At the fifth day of the winter night, it was still dark and dark. There was no ray of starlight. There was a slight rain in the sky. Although I couldn't feel most of the rain, I would still be wet by the rain after standing in the open air for a long time.

At this moment, the originally quiet and quiet Wei army's Xijiangkou Water Village suddenly became noisy, with bright lights, people neighing, horses and horses, and it was very lively.

The soldiers of the Cavalry and Infantry Battalion had already arrived at the water camp first at the original schedule and were preparing to board the ship.

Wang Jun almost didn't sleep all night, dispatching ships and making overall arrangements. It was not easy for these thousands of warships to be organized in an orderly manner and not in a mess.

What's more, the Wei army had never had any experience in the history of such a large-scale crossing of the river, and its experience in this area was almost zero. Wang Jun was completely touching the stones across the river, so he carefully prepared and did not dare to be careless in every detail, striving to be orderly and orderly.

The large warships are here to carry people and horses from the Cavalry Battalion, while the small warships are here to carry infantry battalion. They will transport half of the Cavalry Battalion and an infantry battalion at one time, and will transport a total of 22,500 people and 7,500 war horses. This is indeed a relatively large pressure for the navy. After all, in order to keep it secret, they have not even conducted exercises. At this moment, so many people suddenly surged up from the warships. Just looking at it makes people feel numb.

Fortunately, after entering the cabin, you can stay in the designated area and stay still, but war horses may not be obedient. These war horses are used to galloping on land, and it is almost difficult to adapt to the deck of the war board, especially the wind and waves on the river, which makes these war horses look terrified and uneasy. If a large number of war horses rush around, capsizing accidents may occur.

Wang Jun came up with a solution, which was to use wooden poles on the deck in advance to form one grid after another. Each grid could just accommodate a piece of war horse. The front and back wooden poles of each grid were movable and could be opened at any time. This formed a temporary stable. The war horses were tied to the stop rod, and no matter how they struggled and neighed, they could not break free.

This ensures that even if the war horse is frightened, it will not run around everywhere and will not have any impact on the warship's movement.

Moreover, since the front and back railings are alive, it is very convenient to get up and down the war horses. When the war horses are on board and off the ship, they can be opened all the crossbars, and the war horses can be in and out in one after another.

There were more than 20,000 soldiers alone and 7,500 war horses. Even though the navy had already made preparations in advance, so many people needed to board the ship, and they were busy until dawn before they all completed boarding.

With Wang Jun's order, several gates of the water village were opened, and all the warships drove out of the water village one by one, lined up and headed towards the south bank of the Yangtze River.

The Wei Jun Water Village made such a big noise, unless the Wu army opposite was deaf and blind, it was impossible not to know. What's more, in order to spy on the Wei army's movements, Ding Feng would take turns to send patrolling Mengchong Clippers to the vicinity of the Wei army's water village to spy on military information every day, whether it was day or night.

This Mengchong Clipper is the smallest warship. It has a long and narrow hull, extremely fast and extremely flexible. It is best at engaging in surface reconnaissance and assault missions. Although these Clippers cannot break through the Wei army's defense line, they can approach the Wei army's water camp relatively close to the Wei army's water camp and spy on first-hand intelligence.

If the Wei army sent warships to expel them, if there were many, the Wu army's Mengchong Clippers could escape quickly when they were weak. If the Wei army sent a relatively small number of warships, the Wu army's Clippers could fight back. In ordinary situations, they could not lose the disadvantage of one or three.

Today, the Wei army's infantry and cavalry boarded the warships so big, so naturally they could not hide the Wu army's patrols and the Wei army did not seem to have any concealment. The entire ferry was brightly lit, and tens of thousands of people were constantly boarding the ship, which made the Wu army's patrol soldiers stunned. Unless the Wei army was going to carry out a large-scale landing operation, it would be impossible to put so many people onto the warships.

The patrol clutch returned to the camp on the south bank like a flight, and hurriedly reported the urgent military information to Ding Feng.

Ding Feng has been staying on the shore defense position for some time. On the one hand, he commanded the navy to closely monitor the movements of the Wei army, and on the other hand, he supervised the fortifications of the river defense. Although the court gave relatively little money and food, Ding Feng still used every copper coin on the blade. The success or failure of the Jianye Defense War was here, and he did not want to leave any regrets for himself.

Every night, Ding Feng slept late and got up early. His real sleep time was less than two hours. Ding Feng had already gotten up at the fifth day. According to his usual habits, he would go to the riverside for a walk.

The ordinary river surface is just a piece of darkness, but today it is a bit unusual. The north shore is brightly lit. Although there are fog separated, you can still vaguely see the crowds of people and noises on the Wei Jun Water Village.

Ding Feng felt nervous and immediately ordered his younger brother General Jianwei Ding Feng to lead the fleet to check it out.

Ding Feng had just gotten on the ship and before he set off, the patrolling clutch had already rushed back and reported the enemy situation to Ding Feng.

All the generals of the Wu army were shocked when they heard this. The Wei army was preparing to cross the river. They immediately suggested that Ding Feng order the navy to fight and that the Wei army must not be allowed to cross the Yangtze River.

Ding Feng's face was extremely cold at this moment, and he waved his hand to signal the generals not to panic. Although the Wei army had the intention to cross the river, the nearly 1,000 warships moored on the Jianye River were not decorations. If the Wei army fleet could not cross this line of defense, they would not have the chance to land.

If the Wei army was a feint attack, it would not be surprising, but if the Wei army was a real attack, Ding Feng would have to consider whether there was any other conspiracy behind this.

Ding Feng has experienced the power of the Wei army, but it is indeed not very good. At least the water combat power is at a different level compared to the Wu army. Even if they load more people on board the ship at this moment, it is impossible to improve the combat power of the navy. On the contrary, due to the increased load capacity, the speed of the warships slowed down. If a water battle occurred between the two sides, the Wu army could easily crush it, and the Wei army was afraid that it would not even have the power to fight back.

But the Wei army was killing in such a mighty manner at this moment. This was not like Cao Liang's combat style. Since Cao Liang dared to send so many troops to come, he must be fearless. Ding Feng needs to be careful.
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