The speed of the cavalry was extremely fast, far beyond the ability of the infantry to match.

Amid the roar of horses' hooves, the Guards Scouts soon crossed Balipu and came to the edge of the Daling River.

A large stone bridge has been newly built here.

This large stone bridge is huge, half the width of a super official road.

Those skilled stonemasons also carved four large stone lions with large bluestone, which were fixed on the two ends of the big stone bridge.

Even the stone guardrails on both sides of the large stone bridge have been carved with various exquisite patterns by craftsmen, which looks very chic and gorgeous.

I have to say that the craftsmen of this era have definitely reached the peak of human beings in terms of craftsmanship.

After all, craftsmen have lived on a craft for generations, and it is the foundation of their own livelihood.

In the winter, it is not impossible to build bridges and roads.

As long as you make good preparations for cold and frost protection, there is not much difference from the construction in other seasons.

As long as there are sufficient material resources and manpower, quality and quantity, the wider the stone bridge is built, the stronger it will be.

It's like the difference between a town's walls and a resident's wall.

Wherever the current super official road passes, and encounters rivers and ravines, this kind of large stone bridge is basically erected.

Of course, if you want to build a big stone bridge like the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, it is not so simple.

It's not that it can't be done, there is nothing difficult in the world, but I'm afraid of people with hearts.

If it costs anything, it can still be done.

For example, in the selected section of the big river bridge, dig one or two large canals in the upper reaches of the river to divert the river water, and even completely cut off the river channel......

In this way, the super large stone bridge is erected, and two grand canals can be obtained, reducing flooding, killing three birds with one stone.

It's just that it takes a lot of manpower and material resources, and it's not that it can't be done.

The speed of the Guards Cavalry Regiment slowed down a little, and without haste, it crossed the big stone bridge, followed the main official road, and continued to advance.

At a moment in the afternoon, the color slowly darkened, and the cavalry regiment arrived at the Thirteen Mountain Station, and the Daguan Road came to an abrupt end.

There is no longer a good road ahead of the army.

Here, there are at least three million migrant workers in the construction team, who are still fighting, extending the Daguan Road and the big farms along the way simultaneously.

In the winter of December, the nights are very long, and dusk has already arrived before the mid-hour of Shen.

Zhu Youxiao was not in a hurry, and ordered the boy guards to be divided into two brigades, men and women, and enter the two adjacent farms on one side of Daguan Road to rest and station.

He was originally scheduled to arrive at the Da Liao River in three times, and then cross the Da Liao River to reach the first destination-Niangniang Palace.

At that time, presumably Niangniang Palace will already be the territory of the Ming Empire.

Sun Chuanting is not a good scumbag.

Doing what he says is his motto.

Since the military order has been made, there will inevitably be absolute certainty, and within three days, the entire Liaoxi Corridor will be included in Zheng

From the infantry legion, it suddenly became a cavalry corps, and the soldiers of the Guards Scouts, although they were halfway away, they still did not get tired at all, and they were very excited to talk about it.

After entering the big farm, the logistics troops were divided into two brigades, and immediately got busy in the two adjacent large farms.

Boil water, cook rice, cook dishes......

After dinner and bathing, everyone started to go to bed early, looking forward to the arrival of Ming Bai as soon as possible.

……

The Great Liao River, near the mouth of the sea.

A section of the riverbank frozen in ice and snow.

"Quick!"

Cao Bianjiao waved his big hand frequently and shouted at the soldiers on the river bank: "After the first team crosses the river, the second team will follow immediately!" ”

"Quick! The 1st Artillery Battalion, also immediately followed! Cannons are needed to break the gates of the Tartars! ”

"Your two teams of soldiers, a total of 10,000 people, after crossing the river, immediately seize the Niangniang Palace on the other side!"

"Any tricks, give them to me!"

"Don't be reluctant to use ammo and arrows! Logistics troops, just around the corner! After two, the brigade of the Quartermaster Logistics Department will also arrive! ”

He looked across the river, where a large number of Tartar cavalry were galloping around, and his heart was anxious.

His Xuanwu Legion is the fastest.

And this time he really went to Liaodong, what he drew was still signed: along the seaside of the Liaoxi Corridor, he pushed all the way forward.

Cao Bianjiao's final task in the first stage was to forcibly cross the Da Liao River, seize the military important place of Niangniang Palace, and then defend it.

In this way, the distance that his Xuanwu Legion needed to travel was reduced by half compared to the Blue Dragon Legion, which was assigned to push all the way along the Great Wall.

Coupled with the coastal areas of the Western Liaoning Corridor, after passing through Jinzhou City, there were no Tartar strongholds, and his task could be described as extremely easy.

Cao Bianjiao took the 90,000 soldiers and 10,000 logistics soldiers of the Xuanwu Legion, but he did not encounter a few battles along the way, and most of the time was used to collect the people of Liaodong who met along the way.

Only four hours later, he led the army and arrived at the edge of the Da Liao River.

As a result, Huang Taiji had already received the news of the Ming Empire's large-scale attack, and although it was too late to make a countermeasure immediately, he forced all localities to defend and counterattack.

Therefore, when the Xuanwu Legion had just arrived at the Da Liao River, they saw from a distance the other side of the river, full of patrolling Tartar cavalry.

According to a rough estimate, there are as many as three or four thousand.

This made the extremely belligerent Cao Bianjiao suddenly overjoyed.

On the one hand, he ordered the three artillery battalions of the Xuanwu Army to immediately set up artillery positions, and across the snow-capped Daliao River, there was a burst of headless and indiscriminate bombardment towards the other side.

On the other hand, a team of 10,000 people was urgently assembled, found a river that was completely frozen, and forcibly crossed the Da Liao River.

Now that the land is freezing, the course of the Da Liao River, many sections, with a little heart, can still step on the ice and cross the river directly.

Just like the section of the river in front of them, several scouts beat it back and forth vigorously, and the sound of the thick ice coming from the river made it clear that it was possible to cross the river on foot.

It's just that the army can't march together, and the soldiers cross the river, so they have to go to school in batches slowly

And with the three artillery battalions taking turns to cover with salvo fire, there is no suspense about the Xuanwu Legion's army crossing the river.

There was no way, the various teams of the Tartar cavalry on the opposite bank were bombarded by the three artillery battalions in turn with salvo fire, and they had already been blinded.

They began to dismiss the artillery of the Xuanwu Legion, where would they have thought that today's new Franc cannon is powerful?

Moreover, it was an unheard-of flowering bomb that was fired!

It had to be used against the cavalry, which had an unexpectedly huge effect.

Just like now, under the continuous and indiscriminate bombardment, the Tartar soldiers on the other side of the river suffered heavy casualties, but they were forced to retreat by artillery fire, and almost all the surviving Tartar soldiers left the river bank one or two miles away.

In this way, the time has come for the army to forcibly cross the Da Liao River, and Cao Bianjiao is extremely excited to come to command in person.

Anyway, looking at the bombardment that is gradually subsiding, there is nothing new, it is better to personally lead the team to capture the Niangniang Palace

Cao Bianjiao's favorite thing is the hand-to-hand combat of knife to knife and gun to gun.

Thinking of the bloody battle that was coming soon, he led his beloved new mount, the big black horse, and led the team to slowly cross the river first, trembling with excitement in his heart.

He really can't wait.