Go back to the Three Kingdoms to grow vegetables

Chapter 384
"Yetu? Is this too dangerous?"

Xun Yu and Guo Jia were shocked when they heard that Liu Bei wanted to cross the Yellow River overnight.

Many people in ancient times had night blindness, and they even had problems moving at night. If you make a night crossing and cross the Yellow River at night, isn’t that a joke?
Of course Liu Bei was not joking, and he was already halfway through. Of course, he did not cross the river with a boat, but used the boat as the base, hooked it up with iron chains and connected it with iron plates, and built a pontoon bridge to ferry the army across the river.

The narrowest part of the Yellow River is only 300 meters, and the widest is no more than 2000 meters. There is no narrowest place near Mengjin, but it can be found in places that are slightly narrower and have gentle water.

And this pontoon bridge has been built more than half, of course, it was built in the evening and early morning, and it has to be built to the opposite bank tonight. In order to prevent Mengjin Xiliang's army from becoming suspicious, Liu Bei had to prepare a feint attack.

The most experienced in night raids were the special guards. Liu Bei had already separated them from the large army and rushed to this place day and night. As for the large army, they had just entered Hanoi County.

In Pingyin County, Hua Xiong always felt uneasy when he came back from patrolling the Yellow River, so he came to see Dong Min and asked Dong Min to send more people on the river bank to organize the patrol.

Hu Zhen said disdainfully: "In addition to Mengjin, Xiaopingjin is the most suitable for crossing a large army. Is it necessary to disperse the troops for inspection? Rather than dispersing the troops, it is better to gather them together. Where is Liu Bei? It is better to let him cross the river a little longer." Yes, and then we will attack them halfway across the river, and if we don’t believe it, we can’t drive them down the Yellow River.”

Dong Min nodded, his Habayashi Guards were considered a strong army, and their families all moved to Chang'an with the Xiliang Army, so there was no need to worry about loyalty.

Hua Xiong was the number one general in Xiliang, and Dong Min had a lot of contact with him, so he naturally didn't want to chill his heart, so he comforted him: "Lieutenant Hua, I know what you're thinking, but my lord has already brought people across Gucheng. , will pass through Hangu Pass soon, once my lord enters Hangu Pass, this Meng Jin will be surrendered to Liu Xuande, and we will also go to Hangu Pass to garrison."

"Give it to him? Don't you want this Kanto?"

Although Hua Xiong had this in mind, he still felt a little uncomfortable hearing Dong Min say it himself.

Seeing Dong Min's embarrassment, Hu Zhen said, "It's not that I don't want it, but I'm temporarily avoiding the momentum of the allied forces of the Kanto princes. Once the allied forces of the Kanto princes suffer setbacks at Hangu Pass, they will definitely fall apart. Shall we fight back then?"

"Yeah! Don't worry about it for a while, come and drink."

Dong Min gets up and pulls Hua Xiong into the table, Hua Xiong has something on his mind, and under the persuasion of Dong Min and Hu Zhen, he quickly gets drunk.

Dong Min and Hu Zhen looked at each other and heaved a sigh of relief. Suddenly, they heard the report from the servants. There were torches on the opposite bank and a moving fire source in the sky.

Did Liu Bei want to cross the Yellow River overnight?is it possible?The Yellow River is wide enough, and there are undercurrents everywhere, so you need to be careful during the day, and crossing the river at night is not courting death?
Hu Zhen said: "Third General, I think this is Liu Bei's strategy to exhaust the army. He sent someone to pretend to cross the river at night so that I can send troops to meet him. Then he retreated so that our army could not rest. He wanted to Crossing the river during the day. This is his usual method."

"You mean to leave him alone."

Dong Min suddenly regretted getting Hua Xiong drunk. Hua Xiong vaguely heard that someone was going to cross the Yellow River at night, and he raised his head and shouted: "Whoever wants to cross the river, I will personally take someone to drive him down the river and drown him."

Seeing that Hua Xiong struggled several times without getting up, Dong Min seemed to be completely drunk, and said: "No one is crossing the river, no one is crossing the river, you can rest now! Someone take Captain Hua down to rest."

Hu Zhen's nephew Hu Miao personally stationed here at Meng Jindu, and under his command was also an elite Xiliang iron cavalry, plus many private soldiers recruited by Hu Zhen.

When the previous wave of gentry escaped across the Yellow River, they collected property and beauties. It is said that he transported several ships of property to Xiliang every day. Although Hu Miao was greedy and lustful, he did not forget his duty. Once Lu Chengjun crossed the river, His life is not guaranteed.

No, as soon as the torch appeared on the other side, he went to the ferry to check and noticed the source of fire floating in the air. Hu Miao had never encountered such a thing before, so he quickly sent someone to notify his uncle and Dong Min.

Hu Miao also ordered the whole army to be on alert.

When Dong Min ordered the envoy to come back, Hu Miao gave a sigh of relief and asked a group of Xiliang cavalry to take precautions when crossing the river, so as not to be attacked ashore by a small army of land troops. At that time, Hu Miao became famous in Xiliang.

As soon as Hu Miao returned to the camp and was about to go to bed, he saw a group of Henan gentry bringing food, grass, wine, and cattle and sheep.

"Ask them what they want to do?"

As soon as Hu Miao gave the order, he saw his cheap father-in-law (the leader of the gentry who gave Hu Miao a woman) approaching, and bowed to Hu Miao from a long distance. , I didn't expect it to be their turn now.

This is all thanks to the lord!
"Hu Lang, but there are bandits crossing the river?"

Hu Miao waved his hand, and his subordinates let the man come over. Hu Miao's cheap father-in-law asked as soon as he got close to Hu Miao.

Hu Miao shook his face: "This is a military secret, but can you ask?"

The man's face paled for a while: "Isn't Hu Lang spying on secrets again, if the bandits attack the Yellow River, what should I do!"

Seeing that they were worried about his own safety, Hu Miao relaxed a little and said, "Don't worry! It's just a small group of bandits. Don't let them cross the river. Even if they cross the river, I will send someone to protect you and leave."

The man's eyelids twitched, and he hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you Hu Lang, then thank you Hu Lang! Someone specially brought Hu Lang wine and meat to let the brothers eat enough, so that they can have the energy to prevent the bandit army from attacking."

Hu Miao glanced intentionally. The people who came to deliver the wine and meat were all old and weak, and very few were young and strong. He relaxed a little and said, "Eat more meat, and stop drinking. Maybe there will be wars at night?"

"Hey! Good, good."

The old man repeatedly agreed.

After Hu Miao went back, he ate and drank a lot with the company of the old man. After a while, he got a little drunk, and said: "Let's stop here today! There may be a fierce battle tomorrow, old man, come back! I need to rest."

"well."

The old man saw Hu Miao enter the inner room with his own eyes, then bowed his head and went out. He saw the soldiers outside complaining about the cold weather and too little drink, so he quickly winked at a man, who nodded secretly and brought a jar of wine.

The old man put it in his hand, filled the Xiliang army with wine and said: "Hu Lang is drunk and rested, everyone should also drink some to dispel the cold."

"Isn't Hu Lang not allowed to drink?"

There is a slightly rational Junhou Dao.

The old man walked up to him and said: "If you drink so little in the sky, it's just to drive away the cold."

The old man said and handed him a bowl of wine, the military marquis took it meaningfully, smelled the aroma of the wine and drank it all in one gulp, saying: "Good wine!"

"Then have another bowl."

Junhou drank several bowls unknowingly.

This is not the low-alcohol wine of the Han Dynasty, but the high-alcohol wine purified by Lu Cheng. In normal times, he can't drink these few bowls without tens of thousands of dollars.

Junhou felt a little dizzy, and said: "Don't drink after drinking this bowl, and you have to watch the night to prepare for the battle?"

(End of this chapter)