"Haha, okay, the Eight Families are really good. They have even prepared a boat to build a pontoon for us. It is really considerate. With such a capable assistant, why worry about us not winning?" Baya Lazhang Jingaobai stood at Mengmen Gate.

Guanchengtou, listening to the report from his sentry, couldn't help but feel a little ecstatic. After Mengmen Pass was captured, the Manchu and Mongolian coalition forces arrived one after another, and Tu Xietu also led his troops.

Outside the city of Mengmenguan. Since ancient times, people have had a common sense that the Yellow River has rapid currents and is much more dangerous than the Yangtze River. Therefore, pontoons are not particularly common on the Yellow River. Basically, they are used for ferry crossings.

Ferries are used to transport people and goods. However, common sense does not mean that it is an absolute situation. As early as the Song Dynasty, there was the experience of setting up pontoon bridges on the Yellow River. When the Northern Song Dynasty fought with Xixia, the Song Army

After occupying Lanzhou City, Zhong Chuan, the official of the Song Army, presided over it. It only took six days to build a pontoon bridge on the Yellow River that could allow cavalry, infantry and baggage to pass. It was supported by barges and supported by wooden beams.

Reinforcement, and connecting the hull and beam with iron cables, is called modularization in the words of later generations. Each ship and the bridge above are a module, and each module is connected with iron cables.

This has a huge advantage, that is, it can completely cope with the rapid water flow of the Yellow River, because the flexibility of the iron cables gives the entire pontoon bridge great elasticity. Even if it is washed away by the water flow, the pontoon bridge can still be like a flexible snake by the river.

The upward swing will prevent it from breaking. After the water flow eases, the soldiers and horses can pass through again. This is still a technology of the Song Dynasty, and it only takes six days.

Today is different from the past. The situation faced by Obai and others today is several times simpler than when the Song army repaired the bridge. With the cooperation of the Eight Families, they have three major advantages. First, it is the turn of spring and summer, and it is also the turn of the Yellow River.

During the dry season, the water level is not high, which means that the distance between the two banks is also shortened, and the water flow is not turbulent during the dry season. This is a natural good time to set up a floating bridge, which can be regarded as the right time. Secondly, they chose Mengmen

The location of the pass is extremely tricky. There is a place to the west of Mengmen Pass called Xiaohegou. The topography of the Xiaohegou is like a protruding sharp corner, directly inserted into the Yellow River. If a pontoon bridge is built from the Xiaohegou to connect to the other side, the actual distance will not exceed two hundred steps.

, this can be said to be a natural place to erect a pontoon bridge, which is a favorable location. Third, because the eight families had prepared the materials and ships needed to erect the pontoon bridge in advance, when Obai and the others arrived at Mengmen Pass

After that, in addition to the ferries collected at Mengmenguan, the fleets of the Eight Families sailed down the river from Linxian County to join the Manchu and Mongolian coalition forces.

It is not a very simple matter to build a pontoon bridge on the Wubao River. It will not take six days at all. It is estimated that it can be repaired in just two days. For the sake of safety, Obai first selected the best troops and took a ferry to quietly sail on the north bank of Wubao.

Landing, avoiding the surveillance of Wu Fort's defenders, and then quietly sneaking into Wu Fort's Lijia Valley at night, which is directly opposite the small river ditch and where the pontoon bridge will be connected. If the Ming army discovers them, then they must let them go.

This elite Baya La Niulu resisted in front and prevented the Ming army from destroying the bridge, and then the large army could pass smoothly. As long as the army entered Shaanxi, the situation was not decided by the Ming army.

"Hahaha, pour the wine, pour the wine, damn, these bastards, I'm obviously a soldier from Shaanxi, but I have to suffer this crime to come to this place where birds don't shit, it's unlucky, it's so damn unlucky

!" In Wubao City, a pot-bellied general was holding a wine jar and pouring the last wine inside.

He poured the wine into his mouth. He was already very drunk, his face was red, and the smell of alcohol was constantly spraying from his nostrils. There were already two or three empty wine jars in front of him. This person was none other than He Renlong.

, it’s funny to say that when the rear army took over the Suide defense line, because

For Gao Qiqian, I went to Lu Xiangsheng's place, and several people here began to argue about who should go to Wubao and who should stay in Suide. It's simple to say, there are only three troops in total, Lu Zhi, He Renlong, and Zuo

Liangyu. But that’s where things got bad. He Renlong originally thought that he was a local

Soldiers and horses, they are guest soldiers, do the local soldiers and horses still have to listen to the guest soldiers? Birds don’t lay eggs in that damn place in Wu Fort. No one wants to go there. No matter how you look at it, Suide is much better, and there is no shortage of it.

To send money to Lu Zhi, it was probably Zuo Liangyu, the unlucky guy, who went to Wubao. Lu Zhibi

He was actually the Deputy Supervisor, and he should guard Suide both emotionally and rationally, so it was actually a fight between Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong. But no one expected that Zuo Liangyu would actually cross paths with Lu Zhichuan

A pair of pants, so damn good. These two people are from the same damn town. Lu Zhi is a climber from Shandong.

Zhou Liangyu is from Qingzhou. After all, both of them are from Shandong. This is something He Renlong did not expect. The result can be imagined. When both of them respect Lu Zhi, Zuo Liangyu

Taking advantage of his fellow villagers, He Renlong suffered a lot. Lu Zhi stood side by side with Zuo Liangyu.

On the other side, He Renlong was so angry that he jumped up and scolded his mother, but there was nothing he could do. He was the deputy supervisor of the army, and he was holding a spring and autumn pen in his hand. He couldn't twist his thigh with his arm, so he had to go to Wubao. Once he arrived at Wubao, he saw

He Renlong was extremely depressed because he had nothing to ask for when he came here. In addition, he was beaten by Zuo Liang.

Yu made a move. He had nowhere to vent his sorrows. He could only drown his sorrows in wine. He indulged in wine every day. All generals are like this. You can imagine the remaining soldiers. In addition, He Renlong's soldiers and horses are rubbish. They can't

Let them focus on defending Wu Fort, then the sun will really come out from the west.

It can only be said that Obai was too cautious. If he had known that the defenders of Fort Wu were mostly hiding in the city, and the soldiers on guard were leaning on the wall chatting, sleeping, and guessing games, the patrols outside the city would not have known about it.

Which tree should I run under?

If Liang went there, I would probably be shocked. In fact, when the elite pioneer Niu Lu landed ashore, they were also shocked by the Ming army's lax defense, because they marched carefully for a long time without even encountering a ghost.

Arrive, Niulu

Zhang Jing couldn't believe his eyes. There was not a single Ming army in the entire river bank defense line. If the enemy came from the waterway and killed these Ming soldiers, wouldn't they know nothing about the situation? He touched the money rat tail on the back of his head and said with some resentment.

: "What is the difference between these Nikans and pigs? If the Ming Dynasty had such an army, we would be able to eliminate them in just one year, no, half a year. It's a pity, it's a pity, why did the Ming Dynasty have that crazy army?

Hey!"

While the Wu Fort defenders were slacking off and the Manchu-Mongolian coalition forces were nervously setting up the pontoon bridge, a few homing pigeons flapped their wings and took off from Taiyuan City, flying towards the intelligence points on the east and west sides. They wanted to immediately pass the news here to the front line.

and the Military Headquarters. In the Taiping Mansion Military Headquarters, Liu Yi was discussing something with the generals. Ever since the plan to respond to the northwest was finalized, the Qingyi Army has never relaxed.

The expansion of the army has not been completed yet. It does not mean that the number of troops is not enough, but that the training is insufficient. Rome was not built in a day. All armies must undergo systematic training. Therefore, according to the original plan, servants should be recruited from Kyushu

The army went to Goryeo to fight. Liu Yi gave this task to Chen Bao and others to complete, but it took a lot of time because sea communications were inconvenient, and even Kyushu

After the recruitment is completed, simple training is required before being sent to Tsushima Island and then landing in Goryeo. Therefore, sometimes war is often a double-edged sword, because the Qing Yi Army's operations in Kyushu were too ruthless at that time, and Kyushu was basically destroyed.

All the daimyo armies were wiped out. If they could be retained, they could be sent directly to the Goryeo battlefield as cannon fodder without training. But now, the number of soldiers they recruited is very small.

Most of them are civilians or have been ashigaru before, and there are very few samurai. This is equivalent to the lack of a large number of non-commissioned officers and veterans in the grassroots army. Without these people, the combat effectiveness of these Kyushu Army can be imagined, and the Qingyi Army also

It is impossible to recruit a large number of veterans from our own army to join the Kyushu Army, so we have to use the existing soldiers to train them a little, which will waste time.

The most important thing is that the military is not omnipotent. No one could have expected that Huang Taiji would take such a desperate risk and mobilize so many troops so boldly to immediately launch a campaign to enter the Pass after killing Lin Dan Khan. "Military advisor, something is a little strange.

It's over." Liu Yi stood up and said to Cheng Kang. He said this

The words are not unfounded. According to Liu Jin's recent report, the amount of intelligence from Liaodong has dropped significantly recently, especially the news in Shengjing City seems to have been cut off recently and has not been transmitted for some time. According to Qing Yijun's intelligence

Military regulations, even if everything goes well

, every half month, a message of peace and quiet will be delivered back, for no other reason than to verify whether this intelligence point is still operating normally, but now, this message of peace and security has not been sent to Liu Jin.

On the desk, that can only mean one thing, that something happened to Shengjing.

There are only two situations. One is that the intelligence point was exposed and was wiped out by Huang Taiji's bloody troops. The other is that Huang Taiji blocked the news and turned the entire Shengjing into an iron cage.

Even if the intelligence army soldiers wanted to pass on the information, they couldn't.

When Cheng Kang heard Liu Yi speak, he also stood up and said: "It is true that if our intelligence point is destroyed, it will not be a good thing. But if Huang Taiji deliberately concealed it and the intelligence could not be transmitted, I am afraid the situation will be more serious than we imagined.

A lot, which at least means that Huang Taiji is holding his breath and preparing to make a big move." Liu Yi's brows knit together. If Huang Taiji makes any big move now, they have no way to deal with it.
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