Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Western Soldiers Cross the River

Yanbei used the same confusing tactics that Dong Zhuo had used when he entered Luoyang, the total strength of Cao Cao's 8,000 men and horses remained unchanged, but the 4,000 soldiers inside became the old soldiers of Yanbei who had experienced the battle of pacifying Jizhou in Montenegro. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

But in the eyes of the enemy, it was Yanbei's subordinates who had four more war horses.

It's like a joke.

Even if they have war horses, it seems normal for the Liangzhou soldiers on the other side of the river to be a normal thing, without cavalry, how can they pursue the Liangzhou soldiers who move quickly? But Yanbei had no intention of searching for those Liangzhou cavalry wandering outside.

His purpose is to station Guo Yan in the Jishui Basin between Pinggao and Wenxian!

Guo Yan led his troops to break through the soldiers and horses of Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang who locked Hejin, and then it was convenient for Jishui to build a camp to threaten the north of Xingyang at all times, so that Yanbei could divide Cao Cao's troops to help defend against it.

His soldiers and horses are a threat to anyone, but if Yanbei can defeat him, if he advances lightly, he can attack the Revolving Gate Pass from behind the enemy's back, and even if he can't launch a surprise attack, he can turn the tide of the confrontation at the Chengguan Pass.

In fact, Yanbei still has confidence in Sun Jian, he hopes that Sun Jian can defeat Xu Rong and Hu Zhen's soldiers and horses in a row, and then the coalition army will be able to give pressure to the revolving gate pass with the momentum of advancing from the north and south, and break the revolving gate pass from the inside!

At night, the south bank of the Yellow River lit up a spark, which was the torch that Cao Cao had lit these days when he mobilized civilian ships along the line. Meng De was about to attack to the west, and went up the river, west of the Spiralgate Pass, and went deep into the enemy's territory.

This is an extremely dangerous job, to lure the enemy.

He wanted to lead Guo Yan to cross the river by boat from the opposite bank as much as possible, because in the Bianshui generation of Aocang and Guangpu City north of Xingyang, Yanbei had already led his subordinates to march to Hanoi County unconsciously, and General Duliao's purpose was to gather 4,000 cavalry near Pinggao, ready to advance westward at any time.

Although Cao Mengde pointed at the back of the revolving gate, his actual intention was to lure Guo Yan to join forces with Yanbei when he was wading in a boat, and defeat Guo Yan's soldiers and horses by land and water, and regain control along the Yellow River!

The biggest difficulty in this battle is not to lure Guo Yan, nor to guard the soldiers and horses on the inside of the revolving gate, but to predict the time of day.

It's summer, and heavy rains have fallen all over the north at this time of year, and the Yellow River is so long that rainfall in any one of them can cause the river to swell...... For Cao Cao, who was planning to swim upstream, what did the river mean?

It means that their light walk will be washed down the river or even overturned. In the midst of the turbulent Yellow River, if such an accident occurs, their soldiers will die without a place to be buried!

But Cao Cao did not hesitate, he knew that this was the most correct decision, as for desperately?

The light ignited at the Nine Dragons Gate in Luoyang, and the eunuchs shouted hoarsely; Liangzhou soldiers advanced into Luoyang, Dong Zhuo soldiers tun Xianyang Yuan; The front drove to attack Xingyang and was defeated in Bianshui; In the past, wasn't that time a desperate attempt to snatch a life?

Cao Mengde has never been afraid of hard work!

Guangpu City, this is a small city in the northernmost part of Yin, Henan, the meaning of existence is to guard the pass and the ferry to the east of Bianshui, Yanbei took advantage of the dark night, commanding the soldiers and horses to the north by boat, forcibly crossing the big river.

They did not dare to land at the ferry ports on the other side, and Guo Yan's soldiers and horses had already blocked the various ferries, and once they were discovered, the news of their surprise attack would be known to the enemy. Yanbei could only order soldiers and horses to go ashore at night near the ferry port in Huai County.

Four thousand cavalry took a boat, and a horse that could carry twelve people could only send a cavalry to the opposite bank, even if Cao Cao collected enough cavalry, Yanbei would need to carry so many soldiers and horses back and forth several times.

The danger above the river is not to be mentioned.

The first two songs can be ashore, and Jiao Touch led the attack on the garrison of the ferry along the line, and in a very short time, he grabbed the lower ferry, and defeated all the more than 200 Liangzhou soldiers stationed there, and pursued and strangled by the Liaodong cavalry, and then the cavalry spread out to act as a scout, and sent the cavalry to connect the Taishou Wang Kuang of Hanoi County to let him send troops to garrison the ferry soldiers to march westward, followed by Yanbei under the cover of the night to drive all the cavalry to the west.

According to the agreement, Cao Cao would light a torch on the boat at dawn to lure Guo Yan to cross the river, leaving little time for Yanbei.

Things did not go smoothly as Yanbei imagined, and along the Yellow River, Guo Yan was preparing his troops and horses.

As the number one general under Dong Zhuo's Li Guo Juxta, Guo Yan, who was born as a horse thief, knows what it means to wait for an opportunity. At present, most of the soldiers and horses in Yanbei are trapped in Xingyang, and Xu Rong, who is in the south, has broken Sun Wentai's vanguard again, and it seems that victory is getting closer and closer to them, and Guo Yan's heart is also anxious.

He was not satisfied with just breaking Wang Kuang's army, he wanted to cross the river and storm south!

Guo Yan didn't think it was a wise choice for Dong Gong to send Yang Ding to garrison the Revolving Gate Pass, what kind of things were Yang Ding and Hu Zhen? What real skills can two adults who rely on their birth in Liangzhou to be famous?

It's better to be able to thwart Cao Cao's Xu Rong!

Of course, Guo Yan boasted that he was much stronger than Xu Rong, and even Xu Rong could beat Cao Mengde all over the ground to find his teeth, could he Guo Aduo be frightened by Cao Cao's mere 8,000 soldiers and horses?

Because of this, Guo Yan was overjoyed when he heard that Cao Cao's patrol area had become larger, and he began to disperse his troops and horses on the south bank of Xingyang and Dahe...... He only had 5,000 men and horses, otherwise he would have led his army to raid the other side of the river. At present, Cao Cao divided his troops, and in his opinion, it was an excellent time.

He can defeat Cao Cao again! This time, he won't be as lucky as when he faced Xu Rong, and he can escape back to the sour jujube alive!

When he was ready, Guo Yan sent someone to send a message to Yang Ding at the Revolving Gate Pass, asking him to wait for the opportunity to lead the troops out of the pass to besiege Xingyang. Guo Yan has already thought about it, and now there is a team of Bao Xin's people outside Xingyang City, but there is nothing to worry about. What is really worrying is nothing more than the headquarters army of Yanbei in Xingyang City.

Those in the city are good men who have endured enough hardships.

Therefore, besieging them, as long as Guo Yan defeated Cao Cao's military village, 5,000 Liangzhou cavalry could cut off the grain route and support of the Kwantung coalition army in Yin and Xingyang, Henan, and besieged them for two months...... When the time comes, one of the Kwantung princes will be counted as one, and who will dare to raise troops to the west again?

At night, countless people marched on the river, crossing the north and south, and the two soldiers and horses met without anyone expecting it.

"Ships on the other side?" Cao Cao's eyes widened on the shore, listening to the news of the messenger soldiers, he couldn't believe it, "Could it be that Guo Yan is also leading the troops to the south?" Quick, let the soldiers on the river withdraw and garrison the shore! ”

At this moment, what it meant to find the enemy's warship on the riverbank, Cao Cao knew it all too well in his heart.

It means that something big has happened!

Guo Yan is coming!

Cao Cao clapped his fists with a look of excitement on his face, and said to the generals of the relatives beside him: "Yuan Rang, you lead the troops to fortify along the line, if Guo Yan wants to land on the south bank, only these few places can make him consider, we will catch him off guard on the coast, it is far better than stealing the camp in the past!" ”

If the enemy disembarks and is attacked by his own soldiers before they can prepare their troops and horses, what will happen to them?

Cao Cao believes that if he wins this big battle, he can wake up with a smile even if he sleeps!

The intensive fortification was quietly unfolded along the coast, and the two Xiahou brothers led their troops and horses to settle down, while Cao Cao stood on the shore and watched the situation on the other side from afar.

In the darkness that Cao Cao couldn't see clearly, the three fighting ships went against the wind, and the silent Liangzhou soldiers twisted their thick oars and sailed southward, and behind the fighting ships, dozens of walking boats full of sergeants and war horses came straight to the south bank.

"Were those boats scared away by Ah Weng just now?" Guo Yan muttered quietly with a hideous smile on his face, and stood on the bow of the ship with a mixed iron buckle. Forcibly suppressed the thought of wanting to vomit in his abdomen, and said disdainfully: "When we get on the shore, we will kill all those Central Plains people, and every head will be cut off by Ah Weng, which is a meritorious achievement!" ”

Guo Yan has no knowledge, he is a horse thief, he likes to kill, and the feeling of controlling the lives of others makes him feel extremely powerful.

This made him extremely familiar with the art of warfare, and he was an expert when it came to killing.

There were no other seas or rivers in Liangzhou except for saltwater lakes, and the Liangzhou people never needed sailors for battle, but this did not delay them from operating boats. There are not too many skills required to cross the Yellow River, and the Liangzhou soldiers are fully capable of doing it.

It is also fortunate that the banks of the river are guarded, if they are to fight the enemy in the shallow sea or in the large river...... I'm afraid that as soon as the war began, the landlubbers in Liangzhou committed suicide by throwing themselves into the river.

Half of the Liangzhou soldiers on the ship reported that they were similar to Guo Yan, and they were all caused by the turbulence of the hull to want to vomit and feel dizzy.

The physical sensation is not important, the main thing is that the feeling of not being able to keep their feet on the ground makes them feel uneasy.

Guo Yan couldn't help but maliciously wonder if it was Li Zhiran, would he have bowed down to the east by now, and asked him to always take the witch by his side to jump around.

Li Wei is superstitious about witchcraft, even far more than most of the people in Liangzhou, this is the common sense that everyone in the Western Soldiers knows, after all, after looking for all the generals under Dong Gong's command, no one put two witches in the military tent suspicious.

When the news of the Kwantung princes' army first reached Luoyang, Li Wei even asked the witch to curse Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Yanbei and others, planning to use the magic of ghosts and gods to curse them all to death.

The results speak for themselves, and now Yanbei is not only living in the world in a good manner, but also robbing them of a Xingyang City.

The difficult voyage didn't last long, and Guo Yan could already see the riverbank in the distance, which made him feel excited, and the excitement before the killing made his blood boil.

Pulling out the horse ring knife, Guo Yan shouted: "Let go of the board, prepare to get off the boat, and kill them all!" ”

With the rough shouts, the bow of the fighting ship slapped a few huge wooden planks, and the Liangzhou soldiers who turned into soft-footed shrimp on the boat jumped off the boat and gathered on the bank of the river, ready to start their journey of killing all sides on the south bank of the Yellow River.

At this moment, torches suddenly lit up all around, and countless Central Plains soldiers rushed out at them with spears and shouting!