But doesn’t Wuzhangyuan on the south bank have its own army now?

Food and fodder for tens of thousands of horses is not a small amount.

Who would expose the grain transport team to the enemy's eyes?

So naturally it is safer to go north of Beiyuan.

Wei Yan became a little impatient again.

"Prime Minister, what I want to say is that the Wei thieves not only have more soldiers than me, but also have more food than me, and it is easy to transport them. If we continue to stalemate with them, we will be the ones who cannot afford it in the end!"

The prime minister did not answer Wei Yan's words, but looked to the other side and said to himself:

"When things are abnormal, there must be a reason. I think it is very likely that the grain and fodder team did not set off from Chang'an, but was sent by Sima Yi from the other side."

The Prime Minister's attitude made Wei Yanru's punch empty, and he had no focus at all. He also looked to the other side and said dullly:

"so what?"

"That means things have changed, and Sima Yi took action now." Zhuge Liang narrowed his eyes and said slowly, "I'm afraid that's not the real grain and forage team, but the reinforcements sent by Sima Yi to Qian County."

Wei Yan finally showed a surprised look: "Reinforcements? Over at Longyou, does the Prime Minister have other plans?"

It shouldn't be. The entire Han Dynasty only has so many troops. Where can Longyou get the extra troops?

Zhuge Liang shook his head: "If there was an emergency in Qian County, how could Sima Yi cover it up like this? It's impossible to say that he wanted to take the initiative from Qian County..."

Having said this, Zhuge Liang turned his eyes and looked to the northeast, "It seems that Sima Yi already knows where Feng Mingwen is."

Calculating the time, it's almost time.

"Prime Minister, what should we do?"

Wei Yan said anxiously:

"It seems Longyou can't hide it anymore. Do you want me to lead the troops to the west to attack Chencang? Let the Wei thieves in Qian County not dare to move lightly."

"Divide your troops to attack the city. You have to bring 20,000 to 30,000 troops to attack the city. Why do I have so many troops to divide you?" Zhuge Liang shook his head again, "It's better to just cross the water and test it."

"Crossing the water?"

"Yes, cross the martial arts water." After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, he ordered, "Where is Meng Yan?"

Meng Yan, who was guarding the Prime Minister, stood up quickly:

"The end is here!"

"I will divide you into five thousand tiger infantry troops. Prepare your equipment today and cross the water as soon as you get the military order tomorrow!"

"promise!"

The Tiger Infantry Army is an elite force carefully trained by the Prime Minister over the years. Except for Jiang Wei, who is qualified to lead five thousand people alone, the rest are all led by the Prime Minister himself.

Now let Meng Yan lead the tiger infantry to cross the water first. It can be seen that the prime minister is serious this time.

Wei Yan couldn't care anymore and directly interjected:

"Prime Minister, why don't you let me be the vanguard?"

Zhuge Liang said calmly:

"If you want to successfully cross the water, you must have elite tiger infantry soldiers. Meng Yan is the tiger infantry supervisor, leading the tiger infantry troops to cross the water. This is reasonable."

"You are not a member of the Tiger Infantry Army, how do you know the key to the Tiger Infantry Army's formation?"

Wei Yan was speechless.

Zhuge Liang glanced at Wei Yan and saw an angry look on his face, so he said one more sentence:

"If Meng Yan can successfully cross the water, you will be the second group to lead the crossing."

After Wei Yan got the promise, things calmed down a bit.

Zhuge Liang sighed in his heart:

I did not let Wei Yan cross the water first because I knew that his temper was too impetuous and he was eager to achieve success. After crossing the water, he might not be willing to dig a camp and stand firm in the face of the Wei thieves.

Meng Yan, on the other hand, although not as brave as Wei Yan, is better than him because he can act exactly as I tell him.

At dawn the next day, the noisy West Bank quickly attracted the attention of the Wei army spies.

"Da Sima, there is movement among the Shu captives!"

After Sima Yi received the report, he quickly took his people out to take a look, and saw that the Shu captives on the other side were carrying a bamboo raft and putting it into the water.

"No, the Shu captives are trying to cross the martial arts river!" Sima Yi was startled and quickly ordered, "Send the order to assemble the army immediately!"

Since arriving at Wuzhangyuan, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty has been asking the army to cut bamboo and wood, just for crossing the water.

But the raft, which was three to four feet long and nearly two feet wide, was constantly pushed into the water, and then tied head to tail with thick hemp ropes.

At the same time, there was a "bang bang bang" sound. In order to increase the stability, a sergeant nailed a special iron rod between the two rafts.

Because the Wei Dynasty was in the east and the Han Dynasty was in the west, for the Han army, when the sun just rose, the sun was dazzling, and the battle was unfavorable.

Only when the sun rose higher was the larger raft pushed into the water. On each raft stood two hundred Tiger Infantry soldiers armed with bows and spears.

Large pillars were erected in front to protect the Han army from the arrows of the Wei thieves as they began to cross the water.

Sure enough, as soon as the raft crossed the center of the river, the Wei thief's crossbow arrow came with a sound of piercing the air.

The Tiger Infantry soldiers on the raft all huddled behind the rafts, trying not to expose their bodies.

In this case, there is no other option but to be beaten passively.

As they got closer, the Wei army's archers began to shoot.

"Prepare!"

"Wow!"

The soldiers on the raft began to draw their bows and arrows.

"shoot!"

"Puff!"

Entering the range of the archers, you can finally fight back.

If we say that among the Three Kingdoms, Wei is best known for its fine cavalry, while the Han Dynasty is best known for its bows and crossbows. As for Wu, it is naturally its boats.

Of course, with Liangzhou and the use of humanoid weapons, the Han Dynasty has made up for the shortcomings of the cavalry.

But the Wei army was not so lucky, and had no way to catch up with the big man with bows and crossbows.

The archers of the Wei army started shooting arrows, which meant that the Wei army had also entered the bow and arrow attack range of the tiger infantry on the bamboo raft.

Although the arrows fired by the Han troops on the raft were somewhat sparse, they were not unable to fight back as before.

Facing the arrow feathers falling from the sky, the large frame in front was of no use.

Soon, screams sounded one after another.

No matter how big the bamboo raft is, it can't be compared with the ship. In order to reduce the weight, except for the team leader who wears iron armor, the rest of the soldiers basically wear leather armor.

Among the tiger soldiers on the bamboo raft, some were constantly hit by arrows, in their necks, shoulders, backs, and even heads.

The blood of the soldiers who fell on the raft seeped through the gaps in the raft and dyed the water red.

And most of them were soldiers who couldn't stand and fell directly into the water.

The injured soldier couldn't even struggle a few times. After a few blisters popped up, he never came up again.

Only wisps of red spread slowly...

This is just the beginning.

The first raft finally rushed to the shore. The Wei troops, who had been prepared for a long time, shouted in unison and pressed their spears against the big rafters erected in front.

"Wow!"

The Han army was caught unawares, and the big raft overturned backwards, crushing the soldiers on the raft.

Only about twenty soldiers were left standing on the raft, and the team leader roared:

"kill!"

He took the lead and rushed forward.

At the same time, not far from the bamboo raft crossing the water, the upstream end of the connected raft bridge was pushed into the water, and with the help of the current, it began to slowly and automatically move towards the other side.

The downstream end is firmly fixed on the pile.

"Kakaka..."

The raft bridge made a heartbreaking sound, and finally got stuck on the east bank with a "clatter".

Meng Yan, who had been impatient for a long time, jumped up, led the soldiers of the Tiger Infantry Army, stepped on the raft bridge, and went straight to the other side.

A Wei army wanted to rush over and block them, but then they heard another burst of "pengpengpengpeng" crossbow arrows, and the strong crossbowmen on the west bank fired a torrential rain of arrows.

No one dares to approach within fifty steps of the shore.

By the time the Tiger Infantry troops who had passed the raft bridge reached the other side, almost all of the first batch of soldiers who arrived on the raft boat to the shore had been killed.
To be continued...