The last three kingdoms

Chapter 608 Crusade against the traitorous thieves
Liu Yin was in a hurry, and Yao Yikang was even more anxious. He saw that he had crossed the Yellow River and was about to reach Xiping, but he was cut off on the east bank by the flood of the Yellow River.

This year, the water of the Yellow River is relatively large. When Liu Yin conquered Xiping the year before last, at about this time, the water of the Yellow River was relatively gentle, but this year, it actually flooded like this. Could it be that even God wants to help the bald tree? function?

Liu Yin did not believe this evil. The increase in the water volume of the Yellow River was naturally closely related to the climate in the upper reaches. In a certain year, the temperature was high and the melting speed of the snow-capped mountains and glaciers accelerated, which naturally caused the Yellow River to surge.

Those experienced boatmen did not dare to cross the river, and Liu Yin certainly couldn't make fun of the lives of soldiers. In front of the majestic and majestic nature, human beings are always small.

"Brother, what should we do?" Yao Yikang was helpless, he led cavalry, and it was even more difficult to cross the river.

Liu Yin is also helpless, with the natural danger of the Yellow River, he is also sad even if he puts his wings on—oh, wrong, of course he can get by, but the problem is how to get wings, and it may be solved in future generations, but at this moment he I had no choice but to ask Ji Yu Deng Ai.

"Mr. Ai, now that the Yellow River is difficult to cross, what should we do?" Although Deng Ai's identity is now well known, Liu Yin still used to call him Mr. Ai, and of course Deng Ai also acquiesced in his title. , did not come to correct him again, anyway, the agreement between him and Liu Yin was that he was only Liu Yin's personal staff, and he vowed not to be a minister of Shu in this life.

Of course, Liu Yin did not object to Deng Ai's principled position. During this western expedition, Liu Yin took Deng Ai with him. After all, Deng Ai was more familiar with the geography of the Yongliang area.

Sure enough, Deng Ai lived up to Liu Yin's expectations. He has stayed in Yongliang area for more than ten years, so he naturally knows the geography of mountains and rivers here well. clearly.Deng Ai told Liu Yin that if you go directly to the four counties in Hexi, crossing the river at Jincheng is the shortest route, and you have to wait for the end of the spring flood of the Yellow River to cross the river, but if you march to Xiping, you don't have to cross the river at Jincheng Ferry Along the south bank of the Yellow River, go westward and cross the river by chance.

Deng Ai's proposal made Liu Yin's eyes shine. Yes, anyway, he was going to the Elm Valley. As long as he went west along the Yellow River, it would be difficult to find a place where the water flow was gentle. Crossing the river from here is also possible. Anyway, the Yellow River and its tributary, Huangshui, are side by side. No matter from which point Liu Yin crosses the river, the distance to the big and small Yugu is about the same.

Liu Yin immediately ordered Chen Shou to open the military map. It has to be said that the maps of this era are relatively crude, and naturally cannot be compared with the maps of later generations that are accurate to the millimeter level.Speaking of maps, it was Pei Xiu, the unlucky guy who was poisoned to death by Sima Yan. He first created the six bodies of cartography, which was a milestone in cartography. However, Pei Xiu was unable to complete the "Map of Yugong Region" due to his sudden death. However, the remaining manuscripts have become the swan song of Ye Dai.

The map in Liu Yin's hands is basically drawn using Pei Xiu's six-body cartography. It is a bit rough and simple, but its accuracy is no less than that of modern maps.

Deng Ai is familiar with the situation of the Yellow River in Yongliang territory, but he also has limited knowledge of the upstream situation. After all, he leaves the area actually controlled by Yongliang, and if he goes further, he enters the territory of Qianghu. Naturally, Ai was not too familiar with the situation here. What Deng Ai mentioned just now was actually just a hypothesis. Deng Ai was not sure whether there was really an ideal place to cross the river.

However, Liu Yin still called Yao Yikang over. After all, the Yellow River entered the territory of the Qiang people when it went west. There should be no one in the army who is more familiar with the situation here than Yao Yikang.

Yao Yikang thought for a while, and finally realized that in the area of ​​the Cizhi River bend, the terrain is flat, and the Yellow River flows the slowest. Even if it is flooded, it is not too difficult to cross the river.It's just that the Cizhi Hequ is still far in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and it takes a detour of several hundred miles.

I don't have to worry about detouring Liu Yin, as long as I can cross the natural moat of the Yellow River, it doesn't matter if I walk a few hundred miles more.

Liu Yin immediately ordered Yao Yikang to lead the team, and the army stopped at Jinchengdu to prepare for crossing the river. They all turned west along the Yellow River and went straight to the Cizhi River.

After walking for several days in a row, the water flow of the Yellow River slowed down significantly. It was not because of the decrease in water volume but because of the topography that slowed down the level of the Yellow River. It seemed that what Yao Yikang said was not bad at all.

What made Liu Yin most lucky was that the scouts who explored the road found a dilapidated army of Qiang people stationed in Shizhi Hequ. , accidentally discovered that the leader of this army was Yao Keli, the culprit of the entire Xiping Incident.

It turned out that after Yao Keli was tricked by the bald tree, he suffered a disastrous defeat and had to flee from the Elm Valley and moved to the more barbaric Cizhi Hequ.

Yao Keli couldn't help being miserable, he was the one who colluded with the Xianbei people and led the wolves into the house, but the bald tree's superficial treachery still taught Yao Keli a vivid lesson, telling the Qiang people with blood lessons that there is no absolute justice in the world Friends, there are only eternal interests. In the face of interests, morality is insignificant.

After Yao Keli's disastrous defeat, he led his troops to flee to Cizhi Hequ, which Yao Keli thought was the safest place, remote and desolate, with almost no human habitation.

But he never expected that he would encounter the vanguard led by Yao Yikang as soon as he fled to Cizhi Hequ.

As soon as Yao Yikang heard the news about Yao Keli, he immediately gritted his teeth. There was nowhere to look for, and it took no effort to get here. The rebellious thief of man.

Yao Keli suffered a great loss under the hands of the bald tree, losing troops and generals, and suffered heavy losses. When he fled to Cizhi Hequ, there were only less than [-] soldiers left in the army, and the battalion was full of injuries, and its combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.

This is probably the most suspenseful battle. When Yao Keli was still in the dark, Yao Yikang's [-] strong cavalry had completely surrounded Yao Keli's camp. It overwhelmed the opponent's defense.From the start of the battle to the end of the battle, Yao Ke didn't even persist for half an hour. Yao Ke was defeated in a mess, and in the end even he himself became a prisoner, waiting for his final judgment.

(End of this chapter)