The Maojin Ferry in Shaanxi is located east of Hangu Pass, northwest of Wushan. The south of it is the former road of Wuhan, which is the only way to cross the river in the south of Jin and enter Luoyang from Hangu Pass to the east of Luoyang; the north of it is Yu, which crosses Zhongtiao Mountain.

The Sakuradao, and northward, is the Puzhou land on the south bank of the Fen River.

The Yellow River runs south from the southern foot of Yin Mountain, reaches the northern slope of Huashan Mountain, meets the Jingwei River water, turns east, from Tongguan and Hulao Pass, hundreds of miles between mountains, the water is turbulent and dangerous shoals.

The water surface of the Maojindu River section is calm, and the canyons on both sides are confronted by each other, connecting to the hinterland of Henan and Jin. It has been a key river section for transportation between western Henan and southern Shanxi for all generations.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Jin Dynasty used Yu to attack Guo, and then crossed Maojin to cross the river to the south.

It was drizzling, and Xu Huai was wearing a raincoat, standing beside King Jing Zhao Tuan, looking at the majestic peaks and ridges shrouded in the mist and rain on the north bank, without thinking about the bloody sufferings this land has experienced at this time and how magnificent the mountains and rivers are.

Dozens of light boats traveled back and forth in the misty rain and crossed the turbulent flow, and more than a thousand soldiers were left without crossing the river, all standing quietly in the rain with rain.

Maojin Ferry has always had a pontoon bridge, but when the water surface is frozen after winter and the end of the next year's ice, and when floods break out in the upper reaches of the Yellow River in midsummer, the pontoon bridge will be withdrawn.

King Jing Zhao Tuan led the guards to cross the river. No matter how firm Zhou He, Miao Yanxiong and others were, it was difficult to stop them, but it was impossible to provide them with any convenience for crossing the river.

The tomb guards and the Chushan cavalry and the 4,000 horses were galloping over. They didn't have time to build a floating bridge. Instead, they collected thirty or forty small and medium-sized boats from Lingbao and Mianchi, and then flew back and forth, transporting generals, war horses and limited ones.

Recharge the river.

The central and southern regions of Hedong (now most of Shanxi Province) are sandwiched between Luliang Mountain and Taihang Mountain. There are also magnificent mountains such as Taiyue Mountain and Wangwu Mountain, which stand horizontally, and are divided from north to south into Jinzhong (Taiyuan, Fenzhou) basin.

, Three relatively cloze terrain of Shangdang (Zezhou, Luzhou) highland and Hezhong (Linfen Basin).

Taiyuan City, where Hedong Road is located, is located at the northern entrance of the Jinzhong Basin, which is a large pass of mountains and rivers. Taiyuan City cannot be reached, and all the Chihu soldiers entering Hedong cannot be safe.

Therefore, even though the Chihu Western Route Army sent tens of thousands of surrendered troops to go south to Hehuai to cooperate with the main force of the Eastern Route Army, its main force remained in the north of the Jinzhong Basin and surrounded Taiyuan City.

The Chihu people only sent a small number of troops in Zelu, Jinpu and other places in the south of Hedong Road, mainly to restrain the Dayue troops who still defended the city and did not surrender.

Even if we expected that the main force of the Eastern Route Army of Chihu people would retreat to the north bank of the Yellow River, from Mengzhou and Weizhou to the east, from Hebei on the eastern foot of the Taihang Mountains, and all the way north to the northern part of Hebei or Yanjing Prefecture, even if

It is expected that only Xiao Gan, Cao Shili, and Yuehailou surrendered troops would go directly through the southern section of Taihang Mountains, retreat to Shangdang (Zezhou, Luzhou), or go back to Taiyuan through Shangdang, and retreat to the vicinity of Taiyuan.

The main force of the Western Route Army met, but the guards of the tombs could not directly bite.

On the north bank of the middle reaches of the Yellow River, Zhongtiao Mountain, Lishan and the southern section of Taihang Mountain are lined up to form a southern barrier of Hedong Road. There are only a few channels that can pass through these peaks and enter the southern hinterland of Hedong Road.

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If the guards of the tombs go north directly, they will easily be blocked by the surrendered army in the valleys of the southern section of the Taihang Mountains such as Zhuguanxing or Taihangxing.

At this time, the Chihu East Route Army only needed a small number of cavalry to fly back, so they could close the door and catch dogs and catch turtles in the jar.

Another point is that if the guards of the tombs wanted to go north directly, they would have to wait until the Eastern Army, mainly cavalry of the Chihu people, retreated from Meng, Wei and other places between the southern section of the Taihang Mountains and the Yellow River, before they could

Opportunity to cross the river.

If it really happened to be delayed until then, the court would have had new wills coming one after another, which would put them in a dilemma of being unable to advance or retreat.

It was impossible to go north directly, so I finally decided to go north from the Maojin Dudu River west of Mount Wu, from Yusaka Road between Zhongtiao Mountain and Lishan, and enter Puzhou.

After arriving along the Fen River, if they were not satisfied with just expelling small groups of soldiers from Pu Jin and other states, they still wanted to go directly to bite the main force of the soldiers, they had two choices:

First, go north along the Fen River, cross Hanxin Ridge in the northern part of the Linfen Basin, and enter the Jinzhong area, where you will encounter the main force of the Chihu West Route Army; second, go east along the Qin River, pass through Taiyue Mountain and enter the western area of ​​Zezhou. If you are on a trip,

Fast enough, it will be able to harass the flanks of Xiao Gan, Yue Hailou, Cao Shili and others who retreated north and surrendered to the affiliation.

Obviously, Xu Huai was not arrogant enough to really provoke the main cavalry of Chihu Xijun Road in Jinzhong. He had arranged dozens of people to cross the river in advance, but mainly went to Qinshui County, located between Wangwu Mountain and Taiyue Mountain.

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This time, I crossed the river mainly to try to find fighter jets from the flanks of the surrendered army that had retreated north.

The soldiers crossing the river were divided into four divisions: the front camp, the middle camp, the back camp, and the wing cavalry camp.

At present, the former camp army, the Central camp army, mainly composed of 800 elite Chushan forces, and the wing cavalry camp formed by the northbound Khitan cavalry headed by Zhang Xiongshan have all crossed the Yellow River.

Xu Huaize, King Jing Zhao Tuan, Qian Shangduan, Princess Yingyun, Xiao Yanhan and others dressed as men, crossed the Yellow River on a medium-sized ferry.

Xiao Yanhan stood on the deck wearing armor. She didn't need others to look at her with strange eyes. She blackened her overly delicate face with burnt pine branches.

Her figure was originally taller and taller than most Dayue men. At this time, her body was covered with strong armor, a long blade on her waist, and a heavy sword in her hand. Her appearance was not much different from that of a male general.

Xiao Yanhan has the strength to crush most male generals, and this year the Khitan did not hide in the West Mountains and do nothing. Xiao Yanhan and his generals led their troops to cross the mountains and ridges, and attacked the will of the West Mountains and the southern foot of Yin Mountains, which may threaten the wavering of the will of the West Mountains and the Yin Mountains.

Their forces that survive in the West Mountain are never ruthless - Xiao Yanhan's martial arts were only tempered in several life-and-death battles, and they are no longer Ameng, the Wuxia.

Xiao Yanhan looked at the turbid river water flowing eastward in front of her, but her mind flew through the many mountains and steep mountains. She didn't know what decision the tribe members would make in the end after Chen Zixiao rode fast and rushed back to Xishan.

King Jing led the tomb guards to cross the river to the north, harassed the encircled Taiyuan City, and supported the besieged Taiyuan City. It can be said that Xu Huai could make the greatest effort to retain the remnants of Dayan tribe.

Xiao Yanhan knew very well that if King Jing succeeded in his adventure, let alone successfully establish a legitimate position, even if he formally obtained the power of military command and was able to take charge, he would have the ability to promote the Southern Dynasties to accept the dependence of the remnants of the Dayan clan.

Her tribe members no longer need to be stuck in the west mountain and lose their stubbornness and cannot sleep or eat.

Whether the Dayan remnants retreated into the prefectures guarded by the Gu family, or further crossed the Yellow River in the prefectures, and entered Linzhou, Yanzhou and other places where the terrain was more conducive to defense, it was a good choice.

Even if you directly log and build boats in the prefectures and go south to participate in the defense of the downstream cities of the Fen River.

However, the sand dunes of trust cannot be facilitated overnight.

After the two northern invasions of the Southern Dynasties, will her tribe members still believe in the kindness released by the Southern Dynasties?

Furthermore, is King Jing Zhao Tuan really capable of persuading Yueting and the terrain forces involved to accept the Dayan remnants of tribes?

Even if King Jing is able to take charge of one side, it does not mean that he can finally succeed in fighting for the legitimate legacy, nor does it mean that the Southern Dynasty can withstand the invasion of the Chihu cavalry. Is the remnants of the Dayan tribe really the right choice?

Xiao Yanhan herself was deeply suspicious of this, but she looked at Xu Huai and King Jing Zhao Tuan, who stood together with the thick back of King Jing, and thought to herself that even if the tribe members finally decided to retreat westward, she would lead some of the troops to stay and see this man.

Have you created miracles?

King Jing Zhao Tuan originally thought of sending his eldest daughter Yingyun to Caizhou or hiding her name and temporarily living in Chushan. However, after escaping from Bianliang, Yingyun, who had experienced the disaster, did not know how to leave his father and go to a stranger alone.

What will happen to the place?

Seeing so many people fiercely oppose it, Yingyun also knew that crossing the river to the north was a life-and-death journey, but the more she did so, the more she demanded to follow crossing the river to the north.

If destined to be inevitable, she would rather die in front of her father than be alone in a foreign land, and would not be able to control her own destiny at all.

The ferry approached the ferry and the rain that had lasted for a long time finally stopped.

The sky was still cloudy, and Xu Huai turned around and saw that the river was somewhat surging. It should be that the rain in the upstream has been more abundant in the past few days. It entered the Yellow River through the mountains and rivers, making the water flow more turbulent.

Although Yusaka Road crosses the valleys and canyons between Zhongtiao Mountain and Lishan Mountain, this important road connects the Maojin Ferry of Shaanxi Province and Puzhou Salt Pond on the northern foot of Zhongtiao Mountain. There are hundreds of thousands of stones of salt every year.

After drying from Puzhou, it passes through Yusaka Road, Maojin Ferry, and leads to Hehuai and other places.

Yusaka Road has been repaired throughout the years. In order to make the salt of Puzhou go south, the road between Puzhou and Pinglu of Shaanxi Province is covered with green stones. It is completely different from the ordinary mountain road and wild pass, and is more than the ordinary official road.

The road is also convenient for the carriage and horses to ride.

After Xu Huai and his team arrived on the shore, they were about to catch up with the Central Camp Army marching towards Pinglu City. At this time, they saw a light boat not rowing in the normal order of crossing the river, and quickly rowing from the south bank ferry to the north bank.

Come.

This kind of light boat and fast boat is often convenient for reporting and will not be subject to the number of crossing river teams.

Since they have crossed the river, even if there is an imperial edict from Bianliang, they will not be able to turn back. Xu Huai accompanied King Jing Zhao Tuan, Qian Shangduan still had the time to stand at the ferry and watch the light boat coming. Look soon

It was clear that Qiao Jien, the tomb guard, stood at the bow of the ship and waved his head, and he didn't know what news he brought.

"Your Highness, the old minister has figured it out--the mountains and rivers are broken, and some ministers have received the emperor's favor. How dare you stay out of trouble and watch Your noble cross the river and go on a dangerous situation? The old minister is so confused in Gong County that he is full of thought that he cannot let Your Highness take risks easily.

But I forgot the truth that "every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world." Please allow your highness to allow the old minister to serve the horse!" Qiao Jien jumped to the dock, regardless of the rain on the stone slab, and kneeled in front of King Jing Zhao Tuan with a "thump" sound

, beg for fellow travelers.

"These guys finally figured it out. Instead of staying in Gong County for fear of death, they could not escape the court punishment. It would be better to take a gamble on the dragon!" Xiao Yanhan stood beside Xu Huai, watching Qiao Jien and Chen Yougui who came ashore later.

Gu Dajun and others were so hypocritical and said with a pout.

Xu Huai smiled slightly, Qiao Ji'en, Chen Yougui, Gu Dajun and others strongly opposed crossing the river to the north at first, but they decided to stay in Gong County after a dispute, but they still figured it out: their best choice is to follow the crossing the river and fight.
Chapter completed!