The wind is roaring, the horse is roaring, and the Yellow River is roaring!

Although the Yellow River water is not as turbulent as summer and autumn after entering winter, the surging river water still stirs up waves due to strong winds from time to time, and a wave is two or three feet high, which is shocking.

But even so, the battle to cross the river was still in full swing. Hundreds of ships carrying thousands of elite troops against the bandits rushed towards the south bank with the wind. However, the Song army on the south bank had already been arranged, and more ships blocked the enemy's troops by division and encirclement. For a time, the killing sounds on the river surface were shocked, almost covering up the sound of wind and water flow.

The frontal river robbery showdown like today has occurred no less than ten times before, but every time, the attack of the thieves was eventually defeated by the defenders. The reason is that in addition to Zhang Shuye's proper defense and good use of troops, it also lies in the weaknesses and shortcomings of the thieves' army itself.

Yes, this army that can defeat both the Liao and Jin people is indeed the most elite army in the Song Dynasty today. No army in the world can match it, but this refers to a land battle. Now that it is the situation is completely different. Most of the soldiers in this army with the Shandong Army as the main force are not familiar with the water, which reduces the number of troops that Sun Tu can use.

Even the troops recruited by Jiangnan and the surrendered troops in Liangshanpo in the past may be of good water, but they were unable to get used to fighting on such a surging Yellow River. When the river robbery war was launched, the thief army even had a situation where they had capsized their own ship without fighting. Now they can drive the ship at least, but once they confronted the enemy head-on, they were still quickly in a passive position and could only retreat in a hurry.

Today's battle situation also quickly showed similar results after noon. With a wave coming, the two defenders' boats surrounding the anti-thieves' ships flashed skillfully, but were washed away by the river and slid dozens of feet to the side. However, the three larger ships here were directly overturned. Two or three hundred soldiers above screamed and fell into the water, forcing the ships that should have continued to join the battle could only come forward to rescue people first, so that the situation was completely under the control of the defenders on the south bank.

Seeing this, Sun Tu could only sigh and ordered: "Ming Jin to withdraw the troops." If you continue to fight like this, you will not be able to change the situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak on the water. It would be better to find another opportunity after withdrawing the troops.

With the crisp bell ringing, the navy of the thief army, which was still entangled with the enemy ships, began to gradually retreat. After a while, they finally retreated safely to the north shore. All the soldiers were wet, but they looked ashamed and angry. After seeing Sun Tu, they knelt down on the ground: "We are not fighting effectively, so please punish the general."

"Get up, the water battle is not our director. This result was expected. Everyone went back to change their clothes and rest, and I would like to find a way to cross the river." Sun Tu helped the two generals in front, comforted everyone, and then took the important general back to the big account to discuss.

After each of them sat down, Song Jiang took the lead in sighing: "If the leaders of our Liangshan Navy Army were still there, the battle would not be so difficult now."

This immediately won the approval of many former Liangshan leaders. Yes, you should know that in the past, there were water war masters such as Li Jun, Er Zhang Ertong and San Ruan in this army. But as a result, they either died in battle or left, resulting in no qualified water war chief in the army now.

Sun Tu had a different view on this: "In fact, judging from the water level of the Yellow River, even if they really do, they may not be able to get it well. The so-called natural danger is the place where the defense is not good, and our army is not strong in water battles. Even if there are a few generals with a good water quality, it is probably just a drop in the bucket. So I think I still have to think about other ways to cross the river. I am afraid it will not be possible to rely on water battles to attack."

After hearing this, everyone was silent. The more than half a month I was trapped on the north bank of the Yellow River, everyone was indeed hit hard, and the soldiers knew that they were not really invincible, at least the defenders in front of them could defeat them again and again.

At this time, Dong Ping said solemnly: "General, I think it may not be beneficial to us if I drag it on. We won the battles in a row before. It was because we caught the world off guard and saw that we were in great momentum that cities surrendered without fighting. But now, we are trapped here and we are unable to move forward, but it will inevitably make some fence-bearers start to shake and wait and see. The court can continue to be replenished and prepare for the next defense, so..."

"I understand what you mean. We must cross the river as soon as possible and defeat Zhang Shuye's troops in the front, right?" Sun Tu waved his hand and said the conclusion.

"That's right. So I thought we could no longer just tentatively attack the north shore like before, and had to launch a large attack and crush the opponent with our advantage in military strength. I believe that the defenders on the south shore are actually a little nervous now. In terms of combat power, they are far from our opponents. As long as we have a ship rushing to the south shore, the result will be completely different. We can no longer care about the casualties of the soldiers and generals." Dong Ping said, and then clasped his fists and said, "In addition, since this idea was taken out by the last general, the last general asked to lead his troops into the water to launch an attack. This time he was unable to win!"

His statement immediately ignited the passion of other generals. At that moment, more than a dozen generals stood up and clasped their fists: "General, I also ask for a fight to cross the river. Even if we are not familiar with the water war, we cannot fight. If we continue to waste this, the morale of the army will be easily shaken..."

Sun Tu's eyes swept across the generals one by one, and his heart was also moved. But then, he shook his head again: "This is the worst of the worst. I will not bet on my brothers' lives unless I have to."

"But..." Dong Ping was still waiting to say something again, but was interrupted by Sun Tu again: "Actually, you don't have to be so anxious. So I have my own plans to seek stability. You must know that this time, we are not only here, but also Jiangnan's robes follow up. Sometimes, we have to learn to trust our comrades."

"It's probably difficult to reach Tokyo by relying on the troops from Jiangnan?" Someone murmured in a low voice. Although others had never said such words, they agreed with their expressions.

It’s not that they look down on their own robes. In order to attack Liao in the north, Jiangnan had already transferred all the strongest combat powers. Although there were still some Shandong troops left, they were far inferior to the elite soldiers here. In addition, even fewer generals stayed in Jiangnan, and almost no main generals could be found there. In this way, it’s really hard to expect that there will be great things.

Sun Tu smiled, "You are wrong. What I said is not that I hope Jiangnan's robes can enter Tokyo one step ahead of us, but they can still play a great role in this battle. Don't forget that Jiangnan is a wealthy, money, and food land of the Song Dynasty."

This sentence finally awakened the generals, and several people almost said in unison: "What is the general mean by Jiangnan's brothers cutting off the transportation of money and food to Tokyo to defeat them?"

"But how does this help us? The money and grain supply of the South Bank defenders all comes from the capital..." Yang Zhi frowned.

"What we are talking about is the capital of the capital, but have you ever thought about it? Most of the money and food in Tokyo come from Jiangnan. If Tokyo itself has a food crisis, can they still provide sufficient food and grass for the front line?" Sun Tu said confidently: "If it were those who put the overall situation first, it might be hard to say, but who among the people in the court has this mind? Will Cai Jing and the others make themselves hungry for the front line soldiers?"

Now, everyone finally understood, and the depressed expression on their faces finally relaxed: "What the soldiers said is that it seems that time is our chance."

"That's right." Sun Tu nodded and smiled: "Not only that, in my opinion, there is another more favorable factor for us as time goes by, but it is something that neither the enemy nor us have ever noticed. Perhaps in a few days, all the problems will be solved."

Unlike the morale of the North Bank Army, the atmosphere here of the South Bank Army seemed a bit depressing.

With the smoke from cooking, several generals came to see Zhang Shuye with a serious expression: "Zhang Shuye, it's the third day, and he's still deducting half of the food from the soldiers. If this continues, everyone will be dissatisfied."

"Yes, Zhang Shuai, why didn't the court transport the next batch of food? It made the brothers hungry, and I'm afraid they would not be able to fight with the rebels and defend the Yellow River defense line."

Uncle Zhang looked at these subordinates with a heavy face, and then snorted for a while: "Why, do you want to use this matter to negotiate terms with me? Or are you already having a strange intention and thinking about colluding with the rebels on the other side?"

Feeling his power, these generals were shocked in their hearts and quickly bent down to salute and admitted their mistakes: "Mu General, I dare not, and Mo General, are really anxious about the matter in the army. Now I haven't let everyone have enough food for three days, and my morale is already very low..."

"Of course I know that there are some difficulties at the moment, but there are always some difficulties in transporting grain from the north. It is natural to delay a few days on the road. Just don't worry, I have a solution." After Zhang Shuye casually left them, his face finally showed a strong sense of anxiety. The matter was not as simple as he said, because just last night, he had received a secret report because even Tokyo City itself has cut off food due to chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, so it is naturally impossible to transport the excess food to the front line. But in this way, the army that guarded the south bank of the Yellow River was suffering.

"What should I do?" Zhang Shuye had no choice for a moment.
Chapter completed!