A person's small emotions in war seem not worth mentioning, especially when the person's status in the army seems so insignificant.
In fact, no matter what emotions and thoughts there were, they soon became unnoticed, because just one day later, the silence of the Huaihe battlefield, or the previous gaudy and intense people's hearts seemed to come and go.
The confrontation ended completely, and was replaced by a true military operation - the Jin Army began to build a pontoon bridge and tried to cross the Huaihe River!
And there is no doubt that almost everyone knows that for more than ten years, the Jin people have relied on this trick to rise to this point... They are barbaric and rude, they are not as smart as their opponents, they are not as numerous as their opponents, and they do not understand what Sun Tzu is.
In the art of war, I will only use the methods used to deal with wild beasts in hunting, and even attack head-on when necessary!
However, they are the winners every time!
All honor and morality, human calculations, strategic equipment, and even civilization and the system itself were all wiped out by the Jin in the final showdown with real swords and guns!
In fact, Zhao Jiu's previous performances on both sides of the Huaihe River are really not worth mentioning compared with his predecessors. The key lies in the military operations themselves.
This time, if the Jin people are really blocked at the Huaihe River, no matter how badly the Song army is beaten, then there is no hope that this wave of actions of the Zhao Guan family will become the prelude to a great era; but if Jin Wushu makes a lot of fools,
But in the end, he successfully crossed the river, and then he beheaded Zhao Jiu and left... Then Zhao Guanjia's previous performance could only become a joke.
"This must be because the official issued a decree a few days ago, and the envoys to Huaibei were robbed on both sides." Going down Cai City, looking at the starting point of the pontoon bridge being built less than two miles east of the city, all the people wearing clothes
Tian Shizhong almost blurted out. "Jin Wushu is indeed quite capable in using troops. He tolerated Master Taishan's provocation from the front, but when he sensed that there might be rebels coming to help, he immediately crossed the river. It can be said that it was a decisive blow!"
However, when Zhang Jun and Taiwei Zhang, who were also in full armor, heard this, they just looked in the direction of the pontoon without saying a word and did not answer his son-in-law's words.
"Taiwei." Liu Bao, another general of Zhang Jun's department, couldn't help but gritted his teeth. "The morale in the city is still sufficient, and there are no obstacles along the Huaihe River Embankment. How about taking the initiative to attack, but it can destroy the front foundation of the pontoon bridge.
This is a great contribution from Po Tian!”
"No!" Zhang Jun had no expression on his face and shook his head repeatedly. "The Jin army deliberately came so close and deliberately opened this road... It seems to be only two miles away, but the entire city has lost all 20,000 to 30,000 people.
It may not be impossible.”
"What about the night attack?" Tian Shizhong lowered his head and thought for a moment, then asked again. "When dusk comes, we will feign an attack here, and then drag out more than a hundred people who dare to die from the water gate and sneak along the river embankment..."
"The strategy may be feasible." Zhang Jun shook his head and said, "But I'm afraid it won't be in time..."
"What do you mean?" Zhao Ding, who had been silent until now, nodded repeatedly, but was horrified when he heard this. "Could this floating bridge be built in one day?"
"It won't be done in one day." Zhang Jun turned his head and responded seriously. "But I'm afraid it can be done in half a day, and by the end of the day, thousands of elite soldiers will be able to get through!"
Zhao Ding was stunned and lost his voice.
"Zhao Damu doesn't know something. The Huaihe River can be said to be wide or narrow. The Jin people cut down the trees temporarily. Without polishing and drying the wood, it is impossible to make a ferry. However, after drying, it can be made into shapes such as wooden boxes and cabins.
We have made stable things, put them on wooden rafts, and connect them with ropes, so if there is no obstruction, the pontoon bridge can be accomplished as promised!" Upon seeing this, Tian Shizhong quickly explained from the side. "And the Jin army's courage to fight is by no means ordinary.
When I was fighting in Hebei that day, I saw with my own eyes the tens of thousands of Jin troops. Under the leadership of the second prince of the Jin Kingdom, they publicly stripped their armor in winter and rode horses across the river. They did not spare the livestock, sergeants, or even the lives of the nobles of the Jin Kingdom.
life……"
At this point, Tian Shizhong couldn't help but pause for a moment, but then he added one more sentence to Zhao Ding's astonished look: "At that time, Master Liang, one of the six thieves, became the commander. He originally thought he could isolate him.
The Jin people were rejected by the river, but when they saw that Yi Libu, one of the most important dignitaries of the Jin country, actually crossed the river first, he was so horrified that he fled without a fight. The army of hundreds of thousands was defeated at the first touch! And today, the Jin people outside the city were
Wushu, the fourth prince of the country, was also serving as a general under Woli Bubu at that time. The general did not think that it had only been a year, and he had lost the courage to cross the river on his own. I was afraid that if the floating bridge was reduced, he would risk his life.
Order the whole army to cross the river."
Zhao Ding's face turned pale when he heard this, but he was speechless.
Think about it, what can Zhao Damu of Zhaoyuan Town say at this time? Of course he knows that the foundation of this battle lies with the officials of Bagong Mountain in Henan Province, and he also knows that the success or failure of this battle depends on whether the Jin army can successfully cross the Huaihe River, and even more
It is clear that even if Caicheng is to protect itself, we should try our best to prevent the Jin army from crossing the Huaihe River... But the problem is, don't people like Zhang Jun, Tian Shizhong, and Liu Bao know?
They also know it, and it's not that they haven't made efforts in the past few days, and it's not that they don't have ideas now, it's just that the Jin people ignored them before and now they don't give them a chance... In other words, Zhao Ding himself knows very well that under Cai Cai
When the city and the Huainan camp were separated, since the Jin army chose to cross the Huaihe River instead of attacking the city at this time, the pressure should have been borne by the Huainan camp, and Xiacaicheng could not manage much.
Zhang Jun looked at it for a while, then looked back and his expression remained unchanged, but he asked about another matter: "How is the repair of the inner crossing going?"
"It's still very slow!" Tian Shizhong quickly replied. "The key is that there are too many debris deposited in the water, it is extremely difficult to salvage, and there is a shortage of staff..."
"Send more manpower, day and night...the artillery and carriages can be slowed down a little; in addition, the whole army must be on guard, and no one is allowed to go into battle without my personal order!" After Zhang Jun tried his best to give instructions, he immediately turned and went down to the city.
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Zhao Ding sighed. Although he did not go down to the city with Zhang Jun, he could only stand on the city and watch in vain, and then occasionally look at the distant dragon on the other side of the river.
And as Zhao Ding turned his attention to the south bank of the Huaihe River, on the northern cliff of Bagong Mountain, under the Jinwu Huan, which may have the broadest view of the entire battlefield, he saw the Jin army begin to move in an orderly and smooth manner under his nose.
The pontoon bridge was built, but the atmosphere here may also be the worst part of the entire battlefield... The reason is very simple, this place may have gathered all the military idiots on the entire battlefield!
"Officials!" Zhang Jun, the censor Zhongcheng, watched for a long time and saw a large banner erected on the other side. Then countless armored cavalry led several people onto the embankment. He couldn't help asking, "Do you want to send someone down?
Can you urge Wang Yaksha to send troops quickly to stop the floating bridge?"
"No!" Zhao Guanjia, who was sitting still, gritted his teeth and responded.
"Officials!" After a while, Wang Boyan couldn't help but speak when he saw the base of the Jinjun pontoon rising on one side and then starting to expand. "If you don't want to go to Wang De, why don't you take the opportunity to send a decree to me?"
Cai?"
Zhao Jiu was finally furious: "We have all ships, big or small, in our hands. The Jin army is abandoning its war horses. Iron armor can help them overcome natural dangers. Zhang Jun and Wang De are both veteran generals in the army. The previous discussion was not very appropriate."
What are you so worried about?!"
There was an instant silence under the dragon's head, and it lasted for a while.
However, as the sun gradually rose and the Huaihe River Floating Bridge was almost half in size, some people still couldn't bear it anymore.
"Guan family." Lu Haowen spoke carefully with a slight sweat on his forehead. "The Jin army built the bridge so quickly, and the bridge shape was stable, with no sign of being distorted by the current... Not to mention this praise... the key point
It's because our army hasn't moved yet. Are the generals in the army at the foot of the mountain dissatisfied with Wang De, so there's some discord? Do you want to send an envoy with a gold medal to ask?"
Seeing that it was Lu Haowen, Zhao Jiu saved some face for the most important minister, but turned to look at the already trembling Lan Gui, the chief escort of the Ministry of Internal Affairs: "Go to Xianggong Lu and Xianggong Wang, respectively."
Add a chair and let someone make some cups of tea. I want to drink tea with my two husbands!"
Lan Gui left in embarrassment after being ordered... Let's say that Bagongshan lived on the main road of Huainan and had been connected to the southeast for worship early. Naturally, there was no shortage of anything. In a moment, there were several cases, high stools were placed, and tea was served...
...To be fair, if the waiter who came to serve tea hadn't been so shocked when he saw the Jinjun pontoon on the other side and dropped the teapot, this place would have been a reenactment of the Battle of Feishui!
After a while, at almost noon, when the Jinjun pontoon bridge was three-quarters of the way in, I saw the water bank in the west passage of the Bagong Mountain camp wide open, and more than a hundred small and large boats poured out and turned to the pontoon bridge.
Queuing upstream, most people breathed a sigh of relief.
"Official!"
At this moment, someone couldn't help but speak. When everyone turned around, they saw that it was Hu Yin and Hu Mingzhong, the fierce and angry young man who was ranked number one in Tianzi. They couldn't help but become confused.
"Guan Jia," Hu Mingzhong said with a flushed face and said proudly. "Since our army is about to fight, why not move the imperial troops to the east ferry at the foot of the mountain, and then the officials will beat the drums in person to boost their morale?"
"I'll help you..."
After hearing this, Zhao Jiu was stunned for a long time. Only then did he realize what the other party meant, but he almost cursed.
"The Hushe people are confused!" Yang Yizhong, who shouldn't have interrupted, couldn't stand it any longer, so he risked the disapproval of the world and interrupted. "It's not impossible to go to Dongdao Ferry to beat drums to cheer, but if so, we should have done it early.
Having decided this matter, move on now. The officers and soldiers in the river may see the movement from a distance and think that the officials have escaped!"
Hu Yin was startled for a moment, but he honestly shut up.
But at this moment, the breeze stirred the dragon's head, but it turned out to be a southeasterly wind. Zhao Jiu's heart moved slightly, and he actually gained a little more confidence, and then he wanted to take this opportunity to say a few words and perform.
But before he could speak, Hu Yin frowned again and said, "That being the case, why did not one of the generals ask an official to come to Huaihe to supervise the battle a few days ago when many military discussions discussed dealing with the floating bridge?"
Zhao Jiugang was about to laugh and answer, but unexpectedly, Academician Xiao Lin suddenly said nervously: "Official, official, Wang De has just been promoted to commander. I'm afraid that the other generals in the army will not accept it. Do you want to send someone to check it out to prevent them from having any problems with each other?"
Hehe, missed the military plane?"
Zhao Jiu was slightly startled at first, and then became furious, but he ignored that the pontoon bridge in the river had been erected in the shallow water area on the south bank. The war drums on the other side of the river were sounded, and the Jin army was mobilized. He directly pointed at Lin Jingmo and said angrily to Hu Yin:
"Do the Hushe people now know why the generals don't want me to go to the ferry to supervise the battle? Because today, I am sitting still under the dragon banner in the northern mountains. It is two heaven-breaking achievements... One is the fierce morale in the river,
One is to tie you up for them!"
Before he said this, the drums on both sides of the strait suddenly started to play loudly. Even Xiacai City on the other side of the bank actually beat the drums to cheer. However, the Jin army saw that the pontoon bridge was about to be completed, but the Song army's boats were about to move, so they simply urged the soldiers
The archers took to the pontoon bridge to force the crossing, and the Song Army's navy commander no longer hesitated. Under the leadership of two veteran generals, Qiao Zhongfu and Zhang Jing, they rowed eastward from the upstream and headed straight for the pontoon bridge!
Zhao Jiu didn't have time to talk to the white-faced civil servants behind him, so he quickly looked back, only to see that in just a moment, the forward of the Song Army's boat division had already rushed to the front, and there were seven or eight small boats... However, thinking about it again
If you look closely, you can't see clearly because they are too far apart.
We can only vaguely combine it with what we heard in the previous military meeting, and guess that these ships should have brought something to set fire to... However, although it was not clear, it was obvious that the ships failed immediately after a while - the fire was not set.
When they got up, the people on the boat couldn't see clearly, but they must have been killed or injured, because these seven or eight small boats quickly lost control and were connected to the pontoon along the current, becoming the trophies of the Jin army.
In fact, it was indeed the case. Out of Zhao Jiu's sight, almost none of these ships reached the pontoon, and they were defeated by the Jin army's hard bows and powerful crossbows!
Let’s say that on the pontoon, there were more Jin troops and Han troops. The former used bows. Archery was their main field tactic. Their shooting range was not far, but the advantage was that the arrows were extremely long, and the arrows were actually five or six times long.
Inch, the so-called powerful force breaks the armor; and the latter mostly uses the powerful crossbows captured from the Song army, not to mention this!
The small group of troops failed to set fire. Although the Song army was frustrated, it did not waver. Driven by the two generals personally, the second wave of main offensive almost followed, but it was preceded by a few larger ships and dozens of ships.
With backup, the boat went down the river from the center and struggled to hit the pontoon!
This time, it seemed impossible for the Jin Army to block the offensive through mass shooting, but they were hit head-on by several large ships. I don't know how many sections of the pontoon bridge were overturned. Countless Jin Army soldiers and crossbowmen fell directly into the water! And the pontoon bridge
Somewhere in the second half, where the current was probably the strongest, it was directly hit in two by a large ship!
After this round of impact, the pontoon bridge that was originally connected to the shallow water area on the south bank of the Huaihe River was reduced by one-third!
Zhao Jiu and others saw clearly from a distance on the Linhuai cliffs on the northern mountain of Bagong Mountain. Almost everyone was relieved. Only then did they feel that they were sweating profusely. The sergeants of the two villages on the left and right at the foot of the mountain were also on top of Caicheng on the other side.
There was endless cheering.
"The fighter plane has arrived!"
However, when Jin Wushu, who was standing on the embankment on the north bank of the Huaihe River, saw this, he was not angry but happy. He actually laughed and raised his riding whip and waved it with all his strength. "Where is Pulhun? Don't worry about anything else, just take this opportunity."
, quickly lead your troops along the pontoon bridge to fight hand-to-hand to seize the ships... If we can get these ships wrapped by the pontoon bridge, what kind of pontoon bridge will we need?!"
"The fourth prince has already made plans?" As Puluhun's men rushed out from the river embankment with hooks, Ali, the captain of ten thousand men who was standing beside Jin Wushu on horseback, couldn't help but squinted his eyes slightly. "No wonder he has repeatedly ordered the pontoon bridge.
Try to stay strong and not try to get up quickly?"
"My plans today are more than that!" Jin Wushu glanced scornfully, but he was so heroic that he said sternly. "General Ali looked at me today and achieved immortality!"