The repair of Linjin Pass is the first major event after Huang Chong arrived in Pubanjin, but fortunately, he does not need to do it himself, Feng Yijun Taishou Jia Yuan transferred a large number of people to do conscription, carry soil and stones, and help Huang Chong complete the construction of Linjin Pass.

The second project is the Yellow River embankment, the Yellow River runs through the Qin-Jin Gorge, the water flow is turbulent, the peaks on both sides of the river are angry, there are not many ferries suitable for crossing the river, and only a few points such as Pubanjin can be crossed, so in a long period of time in history, Pubanjin is used as a throat passage between Qin and Jin.

It is far from enough to build the Linjin Pass, if you want to resist the enemy on the west bank, you must build the fortifications along the Yellow River, Huang Chong used a large number of people to build fortifications on the west bank of the Yellow River, increase the embankment, and repair the Yellow River embankment for dozens of miles.

In the fortifications, Huang Chong thought that he had done his best, the only thing he lacked was the lack of troops, he only had 10,000 people on hand, since he was guarding the Linjin Pass, and he had to garrison the Yellow River embankment, it was obviously overstretched. According to the scout's report, the Jin army gathered at least 50,000 troops on the east bank of the Yellow River, and the disparity of forces by one to five really made Huang Chong faintly worried.

However, fortunately, Chang'an still sent reinforcements, and Lian Hong personally led the Longxi battalion of the right army to reinforce, although there were only 5,000 people, but this was tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow, and Huang Chong's confidence increased sharply.

It stands to reason that the water volume of the Yellow River soars during the spring flood season, and it is not a suitable time to cross the river, but Hu Fen is unwilling to wait, the Jin army attacked Guanzhong with three people, who entered Guanzhong first, it was the first achievement, Hu Fen obviously did not want to fall behind Yanghu and Du Pre, and there was news from Wuguan, Du Pre had already taken the lead in attacking, which was clearly the rhythm of Du Pre to grab the merit, Hu Fen was naturally unwilling, after a Pujin Pass, he immediately began to prepare for crossing the river.

Without warships, Hu Fen could only be a merchant and fishing boat along the Yellow River. Many people along the Yellow River make a living from fishing, but fishing boats are the lifeblood of fishermen, and they are not willing to donate them. Hu Fen was furious when he heard this, scolded the damned Diao Min, and sent soldiers to forcibly seize it, at first the fishermen resisted fiercely, but under the bloody suppression of the Jin army, they finally chose to give in.

Soon, Hu Fen collected thousands of boats, but these boats vary in size, large boats can accommodate hundreds of people, small boats can only carry three or five people, and because the collected boats are mainly fishing boats, so small boats occupy a considerable proportion, thousands of boats seem to be a lot, but the capacity is limited, at most can only carry tens of thousands of people to cross.

Although some people have proposed to wait until the end of the Yellow River Spring Festival before crossing the river, after all, the Yellow River is now overflowing, and it is not the best time to cross the river.

Because the river water rises sharply brought about by the melting of ice and snow, it often occurs when the spring flowers bloom, so the spring flood is also called the peach blossom flood, because the snow in the Yellow River basin last year is very deep, so the water volume of the Yellow River this spring is several times that of previous years, the river water is turbid and turbulent, and it is indeed not conducive to crossing the river.

But the ambitious Hu Fen did not listen to these opinions at all, in his opinion, it is not a big problem to increase the water volume of the Yellow River, if you take the first step to occupy the land in the pass, it is the most important, according to the previous information, there are only more than 10,000 defenders in the Linjin Pass, this is undoubtedly the most good news, Hu Fen decided to start crossing the river immediately, not to give the Shu army any respite.

The boats on the Yellow River are different from the boats on the Yangtze River, most of the boats on the Yangtze River are powered by sails, the river is wide and deep, and the use of wind power can save countless manpower, but the Yellow River is different, the river is narrower, and the water flow is turbulent.

Thousands of boats race, the scene is also magnificent, the Jin army chose to go into the water, not the Pubanjin ferry, but five miles upstream, because the Yellow River is turbulent, want to determine the place of going ashore on the Linjin Pass ferry, straight line crossing is definitely not possible, choose to go into the water at five miles upstream, go downstream, you can cut obliquely to the opposite bank.

Hu Fen stands on the east bank, the Linjin Pass on the opposite bank is clearly visible, the surging river is rushing turbulently, with a frame of pouring thousands of miles, in this season when the Yellow River is flooding, it is indeed not a wise thing to choose to cross the river, but Hu Fen has made up his mind, even if the eight horses do not pull him back, he calmly gave the order to cross the river.

The ferries were loaded with Jin soldiers and left the east bank, and the Jin soldiers rowed desperately and headed towards the opposite bank.

The turbid waters of the Yellow River roared and flowed southward with an unstoppable momentum, and in the face of this vast force of nature, it was extremely difficult to sail against the current, and the oarsmen had to paddle with all their might, so that the ferry could have a course to the opposite bank, and if there was a slight relaxation, it was possible to be carried downstream by the water of the Yellow River.

Obviously, the Jin army still underestimated the power of nature, and as soon as they set off, they were hit by a dull blow. Due to Mrs. Feng Lang, several fishing boats were misoperated and overturned by the huge waves, and the turbulent Yellow River water swallowed up the Jin soldiers who fell into the water in an instant.

Because it was too crowded, several fishing boats collided together, the impact caused the hull to break, a large amount of river water immediately poured into the cabin, in the panic shouts of the Jin soldiers, the broken boat quickly sank to the bottom of the river, once the soldiers on the boat fell into the water, they would be swept away by the rapids, and the boats next to them were too late to lend a hand.

The repeated shipwreck accidents can be said to be unfavorable, which cast a shadow on the Jin army's river-crossing operation. Hu Fen's face was pale, but such an accident did not shake Hu Fen's determination, he had no intention of withdrawing his troops, but forced the Jin army to continue to advance, and leaned towards the opposite bank at all costs.

Fortunately, the Yellow River was not too wide in this section of Pubanjin, and the Jin soldiers rowed their oars hard, and most of the boats finally crossed the rapids and approached the west bank.

The Jin soldiers all seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, but the real battle had just begun.

On the west bank, the Shu army was already in full battle. In the past few days, the Jin army has collected ships on the east bank with great fanfare, and the movement has been big enough, Huang Chong has not paid attention to it, and the Shu army on the west bank has already entered a state of first-class combat readiness, patrolling on the Yellow River embankment day and night, Huang Chong and Lianhong are also patrolling in shifts, always on guard against sudden attacks that the Jin army may launch.

After Huang Chonghe received the report, they deployed all their troops along the Yellow River, strictly defended them, and would never give the Jin army any chance to land. (To be continued.) )