Chapter 707: Qi Wannian
Under the command of Qi Wannian, at least 100,000 people were gathered, the soldiers were strong, the strength was strong, and everywhere they went, they conquered everything in succession, conquered Niyang and Fuping in succession, and took most of the Beidi County into their own hands.
Hearing the news that the main force of the Shu army annihilated the Huns in Suyi, Qi Wannian was not worried, but was overjoyed, and the Shu army was on the east road, which proved that the entire Guanzhong was empty, and he could not let go of such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity Qi Wannian.
The whole Guanzhong is bounded by the Wei River, divided into two parts in the north and south, Weibei is the place where the Han and Hu people live together, it is harassed by the Hu people all the year round, the number of the Han people is not much, even if there is, it is also to build Wu Fort for self-protection, usually cultivate around Wu Fort at ordinary times, once something happens, will flee into the Wu Fort for refuge, although the area of this strong fortress is not large, but there is a large amount of food and weapons in storage, the Hu people want to conquer, it is very difficult.
Compared with the barren Weibei, Weinan is relatively rich, there is the Wei River as a natural barrier, it is difficult for the Hu people to cross the Wei River to Weinan to plunder, over time, Weinan has become a happy land for the Han people, with a large population and abundant products, and it has also become an area that the Hu in the north wants to touch.
In the past, the Hu people raised troops to plunder, all of them were small-scale, or a group of hundreds of people, or a group of thousands of people, even if the strength of the tribe was relatively strong, a dispatch of people and horses, generally more than 10,000 people, the Han army in the Wei River several key ferries all the year round to send troops to garrison, for the Hu people who are used to riding horses to fight, the Wei River is not too wide has also become their moat, every time they attack the Wei River, they can only look at the river and sigh.
But now the situation is different, just the Qi Wannian Department has more than 100,000 troops, such a huge scale, so that Qi Wannian is ambitious, he covets the wealth of Weinan, and simply ignores the life and death of the Huns, even if Hao Yuandu led the remnants to take refuge in him, and asked Qi Wannian to avenge the Huns, Qi Wannian only verbally agreed, and there was no substantive action at all.
Qi Wannian's goal, there is only one, that is, to march to Weinan and break through Chang'an, Qi Wannian is full of ambition, at this moment in his heart, there is a bigger goal, that is, the emperor's throne, in the surging rebellion, who dares to say that such a dream is unrealistic, princes and generals, rather have a kind?
After occupying Fuping, Qi Wannian led the army to approach Gaolu, 100,000 troops marched mightily, the momentum was soaring, the defenders of Gaolu could not resist, gave up Weibei, took the people with the people, and fled to Weinan.
Qi Wannian drank the Mawei River, full of pride. This is not the first time he has been in the Weihe River, as early as five years ago, when Liu Yin had not led the troops to Guanzhong, Qi Wannian had led the troops to loot, to the Weishui River, at that time he led the troops but thousands of people, looking at the towering Chang'an City on the south bank of the Wei River, although the heart yearns for it, but due to the lack of strength, he can only sigh across the river.
However, from those times, Qi Wannian had already germinated the idea of taking Chang'an City, and the memory left by the magnificent Chang'an City was so unforgettable. In the past five years, Qi Wannian has been waiting for an opportunity, and with Liu Yin's entry into the Guanzhong, the entire situation in Yongliang has undergone earth-shaking changes. However, Qi Wannian didn't care about the struggle for power and land between the Han people, and he had been secretly looking for an opportunity to return to Weishui and spy on Chang'an.
If it is based on the Di people alone, Qi Wannian thinks that it is difficult to have a chance to get involved in Chang'an, but the surging Zhuhu rebellion this time made Qi Wannian see the opportunity, especially when Liu Yin led the main force to encircle and annihilate Hao San's Xiongnu Department in Feng Yi, Qi Wannian thought that the opportunity that belonged to him had come.
Therefore, Qi Wannian did not hesitate, and immediately waved his troops south, pointing directly at Chang'an.
In order to build a pontoon bridge on the Wei River, Qi Wannian robbed the boats on the Wei River, and picked up the houses of the surrounding people, and picked down a lot of beams and rafters, and piled up the wood like a hill to the Weishui River, and began to build a pontoon bridge on the Wei River.
Building a pontoon bridge is a technical work, the Han army has sapper troops, there are special boat and bridge troops, building a pontoon bridge is not a difficult task, but for the Hu people, there are no sappers at all, and the Hu people who can only fight on horseback have never played any pontoon bridges, but if you want to cross the river at this moment, you must build a pontoon bridge, Qi Wannian had to scavenge a bunch of wood and prepare to do it.
For the movements of the Hu people, Fu Bai, who has been ordered to garrison the south bank of the Wei River, is naturally well aware, and the left army is now deployed along the Wei River in a row, especially in this section of Chang'an, which is the top priority of defense, and Fu He personally commanded the battle on the section of the Chang'an River and built fortifications.
The Wei River is not wide, the average width is about three or two miles, the narrowest point is even less than one mile, such a close distance, everything that happened on the other side of the river can be seen clearly, seeing the Di people clumsily fiddling with wood on the other side of the river, Fu He smiled heartily, these barbarian tribes, have always been self-reckless and unscrupulous, these technical work, really vegetables, counting on them to build a passable pontoon bridge, no three days or five days, can not succeed at all.
If it is replaced by a professional engineer of the Han people, a pontoon bridge on the Wei River can be completed in half a day at best, and the pontoon bridge built is the best and optimal in terms of solidity and efficiency. And the pontoon bridge built by the Hu people is really not flattering, let alone withstand the attack, that is, there will be more people walking on the bridge in the future, and whether it can guarantee that the pontoon bridge will not collapse is a problem.
Moreover, Fu Tong would not give the Di people any chance to contact the south bank, as long as the pontoon bridge they built, once it entered the range of the Shu army's bow and crossbow, Fu Yi would order to strike at it without hesitation. In order to destroy the opponent, Fu Yan had already prepared tens of thousands of rockets, and he waited for the Di people to cross the river.
Qi Wannian was furious at the slow progress of building the pontoon bridge, and the purpose of this sneak attack on Chang'an was to take advantage of the void, and take advantage of the opportunity of Liu Yin's main force to defend the void in North Weinan, break through the Wei River in one fell swoop, and capture Chang'an, so that the entire Guanzhong land could be firmly in his own hands.
But now just to build a pontoon bridge is already a lot of work, Liu Yin's main force may return to Chang'an at any time, the longer it is delayed in Weibei, the worse the situation will become, and there is even the possibility of being attacked by the enemy, so Qi Wannian must ensure that he crosses to the south bank first. (To be continued.) )