Chapter 833: Difficulty Crossing the Huai River

After resting for nearly a year, Wu Yu, who was far away in Liangzhou, also began to march westward and started his war to unify Jiuquan County. At the same time, Duoqingjian of Nanyang, Jingzhou, led his troops to Shangyong and started the war to attack Shangyong.

Not only them, Xiaobai of Yizhou also suddenly sent troops to Jianwei. Just when Cao Cao and Ji Ling went to war, Zang Ba of Mount Tai was attacked by Cao Charlie and Ye Laixiang at the same time, and the entire Mount Tai County was suddenly caught in the war.

In today's game, very few players have the strength to challenge NPCs.

In early September, the battles in Fubo and Yuanlu started one after another. At this time, Huangfu Chaobo had already rushed to the camp of Huang Zhong's troops on the north bank of the Huai River under the protection of the Xianzhen Camp. There was no way. Huangfu Chaobo could ignore the battles in several county towns, but Huangfu Chaobo had to participate in the Battle of the Huai River in person.

For the Anton Army, this was also the first battle to cross the river. Facing the Huai River, which is more than 100 meters wide, and without their own navy, crossing the river will not be so easy.

Although the An Dong army had been mentally prepared at the beginning of the war, the final result was still beyond Huangfu Chaobo's expectations. Huang Zhong was defeated by Yuan Shu's army several times when crossing the Huai River. The army lost nearly a thousand people, but could not even set foot on the south bank of the Huai River.

Huangfu Chaobo, who got the news, immediately rushed to Huang Zhong's army camp. Before entering the camp, Huang Zhong led the generals to wait outside the camp. Seeing Huangfu Chaobo, Huang Zhong and his generals hurried forward to greet him.

"I pay my respects to the general!" All the generals bowed together;

"Please stand up, generals," Huangfu Chaobo said on his horse; then he dismounted and walked quickly to Huang Zhong: "Thank you for your hard work, brother!"

Huang Zhong was ashamed: "I have failed the general's trust..."

Huangfu Chaobo waved his hand: "This is not the place to talk, let's talk after we enter the tent."

"General, please!" Huang Zhong also came to his senses and quickly led Huangfu Chaobo and his party into the camp.

Along the way, all the generals bowed their heads and said nothing. Tens of thousands of troops wandered on the north bank of the Huai River. In more than ten days, they crossed the river several times but returned in defeat. In addition, they lost more than a thousand elite soldiers and horses, which really made everyone feel ashamed.

You know, these lost soldiers were not injured, but were all killed by Yuan Shu's army or drowned in the Huai River. In the end, only dozens of people were rescued.

Sitting on the main seat in the central army tent, Huangfu Chaobo listened carefully to Huang Zhong's recent river crossing battle. Pang Tong beside him also interrupted and asked various questions from time to time. Soon, both of them figured out the course of the battle.

Ten days ago, Huang Zhong followed Huangfu Chaobo's military order and led 50,000 troops to the north bank of the Huai River to set up camp. Initially, they set up camp in the southeast of Xinxi City, which is one of the best places to cross the river in the middle and upper reaches of the Huai River.

Xinxi is Xinyang Xi County, Henan Province in later generations. It is located east of Qingshui River and north of Huai River. This is a relatively flat area of ​​Huai River. Not only that, there is a small island in the Huai River southeast of Xinxi, which is called Hexin Island. In the past, there was a bridge here, connecting the two sides of the Huai River through Hexin Island.

Unfortunately, when Huang Zhong's army approached Xinxi, Yuan Shu's army had destroyed the bridge between the north bank and Hexin Island, leaving only the bridge from the south bank to Hexin Island, and stationed a part of soldiers on Hexin Island.

Not only that, Yuan Shu's army also had a navy stationed between the river island and the south bank. Although they were all medium-sized warships such as Chima and Maotu, and even fighting ships were rare, they were like mountains for Huang Zhong's army, which only had rafts.

On the other side of Xinxi, the defender of the three counties of Minxian, Weiguo and Xiyang was Le Ju, who had just escaped from Ancheng to Huainan. After returning to Shouchun, although Yuan Shu was dissatisfied with them, Xi's son-in-law was the main general and had already escaped back, so he was not punished, so it was difficult to deal with Le Ju and Li Feng, the two deputy generals.

He just reprimanded them lightly, and then sent the two out to lead the troops. Le Ju led 10,000 soldiers to Weiguo,

responsible for the defense of several surrounding cities, while Li Feng led 10,000 soldiers to Qisi, responsible for the defense of Qisi and the cities of Liaoxian and Yangquan in the east.

This time, without Huang Yi's restraint, and with the natural barrier of the Huai River and the support of the navy, the two can be said to have defended the south bank of the Huai River impenetrable.

After Huang Zhong's army arrived, whether it was forcibly crossing the river or the strategy of feinting to the east and attacking the west, they were all resolved by Le Jue one by one.

After listening to Huang Zhong's introduction, Huangfu Chaobo also turned his head to look at Pang Tong, and saw a trace of helplessness in his eyes. Defense and offense are indeed two different things, no, it should be said that they are very different.

Seeing that the generals in the tent were all frustrated, Huangfu Chaobo said: "Generals don't need to care too much. This general has sent a message to Hengjiang General Zhou Tai to rush to Xinxi day and night. When he arrives, we will discuss it again. During this period of time, all generals only need to appease the morale of the army. When General Zhou arrives, he will definitely be able to have a strategy to defeat the enemy."

After appeasing the generals in the army, Huangfu Chaobo went to the bank of the Huai River under the leadership of Huang Zhong to check the situation of Yuan Shu's army.

The group soon rode to the water's edge. The Huai River is located between the Yangtze River and the Yellow River and is one of the seven major rivers in China. It was called the Huai River in ancient times and is called the "Four Rivers" together with the Yangtze River, the Yellow River and the Ji River. It is one of the seven major rivers in China. The Huai River originates from the northwest valley of Taibai Peak, the main peak of Tongbai Mountain in the west of Tongbai County, Nanyang City, Henan Province. In fact, the river section where Xinxi is located is still in the upper reaches with a relatively large drop, but the water flow in Xinxi is relatively gentle, which is more suitable for crossing the river.

But the ferry that is really suitable for crossing the river is below the entrance of Rushui into Huaishui, but it is closer to the "imperial city" of the Zhong Dynasty, well, it is the "imperial city" Shouchun, so the defense is far from that of Xinxi upstream.

But even in Xinxi, where the defense is far inferior, crossing the river is not so simple, and this result makes Huangfu Chaobo very depressed.

After leaving the river, Huangfu Chaobo and Pang Tong left the camp and went to Xinxi County. He did not plan to rest in Huang Zhong's camp, but planned to spend the night in the city.

When entering the city from the south gate of Xinxi, he passed the most prosperous South Street in Xinxi City. At this time, the sky was slowly getting dark. The war in Xinxi had ended for more than half a month. The rhythm of life of the residents in the city had slowly returned to the pre-war state, and the wine shops in the city had also begun to resume normal business.

At this time, the lights were on, and the air was filled with the aroma of wine and food from time to time, which made Pang Tong, a little drunkard, salivate.