On the banks of Yalu Water, several iron cables span the river surface. There are forts at both sides of the east and west ends. There are also a large number of young and strong people who go into the water on both sides of the east and west. They are drilling wooden stakes in the cold and bone-like water. The obstacles composed of wooden stakes and iron cables are like a fence that locks the Yalu Water Channel.

Although it was already like spring at this time, the weather was still cold, and the ice and snow began to melt made the river water even colder than in winter. The young and strong people who went into the water were shaking wooden stakes in the waist-deep water, and they were all trembling with coldness.

The water level of Yalu Water is quite shallow. Even when the water level is low in winter and spring, the depth of the river center can still make people lose their heads. Only some shallow sections can barely achieve the effect of cutting wooden piles to block the waterway. This section of the river is one of them.

When people go into the water in cold weather, they can easily freeze to death or frostbite. If they do not receive necessary care after getting ashore, they will also get caught in the wind and cold. If there is no need, no one is willing to go into the water at this time, but in many cases, everyone can't help it.

If you go into the water, you may die or have only half your life left, but if you don’t obey the official army, you will die soon and your entire life will be gone.

All fools know how to choose.

Only strong people can go into the water at this time and wait in the cold and bone-blooded water for a while. As for others, they have to work on the shore, carry soil and stones to build various defense facilities.

Upstream, many wooden boats loaded with stones sailed towards this section of the river. The soldiers on the boat controlled the boat to lean against the wooden piles, then opened the wooden plug at the bottom of the boat, let the boat sink to the bottom of the river, leaning against the wooden piles, forming obstacles.

The construction that started a few days ago has now achieved results. With more and more ships sinking to the bottom of the river, a dam has begun to take shape on this section of the river.

In the beginning of spring, the "Qian Army" of Zhou was about to invade again. It is said that the Zhou State issued a big proclamation this time, claiming that it would flatten the small country of Cuer (Goguryeo). So the Goguryeo garrison along the Yalushui coast immediately began to deploy defenses and prepare for the battle.

The "Qun Army" of Zhou State invaded year after year. Every time, they floated on a sea boat and went upstream directly through the Yalu Water mouth to harass the upstream Yalu Water coastal areas. Therefore, the military and civilians of Goguryeo knew that this year would be no exception.

To this end, the Goguryeo army along the Yalu River coast summarized the experience and lessons of resisting the invasion of the Han army over the years, strengthened river defense, and directly built overflow weirs in the shallow sections, forming obstacles to prevent enemy warships from going upstream.

It is of course a bloody lesson to lean in the river to hit wooden stakes and pull iron cables. Therefore, only by building an overflow weir like a stone wall in the river, forming a "threshold" on the waterway, making it impossible for large ships with deep drafts to pass.

Then set up camps on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to resist the enemy as much as possible, and spend time with the opponent through resistance until winter, forcing the opponent to withdraw.

This is a helpless but effective defense method for the military and civilians of Goguryeo. In summer and autumn, the river water surged, so the height of the overflow weir must increase. At that time, under the threat of the enemy, the official army may not have a way to gather the people to build, so they can only take advantage of the time to work while the enemy has not arrived.

In the camp on the east bank, the guards looked at the busy scenes in the river, the young and strong who were trembling in the cold wind, without any pity.

In order to rush to work, people can only be driven into the water. There is no doubt that this will cause many people to freeze to death or frostbite. However, if they do not do so, when the enemy attacks and breaks through river defense, the people will be abducted. For the government, these abducted people are no different from death.

So it doesn't matter if the people are exhausted and the money is damaged.

When the government army and the people weigh the pros and cons, of course they choose the former. For generals, civilians and even untouchables always sacrificed for the government army.

With an army, there is territory, and you can gather refugees to settle down and support the army; but if you only have the people but no army, you are the lamb to be slaughtered. It goes without saying which is more important.

While the guard was thinking, he suddenly saw black smoke coming from the downstream direction. It was the downstream beacon tower that was relaying to warn, indicating that the enemy was attacking.

The horn sounded, and everyone ran towards the camp and prepared to fight.

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Amid the roar of the machines, a fleet of steamships was moving upstream. Thick smoke came out of the ship's chimneys, like beacon smoke, declaring war to the camps on the east and west banks of the river section ahead.

In the river section ahead, there are several iron cables across the river, and the water flows are a bit strange, as if there is a dam on the riverbed. The Goguryeo camps on both sides of the east and west are already on high alert at this time, and it seems that they are ready to fight.

The "Qianjun" who came from afar was also ready for an attack.

Daxing City, located at the mouth of Yalu Water, is already the stronghold of the Zhou Kingdom. The various ship accessories that arrived in Daxing City last year have been assembled into steamer ships, so even though the coastal ports are frozen, Daxing City's steamer ships are not affected too much and are directly put into combat.

At this time, these steamships carried soldiers, upstream along the duck green water, breaking through the floating ice and numerous obstacles, and bringing New Year greetings to the upstream Goguryeo army.

The steamer ship went upstream and slowly leaned towards the east bank. In order to avoid stranding, it did not lean directly to the side. The soldiers climbed the rope ladder and waded in the waist-deep river to the shore.

The cold wind blew, and the soldiers were wet half of their bodies. In this case, it felt bad, but the good wine they drank before getting off the boat made the soldiers feel hot all over. They were the first to get ashore and soon held spears and crossbows with their backs against the river bank to form a formation to guard against enemy cavalry assaults.

As expected, the Goguryeo cavalry quickly attacked, with hundreds of cavalry, and lined up in the fields to try to defeat the landing "Kun Army".

At this moment, a steamer ship came forward and slowly sailed upstream along the river, just between his own small formation on the shore and the enemy cavalry.

It was the first time that Goguryeo's soldiers and horses saw such a strange ship. Although they were shocked and suspicious, they did not care because the ship was still far from the shore.

They felt that at this distance, even if the slaughter troops on the ship fired arrows, their lethality would be limited, and if they wanted to throw thunders, they would probably not be able to throw them on the shore.

Therefore, the attacking cavalry should give the landing heavy blow to the landing army. Even if it cannot stop the landing of the opponent in the end, winning the first battle will boost the morale of the side.

The distance between the scholastic and cavalry is getting closer, and the Goguryeo cavalry, who are about to start raiding, are all focused on the enemy infantry formation on the shore.

At this moment, thunder sounded, and the several artillery guns on the starboard side of the steamer ship near the shore ejected fire, pouring a large number of shotguns onto the shore, covering the Goguryeo cavalry.

The metal projectiles stirred bloody storms among the cavalry group, and the cavalry in iron armor instantly shattered in the blooming blood flowers.

With a round of shotgun volley, the Goguryeo cavalry lost less than 30%, but this sudden head-on attack caused the cavalry's formation to be in chaos and collapsed instantly.
Chapter completed!