After Li Yan arrived in Lianshui, he did not rush to cross the river, but was fully prepared.

The south bank of the Huaihe River is the Song Army, while the Song Dynasty and the Jin Guo were seeing a century of years, and a relatively complete defense system was built in Huainan.

With the news provided by the Southern Song Dynasty, the Mongolian army tears a blew on the Huaihe River. It is not difficult to cross the Huaihe River. The difficulty is how to open the situation in Huainan.

Because once Zhao Fan discovered that the Mongolian army crossed the river, he would definitely adjust his troops to counterattack. As soon as Song Jun moved, the information they had obtained was not much useful.

At this time, the Mongolian Army was still on the other side of Chuzhou, with a bluffing momentum. At the same time, it used the night to cover it, and continuously transferred the strength to Lianshui.

Three days later, Lianshui's Mongolian Army had as many as 30,000, which was enough to stand on the south bank. Li Yan began to plan the crossing river.

It is three times in the night, the other side of Lianshui, the pier is located on the shore.

There are a few yellow lanterns hanging on the pier, which attracts mosquitoes around.

At this time, not far from Dudai, a few boats leaned on the shore with the cover of the night, and a group of masked soldiers wearing black jumped down from the boat, and then dragged the boat ashore.

There were about a hundred people in this group of soldiers. After they went ashore, they cat their bodies, raised the ladder, and slowly approached the pier.

On the pier, an officer stepped up and patted the soldiers who took the position. "Is there a situation?"

"Brother Du, no abnormalities!" The old man laughed.

The officers were slightly pushed, "The Mongolians are attacking Chuzhou, setting up a public order, let us strengthen the alert. You have been working hard recently, and you are not allowed to be lazy."

"Brother Du, rest assured! We know the severity!" The old man nodded quickly.

When the officers saw this, they were ready, but another soldier who was worthy of duty suddenly said: "Brother Du, there seems to be someone below!"

As soon as this was shocked, the officer and the old man looked in the direction of the soldiers, but found no abnormalities.

The two of them leaned out and observed for a while, the officer frowned, "You are dazzling! Don't be too nervous! Let's go downstream, far from Chuzhou!"

The little soldier was puzzled and suspected that he had read it wrong, but when he turned around when the officer turned, he exclaimed: "Someone!"

The officer frowned and stepped forward again to check. As soon as he leaned out, he shot a arrow below, and directly hit the officer's face door.

"Du Tou Brother!" The two soldiers exclaimed.

The officer fell to the ground and was helped by the two. He covered his eyes with one hand and pushed the soldiers around him with one hand.

When I touched the Mongolian army under the pier, after sending an arrow, I carried the ladder immediately and initiated the charge to the pier.

On the pier, the defendant lit the flames and sounded the alarm. Nearly a hundred Song army hurried to the city, shooting the arrow down, and resisting the Mengjun's offense.

At this time, when the Mongolian army attacked Dun Terrace, Li Yan waved his hand, took a thousand striker to take a boat, rushed directly to the south bank, and a large number of Mongolian army carried wood and ropes, carried boats and rafts, and began to set up a floating bridge.

Song Jun on the pier is still resisting, but the number of them is too small to resist the Mongolian army crossing the river.

Soon, the Pioneer of the Mongolian Army first crossed the river. They took the war horse from the boat, went to the water on the shore, and then quickly assembled.

The Mongolian cavalry did not participate in the attack on the pier. They adjusted their formation slightly and then galloped toward the southwest.

At this time, along the Huaihe River, beacon fires were lit on the piers of the Song Army, conveying the news that the Mongols had crossed the river.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a relatively complete defense system along the Huaihe River. For every 100 miles of the river, an army of about 25,000 people was stationed.

The Song Army has ten armies in one wing, and the fifth army is a mobile team. The five armies are stationed in sections. One army is stationed twenty miles away from the pier.

At this time, the Song Army camp received a beacon warning, and the military commander led four battalions, about 2,000 soldiers, and hurried out of the camp towards the warning pier.

But as soon as they reached the halfway point, there was a sudden roar of horse hooves in front of them. The Song general was shocked and said, "No, the enemy cavalry!"

The Southern Song Dynasty was extremely short of horses. An army of 2,500 men was almost all infantry. As soon as the officers heard the heavy sound of horse hooves, they knew something was wrong.

He reined in his horse and roared angrily, "Hurry up and form a formation!"

The soldiers of the Song Dynasty hurriedly formed a formation, but at this time, the Mongolian cavalry had galloped over. First they fired a wave of fire, and then the heavy cavalry charged directly, and in a short time they overwhelmed the Song Dynasty reinforcements.

In Chuzhou City, inside the Zhiji Si Yamen, Zhao Fan had just fallen asleep when he was awakened by a knock on the door.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Fan frowned and sat up from the bed.

"My lord, something bad has happened. The Mongols have crossed the river from the lower reaches." The person outside the door reported anxiously.

Zhao Fan was shocked. He hurriedly got out of bed and opened the door suddenly, "What did you say?"

"My lord, the lower reaches of the Huaihe River are beaconing, and Mongolia is crossing the river near Lianshui!" the official looked panicked.

After Zhao Fan heard this, he immediately walked out. The official hurriedly entered the house, took his clothes and official hat, and turned to catch up.

Not long after, Zhao Fan came to the top of the city and saw beacon fires, conveying the news that the Mongols were crossing the river.

"Mr. Sir, there are only two carriages of troops and horses deployed downstream. What should we do now?" A group of officers gathered around.

Zhao Fan tried to calm himself down. He was confused. In the defense system of the Southern Song Dynasty, Lianshui was located at the junction of two defense zones and was a weak point in the defense line. How could the Mongols choose the place to cross the river so accurately.

"Don't panic!" Zhao Fan tried his best to stay calm, "As long as Chuzhou is still in our hands, the Mongols can't really threaten our Song Dynasty. It doesn't matter if the enemy crosses the river, I just shut the door and beat the dogs!"

Why are there battlegrounds for military strategists? It is because during an attack, some cities cannot be bypassed.

For example, in Xiangyang or Chuzhou, the Song army guards this transportation hub. Even if the Mongols in the north can make a detour, your food supplies and follow-up troops cannot get in. The detoured army will not be able to stand, and reinforcements will be rushed from all directions.

Food.

When the generals saw that their leader was not panicking, they became calmer.

At this time, Zhao Fan immediately made a decision, "The Huaihe River is wide, and there are thousands of Mongolian troops. It will take time to cross the river, and they can't all come over so quickly. After passing the order, the navy immediately went down the river, cut off the Huaihe River, and gave me the opportunity to general the Mongolian army."

Divide them into two groups, then deploy troops to encircle and annihilate them!"

"Yes!" The Shuiying general immediately accepted the order and left in a hurry.

Zhao Fan then said: "Order the armies in Huaixi to rush to our aid immediately!"

"Yes!" Another official took the order.
Chapter completed!