Logically speaking, among the three places, Longmendu, Pubanjin and Fenglingdu, the best solution for crossing the river is of course Pubanjin, because the water flow there is gentle.
Unlike Fenglingdu, you still have to face the natural danger of Tongguan after passing there.
As for Longmen Ferry, there is a Yellow River Gorge surrounded by mountains in the north, and a flat plain in the south. The river water has a huge difference. It was the place where Dayu controlled the water.
According to local people, there are three-foot waves even if there is no wind, and the water flow is much faster than that of Pubanjin.
Therefore, it is not unreasonable for Xian Yufu to personally take charge of Pubanjin after seeing through Feng Thief's scheme.
Especially after this autumn rain, even Pubanjin has seen a lot of water rise, let alone Longmen Ferry?
More importantly, due to the limitations of the times, whoever has more information will have greater initiative.
General Guan started from Yanmen County and swept all the way south, causing great chaos in the entire Bingzhou and Sizhou-related areas.
Not to mention the military situation in various places, even Luoyang is completely confused about what is the current situation in the Hedong area.
Jiang Ji had a keen sense of smell and retreated to Zhiguan, avoiding the fate of being hit head-on by Feng Jishi.
But similarly, he also lost the opportunity to find out the news about Hedong.
Jiang Ji knew that Governor Feng or General Guan would most likely be waiting for him somewhere.
But where exactly they were and how many people there were, he had no idea.
As for Xian Yufu who was guarding across the river, it was even more impossible to know how many people Feng Thief had brought with him on the other side.
So what if we successfully send the detailed work to Hedong?
Hedong, as one of the largest farming counties, is now in a state of chaos and war. There are countless thousands of farmers who have risen up in various places.
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Those so-called volunteers may not have the courage to go into battle to face the Wei army.
But by borrowing some money and food from the Wuzhai of the Haoyou family in the name of the Han army, I still have the courage, not only there, but also very big.
Xian Yufu was not even sure whether Guan Thief and Feng Thief were leading their troops southward in tandem, or whether they were leading their troops southward together.
In such a chaotic situation, do you still want to find out how many available soldiers Feng Thief has on hand?
No useful information could be transmitted from Luoyang, no reliable information could be found through careful investigation, and the troops on hand were not enough to secure the entire section of the river airtight.
When Xian Yufu faces the notorious Feng Thief, what can he do?
Naturally, priority is given to defending locations where it is easy to cross the river.
Feng Jishi's prediction of the three-layer cake, coupled with the Yi Congjun led by Liu Hun and the Hu people gathering along the way, made the east bank look like a huge force.
It even made Xian Yufu believe in his own judgment: Feng Thief's intention was most likely Pu Banjin.
Based on this judgment, General Guan once again used the "surprise" characteristic and chose a time when it was least possible to force the crossing.
The river water rushing down from the mountains and canyons stirred up quite a lot of waves, causing the raft to sway.
The soldiers on the raft had to lower their center of gravity as much as possible to prevent their feet from becoming unstable and falling into the river.
After crossing the center of the river, the Wei army on the other side started to shoot arrows into the river after a panic.
Some rough waves caused considerable difficulties for the Han army to cross the river, but they also created obstacles for the Wei army.
With the cover of the waves, people and horses swimming in the river were rarely harmed by the arrows of the Wei army.
Instead, it was the officers and men on the raft who were targeted by the Wei army's crossbows.
Although a huge wooden raft had been erected at the front of the raft, soldiers were still constantly being hit by arrows thrown from the air by the opponent's archers.
A village commander stood up from behind the big pillar, braving the rain of arrows from the Wei army, and wanted to see how far it was to reach the other side.
Unexpectedly, an arrow hit him like lightning. The commander was unable to dodge and was immediately shot in the shoulder.
He only heard a scream, and because he had subconsciously tried to avoid the arrow feathers, his body swayed too much. He couldn't stand still and fell into the river.
The waves in the river were already bigger than usual, and the paddling of dozens of rafts stirred up waves of all sizes.
The village chief fell into the river, and a wave came over and swallowed him up immediately.
According to common sense, this village chief would basically sink to the bottom of the water to feed the fish.
But what was unexpected was that after the wave, a head actually emerged from the water again. Who could it be if it wasn't the village chief?
The raft coming up from behind stretched out a bamboo pole tentatively, and the village chief used his last bit of strength to grab the bamboo pole tightly.
"Still alive!"
Someone on the raft was shouting.
"Pull up!"
The raft kept rowing towards the other shore, with no intention of stopping - rescuing people was just a way to save people, and seizing the time to rush to the other shore was the main business.
The village chief subconsciously held on to the bamboo pole tightly and allowed the people on the raft to continue to retrieve the bamboo pole.
He knew that once he let go, his fate would not be so good next time.
"Hit by an arrow!"
The people on the raft finally pulled the commander back, and when they saw the half-broken arrow feathers on their shoulders, they exclaimed again.
"Wow!"
The village chief spit out a big mouthful of yellow soup and said intermittently:
"No muscles or bones were injured..."
Before he finished speaking, he passed out.
Someone used a dagger to pry open the clothes around Tuen Chang's wound. When he saw that the silk lining was brought into the flesh by the arrow, he couldn't help grinning:
"What a great fate!"
Life is indeed great.
If it had been anyone else, he would have been hit by an arrow and fell into the river, and he would have been dead.
Who knew this guy was only slightly injured?
Two things saved his life.
One is silk lining - this is a treatment only given to elite military personnel who have made meritorious service.
The second is the vine armor he wears.
The rattan armor worn by the village chief is a specialty of Nanzhong.
Take the old vines from the mountain, soak them in water for half a month to a month, then take them out to expose them to the sun, and then soak them in tung oil for a year.
After weaving it into armor, you need to use tung oil for daily maintenance to prevent it from losing its oiliness.
Although this kind of vine armor is not as protective as iron armor, it is extremely tough and is considered a rare armor.
More importantly, it is very light and not afraid of water. When wearing this kind of rattan armor to cross a river, even if it falls into the water, it can even help soldiers float on the water.
It can be called a water battlefield armor with the function of a life jacket.
But it also has disadvantages.
First, production is extremely time-consuming, as well as manpower and material resources.
The second is fear of fire.
Needless to say, they were afraid of fire, but this thing never appeared on a large scale on the battlefields of the Han and Wei Dynasties.
Wei Guo has never even seen this kind of rattan armor, so how could he possibly know what its weaknesses are?
And now Wei's impression of Han is: the local tyrants are rich!
Not to mention the armored ghost knight who seemed to be summoned from the underworld by the ghost king.
The elite armored soldiers of the Han army were not only close to the Wei army in quantity, but even surpassed the Wei army in quality. They were extremely thickly armored and well-trained.
So Wei Guo never thought that the Han army would be equipped with this kind of useless vine armor that only the poor would wear?
Not to mention that this kind of rattan armor is not easy to make, and most of the materials are produced in Nanzhong.
That is to say, Xinghanhui is very wealthy, which allowed the production of rattan armor to form an industrial chain.
That’s right, it’s the industrial chain.
There are three pillar industries in Nanzhong: sugar cane, tung oil, and tea.
Where there is flat land, grain is grown, where there is more rugged land, sugar cane is grown, and where there are mountains, tea or tung trees are planted.
There are some villages that specialize in weaving this kind of rattan armor and use it to offset taxes with the government or exchange for food with the Xinghan Association.
The production of rattan armor is a subdivided industry chain in the tung oil industry.
Nanzhong's oil-soaked rattan armor and Liangzhou's sheepskin airbags played an extremely important role at this critical moment.
Because they allowed the soldiers to cross the river, they greatly reduced the fear of falling into the water and even increased their courage.
"Wow!"
The first raft finally hit the west bank.
"kill!"
Some impatient Han soldiers jumped directly from the raft into the water up to their waists. As soon as they shouted the word "kill", they were shot into hedgehogs by arrows on the spot.
Looking at the ferry that was surrounded by obstacles such as antlers and fences, the leading Han army commander shouted loudly:
"Don't rush!"
"Raise the pillars! Arrange in formation!"
…
"Dong dong dong!"
The tall soldiers struggled to hold up the big raft, which was only one head shorter than an adult, and jumped from the raft into the water.
The soldiers on the raft also jumped off the raft one after another, followed closely behind the raft, lowered their heads, and tried to keep themselves under the protection of the raft.
It's just that no matter how big the raft is, it can't cover all the soldiers on the raft.
In addition, the Wei army occupies a favorable location, and arrows are flying like locusts at this moment.
Compared with when they were in the river just now, the Han soldiers faced many times more arrow feathers.
In just ten breaths after jumping off the raft, continuous screams were heard, and many Han soldiers were hit by arrows and fell into the water.
Traces of blood-red began to mix with the turbid yellow water, creating some kind of alluring water ripples.
The leading military officer was half-crouched, leaning closely behind the raft, watching his comrades on the raft being helplessly exposed to the Wei army's crossbows.
He clenched his teeth tightly and breathed heavily, trying to suppress his impulse.
A second raft soon followed.
With the lessons learned from the first raft, it was obvious that the impatient soldiers did not jump out of the second raft in advance.
But even so, the same casualties are inevitable.
Without greeting or communication, the commander on the second raft took the initiative to join forces.
The wooden rafters of the two rafts were put together and finally formed a small raft formation.
The rafts behind them followed one after another, and when the number of Han troops approaching the shore reached a sufficient number.
A captain who took the initiative to lead the army finally stood up, raised his spear, and shouted loudly:
"Charge! Come with me and knock the antlers away!"
As he spoke, he kicked open the supporting angles supporting the big pillar, and together with the pillar soldiers, he lifted the big pillar and began to push it forward.
The soldiers, led by the captains of their respective teams, began to form small teams and rushed forward with the captain.
Standing on the east bank, Guan Ji held up her telescope and saw the soldiers rushing towards the Wei army's fence falling to the ground one after another.
Her face became extremely cold, and her gaze hidden behind the telescope was extremely deep.
Whether it was the soldiers who fell into the water when they were halfway across the river, or the soldiers who were shot to the ground by Wei thieves on the other side, they were all trained by her through hard work over the years.
Watching them lose their lives before your eyes, it is impossible to say that your heart is not shaken.
But no matter how heavy the casualties were, she would still take advantage of the moment when Wei Jun was most likely to be careless and take the ferry.
She knew very well that this battle of forced crossing was likely to be the most costly battle since the Battle of Guanzhong, and even since the formation of the Liangzhou Army.
If we say that the real main force of the Liangzhou Army did not encounter a tough battle from Yanmen County all the way south.
So this time is the time to test the Liangzhou Army.
But no matter how heavy the losses were, the Liangzhou Army could not retreat.
Because under the current conditions, we cannot expect Yi to join the army, let alone the barbarians who have been threatened.
The only one she can trust is the Liangzhou Army.
"The fourth batch, follow us!"
She looked at the river again with the binoculars and gave instructions in a calm tone.
The five hundred soldiers who had been waiting immediately pushed the raft into the river after receiving the military order...
Each raft, depending on its size, contains fifty to more than a hundred soldiers.
Crossing the river is not a swarm of people rushing into the river, it is an organized and batched attack.
It is necessary to avoid overcrowding and create a living target for the opponent, and it is also necessary to connect forces in a timely manner so that the front army does not rush forward and the rear army fails to respond in time.
The telescope in Guan Ji's hand and the strong organizational ability of the Liangzhou Army can avoid this situation to the greatest extent.
But even so, the Han army's attempt to seize the ferry was still severely attacked by the Wei army.
After four or five consecutive batches, more than two thousand elite Liangzhou troops crossed the Yellow River.
Except at the beginning, when the Wei army was caught off guard, some of the antlers and fences on the periphery were destroyed.
There is no progress left.
The Han army, which suffered heavy casualties, had to form a circle under the leadership of Yang Wanwan and wait for reinforcements after seizing a small beach.
Not long ago, the Wei army rushed out twice, trying to drive them into the river.
The three hundred cavalrymen who swam over played a big role.
Yang Wanwan's war horse was shot to death in the last counterattack.
When the sun reached the top of the mountain, the two armies stopped their actions in unison.
However, the Han army had no time to rest because they did not have the same geographical advantage as the Wei army.
Therefore, they had to take advantage of the Wei army's rest and build a camp as quickly as possible.
Even the simplest camp is better than staying on the shore without any cover.
In addition to erected the large rafts that could be collected and erected them as temporary walls, most of the rafts had to be dismantled to form a fence.
This means that these Han troops guarding the west bank have never thought of retreating.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
There are strong soldiers who are working hard to pound thick wooden piles into the ground, so that the wooden piles are wedged into the soil as deeply as possible.
A baby-thick hemp rope has been tied to an old tree by the river, and a raft begins to paddle back with the other end of the hemp rope.
General Guan, who had been guarding the shore, breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the reward from the west bank.
There was even a smile on his face:
"That's enough, just one night is enough! Tomorrow, the thief will understand what it means to be a real tiger and wolf master..."
Naturally, the Wei army would not dare to underestimate the Liangzhou army, but they simply did not understand that what was truly terrifying about the Liangzhou army was not its extremely sophisticated armor and weapons, but its extremely powerful organizational ability.
