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In the early morning, Wei Wentong stood on the city wall and stared at the distance, looking a little hesitant in his eyes. He was really unsure of whether to stay in Wuzhi County or lead his army eastward.

At this time, Du Ruhui walked to him and smiled and said, "Are General Wei worried that the Tang army would go south?"

"How could I not worry? I only have two thousand troops, and the other side has tens of thousands of troops, how could I resist it?"

"But if General Wei dragged the Tang army, I can guarantee that the general will be promoted from this!"

"How do you say this?" Wei Wentong turned around and stared at Du Ruhui.

Du Ruhui smiled and said, "Zhang Xuan led the main force of the Qingzhou army to intercept Yu Culture and go north on the Huaihe line. Hebei is empty, so Li Yuan took the opportunity to advance east. It is obvious that he wanted to use Hanoi County as a springboard, then fight to Ji County, Wei County, and finally meet with Youzhou Luo Yi. At that time, half of Hebei will fall into the hands of Li Yuan, and the situation in the world will completely tilt towards Li Yuan. If Li Yuan unify the north of the Yellow River from this, then Zhang Xuan will completely lose."

"But Li Jiancheng only has 30,000 troops, will it have such a great effect?"

"Li Jiancheng is just a former army. Once Li Jiancheng gains a foothold in Hanoi County, Li Yuan will inevitably make a large increase in troops, and the situation will be complicated."

Wei Wentong finally understood the seriousness of the situation. He nodded and smiled: "It seems that my crossing to Hebei Shanghanei County seems to be God's deliberate arrangement!"

"That's true, this is also an opportunity for the general. If you seize it, the general will have a bright future."

"It seems that the gentleman and I have been walking with God."

"I dare not take it, but I have a plan. If the general uses it properly, he will definitely be able to beat the Tang army."

Wei Wentong was overjoyed and hurriedly clasped his fists: "Sir, please teach me!"

Du Ruhui looked at a group of cattle eating grass in the grass outside the city, stroked his short beard and smiled: "Cao Cao has clouds, wants to fight, and judges the terrain to establish victory. The general has such a favorable terrain, why not make good use of it?"

Du Ruhui whispered to Wei Wentong with his ears, and Wei Wen nodded repeatedly, "Sir, great advice!"

Two days later, Pei Renji led 5,000 troops to Wuzhi County. The army temporarily stopped in a small town called Liangjiangkou. The so-called Liangjiangkou is Qinshui coming from the west and Yongji Canal coming from the east. Two big rivers converged here, flowing south for more than 30 miles, and then poured into the Yellow River.

Wuzhi County is located south of Yongji Canal. As the vanguard, Pei Renji first needed to build a floating bridge. In fact, Pei Renji also considered crossing the Yongji Canal in Xinxiang County and then could directly kill to Wuzhi County. However, after asking the guide, he found out that east of Wuzhi County is a mountainous area with high mountains and dense forests and deserted people. It is extremely difficult to march. If you want to cross the river, you can only go to Liangjiangkou Wharf north of Wuzhi County. This is the only way to Wuzhi County.

As a last resort, Pei Renji had to give up the idea of ​​crossing the river first and decided to build a river-crossing pontoon bridge at the dock of Liangjiangkou Town.

Pei Renji is a relatively experienced general. On the one hand, he sent soldiers to collect ships, and on the other hand, he sent scouts to patrol around to prevent the other party from launching an attack when they cross the river. Soon the scouts came to report that there was no abnormality around.

But the soldiers responsible for collecting the ships encountered trouble. They ran for thirty miles in a row but did not find a small boat because the army in Wuzhi County opposite collected all the ships first.

This news shocked and angry Pei Renji, but it was not a problem for him. Pei Renji immediately sent Qin Qiong to lead a thousand people to cut down trees in nearby forests. Without a boat, he could also use rafts to build a floating bridge.

After some trouble, night fell quietly, and all the big trees along the river nearby were cut down. The trees obtained were still far from enough to build bridges. The soldiers had to go to the woods two miles away to cut them down, and then carry the trees back to the river.

In the woods, several soldiers were chopping down a big tree together. Suddenly, more than a dozen black shadows rushed out of the darkness, knocked the tree-cut soldiers to the ground, and quickly dragged them into the depths of the woods. Soon, these soldiers seemed to appear again and continued to cut down the trees. Soon, they tied the cut down big trees with ropes and dragged them to the riverside.

Hundreds of steps away from the temporary barracks, more than a dozen soldiers who were originally patrolling also fell in pools of blood...

Time has gradually reached the third day, and the floating bridge has been halfway through. Thousands of soldiers on the north shore are busy. The burning torches on both sides shine through the dozens of acres of large sites like daytime, and soldiers continue to drag back the big trees.

Pei Renji rode a horse by the river and watched more than a hundred soldiers busy building the floating bridge. Soldiers kept carrying the rafts and walking along the floating bridge into the river. Hundreds of lanterns were hung on the floating bridge, making the bulging bridge brightly lit.

There are dozens of large tents in the distance. Although Pei Renji built some tents, they were only used for sick or injured soldiers. Most of the soldiers did not rest. Their mission was not to siege the city, but to open the way across mountains and build it in water, creating conditions for the rapid advancement of the main force behind them.

Therefore, the soldiers must build a pontoon bridge overnight. When the army arrives tomorrow morning, they will be at rest. At least more than 4,000 soldiers are busy. Some are logging wood, and some are building bridges. However, most people are sawing wood and rafts. Generally, they build three-layer rafts, connected by iron chains, and stakes are inserted into the water on both sides to fix the connected rafts, thus forming a very strong pontoon bridge that can pass through tens of thousands of soldiers in the shortest time.

Despite the large project volume, Pei Renji was quite satisfied with the current progress. At this speed, the pontoon bridge will be built before dawn. At the speed of the march, Li Jiancheng's army will arrive on the north shore tomorrow morning, when he will see a completely sturdy pontoon bridge.

Pei Renji is now very concerned about Li Jiancheng's attitude towards him. It is obvious that Li Yuan will ascend the throne to the emperor in a few months, so his eldest son Jiancheng will be the crown prince. Holding the crown prince's thigh tightly is undoubtedly a smooth road for his future.

At present, there are two main factions of military generals under Li Jiancheng. One is the Wagang faction represented by Wang Bodang, which is the core of Li Jiancheng. It includes important figures such as Wei Zheng, Chai Shao, Wang Bodang, Xie Yingdeng, Wang Junguo, You Junda, etc., and are nicknamed by everyone as the legitimate faction. The other faction is other sources, mainly composed of surrendered generals of the Great Sui Dynasty. Pei Renji belongs to this faction and is naturally nicknamed the common faction.

Although Li Jiancheng repeatedly reiterated that there is no distinction between legitimate and illegitimate, Pei Renji understood that there is actually a difference. However, this time the pioneer did not send Wang Bodang, but gave him the opportunity to make contributions. Perhaps Li Jiancheng had the sincerity to eliminate the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate.

Pei In-ki was secretly proud of himself. He knew that he was indeed highly valued by Lee Kyung-cheng. This was undeniable. The fundamental reason was that he had an army of 5,000 people, which was his capital to climb up.

Looking at the faster and faster progress in the bridge, Pei In-ki felt very relieved, hoping that after this battle, he would be able to transform from a common sect to a legitimate sect.

But at this moment, a shrill scream suddenly came from the distance. Pei Renji was shocked. When he looked back, he saw more than thousands of busy soldiers falling down one after another.

Pei Renji secretly shouted something was wrong, turned his horse's head and ran away to the distance.

More than a hundred soldiers who were building the pontoon bridge stood up and turned back to look on the shore, but at this moment, more than a dozen small boats came from the river dozens of steps away from them. The boat was in the dark, the soldiers were in the light, and the pontoon bridge was brightly lit, which was particularly clear.

I heard someone whispering, "Shoot the arrow!"

More than a dozen small boats suddenly had arrows like rain, and dense arrows shot towards the floating bridge. The soldiers on the floating bridge were caught off guard and were shot one after another. Suddenly, screams came out, and the soldiers fell into the water. The soldiers who were lucky enough not to be shot also stumbled to the shore and fled.

More than a dozen soldiers jumped on the boat and quickly piled hay, sulfur and other fire-induced objects on the pontoon bridge, poured tinder oil, lit the hay with a torch, and flames immediately ignited on the pontoon bridge...

The raft field was already in chaos, with thousands of soldiers in the open, and the arrowheads were in the dark, and no one knew where the arrows were shot and how many enemy troops were there, but the soldiers had experience after all. After the initial chaos, many people lay on the ground and hid behind the raft. Only the sound of arrows breaking through the air shot through their heads, "Swoosh!"

At this moment, the sound of thunder-like hooves suddenly came from a distance, and the dust in the sky rolled, and several soldiers shouted, "Run quickly! The Qingzhou cavalry is coming."

"Escape quickly! If you don't run away, you will be killed."

The sound of hooves was like thunder, and soldiers were desperately motivating. Some people started to escape, and people had a herd mentality. Only someone took the lead in escaping first, and more people ran away faster.

In a very short period of time, the more soldiers fleeing, the more panicked soldiers got up from the ground, threw away their armor, and ran away without a life, and soon formed a tide of escape.

When Pei Renji brought dozens of personal soldiers back, he happened to meet the Qingzhou army's "cavalry" coming. Pei Renji was stunned. The so-called "cavalry" turned out to be hundreds of angry cows.
Chapter completed!