(The third update, make up for the missing change in front of me a little)

Lin Jian rode a horse and traveled overland to Shanyang County at dawn, but the Jinhai and other boats set off from Shukou Camp at about the same time yesterday, and did not rush to the ferry north of Shanyang City to pick up Lin Jian to board the ship until the morning sun rose above the treetops.

Lin Jian boarded the boat and went to the north bank to watch the terrain of Sikou, while hundreds of light armored riders took the official road to the south bank ferry of Shukou to take a boat to cross Huai.

The flotilla was still three or four miles away from the north shore, and seven or eight pulp boats came out of the reeds at the mouth of the river to intercept them.

The river that flows into Surabaya is seventeen or eighteen miles wide, except for three or four miles of waterways, the rest are almost covered with reeds, and Lin Jian stood at the bow of the boat, and could not see the end of the reeds for a while. Although it is smaller than the reeds in Qingjiangpu, it also forms a natural barrier to cover the warships of the wandering people's army.

The seven or eight boats were narrow and slender, each with six oars, as fast as a shuttle, and in addition to the oarsmen, there were more than twenty outcasts and soldiers standing shirtless with swords and shields. The ship did not come closer, but they could see the murderous aura of the skull in their eyes.

Many of Liu An'er's subordinates are water bandits and fishermen, and their skills in water warfare are not weak. After the transfer to Hanzhong, the exile army once gave up all the warships in their hands, and most of the warships they now have are requisitioned and renovated.

In the convoy of escorts, two Jiyun-class warships, two loach ships, and four warships broke through the waves and stepped forward to resist the enemy.

The Jiyun-class warship relied on sail masts for long voyages, but there were sixteen large oars on board for engagement, and the four of them worked together to operate one large oar, and for a short time the retrograde was faster than the wind and water.

The hulls of the ships are very different, and the warships of the Wandering People's Army have no numerical advantage, and the Jiyun-class warships have not yet made their strength, and the two loach boats operate their oars to meet them, rushing into the eight shuttle-shaped warships of the Wandering People's Army, and rampage, like wolves into a flock of sheep.

Relying on the advantage of the ship's shape, it will not be long before two enemy ships are overturned.

The remaining six shuttle-shaped warships saw that the opportunity was wrong, and they did not have time to catch the man who had fallen into the water, so they turned around and fled into the reeds.

"You want to lure us into the reeds!" Ge Cunxiong stood beside Lin Tie, staring at this small-scale contact battle, and saw that the warships of the Liumin Army were slightly defeated and drilled into the reeds, so he ordered the warships not to enter the reeds to pursue, pointed to the reeds that were five or six miles deep on the side, and said to Lin Tie, "Back in Huaishang, the small boats could not beat the big ships of the government, so I lured them to drill the reeds and led them to run aground in shallow water and narrow water, so they slaughtered at will, but I didn't expect that I would use this trick for others to deal with ...... today."

Speaking of which, the first group of people who rebelled with Liu An'er were fishermen and boatmen who resisted donations and taxes, and the Ge brothers also led the fishermen who resisted donations and taxes to oppose the government in their early years, and left their hometown to go to sea when they were desperate.

The reed swing is difficult to deal with, but the scale of the reed swing at the mouth of the river can not be compared with the Qingjiang Pu, so that the boat goes upstream, dumps enough lamp oil along the current, and can borrow the best wind.

At that time, lamp oil was not cheap, comparable to the price of meat, and it would take hundreds of barrels of oil to burn this piece of reeds.

Although the Jiangdong Left Army had some foundation, it could not withstand the outpost battle and squandered it like this.

If the wandering army has a boat out to harass it, it will send a boat to refuse, but it will not pursue the wandering army hidden in the reeds, Lin Jian looked at the terrain near Sikou, and did not have the heart to attack the small group of wandering troops hiding in the reeds, so he went down the river and rushed to Shukou.

At dusk, seeing that the newly recruited more than 10,000 reinforcements were camping on the official road to Shanyang, Lin Jian was puzzled and sent someone to go ashore to summon Xiao Kuian and Ma Rulong on board.

Although the Jingkou envoy was a temporary dispatch, Lin Jian had the right to control the local military.

Although Lin Tie was indifferent to Liu Tingzhou's recruitment of volunteers to form a new army in Huai'an City, Liu Tingzhou had to inform Lin Tie of the whole process. Lin Jian knew that the reinforcements of Duhuai had Xiao Kuian'an as the main general and Ma Rulong as the deputy general.

Lin Tie called each other, Xiao Kuian and Ma Rulong couldn't dodge, so they had to get on the boat to be questioned.

"Looking at the weather today, there will be stars and moons shining on the road. You are walking along the official road, and there is no enemy to guard against on the north bank, and you are more than thirty miles away from Shanyang, why do you stop and camp halfway? Lin Jian frowned and looked at Xiao Kuian and Ma Rulong, "Wouldn't it be better to rush to Shanyang overnight?" ”

In mid-May, because of the curfew violation, Ma Rulong forcibly removed the rank of military attache from the captain of the left battalion. This time, Liu Tingzhou recruited volunteers to go north to aid Xuzhou, and the Ma family contributed money and people, but Ma Rulong took the opportunity to find a place in the reinforcements of Duhuai.

"It's not that we deliberately delayed, but these new pawns didn't pay attention to it, took An Jiayin, turned around and fled. In the night, we couldn't take precautions, so Lord Liu had no choice but to tell us to hurry against the sun......" Xiao Kui'an replied.

This has not yet left the Huai'an realm, and the new pawn has come up with the problem of fleeing, not to mention that the time is so rushed, and it is impossible to identify the meticulous work of the displaced people's army, which is really worrying.

Lin Jian sent Xiao Kuian and Ma Rulong ashore and continued eastward. The fleet went down the river at a very fast speed, and before it was completely dark, they rushed to the Shukou camp.

Compared with the procrastination and chaos of the Huai reinforcements, Zhao Hu and his 6,000 new soldiers had all crossed the Huai River before dusk and stationed in the Shukou camp on the north bank.

Shukou Camp is also the east head of Shanyang Bay, and the Shushui River merges into Huaishui from here.

Lin Tie as early as more than two months ago, firmly grasped here, the Shukou camp built on the north bank is solid, in addition to the regular dry camp, there is also a water village, but also built a ferry on the south bank, convenient for transporting soldiers and horses and military supplies.

After Lin Tie landed on the shore, he did not delay, and took Qin Chengzu, Ning Zechen and others who went to the ferry to greet him, and went directly to the command shed, and said as he walked: "If there is anything to eat, cold noodles and gruel or something, if there is, bring some up, and we will discuss things while eating." Starting tomorrow, the new soldiers of the guard battalion will take turns to fight and comprehensively strengthen contact operations with the enemy, and in two to three days, all the scouts of Chen Han's three subordinates will be compressed back to the narrow bridge......"

"This is not a small difficulty," Qin Chengzu said, approaching the command shed, pulling out the map and laying it on the wooden case, pointing to a point more than 20 miles north of the Shukou camp, "Chen Hansan has 15,000 elite soldiers stationed in the Fenghe camp at the narrow bridge, of which 2,000 are cavalry who have been with Chen Hansan for a long time, and the number of cavalry is far higher than ours. Today, the guard camp crossed the river, and the movement was quite large, and the number of rangers sent by Chen Hansan to scout and vigilance increased greatly, almost three or four hundred horsemen," and successively pointed out several points around the Shukou camp, "We must send foot soldiers to camp here, here, and here first, so as to restrict the activities of Chen Han's three rangers......"

"If we launch a strong attack on Chen Hansan's camp at the Narrow Bridge, how will Chen Hansan react?" Lin Jian asked.

Ning Zechen said: "Crossing Huai to aid Xu, if our main direction of attack is Chen Hansan's narrow bridge battalion, generally speaking, we will be able to take the Shuyang defenders out if it is broken." Next, we have to work together to capture the city in order to cross Yishui. At the same time, there must be a boat from Sikou to Surabaya to respond, otherwise even if we can reach the Surabaya River by land, we will be stopped outside Xuzhou......"

Ge Cunxiong said: "The Wandering People's Army in Siyang does not have the ability to block such a wide river at the mouth of the river, but in Suyu and Suining, there are measures to barrage and seal boats. The water camp must enter Surabaya from Sikou, and along the way, it will break the two barrage camps built by the bandits in Suyu and Suining. Considering that once the war breaks out, the bandits will strengthen the defense forces along the way at any time, and it is really hard to say how long it will take to break through......"

"The key depends on whether Liu Tingzhou can successfully cross the river with the Huai reinforcements, and whether he can successfully put pressure on the Siyang defenders after crossing the river, so that Liu Tingzhou can attract the exile army from Suyu and Suining to Siyang," Qin Chengzu said, "Before Liu Tingzhou, the more we bluffed Chen Hansan's narrow bridge camp, the more Chen Hansan doubted our determination to go north to aid Xu......"

"The truth is false, and the virtual is real," Lin Jian nodded and said, "I think Chen Hansan should be able to confirm my feud with Liu Tingzhou." ”

Qin Chengzu said: "If he were you, most of them would sit and watch Liu Tingzhou cross the Huai to his death, and it would be impossible for him to go deep alone and go into danger to save Yue Lengqiu, the great enemy." Liu Tingzhou led reinforcements to cross Huai to fight Siyang, so he could confirm their speculations and dispel their doubts......"

Qin Chengzu and others have dealt with Chen Hansan for more than ten years, and they have suffered big losses in his hands, and they are familiar with Chen Hansan, and I am afraid that other generals of the Exile Army are far behind.

Lin Jian thought about it for a while, and said to Ge Cunxiong: "You lead the third water battalion to the west and do your best to help Liu Tingzhou cross the Huai. I will sign another letter of order for you to take to Liu Tingzhou, merge the defenders of Shanyang County into the ranks of the Huai reinforcements, and bring him to fight across the Huai River together......"

The defenders of Shanyang County belong to the newly reorganized Huai'an Prefecture Army, and it is their fundamental responsibility to defend the countryside.

Although Liu Tingzhou was the prefect, without Lin Bin's consent, he could not transfer the government army to fight across the Huai, so he could only recruit the people to form a reinforcement army to cross the Huai.

Compared with the matter of crossing Huai to aid Xu, it is more important to ensure that the Huai defense line is worry-free.

The reinforcements built by Liu Tingzhou were simply a group of rabble, and under the pretext of volunteering, less than half of the soldiers recruited from the government army were capable of fighting. Even if Liu Tingzhou can successfully cross the Huai, he will not be able to form a restraining force in Siyang.

After the Hongzepu rebellion, Shanyang County was on the front line for a long time, and the defenders had good combat effectiveness.

The main reason is that after the defenders of Shanyang County are transferred, there will be a gap in the most critical position of the Huai defense line, and in the eyes of Liu An'er, Chen Hansan and other generals of the Liumin Army, it is even more unlikely that the Jiangdong Left Army will go north at this time.