Chapter 530: The Pontoon Bridge Sets Up the Golden Beam (1)
Fu Rong shook his head with a smile, pointed to the big cart next to the trebuchet of the Jin army on the bank of the river in the distance, and said: "Do you see those carts, they are all stones, all the ammunition of the Jin army, and now it has been used for almost half of it, let alone another half an hour, I am afraid that in a moment of effort, they will all the stones will be gone, in order to make up these ammunition, they even use all the pebbles on the edge of the river, after the fight, I see what else they can send over!" ”
Mao Dang's brows stretched slightly, looked at the more than 100 trebuchets in front of the stage, which were covered by high straw bundles, and shook his head: "It's just that we obviously also have catapults, why do we have to be beaten like this and not fight back?" This catapult is placed here, at most it can only hit our riverbank, it is impossible to throw stones across the river, if the Jin army crosses by force, we can't use the catapult to hit directly, I really don't understand what General Fu means. ”
A hint of cunning flashed in Fu Rong's eyes: "I already have a full plan, General Mao, just wait to see the show!" ”
On the platform of the Jin army, Liu Gaozhi's face was sinking like water on the Hu bed, and all the generals behind him, including the heralds, were cheering, shouting and cheering for the rounds of stone-throwing attacks, but there was no trace of joy on his face, and he sat in place, thoughtful.
Liu Muzhi was ordered by Xie Xuan and Sima Daozi today, and as a military supervisor here, his demeanor was relaxed, looking at the flying stones in the distance, and shook his head gently: "General Liu, now the wind is favorable to our army, if you want to attack with fire, it is best to take advantage of now, if the wind blows back in the future, I am afraid that it will burn ourselves." ”
Liu Gaozhi's eyes shrank suddenly, he slowly stood up, looked at Liu Muzhi, and said in a deep voice: "How do you know that I am going to use this fire attack strategy?" ”
Liu Muzhi smiled slightly, pointed to the big flag standing on the general's platform, which was blown by the wind and fluttered in the direction of the opposite bank, and said: "General Liu has fought for so many years, if he can't even set fire to the wind, then don't sit in this position." ”
Liu Jingxuan came up in three steps and two steps, and said, "Father, give the order!" If it had been a little bit late, the wind might have changed! ”
The muscles on Liu Gaozhi's face were shaking gently, and the military fan he was holding in his hand was tightly pinched in his hand, and the bone joints "crackled", like setting off firecrackers, he wanted to lift the military fan several times, but every time he lifted it halfway, he would put it down again, and finally he still stopped and sat back on the Hu bed.
Liu Jingxuan hurriedly said: "Father, these Hulu are all holding wooden rafts to block, and their camps are also wooden, we are going to use fire to attack at this time, we will definitely be able to burn the company camp, as long as there is a mess on the opposite side, we can rush over without a pontoon bridge!" ”
Liu Muzhi said coldly: "Ah Shou, what are you anxious about? Have you ever grasped the direction of the wind above the river these days? ”
The corners of Liu Jingxuan's mouth hooked: "This, the wind direction on this river has been different every day recently, like yesterday there was no wind at all." It's not easy to generalize! ”
Liu Muzhi smiled slightly: "That's it, General Liu can't make up his mind now, and it is precisely because of this, don't look at the south wind blowing now, blowing directly on the opposite bank, but if the wind direction changes after a while, it changes to the north wind, won't it burn the troops of our army crossing the river?" ”
Liu Jingxuan choked Liu Muzhi speechlessly, the light in his eyes flashed, and the muscles on his face twitched slightly, but he couldn't say anything to refute.
Liu Muzhi looked at Liu Gaozhi and said: "General Liu, if you attack by fire now, you will use up your last move, if the battle situation is stalemate for a while, when the two armies are in battle, it will be impossible to attack with fire." ”
He paused, looked at the Qin camp opposite, and said: "What's more, these camps of theirs are even coated with wet mud on the wooden fences, obviously for fire prevention, and these wooden rafts are also smeared with black mud, which can not only remove the momentum of the stones, but also prevent fire, so even if our army attacks by fire now, the effect will not be the best." However, the two armies are fighting, and when there is no protection, this trick may be taken by surprise. ”
Liu Gaozhi gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Pass my order, after five rounds of stone attacks, start to build a pontoon bridge and attack!" ”
Liu Jingxuan just wanted to say something, Liu Gaozhi's eyes widened, and he said, "Ah Shou, hurry up and give the order!" ”
Liu Jingxuan sighed, walked to the front of the high platform, and quickly passed Liu Gaozhi's military order in flags, the three phalanxes of the Jin army began to become quiet, slowly surging towards the river bank, and soon, with the last five rounds of stones being launched, the three phalanxes of the Jin army also happened to cross the more than 200 catapults fifty steps from the shore, and the dense shields in the front row suddenly overshadowed the shirtless strong men who were busy just now, and pressed firmly and forcefully towards the river bank with the most standard shield long lance phalanx.
Fu Rong let out a long breath and muttered, "It's finally going to begin." ”
Mao Dang nodded and said with a smile: "I don't know what tricks will there be after the Jin army's shield array, General Fu, do you say it will be hundreds or thousands of ferries?" ”
Fu Rong shook his head: "My intuition tells me that it is unlikely, if it is a thousand boat races, there will not be such a big gap between the three phalanxes, they seem to act independently of each phalanx, isn't it?" Speaking of this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he exclaimed, "Is it a pontoon?!" ”
Before Fu Rong's words fell, the three huge phalanxes on the opposite side, the shield array about two or three miles wide in the front row suddenly scattered from the middle, and about hundreds of heavily armored soldiers, in a column of four, each carrying a pontoon bridge about twenty paces long with dozens of boats, tied together side-by-side, nailed with wooden planks on them, rushed to the river at the fastest speed, shouted in unison, and then threw the pontoon bridge on their shoulders into the water.
More than 100 shirtless warriors of the Jin army, coated with thick lard ointment to protect them from the cold, wore black tight-fitting water backings on their lower bodies, carried wooden materials one by one, rushed into the water, marched in the water or ran to both sides of the pontoon bridge, and put those huge logs with a strong man's waist, more than one person high, and at least thirty or forty pounds in weight, pointed downward, and inlaid with iron round heads facing up, standing on both sides of the pontoon bridge.
Dozens of big men armed with sledgehammers, dressed in leather armor, with broad shoulders and wide arms, who were obviously known for their strength, carried thick wooden sledgehammers weighing forty or fifty pounds, ran onto the pontoon bridge, shouted trumpets, rounded the hammers, and smashed them down fiercely towards the wooden stakes held by the shirtless strong men in the water.