Chapter 966: Burning the Pontoon Bridge (Part II)

The rolling river is surging and running, and several small boats on the river surface go down the river, and the boats are speeding fast without paddling. The thirty elites of the Southern Tang Dynasty had already put down the bamboo tube behind them, and as they watched the pontoon bridge get closer and closer, their eyes began to glow with excitement. It was only a dozen feet away from the pontoon bridge, and it was only a few breaths for the boat to reach it in such a short distance.

However, the accident still happened, and the Great Zhou army seemed to have expected it for a long time, only to see that the pontoon bridge was full of archers, and arrows like locusts covering the sky shot towards the thirty Southern Tang elites. After a rain of arrows, several sneak attackers were shot into a hedgehog after several arrows, and after a rain of arrows, there were only a few people left among the thirty elites of the Southern Tang Dynasty, but they did not give up.

One of the Southern Tang soldiers poured the black oil from the bamboo tube on the boat, and he smiled and ignited it together with the boat, and soon several other Southern Tang soldiers who were not shot also set ablaze on the boat they were riding. Suddenly, several small boats ignited a raging fire, but the few Southern Tang warriors standing in the raging fire had no fear on their faces, they raised their heads and laughed.

Another rain of arrows was fired, and the few Southern Tang warriors who had generously died fell in the rushing river, with a resolute and fearless expression on their faces. The fire grew bigger and bigger, and soon rushed to the pontoon. The Great Zhou army began to panic a little at this time, because the rolling river with the fiery boat had approached the pontoon bridge, and soon the fire began to spread to the pontoon bridge.

"Quick, quick, send someone into the water to put out the fire." Suddenly some generals in the Great Zhou army shouted loudly, and soon several Great Zhou soldiers jumped off the Huai River. They slapped the river one after another, trying to extinguish the burning boat with water, one or two small boats have already extinguished the fire, the Great Zhou army was a little chaotic at this time, most of the Zhou army was not accustomed to water, and finally there was a small boat that ignited the pontoon bridge.

Ye Yinfeng, who was in the dark, watched all this quietly, and when he saw the thirty Southern Tang warriors buried in the turbulent river, his face became very complicated, but the resolute expression on his face began to appear in the next moment. "Wanru, tell them to prepare." He whispered to Lu Wanru beside him. After hearing this, Lu Wanru made a few gestures to the dark, and then she tightly grasped Ye Yinfeng's clothes.

When the Great Zhou army put out the last burning boat in embarrassment, they panicked to extinguish the fire that spread on the pontoon, and they had time to breathe a sigh of relief. "Look, what's that?" Soon, some Great Zhou soldiers discovered the abnormality, and his words immediately attracted the attention of the Great Zhou army, and everyone looked at the top of the river, and their eyes showed an incredulous and puzzled look.

Under the faint night, in the rolling river, countless round wooden barrels suddenly floated from the upper reaches of the Huai River, and the wooden barrels floated towards the pontoon bridge with the waves. The turbid and yellow river water turned unusually black at this time, as if there was a layer of black oil stains floating on the river surface, the wooden barrel was getting closer and closer to the pontoon bridge, and the black oil stains on the river surface were getting thicker and thicker, and the black oil stains emitted a strange smell.

No one had ever seen the black oil stains floating on the river, and soon a Great Zhou general saw the black oil stains floating on the river, and his face couldn't help but change greatly. "Disperse, get out of the pontoon." The general let out a roar of rage, and he hurried towards a makeshift tent where the military meeting was held. He prayed in his heart, hoping that his guess was wrong, that this time it was just an accident.

At this time, Zhao Kuangyin was holding an emergency military meeting, and most of the generals who conquered the Tang Dynasty participated in this expedition, except for the vanguard general. For Zhang Yongde, he was able to build it in such a timely manner

The pontoon bridge across the river, he was very excited and relieved, all the plans were carried out according to his steps, and he was even more high-spirited, with a wave of his hand, he would cross the river early tomorrow morning to attack Shouzhou City.

Just when the generals were excited, the Great Zhou general rushed into the temporary meeting tent, and the two guards standing outside the tent wanted to stop the general, but the general kicked the two guards away. "General Zhao, something is wrong, there is a situation in Jiangli." As soon as the Great Zhou general entered the camp tent, he said in a panic. And Zhao Kuangyin's heart froze, and a bad premonition suddenly came out.

Zhao Kuangyin led the Great Zhou generals to rush towards the pontoon bridge, and when he saw a layer of black oil stains floating in the surging river, his face instantly became extremely pale. He naturally recognized the oil stains floating on the surface of the river, which was a kind of black oil collected from the ground, as long as any object was stained with this black oil, it only took a sporadic spark to ignite the object instantly.

Many generals in the Great Zhou Dynasty didn't know about it, although they saw Zhao Kuangyin's pale face, they also felt faintly uneasy in their hearts, but their hearts were still full of questions. "General Zhao, what is the oil stain floating on the surface of the river?" One of the generals still mustered up the courage to ask Zhao Kuangyin. "That's it, everything is providential, and I will have been negligent and forgot about that person." At this time, Zhao Kuangyin's enthusiasm was like being poured a basin of cold water on his head, and all his excitement turned into nothing.

There was a sound of "boom" breaking through the air, and I saw a long arrow, a lit long arrow shot from a distance, and the burning long arrow shot towards the river. The long arrow hit a wooden barrel floating on the surface of the river, and the barrel burst into flames with a "whirl", and then with a "bang", the barrel burst open. The exploding barrel splashed countless sparks, which fell to the surface of the river with a single blow in the wind.

The exploding barrel was like a blooming flower, and the flames flew in all directions, and the sparks fell on the surface of the river. Soon, as if a demon had been cast, the river immediately burned, and sporadic sparks ignited the entire river, only to see flames several feet high on the surface of the river. It was not a raging river, but a flaming river, and the flames that rose from the sky reflected the surroundings.

At this time, the eyes of the Great Zhou soldiers showed the same confused and shocked eyes, they all knew that water could extinguish water, but they had never seen that fire actually burn on the water. The fire burned the entire river at once, and the fire spread to the pontoon bridge with the speed of the river. There were countless barrels under the pontoon bridge that did not wash away, and the fire surrounded the barrels.

"Bang, bang, bang" Several violent explosions disturbed the gloomy night, and the "whirring" fire and the loud explosion swallowed up the pontoon. Suddenly, the Great Zhou army was in chaos into a pot of porridge, and many of the Great Zhou soldiers standing on the pontoon bridge had no time to escape, but they were drowned out by the bursts of explosions and the firelight that rose to the sky, and the terrible screams resounded through the night sky, and the firelight dyed the night into a red color.

The fire on the surface of the river was surging into the sky, and the fire rolled up a wave of heat, and the pontoon bridge was also enveloped in layers of flames at that moment, and several wooden barrels also exploded under the pontoon. The sound of explosions, the sound of burning fire, the panic of the Great Zhou army, and the two miles of the Huai River were filled with flames, which was like an immortal law descending. Along with the firelight, there is also billowing smoke rushing into the night dome, the smoke billowing in the sky, the flames on the river like waves, a poignant picture slowly unfolding.

Zhao Kuangyin looked at the pontoon bridge that was engulfed in flames weakly, his face was extremely pale, and his heart was even more depressed, this was the pontoon bridge built by the Great Zhou Army after several days of painstaking efforts. In order to prevent the Southern Tang Army from sending dead soldiers

Bad this bridge, he transferred almost all the Great Zhou soldiers here. Naturally, he also got a secret report, and dozens of Tang Dynasty dead soldiers had been eliminated in the Da Zhou military camp, but there was still a gap in Baimi.

The sound of fire whirring, the sound of crackling thumping, the sound of wailing and roaring, the Great Zhou army fell into unprecedented chaos. The slightly calmed Great Zhou generals could not hide their palpitations at such a magnificent scene, but those Great Zhou soldiers who did not know the reason were panicked, they thought that this was the punishment of heaven, and God wanted to punish the Great Zhou, otherwise how could there be a sky-high fire on the river.

"General Lin, General Lin!" Lin Renzhao, who had not slept all night, felt a little sleepy at this time, and he was almost asleep when he leaned against the desk when a guard rushed into his tent and shouted. And because Lin Renzhao didn't get the news of Huang Fuhui and others for a long time, he was a little unhappy, and he naturally didn't have a good mood in his heart when he just fell asleep. "What kind of system is it in a panic, and there is something to report." He said impatiently.

"General Lin, something is wrong, go and see, there is a fire on the river, and something strange has fallen from the sky." The guard said to Lin Renzhao anxiously. "What......" Lin Renzhao immediately came to his senses, and he hurriedly asked again, but he didn't wait for the guard's answer, so he hurriedly rushed out of the camp. At this time, the Southern Tang military camp was also in a hustle and bustle, and I saw all the generals and soldiers standing far away, and their faces showed expressions of disbelief.

When Lin Renzhao rushed to the sentry tower, several Southern Tang generals rushed over, and all the generals rushed to the sentry tower. When Lin Renzhao saw the scene in the distance, in addition to the shock that could not be concealed, there was also a trace of disbelief, the rolling river in the distance was burning on the raging fire, the fire on the river surface soared into the sky, stretching for several miles, and the Huai River at this time was like a rushing fire dragon.

"It seems that Huang Fuhui's plan has succeeded, and they have burned down the pontoon bridge in Da Zhou, but the black oil they are carrying is not enough to set the entire river on fire. Who has such a big stroke, and actually set the entire river on fire, God really helps me Datang. Lin Renzhao muttered. Yes, it's really a miracle from heaven, the pontoon bridge of the Great Zhou Army is destroyed, and the danger of Shouzhou can be solved. The other Southern Tang generals couldn't hide the joy in their eyes and responded.

"It must be Qingfeng Mingyue Pavilion who sent someone to help, otherwise who would have such a big hand." One of the generals guessed. "Although Qingfeng Mingyue Pavilion belongs to the martial cultivation sect in my Tang Dynasty, they rarely participate in such ordinary battles, even His Majesty can't ask them for help, who can invite the martial cultivators of Qingfeng Mingyue Pavilion out." A general turned his head to look at Lin Renzhao, and the meaning was obviously unclear.

"Ben Jiang doesn't have such a big face, this time the Qingfeng Mingyue Pavilion Lu Pavilion Lord and his wife came to Shouzhou, it was an accident, and besides, there are regulations for martial arts cultivation in the world, and high-level martial arts cultivation cannot participate in the battle of the kingdom. Unless Da Zhou makes an exception first, but even if there are martial arts cultivators participating in the war, the opportunity is limited. It is natural that the people of Qingfeng Mingyue Pavilion can make such a big deal, but how can they have such a big face. Lin Renzhao explained with a wry smile.

The night was dyed red by this river fire, and the high fighting spirit of the Great Zhou army was burned by this river fire, and the Great Zhou soldiers led by Zhao Kuangyin had a dead thought in their hearts, and they did not expect that the anger of the past few days finally turned into ashes. The sky also began to brighten under the burning of this river fire, and finally the fire on the river slowly extinguished, the pontoon bridge has already been burned beyond recognition by the fire, with the impact of the river, the pontoon bridge that turned into ashes suddenly turned to zero, and finally the wreckage of the broken branches rushed down with the river.

The sky was covered with a layer of black smoke, the remnants of the fire, and the ashes drifted with the waves, and finally the water returned to the water.