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Chapter 429: Crossing the River

The Mongolian and Yuan army had been waiting for such a day. On both sides of the Jingjiang River, Congliang Sucan Group and Cheng Qun Group gathered 400,000 troops, which was twice the number of troops dispatched by the Mongolian Yuan. Moreover, Cheng Qun and Congliang were not wary of the Mongolian Yuan. For example, Congliang sent Zhang Yuting, the mighty general, to break the rear, and were always careful about the Aslan tribe who was following them for about twenty days.

Su Can only occupy the Tengchong area as a bridgehead. This area is narrow and long, with swamps and wetlands everywhere in the area. It is impossible for both sides to launch troops on a large scale. The troops directly confronted were limited to a very small part, which also added difficulty to the Mongolian Yuan's plan to take advantage of the situation.

If an attack was launched at this time, Cheng Qun had a large number of troops to use in Jingzhou City, with navy and city walls, the Mongols had no idea how to start. They wanted to eat Congliang Su Can's army. With their strength, it was possible to bite back and cause significant losses to the Mongols. This was not in line with the interests of the Mongols. Wuda also wanted to ensure that he had enough power to break into the south bank in one fell swoop. If he suffered heavy losses with Congliang Su Can, how could he face Cheng Qun after crossing the river?

The only way is to wait for Congliang Su Can to open the passage in Tengchong, break through the encirclement, and force Cheng Qun to mobilize troops from Jingzhou City on a large scale to block the enemy. When the two sides were in full swing, the surprise troops broke out and occupied Jingzhou City, and then cut off the rear route of Cheng Qun's troops, compressing their 400,000 troops into the narrow and long area of ​​Tengchong, and eating them calmly.

The patient wait was finally rewarded. When Su Can gathered heavy troops to break through the encirclement of Baotao Guards, Cheng Qun finally cleared the river. This allowed him to use the navy to quickly impose the army into the Battle Zone of Bo Chong. This was exactly this opportunity that the Mongol Yuan was waiting for.

Three days after the navy set out, the elite soldiers led by Lin Ya came out and rushed to Jingzhou City. Almost at the same time, Aslan in the middle and Barutu on the right accelerated and quickly approached the Tengchong area.

Lin Ya chose the ferry location fifty miles away from Jingzhou City. The river surface is wider and the water flows smoothly. After crossing the river from here, with the assault ability of the Mongol Yuan Iron Cavalry, they can reach the city of Jingzhou in a very short time, and take advantage of the empty forces of Jingzhou to capture Jingzhou City.

On the long river beach, people shouted and neighed, and tens of thousands of cavalry gathered here. On the other side, there were vague lights. The cavalry got off the horses, took bags made of sheepskin from the horses, blew them desperately with their cheeks, and then tied the bulging sheepskin bags to their bodies, led the horses, and began to walk towards the cold river.

Under the flag flying in the darkness, Lin Ya stared at the beach, with dense heads in the river, with solemn eyes. This is the most critical moment. As long as you cross the river smoothly, everything will go smoothly.

"General Lin Ya, don't worry! The Vietnamese army was completely unconscious and everything went smoothly." A general said happily: "Did you see that our vanguard is about to get ashore."

A hint of undetectable smile appeared on the corner of Lin Ya's mouth. "Yes, it went very smoothly. His Majesty the Emperor had made every decision. Da Yue people, we are here!"

"Yes. Dayue people, we are here!" Several generals around him said in unison.

He pulled off a sheepskin bag from the war horse beside him. Lin Ya said in a deep voice: "Let's go and cross the river!"

Heinke is an elite big tent soldier. After being selected into the big tent soldier when he was sixteen years old, in the past ten years, he has grown from an ordinary soldier to a centurion, leading more than 100 elite big tent soldiers. It is Heinke very proud to be a centurion in this team. If it weren't for his ability, he could have led a team of thousands of people.

No one is willing to leave any Mongolian people who have entered the big tent soldier, because being able to become a big tent soldier is the most proud thing for every Mongolian person. Here, not only are there higher military soldiers, better equipment, and more sophisticated war horses, but also honors that other troops cannot enjoy. Before the founding of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, all Mongolian soldiers, except for the big tent soldier, had no military soldiers.

The choice of the big tent soldier was extremely strict. Once he entered, money and honor followed. In ten years, Heinke not only had a beautiful wife, a pair of lovely children, but also dozens of slaves, thousands of cattle and sheep, and more than a dozen big tents. He was devoted to the Emperor of the Mongolian Yuan, hoping to establish higher merits and obtain more honors and slaves. His outstanding performance made Lin Ya choose him as the pioneer of crossing the river.

The cold river water soaked his body. As a warrior living in the desert since he was a child, he was not accustomed to water. He was completely a landlady. But he had a fanatical loyalty to the emperor and tied two sheepskin bags on his body. Heinke led his war horse to the river without hesitation. The air-filled sheepskin bag floated up to support Heinke's body. His war horse swam hard behind him. Heinke tightly grasped the reins of the horse. For him, the war horse was his second life.

In order to reduce his weight, he took off his heavy iron helmet and only put on simple leather armor. He was carrying bows, swords and arrows on the horse's back. Like him, all the forward soldiers left their heavy armor on the other side. They were the vanguards and had to seize every time to land at the fastest speed to open up landing grounds for the subsequent troops. The other side was still a secret for them at this time, and no one knew whether an army would suddenly be saved in that darkness.

Heinke floated to the opposite bank as the water flowed and continued. He kicked his legs desperately, thrust the water surface, and tried his best to keep himself moving, but the water flow still carried him downwards.

There were crowds of people on the surface of the river, but there was no sound. Even the brave people, in this situation, their hearts were still filled with fear of the unknown, the sound of water and wind, all knocking on their nerves.

In front of Heinke, a soldier's sheepskin bag suddenly broke. The quickly deflated bag made the soldier use his ability to float on the river surface. He quickly sank down. His war horse held his head desperately, trying to drag his master out of the water. But after drinking some river water, the soldier was obviously confused. He threw away the reins in his hands and fluttered his hands on the water surface. After three or two times, he sank and never floated up again.

Heinke was a little sad. The soldier was his subordinate. He knew him and knew that at home, the man had an old pair of parents and three children who needed to be raised. His death would bring him a pension, but that was not enough to support the huge family.

He raised his head and kicked the water desperately, rushing to the river. He couldn't die, he still had to live. If he wanted to live, the best way was to put his feet on the ground as soon as possible.

The river was very wide. Just when Heinke felt that all his strength was about to be used up, he saw the war horse in front of him suddenly stood up. He was overjoyed and swung forward with all his strength. The war horse turned around, stretched out his big mouth, and grabbed Heinke's clothes. Heinke's feet felt the mud and sand at the bottom of the river. With force, he stood up, held the horse's head with both hands, gasped, and looked behind him. More and more comrades had already stood up from the river and were trekking towards the beach with difficulty.

Five thousand tent soldiers who served as vanguards swam across the shore with difficulty. When they stepped onto the shore, their number decreased by hundreds, and these people disappeared forever in the rushing river water. All those who stepped onto the shore sat on the beach, gasping for breath.

On the other side, the second group of people who swam across the river had begun to cross the river, and the large army would start to log and bury their armor and some heavy weapons after they controlled the other side.

In Lin Ya's vision, there should be posts or garrisons of Dayue people on the other side. Even if there are not many, there will be certainly. But what surprised him was that when his vanguard troops crossed the river and came to the shore, they did not encounter any resistance. On the other side of the river, there was no Dayue army stationed.

When he also stepped onto the other side, he still felt like he was in a dream. Is this true? Cheng Qun did not set any warning measures on the other side? The strange feeling made Lin Ya a little confused, but what happened next made him completely relieved. Tianyou Dayuan, Tianyou Emperor, and Dayue were really going to die.

Heinke discovered a Dayue outpost, which was about a mile away from the river bank. This camp, which could station about 500 soldiers, has now completely become an empty camp. Except for a few left-behind soldiers, all the soldiers have left.

After a very simple and rough interrogation, Lin Ya learned that all the five hundred soldiers originally resident here were transferred. In Tengchong, Su Can defeated Baotao Guards, broke through the blockade of Baotao Guards, and broke into the hinterland of Jingzhou. Cheng Qun had to mobilize all the troops to encircle and suppress them. In Tengchong, more rebels were crossing the river, and Cheng Qun had to mobilize all the troops he could mobilize. A few days ago, the large-scale mobilization of the navy they saw was due to the major changes in the war.

There are only three thousand defenders in Jingzhou City now, and it is not the guards brought by Cheng Qun, but the original town army in Jingzhou.

Lin Ya really wanted to laugh out loud, everything was even better than planned. The originally planned tragic battle to cross the river and grab the beach did not happen, which gave him greater confidence to take down Jingzhou City in one fell swoop.

"The whole army rested for an hour, and then set out to capture Jingzhou City!" Lin Ya ordered excitedly that it was the second update and at the fifth update, they would suddenly appear under Jingzhou City. He could imagine what kind of expression would be when the empty Jingzhou City saw the Mongol Yuan elite soldiers rising from the sky.

An hour later, Heinke, as the assault forward, rode a war horse and led his 100-man team to the main road and rushed to Jingzhou City.
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