tie Xuan did go too far, Xu Huizu knew their thoughts, arson and food grabbing, it was indeed a big sin to be criticized on weekdays, but at this very moment, in order to maintain the stability of the army, it is indeed understandable to do this kind of thing, after all, as long as Zhu Di's hundreds of thousands of troops are left here forever, this war that has been fought for three years can be declared to be over.

But Xu Huizu is still very uneasy, he is a person who must do things without leakage, Sheng Yong sent troops to collect grain and grass, which can solve the urgent need, but it can't last long, so he allocated a part of the grain and grass of his army, and wanted to escort it to Sheng Yong, and at the same time go to Sheng Yong's camp to take a look and check for leaks.

But who knew that it was such a coincidence, before the grain and grass arrived, it encountered a full-scale attack by the Yan army?

This is indeed a good opportunity, and it is also in line with Xu Huizu's expectation all along, if he turns back, bets that Sheng Yong will not be defeated in a short time, and then joins the battlefield with an army of 100,000, it is almost impossible for Zhu Di to win.

But he didn't dare to bet.

More than 100 miles back and forth, there are not many cavalry under him, even if it is a rapid march, half a day is at least required, but at present, the southern army camp is full of fire, and the shouts of killing can be heard clearly every few miles, it is clear that the fighting has entered the white-hot stage, if he goes back to mobilize the army regardless of it, Sheng Yong is defeated, what should Zhu Di do if he crosses the river?

After all, he didn't dare to gamble, because Xu Huizu knew that after crossing the Sui River, he would not be far from Jinling, and there were almost no troops that could make decent resistance, and it was more important to keep Sheng Yong's army than to annihilate the Yan army tonight.

As soon as he thought of this, he quickly passed down the military order, and the grain and grass escorted were temporarily put on hold in the field, leaving only a few people to guard them, and the others all marched and rushed towards the battlefield.

Facts have proved that Xu Huizu's choice is very correct, when he came to the battlefield with a large army, the Yan cavalry had just broken through the defense line of the large camp that Sheng Yong hastily organized, and the Yan army infantry who were inspired by the river bank had also opened up a position on the river beach.

Xu Huizu's choice of direction was too deadly, he didn't care about the cavalry that was raging in the camp, but chose the riverbank battlefield, the Yan soldiers who had just opened up the position did not expect that there would be a morale and sufficient army in the downstream direction, and they were caught off guard, and the position that had just been stabilized suddenly began to collapse, and those soldiers who were still crossing the river were even more attacked by Xu Huizu to cross the river, and for a time the Yan army was in chaos, and the army crossing the river could not take care of each other, and suffered heavy casualties.

Zhu Di, who commanded it, never expected that the praying mantis catching cicadas, the yellow finch was behind, and there was an extra army in the middle of the night, and after Xu Huizu was beaten a few times, he finally figured out the origin of this army, and suddenly realized that the big thing was not good, and immediately ordered the whole army to withdraw to the north bank, the already extremely chaotic Yan army formation could no longer be maintained, and countless Yan soldiers fled to the other side of the river like a desperate soldier, and Xu Huizu did not let go of this opportunity, and Ping'an took advantage of the situation to pursue, and even killed Li Bin, the general of the Yan army who crossed the river and opened up a position, on the spot.

As soon as the foot soldiers retreated, the Yan cavalry who were stepping on the company camp was under great pressure, Gu Huai and Gu Cheng had already agreed to divide the troops on both sides to raid the riverbank battlefield, but after seeing the defeat of the Yan army, they knew that they could not do anything, and immediately began to lead the troops to break through, but it was easy for the battalion to come in and difficult to get out, and the morale-boosting southern army began to surround it desperately.

Waiting until dawn, the two sides retreated to both sides of the strait, and under the inventory, Zhu Di was depressed to find that the Yan army's infantry lost more than 30,000 and the cavalry lost 7,000, which can be called a big defeat.

And when he knew that it was not Xu Huizu's complete army that came to help, but only the 30,000 foot soldiers who escorted grain and grass, this depression was even heavier.

And bigger troubles are still waiting for him.