Northern Dynasties

Chapter 511 God Helps Me Too
In the afternoon, the steam on the river was steaming, and the shore was sultry and sweltering. Many soldiers simply jumped into the river to bathe and play in the water to relieve the heat.

But most of them are from the north, and they are not used to water, so they wrap ropes around their waists. Therefore, near the river bank, there are often scenes of connecting several people or even dozens of people with a rope, like aquatic plants swaying with the current. Some funny.

Suddenly, there was a rapid warning sound of drums and horns in the river, which immediately broke the rare leisure time in the afternoon.At the same time, drum orders to gather soldiers sounded from the camps on the shore and the southern city of Heyang.

The soldiers who were soaked in the cold rushed to the bank one after another, looking up and staring at the opposite bank, but the river surface they saw was distorted by the refraction of the steam, and it was even more difficult to see the specific situation on the other side.Although I was very curious in my heart, when I heard the continuous sound of drum orders, I didn't dare to stay any longer to waste time, and went to their respective camps in a hurry.

As the sound of drums resounded through the camps, Yu Wenhu in light armor quickly walked out of Nancheng surrounded by a group of soldiers, and then rode his horse onto the bridge, heading straight for Zhongli City in Hezhou.

With the arrival of reinforcements from the rear and the strength of Heqiao became sufficient, Yu Wenhu arranged his confidant General Hou Longen to guard day and night in Zhongli City, Heyang, monitoring the movements of the enemy troops on the other side.

"Report to Zhongshan, half an hour ago the enemy forces on the other side suddenly showed signs of gathering, and there were boats sailing into the river..."

Hou Longen led Yuwenhu into the city and boarded the viewing platform, pointing to the enemy's defense line on the opposite bank and said to Yuwenhu.

Zhongyu City is closer to the north bank, so you can have a panoramic view of many enemy movements. While listening to Hou Longen's explanation, Yu Wenhu stared at the north bank. There were still people shaking on the boat.

"Could it be that the enemy army is planning to launch an offensive?"

Seeing this scene, Yu Wenhu said in a deep voice, then turned to Hou Longen who was beside him and said, "Check the defense here again to ensure that there are enough arrows and stones. Once the enemy approaches, launch a counterattack immediately!"

If the enemy attacked here before, Yu Wenhu would have to be more or less nervous. After all, according to what Li Boshan said before, there are still tens of thousands of enemy troops stationed on the north bank, and Yuwen Hu sent scouts to patrol the river to inspect the enemy camp. This data is also similar to personnel access.If these enemy defenders attack with all their strength, it will also bring great pressure to him.

But now, the troops from the south of the enemy's division were blocked by Li Bi's army in the south of Luoshui, and it was difficult to get close to the river bridge, and the reinforcements from the middle of the country had also arrived, which can be described as strong and strong.

The enemy army has already missed the best moment to launch an attack, and if they attack again at this time, it will only be futile and cost their lives in vain!

Therefore, after Yu Wenhu saw this change in the enemy army, his heart was still calm, and he even wanted to laugh a little. He didn't intend to let this kind of military exploits sent to his door go, and even sent troops again in order to receive more Thousands of soldiers were transferred to Zhongli City to defend and fight back against the enemy.

While Yu Wenhu was busy arranging personnel, the enemy army on the opposite bank also made new moves. Many ships left the bank and sailed south from the river west of the river bridge.

Most of these ships are small in scale, not carrying many people but not shallow in draft. They sailed extremely fast on the river, and soon entered the river and were about to arrive at Zhongli City.At this time, the troops from the battalions on the south bank were also continuously coming to Hezhou for reinforcements along the river bridge.

"W-Wait a minute! The Eastern Bandits want to, they want to burn the bridge!"

Several commanders who arranged for defense along the edge of the river island found clues from the approaching enemy ships. These ships carried not many soldiers, but they were loaded with a lot of charcoal, ointment and other fire starters. Detour across the river island on the outside location.

Once these boats sailed past the middle line of the river, the boatman on board set fire to the boat, and then jumped onto the nearby boat that was in charge of responding.Although those fireships were unmanned, they were still sailing forward under the washing of the current.

Due to the existence of the river island, the water flow of the Yellow River is divided into two at this location. The south water flow bypasses the river island and flows eastward from under the river bridge in the south section, naturally washing the fire boats floating on the water.

"Stop, stop these fire boats, don't allow them to approach the river bridge!"

Yu Wenhu was quite surprised to see this scene, and rushed to intercept the fire boat.

He was already worried about the destruction of the river bridge in the north, thinking that it restricted the ability of the army to continue to attack north, so he did not relax the protection of the river bridge in the south. In addition to erecting some wooden pile guardrails on the west side of the bridge, They also prepared some long iron forks near the river bridge, which can be used to prevent fire boats from approaching the river bridge.

At this time, seeing the soldiers of the river bridge blocking those fire boats on the river in an orderly manner, Yu Wenhu couldn't help but secretly rejoice.

In fact, this is not the only battle between the east and the west around the river bridge, and the method of burning bridges has also been used.

But generally speaking, those who will use this method are generally on the weaker side, or simply put, the Western Dynasty chose to burn bridges in order to prevent the continuous flow of people from the Eastern Dynasty to the south, but there was no such thing as the Eastern Dynasty burning bridges.

Even though the two cities of Heqiao had been lost before, the people stationed on the north bank of the Eastern Dynasty did not choose to do this, but now they took the initiative to release fireboats to burn Heqiao. Why is this?
Yu Wenhu frowned slightly and looked at the river with a solemn expression. The first batch of more than a dozen fire boats had all been intercepted, but there were still dozens of similar boats on the upstream river.It can be seen that the East Bandit is definitely not feigning an attack to confuse the opponent, but really intends to set fire to the river bridge.

"Mr. Zhongshan, do you want to evacuate part of the defenders of Zhongcheng City? If the river bridge is burned, our army's advance and retreat will be blocked, and we will be alone if we stay here..."

Hou Longen saw that the upper reaches of the enemy were still setting fire boats down, and most of the river defense forces had been mobilized, either guarding the river bridge, or entering the Zhongli City, so he hurriedly came to Yuwen Hu's side, Not without a worrying reminder.

"What did you say!"

After hearing this, Yu Wenhu stared sharply, and asked loudly, but he was not angry, but seemed inspired by something: "Yes, if the river bridge is burned, our army's advance and retreat will be hindered! Why are the thieves afraid that I can advance and retreat freely? Quick, quick, dispatch a scout light boat, and quickly approach the enemy camp to observe the enemy's movements!"

The enemy boats sailed on the upper river to the west of the river bridge, but the lower river to the east was still unimpeded, allowing scouts to approach the enemy camp for investigation.

There must be a demon when things go wrong, Yu Wenhu seriously suspects that the enemy suddenly made such an unusual move, it must be something very serious happened on the other side that caused most of the forces to be involved, that's why they were so afraid and set fire to the bridge .

At this time, in the barracks outside Heyang Beizhong City, Hu Luguang said to his father, Hu Lujin, "If the thief general is a reckless person, watching me like this must be unbearable. The army is about to attack. If a careful and prudent person sees the river bridge being attacked, he will not dare to leave too many troops in Zhongli City. If the thieves come to attack, I will attack them by the river. If they do not come, I can take advantage of them The army retreated and attacked Zhongcheng!"

Hearing this, Hu Lujin's eyes could not help but brighten up. He naturally understood that if the situation continued to be deadlocked as before, there would not be much improvement.But if the army attacks, they are afraid that the offensive will be frustrated and the morale will be even more depressed.

But now his son Hu Luguang took the initiative to set fire to the river bridge to ask for directions, so as to force the commander on the opposite side to make a countermeasure, so that he could choose the appropriate attack method based on the enemy's reaction.

"But what if the river bridge is burned and the reaction of the bandit army is not as expected?"

Hu Lvxian, who has been stationed here with his father, saw that his brother had just arrived and offered advice, and his father was full of praise for him, so he couldn't help asking.

After Hu Luguang heard this, he smiled slightly: "Advance and do not advance, retreat and do not retreat, idiots use troops, if you don't send out a large number of troops, you will break them with one blow, when will you wait!"

While Hulu's father and son were discussing the plan, the scouts who spied on the enemy had already returned by boat, and reported to Yu Wenhu that the enemy's camp was empty and the brigade was evacuating to the north.

"God help me, really God help me! It must be that Governor Yang of Jianzhou has already rushed out of the Taihang Mountains and attacked the enemy's rear. That's why the thieves along the river are so panicked. Burning the bridge!"

When Yu Wenhu heard the news, he immediately couldn't help clapping and applauding, with a look of excitement on his face.Besides, he couldn't think of any other possibility.

All the soldiers around him also burst into smiles after hearing the words, and someone suggested: "Zhongshan Gong, attack! The former Li Boshan entered here with thousands of soldiers and he was able to conquer two cities. If you don't show your merits, you are guilty!"

However, some people frowned and said: "The incident happened too hastily, maybe the situation has other secrets, it is better to wait and see how to deal with it later..."

It’s okay not to say this, as soon as Yu Wenhu heard it in his ears, he immediately remembered that the enemy army on the south bank of Luoshui had almost attacked Heyang South City by a small margin. Breakthrough.

Naturally, he didn't want to end up like this himself, and there was a kind of pride in his heart that the world will help him and everything is under his control. He immediately decided: "Send three thousand elites to the river beach first, and after the river beach is captured, the entire army Attack!"

Following Yu Wenhu's order, the lieutenant soldiers of Zhongli City put on their armor and boarded the ship one after another. The three thousand soldiers quickly assembled, and immediately those large and small ships rushed away from the river island like arrows off their strings, heading straight to the north bank of the Yellow River. Charge away.

At the same time, Yu Wenhu also personally boarded the Hezhou viewing platform, raised his arms and beat the drums to cheer for the attacking soldiers.

(End of this chapter)