Chapter 683

"Yes!" the herald took orders.

"Your Excellency, make a decision early." the waiting Department urged.

Wu qunlie raised his hand and stopped, walking back and forth in silence.

It was really difficult for him to make a decision for a time. Meng Shanming would attack at this time. How could there be a large number of Yan troops in the defense line of the state of song? Logically impossible! If a large number of people and horses cross the river, they can't be found here. The main people and horses of Yan army have been staring here, all on the other side.

The situation was a little complicated for him for a while.

Although the main force of Hukou defense area is only 300000 people, Zhang Hu and the Yan Court have a total of about 600000 people. Calculated, the people and horses in Hukou defense area are weak, but this is not a ground war, but land to water. Hukou defense area occupies favorable conditions.

Moreover, there are more than a few preconditions here. Zhang Hu wants to break through the 300000 garrison defense line of Hukou defense area with a simple river crossing raft on this big night. It is theoretically impossible. First, the freedom of the raft running on the river is not a little worse than that of the ship.

Behind the Hukou defense area, a large number of Yan army appeared, which was what worried him.

Now he urgently needs to know the movements of several people and horses such as Xu Jingyue on the other side. Don't fuck the movement over the Hukou defense area. It's a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain.

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Xu Jingyue's Department, after receiving the military order of Mengshan Ming, the people and horses are being mobilized by the river to operate the raft. The movement is vigorous.

Although the rain is small, it is still drizzle, wind and rain, firelight on the riverside, and moving torches everywhere.

Xu Jingyue stood on the bank in the rain, holding the sword around her waist in one hand, overlooking the lights on the other side in the distance.

The ministry came quickly, "Sir, you are ready to attack at any time."

Xu Jingyue wiped the rain on her face with one hand. "Did I say attack? Don't stop, continue to pose the attack posture, make the movement and noise, and make it big! The wood is discharged, draw a row, come back, and come back several times."

"Feint?" the minister said in dismay

Xu Jingyue: "don't ask me, I don't know what's going on. Since Meng Shuai made this order, he must have deep meaning and don't lose anything. He has the right to let everyone practice the skills of driving a raft on the river."

He really doesn't know what's going on. Zhang Hu's action was top secret at the beginning. Except for some direct participants, that is, the decision-makers know, others hide it, and it's impossible for too many people to know.

At this time, not only Xu Jingyue's Department, but also an Xianzhao's Department, Su Qitong's department and Shi Xinmao's department were all making great noise by the river.

The Yan army set out to attack in an all-round way.

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Mengshanming was also on the Bank of the river. He went out of his tent and watched the battle of the Army crossing the river.

Under the fire at night, a monk held a large umbrella to keep out the rain for the people in the wheelchair. Gong Lince also stood by the wheelchair and watched. The scene of hundreds of thousands of people crossing the river was spectacular.

There are countless wooden rafts, large and small. The largest wooden raft is large enough to accommodate hundreds of sergeants at the same time.

"Report! The spy heard that 300000 people are clearing the canal and the horse is moving towards the hukou." a general came to mengshanming and reported urgently.

Meng Shanming nodded to show that he knew.

When the general retreated, Gong Lin tried to ask, "don't Meng Shuai worry when the reinforcements come?"

Meng Shanming: "it will take half a day for people and horses to arrive in the direction of Qingqu. If we can't break the Hukou defense area before dawn, there's no need to fight again. It doesn't matter whether the other party's reinforcements come or not."

Gong Lince: "once the follow-up reinforcements of the state of song arrive, can our people who cross the river cope?"

"The rest of the song army's people and horses in the river defense have been fixed. They dare not act rashly, but they dare to come to the rescue. Although the song army's people and horses in the river defense have an advantage, defense itself is a disadvantage. The attacker can attack any point at any time and find its weak links to attack at any time. As long as he breaks one point, his defense line will not break itself. Therefore, blindly defending is not the best defense, but both offensive and defensive The best defense. "When Meng Shanming said this, he turned his head and looked at Luo Daan. It didn't seem to explain Gong Lince, but to Luo Daan.

The crowd looked at Luo Daan, who nodded thoughtfully.

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"Almost. The reinforcements are coming. Withdraw!"

Sun Gaotian, the right commander who commanded 5000 troops to attack the grain storage area at night, gave an order, and the attackers immediately stopped and retreated quickly.

The sudden withdrawal caught the garrison in the grain storage area unprepared.

"Don't chase the poor!"

When the chief General guarding the granary saw that his subordinates wanted to lead a chase, he immediately stopped.

He has his concerns. How can he catch up on this dark night? What if someone ambushes you?

His main duty is not to kill the enemy, but to guard the food for the army.

When the guardians and horses rebuilt and reorganized their defense, a fire dragon came in the distance, and 100000 reinforcements sent by Xu laiping, the commander of the Hukou defense area, arrived.

As soon as the two sides met, they knew that the enemy had retreated.

After counting the evacuated night Raiders on the way, sun Gaotian found that more than 500 people had been lost. Although sun Gaotian's heart was very heavy, he was relieved. Fortunately, the other party could not touch the depth and dared not take the initiative to attack, otherwise 500 lives would be difficult to fill.

After withdrawing for a period of time, Zhang Hu, who received the news here, issued an order here again, ordering this side to set up ambushes on the retreat road of the granary reinforcements to prevent the 100000 people from retreating. Once retreating, he immediately blocked on the spot to buy time for the main force to break through the song army's defense line.

Sun gaotiansui led his men and horses to rush to the position designated by Zhang Hu, a narrow mountain, and a road in the middle is also the only way for the granary reinforcements to retreat.

Regardless of fatigue, sun Gao ordered his men and horses to immediately construct obstacles, such as cutting down trees or pushing down rocks, and possible reinforcements passed by.

Although I don't know whether the reinforcements on the other side of the granary will retreat, I still have to make perfect preparations here. You need to know that it's a hundred thousand troops. They can't stop them by a few thousand people. We must build enough obstacles and rely on favorable obstacles to delay the enemy's reinforcements as much as possible.

Fortunately, there are many monks here. These monks volunteered and quickly built obstacles conducive to blocking here under the guidance of sun Gaotian.

As for the thousands of people, sun Gao ordered them to eat and rest quickly.

On this dark rainy night, on this muddy ground, thousands of people sat down and rested. Their dirty hands full of muddy water took out the soaked dry food and devoured it. One by one has long become a person. It doesn't matter whether it's dirty or not. Some eat well.

Zhang Hu has been on the battlefield for a long time. His precaution in advance is not unreasonable.

Xu laiping, the commander of Hukou defense area, soon realized that he was wrong and suspected that he had been tricked. As soon as the people and horses on the other side started to attack, they immediately determined the importance.

Once this defense line is lost, the door to the state of song will be opened, and he will become a sinner of the state of song for thousands of years.

He resolutely abandoned the granary, or the loss of the granary is no longer important. At this time, the defense line is the top priority. If the food is lost, we can find a way. Once the defense line is broken, the consequences will be unimaginable.

He gave an urgent order and ordered 100000 people and horses to rush back to the granary.

Later, he received a summons from the governor of Jiangfang, Wu qunlie, which proved that his judgment was right. Wu qunlie also meant to ask him to immediately withdraw the granary reinforcements and concentrate on guarding the Hukou defense line. 300000 Qingqu troops have been sent to help. In case of any accident, no matter what happens, he has to wait until the Qingqu reinforcements arrive.

In short, it is to defend the Hukou defense line at all costs. The granary is not important!

Xu laiping's action achieved the front, and the 100000 reinforcements sent out quickly retreated.

The offensive and defensive battle on the river started, the killing sound of both sides was shaking, and the dense wooden rafts were obliquely inserted to the other bank through the flow velocity.

Fireballs on the shore crossed the rainy night sky.

If it hits the river, it floats like a flame lantern, and things similar to cages continue to float and burn on the river.

Smashed on the raft, the oil pots and pots in the cage were smashed immediately, the fire of the fireball burst immediately, and the people who were splashed and burned by the fire oil gave a terrible scream, and jumped into the water whether they were water or not.

Some people put out the fire on their bodies, and others splashed water with boards to put out the fire.

The dark East Bank of the river was suddenly full of fire. If there were no killing sound and shrill scream, it might be a beautiful scene.

The stones thrown by the stone throwing tools roared from the Bank of the river and hit the dense wooden raft on the river. The scream, the cracking movement of the wooden raft, and the roaring colossus resounded through the night sky.

"Release the arrow!" the guards on the riverside roared with swords. A group of archers bent their bows and shot together. The dark shadow of the arrow roared away in the night sky. I don't know how many people screamed and turned over on the river.

There were some wooden rafts in the middle of the river, which were kept from floating by a group of monks. Standing on the raft were the main generals in charge of the command of each department.

Zhang Hu personally came to the front line of the attack, stood on a wooden raft, also drew his sword and roared: "attack! Those who retreat rashly will be killed!"

He is forcing the people of the imperial court to play forward. Those who jump into the river and swim back are immediately stained with blood from dense arrows, or friars chop a sword to kill law enforcement. In short, they want to force the army to rush forward risking their lives.

Meng Shanming said that this war is about Dayan's life and death. He can only win but not lose. Therefore, he is taking human life to pile it up!

The offensive of Jiangfang was so fierce that it was difficult for the personnel here to get ashore, and the sporadic ones who rushed ashore could not stand the cutting and killing of a large number of enemy troops.

The two sides fell into a stalemate in the war.

In another place, the 100000 retreating reinforcements were finally blocked in the necessary place. More than 4000 soldiers faced the impact of 100000 people and horses and fought with blood in the layers of obstacles set up. The tragic degree is indescribable. Even the friars with the army went to battle and fought desperately with the enemy.

During the attack and killing on the river bank, after some severe consumption, the arrow attack on the bank was slightly tired. At the command of Zhang Hu, a large number of friars in the state of Yan began to rush to the river bank.

The friars of the state of song immediately rushed out in groups to meet the coming friars of the state of Yan. The two sides fought desperately on the river. They went up into the water. It was a vigorous fight. Many wooden rafts below were inevitably affected.

Seeing that a large number of monks in the state of song had been lured out and entangled, Zhang Hu, who showed ferocity under the light of the fire, suddenly turned back and said in a harsh voice: "send an order to left commander Guo Xianfu, and the ambush will attack immediately!"

PS: thanks for the little safflower reward of "Zhengzhou binge"!