"Even if there is a waterway, it is almost impossible to cross the river in a short period of time, because we don't have any boats!" Another cautioned again.

Zuo Zongtang nodded, but he didn't pay too much attention to it, the boat naturally went straight to the bridge, he understood this truth, "Let's go to the Huangni River for the time being!" ”

Zuo Zongtang led the army all the way north, and after several days of arduous trekking, he finally reached the bank of the Huangni River. At this time, Zuo Zongtang looked at the turbid water in the Huangni River and couldn't help frowning.

The river is not very wide, about fifteen or sixteen zhang, but this is not something that ordinary people can pass, and the river looks undisturbed, and the wind blows through as if it can't blow a little movement of the Huangni River.

At this time, someone could not help but throw a stone into the river, but with a grunt, the stone sank as if nothing had happened.

"There is indeed a lot of silt in this river, it seems that it is really not advisable to forcibly cross the river, but if you don't go over, then how can you subdue Meng Shu?"

Zuo Zongtang pondered in his heart, silent for a long time, at this time, Qin Liangyu first asked the soldiers to return to the big tent to rest, and she came to Zuo Zongtang and stood there with him thinking.

They stood for a long time, and the two of them never said a word, they just stared at the river in a daze, as if they could see something wrong from the river. The others knew that they were all thinking of a way to cross the river, so no one bothered them.

At this time, the sky had already darkened, Qin Liangyu looked at Qin Liangyu, and said softly: "Husband, it's time to go and eat, this enemy is not for a while, it's not too late to think about it tomorrow!" ”

"How the hell did this barbarian cross the river? If there is a waterway, how do they remember it? ”

Zuo Zongtang seemed to be talking to himself, and it seemed like he was asking Qin Liangyu.

"What mark will they have, supposed? In this way, we will send people to patrol along the Huangni River to see what is different, and maybe we can gain something. ”

Zuo Zongtang snorted, and a smile appeared on his face, "Let's go, go back first!" ”

In the next ten days, Zuo Zongtang sent thousands of people to start looking for different places along the left and right sides of the Huangni River, but they all found nothing, and even Qin Liangyu personally led people to search for ten days in a row, but there was no way.

Zuo Zongtang is also quite melancholy, and now in the entire camp, all the soldiers are discussing, and most of them have very negative views. Zuo Zongtang walked a few laps from the camp and heard many people's discussions.

"I don't think it will take many days for us to go back, and this river really can't be crossed."

Then another person said: "Don't talk nonsense, Zuo Dudu is wise and resourceful, since Jiaozhou, how many difficulties have been encountered, which time is not easy to solve, just a river, what's the big deal." ”

"Having said that, but how do you cross this river? Is there a boat now that allows you to pass, do you dare to pass? I heard that when I went to investigate yesterday, there was a brother who accidentally fell into the river, and after a few breaths, the whole person disappeared, and the others tried to pull it out but didn't pull it out, this river, he eats people! I don't dare! ”

His words immediately resonated with many people, and they all echoed it, but just now insisting that Zuo Zongtang could pass over, he still shook his head and said: "Zuo Governor's strategy is not something that our people can think of, otherwise you will all go to be the governor, no matter what, I believe that the governor must have a way!" ”

"As far as you can pat yourself on the back, Zuo Dudu is not here, who do you say it to! What's the solution? Don't you want to fly over? ”

Hearing this, Zuo Zongtang seemed to be touched by something, and suddenly laughed, and couldn't help shouting: "Good, good, good, very good, then let's fly across the Huangni River!" ”

When those chatting soldiers saw someone laughing and saying such things, they couldn't help but look back together, and when they saw Zuo Zongtang looking here, they were so frightened that they hurriedly got up and saluted together: "I've seen the governor!" ”

Especially the soldier who poured cold water on Zuo Zongtang just now, at this time he was in a cold sweat, and he was talking about his governor behind his back, this kind of thing can be big or small, and it is possible to directly disrupt the morale of the army and behead him.

"Who just said that Pontus flew over?" Zuo Zongtang asked directly.

Hearing this question, the eyes of several other people turned to the person who was talking nonsense just now, only to see that he was even more unstable on his legs, knelt down all of a sudden, and begged bitterly: "The governor spares his life, the governor spares his life, the small one is just a momentary quick talk, and there is no other meaning!" ”

Zuo Zongtang's face suddenly changed, and he shouted: "Even if you still know that you are wrong, in the barracks, you should be responsible for talking about the military in vain and messing with our army's heart!" Thinking that you are a first-time offender, the head is temporarily placed on your head, if there is a next time, you will not be spared! ”

When the soldier heard Zuo Zongtang's words, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly thanked him and wanted to leave, but at this time, Zuo Zongtang suddenly shouted: "Wait! ”

When the other people heard this, they had already guessed in their hearts: the death penalty crime can be avoided, it must be a living crime, and this beating is inevitable.

The pawn cried and mourned, knelt down again and said, "Please let the governor fall!" ”

"Just now you were talking nonsense about military affairs in the army, but by chance the governor of Pontus thought of a plan to cross the river, which is also your credit. The rewards and punishments of the Pontus are clear, although you are unintentional, but the Pontus Governor still wants to reward you, and reward you with a chance to fly over the Yellow Ni River. ”

When the pawn heard this, he chuckled in his heart, and said secretly: It's over, it seems that the governor still doesn't plan to let me go!

"Don't worry, Pontus will not harm you, if this plan can be successful, it will be a great achievement!"

After Zuo Zongtang finished speaking, he left and went to arrange how to cross the river.

At the same time, Meng Yu was drinking in the Black Dragon Cave and the Black Dragon Cave Lord at this time, and at this moment, I saw Meng You hurriedly come in, and said with a smile: "Barbarian King, Cave Master, that Zuo Kui is now searching for the waterway across the river on the other side of the river, but this has been searching for more than ten days in a row, and it seems that there is no clue, it seems that the day of Zuo Kui's withdrawal is not far away!" ”

After hearing this, the Lord of the Black Dragon Cave couldn't help but laugh and said: "That's nature, my waterway, it's not so easy for them to discover, if you want to cross the river, unless, everyone in the Zhou army can fly!" Besides, where can they get a boat? You're right? ”

Meng Shu nodded and picked up a glass of wine, "The cave master helped me this time, I am unforgettable!" When I defeat the Zhou army, I am willing to become brothers with the cave master! ”

The Black Dragon Cave Lord laughed and said, "The Barbarian King is polite! They are both barbarians, so they naturally support each other! ”

Zuo Zongtang made a bundle of iron arrows, each arrow has a small hole at the end, and at the same time prepared many very strong strings, worn at the tail of the iron arrow, everything was ready, Zuo Zongtang took all the soldiers under his command to a river bank together.

"Mingde, I heard that your strong bow can shoot through seven layers of armor, so can you shoot into those tree trunks on the other side of the river?"

Mingde is Li Guang, Zuo Zongtang knows that Li Guang's Great Wilderness Bow is very powerful, plus Li Guang's strength is amazing, and he can even shoot arrows into stones, so he thought that Li Guang will definitely be able to shoot iron arrows into trees, and it will be very strong. At that time, this end of the rope is tied to another tree, so that a rope can connect the two sides of the river.

One rope is not strong enough, so what if there are a few more or even a dozen? In this way, as long as the time comes, let one person go first, and re-fix the rope, so that a simple rope bridge will be completed. This river is only fifteen or sixteen zhang wide, and it should be very fast if you want to pass it, which is also the plan that Zuo Zongtang thought of to fly across the Huangni River.

Hearing Zuo Zongtang's description, Li Guang couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The governor is really clever, and the last general will shoot here!" ”

After speaking, I saw Li Guang grab the Great Wilderness Bow and put on the special iron arrow, only to hear a whooshing arrow flying straight over. However, this arrow disappointed everyone, because the arrow obviously deviated from its direction, and in the end, it was unknown where it fell.

"Dudu, the last general forgot that there is a rope behind this arrow, so I didn't take it into account, and this time I will shoot it again, it will definitely be possible."

This kind of arrow, Li Guang is also shooting for the first time, so the first arrow, he did not shoot accurately, it is also reasonable, if the adjustment is not good, you may need to try a few more times. However, there is a rope behind the arrow, which can be retrieved and not wasted.

Finally, after several attempts, Li Guang finally found a way to successfully build the first step of the rope bridge. However, the first question that comes with this is, who is going to be the first to pass?

Zuo Zongtang looked at the generals behind him, and didn't know how to decide for a while, after all, no one knew whether this method was safe or not.

"Governor, the last general asks for his life!"

At this time, a voice sounded, but it made Zuo Zongtang feel shocked, because it was Qin Liangyu's.

"Liangyu...... You...... You can't ......."

Zuo Zongtang immediately shook his head, how could he bear to let Qin Liangyu take risks.

"Governor, the last general is willing to go!"

Seeing that Qin Liangyu was a woman who dared to be the first, Lin Chong, Zhu Huan and others also immediately stood up and took the initiative to ask for their lives to be the first person to cross the river.

"Why did the governor say that the last general can't? Could it be that the governor has selfishness in his heart? ”

Qin Liangyu's words directly made Zuo Zongtang speechless, who can not know this?

"The soldiers of the three armies are not raised by their fathers and mothers, at such a time, whose life is fate, if they are generals, they can't take the lead and set an example for the soldiers, how to lead the three armies? What's more, the last general will have advantages that others don't have. First, the martial arts of the last general are better than ordinary people, especially the leg and foot kung fu; Second, the last general had walked a similar ropeway in Shuzhong and had some experience; Third, the only problem with this rope bridge now is the load-bearing, I am a woman, and my weight is lighter than that of ordinary soldiers, so this rope bridge is the most suitable for the last general. ”

After listening to Qin Liangyu's words, Zuo Zongtang could only sigh and nodded, "That Liangyu...... Be careful! ”

Qin Liangyu nodded and began to prepare for crossing the river. And Zuo Zongtang asked people to repeatedly check whether this end of the rope was tied securely, and at the same time asked people to stand on the rope on the shore to test whether there would be any accidents.

After everything was prepared, Qin Liangyu had already changed into light clothes, came to Zuo Zongtang, and said with a light smile: "Don't worry, husband, the concubine believes that this plan of the husband will definitely work." ”

Qin Liangyu didn't bring anything, and after saying this, he began to cautiously walk onto the rope bridge made of more than a dozen ropes.

The rope bridge began to tremble, if ordinary people do not have extremely dexterous skills, it is indeed difficult to adapt to such a rope bridge, Qin Liangyu knew that she could not delay time, so even if she was swaying very strongly, she still jumped forward as fast as she could.

Step by step, Zuo Zongtang and other soldiers have already raised their hearts to their throats, no one has ever encountered this situation, and no one knows whether there will be a problem, the distance of more than ten zhang seems to have been stretched ten times and a hundred times, which makes people wait very anxiously.

Seeing that she was about to reach the other side of the river, Qin Liangyu stabilized her mind, but suddenly a rope under her feet suddenly fell, Qin Liangyu was unstable, and fell off the rope bridge, which shocked everyone in unison.

At this time, Qin Liangyu immediately grabbed the other rope, so she didn't fall into the river, only to see that after she grabbed the rope, she used her hands instead of her feet, and walked towards the opposite side step by step.

Seeing Qin Liangyu arrive safely on the other side, Zuo Zongtang took a deep breath and wiped the sweat from his forehead, this thrilling moment was more dangerous than any battlefield battle Zuo Zongtang encountered.

Qin Liangyu untied the rope from the arrow and tied it back to the solid trunk, while Li Guang on the other side shot several batches of the same arrow again and built the same number of rope bridges. After everything was ready, Zuo Zongtang began to hold a wooden plank in his hand and began to pounce on the wooden plank on the rope bridge.

In this way, 5,000 soldiers, including Li Guang, Huang Zhong and others, arrived on the other side of the river within half a day, and everyone did not make any stops, and under the leadership of Qin Liangyu, they directly rushed to the Black Dragon Cave.

At this time, the Black Dragon Cave Lord was still not alert at all - he had already concluded that it was impossible for Zuo Zongtang to cross the river, so his soldiers were still stationed in the cave, knowing that the Eagle Falcon Army appeared outside the Black Dragon Cave as if it had fallen from the sky, the Black Dragon Cave Lord was a little incredulous and led his troops out to meet the enemy.

"You...... You guys...... How the hell did you get here? "The Black Dragon Cave Lord still doesn't understand what happened at this time.

Qin Liangyu laughed and said, "We flew over!" ”

The Black Dragon Cave Lord seemed to really believe it, because apart from this, he didn't think of any other possibility, "Could it be that you have the help of the gods?" ”

"Now that you're gone, why don't you hurry up and catch you, but when?"

The Black Dragon Cave Lord couldn't help but be furious: "It's up to you people, don't think about it!" ”

I saw that the Black Dragon Cave Lord and his wife, Lady Yinhua, slapped their horses together and rushed directly towards Qin Liangyu. Qin Liangyu sneered, and went to greet the female general with a gun, and Lin Chong on the side, with quick eyes and quick hands, also followed the horse and danced the gun, and rushed directly towards the hideous Black Dragon Cave Master.