Zhuge Liang smiled slightly and said, "We still have hundreds of war elephants left by Meng Huo, so we can build a floating bridge. Let them go with General Dian Wei. After Dian Wei crossed the Nujiang River, they will return the same way."

After hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Gao Shun said: "What if these war elephant soldiers cannot get back, what should they do if the main force crosses the pontoon bridge? If they use the traditional method of building pontoon bridges with baggage soldiers, it is probably too late. After all, the attack of brothers Dian Wei can only restrain them for a while."

It is not surprising that Gao Shun had such doubts. Keeping these war elephants was originally used to build bridges quickly.

Zhuge Liang said, "General Gao Shun, I have my own methods to cross the river, which is more convenient than the one built by this elephant pontoon bridge."

After hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Gao Shun nodded relievedly. Dian Wei, who was impatient, had already rode his horse away and went to summon troops to prepare.

...

In a place called Tiger Ferry upstream of the Nujiang River, a row of soldiers and horses appeared in the wasteland. This unit had shiny fur, shiny war cavalry, man and horse armor, giant heavy-armed cavalry that were close to the horse, and a battle elephant of Yugao.

This is naturally the side division of Dian Wei attacking the foreign army. Dian Wei looked at the river beach opposite and shouted, "I finally found a place to cross the river."

After a while, more than a hundred battle elephants were arranged in sequence and went down into the water one after another, and lined up in two rows from head to head. The elephant soldiers also used large pieces of bamboo strips carried by the elephants to lay the backs of the battle elephants, forming a bridge deck.

In this way, a "bridge" appeared on the Nujiang River. Dian Wei's cavalry immediately passed by one after another and crossed the Nujiang River. Then the war elephants returned to the north bank of the Nujiang River and returned to the departure point.

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At dawn three days later, at the darkest moment in the sky. On the south bank of the Nujiang River, some soldiers were walking along the river bank in groups. Suddenly, they heard a thunderous sound in the river water. They hurriedly threw the torches towards the river surface. In the flash of fire, they saw the black shadows in the river water.

It was a new type of floating bridge laid in the Nujiang River. This was made by Zhuge Liang instructed craftsmen to rush to the craftsmen in the past few days. The entire floating bridge was like a rolling curtain. The "curtain" was composed of bamboo tubes that had been connected for a long battle, and the "curtain" was wooden barrels sealed at both ends on both sides.

I saw a group of several Liang soldiers spread the roller blinds on the water with their hands and feet. Every time they spread a distance, they threw an anchor to fix it. Ten floating bridges spread out on the river surface at the same time.

On the south bank, the sound of the drums of the sentry of the Zhuluo Army suddenly sounded. The Zhuluo soldiers rushed out of the barracks one after another, gathering more and more. Various types of troops were mixed together, and amid the commands and drums of the generals, they arranged the military formations. Only the elephant soldiers in the camp had not yet come out of the camp and were busy wearing bamboo armor for the war elephants.

"The crossbowman comes forward first and shoots the enemy soldiers." Galava, who was in the formation personally commanded, ordered. After a while, a large number of crossbowmans rushed to the bank of the river and shot at the Liang army who was laying a floating bridge.

At this moment, a sound like thunder in summer came from the northwest. The generals of the Zhuluo Army knew that a large number of cavalry were attacking, and their faces were pale, and their commands were even more anxious.

The cavalry generals first led their cavalry out of the crowd and went up to the northwest. Before they could rush out, the arrows of the Liang army's light cavalry flying feathers shot like a sudden rain. The Zhu Luo army, which was still aligned with military formations, became chaotic again, and people continued to fall to the ground by arrows.

At this time, the rising sun in the east had risen and the sky was bright. The light cavalry flying feathers shot sharp arrows accurately at the opponent. When the Juluo cavalry approached them, they immediately rode their horses back and ran for a distance, shooting back and forth.

Just like the jujube tree hit by a bamboo pole when autumn ripens, the Zhuluo cavalry were shot down by sharp arrows. Finally, the heavy cavalry came forward. The Zhuluo cavalry regiment was severely damaged by the Liang cavalry shooting. In one round of confrontation, it was completely defeated. The heavy cavalry continued to pounce on the Zhuluo army formation that had not yet been arranged.

On the banks of the river, Zhu Luo soldiers stood densely, and concentrated on shooting at the river surface. Many Liang soldiers who were laying floating bridges were shot and fell into the water.

These soldiers could not wear leather armor and helmets on the water, and the enemy's arrows could easily penetrate their bodies. Whenever a soldier got an arrow and fell into the water, a Liang army's baggage soldier rushed forward to substitute on the shore.

In this way, the Liang army soldiers continued to extend the floating bridge to the south bank of the Nujiang River.

The crossbowman on the edge suddenly heard the thunderous sound of horses galloping. When he turned his head, he was shocked and hurriedly spread his legs and ran. But there was no time. With the loud bang, these crossbowman either fell to the ground by a wolf-toothed stick or flew into the air by a giant horse.

Thousands of heavy riders were like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, pushing the Zhuluo crossbow gathered on the south bank of the Nujiang River cleanly. The land on the shore was full of corpses, with broken limbs and broken arms everywhere.

Many crossbowmen were scattered and jumped into the Nujiang River in a panic to avoid the attack of the heavy cavalry. After a moment, they were swept away by the turbulent river water.

On the other side, the light cavalry Feiyu ran around the Zhuluo army formation that had not yet been arranged, and kept shooting arrows from the distance of thirty battles. When the Zhuluo scattered soldiers rushed out of the formation, they hid away like a gust of wind.

Galava was still yelling and commanding with anger: "Idiots, they are all idiots, don't run around! Don't worry about them, arrange the formation, form a shield wall, and arrange the anti-cavalry gun array!" But at this time, the Zhuluo army formation was so chaotic that nearly 10,000 Zhuluo soldiers and generals were going to get his military orders, which was not a matter of a moment.

At this time, the heavy cavalry had begun to rush towards the Zhuluo Army formation in a cone formation. They instantly opened the left wing of the military formation, turned around at a distance from behind the formation, and rushed towards the Zhuluo Army formation again.

Almost at the same time, the Liang army's ten floating bridges were also set up. The Liang army soldiers on the north bank were lined up in a strict formation and quickly advanced along the floating bridge to the south bank.

"Hurry up, the whole army advances and blocks them!" Galava shouted. However, at this time, the heavy cavalry drilled into the Zhuluo army formation from the rear, and the light cavalry was still shooting around. The entire military formation was in chaos, how could his military order be passed on?

In a short time, the Liang army in the front had crossed the Nujiang River, lined up in several rows on the south bank, and stood up with shields and guns to attack the Zhuluo army formation. When they were more than ten battles apart, the spears and guns in their hands had already thrown towards the Zhuluo army formation like heavy rain.

At this time, the Zhuluo soldiers had already begun to collapse, and more and more soldiers began to break away from the army and flee backwards. At this moment, Galava's war elephant regiment rushed out of the camp and collided with the defeated soldiers who were running backwards.

A large number of arrows and rockets shot in, and these heavy arrows were shot by the Liang army's long archers. These heavy arrows could even shoot through the bamboo armor on the battlefield elephant. Many war elephants were frightened due to the pain and fire stimulation and rushed around.

Many defeated soldiers were knocked to the ground by running elephants and then trampled to death.

A quarter of an hour later, the Zhuluo army completely collapsed, and the Liang army rushed into the Zhuluo camp like a tide. The Liang army fought reluctantly and chased into the city of Buwei. The Zhuluo army of Miao Miao in the city did not resist more, and fled out of the south gate. The Liang army chased to the bank of the Dulong River before stopping.

At this moment, in a sense, the Liang army had completely recovered all the fallen Han territory.
Chapter completed!