Chapter 66 The fortifications were not finished in a hurry, and the rope bridge changed hands in an instant
Qinzhou City, Council Hall. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Hearing what Cheng Feng said, Yu Wenwei couldn't help but feel surprised: "What you said, is it true?"
Cheng Feng nodded, his expression quite serious: "It's true." Starting from Qinzhou City, along Qinshui all the way to the west, thirty miles to the west, the Tatars have already built a rope bridge there, and when the rope bridge is successful, then they can come along the rope bridge, besiege us in Qinzhou City, cut off supplies, cut off food routes, and let us starve to death in Qinzhou City. ”
Yu Cheng looked grateful, patted Cheng Feng on the shoulder, and praised: "Those Tatars are really insidious and cunning. If you hadn't discovered it in time, I'm afraid that we would be in danger. ”
Everyone present understood the situation in the city at this moment, because of the military discipline incident caused by Zhao Zhi before, as well as this sneak attack, the entire Chifeng Army was completely in a semi-paralyzed state, if it was suddenly attacked by the Mongolian army at this time, it was only afraid that it would overturn at this moment.
Chengfeng was able to discover this abnormality in time, which was naturally a great achievement.
"That's just as well. It's just that you didn't think that the suspension bridge had never existed before, why did it suddenly appear here?"
Yu Wenwei looked confused, and muttered in a low voice: "You should also know." The construction of the suspension bridge was not a one-day effort, and it took about 10 days of preparation to complete it. And for so many days, you didn't notice it?" said as he spoke, his suspicious gaze swept across your faces.
Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but avoid their gaze, and their faces flushed.
In the past few days, they have been arguing and arguing, talking about whether the people should be treated like this, or arguing over some trivial matters, but they did not expect that during this period of time, the Mongol army would quietly build such a suspension bridge so close to Qinzhou.
Such laziness is truly an unforgivable sin!
Only then did Yu Cheng understand: "Mr. Yuwen, are you saying that someone deliberately provoked the purpose of disturbing the morale of our soldiers and others, so as to gain an opportunity for them to build this bridge?"
"The subordinates are incompetent, if someone hadn't mentioned it, I was afraid that this would not have happened. Cheng Feng was only ashamed, lowered his head but didn't dare to raise it.
In this incident, he was also deeply involved, and he was one of the leading ones, no matter what, he couldn't get rid of the relationship, if he hadn't found the traces of the other party, he wouldn't dare to appear in front of everyone.
"That's pretty much the case. Therefore, you should also know that there is stability in the army, and you should not put personal grievances above the army and neglect your duties, so that the army will be lost. You need to keep this lesson in mind and never repeat it in the future. Do you know?" looked awe-inspiring, Yu Wenwei looked at everyone's ashamed expressions, and opened his mouth to teach.
After seeing Chengfeng, Yu Wenwei's serious gaze softened slightly, and he praised: "As for you Chengfeng, you can capture the enemy in danger, and even found this bridge by chance, which can be regarded as making up for it, what is the crime?" Then his eyes were like torches, but he swept over everyone's faces, and his voice was already quiet: "If this is the case, then you must send troops to attack and regain control of this bridge under our hands." But who is willing to go into battle and take this bridge?"
Only at this moment, Na Jinmeng had already stepped forward, put his hands on his chest, knelt down on one knee and begged: "The last general is incompetent and lax in discipline, so that he can let his subordinates disturb military discipline at night, it is really damned." In this case, the last general hereby begs Mr. Yuwen to let me go into battle, which can be regarded as a meritorious service. ”
When Cheng Feng heard this, he was surprised.
Whether this Jin Meng is leading troops in battle, or martial arts bow and horse skills, he is above everyone, and it stands to reason that he should be the best candidate.
However, when he looked at this golden meng, he instinctively felt a little weird, so he wanted to open his mouth to stop it. Unexpectedly, Yu Wenwei seemed to be aware of his thoughts, and made him shut up with a slight glare, so he had to listen to the order on the side, without any resistance.
"Since General Jin has said it, then I will allow you 3,000 soldiers and horses, and you must take this bridge. Got it?"
When everyone heard this, they also bowed their heads slightly, showing their satisfaction.
Jin Meng no longer shirked, and replied: "The last general understands." He immediately straightened up, lifted his battle robe and turned around, and left the council hall without looking back, but he was ready to mobilize troops and horses and rush to the place that Cheng Feng said, so as to control the drawbridge, and make sure that the other party would not attack Qinzhou City along this bridge.
Together, the war continued.
It was only a few days after Qinzhou, which could barely be called a quiet scene, and it ushered in another war, and this time I don't know how many tragic consequences it will bring.
In it, Cheng Feng already had a sense of impermanence and drifting with the tide, just looking at the rows of athletes coming out of the city gate, although he wanted to stop it, he also knew that in terms of the current situation, this battle was categorically unstoppable.
In any case, holding on to the safety of Qinzhou City is the top priority, even if this move will weaken the entire defense of Qinzhou City.
In order to prevent accidents, he can only go out with the army to ensure that nothing happens in it.
After half a day of marching, the Fifth Brigade had already arrived at the location of the chain bridge.
Probably because they were aware of the changes in the personnel in the city, the soldiers who were building the chain bridge here had already discovered the location of the Chifeng Army, and quickly built a small cottage with big stones and logs in the same place.
The cottage is not large, estimated to be only a small three-story building, built with logs that have just been cut down nearby, and the branches and leaves and bark on it have not been peeled off, but they are simply tied up and fixed with vines, and even the roof is simply blocked from the sun by leaves. Normally, this cottage can still shelter from the wind and rain, but once it encounters a violent storm, it will definitely not be able to support it for a long time.
In the center of the cottage, there is a door that can accommodate two people to enter and exit, and behind the door is the iron chain bridge that has completed the main structure.
Along the chain bridge, you can reach the other end of the bridge smoothly, and the whole journey takes only half a minute, which is significantly faster than the half-day detour required in the past.
Outside the cottage, there is a wall made of rubble.
The wall is not high, only reaching the waist position, and ordinary people only need to help run, they can easily cross it, and they can't get up to the defensive ability that the wall should have.
It can be imagined how rushed these Tatars were when they found out that the Red Phoenix Army was on the march, and in less than half a day, how they urged them to complete this far less than passing fortification.
That said, but on the other side of the drawbridge, it's a different story.
Probably because they knew that the Red Phoenix Army was coming to attack the city, and at the place of the suspension bridge on the shore, thousands of men and horses had been gathered, and they were preparing to cross the suspension bridge and come to reinforce the cottage on the opposite bank, so that they could repel the Red Phoenix Army and firmly occupy this place to ensure that their positions would not be lost.
Looking at the whole situation from afar, Jin Meng was already confident, and said with a smile: "It seems that the other party has long been prepared and wants to stick to this place?"
In his opinion, the military project in front of him is too rudimentary, it is not a standard fortification at all, and it only takes one round of impact to completely break it down and disperse, and it can recapture the cottage in minutes.
The only thing worth caring about is the thousands of soldiers and horses gathered at the other end of the iron-locked suspension bridge.
After all, this iron-locked suspension bridge is narrow, and the planks that have been pulled away from laying are also unsheltered in length, and even when blown by the mountain wind, they will stagger, float around, and walk with fear, lest one accidentally fall into the water and then be taken away by the rushing river.
If you want to cross this drawbridge and defeat the enemy, it is the most difficult of the difficulties.
Knowing the danger here, Jin Meng certainly did not dare to slack off, in order to prevent the other party from reinforcing the cottage along the suspension bridge, he ordered the first combat regiment under his command to occupy a high place, and constantly bombarded with tiger squat artillery, forcing the other party to be unable to gather and not dare to cross the river. On the other hand, the Second Corps began to attack, even though there were hundreds of soldiers gathered in this cottage to defend the city, but under the continuous shooting of the tiger squat cannon and the obscenity of the gun, they were already frightened, and only supported the kung fu of a cup of tea, so they gave up resistance and opened the door and surrendered.
Jin Meng immediately grinned, walked up to the cottage accompanied by several soldiers, stepped into the lookout platform and looked at the other side, and couldn't help laughing: "It seems that the other party's strength is no more than that." But after such a period of time, they surrendered?" The scorching gaze crossed the Qinshui, and he already saw the panic of the soldiers of the Mongol army.
At this moment, the Tartars seemed to know that they could no longer recapture the bridge, so they began to turn around, leaving the banks of the Qinshui River and returning in the same direction, allowing the Red Phoenix Army to occupy the bridge.
"But that's too simplistic. ”
Looking at the other party leaving the figure, Cheng Feng felt weird.
The suspension bridge was a very cumbersome construction, not only did it require the use of special crossbows to throw slings, but even the iron chains used to support the bridge required a huge amount of fine iron to be built.
The Mongols spent such a huge amount of strength to build this bridge, although there was a reason for the rush of time, but they only sent such a small number of troops to defend the bridge, so it is natural that such an act is strange.
As a staff officer, although he is not very experienced in facing the enemy, he also knows that there must be a secret hidden in it, but he has too little experience, and after all, he still can't understand the other party's purpose, what it is, so he has no choice but to leave, thinking that he may be able to peek through the heavenly opportunities in the future.
After capturing this bridge, Jin Meng also left a soldier and horse stationed here to prevent the Mongols from returning and retaking the bridge, and he led his army to return to Qinzhou City.
This Qinzhou is a military powerhouse, and it must be guarded by sufficient troops to ensure safety, and naturally there is no room for the slightest mistake.