The southeast wind carried drizzle, the sails were as drummed as crossbows, and the boats were moving like arrows. More than 200 warships of various sizes from the Jiangdong Left Army passed Huaikou and sailed westward.
Sun Ganzi did not guess Lin Fu's identity from the banner of "Huaidong Jingkou established an envoy, Jiangdong Xuanfu envoy Si Zuo participated in politics", but if such a large number of water camp officers and soldiers suddenly leaked through Yunti Pass, it was bound to happen
The war situation affecting Huaibei.
Chen Zhi had sent fast cavalry to Suyu, Sizhou, and Suining to report the news. Sun Ganzi was still worried and handed Yunti Pass to Chen Zhi for defense. He gathered more than 600 cavalry in his hands and went out to the fortress to decorate the water camp.
The tail of the fleet chased after him.
On the plain on the north bank of the Huaihe River, more than 600 cavalrymen trotted and spread out in a cone shape. The team was more than two miles long.
Not as powerful as Chen Hansan, who had nearly 2,000 fine horses when he made his fortune. The more than 600 horses in the Pioneer Camp were collected by Sun Ganzi with great difficulty in the past two years. They are very precious. If it were not for the worry that the officers and soldiers would suddenly land on the north bank and attack the north bank,
The refugee army was scattered to collect food. Sun Ganzi was reluctant to ride on the slippery mud road on a rainy day to chase the warship that was riding on the wind.
At this time, the refugee army scattered on the north bank to raise food was also Sun Ganzi's direct lineage, and they were reluctant to catch the officers and soldiers off guard.
The Huaihe River flows east-north from Huai'an City. When the fleet enters the Huaihe River from Yunti Pass, it naturally flows west-south.
This section of the Huaihe River is quite straight, and it is about 160 miles from Huai'an City.
Fortunately, the fleet was traveling against the current, and the wind was just right, so Sun Ganzi and his cavalry were able to barely join the fleet on the north bank.
Chasing until dark, Sun Ganzi gathered the dispersed refugee troops on the north bank. The more than 600 horsemen had turned into more than 2,000 infantry. However, when the Shushui River blocked the way, the pontoon bridge that had been built during the previous march was cut off by swords and axes.
, it was set on fire, leaving only charred remains in front of you.
By this time, the rain had stopped, and the setting sun actually appeared on the horizon, illuminating the river branch with sparkling golden waves.
Sun Ganzi tightened his reins, stood up immediately on the east bank of the branch mouth where the Mushui River merged into the Huaihe River, and ordered people to search for ferries in the upper reaches of the Shushui River. He could only watch helplessly as the officers and soldiers were on the northwest bank of the river branch mouth.
The landing was so fast that the refugee army on the northwest bank of the river branch was caught off guard.
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The rapid cavalry of the refugee army was not slow in conveying messages, and more than two thousand cavalry could kill them. However, the road was blocked by the three or four miles wide fork of the Shushui River that merged into the Huaihe River from north to south. However, in the river
On the west bank of the fork, there were also more than a thousand refugee troops who received a message from the Kuaimao and came to the shore to guard against boarding the north bank of the Huai River.
Boat landing has very high requirements on water flow and beach topography. On the west bank of the river branch where it enters the Huaihe River is a large river beach wetland, which is triangular in shape and is two to three miles deep. It is either hidden in shallow water or exposed above the water. The river beach above the water is also
The mud is extremely muddy. The green reeds have grown as high as the side of a warship. If they continue to grow wildly, they will form a large reed swamp on this riverbank.
The Jinhai stopped in the middle of the waterway, Lin Fu supported the female wall and looked into the distance. It was already dusk. If we didn't land on the beach at this time, if we delayed it all night, there might be tens of thousands of people's troops crawling over in the dark and killing Sun, who was temporarily blocked on the east coast.
Zhanzi would also find a way to cross the Shu River overnight. At that time, it was even more difficult to reach the north bank of the Huaihe River west of the Shu River.
Ning Zechen changed the boat and came over, boarded the stern deck, and said: "After feeling the situation, I can give it a try. I will personally lead the team up. There are still few rogues on the west bank. I will send a boat to continue westward to divert the pressure here and grab the loot."
You can stand firm once you get ashore..."
"Okay! The rogues have entered the Huai River without warships. The fleet will continue to disperse to the west and look for other landing points." Lin Fu affirmed Ning Zechen's plan. He must rush ashore before it gets completely dark, and met with Zhang Yubo
He said, "I will send a boat to take you to Huai'an City to meet Liu Tingzhou. If everything goes well, when you come back, we will have a foothold on the north bank and be able to contact the Chang Huai Army who retreated to Shuyang..."
In the dusk, although Huai'an City is far away, it is less than thirty miles to the southwest. Going north along the Shushui River, Shuyang City is only forty or fifty miles away from here.
Zhang Yubo changed cabins and led a group of guards to the south bank.
The fleet continued to disperse to the west, scattering hundreds of soldiers and civilians at the fork of the river to the west. Ge Cunxiong and Ning Zechen organized the landing.
Two Jinhai-class troop-carrying warships were parked in the middle of the river, and they were parked under the big anchor. Several high-cabin warships were parked on both sides, holding crossbows as far away as possible to block the river beach. A dozen flat-topped warships with drafts ranging from shallow to deep
The shallow-bottomed boats were filled in between the troop carrier and the river beach, and the piles were lowered and stopped. They were connected with pallets and bundled firmly. Each ship quickly formed two ship stack channels nearly a hundred feet long at the bow and stern of the ship, leading directly to the river beach.
On the ground, more than a hundred soldiers each carried a bundle of hay on their backs and boarded the shipyard. The bundles of hay were passed from the back to the river beach in front, and spread on the muddy wetland and extended forward...
Sun Ganzi took advantage of the dim twilight and swam to the west bank with four of his followers. They put on their armor and ran over. The hundreds of armored soldiers who first landed on the beach killed the hundreds of civilian troops who intercepted them on the river beach.
At this time, more than two hundred civilian troops came from the north. Sun Ganzi grabbed the leader and asked, "Do you recognize me?"
"The younger one is from Zuo Hujun. Why don't you recognize you, Mr. Gan?" The leader recognized Sun Ganzi. Seeing that there was no one else here except the hundreds of people who had been dispersed, he asked in surprise, "Gang
Where are your soldiers?"
"Stop it on the east side," Sun Ganzi pointed to the east bank. He could no longer see the situation on the east bank clearly. He said, "The soldiers of the left guard army can fight. Okay, you all come with me and drive these officers and soldiers into the water."
Go..." All of these two hundred or so people are wearing armor. Among the refugee army with less than 11 wearing armor, you can tell with the naked eye that they are elite.
There is no embankment at the river branch, it is just a shallow river bank entering the water, so the area is very wide.
The big ax Sun Gunzi was used to was extremely heavy, and he couldn't swim across the river. He picked up a shield and a straight-ridged knife, and took the lead according to the terrain and rushed towards the river beach, letting the archers on both wings scatter while rushing down.
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As soon as the previous refugee army was defeated, another refugee army came to attack, wearing armor, holding shields, and charging with arrows. The speed was so fast that Ning Zechen, who landed first, was surprised.
There was not much dry land to stay on the river beach, and it was far away from the warships behind. There was no way for crossbows to cover it. Ning Zechen knew that he had to rush out with the armored soldiers who landed first, and held his position to prepare for the follow-up troops.
Allow enough landing space so that this landing will not be a waste.
Ning Zechen carried Mo Dao and looked up at the enemy. The oncoming enemy spread out in a cone shape. The former was naturally a brave general in the refugee army. He also did his duty and asked the guards to stand behind him holding his brigade commander's flag.
Raise the knife and step forward to strike straight at it...
Sun Zhuang blocked it with his shield, but the sword broke through and hit his left arm without losing force. If his left arm had not been tied with an iron guard, it would have been cut off immediately. Even so, he almost broke his body due to the shock;
His reaction was not slow, and he slashed straight with the straight spine knife in his right hand, but the guard at Ning Zechen's side used his shield to swing it away.
The straight spine knife is not as powerful and heavy as the Mo knife, so it is normal for a hasty knife to fail to break the shield.
In Sun Zhuang's opinion, it was a huge loss of face.
He saw that Ning Zechen in front of him was the commander of the army. He almost killed Ning Zechen by breaking his shield with his sword. The inconspicuous guard beside Ning Zechen actually used his shield to drive away his sword. How could he be willing to do so?
The guard next to Ning Zechen looked inconspicuous, but he was Zhang Jiheng, one of the sentinels whom Ning Zechen relied heavily on in the Fengli camp. He was also a refugee from Fengli and had excellent martial arts skills.
Zhang Jiheng led his troops to the shore first, and Ning Zechen went out to kill him personally. Naturally, he had to guard the side to prevent any loss.
Zhang Jiheng was still unwilling to give in. He thought that by cooperating with Ning Zechen, he would be able to kill the enemy general in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, the straight-spine knife that struck him was so heavy that he took a step back before taking off his strength. When he attacked again, both sides were already
The soldiers from both sides quickly dispersed and there was no chance for a direct battle...
Although Sun Zhuang was illiterate, he was not a reckless man. A knife in the head scared him into a cold sweat. He grabbed a shield and did not dare to rush into the enemy formation alone as before. He maintained a cone shape with the dozens of brave soldiers in front and rushed towards the officers and soldiers formation.
Drill into the shape.
At this time, Sun Zhuangcai felt the eliteness of the officers and soldiers in front of him. Although he felt it was difficult, he was still able to take advantage of his physical strength to cut down or push the current officers and soldiers forward. However, the brave soldiers of the refugee army around him could not follow.
Come up. Sun Zhuang took a few steps toward the conflict. The thick cone formation was squeezed into a long and thin cone. If he didn't retreat, he would probably be cut off by the center, and he would be trapped in the formation of officers and soldiers, and be in danger of being alone...
Sun Zhuang had no other choice and didn't want to risk his life here. He retreated a little and led his men to charge forward. He came down several times. Although he had the advantage of being high up on the terrain and rushing down, he was forced to push out two or three times for the officers and soldiers.
Ten steps.
The armored soldiers who landed later had already formed a dense formation of arrows behind them. Sun Zhuang saw that nearly half of the more than 200 people who rushed down with him were injured, so he knew that nothing could be done, so he fought and retreated in order to form a more open battlefield.
, allowing the soldiers of the refugee army who had been diverted and rushed back again to fill the battlefield and start a tug-of-war.
After hearing the news, the refugee army who rushed over to intercept were mostly troops who were scattered to collect food. They were not the elite of the refugee army, and only one out of ten could wear armor. It formed a more open battlefield, and it seemed that more soldiers of the refugee army came in to join the battle.
As far as Zechen was concerned, the pressure was far less than the pressure he had just faced when more than 200 elite armor-piercing civilian troops pressed down on the narrow strip of river beach.
It was almost dark here. Although many boats parked in the river were setting fires, and the refugee army lit many torches on the shore and threw them here, the light for the real face-to-face fighting was already very dim.
Ning Zechen led the elite soldiers to charge left and right. The dim light had little effect, but the refugee army, which could not adapt to fighting in dim light, began to be confused, and the gap in physical strength between them became obvious. When Ning Zechen led the crowd to the beach,
, the assault array could still maintain a relatively complete cone shape, but the intercepted refugee army could not withstand the pressure and collapsed, fleeing north along the east bank of Shushui...