Forced Crossing

Shaanzhou City was in sight in the distance. Although the distance was only 20 miles, it still took two days to actually reach the city.

To the west of the ancient city of Shaanzhou is the Qinglong Stream that meanders past, and merges into the Yellow River to the north. The Yellow River is to the north and east, and Ganshan Mountain is to the south.

The masonry city wall is three feet and five feet high. Because it is surrounded by rivers, it is a naturally deep and wide moat. According to the art of war, Shaanzhou Prefecture is a textbook-like fortified city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack - as long as there is a third

On the second road, Guan Shengyun and Luo Yonghao would definitely not choose this place as the first battle for the army. After many military discussions, all the generals were also troubled by this. Not to mention anything else, just the construction of various siege equipment

, everyone’s experience is very limited, only simple equipment such as ladders, crash carts and trench bridges are enough. No one dares to make a guarantee of how long it will take to build a siege tower that can be pushed and will not fall apart halfway. As for the catapult

, don’t even think about it. No one in Guan Shengyun’s army at this time can make such high-tech equipment!

At the end of the discussion, everyone had no choice but to decide: continue to cut off traffic and march covertly, striving to achieve the effect of a surprise attack. Surround the city first, and then slowly plan for it. When the time comes, we will adapt to changes and see if God will bless us. If we can't attack, we will be defeated.

Blood flowed, and the army had no choice but to pass around the city. Although it would leave a huge hidden danger behind, it would also cause a blow to morale that was almost a blow to the head. Since the army was hastily formed, whether it was a mistake or a bluff,

, has been invincible, and the morale of the tribesmen is unprecedentedly high - but no matter what, everyone can't bleed dry at the first stop.

The first problem that needs to be solved is crossing the Qinglong Stream.

This is not difficult: Guo Qinglin personally led the auxiliary fleet and marched hand in hand with the large troops on the official road. There were more than a hundred large and small boats, half of which carried You Futian's Tianyi Battalion, which was responsible for guarding and cutting off the ferries on both sides of the Yellow River, and the other half carried

The wooden planks and ropes were sailed straight upstream from the Yellow River into the Qinglong Stream. They were spread out across the widest river, where the water flow was slowest, and the wooden planks were used to nail the boats together to form a pontoon bridge.

What everyone is most worried about is that the pontoon bridge may be attacked during construction - and this is the most likely: no one can build a springboard under the threat of swords, guns, bows and arrows on the shore (the auxiliary troops have no armor, and the lethality of bows and arrows cannot be underestimated).

If this happens, we have to sacrifice the Tianyi Battalion, abandon the boat and land ashore, buy time with our lives, and open up a small landing area for Gu Baihua's Gangfeng Battalion. The troops will hold on first, and the cavalry will cross the bridge to press

Go up and respond.

If there is no resistance, Gu Baisong's cavalry will be the first to cross the pontoon bridge. They will fight to the death to block a possible counterattack from the city - even if the city has no time to organize troops to prevent the bridge from being built, a half-crossed attack is a truth that all fools understand, even if it is just

A short assault to burn the pontoon bridge would have disastrous consequences for the army! The army could have enough time to build a position along the river, but as long as the road ahead was cut off, tens of thousands of people would be stuck in a narrow valley in a dilemma.

, it is probably only a matter of time before the entire army is wiped out.

Gu Baihua's Gangfeng Battalion will be the second batch to cross the bridge after the cavalry crosses the river. If a counterattack is launched in the city, they will join the battle group to withstand the attack and leave enough beachhead for the large army to form. On the contrary, if

They did not encounter a strong counterattack. After Gaofengdou's three flying beast battalions crossed the river to take over the defense, they would turn directly to the south and set up an ambush at Kip Shek Pass to block reinforcements as planned.

At this moment, there are only about a dozen soldiers on the west wall of Shaanzhou City. Logically speaking, although in peacetime, at this strategic strategic point, there should be at least a hundred defenders on one wall. However, a while ago, the command to kill thousands of households, the court killed

Command, when every officer's head hits the ground, several, a dozen, or even dozens of thousands of general flag officers, small flag officers, and even unlucky soldiers will be unlucky with them. Hongnongwei's guarding force has been affected.

A big loss. What's more terrible, since Mr. Ma took office, the situation has become even worse. It is said that Mr. Ma in other places mostly looks for troubles for the local wealthy people, but because he wants to please the court, since he came here, Ma

Your Excellency has set your sights on the health center - Mr. Ma personally said that he would eliminate the remaining poison of brothers Li Bin and Li Jian's rebellion, and restore a clean and prosperous Shaanzhou Prefecture!

There were not many people in the army who could read, so Mr. Ma turned all the houses upside down and found not even a piece of paper with writing on it, not to mention the inscriptions. But how could Mr. Ma be willing to give up?

If you can't find the book, check the comments. As long as it involves the Li brothers' private discussions, Mr. Ma will know - there will be rewards for reporting, and it will be the same crime if you don't report if you know!

Li Li of the Hundred Households was quite prestigious in the camp, he was loyal and had some real abilities. When he took office as the magistrate, several strong men came from the south and hid in the mountains and came out to grab a handful from time to time. Commander Li dealt with it with all his wits and wits.

For a moment, he didn't care about it at all. After Li Ye drank, he was irritated by the tavern owner who had been robbed. In order to win a few coins of wine money, he took people into the ravine to save face, and actually brought back two heads.

——The credit naturally goes to Commander Li, but Mr. Li earned enough face and won another drink, that was enough, and he didn’t care too much.

It's a pity that, in real terms, Li Ye and Commander Li Bin are some distant relatives. However, this relationship is really far away. Even if they haven't released the fifth server, it's almost the same, and they don't have much intersection in daily life - otherwise, Li

The conductor wouldn't be embarrassed to actually reach out to grab the decapitation skill, wouldn't he? This relationship that no one remembers very much was somehow found out by Mr. Ma, and Mr. Li made a few complaints after being drunk, and then Mr. Li was arrested.

. Because he was "unyielding and refused to tell the truth", he was sentenced to a standing cage at the gate of the city. The man who was more than five feet tall was carried out from the prefectural government office and his bones were already broken. On the fifth day, his head was dead in the cage. It was almost the same as this.

At the same time, I saw Gu Sanzi, who was not wanted to see anyone in the camp, arrogantly changing into a new outfit, and even caught someone bragging about how sweet the Datong mother-in-law in Yichun House was... Everyone knew what was going on.

.It’s just that Mr. Ma’s methods are really ruthless, and no one dares to do anything to Gu Sanxianzi, who is just talking nonsense.

Later, it was no longer possible for the soldiers to whisper to each other in private. The two living examples of Gu San Bazi and Li Ye were there. More and more people were snitching, and no one knew what they said casually.

At that time, it was no joke that someone had spread the word to Mr. Ma’s ears. It was a slap in the face and a heavy arrow in the camp. Mr. Ma was like a formidable enemy to the fictitious things about him, and sent out many spies to inquire about all kinds of information.

, On the contrary, the real city defense did not care at all. Master Ma seemed to have firmly believed that as long as there were people gathering, it was an intolerable potential threat to the court and must be severely extinguished. After eight or nine months, the soldiers on duty on the walls and at the door

There are fewer and fewer people. In winter, everyone just mind their own business and bask in the sun. In summer, find a shady place to take a nap and have fun.

The soldiers on the west wall were squatting against the wall to avoid the sun. Finally, the soldiers who got up to relieve themselves discovered the Nuo fleet sailing upstream from the Yellow River into the Qinglong Stream, and the cavalry that had already formed a formation on the other side. Behind the cavalry

, is a forest of swords and guns shining in the sun, which is Gu Baihua’s front camp. Looking to the west, an endless stream of teams enters the sight from the mountain bend. The winding mountain road is like

A ferocious giant dragon spit out one figure after another from its mouth, and drove towards it with murderous and determined steps, which seemed to never end.

The soldier rubbed his eyes to make sure that this was not his hallucination. He opened his mouth in horror, but could not shout out a complete sentence. He pointed to the front with his hand and shouted "Ah, ah, ah". Others stood up one after another and pointed at their fingers.

Looking in the direction, they were all stunned by the horrifying sight in front of them.

"Police"!

"Close the city gate quickly!" Someone finally understood and shouted at the bottom of the city at the top of his lungs.

Shaanzhou has an important location, but the city is not big. There are only four main gates: Xuanwei Gate in the east, Zhengping Gate in the west, Yingen Gate in the south, and Xuanhua Gate in the north.

Zhengping Gate is close to Qinglong Stream. No one has crossed the river for several days. Two gatekeepers who were on errands were taking a nap in the gate, one to the south and the other to the north. The soldiers who had been shouting for a long time on the wall were ignored.

They ran down the horse track to find the city gate guards, and some rushed to the city government office to report the news - unfortunately, the alarm gong was locked in the city gate tower, and the flag officer who was supposed to be on duty the day before yesterday was slapped by Mr. Ma for talking too much.

The board is still lying on the bed and humming, and the key is still hanging behind the door panel in the house.

Because of the terrain, the common people outside the city live outside Ying'en Gate in the south. Not far from Zhengping Gate in the west is the Qinglongjian River Beach. The north gate and east gate are also adjacent to the river, and there are no common people's houses - that is to say,

Since the corner of the city wall blocked the view, the people were unaware of the approaching army!

By the time Ma Zhizhou ran up the Zhengpingmen city wall in panic, nearly half of the pontoon bridge in Guoqinglin had been built. On the water on both sides of the pontoon bridge, soldiers from three teams of Tianyi Battalion were bluffing on the boats, wielding swords and guns -

-In fact, everyone, including themselves, knows that this kind of scare tactic has no practical effect at all: there are no big ships, and there are more than a dozen or less five or six soldiers on each small boat. If you don’t go ashore, there will be no threat.

, if they really go ashore, without the protection of auxiliary troops to build fortifications in advance, and without the cavalry to maneuver and support, as long as a real counterattack is launched in the city, these two to three hundred people will be killed, and it may only take a little more than a meal.

, the large army on the other side of the river could only stare blankly! So, even though You Futian knew that his battalion must be sacrificed as a last resort, he still prayed silently in his heart: Don’t counterattack... Well, at least wait until Brother Gu Manzi passes by.

If we fight again in the river, then it will be their people who die. I, Lao You, still hope that the old foundation of Tianyi Battalion will dominate the navy.

Everyone knows the principle of striking first and gaining the upper hand... Unfortunately, this "everyone" does not include Ma Wen's promotion to Ma Zhizhou!

Master Ma, who was usually very powerful in catching rebels and had the word "loyalty" carved on his forehead, was now like a toad struck by lightning, staring blankly at the city with his eyes open and his mouth open: the pontoon bridge that was gradually taking shape, the small

The soldiers on the boat waving weapons and cursing at the city, the dark army on the other side...

After a long while, Master Ma, under the urging of everyone, finally issued the first order with trembling lips: "Close the city gates! Close all the city gates immediately and top them with big rocks!"

Pan Ding, a fellow governor of Shaanzhou, heard this and said quickly: "Sir, should we gather the people in the south of the city first?"

The state judge Jing Xiangshan shouted at the same time: "Master Ma, you can't do it! There are two to three thousand households in the south of the city! We should gather the people, burn the houses, fortify the walls and clear the fields... I am willing to personally lead the city's best soldiers to attack head-on, even if it means risking my life.

I will also buy you most of the day!"

Ma Wensheng pointed at the city with his finger angrily: "Asshole! There are so many thieves, you see, they move so fast, how can they not have time!" As he said, he pointed at the tip of Jing Xiangshan's nose, "You take people out? What the hell are you doing?"

When everyone is exhausted, what can I do to defend the city?"

Jing Xiang Shanyu argued forcefully: "My lord, it is our duty to live on the emperor's salary and keep the people safe. Even if our bodies are shattered, we would not dare to say goodbye. We cannot just watch the people fall into the hands of thieves! At this time, the thieves have not yet gained a foothold.

An inch of land is the time for a head-on attack! I humbly ask Mr. Ma to think twice!"

Pan Ding also spoke up and said, "Sir, Master Jing's words make sense. Since Master Jing sacrificed his life to stop the enemy, he is willing to lead his government servants to the south of the city to gather the people. I have sworn in my humble position that the emperor and heaven are above, and Pan must do his best. The last one is

Enter the city. If you violate this oath, Pan is willing to be punished by heaven!"

At this time, Ma Wensheng returned to his usual ferocity: "Shut up, everyone! Close the city gate immediately! Don't let anyone in! If there was no internal response, how could the thieves come so fast? You have repeatedly obstructed me, are you trying to open the city to the enemy?

?Whoever dares to talk nonsense and delay is a traitor!"

Pan and Jing looked at each other. Jing Xiangshan blushed, and the veins on his forehead beat violently. He never expected that he, a civil servant who had decided to die generously and risk his life to resist the enemy, would be accused of delaying by Master Ma.

Surrender to the thief! I was furious, but I couldn't do anything. I had nowhere to vent my anger. I stamped my feet and said "hey" angrily, as if I was about to explode.

Pan Ding's performance was much calmer. He was startled for a moment, then turned around and bowed deeply in the direction of the capital, murmuring: "Your Majesty, I have betrayed the grace of the Holy Spirit!" Two lines of tears welled up in his eyes and slowly moved along his face.

It slowly flows down, then flows down the beard under the chin, hangs on the tip of the beard, and turns into a large round drop. The sunlight shines on the teardrop, reflecting beautiful colors for an instant, and then, dripping, smashing

It fell to the wall and the ground, was quickly swallowed up by the bricks and stones, and disappeared.

Ma Wensheng yelled at the top of his lungs to close the city gate while running along the city wall. Before he reached the south corner, he was out of breath and couldn't run anymore. He pressed his hands on his knees and hunched over to gasp for breath. From time to time he raised his head and said angrily.

Cursing and threatening, the soldiers ran along the city wall like headless chickens, conveying Lord Ma's orders along the way.

At this time, outside the west gate, the construction of the pontoon bridge was nearing completion. The auxiliary soldiers, who did not feel any threat, were firmly hammering the last few planks into the soil on the river beach with long nails.

Gu Baisong drew his long sword towards the tower, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, shook the reins and stepped onto the pontoon first.

The horses' hooves were beating, closely following Gu Baisong, the horse team filed across the bridge.

Later, Gu Baisong took the lead and reined in his horse outside the city gate. After a distance of about two feet, more than two hundred knights formed four small formations behind Captain Gu. Each small formation had a riding officer.
Chapter completed!