Li Xiaogong led hundreds of people to ride horses toward the Yellow River. His camp was very close to the Yellow River, less than three miles apart. In just a moment, they rushed to the Yellow River. There were 1,200 soldiers on the pier, holding bows, arrows and spears, all staring at the river nervously.

Li Xiaogong's arrival caused the soldiers to dodge a path. Li Xiaogong turned over and dismounted and quickly walked to the river. He also asked nervously: "Where is it?"

A captain pointed at the river, "Your Highness carefully, can you see it?"

A bright moon shone on the river surface, and the waves on the river surface were sparkling, and the moonlight shone the river surface particularly clearly. Li Xiaogong looked at it for a moment. There were many huge black shadows with black eyes on the river surface more than a thousand steps away. They were the figures of a large ship, with more than a hundred ships, quietly mooring on the river surface. Under the moonlight, it was bright and dark, like a ghost, and it looked particularly strange.

Li Xiaogong took a deep breath. This was the Sui army's large ship. They were about to launch an offensive against the South Bank. He asked anxiously: "When is it now?"

"Report to Your Highness, the first update has just passed."

As soon as a personal soldier finished speaking, a shout of killing suddenly broke out from the military camp. Li Xiaogong turned around and saw a fire in the military camp. A harsh alarm bell came faintly. Li Xiaogong was shocked and shouted, "No!" and turned his horse's head and ran towards the camp.

He was extremely regretful. He should have thought that Yang Yuanqing and Wang Shichong launched an attack at the same time, and there was an abnormality on the river surface. How could Wang Shichong's army not react?

He should have the soldiers rise up in time to fight, but it was all because of the arrival of the Censor. He disturbed his mind, but he didn't expect this. Li Xiaogong was both hatred and complained. He only hoped that Wang Shichong's night attack was successfully blocked by the soldiers on duty.

Li Xiaogong ran back to the camp, and the situation inside the camp made him breathe a little relieved. Although the camp was in chaos, Wang Shichong's army was unable to attack the camp. It was successfully blocked by general Zhao Song and led two thousand crossbowmen.

Li Xiaogong entered the camp from the west gate. There was no enemy attack at the west gate, so he entered the camp. General Zhao Song came up, "Your Highness, Wang Shichong sent five thousand cavalry to attack the camp at night. He was discovered by the sentry and we successfully intercepted them."

Li Xiaogong nodded, pointed to the fire in the southeast and asked, "What's going on?"

"Report to Your Highness, dozens of large tents were ignited by enemy rockets in the southeast corner, and the soldiers have all withdrawn."

"How is the casualties?"

"Hundreds of brothers died and injured when the enemy rushed into the camp, but they were also shot to death by bows and arrows."

"Transfer my orders, and the generals will immediately rectify the army and stop the chaos."

Li Xiaogong gave an order, and he urged his horse to run towards the Dongying Gate. Four thousand crossbowmen had gathered in front of the Dongying Gate. He was nervously staring at the depths of the darkness outside the camp. In the darkness, a large number of troops could be seen, not only five thousand cavalry, but should be Wang Shichong's 30,000 troops. They were not in a hurry to attack, but were waiting patiently for something?

Li Xiaogong was anxious. He turned around and looked towards the Yellow River. He knew what Wang Shichong was waiting for. Wang Shichong did not want to attack the camp at night, he just wanted to restrain his army and allow the Northern Sui army to land calmly.

"Tell me my order, and all soldiers are ready to evacuate!"

Li Xiaogong had an extremely strong sense of crisis in his heart. He could not wait until the North Sui Army, which was good at night battles, landed before evacuating. At that time, his army would be over.

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It was also at the first update that the last team of Northern Sui troops of Fengling Ferry boarded the ferry. With the sound of a heavy bell, more than 600 ferries set sail. Taking advantage of the cover of night to head towards the south bank, thousands of sails stood in awe and a huge momentum.

The Yellow River at night is not safe, full of murderous intent, and the river surface is covered with whirlpools of all sizes. If you are not careful, the ship will be sucked when it encounters a large whirlpool, and even the ship will be destroyed and people will die.

In order to cross the river tonight, the Sui army made full preparations. They used merchant ships as cover and tried to cross the river at every hour at night, and finally determined that it was the safest time to be the first update. Moreover, according to the experience of decades of old boatmen, although the eyesight crossing the river at night was poor, the water surface was safer than during the day.

Hundreds of large ships sailed along the strong northwest wind on the Yellow River. On a tower ship in the middle, Yang Yuanqing stood at the bow and watched the other side. It was the October dry season, and the Yellow River water surface was actually only a voyage of seven or eight miles, and it took more than half an hour to reach the other side.

At this time, Yang Yuanqing was a little worried that the enemy would use tinder oil to block the river surface. When he found that tinder oil also appeared in the Tang army, this became an indelible shadow in Yang Yuanqing's heart.

Amid the sound of the rushing waves, the ship was getting closer and closer to the other shore, only more than 500 steps apart. Qin Qiong, the commander of the crossing river, waved his hand, and a lantern on the main ship was lit up and hung high on the mast. This was a signal. The squadron of ships quickly dropped their sails, slowing down their speed, and thirty hundred stone warships as pioneers drove quickly towards the shore.

Everyone watched the thirty hundred stone ships sailing towards the shore, while the other side was still quiet and there was no movement.

Yang Shidao felt a little uneasy and whispered beside Yang Yuanqing: "It's a bit weird! A distance of five hundred steps, the other party should be able to find our fleet, why is there no movement?"

Yang Yuanqing looked up at the moonlight. The moonlight was particularly bright, and it sprinkled the river surface with silver luminous light. He also had experience. If there was no moonlight, he could see the movements four or five hundred steps away on the river surface by relying on the starlight. What's more, there was no fog today, and the moonlight was clear. The defenders on the shore could indeed clearly see them, but they did not move, which surprised Yang Yuanqing a little.

Yang Yuanqing was not in a hurry to respond to Yang Shidao's questions. He watched the thirty pioneer ships sailing towards the shore with all his attention. It was less than a hundred steps, but there was still no movement.

"Is there no defenders on the dock?" Yang Yuanqing thought to himself.

The vanguard ship finally leaned onto the dock one after another. More than a thousand soldiers on thirty ships held shields and spears, and jumped off the boat and ran towards the shore, but there was still no movement on the shore.

At this time, the Sui soldiers on the shore lit up three large lanterns, which meant that there were no ambushes. Qin Qiong immediately ordered, "The ship landed!"

Hundreds of large ships raised their main sails again and began to move closer to the shore. Yang Yuanqing was confused. Why was there no military defense on the shore? The information he received was that there were at least two thousand defenders on the dock. Did they all escape in sight?

It is not realistic to think about it. Fengling Duke has already gathered ferries. With Li Xiaogong's talent, he will definitely send heavy troops to defend here. How could there be no army that could allow him to land successfully? None of the several battle plans for ascension to the throne that he had been painstakingly prepared were useful. Yang Yuanqing was puzzled, but this would be good, which could greatly reduce the casualties of his army's landing.

Large ships took turns to approach the dock, and a large group of Northern Sui soldiers landed one after another on the ship. They had clear division of labor and acted quickly. They soon occupied the area within two miles around the dock. The first thousand soldiers who arrived ashore patroled three miles away to protect the landing of the main army.

It was not until the fourth hour that the 30,000 Northern Sui Army completed all landings. Yang Yuanqing finally boarded the dock. At this time, the commander of crossing the river, Qin Qiong, stepped forward to submit an order, "The last general has completed all landings. Everything goes well. Should we head to the county of Yuxiang? Please give instructions!"

Yang Yuanqing looked at the sky and shook his head and said, "I ordered my brothers to rest on the spot and then head to Shixiang County after dawn."

Yang Yuanqing's order was issued, and 30,000 Northern Sui soldiers were resting on the spot. They had already eaten and drank before boarding the boat. Now they took out their blankets to wrap their bodies and fell asleep. Everyone was fighting for time to rest so that they could maintain enough physical strength during the war tomorrow. These were the soldiers' years of experience.

A marching tent was set up on the pier. The tent was brightly lit and a smaller sand table was placed. Yang Yuanqing was discussing the next battle with the generals in front of the sand table.

"It's surprising that we landed directly on the south bank without any resistance. What should have happened, but don't consider this for the time being. What I want to tell you now is that Li Jing and Wang Shichong's army also launched an attack on the Tang army in Shan County at the first update. Now their coalition is 50,000, while Li Xiaogong's army in Shan County has only 20,000. In addition, our 30,000 people have cut off their retreat. The victory and defeat are clear at a glance. After dawn, we will divide our troops into two groups. I will lead 20,000 people to seize the county town of Yuxiang to defend the reinforcements from Tongguan. General Qin led 10,000 troops to capture Hongnong County to destroy the hope of Li Xiaogong's withdrawal from Hongnong County."

As soon as Yang Yuanqing said this, Qin Qiong bowed and said, "Master, let's set off again at dawn. I am afraid that it will be too late. Please allow the Master to lead the army to set off now."

Yang Yuanqing thought about it and agreed, gave him the command arrow from the Third Army, and told him: "There are only one thousand defenders in Hongnong County, which is not worth worrying, but you must be careful of being ambushed on the way, and the enemy did not intercept us at the dock. I suspect they will set up an ambush halfway, so you must be careful."

"The last one will definitely be careful!"

Qin Qiong bowed and hurriedly left the camp and ordered troops. Not long after Qin Qiong left, a personal soldier came in and said to Yang Yuanqing with a strange expression: "Report to the general manager, Huang Junhan, the governor of the county in Luxiang, sent someone to ask for a meeting, saying that Huang Junhan had decided to surrender to the general manager."

The generals in the tent were stunned. No wonder there was no guard on the dock. It turned out that the enemy defenders were about to surrender. Yang Yuanqing and Yang Shidao exchanged glances, and both of them laughed knowingly.

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As the sky gradually became brighter, Yang Yuanqing led an army of 20,000 to Yanxiang County. This is a small county town, and the city is not steep. It is surrounded by mountains. Tongguan is more than 20 miles west, and Yanxiang County is on the road to Tongguan. The geographical location is extremely important.

At this time, in the wilderness in front of the county town, more than 3,000 Tang troops had already put down their weapons and lined up to wait for the Sui army to surrender. The leader was Huang Junhan. He had more than 8,000 soldiers under him. Some of the generals in Guanzhong were unwilling to surrender. Huang Junhan did not force himself and released them and nearly 5,000 Guanzhong soldiers who did not want to surrender back to Tongguan. He led more than 3,000 Hedong soldiers who had been following him to surrender to the Northern Sui army.

Huang Junhan also knew that after he returned to Chang'an, Li Yuan would treat him well because of his guilt, but he would rather surrender to Yang Yuanqing than accept such great shame. A person who only knows how to protect his son but does not know how to pity the general is not worthy of his loyalty. His eyes are full of absolute strength.

Although his wife and children were in Chang'an, he believed that Yang Yuanqing would solve the problem for him. Yang Yuanqing even exchanged the families of ordinary soldiers for captured ministers, let alone his wife and children. Yang Yuanqing's concern for the soldiers formed a sharp contrast with Li Yuan's selfishness, which Huang Junhan understood more deeply.

At this time, Yang Yuanqing led a large army to arrive in a mighty manner. Yang Yuanqing urged him to step forward and smiled and said, "General Huang abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, which is admirable!"

Huang Junhan stepped forward a few steps, knelt down on one knee, held his fists and raised it high, and said loudly: "I finally wake up Huang Junhan, I hope to be loyal to His Highness the King of Chu!"

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Chapter completed!