Chapter 994: Hold your ground
Looking at the actions of the Sui army, Yizhi Wende's brows furrowed tightly, the width of Liaoshui is about two hundred steps, as long as the pontoon bridge is erected in such a section, then it only takes less than an hour, and the ten sections of pontoon bridge are connected, and you can go directly to the east bank.
Yuan Taizuo's expression was also very serious, but it looked more relaxed than Yizhi Wende, the corners of his mouth hooked, and he smiled: "After a long time, it turned out to be like this pontoon bridge, I thought they could have any new tricks." ”
Yizhi Wende sighed: "In this way, the Sui army is better than directly building a ship to force the crossing, now their pontoon bridge is out of our range, our army can't shoot with bows and arrows, or move the catapult forward and smash them, I think now their catapults have stopped firing." That's when we were in full swing. ”
A trace of cold killing intent flashed in Yuan Taizuo's eyes: "No, the catapult is in the right position, I just want them to build the bridge to more than half, and then fire at full power!" ”
On the high platform of the Sui army, Wang Shichong looked at the hot scene in front of him, nodded slightly, the Goguryeo camp on the opposite side was still quiet, but the wooden rafts that were originally on the head had all been taken down, and the auxiliaries who did not wear armor and wore white turbans were hurriedly dragging the wounded and dead in the crowd back, and from a distance, it was still a sea of earthy yellow people, and the Goguryeo archers wearing earthy yellow leather armor and yellow scarves were full of thirty or forty thousand people, lying motionless behind the fence, They all looked at the generals in the rear, waiting for the order to shoot.
Wang Shichong sighed softly: "This Goguryeo general can also calm down, and our army has built a bridge like this, and he has no reaction." General Mak. I'm afraid you still have to be fully prepared. ”
Mai Tiezhu gritted his teeth: "There is nothing to prepare." That's it, three pontoon bridges have already been erected, and I expected that after entering the range of Goguryeo's bows and arrows in the middle of the river, they would carry out a bow and arrow attack, and when the time came, they would have to fill it with human lives. Pass me on the general, the sergeant of the bridge. There is no advance or retreat, if there is a person who runs back from the bridge without hearing the sound of gold, slash! ”
Looking at the back of the herald who quickly ran out, Wang Shichong shook his head, looked back at the general flag with the word "Mai", which had almost stagnated at this moment, and said: "General Mai, the wind has stopped, if the Goguryeo army attacks with rockets for a while, what can it do?" ”
Mai Tiezhu smiled slightly, and pointed to the several sections of pontoon bridges that were being transported forward in the middle of the military formation. said: "General Wang, have you seen it?" These pontoon bridges that were transported over later, the surface is coated with mud, although it will affect the speed of some running, but it can be fireproof, and this bridge is on the river, if you really hit the rocket, let the sergeants take water to extinguish the fire, it is not so easy to burn the section, as long as it drags on for half an hour, my 30,000 troops have crossed the river bank, and if they stand still, they can create opportunities for the army behind! ”
The corners of Wang Shichong's mouth hooked, and he wanted to say that if there were too many corpses and the pontoon bridge was blocked, what should I do? But when the words came to his lips, he still stopped it, after all, this battle was fought with an iron rod, and it had been carried out to this point, and there was no turning back, and now he said it himself, it was just to increase his troubles, useless.
While the two were talking, the sixth section of the pontoon bridge had been erected, to the center of the Liao River, those shirtless warriors who were holding piles in the water, also changed the third set, after all, it was soaked in the frozen river water, no matter how much lard was smeared, it could only keep out the cold for a while, after receiving two sections of pontoons, these strong men in the water had to swim back to the shore, and another group of people went on again, and the people who went ashore gulped the hot ginger soup that had been prepared, and the whole river bank was a hot and spicy taste.
But Wang Shichong's eyes were not placed on these bright pig warriors who swam back to the shore, his eyes were staring at the general platform opposite Goguryeo, the figures of Yuan Taizuo and Eulzhi Wende were clearly visible, but the two did not have the meaning of action, the more so, the more Wang Shichong felt a chill, the enemy still did not fire bows and arrows after entering the range, which made people feel more bottomless than the current ten thousand arrows.
The sound of the "horn" nailed wood sounded, the eighth section of the pontoon bridge has been connected, the Sui army in the water sounded bursts of cheers, the Goguryeo people on the opposite side are still not moving, seeing that the Sui army on the bridge is only more than 40 steps offshore, the distance between the two sections of the pontoon bridge is completely within the range of the bow and arrow, even if it is shot with a hanging, it can kill a large number of people, but the Goguryeo military formation is still as immobile as a mountain, and the Goguryeo archers behind the fence are still staring with bated breath, and the arrows are wound up and not triggered.
Mai Tiezhu gritted his teeth, waved his hand, Fei Qingnu understood, and stepped forward with a burst of flags, the phalanx of the Sui army suddenly turned into countless columns, and the standard battle formation of a team of fifty people changed from a triangular or square array to a two-column column, just waiting for the pontoon bridge to be connected, it would step across the bridge, rush to the east bank, and go straight to the camp of the Goguryeo army.
Wang Shichong can hear the sound of his heartbeat, faster and faster, stronger and stronger, now his mood is very contradictory, as a Han man, he hopes that the Sui army can win this battle, even in the later generations, he also hates the Korean stick, but in order to achieve his great cause, this battle of the Sui army can not be easily won, this tangled and contradictory mood makes him feel not very good, he thought that he can easily watch the battle as an outsider, but until now, he understands that the blood of the descendants of Yan and Huang is flowing in his bones, It can no longer be changed, at this moment, on this battlefield, he is a pure Chinese, as for the plan of the conspiracy world, it has long flown to the clouds!
The tenth section of the pontoon bridge was also thrown into the water, and the craftsmen and soldiers in front quickly began to hit wooden nails on the bridge body, and smashed them the wooden stakes in the water on both sides, and with a wave of the wheat iron cane, his order was quickly issued, and the sergeants of the Sui army began to rush onto the pontoon bridge in the form of a column, shouting, and rushed to the Goguryeo camp on the opposite bank, like three black and pressed ironclad dragons, opening their teeth and dancing claws, vowing to tear the Goguryeo army on the opposite side to pieces!
The corners of Yizhi Wende's mouth twitched, and he looked at Yuan Taizuo, who was still as steady as Mount Tai and stood with his arms crossed, and said in a deep voice: "General Yuan, the Sui army has already come, are you still doing nothing?" Are you really going to let the Sui army cross the river and storm our camp? ”
Yuan Taizuo let out a long breath, slowly pulled out the sword from the scabbard at his waist, pointed forward, and said firmly and forcefully: "Trebuchet, launch the boulder!" (To be continued......)