Chapter 587

There is no doubt that the Han army must want to cross the river, but we have to talk about the change of climate.

In recent years, it is early winter and late spring. Xiliang is a place where it will snow for a long time. In some years, the snow is still very heavy. This year's Xiliang is a blizzard, and the beginning of spring is delayed by nearly half a month.

The west of Xiliang is not only the western regions, but also depends on where the source of the Yellow River is. In fact, the source of the Yellow River is on the plateau, and it will snow on the plateau. The water of the Yellow River itself comes from icebergs. Imagine where the water will gather after the ice and snow melt, and then think about where the collected water will flow. At the same time, considering the changes of the weather, you can probably find out what embarrassing situation the Han army is in.

There is no mistake. The melting time of ice and snow is different in every place. For example, the closer to the Arctic, the later the ice and snow melts than in other places.

When Xiliang began to thaw, the plateau was still a vast expanse of white. Waiting for the ice and snow on Xiliang to melt and the ground was dried, the snow on the plateau entered the melting stage, and then the icebergs began to melt. The upper reaches of the Yellow River immediately entered the overflow period.

Water not only flows low, but also is affected by an effect of the earth's magnetic field. In fact, what stage of the year is the flood outbreak period and when the water flow is flat, there are so many things to do.

In a word, at present, the arrival of a large amount of water in the upper reaches of the Yellow River not only makes the river rise, but also makes some originally peaceful river sections become unusually turbulent. Want to build a floating bridge in this situation? With the mechanical convenience of the U.S. military during World War II or the conditions of modern science and technology, it can not be done, let alone in 338 A.D!

The Yellow River has become unable to swim across, and it is wishful thinking to build a bridge. Xie an's plan to cross the river to attack Jinxing county and Guangwu county has gone bankrupt before it has been implemented. Some troops sent in the past have left the necessary spies, most of them have changed their way to Heshuo, and the big troops can't even think about crossing the river.

Song Qin would be surprised that he had found that the warships of the Han army appeared in the river section, but they suddenly appeared and then disappeared without a trace.

"Han Army warship?" Zhang Zuo had to pay attention to: "what style and quantity?"

"The last general saw seven ships with his own eyes. They are not building ships. I can't tell what style they are." Song Qin had no contact with the Navy. He briefly described it and stressed later: "that kind of warship is not small and is equipped with at least two bed crossbows."

Of course, the Yellow River can let ships sail. Zhang Zuo was nervous about how the warships of the Han army appeared around Jincheng.

We should deeply understand that the current Yellow River is not the sort of Yellow River that has been combed again and again in future generations. It does not mean that a ship can go all the way directly from the east coast. In fact, some river sections cannot provide ship navigation.

Zhang Tianxi, who came later, knew the news and asked the key: "did the Han warships try to land on the north bank?"

"As far as the end will know, there is no." Song Qin dared not say too much: "what the last general doesn't know, he really doesn't know."

Zhang Tianxi looked at Zhang Zuo and said, "I have to guard against it."

Without much hesitation, Zhang Zuo directly ordered one of the generals next to him: "filial piety, patrol the upstream with his troops and horses."

It is a middle-aged man who expresses filial piety. He should "promise" when he salutes, He ran out.

Zhang Zuo really didn't dare to be careless. Especially when it came to the Navy, he felt that he should take up 120000 spirit. All because he saw information about the huge scale of the Han Army fleet more than once, it seemed that he could always appear on the battlefield when needed.

So many countries were attacked by the mysterious fleet of the Han army. Zhang Zuo didn't want to be the next one. He really knew that there were too many water networks in Murong Yan country. The new Murong Jun broke his heart in order to prevent the Han army from using the water network.

Zhang's cool army is constantly coming from the North Bank of the Yellow River. Of course, Xie an is always focused. He got the exact answer. Before the flood season of the Yellow River passed, the army didn't want to cross the river, so they focused most of their attention on Jincheng again.

Jincheng is indeed a strong city. Even if the Han Army has pulled out the outer Acropolis, there is still no clever way for Jincheng.

"All the canals of wood structure have been destroyed, but there is no good way for those canals made of big stones." Zhong Xing had some obvious bad luck on his face: "people can't pry, and the stone bullet doesn't have much effect. Otherwise, just poison it."

Poisoning? If you want to poison hundreds of thousands of people in a city, how much poison should you use? It can be seen that Zhong Xing is really depressed.

"It seems feasible." Yuan Qiao ignored some silly Zhong Xing and said with a smile, "of course, it can't poison many people, but it can intimidate the defenders."

Zhong Xing smiled a few times and said, "it's better to bury the water."

Xie'an nodded: "it makes sense."

Zhong Xing was stunned again.

Jincheng has built a canal to connect to the Yellow River. In fact, the current Yellow River water is not yellow at all. It should be said that the current Yellow River water is clear enough to see fish and shrimp inside. It can be drunk directly.

It is conceivable that the water canal connecting the city to the river is absolutely no small thing to provide drinking water for the whole city. As a water conveyance canal, it is also built on the edge of the fast flowing Yellow River. The water flow in it can not be stable. The width of the canal is at least four feet. If you want to dig soil to intercept water and cut off the flow, it seems that the engineering quantity will not be small?

"Yes, cut off the water." Yuan Qiao touched his chin's beard: "there are more than 100000 people in a city. The daily water consumption must be massive. If the water supply outside the city is cut off, it will be short of water only by the water wells in the city."

No matter what the project is, as long as an army wants to do it, no matter how big the project is, it is nothing to the army.

Xie an didn't want to spend too much effort on Jincheng before. What he wanted was to surround Jincheng and clean it up slowly. He mainly wanted to think about whether he could siege Jincheng, cross the river and use the advantage of cavalry to directly attack guzang, so as to achieve the goal of conquering guzang and then destroying Zhang's cool country.

No, the army will not cross the river for at least a month or two. Zhang's cool army is also coming from the North Bank of the Yellow River. A good river crossing flash attack strategy can only stay on paper. Before the Central Committee replies to the reply on the transfer of Rouran mountain troops, it should turn around and compete with the Jincheng garrison.

A "newspaper -" with a trailing sound was roared out of the account. Someone came to report to the Chinese Army's big account that Zhang Zuo and Zhang Tianxi's flags were found on the North Bank of the Yellow River.

Important people will have their own general flag, which is not only to show their identity, but also to boost morale and make the names of all officers and men follow.

In the direction indicated by the flag of a famous general, his officers and men will fight to death.

The commander-in-chief's flag can play a role in fixing the sea god needle. In times of crisis, as long as the commander-in-chief flag is not disordered, the military heart can actually stabilize.

Xie an cleaned up and took the lead in standing up: "you can have a look."

The main camp of the Han army is on the east side of Jincheng. It is actually about ten miles away from the Yellow River. During this period, it has to bypass the wall of Jincheng.

"Prefect, the Han army commander's banners appear near the city defense!" Suofu was very important recently. When he found the situation, he immediately found Zhang Chong: "as soon as the senior general and the middle leader arrive, the Han general must be on the edge of the Yellow River, it's better to..."

The flags of Zhang Zuo and Zhang Tianxi appeared on the North Bank of the Yellow River. In fact, they were also found in Jincheng. The city at the head of the city was cheered early.

Zhang Chong came to the north of the city to watch in person. Because of the arrival of Zhang Zuo and Zhang Tianxi, some of his pressing heart was also a little relaxed.

"Yes, great opportunity!" Yi Chuai took Suofu's words and Biao shouted, "why don't you send troops out of the city to kill?"

The flag of the chief General of the Han army is actually easy to recognize. There is a big word "Han" in black on a red background, and the official position will be written on the edge of the flag. For example, xie'an is "Han, Zheng xizhonglang general, xie'an". Therefore, the Han generals who should be qualified to hold the flag can tell how big the official is from the words written on the flag.

Zhang Chong narrowed his eyes and said calmly, "the group of Han army generals is less than 500."

"That's why I changed out of the city to intercept!" Suofu didn't answer Yi Chuai, but shouted very urgently, "great opportunity!"

"The commander of the army has many generals and schools, and it is unreasonable to take only 500 guards." Zhang Chong hooked his mouth, as if mocking: "these tricks are to set up an ambush and lure our army out of the city."

Sofu was stunned.

Yi Chuai began to look at his nose, nose and heart.

"But..." Zhang rushed to the front and said, "a gentleman doesn't stand under the dangerous wall. Fight for small profits and forget big things. Xie an, as the main general, takes himself as a bait. The prefect can do it for him."

In fact, there is no Zhang's cool army stationed outside Jincheng. Zhang's cool army will go out of the city only when necessary. If some undiscovered tunnels can transport some people from time to time, Jincheng has actually become an isolated city.

Suo Fu got his wish. He got Zhang Chong and allocated 3000 cavalry. Although most of them are still from the western regions, they are the largest attack in Jincheng recently.

There are more than four gates in a city. The larger the city, the more gates there are. That's because the city wall is too long and the import and export needs will inevitably increase.

As an important military town, it has more gates. Otherwise, one position is only one gate. How slow should it be to send troops outside the city? At the same time, there are regular city gates, and there are some channels for emergency troops. Usually, thick iron doors or steel doors are used to lock them. They will be blocked from the inside and will be opened if they need to be used.

Xie an rode on horseback and heard a burst of war drums in his ears. Bursts of shouts came from the direction of Jincheng. Turning around, he could see the three open gates. Some city walls also opened some low holes much smaller than the regular city gates.

Cavalry kept pouring out of the city. They walked around in the area where the fortification could ride. Before people came out of the fortification, there was a sound of shouting and killing.

Almost at the moment when troops came out of Jincheng, the barracks of the Han army were bleak, the horn was sounded, the gate was wide open, and cavalry poured out.

On the North Bank of the Yellow River, the sound of drums and horns came from far away, and they were far away and saw the movement on the other side.

"Marshal Zhang sent troops to fight." Song Qin was more or less surprised: "the end will stay on the north bank for nearly a little and a half months. It's the first time to see Zhang Taishou take the initiative."

Zhang Tianxi wondered and said, "Zhang Chong is so greedy and afraid of death?"

"Is there a strong city that doesn't guard?" Zhang Zuo stared at Zhang Tianxi impolitely and asked, "do you want to give up the geographical advantage to fight with the Han army?"

Zhang Tianxi was unconvinced and pointed to the place where there should have been a Acropolis: "the sub cities outside the city were swept away by the Han army one after another, but Zhang Chong did nothing."

That's what happened. It took the Han Army less than half a month to turn all the Acropolis outside Jincheng into ruins. During this period, Zhang Chong really didn't send troops to provide support. He just withdrew the troops stationed in the city to reduce casualties. It doesn't seem unreasonable to say that he was afraid of war.

"Well..." Song Qin felt it necessary to say something about his experience: "it seems no wonder that Taishou Zhang? The Han Army's siege equipment is extremely sharp, the bow and crossbow is also extremely strong, and the Hu Qi, which is famous for its speed, is still difficult to get close. Most of the Jincheng defenders are infantry..."

Zhang Tianxi sneered and said darkly, "when brother came, he was brave? But he didn't take the life of the soldiers as his life."

Compared with Zhang Tianxi, who seems to be upset, Zhang Zuo looks happy.

In fact, Zhang Chong is neither Zhang Zuo's school nor Zhang Tianxi's people. Seriously, Zhang Chong is a royalist. Whoever is the cool king will obey his orders. When Zhang Chonghua was there, of course, Zhang Chongli obeyed Zhang Chonghua, the well-known cool king. Waiting for Zhang Chonghua to be captured, then Zhang Zuo became the voice representative of Zhang's cool country. Zhang Chong has always acted according to Zhang Zuo's orders, so Zhang Tianxi will think that Zhang Chong has taken refuge in Zhang Zuo.

"This..." Song Qin is not who he is. He can only say in a low voice: "it hasn't been decided yet..."

Suofu led the army out of the city. They had not been close to xie'an and other generals for two miles. Just out of the field fortification circle of the city, they ran into the cavalry of the Han army.

The battlefield is near the field fortification circle of Jincheng. When the two cavalry armies fight, there are still brave people who want to help their friends, but they don't dare to run out of the fortification at all. They just take a bow and crossbow and draw a cold arrow.

"Bring a strong crossbow." Xie an frowned: "cover it."

Zhang Chong sent troops to fight in order to show Zhang Zuo and Zhang Tianxi that Jincheng's morale is guaranteed and is not afraid of fighting with the Han army.

Xie an came to face Zhang Zuo and others across the river. First, he observed the arrival of Zhang's cool army, and second, he had the intention to demonstrate to them.

A battle to show morale and military power soon became bigger and bigger. With the large-scale organization of the arrow array by the Han Army, more and more Han troops were transferred to Jincheng, which once made people wonder whether the Han army was going to attack the city formally.