Chapter 23: Flooded Yellow Turbans, Bloody Battle of the Liaohe River (2)
"Chang Yun quickly tell me!"
Seeing that Guan Yu had a solution, Yang Fan hurriedly urged.
"When our army came, Yu saw a bamboo forest outside Rongcheng, which he could use to make bamboo rafts."
Guan Yu smiled.
"There are Yellow Turban Guards in Rongcheng, and they almost discovered it when they came. If you want to cut down the bamboo forest, you can only choose to be night. This matter will be left to Chief Yun. You must complete one hundred bamboo rafts within two days. Without further ado, Chief Yun sets off immediately."
At least more than 3,000 soldiers and horses were placed on the other side of the river. Yang Fan calculated carefully and found that one hundred bamboo rafts were barely enough.
"promise!"
Guan Yu immediately took the order and left.
"Wenyuan, please hide it when you send the orders and don't let the Yellow Turban Army discover our traces. Now you can send some people back along the way to clear the footprints of our army when we arrived. At least you can't let the Yellow Turban Army discover a large group of troops passing by."
After Guan Yu left, Yang Fan was shocked when he saw the footprints left by Guan Yu and hurriedly ordered Zhang Liao.
"promise!"
Zhang Liao was deeply impressed when he heard this. Yang Fan could even imagine such details. It would be really natural that this battle would not be defeated.
"Shiping, you took the civilians to cut down trees and intercept them with huge trees and rocks."
The interception matter was naturally handed over to Zhang Shiping's logistics troops, because Yang Fan had too few combat troops and could not separate his staff.
"promise!"
Interception was a big project, so Zhang Shiping hurriedly stepped back and prepared.
Two days later, the bamboo raft was ready, and Yang Fan immediately ordered Zhang Liao to lead 3,000 troops across the river and ambush the other side of the river. He himself brought Gao Shun, Guan Yu and the remaining soldiers to ambush the mountain not far from the Liaohe Ferry. Fortunately, the weather has been beautiful these days, and the drizzle for several days has made the road muddy. Such an environment is the best battlefield for Yang Fan, who has a very small number of people.
After waiting for a few days, Cheng Yuanzhi led the Yellow Turban Army to arrive. Gao Shun glanced at it roughly and said in a deep voice: "Lord, Cheng Yuanzhi's troops are no less than 100,000."
"Yes, I guess that guy must be tying the people."
Although the Yellow Turban Army has a large number of people and complete armor and weapons, its morale is not high, which is reasonable. If others threaten you to do something you don’t want to do, you won’t be very concerned about it.
"The number of enemy troops is far ahead of our army's expectations, so the lord needs to be cautious."
Seeing that the number of Yellow Turbans was more than ten times that of their own, Gao Shun immediately said with a heavy expression.
"It's okay. Although Cheng Yuanzhi has a large number of people, he will find how small he is in front of nature."
Yang Fan narrowed his eyes slightly, his eyes gradually became cold, and he said softly.
Cheng Yuanzhi, who had just led his army to the ferry at the foot of the mountain, did not realize that he was in danger at all. He only glanced at the surrounding army and said boldly: "The Youzhou official army is just like this. If the master had not ordered me to get the army and return immediately after I got the army, I would have stepped on the territory of Youzhou within one month."
"Master Qu's martial arts are superb, and Youzhou is just a barren land. How could he be his opponent?"
"Haha, under the leadership of General Qu, my Yellow Turban Army, the official army is just a rat who fled in a hurry."
The Yellow Turbans are numerous, so naturally there is no shortage of flatterers. As soon as Cheng Yuanzhi finished speaking, a sound of flattery suddenly sounded.
"Haha, now you start crossing the river. Zhou Cang, you will lead your troops to cross the river first."
Cheng Yuanzhi was full of energy, but he was still a little cautious in his heart, and then ordered Zhou Cang.
"Sir Qu, how could the water in the Liao River be much less?"
Zhou Cang kept observing Liaohe. When he heard Cheng Yuanzhi call him, he didn't answer, but just expressed his doubts.
"It's spring plowing now, and people naturally use a lot of water. What's so strange about this?"
Cheng Yuanzhi was still immersed in his fantasy and could not extricate himself. He naturally did not take Zhou Cang's doubts to heart and said casually.
"promise!"
Although he felt suspicious, Zhou Cang couldn't think of anything so he came, so he simply took the order and took the people to cross the river.
The Yellow Turban Army prepared a large and large ship at the ferry to more than a thousand, and each time they cross the river, they could accommodate more than 20,000 people.
Zhou Cang was the vanguard and led his 20,000 people to cross the river first.
On the mountain not far from the ferry, Yang Fan stared at the movements of the Yellow Turban Army.
"Lord, thousands of fishing boats, the Yellow Turban Army can exceed more than 20,000 people at a time, and its vanguard has passed."
Cheng Yuanzhi's big move really surprised Gao Shun.
"It's okay, wait until they get to the third batch before starting."
Yang Fan kept staring at the military general next to the flag with the word "Cheng" written on it. This person was protected by many soldiers wearing iron armor. It was expected that it was Cheng Yuanzhi, and he had been waiting for Cheng Yuanzhi to board the ship.
The second batch of the Yellow Turban Army was the materials looted by the people and their robberies. When Cheng Yuanzhi led his troops to board the third batch of ships, Yang Fan jumped up and shouted: "Zhongyun, long clouds, the time has come, fire the arrows and rush."
"No! All the soldiers follow me!"
Gao Shun quickly responded, pulled out his waist knife and rushed towards the Yellow Turban Army at the foot of the mountain.
‘Swoosh!’
‘Bang!’
Several soldiers then shot the arrows that had been prepared into the sky.
"kill!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
Thousands of soldiers followed Guan Yu, and Gao Shun charged behind him.
Cheng Yuanzhi took the most elite soldiers in his army to board the ship. As soon as he arrived in the middle of the Liaohe River, he suddenly heard a few crisp sounds coming from the mountain not far away. He was suddenly shocked and looked at it quickly and saw countless officials rushing down from the mountain.
"Not good! Come together, form a formation."
Cheng Yuanzhi, who was standing on the boat, quickly shouted to the people on the shore, and the Yellow Turban soldiers on the shore immediately formed a large formation. Then an official army broke out from a wood on the other side of the river and rushed towards Zhou Cang's troops.
"hateful!"
The government army attacked on both sides, and it was obvious that it had planned to do so. Cheng Yuanzhi wanted to kill the scout leader at this time. The man was so lazy that the government army was ambushing here.
"Stop the boat and turn back!"
Although the Yellow Turban Army had more than 100,000, there were only more than 40,000 people who could really fight. At this time, 20,000 had already gone to the other side of the river. 20,000 were still on the boat, and there were still 70,000 to 80,000 people at the ferry, but most of them were robbed, and most of them were robbed, and most of the robbed food, grass, money, and weapons were still in the ferry. If... Thinking of this, Cheng Yuanzhi couldn't help but shivered and shouted at the soldiers responsible for driving the boat with red eyes.
“Yes…yes…”
The soldier was frightened by Cheng Yuanzhi's hideous expression, and quickly stopped the ship and turned the bow.
But just as the ship turned around, a scene that scared everyone appeared. A surging wave in front of the Liao River was rushing towards this side. The momentum was like thousands of horses galloping, which made people look changeable.
"No!"
Cheng Yuanzhi, who was standing on the boat, looked at the wave and shouted in despair.
'ah!'
‘Ah, wave!’
‘Oh my God!’
The Yellow Turban soldiers on the ship, no matter how fearless he was, were all pale at this time and trembled like a sieve.
The wave instantly swallowed everything in the Liao River with a thunderous force. The Yellow Turban soldiers on both sides of the river were also frightened by this frightening natural force and ran away in panic, fearing to be swept away by the surging wave. However, the wave was like a tiger, and tens of thousands of people on both sides of the Liao River were still involved in the tide.
"Man must respect nature."
Yang Fan, who was standing on the top of the mountain, witnessed all this and said quietly after a while.
Chapter completed!