Fierce battles were in full swing on both sides of the Yellow River. The sound of war drums was as fast as thunder, and waves of arrows flew over the Yellow River and shot towards the position of the road on the west bank.

Under the cover of the powerful crossbowmen, hundreds of civilians shouted horns, carried the buoyant bridge and rushed towards the Huangshui River, pushing the buoyant bridge into the water. Unlike Shenpailin's construction, Xun Yan ordered people to build a buoyant bridge on the shore, and then let the civilians carry it on their heads and rush directly into the Huangshui River to build a bridge. The buoyant bridge can not only act as a large shield, block the arrows fired from the road, but also quickly form and save time.

The civilians rushed down the river bank, and the civilians in front wade through the water until the river water reached their chests, and then they put down the pontoon bridge. The pontoon bridge floated in the water and was headed to the other side. Although the river water was fast, one end of the pontoon bridge was pulled by iron chains. Although it was shaking, it was not washed away by the river. When the pontoon bridge was about to approach the other side, some swords, shields, spears and spears rushed down the river bank, rushed up the pontoon bridge, preparing to force cross the river and establish a protective position.

Seeing that the floating bridge was approaching, Luzhao ordered a stone thrower to shoot, throwing countless pots into the sky, landing in front of Xun Yan's position, and landing on the floating bridge. The pots were split into pieces, and the viscous black oil flowed out from it, and the pungent smell made people unable to breathe.

Xun Yan did not dare to neglect, so he quickly ordered people to put the wet straw bags on and cover the black oil. He heard Xun You and Xin Pi said that Sun Ce found a kind of stone fat in Nanyang, which is this black oil, which is easy to ignite, and it is difficult to extinguish when burned. Xun Chen also mentioned this matter. When Liu He attacked Wuyuan, Tao Ying used this kind of stone fat to fight, which burned Liu He to defeat. If he wanted to extinguish the fire of this stone finger, water would not work, so he could only use soil. He prepared a lot of straw bags, filled it with soil, and then wet it with water, and pressed it on to prevent the burning.

Xun Yan's reaction was quick. The rockets then shot, but most of the rockets were shot on the candles and could not be lit. A few rockets fell on the black grease and fired, but were immediately extinguished and failed to form a spreading momentum.

Seeing this scene, Lu Zhao sighed secretly. Guo Jia was right. Xun Yan was a smart person and he would definitely have a way to deal with it. For this reason, the Military Planning Department also prepared several plans to help him get as much time as possible and persevere for a while.

Luzhao ordered the stone thrower to continue throwing the pottery jars, but changed the target to the soldiers on the floating bridge. Although these soldiers in Jizhou were protected by shields, they were still smashed to pieces in the face of the pottery jars falling from the sky and complained. The pottery jars hit the shields and hit them, smashing the floating bridges, and black grease flowed everywhere.

Several rockets shot, and the grease burned. The soldiers of Jizhou were burned and screamed in pain, jumping into the water. But there was also burning grease on the river surface, burning into pieces. As soon as they emerged from the water, the grease on their bodies was ignited again, burning their skin and flesh, and they were in pain.

Looking at the raging fire and the rolling black smoke, Xun Yanhan said with a cold face and ordered the iron chain to be loosened, let the burning pontoon bridge and the soldiers on the pontoon bridge go along with the water, and then throw down some prepared grass. The grass sticks to the grease on the river water and floats downstream together, and the water surface is clean again.

Another pontoon bridge was sent into the water and extended to the west coast.

Lu Zhao knew it well and knew that Xun Yan would consume his lime fat. The amount of lime fat was limited, so of course it was impossible to supply it in unlimited amount. Xun Yan exchanged a floating bridge and the lives of more than a dozen soldiers for dozens of cans of lime fat. It seemed cruel, but it was a very effective method.

"Ci is not in charge of the army." Lu Zhao sighed while ordering the throwing of the pottery jar. Knowing Xun Yan's intention, he could only do this. Xun Yan has nearly 4,000 powerful crossbowmen, enough long-range attack advantages to cover the river bank, and another 20,000 infantry. Once the floating bridge is built, his troops cannot stop Xun Yan's attack at all.

I don’t know when the battle between General Sun and Shen Pei will be decided.

While Lu Zhao was waiting for news from Sun Ce, Xun Yan was also waiting for news from Shen Pei. Sun Ce took the initiative to go out of the city to fight. Although it was not beyond their expectations, it was not a scene they wanted to see. He still hoped that Sun Ce would not leave the city, and Shen Pei could turn around and attack Lu Zhao and force Lu Zhao to retreat, so that he could easily cross the Huangshui River. At that time, the troops were at the city and cut off the connection between Sun Ce and Lu Su and Dong Xi. Yuan Shao could calmly defeat Lu Su and Dong Xi, and achieve a phased victory, and then the army besieged the city and attack Xinzheng.

Obviously, Sun Ce did not want to see this scene, so he fought bravely. In this way, whether Shen Pei could defeat Sun Ce would become a node of victory or defeat between the two sides. Shen Pei defeated Sun Ce, the situation would be very beneficial to them, especially to improve morale. If Shen Pei was defeated, he would be unable to support himself, either waiting for Yuan Shao to come for reinforcements or giving up the plan to encircle Sun Ce.

Can Shen Pei defeat Sun Ce? Xun Yan doesn't know. Although Shen Pei has nearly three times the advantage of military strength, there shouldn't be any problems like Tuo Yi, compared to Tuo Yi, who has rich combat experience, Shen Pei has an obvious disadvantage: he is essentially a famous scholar, not a warrior, and he has no experience in fighting opponents of equal strength. Apart from the Battle of Jieqiao, he has no real record worth mentioning. The main general of the Battle of Jieqiao is Yuan Shao, the forward is Tuo Yi, and Shen Pei is just a general, and his opponent is the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans that have been newly surrendered.

Can he still win against Sun Ce?

The sound of war drums in the distance kept ringing, and it became more and more urgent, but Xun Yan couldn't tell who the situation was beneficial to him. A scout came just now, and Sun Ce took the initiative to attack. Now the two sides should be fighting fiercely, and the outcome could be decided soon. Xun Yan was very nervous. His concern for that battlefield even exceeded the battlefield in front of him. The decisive battle came too quickly, beyond his imagination, and he had no time to cross the river to reinforce and review the match.

I can only rely on Shenfu himself. Three times the strength of the troops, Shenfu should be able to win, right? Xun Yan was nervous and looked around frequently.

At this time, a knight was running along the east bank of Huangshui. Xun Yan glanced at the white flag in the knight's hand and suddenly felt nervous. The situation was not good for Shenwei, and it was very urgent. He forced himself to watch the knight pass through the battle formation and come to him.

"General Xun and Sun Ce led their troops to break into the central army of the General's trial."

When Xun Yan heard this, he picked up his heart, and then stamped his feet and sighed. "Shenzhen is over."

Han Yao was puzzled. "Xiao Ruo, why do you say that?"

"Sun Ce has few soldiers and is close to each other, just like a young and strong young man, it is best to fight in close combat. Shen Zhengnan has many soldiers and many powerful crossbows, so it is better to resist the enemy from the position and wait for him to be tired. Now that Sun Ce has broken through the periphery and is directly attracted by his confidant, even if there are millions of powerful crossbows in Shen Zhengnan, how can he shoot himself?"

After thinking for a while, Han Yao understood Xun Yan's meaning and couldn't help but sneer. "I didn't expect that Shen Zhengnan would have today."

Xun Yan frowned, remained silent for a moment, and waved his hand hard. "Now is not the time to put down the wrongs. If Shen Zhengnan collapses and is covered by Sun Ce, the casualties will be too great, which will not only damage morale, but also weaken our army's strength. Even if Shen Zhengnan is defeated, we should stop Sun Ce and minimize casualties as much as possible. Perhaps there is still a glimmer of hope."

Han Yao glanced at Xun Yan, disagreed. Just as he was about to say something, a shocking sound of war drums suddenly came from the northwest direction. Xun Yan looked up and his face turned pale, and cold sweat came out of his body.

Dozens of riders ran from afar, dancing wildly with white flags in their hands.
Chapter completed!