Great Han Empire

Chapter 813 The Heroes of Troubled Times Compete in the Central Plains
In April of the third year of Jianxing of the Han Dynasty (AD 199).

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At the beginning of April, Yanzhou Dongjun, on the north bank of the Yellow River.

At dawn, the dawn is just approaching the earth. On the various roads leading to the ten ferry crossings including Cangtingdu and Chi (chi) on the north bank of the Yellow River, the bustling crowds gather from all directions, like a raging torrent roaring. Down below, the smoke and dust rising into the sky covered half of the sky, and various sounds mixed together, setting off waves of sound that went straight into the sky.

Hundreds of thousands of civilian husbands drove empty carriages, carrying empty baskets, and walked leisurely on the road, talking and laughing, without the tension and fear of going to the battlefield.

An army of one hundred thousand was caught in the middle of the tide of civilian husbands, advancing slowly.

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Cangting Ferry.

120 large ships spread out their huge sails, waved their powerful long oars, braved the wind and waves, and quickly lined up on the surface of the Yellow River, like a line of eagles flying with spread wings, connecting the two banks of the Yellow River together.

The remaining [-] large ships, loaded with strong archers and ballistas, quickly approached the waters of the south bank to prevent the enemy from attacking by boat.

When the morning glow was all over the sky and a round of rising sun jumped out of the sky, the dense drums of war sounded soaring into the sky.

All the big ships on the river quickly lowered their sails and anchored.The boatmen and soldiers on board connected the big boats tightly with ropes as thick as arms.

Sima Yi was stationed at the ferry and directed the erection of the bridge.After receiving the news that the big ships had been connected, he immediately ordered that thick planks be laid between each ship.

In the temporary camp five miles away from the ferry, the planks for erecting the boat bridge had already arrived.Lifting off the wheat straw and rainproof felt cloth spread on the grain hoards, the grain hoards piled up like hills finally revealed their true colors.Tens of thousands of strong peasants used horse-drawn carts to transport the large and thick planks to the ferry, and began to lay the bridge deck of the boat bridge as quickly as possible.

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Surrounded by a group of personal guards, Qu Yi and Yushi rode to the ferry.

"Zhongda, how long will it take to complete the laying of the bridge?" Qu Yi asked anxiously, waving his horsewhip, "Can it be completed before dusk today?"

Sima Yi was introducing to Yushi the five two-story building boats moored in the middle of the river.The laying of the bridge is very particular.The Yellow River is wide and the wind is strong and the waves are rough. The bridge must have several solid points of support. Otherwise, if the weather becomes bad and the water flow becomes fast, the bridge may break in the middle, and these five huge ships full of luggage are the ones who are going to take off. To strengthen the role of the bridge.

Yushi listened with great interest, but Qu Yi was not interested at all.When Sima Yi heard Qu Yi's question, he smiled apologetically at Yushi, turned around and answered Qu Yi, "My lord, if the rebels on the opposite side do not attack, the laying can be completed before dusk."

"Can you go faster?" Qu Yi said coldly, "Now that the army's intention to attack the Central Plains has been exposed, timing is everything. If you go faster, the laying must be completed before dusk. I will launch an attack and seize Cangting. "

Sima Yi touched the beard on his lips in embarrassment, "My lord, there is a way to speed up the laying of the bridge, but..."

"What method?" Qu Yi asked eagerly, "I will help you solve any difficulties."

"It can be laid from both ends of the bridge to the middle at the same time, so that the speed of bridge construction will be greatly accelerated." Sima Yi said, "There are enough folks here, but I don't have any extra boats to transport the folks and boards to the other side of the bridge." One end." Sima Yi pointed to the [-] large ships sailing on the river, "The other side is the rebel army, for the safety of the bridge, we must have protection, these ships cannot undertake the responsibility of transportation, so..."

"So launch the attack now, is it?" Qu Yi narrowed his eyes and gave Sima Yi an appreciative glance.

"Cao Cao's defensive force in Yanzhou is not many, at most 2. Cao Ren's 1 troops are stationed in Dingtao and Changyi. Xiahouyuan's 1 troops are stationed on the south bank of the Yellow River. His troops are mainly concentrated in Cangting, Dong’e, Chiping, and Linyi. If we wait until tomorrow to launch an attack, Xia Houyuan may recruit Dong’e troops to Cangting overnight, so that our attack will be much more difficult. In my opinion, it is better to fight now. He was caught off guard."

Qu Yi groaned silently, his eyes turned to Yushi.

Yushi thought for a moment, pointed to the boat bridge and said, "Because there are rebels on the other side, even if we finish laying the boat bridge before dusk, the boat bridge is still about [-] steps away from the embankment on the other side. If we succeed in attacking tomorrow, the remaining There is still a boat bridge to be erected for the distance of two hundred steps, and it will take at least half a day in time." He looked at Qu Yi and waved his hand vigorously, "It can be fought."

"There are [-] large ships on the river now. Every time they come back, five ships will be loaded with attacking trilogy, and the other ships will be in charge of guarding the river. When the thirty ships are all filled with attacking soldiers, they will launch an attack immediately. Cang Ting fights Afterwards, of the thirty large ships, five were left to protect the bridge, five were to carry civilians and boards to build a bridge on the other side of the bridge, and the remaining twenty continued to carry soldiers to the other side to participate in the attack."

"Okay, let's do it like this." Qu Yi turned to look at Wu Ye, "Which army is the closest to the ferry?"

"Hu Benying." Wu Ye bowed back, "Master Zhang Zhen just sent a message, and his army is still five miles away from the ferry."

"Here's an order to command Master Zhang Zhen to lead his troops to the ferry and attack Cangting immediately."

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Sitting on horseback, Xia Houyuan watched the boats coming and going on the river, and the boat bridge that had gradually taken shape. He was so nervous that he could hardly breathe, and his breathing was extremely heavy.Horror, fear, doubt, remorse, worry, despair, anger, all kinds of emotions were intertwined, making him suffocate unbearably, wishing to raise his head and roar.
They were fooled, and everyone was deceived by Li Hong. This cunning and vicious leopard finally opened its bloody mouth and killed the Yellow River aggressively.

Wang Zhong came galloping on horseback, "My lord, my lord..."

Xia Houyuan looked at him coldly, and slowly squeezed out a few words through the gap between his teeth, "Is the Northern Border Army building bridges at other ferries?"

Wang Zhong wiped the sweat off his face, nodded again and again, his eyes were full of horror, "My lord, urgent reports have come from Puhe, Yangxu, Linting and other places, and the Northern Border Army is building a boat bridge. "

"So, from Chiping to Cangting..." Xia Houyuan pointed to the east of the Yellow River, and sighed helplessly, "The northern army launched simultaneous attacks on the 150-mile section of the Yellow River. How can we resist?"

Wang Zhong swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said nervously, "There are twelve ferry crossings on the 150-mile Yellow River from Cangting to Chiping. According to the posture of the Northern Xinjiang Army, twelve boat bridges may be erected." Zhong's voice trembled a few times, "My lord, how many Northern Xinjiang troops will there be on the twelve bridges? One hundred thousand? Two hundred thousand? Three hundred thousand..." Wang Zhong's voice became lower and lower, almost even his own Can't hear it anymore.

"Shameless, despicable..." Xia Houyuan suddenly cursed angrily, "We have all been fooled. Look, look at these boats..." Xia Houyuan pointed forward excitedly, "Without more than a year of preparation, Hebei How can a fleet of this size be assembled? The Liaodong rebellion and the Kirby bear disaster in the desert are all fake, and they are all tricks by Hebei to deceive us."

"It seems that after the Jizhou war is over, Hebei is preparing for you to go south to the Central Plains." Wang Zhong lamented, "My lord, what should we do now? Should we withdraw or defend?"

"Withdraw, withdraw immediately..." Xia Houyuan whipped out a whip in the air, "Our troops are not enough for the Northern Army to bite the teeth. Order the troops stationed at each ferry to quickly retreat to Dong'a City, quickly..."

"What about Chiping?" Wang Zhong asked hastily, "Should we let Cai Yang withdraw immediately? He only has 3000 troops, and he will be eaten by the Northern Xinjiang Army in a blink of an eye."

"Stick and wait for help." Xia Houyuan said firmly, "If we stay there for one more day, we can buy one more day for the Prime Minister to return to the Central Plains. We cannot retreat."

"My lord..." Wang Zhong shouted anxiously, "Let's quickly withdraw from the Dong'e and Chiping line. Sticking to Dong'e and Chiping will definitely lead to a dead end."

"If the Northern Xinjiang Army erected twelve boat bridges on the Yellow River, and one boat bridge passed 12 troops, there would be 20 troops. In addition to the tens of thousands of troops in the direction of Henan, the Northern Xinjiang Army's attack on the Central Plains this time, at least used [-] troops." Wang Zhong kept wiping the sweat off his face, and said in a hoarse voice, "Even if the Prime Minister returns and Yuan Shao's army supports us, we are no match for the Northern Army. My lord, let Cai Yang withdraw first Come to Linyi. As long as the army is here, we have a chance to fight back. My lord..."

Xia Houyuan remained silent, with a murderous look on his face.

"My lord, we only have 1 troops, and we are still divided into various cities. In terms of strength, we can't compete with the Northern Army. The Northern Army can't compare with Lu Bu back then. Back then, Lu Bu only had more than 10,000 people, so Cheng Yu and others Talents can defend Dong’e, Fanxian, and Juan (juan) cities for several months, but now there are 1+ Northern Army troops going south, how can we hold it? If the Northern Army uses the speed of iron cavalry to quickly go south to Dingtao , Changyi, and encircled us in several small cities such as Dong'e, our more than [-] people will really give the northern army a hard time."

The murderous look on Xia Houyuan's face gradually dissipated, replaced by grief and pain.

"It's too late." Xia Houyuan looked up to the sky and sighed, "We are all too late."

"The prime minister's army is in the Huai River area, more than 1000 miles away from the Central Plains. Even if he travels back day and night, it will be half a month later. Yuan Shao's army has returned to Henan. Some time ago, tens of thousands of Northern Xinjiang troops went south to attack Xingyang, it seems, is to drag him to Henan. Even if we ask him for help now, he has no army to go east to Yanzhou, and he can only watch the northern army sweep the Central Plains."

"My lord, it's too sudden. Who would have thought that Hebei would attack the Central Plains so quickly? It has only been a year and a half since the end of the Jizhou War, and Hebei has sent its main force southward to the Central Plains, which shows Li Hong's madness." Wang Zhong begged, "My lord, we It is better to withdraw to Dingtao and Changyi and join Master Cao Ren. If you want to defend, you should also go to Dingtao and Changyi to defend. The front line of the Northern Xinjiang Army has been prolonged, and the city has occupied too many cities. Their food transportation and military strength will be reduced. Northern Xinjiang Only when the army loses its spirit can we fight them decisively on the front lines of Dingtao and Changyi, and at that time we still have Yuan Shao and Liu Bei's reinforcements, so we can give it a go."

"Okay, let's withdraw..." Xia Houyuan carefully weighed the pros and cons, and finally agreed, "Urgently tell Cai Yang to withdraw from Chiping and defend Linyi to the death. If Linyi cannot hold on, then withdraw to Dongping Kingdom."

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At the beginning of April, Yanzhou East County, Stone Oxford.

The setting sun is like blood.

The galloping horse suddenly stood upright, and the fierce long hiss was heard far and far along with the gusts of river wind.

Li Hong took the reins of the horse and roared to the sky.

Liu Bao and Yang Ming followed closely behind and rushed up the embankment together.

"Here, we've arrived at the Yellow River. Drive..." Yang Ming kicked the horse's belly fiercely, the horse hissed in pain, and the speed didn't slow down. Shouting unceasingly, the war horse galloped wildly in the water of the Yellow River with him on his back, spraying waves everywhere.

It has been 15 years since I went north to guard the frontier fortress. I have not seen the Yellow River in the Central Plains for 15 years, and I have not seen the Yellow River in my hometown for 15 years. 15 years...

Yang Ming burst into tears, shouting and shouting over and over again.

Liu Bao sat upright on the horse and let out a long breath to calm down the excitement in his heart.I grew up by the Yellow River since I was a child, but that is the Yellow River in Hexi, not the Yellow River in Central Plains.Galloping on both sides of the Yellow River in the Central Plains is a dream that will never fade in my heart.A dream come true today.

Liu Bao looked at Li Hong.This legendary general helped him realize his unattainable dreams. Without this general, he would probably still be grazing horses and sheep in a certain tribe. How could he possibly become a famous person in the world today?

Li Hong turned his head and smiled at Liu Bao, "How does Da Shanyu feel about drinking horses in the Yellow River today?"

"In this life and in this life, I would like to follow the general to conquer the world until death." Liu Bao raised his right arm high and roared loudly, "Wherever the general goes, there will be my Shan Yuting's iron cavalry fighting bloody for you."

Li Hong was stunned for a moment, apparently he did not expect Liu Bao to say such words so swearingly at this time.He touched Liu Bao's right arm and shook it a few times, without saying anything.

The soaring smoke and dust billowed from the distant sky, the huge and deep roar approached from far away, and the earth trembled violently under the rays of the setting sun.

The cavalry army marched mightily to the bank of the Yellow River.

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Randomly led a team of personal guards and galloped along the Yellow River embankment.

"General, the two generals Qu Yi and Lu Bu urgently report that Master Zhang Zhen is leading the Huben Battalion to attack Cangting, and Master Guo Xun is leading the army to attack Chiping."

"What about the rest of the crossings?"

"The rebels retreated one after another. Except for Cangting and Chiping, the rest of the crossings have been unimpeded, and all armies can smoothly cross the river and go down the river."

Li Hong waved his hand vigorously, "Order all the ministries to cross the river overnight."

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