Zhao Zixiong and his men looked at the approaching Tartar cavalry in the distance, gritted their teeth and retreated!

It was a great opportunity, but unfortunately I was not sure. Unexpectedly, this Taishi Tutuo was indeed extraordinary. He actually saw that there was something wrong with the ferry entrance, and it was impossible for people to occupy the ferry entrance from the side.

If the two sides confront each other for a strong attack, it will not be beneficial to our side. If there are few people in our own hands, they will not gain much advantage when they fight. If the elder brother sends another 20,000 people over, he will have full confidence. However, those people have to keep guarding Gaoyou Mansion and cannot fight the Tartars in such a place.

The final battlefield is in Gaoyou Mansion.

Whether his cavalry can exert its greatest power is also in Gaoyou Mansion.

Yue Kuocha'er looked at the outline of the earth ahead and finally arrived at the Qingjiang Ferry. He arrived here and occupied the ferry. The mission was completed.

"Slow down and be careful of ambushing." Due to the last failure, Yue Kuochaer became scrupulous and ordered the soldiers to be vigilant and not be ambushed by the other party at the last moment.

The soldiers took out the three-eyed musket behind them, with a serious expression. They all remembered that a few days ago, one of their vanguards fell into ambush and their entire army was wiped out.

Although they were exhausted after a few days of rapid march, their morale was still very high, and they divided into several rows of scattered soldiers and touched the ferry.

"Ah!" Suddenly, the soldier in front fell off and fell down.

Trip Marc! The soldiers who fell to the ground realized that there were three trip Marc Marcs in front of them. If they had a quick attack just now, many people would have lost their lives in a daze.

"Be careful!" Yue Kuocha'er shouted loudly. Sure enough, there was an ambush here.

"Dog Tartar, I've left you some snacks." Zhao Zixiong smiled while retreating.

His own team retreated south, and the opponent's cavalry came from the west, so before retreating, they arranged some tripping ropes and traps on the west side of the ferry.

"Ah!" another cavalry shouted loudly, the tripping rope had been cut off, and they walked forward carefully, but unexpectedly, there was still mechanism!

Several other soldiers walked slowly and saw that the soldier, both men and horses had fallen into the trap. The bottom was a bamboo tip, and the people and horses were all swallowed.

Shocking heart every step!

However, Yuekuocha'er had no choice and occupied the ferry. He was ready to pay the price of 10,000 casualties. Who knows where the other party will suddenly appear? How many people will be there?

There is no other way. This ferry must be occupied, otherwise, the army will be in great danger when crossing the river.

After several hours and after dozens of "major" casualties, Yuekuocha'er's cavalry finally boarded the ferry.

No thief was found.

Yue Kuocha'er didn't believe it. The mechanism just now was clearly arranged by the other party, but the other party actually allowed him to occupy the ferry so easily? There must be a problem! The other party must be hiding somewhere, waiting for an opportunity, and giving him a fatal blow!

He did not dare to make any mistakes, and ordered ten thousand cavalry to divide them into ten teams and searched all over the world to see if there were people lying ambush beside him. Moreover, he ordered the search team not to fight. After discovering it, he came back to report immediately. Although a team of 1,000 people were still easily eaten by the other party.

"Report to the Grand Tutor, Lord Yuekuo's cavalry has occupied the Qingjiang Ferry." A few hours later, Tutuo finally received the reply.

"Okay, great!" What Tuotuo was most worried about was that Yuekuo would be in danger. Now, he had occupied the Qingjiang Ferry and the army crossed the river. He should be very sure.

"Send the order to cross the river."

"Master Taishi, Lord Yuekuo requests the army to temporarily postpone the crossing of the river."

"Why?"

"Although Lord Yuekuo has occupied the Qingjiang Ferry, various mechanisms have been placed by thieves at the Qingjiang Ferry, and dozens of soldiers have been injured. He is worried that there will be thieves ambushing around him, afraid that the army will encounter danger in crossing the river, so he wants to ask the army to temporarily postpone the crossing of the river. After clearing the remaining enemies around him, he will be sure."

Resting? Tutuo thought for a moment: "Then give Yuekuo two days, and in two days, the army will cross the river!"

It should be almost the same in two days. It has been a month since we set out to now. The army has been fighting in the south and it has been countless, so we cannot always drag it like this.

Yuekuo was very puzzled. In the past two days, the search team he sent had searched all the places within a hundred miles of surrounding areas, and even advanced to Huaian City, but no trace of the thief was found. Huaian Road sent two thousand-person teams to assist Yuekuo Chaer in the Qingjiang Ferry.

Did the other party just set some tripping ropes for himself, digging some traps, and then ran away? This is completely different from the style of these thieves.

After thinking about it, there is only one possibility. The other party is not as powerful as they imagined. They must be unable to withstand their own 30,000 troops. Being able to eat a team of thousands of people in one go is their greatest limit.

Thinking of this, Yue Kuocha'er felt relieved and sent someone back to the north bank to send a message. She was already prepared for the alert and the army could cross the river at any time.

The soldiers who sent the ships to find the ship had already collected about 200 small boats, and Xuexue collected nearly 500 of them. However, for hundreds of thousands of troops crossing the river, it was still too few. They could only transport 2,000 people across the river at a time, and they had to transport dozens of times.

Tutuo began to organize troops to cross the river. He did not put the baggage team at the end, but let the baggage team line up in the middle to cross the river. For Tutuo, the baggage team was very important, especially the Huihui cannons and bed crossbows inside.

The first batch of people who crossed the river were the Red Army who sent out from various provinces.

A slightly larger ship is used to transport war horses, and a slightly smaller ship is allowed to ride on a soldier.

Most of the soldiers had never taken a boat. After getting on the light boat, their bodies became a little weak and they did not dare to look at the yellow river water next to them. They closed their eyes and waited for crossing the river.

It has nothing to do with having courage, it is an instinct.

Shi Pu looked at all this and was very worried that if he had not occupied the ferry on the other side first, these soldiers would have been easily defeated when they were hit during the crossing of the river.

He looked up at the other side and had a sudden idea, why not build a bridge?

Compared to taking a boat, soldiers will feel more at ease when passing through the bridge.

"Sir Shi, I have an idea." A voice came from my ear.

Shi Pu looked back and saw that he was the head of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

Shi Pu is the capital of the Privy Council, and is higher than the position of a provincial governor.

"Oh? Do you know what kind of tricks did Lord Buddha have?" Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are in the south. Maybe this assistant minister who came from the south had a wonderful method.

"I think most soldiers are afraid of water. Moreover, it's too wasteful to cross the river like this, so it's better to build a floating bridge than to build a pontoon bridge." said Fo Jialu.

Floating bridge? What kind of bridge is that? Shi Pu asked: "How to build this pontoon bridge?"

"Let the soldiers find wooden boards and other things that can float on the water from nearby villages, and then use a rope to tie all the boards together, and then pull the rope to the south bank, so that the pontoon bridge is built in the water. The boards can float on the water, and there are ropes to pull. Soldiers can run in groups of two people, cross the river, our boats, and transport horses across the river, and it's enough."

Shi Pu's eyes lit up. It's good. This method is good. The bridge floating on the water is simple and has a fast erecting speed. It's totally OK!

"Then it will be a blessing for Lord Buddha. The floating bridge is built, and I will go to the Grand Master to ask for me for Lord Buddha." Shi Pu said.

"There is no need to ask for me, I should do it." said Fo Jialu.

Shi Pu was overjoyed: "With Lord Buddha's method, the army will definitely cross the river much faster!"

When Tuotuo reached the shore, the pontoon bridge had been built.

A "bridge" composed of wooden boards floats on the water surface, and rivers overflow the bridge deck from time to time. The soldiers are running across the river. When they step on it, the bridge will sink involuntarily. After stepping on it, the bridge will float again. Although the shoes will be wet, this obviously speeds up the speed of crossing the river. It is simply a pioneering move than using a boat to transport soldiers to cross the river!

Occasionally, soldiers will step on air, but they will never fall into the water, because there are guardrails made of two ropes on both sides of the bridge. Once soldiers make a mistake, they will involuntarily hold on to the guardrails to protect their safety.

Tuotuo is in a good mood. Who came up with this solution?

"Report to the Grand Master, our troops have all crossed the Yellow River." Shi Pu said.

It took only one day to spend it all? Tuotuo smiled and said, "Who came up with this idea?"

"Report to the Grand Master, he is the Minister of the Ministry of Finance and Economics in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province." Shi Pu said: "It's a blessing that he came up with such an idea, which greatly accelerated the pace of our army's advance south."

"Okay, it's worthy of being from Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province." Tuotuo said: "This time we travel south, we have to ask more questions from the southerners!"

In the distance, the dusk is deep and it is already dusk.

"Lord, the Tartars are crossing the Yellow River." Luo Guanzhong is reporting the latest progress of the Tartars in Gaoyou Mansion to Zhang Yang.

Unfortunately, it is a pity. Although I have the favorable conditions to travel through time and have created advanced muskets, I still lacked the experience of command in the last battle. I only thought of sending cavalry out to harass and sending naval troops to defeat the opponent's naval troops, but I never thought of using naval troops to hinder the opponent's infantry.

If Bian Yuanheng was prepared in advance, when the Tartars crossed the river, they would definitely have achieved great results with scattered fireworks when they crossed the river.

After Bian Yuanheng defeated the opponent's navy, he had already fallen into the transportation team and was transporting the coal needed by the base. Of course, Bian Yuanheng must have selfish intentions. His steam engine ship burned coal must be much better than less firewood, and he was also storing supplies for himself.

However, the transmission of information in this era is too backward. If there is a mobile phone, you can directly give Bian Yuanheng orders to intercept the Tartars across the river.

At that time, the Tartars will be in a dilemma. If they want to cross the river, there will be a naval army to block it, but the river will not be able to destroy their own forces. They can only take a detour. If they don’t do it well, they will still not reach the battlefield until the end of this year.

After all, Huai'an Road is still in the hands of the Tatars, and their own strength is not strong enough. Relying on the strong city, it will eliminate the living power of the Tatars and then take advantage of the situation to invest in a counterattack. This is the established strategy.

"Have Baoying's authentic tunnel been dug?" Zhang Yang asked.

"All are all done." Luo Guanzhong replied.

After crossing the Yellow River, the Tartars would definitely rush southward. The first thing they would be hit was Baoying. Zhang Yang asked the garrison forces stationed in Baoying to give up Baoying after a little resistance, and broke through the waterway and returned to Gaoyou Mansion.

After the Tartars captured Baoying, they would definitely stockpile all the logistics supplies in Baoying. At that time, they just need to send someone to drill back from the tunnel and burn the other party's food and grass. They would not be able to fight this battle.

Therefore, the authenticity must be dug in advance and reserved for later use.

"According to the speed of the Tartars' march, after crossing the Yellow River, you will be able to reach Baoying in ten days." Luo Guanzhong said.

"From now on, the battle enters the countdown and order the troops to prepare to fight the Tartars!" Zhang Yang said.

Escape is useless, and shrinking is even more useless. After this battle, the court will be greatly damaged, and this will be its own world.

Dadu, Taishi Mansion.

"Sir Yesen, the lower officials have important things to report." Ru Zhongbai rushed over and said to Timur.

Since Tuotuo left, Yesen has been executing the government affairs on behalf of his brother, assisted by Ru Zhongbai. Although Yesen's ability is not high, everything seems to be in order.

"So it's Lord Ru." Ye Xian saw that Ru Zhongbai was coming in, put down the document in his hand and said, "Master Ru came in a hurry, what's wrong?"

"It's what I said last time." Ru Zhongbai looked at the left and right and said cautiously: "You can't delay any more. Recently, Hama has been moving up and down, especially with the harem, which may be detrimental to the Grand Master!"

"So this is the matter. Lord Ru, Hama is not bad in essence. If there is no real handle, let's forget it." Yexian said.

Ru Zhongbai has always said that Hama would be detrimental to the Taishi, but Yesen didn't believe it. If you want to say Hama, some things are not authentic, but you have never done anything to harm the Taishi. Moreover, he once had the Enyu Taishi, and wanted to kill him and commit Hama a crime, but he couldn't do it first.

"I'll talk about this matter when the Grand Master comes back!" Yexian said, "Is there anything else?"

"I'm afraid it will be too late then! Hama has been instigating the relationship between the queen and the Grand Tutor, and has been blowing in the emperor's ears. Over time, I'm afraid something will happen!" Ru Zhongbai was about to kneel down for Ye first. When Hama was in the Grand Tutor, he couldn't jump. Now, the Grand Tutor has left, and Hama has been moving these days. Ru Zhongbai has seen through it. Hama will definitely be detrimental to the Grand Tutor.
To be continued...