The biggest difficulty in building a pontoon bridge in the turbulent river is that it is difficult to fix and may be washed away by the river at any time. Huang Yueying's design focuses on how to fix. She uses the reefs scattered throughout the river as anchor points, and uses two ropes to fix one point for traction, which does not make the pontoon solid but greatly improves stability and is not complicated to operate.

Really smart people use simple methods to solve complex problems, and Huang Yueying obviously falls into this category.

The craftsmen of the baggage battalion and Huang Yueying have been working together for a long time, and they have a very tacit understanding, and they understand it when they look at the drawings.

Sun Ce took Xu Yu and others to Gushan on the other side of the river to actually inspect the terrain. Although suspicious soldiers were arranged to attract Guo Yi's attention, accidents could happen at any time, so Sun Ce had to be prepared to face the battle here and familiarize himself with the terrain in advance. No matter how well the model is done, it is still a model after all, and it is not as real as seeing it with your own eyes. Strategizing can only exist at a strategic level, and in terms of specific tactics, especially in hand-to-hand combat, terrain is of unimaginable importance.

This was Sun Ce's biggest gain in mountain warfare in Tongguan Mountain. Unlike the big battles on the plains, mountain warfare is inconvenient in that communications are inconvenient, and the position cannot be opened, and there will not be thousands of people fighting in formation, and the battle for a commanding height is often only a battle of more than 100 or even dozens of people. For Sun Ce, well-trained middle and lower-level generals were originally his advantage, and this kind of small-scale hand-to-hand combat was very beneficial to him.

"General, I'll take a look from afar." As soon as Ma Chao crossed the river, he took the initiative to ask for help. So far, the boat ride is still a difficult thing for him, and every time he finishes the boat, he has to find an opportunity to run and find a balance.

"Don't go too far, be secretive."

"Understood." Ma Chao responded and galloped away with Pang De and the others. Although the mountain roads are not wide, they still gallop like flying. In terms of horsemanship, these Xiliang people are definitely first-class, especially Ma Chao and Pang De, who are naturally suitable for horseback. However, this product can not be moved, and it will be difficult to become a big tool after all.

Sun Ce walked around the neighborhood and looked at the map in his hand to imagine how to deal with it in the event of a war. He was looking at it intently, when suddenly Xu Chu pulled his arm and stretched out his hand. Sun Ce looked up and saw a horse galloping from a distance, and couldn't help but be taken aback. Ma Chao just walked not far before he discovered the situation, could it be that Guo Yi arranged people nearby? If that's the case, it's a bit of a problem.

After a short time, the knight rushed to Sun Ce and restrained his mount. "General, I found a group of people coming this way in front, and the number of people is unknown."

"Do you know who it is?"

"I don't know, it's too far away, the major general is still monitoring, and he will send someone to report as soon as there is news."

Sun Ce understood as soon as he heard it. Ma Chao is a killer, if the opponent is not numerous, pick a favorable terrain to ambush, there is a chance to annihilate the opponent. Mountain warfare is like this, the terrain is well used, not only can you fight ambushes, but it is not a problem to win more with less. He didn't want to alarm Guo Yi, but the other party bumped into him, and it was impossible for him to retreat, and he lost this opportunity to sneak attack in vain.

"Check it out." Sun Ce turned over and rode forward with Xu Chu and Pang Tong. Gan Ning, Ling Cao and others were seizing the favorable terrain and preparing for battle, and at the same time sent people to the ferry to call for reinforcements. Although there were only one hundred and ten people in total, none of them were afraid, and there was no need for Sun Ce to order, everyone knew what they could do and what they should do.

Sun Ce came to the front of the hillside and saw that Ma Chaozheng was behind a boulder, Pang De was guarding him, and the war horse was kept by several knights, hidden in the depths of the woods, very quiet, not neighing.

"Look, General." Ma Chao said in a low voice.

Sun Ce bent over, walked to Ma Chao's side, and looked into the distance. In the valley in the distance, several flags flickered, and occasionally a few figures could be seen, but they were too far away to make out the words on the flags. Sun Ce waited patiently. After a while, Pang Tong suddenly said: "General, I'm afraid these people are not from Guling. ”

Sun Strategy thought about it, went through the map in his mind, and felt that Pang Tong was reasonable. Guling is in the north, if it is from Guling, it should be another valley, this valley leads to the east, and then there is a fork in the road for ten miles forward, to the south is Zhuji, to the north is Shanyin, if you want to go to Guling, it will go around a big circle.

Reinforcements from San'in? It doesn't make sense either. There are already 20,000 people in Guling, and it doesn't make sense to add a few hundred or thousands more.

Sun Ce couldn't figure out where the other party came from for a while, so he could only wait patiently. After half an hour, those people gradually came into view, the number was not very large, about three hundred, but they were relatively sophisticated, with swords and shields in hand, bows and crossbows wound, and they looked ready to fight at any time. From time to time, scouts can be seen coming and going. It's just that the mountain road is difficult to walk, and the range of warnings that can be provided is limited.

Sun Ce glanced at Xu Chu. Xu Chu understood and arranged for two righteous servants to go. After another half an hour, just as the group of people was about to walk to Sun Ce's feet, the two righteous servants came back, holding a captive, pushed it in front of Sun Ce, and put the knife on the captive's neck.

"General, just ask, we don't understand a word of his bird language."

"General?" The captive was stunned for a moment, staring at Sun Ce again and again, very surprised. "Are you Sun Fujun?"

Sun Ce looked at the captive and replied in Wu language, "Yes, I am Sun Ce." ”

"Oh, that's great." The captive smiled, and the horror on his face was swept away. "Mingfu, we are not enemies, we are here to defect to Mingfu. We are from Yuyao, the head of the family is surnamed Dong Mingxi, and he is a famous hero in Yuyao, you may have heard of it. ”

When Sun Ce heard this, his eyebrows furrowed. He did know about Dong Xi, but he didn't hear about it in this life, and Dong Xi didn't have that much fame. Dong Xi is Sun Wu's general, and like Quan Rou, he took the initiative to surrender, in the original historical trajectory, Dong Xi was Sun Ce's confidant and Sun Wu's loyal minister. After Sun Ce's death, he had the same credit for calming people's hearts as Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao, but his reputation was not as loud as those two.

History has changed, but he still came. This is the hardcore subordinate who is destined to die.

"It turned out to be Dong Yuanhua, I did hear of it. How did you get here? ”

Seeing that Sun Ce called out the word Dong Xi in one mouthful, the captive scratched his ears and cheeks with joy. "When the head of the family heard that the Ming Mansion had arrived, he wanted to come to greet him, and walked to the Gaoqian Pavilion, and heard that Guo Yi was blocking the Ming Mansion in Guling, and guessed that the Ming Mansion would cross the river from here, so he came to greet him."

Sun Ce smiled: "How can I, Sun Ce, be so kind of to be treated so favorably by Dong Yuanhua?" ”

"Hey!" The captive slapped his thigh, very excited. "The Ming Mansion broke Zhou Xin in Niuzhu and beheaded Xu Gong in Wu County has long been reported to Huiji, and the head of the family said that the Ming Mansion is different from those celebrities, and will not only look at the portal, but not ask about talents, and the Ming Mansion will be reused, and do everything he can, so he rushed to serve with his subordinates."