Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 280
It was nearly midnight, and the Han army camp on the north bank of the Yellow River was lightly lit, and snoring was everywhere. Yawning and being cautiously alert to the movement of the river and the surrounding area, but he was also extremely sleepy, and his eyelids seemed to weigh a thousand catties.

This behavior of the generals of the Han army is very normal. During the fierce battle during the day, due to the severe lack of water warfare weapons such as rockets and kerosene, the generals of the Han army mainly guarded the positions in close-to-hand combat and hand-to-hand combat. The soldiers of the rear team of the Han army even went into battle immediately after the hasty march. The physical exertion was only greater than that of the former teammates. more sinking.

At this time, on the gentle river surface, dozens of fast boats, under the cover of night, rowed and paddled, quietly and quickly approached the north bank of the Yellow River, and very cunningly avoided the key surveillance of the Han army sentinels. The dock position, rushing obliquely to the downstream of the dock to land on the beach.And behind these fast boats, another twenty large boats full of soldiers followed quietly, without lighting or making any noise, sailing furtively towards the ferry terminal.

The first fast boat rushed up the shoal successfully, and the soldiers on board jumped into the shallow water, and rushed up the river bank as fast as possible to hide. The fast boats behind followed suit, and soon there were many carefully selected Henan army warriors Successfully landed on the south bank, and quickly assembled into a team under the cover of night.

It was only after more than [-] Henan Army warriors successfully disembarked that the Han Army sentries standing guard nearby realized that something was wrong and hurriedly rang the gong to call the police. All the soldiers who landed struggled to row their oars to the shoal and landed. The Henan Army warriors who had already landed quickly raised a banner, roaring, and rushed towards the rear of the Han army sleeping in the wilderness.

At the same time, upon hearing the sound of the alarm gong, the following Henan army ship immediately lit torches, shook its roll vigorously and charged, and rushed to the lightly lit ferry wharf at the fastest speed.In addition, the Henan Army Fleet, which was already full of soldiers, also dispatched together, beating war drums and heading straight for the North Bank of the Yellow River. Sun Yin, the general of the Henan Army who led the night attack, kept shouting with red eyes, "Quick! Quick! Hurry up!"

As Li Zuoche expected, the Han army, which didn't even have enough tents, was seriously ill-prepared. Even if the sentry sent out the alarm signal in time, the exhausted Han army soldiers were unable to gather immediately to reinforce the pier to resist the landing of the Henan army. .The tactics of the commandos of the Henan army are very clear, that is, to attack the camps of the Han army to kill the Han army and cover the landing of the Henan army's brigade. Has already killed in front of them, can only be forced to fight hastily.

Prepared for attack but unprepared, the Henan army commando, all composed of elite soldiers, naturally had the upper hand in the melee, and quickly killed the rear of the Han army led by Chongda with lightning speed. Troops were sent to reinforce the pier, even self-protection was quite difficult, and they suffered a great loss if they were caught off guard.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the troop carriers of the Henan Army also rushed into the Han army's wharf position one after another. As soon as the ship's side touched the wharf, the soldiers on board jumped overboard and landed one after another. The soldiers fought fiercely, and there was an endless stream of landing soldiers, quickly occupying a partial force advantage.

At the same time, the front team of the Han army stationed in the camp rushed out of the tent to gather for orders, but the general of the Han army, Uncle Zhou, made a fatal mistake at this moment, that is, dispatched the first reinforcement army assembled into a team. Reinforcement of the rear of the Han army that was killed by the enemy did not give priority to reinforcements at the pier to prevent the landing of the rear of the Henan army - this point Henan Wang Simaang can definitely forgive Uncle Zhou, after all, people are confused when they are. His Royal Highness Sima Ang would definitely understand that Uncle Zhou, whom Kang had finally poached from Wei State, made some mistakes occasionally, and he wished that Uncle Zhou would make similar mistakes a few more times.

Uncle Zhou’s tactical mistake of course gave the Henan Army a chance to land quickly. Taking advantage of the reinforcements that the Han Army had not yet sent to the pier, the soldiers of the Henan Army on the [-] troop carriers rushed up to the pier one after another and quickly landed. , like a tiger descending the mountain, rushed towards the Han army at the wharf. The soldiers of the Han army were in a hurry and couldn't take care of them. They retreated and lost many key positions one after another.

It was when the Henan Army's front team almost all rushed to the north bank, Uncle Zhou came to mend the situation like a dream, and hurriedly sent reinforcements to the pier, but it was too late to do so. At that time, the sheep and horse wall positions were also captured by the Henan army, the fences were completely destroyed, and most of the watchtowers were also set ablaze.

Even so, the soldiers of the Han army still did not give up. The soldiers on the front line gritted their teeth and resisted desperately, while the reinforcements from behind kept coming, roaring and launching multiple counter-charges, trying to regain the ferry position.But there was no way, the soldiers of the Han army who had not been able to get enough rest were not physically strong enough, but the first batch of soldiers of the Henan army who went ashore were all fresh troops with plenty of physical strength, and the tactical purpose was very clear, which was to hold on to the ferry position and wait for the main brigade to come ashore for reinforcements. Therefore, no matter how the soldiers of the Han army charged, they were still unable to drive the Henan army back into the river and regain the crucial ferry position.

After half an hour of fierce fighting, the follow-up troop transport fleet of the Henan Army also successfully approached the North Bank of the Yellow River, and more soldiers rushed to the land with torches, completely shattering all hopes of the Han Army soldiers to regain the ferry position. After quickly completing the assembly, they defeated the soldiers of the Han army on the opposite side with only one charge, and rushed to the campsite of the Han army who was disturbed by the death squads of the Henan army with a roar.

At this point, the defeat of the Han army is basically doomed, but Uncle Zhou's expression is still extremely calm, and he continues to wait patiently in the camp of the Han army with his direct troops. After the second fleet transported troops, Uncle Zhou ordered: "Ming Jin, retreat to Zhiguan."

The golden gong rang, and the generals of the Han army who had been explained in advance immediately led their troops to retreat northward. Uncle Zhou also led his direct troops to abandon the camp and left the camp from the north gate. The army brigade retreated to Zhiguan, and the soldiers of the Henan army cheered and chased after them. They vented all the anger accumulated during the day's unfavorable attack on the defeated soldiers of the Han army, and caused a lot of casualties to the Han army.

At the same time, on the high ground on the south bank, seeing the defeat of the Han army, Sima Ang was of course dancing with excitement, and he was full of praise for Li Zuoche who offered a sneak attack, but Li Zuoche looked calm and said regretfully: "Zhou Shupifu is really good at using troops, if he retreats a little longer, we will definitely win more victories tonight."

"It doesn't matter! It doesn't matter!" Sima Ang said with a smile: "As long as we take back the Pingyin Ferry, and take back the North Bank Ferry, our main force can easily cross the river, and then it will be much easier to deal with the Han bandit army."

"Your Majesty, this subject is about to tell you about this." Li Zuoche hurriedly said to Sima Ang: "After the ferry is recaptured, our main force must not cross the river. It is enough to send a partial division to the north to block the Zhiguan Pass. Otherwise, if all of our main force crosses the Yellow River and Xiang Kang's son breaks out from Hangu Pass, we will be in big trouble."

"Mr. Guangwu still suspects that the Han bandits are just pretending to attack Hanoi?" Sima Ang said in great surprise, "The Han bandits are attacking Hanoi so fiercely, and they are fighting so fiercely for the Pingyin Ferry tonight. That seems to be a feint attack." gone."

"Uncle Zhou must pretend as much as possible in order to lead us across the river." Li Zuoche said very calmly: "In short, please be careful, Your Majesty, and don't risk crossing the Yellow River, otherwise don't say that our Sanchuan is heavy." The land will be in danger, and our main force will be completely passive."

I really don't understand why Li Zuoche insisted that the Han army was just a feint attack in Hanoi, and Sima Ang didn't want to argue with Li Zuoche who had just made great contributions to himself, but made up his mind to find out the specific situation on the North Bank as soon as possible, and then Decide whether to personally lead the main force of the Henan Army to cross the Yellow River north.

The fierce battle on the north bank did not come to an end until the sky was clear the next day. The Henan army finally won its first victory after the war with the Han army, beheading more than [-] soldiers and capturing more than [-] Han soldiers. Not only did he successfully regain control of the crucial Pingyin Ferry, but he also captured the camp supplies that the Han army was forced to abandon.In addition to being overjoyed, Sima Yang sent people to the north to investigate the situation at Zhiguan at the first time, and also sent people to interrogate the captured Han army prisoners to understand the Han army's backup situation.

The results of the interrogation of the captives were soon reported to Sima Yang, and the caliber of the Han captives was also very consistent. They all said that Xiang Kang was personally leading the main force of the Han army to Hanoi, and would arrive at Zhiguan in a few days. Hearing the news, he was shocked, and almost immediately ordered the main force of the Henan army to cross the river. Li Zuoche hurriedly stopped him and said, "Your Majesty, be careful. You can't trust the words of a pawn. We must prevent Uncle Zhou from intentionally attacking him. The soldiers spread rumors, using the mouth of his soldiers to confuse our army's judgment."

Sima Ang hesitated immensely, and said after a while, "Then wait a little longer, anyway, the ferry has already been brought back, so we don't want to fight for a day or two."

Facts have proved that Li Zuoche's suspicion is indeed very reasonable. In the afternoon, there was an urgent report from Shan County, saying that Zhu Jishi, a general of the Han army, led [-] troops out of the customs two days ago, and headed towards Sanchuan. Shan County, the westernmost part of the county, came to kill.When Sima Yang heard the news, he didn't dare to take it lightly, so he hurriedly asked the messenger from Shan County, "Do the Han thieves have a rear army?"

"Your Majesty, forgive me, the Han bandits have sealed off Hangu Pass four days ago, and no one is allowed to enter or leave, so we don't know if the Han bandits have any rear troops." The messenger from Shan County replied truthfully.

"Trash!" Sima Ang scolded, and after thinking for a moment, he said to his confidantes: "Is Xiang Kang pretending to attack Sanchuan and actually attacking Hanoi? Otherwise, why did he only send more than 1 troops to the west?" Hangu Pass? I remember that we made detailed reports before, but Xiang Kang dispatched more than 3 troops to advance westward first."

"Your Majesty, this possibility cannot be ruled out." Du Wanda hurriedly said, "Little Xiang Kang deliberately sent a partial division from Hangu Pass to the east to lure our main force westward to meet the enemy. Our Hanoi County is gone."

"Master Du, what evidence do you have to prove your analysis?" Li Zuoche asked calmly, "How can you be sure that after the Zhujishi bandit army, there will be no bandit army of Han bandits?"

"Only one thief from Zhujishi will leave the customs. This is the evidence." Du Wanda replied immediately: "Our detailed investigations have obtained accurate information before. Zhujishi led the army eastward with Long Qie. If the Han thief I'm really going to attack Sanchuan, why don't I see the dragon and go out?"

Sima Ang nodded slightly, and it turned out to be a coincidence. At this time, another urgent report was sent from the north bank, saying that the Henan Army had clearly found out that another Han army had arrived at Zhiguan for reinforcements. Sima Ang hurriedly asked the Han When it comes to the number of reinforcements from the army, Bei'an Xiaozuo replied helplessly: "Reporting to the king, the Han bandit army has sealed the Zhiguan tightly. Our people can't pass the Zhiguan and investigate carefully. We don't know how many enemies are coming."

"Trash!" Sima Ang scolded again, and then shouted: "Go and investigate carefully, and report immediately if there is any situation!"

Xi Zuo took the order to leave, Sima Yang made some calculations, and then asked Li Zuo Che: "Guang Wu Jun, Du Ai Qing just asked the right question, Long Qie and Zhu Jishi led the army eastward, Why did only Zhujishi's bandit army go out?"

"Because there is no need for the Han bandit army to go out together." Li Zuoche replied: "Shaan County has suffered from military disasters, and there is a shortage of soldiers and food in the city. A bandit army in Zhujishi is enough to quickly take Shan County. It is necessary to leave the customs quickly with Zhujishi, so that we can calmly escort food, grass and military supplies to the east."

Sima Ang nodded again, and then said: "Don't worry, just wait a little longer. I won't scatter eagles when I don't see a rabbit, and I won't cross the river easily if I don't know the direction of Xiang Kang's main attack."

"Your Majesty is wise." Li Zuoche praised him sincerely, and said, "As long as Your Majesty can hold his breath and not be fooled by the false appearances arranged by Xiang Kang'er, his tricks will definitely be fully exposed soon."

Li Zuoche's praise was too early, and when it was completely dark that day, Sima Yang began to waver again, because Bei'an's secret agent sent an urgent report, saying that after Uncle Zhou led the defeated army to retreat to Zhiguan, he did not directly withdraw Instead, they chose to set up a camp outside the east gate of Zhiguan. At the same time, the Henan Army's detailed work also clearly saw that there were many banners of the Han army behind Zhiguan, and there were definitely not a few troops.Sima Ang was heartbroken after hearing this, and thought to himself: "Is Xiang Kang really planning to attack Hanoi in an all-round way? Otherwise, Mr. Zhou Shupi should have withdrawn from Zhiguan to guard the pass. Why did he set up camp outside the east gate of Zhiguan? To protect the road for the Han thieves to enter Hanoi?"

What gave Sima Ang a fatal blow was the urgent report from the Henan Army from Mianchi the next day, saying that after Zhujishi led the Han army to the east, they did not rush to attack the small town of Shan County, but set up a camp to completely surround it. At the same time, traffic was blocked in the county seat of Shanxian County, and no one was allowed to pass through Shanxian County, and the scouts of the Henan Army were not allowed to spy on the situation of the Han Army's Hangu Pass.As a result, not to mention Sima Ang, even Li Zuoche inevitably became suspicious, and said to himself, "Is Xiang Kang really planning to attack Hanoi? Otherwise, why isn't he in a hurry to take down the small town of Shan County?"

Even if Li Zuoche was like this, Du Wanda, who had always had the opposite opinion with Li Zuoche before, was of course even more impolite, and quickly said to Sima Ang: "My lord, the situation is already obvious. Feint attack, trying to divert the tiger away from the mountain and lure our main force into Xiaohan Road. Otherwise, with the strength of Zhujishi Xiaoer, how could he choose to encircle Shan County and not fight? Isn't he afraid of wasting time?"

Sima Ang hesitated and said nothing, Du Wanda was even more anxious, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to hesitate any longer. If you don't take advantage of the main force of the Han bandits to get back to Zhiguan before they arrive, you will give the main force of the Han bandits a big blow." If we have the opportunity to enter Hanoi, then we will be in big trouble. Hanoi is in a hurry, and Zhao Guo will definitely take advantage of the fire to rob our Handan. We are blocked by Han thieves on the south bank and cannot cross the river. Let the Han thieves take Hanoi smoothly and push Aocang. Then we will be completely overwhelmed."

Considering the dangerous consequences of the Han army rushing into Hanoi, Sima Ang hesitated again, then nodded, and said: "It makes sense, order the whole army to cross the river immediately, and first bring back our Zhiguan. "

"Your Majesty..." Li Zuoche hesitated immensely, and said with a little confidence: "Why don't you wait a little longer?"

"Mr. Guangwu, it's not that I don't listen to your advice. It's because of the current situation. We can't wait any longer." Sima Ang said with a serious expression, "The battle opportunity is fleeting. If we can't take back Zhiguan as soon as possible, we will have to wait." When the Han bandit brigade reinforces Hanoi, we will be completely passive, and we can only take advantage of the fact that the main force of the Han bandit has not yet arrived, and take back Zhiguan as soon as possible, so that we can be safe."

After finishing speaking, Sima Yang took the initiative to say: "We don't have to worry too much about the western front. Xiaohan Road is easy to defend and difficult to attack. We also sent Wei Heng to lead an army of [-] troops to the west to fortify Mianchi. Xiang Kang's son is a million-strong army. , and it is absolutely impossible to quickly break through the Xiaohan Road, if something happens, we can immediately turn around and go west to rescue Mianchi."

Li Zuoche frowned, and even though he had some doubts about the direction of the Han army's main attack, Li Zuoche did not insist on his opinion too much, but said: "Your Majesty, to be cautious, it is best to leave an army in Henan County. Just in case."

Sima Ang nodded, and immediately sent [-] troops south to Henan County to set up defenses. At the same time, he ordered Wei Heng to order the Mianchi garrison to stick to the dangerous points when the Han army came, and not to take risks.Then Sima Yang didn't hesitate anymore, and led the Henan army across the Yellow River that day, and came to Zheguan aggressively.

It was only after the main force of the Henan army had crossed the Yellow River that Li Zuoche thought of a possibility, and secretly said, "Xiang Kang, isn't he trying to catch big fish with a long line? I deliberately sacrificed a little time to encircle Shan County without fighting." , so as to further confuse our judgment.”

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Li Zuoche's guess was right this time, because on the same morning, Xiang Kang had already personally led the main force of the [-] Han army to Hangu Pass, and joined forces with Long Qie, the general of the Han army who was temporarily stationed at Hangu Pass. One place, and then immediately went east hand in hand, marching toward the Henan Army's western front in a mighty way. While leaving the customs, Xiang Kang also sent someone to deliver a message to Zhujishi who surrounded Shan County, saying: "My king has already left the customs. If you, general, can take down the small town of Shan County for me before I arrive at the city of Shan County, I will be very happy."

Zhu Jishi, a veteran of the Young Marshal Army, did not disappoint Xiang Kang. In the afternoon, Xiang Kang had just arrived in the suburbs of Shanxian County. He saw the red flag of the Han army floating above the city of Shanxian County at first sight. Xiang Kang laughed happily. Then he called Long Qi to his face, and said: "General Long, you are all pioneers. General Zhujishi didn't let me down. Now it's up to you."

"The general understands!" Long Qi immediately said: "The general will lead the army immediately, and will definitely take Mianchi for you before you reach Mianchi, my lord!"

"No, I don't want you to take Mianchi." Xiang Kang shook his head and said, "Mianchi is a strong city, and Sima Yang sent [-] troops to reinforce Mianchi in advance. With your army alone, we can take Mianchi." It must have been exhausting."

"Where is the King of Han going to fight?" Long Qie asked suspiciously.

"Xin'an!" Xiang Kang's triangular eyes shot out green light, and he said fiercely: "With only four days of food and grass, bypassing Mianchi to attack Xin'an, and take Xin'an for the king before the food and grass are exhausted, General Long has the guts?! "

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the final general is willing to issue a military order!" Long Qie replied word by word.

"Very well, let's go." Xiang Kang replied with a smile.

(End of this chapter)