The main army of the Yan State made active preparations at Hezhang and Bokou, and assumed the posture of launching a forced crossing from the left and right flanks, while the main force of the Jin army also began to reinforce troops on the two wings, which had the intention of being a long and short term with the Yan army.

In the evening, the Yan army sent some men and horses to continue to build pontoon bridges, and the 40,000 main cavalry led by Hua An also arrived on the south bank of the Hezhang Ferry.

After arriving at the Hezhang Ferry, Hua'an hurriedly inquired about the fighting that took place here during the day, and learned about the Yan army's plan to build a pontoon bridge and force the Zhangshui River.

Seeing that the Yan army had built five or six pontoon bridges in a row ten miles upstream and downstream of the Hezhang Ferry, the soldiers under the command of Hua'an were convinced that the Yan army had launched a strong attack from both flanks, and Hua'an had to believe this.

The wind at the side of the ferry port was very strong, and the robes on the shoulders of Hua'an and the soldiers under his command were blowing, and the soldiers looked at the little fire on the opposite bank, where was the camp of the Yan army.

"Your Majesty, there is movement on the water." A subordinate general pointed to Zhangshui in front of him and said loudly.

Hua An and the generals looked up and found that on the pontoon bridge leading to the south bank, there were some black spots, these black spots were rushing towards the south bank quickly, obviously, the Yan soldiers planned to take advantage of the night to build a pontoon bridge, so as to avoid the attack of the Jin army.

"Your Majesty, it seems that the Yan army intends to take advantage of the night to build a pontoon bridge, and our army must stop them immediately." A ministry general said.

Hua An nodded and said: "Pass the order, as long as the soldiers of the Yan Army enter the range of our army's thunderbolt car, they will immediately attack, and send light cavalry." Patrol back and forth along the position of ten miles upstream and downstream of the ferry, in case the Yan army secretly builds a pontoon bridge in a position that our army has not noticed. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The general clenched his fists and led the way.

After giving the order, Hua'an was still a little uneasy, so he sent a few groups of people and horses to take a small wooden boat to secretly go to the other side to reconnoiter to confirm the specific situation of the Yan army camp.

Soon. Yan soldiers building a pontoon bridge. Dozens of Thunderbolts began to throw ignited blocks of black powder one after another.

With a loud bang, the black powder blocks that were thrown out exploded one after another, bursting out of bright lights in the dark night. Due to the very lack of light at night. Therefore. The probability of the Thunderbolt hitting is not very large, and it is not clear how the casualties of the Yan soldiers are.

Under the blow of the Jin army's thunderbolt. The Yan soldiers, who were in charge of building the pontoon bridge, left behind the bodies of their comrades and began to retreat to the north bank in a hurry.

Seeing the Yan soldiers retreating, Hua An ordered: "Send a few troops to attack and dismantle all the pontoon bridges built by the Yan army." ”

The generals led several teams to set off in small wooden boats, and the soldiers arrived at the position of the pontoon bridge, and with the weapons in their hands, cut the hemp rope that bound the tree trunks, so that these tree trunks used to build the pontoon bridge floated away in the direction of the current.

Such a sabotage destroyed most of the pontoon bridges that the Yan army had worked so hard to build during the day, which could be regarded as a response to the Yan army's undeclared war.

Early in the morning of the second day, Murong Ke and other Yan generals just got up, and they learned the news that the pontoon bridge was destroyed by the Jin army, but their attempt was to feint on both wings and break through in the middle, so they did not take this matter to heart, but let the soldiers under their command continue to build the pontoon bridge, and began to build medium-sized transport ships, putting on a posture of using transport ships and pontoon bridges to transport troops on a large scale, so that the Jin army believed in their battle plan of attacking on both wings, so as to cover the secret preparations in the direction of the middle road.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Murong Ke looked at Murong Ba beside him and asked softly: "In the direction of Yecheng Ferry, what is the situation, has the main force of the Jin army been transferred?" ”

"Fourth brother, according to the news just sent back by the scouts, the main force of the Jin army has left Yecheng Ferry yesterday afternoon and came to the two wings for reinforcements, however, the Jin army left 10,000 reserve troops at Yecheng Ferry."

When Murong Ke heard this, he nodded, and said softly: "It seems that the Jin army still has reservations, but with only 10,000 reserve men, there is nothing to be afraid of. ”

"The soldiers have trained very hard, and they have made great progress, and the speed of building a pontoon bridge at night can be as fast as building a pontoon bridge during the day, but it will take at least four hours to build a pontoon bridge at Yecheng Ferry." Murong Ba replied softly.

"Four hours, it's still too slow, let the soldiers continue to train, we must ensure that within three hours, the pontoon bridge can be built at the Yecheng ferry." Murong Ke said softly.

Murong Ba nodded and said, "Fourth brother, don't worry, within a few days, the soldiers will definitely be able to do it." ”

The soldiers of the Yan army began to build transport ships on the shore, and this situation soon reached Hua'an's ears, and after learning of this situation, Hua'an and his soldiers felt that the Yan army was going to launch a forced crossing from both wings.

However, the more obvious the Yan army's intentions are, the more Hua An feels that something is wrong, after all, the art of war is cloudy, the virtual is real, the real is virtual, if the main force of the Yan army really wants to attack from the two flanks, they should try to avoid their intentions being discovered by the other party, instead of making a series of actions with great fanfare to inform the enemy of their intentions.

After having doubts in his heart, Hua An began to carefully study the map in order to discover the intentions of Murong Ke, the commander of the Yan army.

After carefully looking at the map, Hua An suddenly had a hunch that that was the direction of the Yan army's attack, which was likely to be the Yecheng Ferry in the middle, and the Yan army's large efforts on both flanks were just to confuse themselves.

"Your Majesty, have you found anything?" Seeing Hua An looking at the map, frowning deeply, Wang San asked softly.

Hua An looked up at Wang San and said softly: "It is very likely that the Yan army has adopted the strategy of attacking the east and the west, and most of their main attack direction is Yecheng Ferry. ”

"Striking the West?" Wang San was a little puzzled.

Seeing that Wang San was puzzled, Hua An said his thoughts, and when Wang San heard this, he also felt that Yan Jun's intentions were a little too obvious, which was obviously to cover up some conspiracy.

"On the north shore of Yecheng Ferry, there must be a situation, immediately send a large number of scouts to investigate there, remember, within a radius of ten miles on the north bank of Yecheng Ferry, all must be carefully investigated, and report immediately if there is a situation." Hua An ordered softly.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang San answered, turned around and went to prepare.

The Jin army sent a large number of scouts to the north bank of the Yecheng ferry, and immediately launched a detailed reconnaissance.

In the dense forest a few miles away from the north bank of the Yecheng ferry, there are a large number of tree trunks, these trunks are very fresh, it is obvious that the Yan soldiers have only recently cut down them, and the Yan soldiers have cut down so many trees that there can be no other use than to build pontoon bridges and warships.

In addition, not far from these tree trunks, a large number of hemp rope and other materials were piled up, which seems to be enough to show that the Yan army wanted to build a pontoon bridge here.

After the Jin army scouts discovered these anomalies, they did not dare to delay and immediately went to the south bank of the Hezhang ferry to prepare to report to Hua'an.

In the direction of Hezhang Ferry, the Yan soldiers continued to build pontoon bridges, and from time to time sent some men and horses to the south bank in small wooden boats to sneak attack the patrol soldiers of the Jin army.

In response, the Jin army also sent a small army of less than 100 people to the north bank to harass and sabotage, so that the soldiers of the Yan army could not live in peace.

"Your Majesty, important news has come back from the north bank of the Yecheng Ferry." Wang San walked into the big tent of the Chinese army and said softly.

"Well, what important discoveries did the scouts make?" Hua An hurriedly asked.

Wang San hugged his fists and said: "Wang Shang guessed right, in the dense forest near the north bank of Yecheng Ferry, the scouts found a large number of tree trunks and hemp ropes, these trunks are obviously newly cut, and the number is extremely large, using these materials, it is more than enough to build a pontoon bridge at Yecheng Ferry." ”

"Haha! Murong Ke really used a plan to attack the east and the west. Knowing Murong Ke's plan, Hua An seemed very excited, after all, as long as the other party's intention was discovered, there was a way to deal with it.

"How does the king plan to deal with it, and the main army immediately retreats to the Yecheng ferry?" Wang San asked softly.

Hua An shook his head, and said with a straight face: "No, our army wants to plan it, so that Murong Ke thinks that our army has been tricked, so that he can confidently and boldly launch a forced crossing operation at Yecheng Ferry, and our army only needs to cut it into two sections after its tens of thousands of forwards cross the river." ”

"The king intends to make a plan, then our army must always monitor the Yan army's every move, once the main force of the Yan army leaves the camp and runs towards the Yecheng ferry, our army must react immediately, otherwise, it is very likely to be self-defeating, let the main force of the Yan army cross the Zhangshui, if so, our army will be completely finished." Wang San Zhengse said.

Hua An thought for a moment and said softly: "Although this king doesn't know when the Yan army will suddenly rush to the Yecheng ferry, I think they must choose to act at night, so as to have the effect of hiding people's ears and eyes, and pass the order down, so that the main force of our army will rest during the day and be on duty at night." ”

Wang San hesitated when he heard this, then hugged his fists and said, "Yes, Wang." After saying that, he immediately went to give the order.

A few days later, in the Yan army camp on the north bank of the Hezhang Ferry, Murong Ke was inspecting the camp, Murong Ba ran over, and hugged his fists and said: "Fourth brother, the news has come back from the direction of Fushui, the soldiers have made great progress, and within three hours, a pontoon bridge can be built at the Yecheng Ferry." ”

Murong Ke was overjoyed when he heard this, looked at Murong Ba, and ordered loudly: "Let the soldiers enter the camp to rest, and assemble immediately after dark, tonight, it is the time for our army to break through Yecheng, in addition, immediately send an order, let the soldiers in the direction of Fushui immediately go to Yecheng Ferry, and after dark, start to secretly build a pontoon bridge." Also, give orders in the direction of the port so that they are ready to act with our troops. ”

"Yes, fourth brother, I'll arrange it." Murong Ba received the order loudly and immediately went to prepare. (To be continued......)