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Chapter 515 Burning the Yellow River
Qin Bin's envoy came to Guo Yuanzhen's army and found Guo Yuanzhen.Now the eight prefectures are completely sealed off, except for Chang Yuankai and Zong Chuke who can still communicate with each other through detours, Guo Yuanzhen and Zong Chuke's army have basically cut off any communication.

After sending Qin Bin's envoy away, Guo Yuanzhen cursed, "Damn it."

If Zong Chuke's plan succeeds, Wang Hua's Bazhou will be cut in two, and Wang Hua's blood camp will be in danger.If it was better before, but now because he is optimistic about Wang Hua, he does not hesitate to offend Hou Dehai. If Wang Hua cannot gain a foothold in Bazhou, he will have a pot to drink.

His first reaction was whether he would raise the flag and fight behind Wang Hua. As long as he dispatched an army of [-], Sanlipo would be able to take it back immediately.

Wait, where is Sanlipo?I ran to get the map, almost used a magnifying glass to find it, and finally found this place.Then he looked at the terrain between Sanlipo and Lanzhou Zongchuke.On the surface, this Sanlipo is not important on the map, but it becomes very important in this battle.With this pinch, Languan and Huiningguan will lose their effect.Zong Chuke now has a lot of soldiers in his hands, and tens of thousands of soldiers are divided into tens of thousands of soldiers to really cut off the eight states.

The most important thing is that in order to play with himself, Wang Hua will withdraw all the troops on the west bank of the Yellow River in Jiangzhou, so that Zong Chuke's army can reach Sanlipo unimpeded and carry out a thicker defense.

But his strategic vision was far superior to that of ordinary people. After watching for a long time, he could vaguely see some clues. He divided the eight states into two, but the Yellow River also divided Zong Chuke's army into two.

Could this be a trap under Wang Canvas?
But it was a trap. Zong Chuke had an army of 20, and Wang Hua's troops were weak. In addition, he sent troops to defend against Mo Chuo, Xin Nuoluo and Chang Yuankai. How many soldiers could he draw?
Unable to understand, Guo Yuanzhen was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks regardless of his image.

While he was thinking hard, Zong Chuke had already shipped the first batch of supplies.At the same time, he also received news from Chang Yuankai that he was tenaciously counterattacked by the blood battalion in Mukeling.The exact number is unknown.Chang Yuankai was also helpless, he had already dispatched troops, but Zong Chuke always stayed at the city of Lanzhou.Is Lanzhou City so easy to attack?If it was so easy to attack, it would not have been called Jincheng in the ancient Han Dynasty.Can your 20 troops allocate some troops to attack other places in Xueying, such as Pingliang, Pinggao, Baiquan and other counties in Yuanzhou.In this way, I am naturally less stressed.

I am very scared, this weird bunker has caused morale to plummet, if the blood battalion pulls out the main force, it will be very dangerous for my 6 people, so I hope that Zong Chuke's army will let the blood battalion allocate a large part of its strength.

Speaking of it, he had no hatred with Wang Hua, at most Wang Hua said something in front of the imperial envoy that he was not as good as Zhang Renyuan.That doesn't count as much hatred.In fact, except for Zong Chuke and Wang Hua who are life-and-death enemies, the several armies have no hatred. Ke Zanre wants to prove himself that a passionate young man is only half an enemy.Xinuoluo is a little fox who also wants to defeat Wang Hua, but he is seeing the right time.Before the time comes, he will never act rashly.But absolutely no personal feud.

Mo Chuai is an old fox, even Wang Hua can't guess what he's thinking now.On the contrary, Guo Yuanzhen began to bet on Wang Hua quietly.

Therefore, among these armies, Zong Chuke's 20 army is the most active. It is not the soldiers who are active, but Zong Chuke who is very active.

Received the news from Chang Yuankai, no matter how serious it was, it proved that the Blood Battalion had started a war with Chang Yuanzhen. Once the war started, if they wanted to resist the [-] army, they would have to send out a lot of troops.Coupled with the fighting between the south and the Tubo people, the troops were divided again.

This is undoubtedly good news for Zong Chuke.

As the good news came one after another, the first batch of supplies arrived in Lanzhou.

With supplies, his plan began to be implemented.

All kinds of boats were collected from the lower reaches of the Yellow River. Although it was the upper reaches of the Yellow River, when the tributaries of the Huangshui and Haomen Rivers converged from Lanzhou, the river began to widen. There were some simple ferries, transport ships, and various fishing boats.

After these fishing boats were requisitioned, they were pulled up with a few thick ropes, no matter if they were large or small boats, they were gathered together to build a pontoon bridge.In fact, the big ships are not that big, but it is not the weight of a ship.And even if the Yellow River becomes wider, the width of this section in Lanzhou is far less than that of Shangzhou.This pontoon bridge is not difficult to build.

In just half a day, a rainbow spanned the Yellow River.

Very arrogant, this is bullying Lanzhou's lack of troops.

But Zong Chuke didn't know that Wang Hua was standing on the top of the city in Lanzhou at this time, looking into the distance, and it was not what Zong Chuke thought.For this battle, Wang Hua concentrated the main force of the Blood Battalion.For the first time, there were two armies and two brigades, the Tianshu army of Ge Shuhan, the number one force among the seven armies.

In the first battle of Tubo, the Tianshu army, as the first army of the blood battalion, did not participate in the battle, let alone build up a little credit. Hearing the victory in Shan County, this group of tigers was undoubtedly screaming.

Then came the Tianji Army led by Guo Qianguan, which ranked fourth in the Seventh Army, and the battle should not be underestimated.In fact, among the Seventh Army, except Ukeli's Kaiyang Army, which is mainly defensive, the other six armies have strong offensive capabilities.

In addition to these two armies, there are also two brigades, Liu Tong's White Tiger Brigade, and Li Kailuo's Suzaku Brigade.

This is only the first batch of soldiers to be put on the battlefield, and there may be a second stage in the future. In addition to Wang Junchuo's Tianxuan Army staying in the three states of Shanhekuo, and Xiao Song's Tianzi Division staying, Gongsun Yun's Azure Dragon Brigade and Wang Jin's Xuanwu brigade was all put into the Battle of Lanzhou.

There are also Zhang Xiaosong's geographer and Guo Zhiyun's herringbone teacher, as well as [-] troops drawn from Huizhou because of Guo Yuanzhen's goodwill.

Originally, due to the convenience of the terrain, Wang Hua was going to let Xiao Song's celestial character master take the first step and turn back to Lanzhou, but he talked with Xiao Song for a while, and saw that Xiao Song didn't say anything, but he was still a little unhappy about extending his sword to Tang Jun , so some defense changes were made again.

It's not a bad thing, a large number of defense changes made Xin Nuoluo confused, but it was very numb to do it.And because of the delay in changing defenses, Wang Hua had to send soldiers to use guerrilla tactics to harass Zong Chuke's logistics supply.

However, once the Northwest Battlefield breaks out, the Lanzhou Battle must start, otherwise Zong Chuke may give up all the current two-half tactics when he hears the unfavorable news of the Northwest Battle again.It was very difficult for Wang Hua to find this opportunity.

Therefore, after learning of Kuaima's notification, Wang Hua immediately ordered that the guerrilla tactics cease.It's time for Zong Chuke to get the first batch of supplies, otherwise he won't send troops across the Yellow River.Then switch to sports tactics.

After the successful change of defense, it means that Wang Hua has deployed more than 8000 regular troops and nearly [-] reserve troops in Lanzhou.

In this way, in the Battle of Lanzhou, Wang Hua's troops will reach more than 1000 regular troops and nearly [-] reserve troops.This is also the battle that the Blood Battalion has dispatched the most troops since its establishment.

However, the start of the Battle of Lanzhou will be the most dangerous moment in Bazhou.

Once the big battle started, even Chang Yuankai would have guessed that the main force of the Blood Battalion would be hoarding in Lanzhou, not to mention the little fox Xin Nuoluo, otherwise his [-] troops would not have stayed in Hululing and refused to take a step back.As long as the battle begins, it will be the most severe moment for the three states to face the test.

What worries Wang Hua the most is what Mo Chuo thinks?

If Mo Chuai gets involved, the consequences will be disastrous.

The only good news is that Wang Hua smelled some goodwill from some of Guo Yuanzhen's actions, and also smelled some of Guo Yuanzhen's thoughts.Of course, Wang Hua is still worried. God knows if Guo Yuanzhen is true or not. If it is false, Xue Song's [-] troops will withdraw from Huizhou, which means that the state will be handed over to Guo Yuanzhen. At that time, the eight states will be truly camped with blood. Everything in two halves.Therefore, Wang Hua still asked Xue Song to leave [-] troops to guard Huizhou.

Of course, after this battle was over, Wang Hua really became a dragon. Although the world was big, no powerful force dared to make things difficult for him.

Let’s just talk about the Tang Dynasty, the vitality may be seriously injured, and the Turkic people in the north are staring at them. If they fail, Li Xian may send someone to beg him for mercy.After the two wars in Tubo, he also suffered from being dumb, and dared not be his enemy for at least a few years.It even made Wang Hua feel that it was time to really win Dafeichuan and Jishi Mountain.

These two places are not cold plains with a few small weeds in later generations.

These two places now have well-developed water systems and fertile land, just like Shanzhou and Kuozhou. Countless crops are planted on the south bank of the Huangshui River, and the harvest is no less than that of Weizhou and Qinzhou, which is unimaginable for future generations.There are nearly a million people, and there may be more.Don't mention how many people Wang Hua killed, they did it themselves.Moreover, these nomads have always respected the strong. As long as they govern properly, they will be more convinced because of the fierceness of their army.

In the final analysis, it depends on how quickly the Battle of Lanzhou ends. Once Yanzhou Yinzhou and the three states of Heshankuo in the south have survived the Battle of Lanzhou, the blood camp will be open to the sea and sky, and you can fly freely.

Seeing Zong Chuke collecting all kinds of ships, Wang Hua was half relieved.

Ke Zanre won the first victory with ease, but this example cannot be replicated. Ke Zanre wanted to avenge his shame, and secondly, he wanted to prove himself because he was favored by a newcomer.But after the defeat of Dayan, he also passed the Xipebble River. To be on the safe side, he had to take the ancient road of Tang and Tibet.

But Zong Chuke had a lot of options, or he could attack Yuanzhou. It was not impossible, but the road was a little narrower, and it was not as convenient as taking the Silk Road.But because the road is not as wide as the Silk Road, the team is stretched, and the troops may be forced to divide into several routes.Or choose the current offensive line, which is the most likely one.Of course, after choosing this route, it was obvious that he wanted to cut eight states into two sections, but even Wang Hua couldn't budget for the location in Hexi.Now I know Sanlipo.

So it is not good to ambush months in advance.

Or there is a way, not afraid of the gossip of the people in the world, and openly join hands with Xin Nuoluo to attack Hezhou. If so, Hezhou will be lost immediately.

However, after Zong Chuke arrived in Linzhou, he basically took the strategy of attacking Lanzhou and crossing the Yellow River secretly.He can continue to join hands with Xin Nuoluo, but even the imperial court dare not bear this reputation.Zong Chuke's destruction of the city is easier to say, but the Tubo people's destruction of the city, to put it bluntly, is more harmful than the Japanese devils entering China.

It wasn't until Zong Chuke officially started building the bridge that Wang Hua heaved a sigh of relief.

The pontoon bridge has been built, and there are still many things to do.At the beginning, we had to classify all kinds of boats. The boats were of different sizes. Some boats were bigger. The empty side of the boat was fifty or sixty centimeters away from the water level, and some were only ten centimeters away from the water level. They had to be separated, thus forming two small boats. The form of the big boat in the middle keeps the slope from being too steep.After the boat is tied up, there are other things to do. Some large ships have cabins. Although they are not like those ships in the lower reaches of the Wei River and the lower reaches of the Yellow River, the cabins must be destroyed.Then put planks on top.Only then did a pontoon bridge actually form.

It wasn't until this time that Zong Chuke asked Jiang Zhui to lead an army of 5 to cross the Yellow River.Xue Sijian was eager to make contributions and wanted to lead this army by himself, but Zong Chuke used him for the sake of selling Webster's face.But with more than [-] soldiers and the importance of the entire strategy, he dared not hand over the army to Xue Sijian.Originally, he wanted to send Liu Jingren to Sanlipo, but without Liu Jingren by his side, he was a little worried, so after much deliberation, he sent another Jiang Zhui who was not bad in military talent.

The army meandered and reached Hexi through the pontoon bridge.So far, everything is going well. Not even one of the scouts sent by Jiang Zhuo went missing, and they brought back all kinds of good news smoothly. There was no sign of the Blood Battalion army within a radius of tens of miles on the north bank.

Upon receiving the news, Jiang Zhuo urged the army to speed up with a horn. This group carried a lot of luggage, and there was still a long way to reach Sanlipo.Therefore, we must hurry up to prevent Wang Hua from withdrawing his army and harassing him on the way.

The [-] troops gradually crossed the Yellow River, and then all kinds of luggage were transported to this pontoon bridge one by one.

Suddenly, at this moment, there was a muffled sound in Lanzhou City.

The sound was loud, and Zong Chuke, who was standing by the Yellow River, turned his head and looked west. What happened?

Lanzhou city in the west stands silently in the afterglow of the evening, with a layer of golden brilliance, which is not very clear.Picking up a binoculars and looking again, I saw a thick smoke rising from the city, but the soldiers on the top of the city were still the same as before, standing on the top of the city and watching Zong Chuke's army vigilantly at the top of the city.

However, many small boats suddenly appeared in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. There was a small cabin made of small reeds on it. At first, there were black spots one by one. Taking advantage of the speed of the water, they rushed towards the pontoon bridge quickly.

Zong Chuke felt that something was wrong, he immediately started to order, and immediately sent soldiers on both sides of the strait to start shooting arrows at these small boats, and the logistics army soldiers standing on the pontoon bridge to transport luggage also began to stop and shoot at these boats. Draw the bow and prepare to shoot.

Tens of thousands of arrows flew into the air, like meteor showers, flashing across the night sky in the evening, the scene was very spectacular.

However, at this time, the boatman on the boat set his boat on fire and jumped into the river before the rain of arrows arrived.But they didn't leave the boats. Near the waterline on both sides of the boats, these boats made a small setting, nailed two curved wooden boards similar to tiles, and there was a small iron hook inside for people to grab On this iron hook, follow the boat and float downstream.The thick wooden boards on the top can defend against the bows and arrows shot from both sides, and can also breathe and have a view into the distance.

The ship was loaded with countless flammable substances. As the fire ignited, these small boats quickly formed fire dragons one by one, and slammed into the pontoon bridge.

The soldiers on the pontoon opened their mouths wide open. What would be the consequences of these ships colliding?Not to mention that this pontoon bridge is built with wooden boats, that is to say, there are all kinds of luggage on this pontoon bridge, especially grain and grass, which are all things that are easy to catch fire.

Some soldiers ignored the bows and arrows in their hands and began to run towards both sides of the bank.

The speed was very fast, and these ships collided with each other. Because of the obstruction of the pontoon bridge, these ships crossed the hull one by one and stuck to the pontoon bridge.The fire quickly spread to the pontoon bridge.

Until this time, the "boatmen" on these ships plunged to the bottom of the water and swam one by one. Taking advantage of the momentum of the water, they did not appear until nearly a hundred places downstream. Of course, some people were killed by bows and arrows under the rain of arrows.But this number is not many.After a few more dives, they were out of the range of the troops on both sides of the strait. Although Zong Chuke gritted his teeth with hatred in his heart, he was beyond his reach and had no choice.

The floating bridge immediately turned into a long fire dragon, burning on the Yellow River.

In fact, not many soldiers were burned to death. After all, the Yellow River here is not wide, and most of the soldiers fled to the banks separately.

But once the fire was burned, Zong Chuke's army was really divided into two halves, and the [-] troops in the west of the river only got a little luggage, which was either left on the other side before being transported in time, or on the pontoon bridge in the river. Was turned into a torch.

This made both Liu Jingren and Zong Chuke smell a strong conspiracy.

The two had a quick conversation, and Zong Chuke sent a loud soldier to shout across the river, telling Jiang Zhuo not to delay, and immediately led the army straight to Sanlipo.Regarding the food and grass, ask Guo Yuanzhen for a batch first, and then find a way to mobilize the food and grass to them.

Jiang Zhu also seemed to feel something was wrong, and immediately dispatched the army after hearing the order.

At this time, in a tribe of the Tuoba tribe in the northeast, seeing the flames on the Yellow River, a group of herdsmen changed their clothes and immediately put on the fish scale armor of the blood camp.

The old patriarch of the tribe looked at one of the young generals and said, "Tuoba Tao, this battle will show the dignity of all the hundreds of thousands of people with the surname Tuoba."

Tuoba Tao, the head of the ninth regiment of the Tianshu Army, is also the second son of the old patriarch.He also defected to the blood camp last year. Because of his bravery, he was immediately promoted to the head of the regiment. He was also one of the dozens of people on the list that Wang Hua paid attention to.This list is only known to a few people, and the dozens of people on it are the key training targets of the blood camp, including Kang Dabu who was beheaded by Zong Chuke.

Although he knew that most of the [-] soldiers of the Blood Battalion would be more or less fortunate in this battle, the old patriarch did not feel sorry for his son.These nomadic peoples have been in endless wars, and they have long looked down on life and death.Moreover, the relationship between Wang Hua and the Tuoba tribe has always been very good, and they now clearly see that as long as this wave of attacks is repelled, all the people in Bazhou will be able to live a good life in the future, and they will no longer have breakfast like before. Yes, not at night.Even looking at the history books, there is no chief who delivers food, cloth, tools and daily necessities to the people.Moreover, the strength of the blood battalion is also a guarantee for the eight states.

After finishing speaking, he personally put on the armor for his son.

Tuoba Tao rode on his horse and said to the old patriarch: "Father, take care."

After finishing speaking, he brought six hundred men down to Kuizi Mountain not far away. This is the only most dangerous terrain around. Jiang Zhui sent scouts to search here three or four times, but they never thought that the soldiers were not in the mountains. , but in a nomadic tribe not far away.

Gradually, the sound of horseshoes could be heard, and Tuoba Tao looked into the distance with a telescope, and he could see the overwhelming black army pressing towards this side quickly.

He issued an order, and all the soldiers stopped moving the stones on the mountain, and the soldiers who were doing other ambushes hid behind the stones together.

The army is getting closer and closer, Tuoba Tao's palms are sweating, their task is very heavy, they must stop the [-] army here for at least two hours.

After a while, a large group of cavalry appeared at the foot of the mountain like ghosts under the dim sight of twilight.

PS: Three shifts ahead of schedule today, please ask for a ticket.

(End of this chapter)