A few days later, Xu Shiji's soldiers and horses arrived on the north bank of Huaishui and set up camp.

The grain and grass baggage team was transported from the Luoyang area, although Pengcheng and Fuli were also not small cities, but in the past two years, the farming was abandoned, the rebels from all walks of life looted, and the grain and grass stocks in the city were limited, and it was difficult to maintain the needs of the people, and it was impossible to supply the army.

Luoyang is different, there are four granaries around, Wang Shichong and Li Mi tossed here, and more than half of them were consumed, but there were still some stocks, leaving a part of the disaster relief, and the excess grain and grass began to be transported south on a regular basis to supply the soldiers and horses of Xu Shiji's southern expedition.

Xu Shiji stood on the hill on the bank of the Huaishui River, looked at the terrain on the other side, and asked: "How are the warships ready, is there enough to transport more than 100,000 horses?" ”

Wang Jun was stunned and said: "General Hui, I have already found river workers and sailors from nearby cities and towns to collect large boats and nearly 1,000 small boats, which can send 150,000 horses across the river within three days." ”

Xu Shiji said: "Send some elites to occupy favorable terrain first, in case an ambush soldier takes advantage of our army's halfway to attack it." ”

"Whoa!" Wang Jun clenched his fists in astonishment.

"The grain and grass line in the rear should also be paid attention to, Jiangbei has just returned to Shun not long ago, there are more thieves, and we can't help but guard against it, every time we escort grain and grass, we will send more people and horses, and ride and guard along the way, so as not to be ambushed and intercept the grain and grass!"

"Understood!"

Cui Jun asked: "General, when will we cross the river and enter the Huainan area, there has been no battle for two or three months, some hands are itchy, seeing that the world is about to be unified, there will be fewer opportunities for war in the future, our generals are all from the text, it is boring to think about it, the last general will apply, fight the vanguard, and cross the Huaishui first!" ”

When Cui Jun was in Youzhou, he was a lieutenant under Luo Cheng, and then followed him to fight at the border pass, and when he fought in Jinyang, he was transferred from the northwest to fight in the north, and he fought in the north and south for more than ten years, and he was thirty-six or seventeen years old.

Xu Shiji, Wei Yijie and others will respect him a little.

"Since General Cui has this pride, please go out to battle and serve as a vanguard, and General Ben is approved." Xu Shiji smiled slightly, and then advised: "The situation ahead is unknown, after crossing the river, step by step, do a good job of prevention, in just three days, the army can all cross the river and attack Huaming City in Zhongli County." ”

Cui Jun arched his hand and said, "General Xie Xu is complete." ”

Fang Yanzao, as a military meritorious officer, said with a smile on the side: "General Xu plans to use Zhongli County as a springboard to avoid a direct confrontation with Du Fuwei's army in Jiangdu County, this move is clever!" ”

Xu Shiji also chuckled: "Du Fuwei will definitely arrange ambush troops on the south bank of Huaishui, the fortress has heavy troops, rashly enter Jiangdu County, this general is not sure that he will be able to restrain Du Fuwei, after all, it is a hero across the Jianghuai River, has annexed large and small Jianghuai rebels, the mountains and bandits, several people and horses in the south of the Yangtze River, all look to him as the head of the horse, we must not underestimate the enemy, avoid its edge, first gain a firm foothold in Zhongli County, as our base, and then enter Jiangdu County, and then confront Du Fuwei." ”

"It makes sense, it's still General Xu who sees it far-reaching!" Wang Junyi, Wei Yijie, and Cui Jun were all in awe, and they admired this young general, less than 30 years old, even more.

The people here in Wagangzhai are proud, because Xu Shiji used to be a general of the Wagang Army, and now he has begun to emerge in the Dahua military.

Being able to be appreciated by His Majesty today and used it exceptionally also shows that His Majesty has the wisdom to make good use of people.

When night falls, the river is surging, and the Huai water is rolling from west to east, and the waves are tumbling, and it is very turbulent.

Because it is summer, when the water is in season, the amount of water is very large, and the river is wider than in spring and autumn.

After two days of rest, a large number of ships had gathered on the river, including large boats, small fishing boats, and even rafts.

"Crossing the water!"

Cui Jun, as a vanguard general, has been ordered to take the lead in landing on the opposite bank with 20,000 soldiers and horses, and then advance ten miles to guard and garrison.

Woooooooooo

Long horns resounded on both sides of the Huai River, drowning out the neighing of war horses and the sound of the river flowing.

A group of elite armor soldiers, after boarding the ship, left from the north shore and sailed towards the 100-meter-wide diagonal opposite shore.

Although the river also has a narrow area, but it is not conducive to the landing of the army, it is necessary to find a shallow river beach, suitable for ships to approach, large troops to board, horses, vehicles, military supplies can be carried in the location, in this way, often the river is relatively wide, and even need to sail a distance in the river.

Whoa!

The ships cut through the water, one by one close to the river beach, the armor is majestic, the army is mighty, and the murderous spirit is vigorous.

Crossing the water and landing in Zhongli County, sure enough, there were no ambushes, Cui Jun led the troops forward ten miles away, and did not find Du Fuwei's soldiers and horses.

In this way, more than 100,000 soldiers, horses and supplies were transported to the south bank in batches in three days.

Temporary garrison camp.

The army was encamped and reorganized military affairs.

Wang Jun stood beside Xu Shiji in amazement and said: "There is no movement, and he has successfully passed through the Huaishui, in my opinion, this Du Fuwei is just like this, he is very light on the enemy, and he doesn't seem to take us seriously, isn't he in a hurry at all?" The army is pressing, and this Huaishui is also a natural danger! ”

"The more this is the case, the more cautious you must be!" Xu Shiji frowned, for some reason, the more calm he was, the more he felt uneasy, because there must be a demon when something goes wrong.

At this time, the problem of his lack of experience in marching and leading troops was reflected, Xu Shiji led 150,000 soldiers and horses alone for the first time, he was still young, and he did not have enough experience in taking charge alone.

"I don't know how Your Majesty did it at the beginning, he went to the battlefield in his teens, led the troops step by step, led the troops to fight the Turks in his twenties, and suppressed the king of Han alone, pacified Tuyuhun in the northwest alone, and destroyed the princes of all parties one after another, which is really unattainable." Xu Shiji sighed secretly in his heart, admiring Luo Zhaoyun's past achievements.