Chapter 381 Ferry
"Ah!" The screams were earth-shattering, making those who had not yet had time to accept the interrogation feel terrified.
Not only Zhang Yue had to be tortured and beaten, but other captive officers above the rank of captain also had to be interrogated individually.
As a result, the screams shook the wild, making everyone passing by panic.
Shao Xun declined the banquet given by the Jiyin Prefect and only briefly appeased people, focusing on understanding the battlefield information.
He will not stay in Jiyin for long. Today he will torture the prisoners, collect the cavalry and horses that have not yet arrived, obtain supplies, and take a rest. He will lead his troops to march tomorrow morning (October 9th) at the latest.
As for the target, it depends on the outcome of the interrogation.
On the other side, before Shao Xun arrived in Kaocheng, a large fleet approached Dongwuyang at night.
Above the river, three pontoon bridges connect the east and west. Even at night, people, vehicles and horses are flowing continuously.
In the east bank ferry camp, there are more than a thousand cavalry and three to four thousand infantry stationed.
Those who are said to be "infantry" are mostly farmers. Most of them were young men captured in Dongping, and a small number came from the general Liu Bao of Shile tribe. Naturally, Liu Bao became the commander-in-chief of this force. His task was to protect the safety of both sides of the South Floating Bridge, and sometimes he also had to help transport supplies.
It has been half a month since we crossed the south of the river, and the first batch of supplies has been transported back to the north bank.
Liu Bao has seen them and they are all good things. It's a pity that it doesn't belong to him, or not all of it belongs to him.
After inspecting the ferry on the west bank, he returned to the east bank via the pontoon bridge.
While walking, I was still thinking about how to train the thousands of Dongpingding who were newly recruited into the army on the West Bank.
After returning to the camp, it was already the moon above the willow trees.
At this time, the general came over to report the situation to him: "Jin Zhun, the Central Guard Army, sent people to transfer a group of donkey carts from the camp, and also planned to borrow our cavalry."
< br>"Absurd." Liu Bao cursed in a low voice: "Jin Zhun has tens of thousands of cavalry, why did he ask me to borrow troops?"
"I heard that the King of Hanoi sent envoys to various places, saying that the Shao thief was gone. Returning from Luoyang. "The general said: "The Central Guards were stationed in Gaoping and sent a vanguard to Jiyin. After hearing that Shao Thief had returned, he called on all the cavalry to move closer to him."
"As long as the cavalry. Army? Not infantry?" Liu Bao asked doubtfully.
"Yes." The general replied.
Liu Bao nodded.
Although Henan has many river systems, there are still many places suitable for light cavalry activities. They can take advantage of their "mounted, mounted and surrounded shooting" and choose the battlefield well.
What's more, there are also some people among the Forbidden Army cavalry who are good at charging and killing.
Even if Shao Thief rides over with tens of thousands of steps, he can always run away if he cannot defeat him.
Liu Bao was a lean man. After listening to his subordinates' report with squinted eyes, he asked: "You didn't give them the cavalry, did you?"
"I didn't get the military order. How dare you do something without permission?" the general said with a smile.
“Did Jin Zhun’s people get angry?”
“No.”
“Didn’t say anything else?”
"No."
Liu Bao looked at the general with satisfaction and said: "You acted prudently, not bad. Jin Zhun is a nobleman of the Huns and a guard of the Han Dynasty. He has a high position of power, and even the people under him He is extremely domineering, and it is normal for him to hit and curse others. We have to bear the anger, otherwise it will be difficult for General Anton to do it. "
"Yes," the general nodded again. Asked: "General, did you gain anything from inspecting the camp on the west bank?"
"It's not the same as before." Liu Bao said helplessly: "The newly recruited young man is so stupid that he doesn't even know where to poop. "Nah la."
After that, he yawned, waved the general to leave, lay down directly on the couch, and slept with his clothes on.
At midnight, in the middle of the night, Liu Bao was in a daze when he suddenly heard the sound of intensive drums, sometimes mixed with the sound of horns, and finally a high-pitched shout of death.
"No, there are thieves attacking at night!" He jumped up directly, took off the saber and bow tip from the wall, and stringed the string, while being surprised and uncertain.
They are deep behind, and there are friendly forces on all sides. Even if there is a sneak attack, they should attack the troops on the outside first. How could they rush here? Could it be that the camp was bombed?
The general rushed in and said anxiously: "General, someone has robbed the camp."
"You don't have to say it!" Liu Bao scolded him and hurriedly put on his armor. , summoned hundreds of soldiers and marched to the place where the killing was the loudest.
After walking a few dozen steps, before they arrived, they saw flames rising into the sky from a distance on the bank of the Yellow River, and a large group of broken soldiers rushed over in a chaotic manner.
"My maidservant!" Liu Bao yelled, and then he pulled his general over and said, "Go and send a message to Liu Zhi and ask him to bring the cavalry over and charge."
< br>"No." The general ordered a few people and sent them to mobilize troops.
Just by the blazing fire, he could already see something.
Beside the ferry, seven or eight ships lined up and anchored.
Hundreds of soldiers have disembarked from the ship, lined up in neat lines, and started setting fires everywhere to create chaos.
Bend your bow again and shoot the soldiers of your side who are running away in panic.
At this moment, most of the people rushed up with spears, and defeated his infantry in just one encounter.
There was a continuous stream of infantry pouring out of the camp, apparently rushing to the rescue after receiving the news. But halfway through, when they saw the fierce soldiers holding spears on the opposite side, they suddenly became frightened. The newly recruited Ding Zhuang ran away directly.
The veteran was affected by them, made a few gestures, and was defeated.
"Stop teasing people and let's go." Liu Bao looked at it for a while, his lean face full of helplessness, then he turned around nimbly and disappeared into the wilderness.
After a while, there was a sound of horse hooves.
More than a thousand cavalry troops rushed out first, and then circled back.
The silver spear soldiers who had already rushed into the camp were not afraid at all. Some of them even ran forward dozens of steps, gesturing at them with rifle bows and spears, very arrogantly.
In addition, they also divided some of their manpower and rushed to the pontoon bridge. They first killed a few enemy soldiers who came to rescue from the west bank, then piled firewood on the pontoon bridge, poured kerosene on them, and burned them. Burned to the ground.
The fire was burning brightly, lighting up half the sky.
On both sides of the Yellow River, everyone looked at all this in surprise 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 on two legs, he was furious.
He immediately turned over and dismounted, took the walking bow from the general's hand, aimed at the closest general, filled the walking bow, let go of his hand, and the arrow shot through the air. Then without looking, he mounted his horse and ran away.
Qian Yu rode away from Juechen and disappeared into the night.
The Silver Spear Army, which had just occupied the camp, gathered the prisoners and used them to strengthen the camp.
The river is still burning.
The pontoon bridge continued to disintegrate and break, and slowly sank to the bottom of the river.
The fleet moored on the river began to move again. More than twenty ships went down the river and headed towards the second pontoon.
This night is destined not to be peaceful.
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The news of the accident in Dongwuyang reached Gaoping on the afternoon of the next day.
At that time, Jin Zhun, the Central Guard Army, was preparing to march westward and besiege Jiyin. After hearing the news, he had a bad feeling in his heart and immediately sent messengers to each camp to order them to retreat immediately and A large number of rangers were sent to search for the enemy. At this moment, Shao Xun had defeated Zhang Yue's troops 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 a lot of ideas. Go to Jibei and Jinan and ask them to quickly find a suitable place to build a pontoon bridge."
"Okay." Jin Ming nodded in agreement, then asked again: "Liu Bao lost the ferry, led his army to flee Puyang, and rushed back to Shile. Do you want to punish him?"
Jin Zhun After hesitating for a while, he said: "Forget it for now. Liu Bao is not the only one who lost the ferry. These bad things will be settled after the grain road is connected."
Jin Ming had no doubts and left immediately. .
“Wait a minute.” Jin Zhun said again.
Jin Ming stopped and turned to look at him.
"Assign two more groups of men." Jin Zhun said: "The first group goes to Shi Le and tells him to divert his troops to attack Juancheng. Just tell him this. If the infantry attacks the city, the cavalry will find a good one. Let's set up a net and see if Shao Xun is fooled."
Jin Ming hesitated and advised: "The army's food reserves will not last long now, and the three pontoon bridges are broken. , Shi Le may not be able to obey. "
The Han army's current food supply is roughly divided into two parts.
About half is transported from the north bank of the Yellow River.
The other half is raised locally.
Three pontoon bridges were damaged and the two sides were blocked. Half of the food and grass supplies were suddenly lost.
Although there is surplus food in the army, it is only enough to last for about twenty days at most, and it may not be enough, because the conditions of each department are different.
Shi Le is not a fool, how can he still be willing to sacrifice his life in this situation?
"Send someone first!" Jin Zhun glared at him and said.
“Okay.” Jin Ming reluctantly agreed.
"Another group of people went to Pengcheng to find Zhao Gu. He had just captured Pengcheng and Xiapi and was very rich. Let him prepare money and food for emergencies."
" Where is Cao Yi?" Jin Ming asked.
“Ask him to go back to Qingzhou quickly and step up the collection of grain, draft animals, and vehicles.” Jin Zhun said, “Once things get out of hand, the whole army will retreat to Qingzhou to eat.”
“ I obey." Jin Ming finally left.
The elder brother is a member of the Central Guards, deeply trusted by the King of Hanoi, and has the responsibility of commanding the Shi Le, Liu Ya, Hu Yanyan, Cao Yi, and Zhao Gu tribes.
It seems that he is a little hesitant now.
After Jin Ming left, Jin Zhun continued to think. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He almost called Jin Ming back and asked him to lead the forbidden soldiers to catch three dogs that had been lost at the ferry.
Every precaution was taken, but there was no defense on the river. A sneak attack was successful and half of the grain road was cut off - to a certain extent, it was actually the entire grain road, because the grain and grass were collected locally. They are all one-time and will not be given again in a short time.
How did a good battle end like this?
(End of this chapter)