Chapter two hundred and seventy-eight swords drawn
In the river, more than twenty miles upstream of Wangmandu, a military horse gathered on the river bank. A large number of soldiers were rafting wooden rafts and building floating bridges in the dark. I dared not light more lights here. It was extremely faint. In this environment, the progress naturally seemed slow. People kept falling into the water. It was inconvenient to rescue them. Those who knew water could swim on the shore to survive. Those who did not know how to water screamed in a few seconds and were swept away by the Gaoliang River.
Li Cunxiao immediately stood on the south bank. He looked at the floating bridge slowly extending north. He looked at the transparent lights of the Hedong Army in the lower reaches of the Wangmandu Ferry at the Wangmandu Ferry. The noise coming from the ferry was blown by the wind. It was vaguely clear here. In front of the Bianhe King Mandu Ferry of the puppet Qi army, it was still quiet. There was no tension in the battle.
The main force of the puppet Qi army had almost forced the Hedong army to camp. The vanguard and the Hedong army had also maintained contact. Huang Chao's reaction was almost weak. In addition to using a distance to cover his own camp, he did not come out to challenge the Tang army camp. In order to cover his own camp, the puppet Qi army also sent infantry to line up in front of the camp. Waiting for the Hedong army to take advantage of the puppet Qi army's foothold and did not steadily attack. The puppet Qi was worried all night. The puppet Qi army doubled its past, but nothing happened.
The Hedong Army is not bad. There is no need to worry that logistics supplies cannot keep up. The materials in Chang'an and Song and Chen are constantly operating.
But for Huang Chao, who has no stable base and always leaves after fighting, military supplies seem to be quite short of. When going out for field battles, he needs to transport tens of thousands of pairs of armor and millions of arrows. He cannot let the soldiers chew the dry food he carries with him. He has to work hard before leaving the battle. These foods in the stove are also necessary.
The three armies will inevitably have rewards when they go out to fight. And the more tragic the war is, the more they need to see the silver. And now the camp is difficult for these soldiers to make a rough plan. It is far from being stable. There are also a large number of heavy liftings used to camp in the rear. They must be transported up to let the civilians strengthen this important camp and tent under the city of Bianliang as a basis for war.
There must be special size wood, woodworking equipment, iron door-plumbing knives, night lighting equipment, iron chains that lock Luzhai, bamboo nails and triangular iron nails placed under the trench. All kinds of things that can be imagined and unexpected are shipped on these large and small chariots of civilians and servants. They have to be transported with great effort.
The civil servants work hard here every day and risk being attacked by the opposite scouts and detectives or even died. Some officers even withheld their wages. Although the civil servants did not do anything else, they worked harder.
The floating bridge was finally built and the main force of the puppet Qi army passed. These civilians and horses crossed the river very slowly, and they were mixed in a group at any time. At any time, they seemed to see people and chariots and horses being squeezed into the water on the floating bridge. Those who were specifically responsible for the order of the floating bridge were inspected and jumped in anxiously. They rode back and forth dozens of times every day on the river. They shouted hoarsely and had no effect.
On the north bank of the ferry, there were several pontoon bridges left by the puppet Qi army. It was 23,400 troops and horses of the six puppet Qi army. It was almost 30,000 main force of the entire army. It was equipped with strong bows and crossbows and was able to fight and defend. Needless to say, Zhu Wen was already depressed. Even if he pulled out his troops to attack the ferry and intercepted the rear route of the puppet Qi army, the guards here were enough to support the main force of the front army to return to aid. Although Huang Chao was lazy and afraid of trouble, he was very angry. However, the huge family business of the big Qi family was also fought one after another. It was never too late to be confused.
The sky in the distance was already gray and began to light up. At this time, it was also the most sleepy time for the soldiers on duty all night. I don’t know why. Lin Yan suddenly felt the ground start to vibrate. At first, he felt that he was so tired. So he couldn’t stand firmly. He looked down and saw the lights on the pontoon bridge shining under his feet. He saw the small stones and sand trembling gently. This was definitely not an illusion for him.
In the vaguely visible sky, the figures of cavalry suddenly appeared in the distance of sight. It was not until this time that I heard the sound of horse hooves. Needless to mention the bunch of cavalry, all the cloth and shrouds on the hooves, silently and horse leashes.
The Hedong Army watched them in the darkness and were busy all night. Then, when the sky was about to be clear, it launched a surprise attack. Not only Lin Yan extended north along the river bank. The soldiers guarding and defending the ferry on both sides also saw these cavalry suddenly appeared in front of them. All the horses had already reached the highest speed.
These Hedong cavalry were silently lying on the horse, holding spears and long swords in their hands, and rushed towards the here like a tide. No one could see how many cavalry there were. They could only see that they completely blocked the already faint line in the sky into darkness, and layers of surging like walls.
As we approached a little closer, the sound of horse hooves could finally be heard. It was like thunder. The points could no longer be divided. It was just a rumbling sound. Tens of thousands of defenders and tens of thousands of civilians that surrounded the entire ferry. The shrill shouts of the first soldier sounded: "The enemy attacked the Hedong Army."
More shrill shouts followed. Looking at the sound of the golden drums on the tower, they were knocking hard to warn. The soldiers and generals who were resting in the camp were alarmed, either from the tent, from the ground, or simply jumped out of the wilderness, picking up weapons and rushing forward. After all, the puppet Qi army came to cross the river to fight. They were also prepared to encounter the enemy. Officers at all levels still ordered in an orderly manner and loud manner, leading their own troops to take their place.
This battle was related to life and death. Huang Chao also took out all his last assets. There were many bows and arrows guarding the ferry gate, and there were also military and national weapons such as bows and crossbows. Of course, there were no continuous skills such as Duan Mingyu's crossbow. In just a moment, the puppet Qi army relied on the terrain on the river bank and arranged rows of rows. They opened their bows and arrows and prepared to face the enemy. For a moment, both sides were tense.
Chapter completed!