Hedong County, Zhao State, Pujin Ferry.

As the largest Yellow River ferry between Qin and Zhao, the Pujin ferry has been completely closed due to the beginning of the war.

After the Qin army arrived on the other side of Pujin Ferry three days ago, the level of alert here immediately reached the highest level.

Ju Xin, the general of the Zhao Kingdom Army who was responsible for seizing and defending the entire Hedong County direction, had already led his 50,000 troops here, and sent a large number of secret spies a hundred miles upstream and downstream to strictly prevent the Qin army from crossing the river.

In addition, Ju Xin immediately sent people to the two counties of Hetao in the north, and asked Li Mu on the other side to immediately lead the cavalry to Guanzhong to achieve the goal of restraining the Qin people from the rear.

Ju Xin stood on the dock at the ferry, facing the surging river water, staring at the Guanzhong land opposite the Yellow River, and the almost endless Qin army camp in his sight. He felt a little nervous and a little expectant in his heart.

Trouble is inevitable. According to previous information, this time, Qin State dispatched 200,000 troops, which can be said to be all the elite, and the leader is Bai Qi, the famous Wu'an Jun.

Although Bai Qi encountered a failure in the Battle of Changping, Ju Xin, who knows the inside story, is very clear that this failure is not so much a failure of Bai Qi, but rather a chain reaction caused by the failure of Qin in diplomacy.

Bai Qi is definitely a terrible enemy that makes any opponent feel nervous when facing him.

If you look forward to it, it will be easier to explain. This is Wu'an Jun on the opposite side!

Although Bai Qi is no longer the invincible Wu'anjun, as long as he can defeat Bai Qi's offensive, Ju Xin's contribution this time will definitely be stable and will be greatly improved.

To be honest, Ju Xin is actually a little dissatisfied with his situation now.

You should know that before, Dr. Xin served as Yaqing in Yan State and belonged to the core leadership of Yan State.

But later, because of the new king ascending the throne, Ju Xin was abandoned by King Wucheng of Yan and forced to step down and live in seclusion in Yan State for more than ten years. Then, under the persuasion of his old friend Pang Yan, he came to Zhao State and became a general of Zhao State.

From this perspective, Ju Xin felt that he was quite talented. The dignified Yan Guo Yaqing could only be a general?

But Ju Xin soon adjusted his mentality. After all, he had been in seclusion for more than ten years, so King Zhao could not give Ju Xin any more important position as soon as he came up. The general is good, so let's do it slowly.

However, what Ju Xin didn't expect was that his general had worked for five years.

Although Ju Xin has not been promoted in these five years, compared with the reality that Pang Xian has now become one of the core leadership of Zhao State, Ju Xin is relatively dissatisfied with his current position as the General of the Northern Army.

What people are afraid of is comparison. Other people’s children, other people’s husbands, other people’s fathers, and other people’s things are all very annoying.

Ju Xin hated other people's Pang Yin at this time.

Compared with Pang Yan, Ju Xin is really inferior to his official position, achievements and reputation today.

This person is really annoying.

So Ju Xin felt that he had to work hard.

If you are not satisfied with the status quo, of course, you can only rely on your own efforts to gain some bargaining chips for your promotion.

Of course, there are also some negative energy practices, that is, to make some conspiracy and tricks to get Pang Nuan down, and then Ju Xin takes over it himself.

But Ju Xin disdains to do this.

I am not inferior to Pang Nuan’s talent, so why should I do that despicable thing!

In Ju Xin's opinion, the current war to defend Hedong is an excellent opportunity to prove his talent.

The old general stood in the wind, his face full of determination.

It is definitely not possible to let Bai Qi and the Qin army step into Hedong County!

At this moment, Ju Xin's troops were far less than Bai Qi's.

Bai Qi had 200,000 elite soldiers in his hands, but Ju Xin had only 20,000 troops composed of the Standing Army of Hedong County, Zhao State and 30,000 Hedong County, and 50,000 troops.

So once Bai Qi crosses the Yellow River, Ju Xin will definitely not be able to compete with Bai Qi with the 50,000 soldiers in his hand.

But Ju Xin is not without good news, that is, it is summer, and the Qin people must use ships to cross the Yellow River to the east bank.

If it is winter, the Yellow River will freeze directly on the surface of the river. At that time, the Qin people could directly rely on their feet, or even ride horses and carts to attack Hedong County, which would be a real big trouble.

In order to deal with the Qin army's large ship, Ju Xin had already begun to gather craftsmen to mobilize supplies when he arrived in Hedong County and began to make large quantities of bed crossbows.

The crossbow may not be as effective as the catapult when used against thick city walls, but when facing wooden ship boards, the crossbow with far more accurate accuracy than the catapult became the strongest defensive weapon of the Zhao army.

Earlier yesterday, the Qin army tentatively launched a river crossing operation.

When Ju Xin discovered this river crossing operation, he immediately mobilized hundreds of bed crossbows to intensively attack the Qin army's ships.

After losing the fragments of more than a dozen large ships and the lives of thousands of Qin soldiers, the Qin army wisely gave up its plan to continue crossing the river. The remaining large ships turned around and turned back to the west bank. The Zhao defenders won the first battle.

After that, the Qin people seemed to have become much more honest, which also made Ju Xin feel a little relieved.

For Ju Xin now, what he does is actually very simple, that is, wait.

Since the Qin people have officially sent troops, it is naturally impossible for Handan to ignore this.

As long as ten days or more, reinforcements from Jinyang, Shangdang and Handan will arrive one after another.

At that time, Ju Xin could reach or even exceed 200,000 soldiers, and he was qualified to play in this battlefield with Bai Qi.

As he thought about it, a vigorous fighting spirit slowly emerged from Ju Xin's old face.

Wu'an Jun, Wu'an Jun, everyone in the world says that you are the war god of Qin, so let me see how you, the war god of Qin, plan to break through my Yellow River defense line!

At this moment, a sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded. Ju Xin subconsciously turned his head and found a scout from Zhao State running towards him at a very fast speed.

"General, it's not good, it's not good!"

Ju Xin frowned slightly. As a main general, he actually didn't like to see his subordinates panicked.

"What happened? Could it be that the Qin people have started preparing to cross the river again?"

The scout with a dusty look nodded in panic and said, "Yes! No, it's actually..."

Speaking of this, Ju Xin was already a little overwhelmed and interrupted the scout: "What the hell is it? Come on!"

The scout took a few breaths and then gave the final answer.

"General, the Qin people have crossed the Yellow River!"
Chapter completed!