But no matter how great the danger is, Shi Ji will never hesitate and there is no possibility of turning back.

At this time, the sky was just dawn. Due to the cloudy weather, it was a little darker than usual today. After dawn, the weather was very gloomy, and scattered thin raindrops floated in the sky. Looking around, the world seemed as dark as Shi Ji's mood, both hazy and blurry.

As the sky became brighter, the nervous and anxious emotions of the Wu army soldiers eased a little. After a night of rapid marching, most of them were trapped and exhausted. At this moment, it was like a full bowstring. After a night of tightening, they became a little relaxed.

The ambush did not appear halfway, which was a good news for Wu Jun. They were worried all night long after the journey. Fortunately, the Wei Jun did not appear, which was also a kind of spiritual compensation for them.

There is a river not too wide in front, called Mashui. After passing Mashui, it is the city of Moving Feng, and there is only a dozen miles left between Moving Feng and Jiuzhen County. For the Wu army, this is the last section of the road to Jiuzhen County.

The more you are at this time, the more you cannot relax your vigilance. Walking a hundred miles is half a dozen miles. In other words, the last ten miles is the most critical. Only by crossing it can you achieve the final goal. If you can’t cross it, you will give up halfway.

Before crossing the horse water, Shi Ji hesitated for a moment. He first ordered Chen Jin to send a few people to explore the depth of the water. Chen Jin immediately sent a few soldiers with good water quality to jump into the horse water and swam over.

As a result, it was found that the horse water was not deep at all. In many places, at most, the waist-length depth, and the deepest part only covered the shoulders of the man who was seven feet tall. Therefore, for such water depth conditions, there was no need for a ferry or a boat bridge, and only Wu army needed to wading over.

This undoubtedly relieved Shi Ji. He walked in a hurry along the way and had no time to carry the boat bridge equipment. If the water was deeper, it would be quite difficult for Wu Jun to cross the river.

It is not that every Wu army soldier is familiar with water and can swim. Among them, there are still some soldiers who can't swim or have no ability in swimming skills and cannot swim such a wide river.

Although the Mashui is not deep, it is quite wide. From the north bank to the south bank, it is at least nearly half a mile wide, and the water flows very fast. When he first arrived by the river, Shi Ji couldn't help but feel a headache. If the Mashui is really a big river, then this operation to rescue Jiuzhen County will definitely end in failure.

Shi Ji was not from Jiaozhou. He had always been an official in Jingzhou, so he was naturally not familiar with the geographical situation of Jiaozhou. It is understandable that he did not know the depth of Mashui.

But Tao Kang was from Jiaozhou, and he knew nothing about Ma Shui's situation, which was really unreasonable.

However, Tao Kang did not blush. After all, although he was from Jiaozhou, he spent most of his time in Panyu City, the prefecture of Jiaozhou, and rarely had the opportunity to inspect the place. As for such a remote Jiuzhen County, to be honest, Tao Kang was the first time he came here, and he knew much more about the situation here than Shi Ji. It was not that he deliberately concealed Shi Ji.

Shi Ji just glanced at Tao Kang and didn't say anything, but asked more people to go into the water to explore the way, and touched the situation around Mashui and the surrounding areas.

The water of the horse is not deep, and the surrounding situation is relatively quiet. It seems that the shadow of the Wei army ambush cannot be seen. When will it take until the river is crossed?

Shi Ji finally gave up his concerns and ordered the Wu army to cross the river in full and pounce on the other side.

Wu Jun immediately jumped into the water like dumplings. He didn't need to swim over the water as deep as his waist. He just stepped on the mud and sand at the bottom of the river to cross the river.

However, the fast river flow of Mashui still caused quite a lot of trouble to the Wu army. The water of Mashui is indeed not too deep, but the situation at the bottom of the river is far more complicated than imagined. There are dark whirlpools in the gullies and a large amount of water plants. If the Wu army accidentally stepped into a pit or was entangled by the water plants when wading the river, it would be easy to be washed away by the river flow and be killed.

In view of this situation, many Wu soldiers began to join forces and support each other. Even if some individuals in the team unfortunately fell, others could also pull him out of danger.

The Wu army adopted this method of gangs, either in groups of three or five people, or in groups of more than ten people, holding hands and shoulder to shoulder. Not only did the speed of traveling greatly increased, but the safety factor was also much higher.

The Wu army, who had the first crossing the river, quickly arrived at the south bank, and cheered immediately on the north bank. Thinking about the fact that the Wu army, which is hard to win, is even worthy of cheering even when crossing such a shallow river.

More and more Wu soldiers crossed the river and were landing on the shore, while Wu soldiers on the north bank were in an endless stream, pouring into the horse water. The entire river was almost bustling with the figures of Wu soldiers, and the scene was extremely lively.

At this moment, the whistle cavalry suddenly came to report, and in the northeast and northwest directions, a large number of Wei troops were suddenly found, and they were rushing towards Mashui. The whistle cavalry were all scattered soldiers and had no combat power and could not resist the attack of the Wei army. They could only retreat quickly and report the news of the Wei army's surprise attack to Shi Ji.

Shi Ji was shocked. Along the way, what he was most worried about was the Wei army's sneak attack, for fear that the Wei army would suddenly appear from somewhere. This worry was like a knife hanging above his head. Shi Ji was always worried, for fear that if he was not careful, the knife would cut off and take his life.

Fortunately, he was safe and sound along the way. Seeing that he was about to reach his destination, Shi Ji could breathe a little relieved. Now he could finally consider how to solve the problem of the siege of Jiuzhen County.

But unexpectedly, the knife finally fell down, and it was the most critical moment to cross the river. When Shi Ji heard the news, he felt very cold.

At this time, one-third of the 10,000 troops of the Wu army crossed, and one-half of them stayed on the north bank, and almost one-sixth of them were crossing the river. Obviously, the Wei army used the method of attacking half-crossing. When the Wu army crossed the river, it was the time when its defense was weakest. Either they did not take action or once they took action, they would give Wu army a heavy punch and point directly to the vital point of the Wu army. This method was stable and ruthless, and could be called a fatal blow.
Chapter completed!