Wei Wuhou

Chapter 816
On May [-]th of the tenth year of Marquis Wei, Xiangping Daying Camp.

For the past two months or so, Liu Xuanba has actually been very depressed.

After Zheng Chang's army entered the land of Lu, they had a great time fighting with the Qi army, but it made the Xiangping camp, which was originally responsible for fighting against Qi, become a foil.

Under such circumstances, it is strange that Liu Xuanba is in a good mood, but this does not mean that Liu Xuanba has been idle all the time.

Wei Wuji's order to him was to maintain strong pressure on the Qi army north of Dahe, so that they could not support Tian Yuwen's troops who were facing Zheng Chang directly.

So in the past two months, although the Xiangping camp under Liu Xuanba's jurisdiction did not go into battle directly, its movements were continuous, causing great panic to the opposing family's army.

But just five days ago, Liu Xuanba received an order again, and Wei Wuji asked him to wait for the opportunity to send troops to cross the river in one fell swoop.

He wanted to fight when he wasn't fighting, but when the war order really came, it made Liu Xuanba feel worried.

For Liu Xuanba, sending out troops must be foolproof, at least [-]% sure that he can fight across the river.

Not only the Qi army stood in front of the Xiangping camp, but also the huge river.

After five days of careful planning, on May [-]th, Liu Xuanba officially issued a battle order.

So, after a few months of peace, the Xiangping camp of the [-]-strong army really took action.

Among them, the main force is the [-] troops of the Xiangping Daying Camp, and they will cross the river by boat one after another.

In the past few months, although Wei Jun tried his best to collect ships, the income was still not enough to send Wei Jun across the river at one time.

Moreover, in order to divert the strength of the Qi army, Liu Xuanba set up several login locations.

Just like what Zheng Chang thought, Liu Xuanba would not go all out for the first time, and the battle of crossing the river was new to him, so he had to try it out.

Since it was a tentative attack, it meant that the first attack was also tentative and confusing, so that the Qi army did not know that it was the real attack of the Wei army.

Most of the Qi army in Yuan County is controlled by the Qi family, and because Yuan County is the main fiefdom of the Qi family, they performed very hard when responding to Liu Xuanba's attack.

This also brought a lot of casualties to the attacking Wei army soldiers, and also made Liu Xuanba realize that the Qi army was relatively tenacious, and no longer had the intention to underestimate the opponent.

In the blink of an eye, six days passed. When Ludi Zheng Chang was still trying to break through Zhou Can's defense, Liu Xuanba finally made up his mind to attack after six days of testing.

In Linjiang City, where the Xiangping Camp is now stationed, after reading out his order and letting the generals prepare, Liu Xuanba looked thoughtfully at the departing generals.

"Zheng Chang intends to compete for the position of the Zhu Kingdom, but this general is the emperor's confidant, and the position of the Zhu Kingdom should be awarded to this general!" Liu Xuanba thought to himself.

In Liu Xuanba's view, he and Wang Xiu are the two most qualified to compete for the position of the Zhu Kingdom, if Zheng Chang is allowed to make great contributions to rob the Hu, then the two of them will have no face to face the king.

Therefore, Zheng Chang must not be allowed to succeed, and the best way to stop him is to cross the river first!
Liu Xuanba also had a fierce general under his command, who was also his competitor, Zeng Shou whom Xu Anhong had vigorously promoted back then.

But for his competitor, Liu Xuanba is not worried at all, not just because he is very confident.

Compared to him, Zeng Shou missed one of the most important things... He is not from Wei Wuji's Qi Qian residence!

Based on this alone, no matter how hard Zeng Shou tried, it was impossible to replace Liu Xuanba.

Therefore, Liu Xuanba assigned Zeng Shou the sharp knife task of today's main attack.

…………

On the front line, after Zeng Shou watched all his men board the ship, he stepped onto the deck under the protection of his personal guards.

At this time, only at the point where Zeng Shou launched the attack, more than a hundred ships were fully loaded with soldiers of the Wei army, ready to fight to the south bank at any time.

These boats vary in size, and the big boats are slow, and they also carry people with poor water quality.

And those small boats are fast boats, and the people on board are those who are good at water. These people are responsible for rushing to the beach to stabilize their positions and buy time for the follow-up troops to go ashore.

It can be said that there were arrangements in all aspects of this battle, in order to be able to cross the river successfully in one go.

The military flag was blown by the wind, looking at the undulating river in the distance, Zeng Shou's heart was also agitated.

Everything is for military merit, and the purpose of obtaining military merit is title and fiefdom. Of course, the more of these two things that can be passed down to the family, the better.

To be honest, although Zeng Shou worked hard to climb up, he has no intention of coveting Liu Xuanba's position, at least not at this time.

"Beat the drum, the whole army strikes!" Zeng Shou put his mind away and issued an order loudly.

As soon as the commander gave an order, the war drums started beating, and the drummers of the other warships also beat along with it, and the drums on the north bank of the Great River suddenly rang loudly.

The sound of the drum is the military order, and with the sound of the drum, the ships on the shore also set sail.

Half an hour after the Wei army dispatched, the generals of the Qi army received a report from the scouts and learned the specific attack position of the Second Guards.

This was already their fastest reaction speed, the river was too long, and it was impossible for them to send scouts everywhere.

On the other side of the big river, although there are spies from Qi State, it is even more impossible to cross the big river to send messages in a short time.

The Qi army made a big move, but they didn't concentrate their superior forces in one place, because they didn't know that the Wei army was really moving this time, let alone who was the main attacker in these attacks.

When the forward of the Qi army arrived at the landing site of Zeng Shou's troops, the troops carried by the fast boat of the Wei army had already landed and lined up, waiting for the arriving Qi army.

It's just that the Wei army has no more than a thousand people ashore now, and they are improvised, so their combat effectiveness is relatively limited.

On the Qi army's side, the advantage in strength is enough to determine the success or failure of the war, and the next battle will be extremely difficult for the Wei army.

The Qi army quickly completed their formation, and they were also anxious. Before the Wei army landed, they had to drive more than a thousand Wei troops who had already landed on the opposite side into the river.

"Attack, drive the Wei people back!" A military official roared angrily.

His family had a fief in Yuanjun, and it became what this military official and his family behind him had to do desperately to repel the Wei army and defend Yuanjun.

The soldiers were ordered, and with the mortal heart of defending their homeland, shouted and rushed to the Wei army's position.

The Wei army is also not far behind. They are actually more like a death squad, and they also shouted and rushed towards the formation of the Qi army.

Soon, the two armies were intertwined, and even though there was the sound of waves in the big river, the continuous shouts of killing and screams were still clear.

Although these voices could not be heard by the Qi generals who were far behind, they could feel the tragedy on the battlefield.

That was fighting against the people of Wei. With this army of tigers and wolves, the children of Qi must be in a difficult situation.

"All the ministries of the Wei Army are attacking, everyone...Maybe the Wei people are really going to cross the river this time!" General Qi Jun said in a heavy tone.

After all, it was a defensive battle, and the Wei army had to cross the river, so the generals of the Qi army were more confident in defending the river.

So another general said: "The Wei army is crossing the river and attacking. All the troops of our army have arrived at the designated places and set up defenses. It is not a problem to prevent them!"

Although no one answered, the generals of the Qi State who were present almost thought so in their hearts, and thought that defending the Wei army was not a big problem.

But these generals don't know that sometimes the enemy not only comes from the front, but may also appear from behind.

(End of this chapter)