"Set off!"
Lin Danhan took a deep look in the direction of Guihua City, issued the military order, and got on his horse.
No one saw a trace of regret flashing in his eyes as he mounted his horse.
If he had listened to the persuasion to surrender, he might still be in Guihua City today.
Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in this world.
The Yellow River flows out from the Yuegu Zonglie Basin, passes through the high mountains of Qinghai and Gansu, crosses the Hetao Plain, and rushes through the mountains and deep valleys between Shanxi and Shaanxi. Then it heads east across the North China Plain and flows into the Bohai Sea.
From Dongsheng City above, it is the upper reaches of the Yellow River, from Dongsheng City to Taohua Valley in Kaifeng Prefecture is the middle section, and below it is the lower reaches.
The Hetao Plain on the other side of Dongsheng City is an alluvial plain with gentle water flow. March is now the dry season.
Even so, the width of the river is more than two hundred meters, and the water depth is between two and five meters.
At the ferry, dozens of boats were connected end to end, fixed with anchors, and covered with planks... door panels, forming two pontoons.
These large ships originally belonged to Tumut and various caravans. After they occupied Guihua City, they took over these large ships. They originally thought they would be used to transport supplies, but they did not expect that they would now be used to escape.
"After crossing the river, every fifty people form a team and immediately explore the surrounding area for thirty miles to inquire about the situation in Ordos!
After the rest crossed the river, they waited for at least 10,000 people to form a cavalry phalanx and march westward along the Yellow River!
Hurry, cross the river quickly, be fast, and the younger ones will cross first! "
After Lin Danhan made arrangements, the army began to board the ship in an orderly manner.
On a hill more than ten miles downstream, four or five people wearing herdsmen's clothing stood.
These people were the generals sent by Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, to ambush Lin Dan Khan across the river. The leader, who was watching Lin Dan Khan's army crossing the river with clairvoyance, was named Zuo Daxiong, Qianhu, who was in charge of this operation.
"You may say that the Chahar people are smart, but they are indeed smart. They know how to use boats to form a pontoon bridge, and they also know that they have placed two warships on guard two or three miles upstream.
Call it stupid, if you know the Fire Bull Formation, don’t you know how to burn Red Cliff? This kind of warship forms a pontoon and is not afraid of fire attack or a certain ship being washed away by the current! "
Through clairvoyance, a famous Chahar cavalryman led a war horse that was a little afraid of water, stepped onto the pontoon bridge, and headed towards the other side of the river with difficulty.
"It's a pity. If a big ship is transporting troops, if we blow up their big ship, many sergeants will be drowned. Not many people will die like this."
"It doesn't matter, our main purpose is to destroy their big ship, so that they can't be connected from end to end, and divide the troops on both sides, so that they can be surrounded and killed!
If a big ship really transports it, it is unknown whether the small boat can get close to the big ship. How can it be so convenient? It can hit it if you open your eyes! "
"Hahaha, according to that, Chahar really... cooperated with us and saved us a lot of trouble!"
After everyone finished laughing, one person said: "Master Qianhu, when will we take action?"
"Don't worry. With the scope of the minefield on the other side, we have to wait at least ten thousand people to cross the river. Firstly, we can kill and injure Chahar's cavalry as much as possible, and secondly, we can reduce the pressure on Dongsheng City!"
"But what if Lin Danhan crossed the river early? The minefield did not kill him by then, but he escaped!"
"It is unlikely to cross the river in advance. He is also afraid of death. He will not cross without enough cavalry to cover him. What if he is blocked by Ordos?
Secondly, Guihua City has been defeated, and his prestige has been greatly reduced. If he crosses the river in advance now, and there are pursuers later, he will have a reputation of being greedy for life and afraid of death.
Those cavalrymen who have not crossed the river will have the lowest trust in him. As long as Lin Danhan is not stupid, he will never do this.
Even if everyone crosses the river safely, it will not be conducive to future rule. Therefore, even if he is just pretending, he has to wait until thousands of people have passed before crossing the river!
Besides, the mine field is... Okay, don't worry about this matter. The Governor is so good at predicting things, how could he not have thought of this? "
After Zuo Daxiong finished speaking, he whispered: "Notify brothers, prepare to take action!"
"yes!"
The person who responded immediately left. Half a quarter of an hour later, hundreds of men rushed out from a distance carrying shovels, picked up the shovels in the river beach, and started digging.
A small fishing boat about ten feet long was dug out of the river beach and dragged into the river.
“Brothers, it’s up to you whether you can let Chahar’s group fall into the river and feed the bastards.
After this battle, you will all be written in the history of the Ming Dynasty's military exploits and passed down to future generations. Get ready, we will set off in half an hour! "
"Zuo Qianhu, don't worry. We brothers grew up by the Yellow River. Let alone the bay of the Yellow River where the river is gentle. Even in places with fast currents downstream, we can still swim back and forth for several times. !”
"That's right, just please, these Chahar bastards, we have to let them go into the river to feed the bastards!"
"Yes, we can't win on the shore, we admit that, but in the Yellow River, our world is ours. If it is a dragon, it must be coiled, and if it is a tiger, it must lie down!"
"Haha, we Yellow River water ghosts don't scream for nothing. We are waiting for good news from us!"
"Brothers, start working. When you're done, go back and eat meat and drink wine!"
…
The group of rough and arrogant men quickly dispersed, their eyes full of fighting intent.
These people were all selected from the border towns of Pianguan and Yulin. They all grew up by the Yellow River and were proficient in water skills.
The worst of these sergeants could sneak into the Yellow River for most of the incense stick before they emerge.
"let's start!"
Seeing that everyone had finished warming up, five or six people pushed three boats and jumped into the river, holding on to bamboo poles and heading downstream quickly.
Less than half an hour later, the small boat appeared several hundred meters away from the guard warship, immediately alerting the Chahar cavalry on both sides of the strait. The Chahar sergeant in charge of the guard ship aimed his bow at the small boat.
But to their disappointment, the boat was empty.
"Maybe it was the fishermen's boat upstream that was accidentally washed down by the river!"
"I guess so too, it was a false alarm!"
"Report to the Khan!"
After a while, after receiving the report, Lin Danhan took a long breath and ordered to continue crossing the river.
But what they didn't see was that several Ming sergeants under the three boats also followed the boats and dived under the pontoon ship.
They didn't even see that there were two sergeants lurking under their own ship.
After more than an hour, tens of thousands of people from Chahar's army had already crossed the river. Zuo Qianhu, who was more than ten miles upstream, looked at the sergeants who had been preparing for a long time and said in a deep voice: "Brothers, let's start!"
"gone!"
"Make money!"
"Jianlu, the grandpas are here!"
Hundreds of men jumped on the boat, held up the bamboo poles, and followed the current. Under the external force of the bamboo poles, they headed downstream like arrows.
