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Chapter 36 Burning the Yellow River

Qin Bin's envoy came to Guo Yuanzhen's army and found Guo Yuanzhen. Now the eight states are completely blocked. In addition to Chang Yuankai and Zong Chuke's ability to contact each other by detour, Guo Yuanzhen and Zong Chuke's army basically cut off communication.

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

If Zong Chuke succeeded in this plan, Wang Hua's eight states would be cut off and two pieces, and Wang Hua's blood would be on the verge of time. If it was better, now because he was optimistic about Wang Hua, he would offend Hou Dehai. If Wang Hua could not gain a foothold in the eight states, he would have a pot of drink.

His first reaction was whether he would raise the banner and fight with Wang Hua. As long as his army of 90,000 will be dispatched, Sanlipo will be able to be recaptured immediately.

Wait, where is Sanlipo? I went to get the map and almost used a magnifying glass to find it. I finally found this place. Then he looked at the terrain between Sanlipo and Zong Chuke, Lanzhou. On the surface, this Sanlipo is not important on the map, but it becomes very important in this battle. This pinch made Languan and Huiningguan lose their function. Zong Chuke now has many soldiers in his hands, and then divided tens of thousands of soldiers to truly cut off the eight states.

In order to act with him, Wang Hua withdrew all the troops in the west bank of the Yellow River. Zong Chuke's army could reach Sanlipo without any obstacles and perform thickened defense.

But his strategic vision is far better than that of ordinary people. After watching for a long time, he faintly saw some clues, which were to separate the eight states into two, but the Yellow River also separated the army of Zong Chuke into two.

Could this be a trap under the canvas of the king?

But it’s just a trap. Zong Chuke has an army of 200,000, and Wang Hua’s troops are weak. In addition, he is divided into troops to defend Mochu, Sinuoluo and Chang Yuankai. How many soldiers can he draw?

I couldn't understand, Guo Yuanzhen was so anxious that he scratched his ears and heads regardless of his image.

While he was thinking hard, Zong Chuke had already transported the first batch of supplies. At the same time, he also received a message from Chang Yuankai, who was stubbornly counterattacked by the Blood Camp in Mukeling. The specific number of people was unknown. Chang Yuankai was helpless. He had already sent troops, but Zong Chuke always stayed at Lanzhou City and refused to leave. Is there such a good attack in Lanzhou City? If it was so easy to attack, it would not be called Jincheng in the ancient Han Dynasty. Can your 200,000 army distribute some troops to attack other places in the Blood Camp, such as Pingliang, Pinggao, Baiquan and other counties in Yuanzhou. In this way, my pressure will naturally be reduced.

I was very scared. This strange bunker caused a huge drop in morale. If the Blood Camp draws out the main force, the 90,000 troops will be in danger. So I hope that Zong Chuke's army will let the Blood Camp distribute a large part of its troops.

Speaking of which, 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. There was no hatred in this. In fact, the armies did not have hatred except for Zong Chuke and Wang Hua, who were enemies of life and death. Ke Zanre wanted to prove himself that he could only be half an enemy if he was a passionate young man. Sinuoluo was a little fox and wanted to defeat Wang Hua, but he was looking at the right time. Before the time came, he would never act rashly. But there was absolutely no deep hatred between private individuals. Mochuo was even an old fox, and even Wang Hua could not guess what he was thinking now. But Guo Yuanzhen began to quietly underground on Wang Hua.

Therefore, among these armies, the most active one is Zong Chuke's 200,000 army, not the active soldiers, but Zong Chuke's active one.

After receiving the news from Chang Yuankai, no matter how serious it was, it proved that the Blood Camp had started a war with Chang Yuanzhen. Once the war started, if it wanted to resist the 90,000 army, it would be distributed to the troops. In addition, the battle with the Tubo people in the south was divided again.

This is undoubtedly good news for Zong Chuke.

With good news coming one after another, the first batch of supplies arrived in Lanzhou.

With the supplies, his plan began to be implemented.

Various ships were recruited from the downstream. Although it was the upper reaches of the Yellow River, the river surface was from Lanzhou, Huangshui, Haomen River and other tributaries converged and began to become wider. There were some simple ferries, transported ships, and various fishing boats.

After recruiting these fishing boats, they pulled them up with a few thick ropes, whether they were large or small, and they were concentrated together to build a pontoon bridge. In fact, the large ships were not very big, but they were not loaded with the load weight of a ship. Moreover, the Yellow River became wider, and the width of this section of Lanzhou was far from the width of the upper and lower continents. It was not difficult to build this pontoon bridge.

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

Very arrogant, this is bullying Lanzhou without troops.

But Zong Chuke didn't know that at this time, Wang Hua stood on the top of the city in Lanzhou, looking into the distance, and it was not what Zong Chuke thought. For this battle, Wang Hua concentrated the main force of the Blood Camp. The first time he was put on the battlefield were the Tianshu Army of Geshuhan, the first powerful army among the seven armies.

In the battle of Tubo, the Tianshu Army, as the first blood camp army, did not participate in the war, let alone the establishment of the slightest contribution. Hearing the great victory in Shan County, he undoubtedly screamed.

Then we arrived at the Tianji Army led by Guo Qianguan, which ranked fourth among the seven armies, and the battle should not be underestimated. In fact, among the seven armies, except for the Kaiyang Army of Wukeli, the other nine armies have strong offensive capabilities, except for the Kaiyang Army of Wukeli, which focuses on defense.

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

This is just the first batch of soldiers who were put on the battlefield. In the next second stage, in addition to Wang Junchuo's Tianxuan army staying in the three states of Shanhekuo, and Xiao Song's Tianzi's army left behind, Gongsun Yun's Qinglong voyage and Wang Shi's Xuanwu voyage were all put on the Lanzhou battle.

There are also Zhang Xiaosong's divine character, Guo Zhiyun's herniac, and the 5,000 troops drawn from Huizhou because of Guo Yuanzhen's kindness.

Originally, because of the convenience of the terrain, Wang Hua was going to let Xiao Song's Tianzi take the lead and return to Lanzhou. But after talking to Xiao Song, he saw that Xiao Song didn't say anything, but he was always a little unhappy about extending a big knife to the Tang army, so he changed some defenses again. It was not a disadvantage. The large number of defense changes made Sinuo unable to understand the truth, but it was very numb. Moreover, because the time of the defense changes was delayed, Wang Hua had to send soldiers to use guerrilla tactics to harass Zong Chuke's logistics supply.

However, once the Northwest War Zone breaks out, the Lanzhou Battle must be opened. Otherwise, when the Northwest War Zone breaks out again, Zong Chuke may give up the current tactic of two halves. It will be difficult for Wang Hua to find this opportunity.

Therefore, after learning that the Kuaima reported, Wang Hua immediately ordered that the guerrilla tactics should be stopped. It was time for Zong Chuke to get the first batch of supplies, otherwise he would not have sent troops to cross the Yellow River. Then it was converted into mobile tactics.

After the successful defense change, it means that Wang Hua has deployed more than 8,000 regular troops and nearly 20,000 reserve troops in Lanzhou.

In this way, during the Lanzhou Battle, Wang Hua would send more than 41,000 regular troops and nearly 20,000 reserve troops. This is also the battle that the Blood Camp has sent most troops since its establishment.

However, the Lanzhou Battle begins and will be the most dangerous moment in the Eight States.

Once the battle begins, Chang Yuankai will probably expect that the main force of the Blood Camp will be hoarded in Lanzhou, not to mention the little fox of Xinuoluo, otherwise his 90,000 troops would not stay in Hululing and refuse 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 most severe test.

What worries Wang Hua the most is how Mochuo thinks?

If Mochu participates in, the consequences will be unimaginable.

The only good news is that Wang Hua smelled some kindness from some of Guo Yuanzhen's actions and also smelled some of Guo Yuanzhen's ideas. Of course, Wang Hua was still worried. God knew whether Guo Yuanzhen was true or not. If it was false, if Xue Song's 10,000 troops withdraw from Huizhou, it would be equivalent to handing over the state to Guo Yuanzhen. At that time, he was the real half of all the blood camp eight states. Therefore, Wang Hua still asked Xue Song to leave five thousand troops behind and defend Huizhou.

Of course, after this battle, Wang Hua was truly a dragon and the sky. Although the world is big, there is no powerful force that dares to make things difficult for him.

Just say that the Tang Dynasty might have suffered a lot of energy. Besides, the Turks in the north were eyeing each other. If they failed, it might be possible that Li Xian would send someone to beg for mercy. After the two battles of Tubo, he also suffered a loss and did not dare to be an enemy of him for at least several years. Wang Hua even smelled the opportunity to truly win the Dafeichuan and Jishishan.

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

These two places are now well-developed in water systems and fertile land, just like Shanzhou and Guzhou. There are countless crops planted on the south bank of Huangshui, and the harvest is no less than that of Weizhou and Qinzhou, which is even more unimaginable in later generations. There are nearly one million people, and it may be more than one. Not to mention how many people Wang Hua killed, they were invaded by themselves. Moreover, these nomadic people have always been respected by the strong. As long as they manage themselves properly, they are more convinced because of the fierceness of their own army.

After all, it depends on how quickly the Lanzhou Battle ends. It is easy or not. Once Yanzhou Yinzhou and the three Heshangua states in the south survive the Lanzhou Battle, the Blood Camp will be vast and the sky will be wide, Ren Fei and Ren You.

When Wang Hua was half relieved when he saw Zong Chuke collecting various ships.

Ke Zange won easily in one battle, but this example cannot be copied. Ke Zange wanted to avenge his shame, and the other was that he was favored by a newcomer and wanted to prove himself. However, after being defeated by Di Dayan, he also passed by the fine pebbles river. In order to be safe, he had to walk the ancient road of Tang and Tibet.

But Zong Chuke had a lot of choices, or could attack Yuanzhou, which was not impossible, but the road was a little narrower and it was not convenient to take the Silk Road. However, because the road was not as wide as the Silk Road, the team was lengthened and the troops might be divided into several routes. Or choose the current attack route, this is the most likely one. Of course, after choosing this route, I obviously wanted to cut the Bazhou into two sections, but even Wang Hua could not budget out the location of the Cheshire in Hexi. Now I know Sanlipo.

So it's hard to go to ambush a few months in advance.

Or there is a road that is not afraid of the people around the world talking about gossip, and openly join forces with Sinuoluo to attack Hezhou. If that happens, Hezhou will be lost immediately.

However, after Zong Chuke arrived in Linzhou, he basically took the strategy of falsely attacking Lanzhou and secretly crossing the Yellow River. He could continue to join forces with Sinuoluo, but even the court did not dare to claim this reputation. It would be better to say that Zong Chuke broke the city. To put it bluntly, the Tubo people broke the city, which is more harmful than the Japanese devils entering China.

It was not until Zong Chuke officially started building the bridge that Wang Hua breathed a sigh of relief.

When the pontoon bridge is set up, there are still many things to do. At the beginning, various ships need to be classified. The sizes of the ships are different. Some are larger, the empty ships have 50 to 90 cm from the water level, and some are only 10 cm from the water level. They have to be separated, thus forming the form of a large ship in the middle of the small boats on both sides, so that the slope will not be too large. After the ships are tied, it is still important to have to be done. Some large ships have cabins on them. Although they are not like those ships downstream of the Wei River and the lower reaches of the Yellow River, the cabin must be destroyed. Then wooden boards are placed on it. It is not until this time that a pontoon bridge is truly formed.

It was not until this time that Zong Chuke asked Jiang Zhu to lead 50,000 troops across the Yellow River. Xue Sijian was eager to make contributions and wanted to lead this army himself, but Zong Chuke used him to use him, which was to sell Wei's face. However, he did not dare to hand over the army completely to Xue Sijian for handling more than 50,000 soldiers and the importance of the entire strategy. He originally wanted to send Liu Jingren to Sanlipo, but he was a little worried without Liu Jingren by his side, so after thinking about it, he sent another Jiang Zhuo with a good military talent.

The army walked in a row and reached Hexi through the floating bridge. Everything was still going well now. None of the scouts sent by Jiang Zhuo disappeared or any of them were missing. They successfully brought back all kinds of good news. Within a radius of dozens of miles on the north bank, there was no sign of the blood camp army.

After receiving this news, Jiang Zhuo used a horn to urge the army to speed up. This line brought a large amount of baggage and had a long way to reach Sanlipo. Therefore, we must seize the time to prevent Wang Hua from withdrawing his army and harassing him halfway.

Fifty thousand troops gradually crossed the Yellow River, and then arrived at various supplies and transported them to the floating bridge one by one.

Suddenly, a dull sound came from Lanzhou City at this moment.

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

The Lanzhou City to the west stood silently in the afterglow of the evening, with a layer of golden light, which was not very real. I picked up a telescope and looked at the city again. But the soldiers on the city were still standing on the city head as before, watching the army of Zong Chuke under the city head vigilantly.

However, many small boats suddenly appeared in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, with a small cabin made of small reeds on it. It started with black dots, and used the speed of the water to rush towards the floating bridge.

Zong Chuke felt something was wrong, so he immediately began to order and immediately sent soldiers from both sides to start standing on both sides to shoot arrows on these small boats. In addition, the logistics army soldiers who were transporting baggage on the pontoon bridge also began to stop and draw bows at the ships to prepare for shooting.

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

However, at this time the boatman on the boat ignited his boat and then jumped into the river before the rain of arrows arrived. But they did not leave the boat. Near the waterlines on both sides of the boat, the boats made a small setting, nailed two curved wooden boards similar to tiles, and there was a small iron hook inside, which allowed people to grab the iron hook and float downstream with the ship. The thick wooden boards above can defend against bows and arrows shooting from both sides, and can also breathe and look into the distance.

The ship was loaded with countless flammable substances. As the fire ignited, these small boats quickly formed fire dragons and collided hard towards the floating bridge.

The soldiers on the pontoon bridge opened their mouths one by one. What would happen if these ships hit? Not to mention that the pontoon bridge was built with wooden boats, it means that there are various supplies on the pontoon bridge, especially food and grass, which are all things that are prone to fire.

Some soldiers began to pluck their legs and ran towards the sides regardless of the bows and arrows in their hands.

The speed was very fast, and the ships hit the pontoon separately. Because of the pontoon bridge, the 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 "boatman" on these ships plunged to the bottom of the water, and one of them snorted, and with the water momentum, they did not appear at nearly a hundred places downstream. Of course, some people were still killed by bows and arrows under the rain of arrows. But the number of people was not large. Several more snorted and left the range of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. Although Zong Chuke was biting his teeth in his heart, he was beyond the reach and could do nothing.

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 soldiers fled to the banks of both sides.

But this fire burned, it really divided Zong Chuke's army into two halves, and the 50,000 troops in Hexi only got a little bit of baggage, either stayed on the other side and didn't have time to transport it, or it was turned into a fire on the floating bridge in the river.

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

The two of them quickly had a conversation. Zong Chuke sent a loud soldier to the other side of the river and shouted, asking Jiang Zhuo not to delay, and immediately led the army straight to Sanlipo. He asked Guo Yuanzhen for a group of food and supplies first, and then found a way to mobilize food and supplies to them.

Jiang Zhu also seemed to feel something was wrong. After hearing the order, he immediately drove the army.

At this time, in a Tuoba tribe in the northeast direction, seeing the fire on the Yellow River, a group of herders changed their clothes and immediately replaced them with 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 bring about the dignity of all the hundreds of thousands of people of our Tuoba surname."

Tuoba Tao, the commander of the Ninth Regiment of the Tianshu Army, is also the second son of the old patriarch. He also joined the Blood Camp last year. Because of his bravery, he was immediately promoted to the regiment commander. He is also one of the dozens of people on the list that Wang Hua noticed. Only a few people know about this list. The dozens of people above are the key training targets of the Blood Camp, including Kangdabu, who was beheaded by Zong Chuke.

Although most of the nine hundred soldiers in the Blood Camp were in danger in this battle, the old patriarch did not feel sad for his son. These nomads were constantly in war and had long been indifferent to life and death. Moreover, Wang Hua and the Tuoba tribe had always had a good relationship, and they now clearly saw that as long as this wave of attack was repelled, all the people of the Eight Prefectures could live a good life in the future and never eat the morning or the evening like before. Even if you read historical books, no chief officials would send food, cloth, tools and daily necessities to the people. If you can avoid levying heavy taxes, you would be a good official. Moreover, the strength of the Blood Prefectures is also a guarantee for the Eight Prefectures.

After saying that, he personally put on his armor for his son.

Tuoba Tao rode on a war horse and said to the old patriarch: "My father, take care of yourself."

After saying that, he brought nine hundred men to Kuizi Mountain not far away. This was also the only dangerous terrain around. Jiang Zhu sent scouts to search here three or four times, but they never expected that the soldiers were not in the mountains, but in a nomadic tribe not far away.

Gradually, the sound of horse hooves could be heard. Tuoba Tao looked into the distance with a telescope, and could see the army that was too dark to see quickly squeezed towards this side.

He issued an order, and all the soldiers stopped moving the stones from the mountain, and other soldiers who were ambushing each other, hiding behind the stones.

The army was getting closer and closer, and Tuoba Tao had a sweat. Their task was very heavy and he had to stop the 50,000 army here for at least two hours.

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

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