Please ask me to be the emperor

This morning, not long after dinner, Cao Wenzhao sent officers and soldiers to launch a tentative attack.

Since the officers and soldiers were in a hurry to prepare for crossing the river, they only found thirty or forty fishing boats and ferries as vehicles, and captured some fishermen's boats for rowing.

The boats that cross the river are all small boats. The larger ones can carry seven or eight people, and the smaller ones can carry two or three people. In total, they can only carry about 200 people at one time.

As a veteran general, Cao Wenzhao knew that these people were worthless. He was not stupid enough to send these officers and soldiers to the river bank to serve as targets for the rebels.

He just ordered these people to carry some firearms such as tiger squat cannons, flying midge cannons, quick guns, and bird guns, and only waited to shoot and harass the rebels when they approached the shore.

Zhang Shun's response was very simple. He ordered the "King of Zuo Jin" He Jin to lead the cavalry and wander near the river bank. Once the officers and soldiers were ready to disembark from the ship and land, they would charge forward and kill them. At the same time, he ordered the "King of the World" to lead the gunmen and gunners to shoot at the officers and soldiers.

Zhang Shun had previously trained the 100 Rumi Gunslinger, and he performed extremely well during the battle with Ma Fengyi, the chieftain of Shizhu.

After arriving at Baodu Village, Zhang Shun couldn't forget it. He asked Governor Zhang to accumulate a hundred Rumi guns in addition to making farm tools, swords, guns and armor. Two hundred fire gunners have been trained this morning.

The infantry suffered heavy losses in many battles, so Zhang incidentally added these two hundred gunmen to the "King of Ruler of Times" and "King of Troubled Times" respectively.

Now, in order to shoot against the officers and soldiers, Zhang incidentally temporarily seconded these gunmen and some easy-to-carry two-inch caliber tiger squatting cannons to the "King of the World".

The two sides immediately exchanged fire, and the pungent smell of sulfur and billowing smoke filled the Yellow River and its banks.

In addition to achieving certain results in the first round of shooting, in the remaining rounds of shooting, I couldn't actually see anything clearly, so I could only shoot blindly, wasting a lot of gunpowder and projectiles.

As soon as Zhang Shun saw this situation, he ordered someone to call the "King of the World" over and said to him: "The wind is strong on the river, and the wind is light on the river bank. After each shooting, the gunpowder smoke on the river has dispersed, and the gunpowder smoke is still filled with gunpowder on the other bank. But Let the rebels move elsewhere and then shoot at the officers and soldiers."

After receiving the order, the "King of the World" quickly "fired a shot" and moved to another place. At this time, the casualties of the officers and soldiers increased.

It turns out that most of the firearms equipped by officers and soldiers are mainly shotguns, and only a small number of bird guns are threatening. The Rumi gun equipped by the rebels has a long range and is poisonous, and its hit rate is relatively good.

In addition, the fishermen and boatmen on the boat were ordinary people and did not dare to risk their guns and get close to the river bank. The artillery and quick guns in the hands of the officers and soldiers were ineffective.

Only a small number of bird cannons could fight back and forth with the rebel Rumi cannons, but because the number was too small, the officers and soldiers suffered a loss. There was no other way. The officers and soldiers fired several rounds and had to retreat.

When these officers and soldiers were defeated and returned to the north bank of the Yellow River, Cao Wenzhao summoned Mu Ziqiang and Zhang Quanchang and said: "This group of thieves is very brave and brave. It is indeed unmatched by the thieves encountered in the past. No wonder they were able to capture Luoyang City."

"Last time, my nephew Cao Bianjiao led three hundred elite servants to cross the river. You are all experienced in military affairs. You should know how powerful these people are in combat. But you never thought that in just a moment, they would be killed and wounded by the bandits."

"Now I have sent soldiers to attack it with firearms, but still can't win. Looking at it now, Mengjin Ferry cannot be taken lightly, and the opportunity to cross the river cannot be taken suddenly. What do you two think?"

Mu Ziqiang and Zhang Quanchang still didn't understand Cao Wenzhao's intention, so they quickly laughed and said: "There is more than one crossing in the Yellow River for a thousand miles? In our opinion, it is better to attack him from the east and attack from the west, and catch him off guard!"

Cao Wenzhao laughed loudly when he heard this and said: "Sure enough, heroes think alike. I'm sorry that these rebellious officials and traitors don't know how powerful I, Cao Wenzhao, am!"

After the officers and soldiers suffered losses that day, they did not launch another attack. They only sent some small boats to the river to explore the movements of the rebels.

Zhang Shun ignored him, but waited for Zhao Yutou and Zhao Lizi to arrive. When Cao Wenzhao saw this, he was even more overjoyed and said in his heart: "The thieves do not know the art of war and did not detect the movements of our army. They are really looking for death!"

That night, Cao Wenzhao ordered Zhang Quanchang to lead more than 1,500 people under his command, named Mei and Malekou, and quietly go northward along the north bank of the Yellow River.

After traveling for more than ten miles, we reached a ferry called Baihe Ferry. Since the Yellow River passed through the Sanmen Gorge, the terrain gradually became gentler and the water gradually became slower. There were many ferries in the Mengjin area.

In ancient times, there were ferries such as Xia Shijin, Weisujin, and Tiexie Ferry. Later, there were a series of ferry crossings such as Baihe Ferry, Xiaoji Ferry, Huayuan Ferry, and Kuma Ferry. It is not just one ferry that can be crossed as outsiders imagine.

However, as time went by, many ferries were abandoned due to river siltation, and the more prosperous Tiexie Ferry became synonymous with Mengjin Ferry. This Tiexie Ferry is where Zhang Shun suffered a disaster last time while transporting grain, and it is also where the rebels are currently stationed.

However, apart from Mengjin Ferry, it is not that there are no other ferries to cross the river. The Baihe Ferry is an example. However, due to the changes in history, the Baihe Ferry gradually declined.

Cao Wenzhao and others deceived Zhang Shun because he was young and did not know geography, so they planned to sneak across the Yellow River at night.

The moon was dark and the wind was high. Zhang Quanchang was afraid that the rebels' sharp eyes might see the fire, so he could only order his soldiers to cross the river in small boats in the dark.

Where would the fisherman and his boat be willing to cross? They could only protest: "It's dark and the wind is high, who dares to cross? If we accidentally get separated, it will be easily noticed by thieves!"

Zhang Quanchang had no choice but to order them to light a lantern and barely shine it to cross the river.

In addition to the infantry, these more than 1,500 people also had 500 cavalry. There are only thirty or forty boats crossing the river, and their carrying capacity is not large, so they can only go back and forth and transport continuously.

Zhang Quanchang estimated that it would take about ten round trips to fully cross the river. As soon as the crossing of the river is completed, the officers and soldiers will take the opportunity to set up camp here. It won't be too late to wait until early tomorrow morning for the army to cross the river.

Even if the rebels later discovered the officers and soldiers crossing the river, unless they could defeat the officers and soldiers' camp in one fell swoop, they could only watch the officers and soldiers crossing the river, but they would be powerless.

Once the officers and soldiers cross the river, Zhang Quanchang, the commander-in-chief, is confident that he will follow Cao Wenzhao to defeat the bandits and seize Luoyang City. This great achievement will redeem his merits!

Cao Wenzhao had a good idea, and Zhang Quanchang also had a good idea, but God didn't have his way!

The officers and soldiers had already crossed seven or eight hundred people. Zhang Quanchang learned from the failure of Cao Wenzhao and ordered them to form an array on the south bank of the Yellow River.

He himself also stood on the bow of the ferry, but when the whole army had crossed the river, he prepared to camp overnight.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Quanchang suddenly saw a fire dragon from a distance, winding along the bank of the Yellow River from the southeast.

When the fire dragon gets a little closer, where is the fire dragon? It is actually composed of dots of torches.

The rebel army arrived at Baihe Ferry when the commander-in-chief Zhang Quanchang least expected it!