In the evening, when the weather was a little cooler, the large battalion of officers and soldiers made a move, but instead of sending troops to prepare for the attack, they began to cut down and build rafts on a larger scale, according to Yuan Sanzhong's observation, the officers and soldiers placed at least three or four hundred large and small rafts on the shore of Pingtian Lake, as for the shade of the trees and how many others were being made, it is unknown.

Hundreds of rafts can already start a medium-sized water battle, and the officers and soldiers do not dare to go deep into the lake at night, will they launch an attack before dark?

Yuan Sanzhong didn't dare to carelessly let people wake up Bai Wang, who was sleeping.

Bai Wang was also shocked when he heard that hundreds of rafts of officers and soldiers had entered the lakeside and were on standby, obviously thinking of it with Yuan Sanzhong, so he hurriedly went to the high platform, held a clairvoyant mirror and looked at it for a while, and saw that most of the rafts of officers and soldiers were on the east bank of the lake, but there were no rafts on the side of the Yangtze River.

At this point, Bai Wang determined that even if the officers and soldiers attacked from the waterway, they would only attack from Pingtian Lake, and would not take the waterway of the Yangtze River, the reason was very simple, the officers and soldiers lived in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and at this time, it was the time of the flood season, and the river was turbulent, and it was very difficult for the boats to go upstream, relying on rafts?

Obviously not, give away people's heads for nothing.

Chang Yu will not do such a stupid thing, in addition to attacking the gap in the rapids head-on, it is to use a raft to have a water battle with the thief army in the lake!

Rafts are bulky and far less fast and maneuverable than fishing boats, and if you start a battle at night, you are likely to enter a trap and be chased and intercepted, but during the day it is a different story.

The surface of the lake is clear at a glance, no one wants to be yin, relying on the real knife and gun to fight hard, at this time, speed and mobility are not important, as long as there is a foothold not to fall into the water, just move forward bravely, relatively speaking, the fishing boat has become extremely unstable, after all, it is not a professional naval ship.

What's more, the long-range firepower advantage of officers and soldiers is far greater than that of the thief army, such as artillery and bows and arrows, you must know that the thief army lost its armor and armor in the previous war, and the combat readiness was almost discarded, not to mention bows and arrows at this time, even swords, guns and clubs were in short supply.

In terms of troops, in terms of weapons, the officers and men all have the advantage, and the superiority of the fleet that the thief army was proud of is now weak, if the officers and soldiers launch a full-scale water war, then ......

It is no wonder that Bai Wang and Yuan Sanzhong frowned at this time, but the two of them immediately sneered again, what the officers and soldiers could think of, how could they not be prepared as the defending side.

You have rafts, I have them, not only rafts but also hundreds of fishing boats, as for bows and arrows, although there are few, but there are more than 100 foot crossbows, these old-fashioned things are far higher than bows and arrows in terms of range and lethality, as long as they lie on the shore, no matter how brave the sailors of the officers and soldiers are, as long as they enter the range of hedgehogs, they can shoot at the range, and they don't want to land at the shore gate.

These more than 100 foot crossbows were originally accumulated in the first few years of De'an Mountain, and they were brought out when they went out of the mountain a few months ago to prepare for emergencies.

While the two were watching, the officers and soldiers were still transporting rafts into the lake, and the officers and soldiers on the opposite bank had already begun to line up.

"It's only the next day that I'm in a hurry to attack, it seems that the dog eunuch really can't afford it" Bai Wang sneered, and Yuan Sanzhong next to him was a little nervous: "Marshal, are the officers and soldiers going to attack?" ”

"Look at this posture, the frontal artillery fire first suppresses us, and then it is a strong attack and a flank attack from the water at the same time, don't you see that there are hundreds of rafts thrown over there, as little as more than a thousand, then two to three thousand sailors" The clairfront mirror in Bai Wang's hand will look at the opposite side of the broken stream for a while, and look at the east side of the big lake: "It will definitely launch an attack before dark, don't be stupid, hurry down and prepare for the battle."

Yuan Sanzhong got off the high platform to gather his leaders to start preparing for battle, and the officers and soldiers on the opposite side also began to assemble, more than 2,000 officers and soldiers lined up to sharpen their knives before the stream was broken, and more than 100 artillery pieces of the Shenji battalion were lined up, pouring shells into the opposite bank at any time.

On the eastern shore of Pingtian Lake, officers and soldiers have dropped nearly 500 large and small rafts within a few miles, and on average, 2,500 people from five people on one raft will participate in the battle, which is definitely a large-scale water battle.

In the face of such a large formation of officers and soldiers, the thief army would not be underestimated, and they were fully prepared to deal with it, and hundreds of archers, stone throwers and dozens of foot crossbows were ambushed behind the earthen wall on this side.

At the same time, more than 200 boats and more than 100 rafts were also cast on the lake, and dozens of pedal crossbows were deployed on the shore for fire support, and more importantly, Bai Wang also deployed nearly 100 fishing boats on the riverside.

That's right, this trick was used by the officers and soldiers to deal with them before, and now they are learning and selling!

Both sides are working hard and seriously preparing for the war, sharpening the knife Huo Huo's murderous aura even affected the weather, the sunset hid in the dark clouds early, the dusk also ended hastily, and the night was about to fall in a blink of an eye.

However, the officers and soldiers have not yet launched an offensive!

This made Bai Wang and Yuan Sanzhong puzzled, once it gets dark, the offensive advantage of the officers and soldiers will be greatly reduced, what do they want to do?

Do you want to take advantage of the darkness to fight?

Of course, attacking during the day has the advantage of daytime, and attacking at night has the advantage of night, but judging from Bai Wang and Yuan Sanzhong, the advantage of attacking officers and men during the day is greater, and the advantage is ...... at night Not to mention how to fight a frontal attack, as long as the hundreds of rafts on the waterway dare to enter the lake, Bai Wang is confident that there are dozens of ways to wipe out his entire army!

This is also what he has been unable to figure out, why should the officers and soldiers risk waiting for it to get dark to attack, or are they just preparing today, not attacking?

The two of them suffered from gains and losses in their hearts, and they didn't know what the officers and soldiers thought, but they could only spend their heads, anyway, they were fully prepared for the battle, and the water came to cover the ground, and the soldiers came to block it!

The sky is getting darker and darker, the night is getting deeper and deeper, the officers and soldiers have no intention of retreating back to the camp, and even set up a bonfire by the lake, a pile every 100 meters, a long line of bonfires nearly ten miles long, illuminating the lakeside radius of more than 100 meters, this move made Bai Wang even more uneasy, so he had to observe patiently, I don't know what tricks the little eunuch on the opposite side is going to play.

There were a few loud bangs, which frightened Bai Wang, and the Shenji battalion on the opposite side of the broken stream began to bombard, from the beginning of several to dozens of guns, bombarding the position of the thief army into a mess, and many leaders shouted: "The officers and soldiers are going to attack, brothers stabilize the ......"

Steady, steady...... Then the artillery silenced, and the officers and soldiers did not attack!

This...... What the hell are you going to do? Bai Wang was a little nervous, pulling his hair wildly, the little eunuch of the dog day will beat you if you want to beat, if you don't fight, go back to sleep, like this, Lao Tzu's heartstrings have been tense and can't stand it.

The deeper the night, the two armies in the north of Chizhou City confronted each other, but there was silence elsewhere, Chizhou City was almost an empty city, and the young and strong in the city and even the women and the old and weak were forced to build fortifications in the east of the city or be cannon fodder to defend against the enemy, leaving behind mostly sick and young.

There was hardly a glimmer of light in the houses in the city, except for a few torches lit on the top of the city, reflecting the figures of the patrolling thieves swaying back and forth.

Chizhou City is surrounded by water on all sides, with Qingxi River Pingtian Lake in the east, Baiyang River and Qingxi River in the south, Qiupu River and Baiyang River in the west, and the Yangtze River in the north.

If such a terrain is sufficient for war preparation, grain and grass, if the city is defended, ordinary people will really not be able to enter it, and even if they attack it, they will have to suffer heavy losses.

It's a pity that Bai Wang's previous defeat was too miserable and too sudden, and his troops lost their armor and suffered heavy damage, which greatly damaged his vitality, so that he had soldiers on hand, but there were not enough soldiers, and he didn't have enough food, and he didn't even have all the guys who were fighting, so he didn't dare to hide in the city to resist the enemy, so it was easy to be trapped and killed.

Only then did the whole city use the Pingtian River and the Yangtze River to build a fortification in the east of the city to defend against the enemy, and at this time, the Chizhou City behind him was almost empty, and only a few thieves were on regular alert.

In addition, there are also thieves on the west and north of the city, along the river, and even on the riverside of Jiangxinzhou, which was originally to prevent officers and soldiers from going up the river and outflanking them from behind.

However, judging from the past two days, the officers and men did not have this strength at all, first of all, there were no boats, and it was impossible to go upriver by relying only on rafts, let alone sending troops to outflank them from behind.

As a result, these light and dark sentinels also became lazy, or rather focused more on the eastern defense line of the city. At the beginning of the night, the southernmost thief army of Jiangxinzhou suddenly found a fishing boat sailing down the river from the upper reaches of the river into the southern tributary of Jiangxinzhou. Tell the number! ”