Because the Chishui River is not wide, the bows and arrows of the Di soldiers guarding the Chishui Pass can completely cover the entire south bank of the Chishui River, and once the Shu army is ready to cross the river, it will enter the range of the bows and arrows of the Di soldiers. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

And the Di soldiers would not give the Shu army any chance to cross the river, as soon as they saw the Shu army approaching the river, they immediately shot arrows indiscriminately.

On the shore, it is good to say that the Shu army can use shields to defend against bows and arrows, but once in the water, it is already a big problem to deal with the turbulent river, and it will be extremely difficult to dodge the opponent's arrows.

Gao Yuan first discharged a thousand people of crossbow soldiers, on the opposite bank of the Chishui Pass to suppress the shooting, to provide cover for the army crossing the river, after a row of powerful volleys, the bow and arrow of the Di soldiers became sparse, in order to avoid the bow and arrow of the Shu army, the archers of the Di people could only hide behind the fortifications, in this way, the density of the bow and arrow they shot was greatly reduced, Gao Yuan's countermeasure still had an effect.

Next, it depends on the performance of the troops crossing the river.

The difficulty of this river crossing operation is not ordinarily large, the surface of the Chishui River is only a dozen zhang to dozens of zhang wide, compared with some rivers that are several miles wide, the Chishui River is not conspicuous, but the flow speed of the Chishui River is quite amazing, and such a turbulent river is completely unfavorable for armed swimming.

Gao Yuan selected a group of soldiers with excellent water ability as the first wave of attack troops, and for the sake of safety, the first batch of Shu soldiers who went into the water were tied with ropes, so that in case of accidents, they would be rescued.

"Plop! Thump! The selected Shu soldiers jumped into the Chishui River without hesitation, but the rapids quickly swallowed them up, swept them downstream, and the Shu army on the shore saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly pulled them back.

The Shu soldiers who entered the water gasped for breath, spit out the mud and sand in their mouths, and said vigorously: "The water is too urgent!" The water is too urgent! ”

Gao Yuan's face was heavy, and he was frustrated as soon as he tried the water, one person was drowned in the water, and two were injured by the arrows of the Di people, of course, this is not the point, a few casualties are nothing, the real problem is that the Chishui River is so turbulent, how can it cross the ground?

Ignoring the threat of the Diren's bow and arrows, Gao Yuan personally came to the Chishui River to check the water situation, the flow speed of the Chishui River is obviously faster than that of ordinary rivers, and the turbulent river can easily sweep away everything, no wonder the Diren have no fear.

Compared to the strong winds of the Black Wind Pass, the rapid flow of the Chishui River is a real test, no matter how strong the wind is, there will be a time to stop, but the turbulent river water is forever stopped.

At this time, a Sima beside Gao Yuan proposed: "General Gao, the current is too fast, and it is easy to be washed away by a single person, so it is better to go into the water at the same time with dozens of people, connect them with ropes, and go hand in hand, maybe you can carry through the rapids." ”

Gao Yuan's eyes couldn't help but light up, this Sima's proposal is very constructive, in the face of the power of nature, a person's strength is thin after all, just like a chopstick, it will be easily broken, and ten pairs of chopsticks, but can not be broken, only unity, is the magic weapon against the harsh environment.

Gao Yuan immediately changed his strategy, ordered the Shu army to enter the water in a group, connected each other with ropes, and held hands tightly and swam side by side towards the opposite bank.

This method really worked, although the water was turbulent, but dozens of Shu soldiers entered the water in a group, and they could resist the impact of the current, and these Shu soldiers who entered the water, all of them were water-based experts, swimming forward in the rapids, rushing towards the opposite bank.

The soldiers guarding the pass were originally careless, the Chishui River was originally a natural danger, how difficult it was to swim across, so most of them hid behind the wall, watched from the wall, and occasionally cast a cold arrow, it was good to be able to kill and injure a few Shu soldiers, but their own safety was important, after all, the Shu army sent a large group of archers to suppress and shoot in order to cover the river crossing operation, and the Chishui Pass side also suffered from the large-scale coverage attack of the Shu army, and it was also more important to dodge the attack of the Shu army.

But the Shu army's group crossing of the river surprised the Di people, they didn't expect the Shu army to come up with a way to cross the river so quickly, and once the Chishui River natural danger was broken, the advantage of Chishui Pass would be gone.

Gu Tianhao saw that the momentum was not right, and immediately ordered the Di soldiers to stop the Shu army from crossing the river at all costs, and fired arrows into the river with all their might.

If they want to shoot arrows into the river, they must show their heads, but as soon as they show their heads, they will be ruthlessly attacked by the archers of the Shu army, and the number of casualties will inevitably increase. But at this moment, Gu Tianhao can't take care of a lot, the Shu army is about to swim across the other side, and if he doesn't take any action, it will be too late.

All of a sudden, the whole river was like a rain of arrows, the Di soldiers rushed to the Chishui River is a random shot, and the Shu army also obviously increased the intensity of shooting, in order to cover the river crossing troops, the crossbowmen on the bank are full of firepower, the arrows on both sides are intertwined, overwhelming.

The Shu army that crossed the river was completely unprotected at the moment, the soldiers who crossed the river were single-clothed and lightly armed, and they could not wear armor at all, and they could not use shields, in the face of the arrows that came quickly, there was no room to dodge, and the arrows were shot down one by one, they could only resign themselves to fate, and if they were lucky, the arrows passed by, and if they were unlucky, they were shot dead on the spot.

The turbulent rapids, the icy and biting river, and the undodgable bow and arrows made the Shu army's crossing of the river extremely difficult, seeing that the Shu soldiers who were struggling to swim forward had crossed the center of the river, but a row of arrows shot over, they sank into the water, and never came out again.

Gao Yuan was a little anxious, and ordered the archers to strengthen the attack and suppress the archers of the Di people. But the shooting strength of the archers of the Shu army is already large enough, the archers frequently pull the bowstring, its strength has far exceeded the usual, countless arrows poured towards the opposite Chishui Pass, many Di soldiers have been hit by arrows, the number of killed and wounded Di soldiers even exceeds the loss of the Shu army crossing the river.

But the Di people also seemed to be desperate, their arrows were almost all aimed at the river, and even ignored the arrows fired from the other bank, and shot all the arrows into the river, rather paying a great price than stopping the Shu army's crossing of the river.

The crossbowmen have tried their best to cover the river-crossing troops, while the river-crossing troops without any means of protection have no power to fight back, only to be slaughtered, the river is stained red with blood, countless floating corpses fill the entire Chishui River, and the river-crossing operation is facing the risk of failure. (To be continued.) )