The path of the villain is not easy

Chapter 136 Preparations Before Crossing the River
Changsun Ji did a simple calculation, and found that the Liang Army left a total of about 9 people defending these captured cities, and the Liang Army also had about 21 soldiers in front.

As soon as he got the news yesterday, he discussed with several of their generals, and decided to send Xue Zhongchang and Yang Qinghuai to lead the [-] troops here to start to suppress the rebels, recover the lost land, and cut off the logistics of supplying the food army.

And Guo Dingxin and He Zheng led an army of [-] to Yangping to help the defenders defend the city and prevent it from being captured by the grain army.The main reason why he went along with him was because if he wasn't there, once Guo Dingxin became stubborn, no one could hold him back.

As for why most of the soldiers of the army were not transferred to the front where the grain army was relatively large, but placed in the rear, it was because Changsun Ji and the others set a route based on Yang Qinghuai's plan to force the grain army to return to aid.

Time is running out, Changsun Ji is going to take Guo, He Erjiang and [-] troops straight to Yangping as soon as possible.But there was one thing that made Changsun Ji faintly worried.

That was the food and grass escorted by Xia Houchun. Although Xia Houchun left the capital before Changsun Ji at that time, the food was not as good as the soldiers, so he was not so lucky.

Therefore, when Changsun Ji arrived in Yanzhou, the food and grass had not yet arrived.At this time, it is good that the war has not yet started, and the food carried by the army can last for a few days, but once the war with the grain army starts, the consumption of food and grass will be an astronomical figure every day. If the food and grass are not in place, it will definitely not be enough.

In this way, it will definitely affect the process of pacifying the grain army.And if the rear is not stable, the pressure on Yang Ping in the front will be heavier and heavier day by day.

Although there was a conflict between him and Xia Houchun, he felt that this guy wouldn't be so ignorant of the importance and stuck him at this juncture.

Although, he thought so, but every day Xia Houchun was away, his heart would not be at ease.

He also sent a grain urging officer to urge the grain, but because of a sudden rain some time ago, the road became muddy, and the speed could not be increased at all.

He also wanted to wait until Xia Houchun came before sending troops, but it was too late in time, after all, he couldn't be sure when Xia Houchun would arrive.

But now Yangping is under the watchful eyes of the Liang Army's more than 20 troops, and there is a possibility of being breached at any time. He doesn't want to wait until he travels to Yangping, only to find that the city wall is already full of Liang Army's flags.

So I can only set off first, wait until Xia Houchun arrives in Puyang, and then send him supplies, hoping that Xia Houchun will give him some strength.Changsun Ji slowly fell asleep.

The next day, just after dawn, Changsun Ji woke up. He had been like this for fifteen consecutive days on the march, but he was used to it.

It has been a few days since Changsun Ji came to Puyang, so many troops have come to Yanzhou, if the grain army has not sent to Changsun Ji the arrival of this batch of reinforcements, Changsun Ji will not believe it.

In order to prevent Liang Jun from guessing his intentions, he prepared to cross the river at night to support Yangping.

Because he made a plan to assist Yangping tonight, and in order not to delay the evening march, Changsun Ji moved out of Puyang yesterday and entered the barracks.

Puyang is not too far from Yangping. Walking along the river, you can reach it in less than two days, but that is on weekdays. Now because of the grain army, if you still walk like this, you will arrive at Cangting, the headquarters of the grain army. .

Therefore, if you want to reach Yangping, you have to cross the river first.However, it just rained two days ago, which caused the river to rise a bit, and it was not easy to cross the river. This is why the grain army did not launch an attack in the past two days.

Fortunately, however, Puyang has not been occupied, and neither has the city across the river.Changsun Ji asked a local to lead the way.

This man is a local fisherman, his ancestors lived in the water, so he is very clear about where the water is shallow and where the water is deep.

Just across the river from Puyang is Dunqiu. As early as three days ago, Changsun Ji had dispatched soldiers with small boats to report the news, asking Dunqiu to prepare the boat and come to meet him at the agreed time in the evening.

Of course, with Dunqiu's support, it is impossible to transport the [-] troops directly.So Changsun Ji also ordered the army to start cutting down trees to make rafts. Of course, this was only in the dark. On the bright side, the army was cutting down trees to make siege tools.

Because the country of Yan has been suffering from a food disaster for a whole year, and all the food that can be eaten has been looted by the victims.

The leaves and bark have also been stripped and stripped.

However, this is convenient for the soldiers who built the ship. They only need to cut down the trees, and they can directly tie a few tree trunks into a raft, and they don't have to cut off some messy slanting branches on the tree top.

After breakfast, Changsun Ji left the camp with a few followers.He was going to ask the fisherman to show him the way so that the soldiers could cross the river at night.

Although they didn't ride horses, all of them were martial arts practitioners. Even the fisherman was fishing all the year round, and his footsteps were also fast, so they didn't have to walk for a long time before arriving at a place that the fishermen said was suitable for a ferry.

Changsun Ji placed his hands in front of his eyebrows, blocking the natural light and looking at the river under his feet. This river can't be called a river now, it should be called a river.

The wind blew across the river, causing waves on the river.Originally, although the river was not small, it was far from being so big.The main reason is that the rain directly made the river double in size.

Changsun Ji also asked the fisherman, is this normal?

The fisherman told him: "It's not a big deal. In normal years, when the rainy season comes, the river will expand three times or even four times, and often directly submerge the crops. As for this time, there is no such a big problem.

However, the weather this year is not that good. In summer, the river has dried up, exposing the dry and cracked riverbed. However, a rain at the beginning of the month directly filled the river with water. A few days ago It rained again, and the water level is now considered normal. "

Changsun Ji looked around and compared.As a result, it took a long time to see that the area the fisherman was referring to was no different from other places.Even the waves here are bigger than other places.

After inquiring, I found out that it is daytime now, and the wind blowing at night is in the opposite direction from daytime. Because there is a city blocking the wind, the wind cannot blow to the river at all, so at night, this area is considered to be a windless or relatively windless area. .

I have to sigh that there is a specialization in real art, although he can understand it and even say that he knows more about it than this fisherman in theory.But in practice it cannot be used.

Changsun Ji and his team observed the area carefully. According to the fisherman's continuous explanation, they also found more and more scrutiny.

(End of this chapter)