Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 774 night crossing
"Han Ji Guangwen Emperor Ji": "In October 21, the six palaces, civil and military affairs were all moved to Chang'an. Zhongzu drove in Hanzhong and heard that Cao Shuang had violated Jing. Zhongzu took the east to be empty, so he ordered the soldiers to march eastward, and sent Jiang Wei, Hu Zun was a separate army and attacked Linfen. Zhongzu himself led all the troops to attack the east of the river, and the army crossed the river.

On December [-]th, the cold moon hangs alone in the night sky, the north wind howls, and the cold air is oppressive.It was mid-winter, and when the Yellow River was freezing, an army from the Northwest walked on the ice and ran towards the other side of the river.

The leader was wearing a velvet robe and an iron armor inside, leading a horse and walking on the ice.His young face was flushed red from the cold, and his breath was filled with heat.This young general is Yuan Hong, and he is leading [-] cavalry to cross the river first.

Halfway through the Yellow River, he stepped on the solid ice.He was still worried that the ice would suddenly crack, and he and his subordinates would plop into the water of the Yellow River, freezing into an ice sculpture.

Wearing gloves, he took off his velvet cap, looked at the soldiers of the Han army walking on the ice behind him, and shouted to order them to speed up and cross the Yellow River as soon as possible.

Following the general's order, these soldiers wrapped in sheep felt involuntarily quickened their pace, and walked to the other side of the river with one step at a time.

Since the confrontation across the river between the Han and Wei Dynasties, the two armies have gradually figured out the habits of the Yellow River. In the middle of winter, the surface of the Yellow River will freeze.Therefore, either the soldiers of the Wei army in the east of the river chiseled ice to prevent the Han army from stealing, or the soldiers of the Han army in Guanzhong chiseled ice to prevent the Wei army from smuggling.Due to the different strengths of the two sides, the objects of ice-cutting are often changed.

However, this year, probably because Cao Shuang attacked Jingzhou and the Shu Han moved the capital to Chang'an, Wei Yan ordered people to dig ice a few days ago to block the traffic between the two sides of the strait.However, in the mid-winter of December, the weather is even colder, and the ice surface that has been cut can already surpass people again.

In order to prevent the sudden attack of the big Han, a beacon tower has been built beside the Yellow River since Sima Yi's time. Any changes of the Han army can be known to the Wei army in the east of the river.Therefore, whenever the big man wants to send troops to Hedong, it is easy for Wei Jun to detect, and Jiang Weibing is often sent out of Luliang, or across the river from Longmen upstream.

But this time Liu Chan sent troops to Hedong, although it was in the cold winter of the twelfth lunar month, it was not good for combat.But he is also aware of the advantages brought by winter. The Yellow River is already frozen, and he can easily cross the Yellow River from the ice without boats.As a natural danger, the Yellow River has become an ice bridge that facilitates the Han army to cross the two banks.

As a vanguard, Yuan Hong volunteered. He is willing to lead the vanguard to take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to attack the Pubanjin stronghold, occupy a stronghold in Hedong for the Han, and disintegrate Cao Wei's early warning system.

Faced with the initiative to invite Ying who is good at raiding Yuanhong, Liu Chan naturally agreed, so he ordered him to lead 3000 elite Han Hubu riders out of Hedong at night.At the same time, Liu Chan didn't dare to trust him, so he ordered Wei Yan, who was already old, to supervise the Chinese army with him, and was ready to lead the main force to cross the river at any time.

The closer they got to the river bank, the breaths of the people with their mouthpieces couldn't help but increase, and they didn't dare to make any abnormal movements.There is only the sound of the iron hoof with the horseshoe piercing the ice, "cha, cha, cha, cha...".Before crossing the river, they put more patterns and sharper horseshoes on the horses to ensure that the horses can get better grip when walking on the ice.

Not long after, Yuan Hong left the ice and set foot on the snow-covered land again. Although it was not as hard as the ice, he didn't know why, but felt more at ease, perhaps because of psychological factors.

"Get on the horse and light the torches!"

Yuan Hong got on his horse, and under his command, the military officer beat the golden drum to wake up.The originally sparse flames turned into a fire dragon in an instant, illuminating the entire sky.The torches were lit, and accompanied by the sound of golden drums, under the guidance of the guide, Yuan Hong led three thousand Han Hubu cavalry towards Pubanjin Weiying a few miles away.

With a distance of several miles, the cavalry rushed to attack in an instant.

The sky was as black as ink, and the cold snowflakes fell silently on Wei Jun's tent covered with weeds. Because of the weeds, the tent was quite warm, and Wei Jun's soldiers snored and fell asleep, unaware of the danger.

The brazier in the camp crackled as the snow melted.The flames flicker, bright or dark.The soldiers of the Wei army were on patrol, but they were quite lazy. After walking for a while, they went to the brazier to keep warm.

Suddenly, with a bang, the cold wind blew down the fireworks.

There was a creaking sound between the wooden hinges, and then the wooden door hit the wooden bar with a loud sound.The sentry looked and saw that his wooden door had been knocked open. The mounted infantry of the Han army had already dealt with the surrounding soldiers and cleared the way.

Before there was a warning in the future, a rush of horseshoes came from far and near. The Han cavalry saw that the infantry had completed the task. The cavalry, wearing white robes outside and armor inside, was driving their horses and galloping towards the camp.

"drive!"

The sound of galloping horseshoes pressed towards Wei Ying from all directions with a fierce and murderous aura, completely waking up the soldiers of Wei Ying.They shouted and ran, trying to resist.But what is the use?too late!

Iron hooves caught the cold wind, howling towards it.Wherever it went, it was accompanied by bursts of shouting, fighting and shouting.In an instant, the horse's hoof left a galloping imprint, the bright red blood splashed on the white snow, and Wei's body lay across the snow field.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

The iron hooves galloped past, and the barbarian cavalrymen made a unique sound in their mouths, and the arrows in their hands shot out of the air.On the beacon tower, all the Wei soldiers who wanted to light the beacon were shot down.

……

"Riding on the green lima, headed to Nanji, the city of war. Five days in the cavalry formation, three into the nine sieges. Famous as a Huaiyin general, blood stained the clothes of the king of Han. He is full of spirit for the king, and he will never return without merit."

Qiao Zhou looked at the messy Pujin Duwei camp in front of him, and recited the Yuefu poems that had been brewing in his heart for a long time.

"The poem is pretty good. What's the name?" Liu Chan rode over and asked with a smile.

Seeing that it was the Son of Heaven, Qiao Zhou cupped his hands and said, "I would like to inform you, Your Majesty, that the title of this poem is "War City South", and I wrote it in imitation of a Yuefu poem."

"South of the battle city, death in the north of Guo, if you die in the wild, you can eat them without burial." Liu Chan looked at the corpses of Wei Jun lying on the snowy field, and sighed, "Come here to bury these Wei soldiers who died in battle, and don't let their corpses be left in the wilderness. To be eaten by black birds."

"promise!"

"Your Majesty is benevolent!" Qiao Zhou complimented.

"See if you can make this poem into a song and sing it to the soldiers."

After finishing speaking, Liu Chan just rode forward, obviously he was used to the scene in front of him.As a monarch in troubled times, he can only unify the world as soon as possible, so as not to let the people of the world suffer from wars and chaos again.

As for the compilation of poems and songs, it may also be Liu Chan's unconscious political behavior over the years.Having been a monarch for a long time, there are also occupational diseases that some people will talk about in later generations. When encountering many things, the subconscious first reaction is to see if one can consolidate one's rule or be used by one's own.After all, the identity of the monarch has become his identity, and he can't fade it away, and he dare not discard it.

"Your Majesty, the army has crossed the river!" Wei Yan searched for Liu Chan, cupped his hands and said, "The grain, grass and military supplies have been divided into two banks of Pubanjin to avoid accidents."

Liu Chan glanced at the east side and said, "How is the situation in Puban City? Did Yuan Hong capture it?"

Wei Yan followed behind Liu Chan and replied: "Although the beacon tower was attacked last night, when the army attacked the camp, the Wei camp was flooded. The fire spread to most of the camp due to the dry winter. The fire was detected by the Wei army sentry. When the generals arrived at the city, Puban City was already under martial law, so it was difficult to break through the city."

Puban, also known as Pucheng.Because it is adjacent to the Yellow River in the west, there are tidal flats and wilderness, and there are clusters of pampas grass, so it is called "pu".As a negative mountain facing the river, it is an important point in the Qin and Jin Dynasties, and a bridgehead for the battle between the Han and Wei Dynasties.Cao Wei repaired the city all the year round, and stationed troops in the city, thinking that it would prevent the big Han from using troops.

"Who is the guard? Can you persuade him to surrender?" Liu Chan asked.

Wei Yan hesitated for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, the general who guards the city is Deng Xian, I am afraid it will be difficult to persuade him to surrender."

Deng Xian is also the old opponent of the big man. As Meng Da's nephew, he and Li Fu have been fighting loyally for Cao Wei after beheading Meng Da and Xiancheng Sima Yi. He also caused a lot of trouble for the big man in the previous battles.Now that he is the defender of Puban City, it is almost impossible to expect him to surrender.

"May I ask Your Majesty, should we continue marching, or should we besiege Pucheng?" Wei Yan pondered for a while, and said, "In my opinion, the most important thing is the speed of soldiers, and you should not stay in Pucheng for too long."

Liu Chan held his horsewhip and said in a deep voice: "Wei Qing's words are also what I think. Pucheng will not be conquered in ten days, and people will besiege Puban. I and Qing will lead an army eastward to Anyi, and order Huo Yi to lead the army Going northward and advancing slightly, Fenyin, Pishi, etc. cross the city gates in the east of the river, so that our great man can gain a foothold in the river east."

At the crossing between Guanzhong and Hedong, in addition to the heavily fortified Puban City, there are also cities such as Fenyin and Pishi.During the fight between Dahan and Cao Wei, he never took advantage of Hedong.

This time the Yellow River was forcibly crossed, and the purpose of attacking Puban was to build a bridgehead for Dahan on the east side of the river, so that Guanzhong military supplies could be continuously sent to Dahan.At the same time, after capturing the bridgehead, the big man can advance and retreat in an orderly manner in the east of the river.

Now that Puban can't do it, it is also feasible to find Fenyin, which is weakly defended and also has strategic significance.Moreover, Fenyin is the confluence node where the Fen River flows into the Yellow River. If Fenyin is conquered, then go east to echo Jiang Wei who entered the River East from Luliang Mountain.

In addition to the task of attacking Fenyin when Huo Yi went north, he also had the task of leading an army eastward to cooperate with Jiang Wei in attacking Linfen.

"No!" Wei Yan replied.

(End of this chapter)