Chapter 42: The Ferry

"Ahh The screams were earth-shattering, sending tears to the hearts of those who had not yet had time to be interrogated.

Not only Zhang Yue had to be tortured and beaten, but the other captives were also interrogated separately by officers above the team level.

As a result, the screams shook the wilderness, making everyone passing by panic.

Shao Xun declined the banquet of Jiyin Taishou, and only slightly calmed people's hearts, focusing on understanding the battlefield information.

He will not stay in Jiyin for long, torture the prisoners today, gather the cavalry and horses that have not yet arrived, get supplies, and rest for a while. By tomorrow morning (the ninth day of October) at the latest, he will lead his troops forward.

As for the target, it depends on the outcome of the interrogation.

On the other hand, before Shao Xun arrived in Kaocheng, a large fleet approached Dongwuyang at night.

On the surface of the river, three pontoon bridges are erected from east to west, and even at night, people, cars and horses are flowing endlessly.

In the camp of the ferry on the east bank, more than 1,000 cavalry and 3,000 or 4,000 infantry were stationed.

They are called "infantrymen", and most of them are farmers. Most of them were captured by Ding Zhuang in Dongping, and a small part came from Liu Bao, the general of the Shile Department. Naturally, Liu Bao became the commander of this unit, tasked with guarding the safety of both sides of the South Pontoon Bridge, and sometimes helping to transport supplies.

Half a month after crossing the river, the first batch of supplies has been transported back to the north bank.

Liu Bao has seen it, it's all good things. It's a pity that it doesn't belong to him, or not all of it.

After inspecting the West Bank ferry, he returned to the East Bank via the pontoon bridge.

As he walked, he was still thinking about how to train the thousands of Dongping Ding who had been newly incorporated into the army in the West Bank.

When I returned to the camp, it was already the willows on the moon.

At this time, the personal general came over to report the situation to him: "Jin Zhun of the Central Protector Army sent people to transfer a batch of donkey carts from the battalion, and also planned to borrow our cavalry. ”

"Ridiculous." Liu Bao scolded in a low voice: "Jin Zhun has tens of thousands of cavalry under him, why did he ask me to borrow soldiers?" ”

"I heard that the king of Hanoi sent envoys to various places, and said that the Shao thief had returned from Luoyang." The general said: "The Central Protector Army sits in Gaoping, and sends the vanguard to Jiyin. After hearing that Shao Thief had returned, he transferred various cavalry troops to move closer to him. ”

"As long as the cavalry? Don't go on foot? Liu Bao wondered.

"Yes." The pro-general replied.

Liu Bao nodded.

Although Henan has a water system, there are still many places suitable for light cavalry activities, and they can give full play to their advantages of "longitudinal cavalry and encirclement and shooting" and choose a good battlefield.

What's more, there are also some cavalry members of the forbidden army who are good at rushing and killing.

Even if the thief rode over with tens of thousands of steps, he could always run if he couldn't beat it.

Liu Bao was a lean man, and after squinting his eyes and listening to the report of his subordinates, he asked, "You didn't give them the cavalry, did you?" ”

"How dare you act without a military order." The pro-general laughed.

"Did Jin Zhun's people get angry?"

"Nope."

"Didn't say anything else?"

"Nope."

Liu Bao looked at his generals with satisfaction and said, "You are acting safely, not bad." Jin Zhun is a Xiongnu nobleman and a protector of the Han Dynasty, with a high and powerful position, and even the people under him are abnormal, and it is common to beat and scold people. is a little angry, we can only bear it, otherwise it will be difficult for General Anton to do it. ”

"Yes." The general nodded again and again, and then asked, "The general inspected the camp in the West Bank, can he get anything?" ”

"It's not the same as it used to be." Liu Bao said helplessly: "The newly pulled Ding Zhuang is stupid and abnormal, and he doesn't know where to pull the." ”

After speaking, he yawned, waved his hand to let the general step down, lay down directly on the couch, and slept with his clothes.

In the middle of the night, when he was in a daze, Liu Bao suddenly heard a dense drum beat, occasionally mixed with the sound of horns, and finally a high-pitched shouting of killing.

"It's not good, there are thieves attacking at night!" He jumped straight to his feet, took his saber and bow from the wall, and wound it up in disbelief.

They are deep in the rear, surrounded by friendly troops on all sides, even if someone sneaks up, they should first kill those troops on the periphery, how can they rush here? Didn't you bomb the camp?

The general rushed in, and said with a panicked face: "General, someone has robbed the camp." ”

"You still need to say it!" Liu Bao reprimanded him, hurriedly put on his armor, and called hundreds of soldiers to go to the place where the killing was the strongest.

I had just walked dozens of steps, and before I arrived, I saw the fire on the bank of the Yellow River from a distance, and a large group of routs rushed over in a chaotic manner.

"Mother and Daughter!" Liu Bao scolded, then pulled his own general and said, "Go and spread the word to Liu Zhi, let him bring the cavalry over and rush it." ”

"No." The general ordered a few people and went to transfer troops.

In the light of the fire, he could already see some eyebrows.

Next to the ferry, seven or eight boats lined up and anchored.

Hundreds of armor soldiers had already disembarked from the ship, lined up in a neat line, and set fire to the chaos in all directions first.

Then bend your bow and shoot your own soldiers who are walking in a panic.

At this point, most of the men rushed forward with spears, and with a single glance, they routed his infantry.

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There was a constant stream of infantry pouring out of the barracks, apparently in a hurry to the rescue after receiving the news. But when they were halfway there, they were stunned when they saw the fierce soldiers with spears on the other side.

Ding Zhuang, who was newly enlisted, slipped away directly.

The veteran was influenced by them, and after a little comparison, he was also defeated.

"Don't transfer people, let's go." Liu Bao looked at it for a while, his lean face was full of helplessness, and then he turned around flexibly and disappeared into the wilderness.

After a while, the sound of horses' hooves erupted.

More than 1,000 cavalry troops first rushed out, and then came back again.

The silver-speared sergeants who had already rushed into the camp were not afraid at all, and some of them even ran forward dozens of paces, gesturing at them with bows and spears, which was very arrogant.

In addition, they also divided some men and rushed to the pontoon, first killed a small number of enemy soldiers who came to the rescue from the west bank, and then piled firewood on the pontoon, poured fire oil, and burned it.

The fire burned brightly, lighting up half the sky.

On the east and west banks of the Yellow River, everyone watched all this in amazement and remained silent for a long time.

Liu Bao sighed secretly and was about to retreat, when he saw that the enemy infantry dared to attack his cavalry with two legs, he was immediately furious.

He turned over and dismounted directly, took the infantry bow from the hand of his general, aimed at the general who was closest to the rush, filled the infantry bow, and as soon as his hand was released, the arrow broke through the air. Then I didn't look at it, and just got on the horse and slipped away.

More than a thousand rode away and disappeared into the night.

The Silver Lancers, who had just captured the barracks, gathered up their captives and strengthened their camps.

The river is still burning.

The pontoon bridge continued to disintegrate, shatter, and slowly sink to the bottom of the river.

The flotilla moored on the river began to move again, and more than twenty boats went down the river to the second pontoon.

This night is not destined to be peaceful.

******

News of the accident in Tobuyang reached Gaoping the next afternoon.

At that time, Jin Zhun, the central protector, was preparing to march west and besiege Jiyin, and after hearing the news, he had a bad premonition in his heart, and immediately sent messengers to each battalion, ordering them to retreat immediately, and sent a large number of rangers to search for the enemy's traces - at this moment, Shao Xun had already defeated Zhang Yue's department and was resting outside Jiyin City.

In Gaoping City, Jin Zhun was already sweating a little on his forehead.

After thinking for a while, he sent someone to call his cousin Jin Ming and said, "Shao Xun really has two hits. You go to Jibei and Jinan, and let them quickly find a suitable place to build a pontoon bridge. ”

"Okay." Jin Ming nodded in response, and then asked: "Liu Bao lost the ferry, led the army to flee to Puyang, and returned to Shile, do you want to punish him?" ”

Jin Zhun hesitated for a moment and said, "Forget it first." Liu Bao is not the only one who lost the ferry, and these bad things will be calculated after the grain road is connected. ”

Jin Ming no longer doubted the righteousness and left immediately.

"Wait." Jin Zhun said again.

Jin Ming stopped and turned to look at him.

"Two more teams of men." Jin Zhun said: "I went to find Shi Le and ordered him to transfer his troops to attack Juancheng, and you just told him like this." The infantry army attacked the city, and the cavalry army found a good place, spread a net, and saw if Shao Xun was fooled. ”

Jin Ming hesitated a little and persuaded: "The grain stored in the army can't last long. Today, the three pontoon bridges are broken, and under the turmoil of the army's heart, Shile may not be able to obey his fate. ”

The current supply of grain and grass for the Han army is roughly divided into two parts.

About half of the deliveries come from the north bank of the Yellow River.

The other half is raised locally.

Three pontoon bridges were damaged, the two sides of the strait were blocked, and half of the grain and grass supply was lost at once.

Of course, there is a surplus of food in the army, but it is only enough to hold out for about 20 days at most, which may not be enough, because the situation is different in different departments.

Shile is not a fool, how can he be willing to work hard in this situation?

"You send someone first!" Jin Zhun glared at him and said.

"Okay." Jin Ming had no choice but to respond.

"Another group of people went to Pengcheng to find Zhao Gu. He had just taken Pengcheng and Xiapi, and he was very rich, so he asked him to prepare money and food for emergencies. ”

"Where's Cao Wei?" Jin Ming asked.

"Let him hurry back to Qingzhou and step up the collection of grain, grass, draft animals, and vehicles." Jin Zhun said: "Once things are not harmonious, the whole army will retreat to Qingzhou to eat." ”

"Yes." Jin Ming finally left.

The elder brother is the central protector of the army, and he is deeply trusted by the king of Hanoi, and has the responsibility of commanding the departments of Shi Le, Liu Ya, Hu Yanyan, Cao Wei, and Zhao Gu.

It seems that he is also a little hesitant now.

After Jin Ming left, Jin Zhun continued to think, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he almost called Jin Ming back and asked him to take the forbidden soldiers to catch the three dogs who had lost the ferry.

Thousands of precautions, but there is no defense on the river, and the sneak attack is successful all of a sudden, and half of the grain road is broken - to a certain extent, it is actually all the grain road, because the grain and grass raised on the spot are all one-time, and people will not give a second time in a short time.

How did a good battle come to this?

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