Wang Ding is still letting his soldiers cut wood and build ships.
At the same time, we also found a place with gentle water flow.
The boats built by the soldiers were very simple. They were called boats, but they were actually just rafts.
The Qiang people on the other side were very relaxed watching the Han army logging and building ships every day.
There are 16,000 Han troops, including 6,000 cavalry. If they want to cross the Yellow River by boat, it cannot be done with dozens of small boats.
By the time the Han army had built enough rafts, it would probably have been a month.
During this period, Li Su quietly took a boat to the other side one night, had a secret meeting with Niu Shisan, and brought Wang Ding's secret message.
In the secret letter, Wang Ding has promised that after this battle is over, he will be granted the title of General of the Thirteenth Niu Association to conquer the Han Dynasty.
The current promise is just that Wang Ding is making a fool of himself. Before giving Niu Shisan any substantial benefits, Niu Shisan has already patted his chest and promised that he will definitely cooperate with the Han army in the future.
The Han army was stationed south of the Yellow River for half a month.
During this period, Fan Chou escorted grain and grass from Yulin five times.
In half a month, the Han army had built more than 500 rafts.
The rafts are lined up densely on the river.
A raft can only carry about ten infantrymen, and if it is cavalry, it can only carry four.
Five hundred rafts were needed to transport all 16,000 cavalry and infantrymen to the other side of the Yellow River, which would require five trips back and forth.
One time, it takes at least half an hour.
Five times is two and a half hours. With such a long time, the Qiang people on the other side have enough time to prepare.
As the number of rafts on the river increases, the Qiang people on the other side appear more and more frequently to explore.
Even at night, there were people guarding the shore to prevent the Han army from crossing the river at night.
It was still very difficult for the Han army to cross the river normally.
However, the Niu Li tribe on the other side suddenly changed their camp.
Naturally, Li Su crossed the river and ordered the Niu Li tribe to change their camp to that side.
It is also a test for Niu Shisan to see if he really wants to surrender.
Instead of pretending to submit, he actually wanted to use a trick to lure Wang Ding across the river and then ambush the Han army.
When Niu Shisan's tribe resettled the camp, Wang Ding also received the news as soon as possible.
Jia Xu said: "Now we can arrange for someone to reveal the news of Niu Shisan's surrender to the Han."
From the moment he asked Li Su to talk about the Niu Li tribe, Jia Xu had already planned all the subsequent plans. Wang Ding only had to follow Jia Xu's plan and follow it step by step.
Wang Ding nodded and handed the secret letter he had prepared to a spy.
This time he didn't let Li Su take the risk.
For being able to defeat the 30,000 Qiang army this time, Li Su’s contribution cannot be overshadowed.
The spies took Wang Ding's secret message and quietly crossed the Yellow River.
Then he deliberately exposed his whereabouts and attracted Qiang cavalry to pursue him.
Then in the panic of running away, the secret message in his arms fell out.
Whether they can successfully cross the river this time depends on the spies' acting skills.
But in this situation, unless there is absolute trust, you would rather believe what you have than what you don’t have.
The spies took a boat to cross the river. Wang Ding, Jia Xu, Zhang Liao and other generals were already waiting on the shore.
In the night, five hundred rafts drifted quietly down the Yellow River.
The Qiang people on the other side of the river couldn't see clearly what was going on here.
On the north shore, the boat slowly approached the shore, and the spies quietly came ashore, and then sneaked towards the direction of the Niu Li tribe, completely blending their figures into the night.
However, when approaching a Qiang patrol team, he seemed to have accidentally knocked over the torch stuck on the side while trying to avoid it.
"Who?"
The Qiang patrol team was very vigilant and immediately ran towards the location of the spies.
The spies fled towards the river in panic.
The Qiang people from the Rooster tribe behind them shouted loudly: "It's Han people, chase them quickly."
With a splash, the Han army spies jumped directly into the Yellow River, and then swam towards the other side of the river.
The warriors of the Rooster Tribe chased them to the shore holding torches, shot a few arrows into the river, and turned back with curses.
One of them, holding a torch in his hand, suddenly looked down at the ground and said, "What is this?"
He knelt down and picked up the secret message on the ground.
On the envelope, there are five big characters written personally from the leader Niu.
It's just that none of these Qiang warriors know the characters above. They are all completely illiterate. They can't even recognize the simplest character "ox".
But some people still understood and said: "This should be the information that the Han people lost in their panic."
"Yes, take it back to the leader." Another person said.
Several warriors from the Rooster Tribe, as if they had accomplished a great feat, went to see their leader with the secret message that had been deliberately left behind.
Niu Shisan is literate, and Qiba, the leader of the Rooster Tribe, can also recognize hundreds of Chinese characters.
Looking at the secret letter in his hand, he didn't care that it was for him.
Qiba directly tore open the envelope and took out the letter paper inside. Then his expression changed drastically and he said: "You guys, come with me to the Greedy Wolf Tribe."
Qiba walked out first, turned over and mounted his horse, regardless of the fact that it was already late at night.
Tap tap tap tap...
Late at night, the sound of horse hooves startled a large number of people.
The Qiang warriors who were patrolling along the way saw that they were the leaders of the Rooster Tribe and did not dare to stop him. However, they were extremely curious and wondered what Qiba was going to do with his people when he was not sleeping late at night.
Several tribes are stationed separately. The Rooster Tribe is more than twenty miles away from the Tanlang Tribe’s camp.
Outside the Greedy Wolf Tribe camp, Qi Ba was stopped.
"Go and report quickly. I have something important to tell your leader." Qi Ba shouted.
Even though he has already arrived at Tanlang Tribe, Qiba's heart is still trembling, fearing that it will be too late.
It's just that this is the camp of the Tanlang tribe, and he doesn't dare to break in without permission.
After waiting for a while, someone invited him in.
The leader of the Greedy Wolf Tribe, Lang Yang looked at Qiba with sleepy eyes and said, "It's so late. What's wrong with you? You can't wait until tomorrow. Do you have to come tonight?"
His tone was a little bad. The little woman who had just hugged him was suddenly called out.
Qi Ba handed the secret message he had obtained to Lang Yang and said, "This is the secret message my men dropped from their bodies when they were patrolling tonight and found a Han army sneaking in. During the pursuit, they dropped it."
Lang Yang took the secret letter and was a little envious of the beautiful Chinese characters on the letter paper. He couldn't write such neat Chinese characters.
Just the content of the letter made Langyang's face change drastically, and his original sleepiness was instantly washed away.
"Tonight we are crossing the river at the ugly time. Leader Wangniu will act in accordance with the previous plan and cooperate."
There wasn't much on the letter, and there was Wang Ding's writing in the lower right corner, but the information revealed shocked Lang Yang.
"What time is it now?" Lang Yang crumpled the letter into a ball and held it in his hand.
Qi Ba said: "It's already time."
Lang Yang said: "Notify the other leaders immediately, I will attack Niu Shisan first."