The Wei army sent troops to Anyi City, and the atmosphere in Hedong County suddenly became tense. Yang Anyuan dispatched troops to Jie County and Yishi City, and ordered Chen Yu to send a navy into the Sushui River to wait for an opportunity.
Compared with a few years ago, the situation has quietly changed. As the governor of Sizhou, Yang Anyuan is based in Puban City, with Northern Yongzhou at his back. He has 40,000 soldiers, and Chen Yu's 10,000 navy to help him. He has long been interested in attacking Anyi City, captured Hedong County.
Yang Anxuan fought fiercely with the Song army in Jiangling and mobilized many soldiers and horses from Beiyong and Sizhou. Yang Anyuan was worried about affecting Yang Anxuan's southern operations, so he only recruited troops, strengthened training, built baggage, and collected food and grass in Hedong and Sizhou to actively prepare for the war. send troops.
The Wei army gathered in Anyi City again, and Yang Anyuan was ready to teach the rampant Wei army a lesson. Last year, Lu Gui and Wang Huilong defeated the Wei army in Weilujin and Yumendu respectively. This made Yang Anyuan very envious. As the governor of Sizhou, he was willing to be weaker than others.
Yang Anyuan first invited Chen Yu and discussed with him to let him send a team of navy into Suishui. The Song army contracted its front and took a defensive position in Pengcheng, Kaiyang, and Shouchun. Yang Anxuan asked Chen Yu to lead the navy back to the Mengjinkou area of the Yellow River. The Wei division was stationed in Anyi, and Chen Yu moved to Puban and Hongnong for reinforcements.
Sushui is a tributary of the Yellow River, flowing from Wenxi County through Jie County into the Yellow River. Yang Anyuan asked Chen Yu to send his navy up the river to seize Wenxi City. Wenxi City was located in the north of Anyi City, so that it could form a semi-encirclement with Yishi City.
Chen Yu raised his hands in agreement, saying that he would personally lead the troops to attack Wenxi City. Liu Zhong's achievements were far beyond Chen Yu's reach. Qian Lei's navy forced the Song navy to dare not fight on the Han River. Chen Yu felt that he was useless and finally had a chance to make a contribution.
On the south bank of the Yellow River is Hongnong County. Hongnong Sima Yang Jie (the third son of Yang Guang) led 5,000 soldiers and horses to station in Shaanxian County (now Sanmenxia City, Henan Province), opposite Dayang City (now Pinglu County, Shanxi Province) on the north bank of the river. , there is Maojin Ferry here.
Maojin Ferry was built in the Shang Dynasty. "It was located as a thoroughfare between Shanxi and Henan, a hub for merchants and a conduit for transporting salt from the Three Jin Dynasties." They are also known as the three major crossings of the Yellow River.
Yang Anyuan sent a letter to Yang Siping, the governor of Henan Province, asking him to send three thousand troops to Hongnong City (northeast of Lingbao City, Sanmenxia City, Henan Province). Hongnong City is also a city on the south bank of the Yellow River, more than fifty miles upstream of Shaanxi County. Here There is a ferry at Xujin, from which you can also cross the river to attack Dayang City and encircle Anyi City from the south.
Yang Anyuan decided to personally lead 12,000 soldiers and horses to Yishi City. Yishi City originally had 8,000 defenders. Adding the 6,000 soldiers and horses from Jie County, Yang Anxuan could use 26,000 soldiers and horses, including 6,000 light cavalry.
It was not a problem for these soldiers and horses to defend the city, but Yang Anyuan's purpose was to seize Anyi City, but he seemed to have insufficient troops, so he had to ask Meng Longfu, the governor of Northern Yongzhou, for help.
Meng Longfu was in a panic in Chang'an. The main rival Xia Kingdom was divided into three parts. Helianjuan, Helianlun and Helianyan were harassed by the rewards offered by the Yong army. Helian, who was closest to Northern Yongzhou Zhuang was hiding in Tongwan City for fear that the Yong army would attack, and he did not even dare to cross the Wuding River.
After receiving Yang Anyuan's letter asking for help, Meng Longfu was heartbroken. If he hadn't been in charge of Chang'an as the governor, Meng Longfu would have wanted to lead his army to join the war in person. He sent his general Feng Rui to lead 10,000 light cavalry across the river and obey Yang Anyuan's command.
With the help of these ten thousand Qingqi, Yang Anyuan was full of confidence. This time he would not only defeat the Wei army, but also seize Anyi City and then occupy Hedong County.
After Changsun Song arrived at Anyi City, he increased his troops to Wenxi and Dayang City, forming North Wenxi, Zhong Anyi, and South Dayang to separate the east and west defense lines. Changsun Song's posture did not look like he was going to attack Puban, but it looked like he had guessed in advance. As if Yang Anyuan was going to attack, he put on a defensive posture.
This made Yang Anyuan, who was stationed in Yishi City, a little confused. He didn't dare to act rashly and decided to wait for a while.
Yang Anyuan's doubts were correct. Changsun Song entered Anyi City with great fanfare just to attract the attention of Yong's army. He built plank roads openly and secretly visited Chen Cang.
Tuoba Si still chose Yanjin as the direction to attack Yong's army. Detailed investigation revealed that in order to seize Jiangling, Yang Anxuan transferred Lu Gui and Wang Huilong who were stationed on the south bank. Now it is Yanzhou Sima Qike who is guarding the south bank of Yanjin.
"Qi Ke's bravery is not as good as Lu Gui's, and his wisdom is not as good as Wang Huilong's." Uncle Sun Jian laughed and said, "I have never heard of his achievements. How can such an unknown person stand in my way?"
The army went south. "
Yu Lixi made a special trip from the Liyangjin garrison to Ji County to attend the military meeting. Hearing that his uncle Sun Jian despised Qi Ke, he couldn't help but said: "Shouguang Marquis, Qi Ke is a cautious man and keeps adding camps on the bank of the Yellow River. There are fences facing each other for dozens of miles, and they are heavily guarded. Don't underestimate them."
"So we need to take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and launch a surprise attack," said an old man wearing a Confucian shirt on the right.
Everyone looked at the old man, and Shusun Jiandao said: "Xuanyuan, what can you do?"
The old man's name was Gongsun Biao, a Confucian scholar who once served as Shangshu Lang of the Western Yan Dynasty. He later surrendered to Later Yan, and when Yan died, he surrendered to Wei. He made several suggestions to conquer the Hu people, and was praised by Tuoba Si, the lord of Wei, who awarded him the title of General of Wu Bing and Governor of Guangzhou. position.
Gongsun showed great wisdom, stroking his beard and said slowly and calmly: "If our army waits for the Yellow River to freeze before heading south, as General Yu said, Yong's army will be heavily guarded on the other side, and a hard battle will inevitably occur."
The champion general An Jie couldn't stand Gongsun Biao's rotten behavior and sneered: "Mr. Gongsun, our army does not have enough ships to cross the river. Do you have a way to fly the army across the river before it freezes?"
Gongsun Biao said: "The weather has turned cold in the past few days. It won't take long for the Yellow River to freeze, but it won't freeze three feet in a day. It will take at least half a month to wait for the Yellow River to freeze solid before crossing the river. By then, it will take at least half a month. , Yong's army is also prepared, so if you want to surprise Yong's army, you have to cross the river when Yong's army is not prepared."
Uncle Sunjian knocked on the table and said, "Xuan Yuan can speak directly if he has anything to say."
"I have been watching the river for the past few days. The river has begun to freeze. It's cold at night. Why don't Shouguang Hou order people to weave cattails and bamboos into rafts and tie them to the river with ropes? I believe ice will form soon. Come on." Gongsun Biao said, "The cattail rafts and bamboo rafts themselves have buoyancy, and the men can cross the river smoothly by standing on them."
Yu Lixi praised: "Mr. Gongsun is right. In this way, even if the Yong army attacks with gunpowder, the ice will not crack and the soldiers will fall into the glacier like last time."
There was cattail grass stored in the army to feed the horses, and there were also bamboo forests on the shore (1). There was no shortage of materials. Uncle Sun Jian laughed and said: "Xuan Yuan's plan is very clever. He ordered the soldiers to weave bamboo rafts and cattail rafts and throw them into the river at night. Build a channel to cross the river."
Seven days later, in Liyangjin, the night was dark and the sky was cold. Yu Lixi ordered the soldiers to put the prepared raft into the river, which was not yet completely frozen. The cattail raft tied with ropes was thrown into the river and quickly froze. The cattail rafts continued to extend forward and soon formed a path forward.
On the other side of Liyangjin is Baimajin. It is freezing cold and the Yellow River has not yet completely frozen, making it impassable. The defending Yong army did not expect that the Wei army would lay down cattail paths at night, so they all took shelter in the camp to avoid the cold.
At Mao hour, it was still dark, and the scouts sent to the other side reported to Li Wei that they had been able to reach the other side by walking on the road paved with cattails. Yu Liyi was afraid of the limited load-bearing capacity of the cattail raft, so he did not dare to ride a horse. He held a piece of black silk and led his team to cross the river on foot.
There is a watchtower every twenty feet on the shore. There are five people on duty in the watchtower, and the torches are swaying in the wind. Wu Commander Han Liang and four Yong soldiers huddled in the sheltered place where Yong soldiers were warming themselves by the fire. It was estimated that the changing of the guard would take place in two quarters of an hour.
Han Liang was in a hurry to urinate. He stood up and was about to pour water directly under the sentry tower. He accidentally glanced into the river and saw a figure shaking on the river bank. Reaching out to rub his eyes, Han Liang found to his disbelief that Wei Jun had actually crossed the river.
"The Wei army has crossed the river, please sound the gong." Han Liang was so anxious that his voice changed its tone.
The soldier sitting next to the brazier laughed and said, "Han Tou, don't be ridiculous. The river is flowing in the middle. How can Wei cross the river?"
Han Liang kicked the man away, picked up the gong placed aside, and started beating it as hard as he could.
"Boom, boom, boom", the gong sounded like exploding beans, waking up the garrison not far away, and then the gongs rang together, breaking the silence before dawn.
When the gong sounded, Yu Liyi had already stepped on the south bank of the Yellow River, and four to five hundred people soon gathered. The Wei army rushed to the left and right along the river bank towards the sentry tower, and soon occupied the sentry tower within several miles.
Wei troops came ashore one after another, thousands of people gathered in formation, but they had no war horses or siege equipment.
Yu Lixi knew that if he wanted to gain a foothold on the south bank, he could not wait for the Yongjun army to counterattack. At this time, the sky was getting brighter, and Yu Lixiu led his men and sons to rush toward the Yongjun army camp inside and outside.
Qi Ke is here at Baimajin Ferry
There are a thousand soldiers and horses garrisoned, and the Yong army in the camp has already formed its troops amidst the sound of trumpets, and is heading towards the river bank under the leadership of the powerful general Wu Long.
Wu Long rode on horseback and took two hundred light cavalry with him. As soon as he left the camp, he saw the Wei army coming towards the camp. Seeing that the Wei army was all infantry, Wu Long sneered and said, "The Wei army abandoned their horses and walked on foot, forcibly crossing the river and seeking death."
Urging his horse and waving his gun, Yu Lihui stared at Wu Long who was charging at the front. When Wu Long stabbed him with his gun, he suddenly stretched out his hand to grasp the spear shaft that was being stabbed. He turned around and took advantage of the situation to take Wu Long from Pull it off immediately.
Just when Wu Long landed, Yu Lixi jumped up, grabbed the horse's mane and climbed onto the horse. Sweeping the black silk in his hand, he knocked another Yongqi off the horse and shouted to the men behind him: "Seize the horse."
At this time, Wu Long got up, and Wei Jun's sword and spear were already on his neck. Yu Lixi shouted: "If you want to survive, ask your subordinates to surrender."
Wu Long shouted: "Brothers, kill Wei Gou." The sword flashed and the head flew up.
From Wu Long's charge to his death, only a few breaths passed. Most of the Yongqi had not yet left the camp. The poison in Li Xi's hand was like a poisonous snake spitting a message. He shot down the Yongqi one after another. His bodyguards grabbed the horse and it took a moment. More than ten riders.
Yu Lixi's confidence doubled. Although he only had more than ten cavalry, he charged towards Yong's cavalry without fear. Led by him, the Wei army behind him was like a rainbow and roared towards Yong's army.
After the death of the general, the Yong army's momentum was weakened. As more and more war horses were captured by the Wei army, the Yong army was finally defeated and retreated towards the camp, hoping to use the camp defenses and archery towers to fend off the enemy.
Yu Lixi chased after the Yong army and rushed straight into the camp. Dozens of horsemen rode rampantly in the camp, killing the Yong soldiers and making them fall off their backs. When the sun rose, Baimajin was captured by Yu Lixi. "Note (1): "The Book of Songs Qi'ao" states that Qihe (now Qi County, Henan Province) has "green bamboo"; Sima Qian's "Historical Records" calls it "Thousands of acres of bamboo in Weichuan". After the Tang Dynasty, the climate turned cold, and the bamboo forests retreated to the south of the Qinling Mountains and Huaihe River. "
