"Don't you remember that before I set out for the expedition, I had some planks prepared? Now is where they come in handy. This is what Pei Qing said to Xun You, this sentence immediately made Xun You understand in his heart, behind the dense forest is a river, Pei Qing brought some planks, obviously to use these planks to cross the river, so it seems that Pei Qing is indeed prepared.

However, Xun You immediately remembered a question, his face changed suddenly, and he said to Pei Qing suspiciously: "But General, You seems to remember that the planks we brought are not long enough, and the narrowest part of this river is also two zhang, but these planks we brought are only a little more than one zhang and six, not even one zhang and seven, how can we cross the river?" If we wade into the water, not to mention that the river is very deep and the current is very fast, even if we can wade, the sound we wade to make is enough for the other party to hear, so that there is no way to leave silently, once the other party catches up, not only can we not rush to the aid of Xinfeng City, but we will also fall into crisis. ”

However, Pei Qing said with a mysterious smile: "I have already thought about this, I know that there is a right-angle bend along a section of the dense forest, and we will cross the river there, and we only need two wooden planks to build a simple pontoon bridge, and you will know when the time comes." ”

Of course, Xun Yu knew about that right-angle bend, in fact, it was precisely because of this that the other party was relieved to besiege them in the dense forest, and it could also reduce the dispersion of troops.

However, Xun You didn't expect that under such circumstances, Pei Qing would be able to take advantage of the terrain to escape quickly? That's amazing, isn't it?

Then Pei Qing ordered the army to evacuate quietly and came to the right-angled bend.

Xun You followed by his side without saying a word, his eyes widened, looking at how Pei Qing could cross the river?

I saw Pei Qing put one of the planks diagonally on both sides of the right-angle bend, so that this plank became the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle, and then Pei Qing stepped on the hypotenuse, and put one short of the other plank on the opposite bank, and the other end on the hypotenuse, so that a suggested and stable pontoon bridge was built.

Later, Pei Qing ordered the soldiers to use this principle and use two wooden planks as the basis to build more than a dozen similar pontoon bridges.

"This, this ......" Xun You couldn't help but be dumbfounded after seeing this scene, he really didn't expect Pei Qing to be able to build a pontoon bridge in such a way, Rao is he has been studying for many years, and he has never heard of such an unbelievable method.

The Xiliang army under Hu Zhen was even more staggering, even Xun You didn't expect it, they wouldn't have thought of it, they were all elite soldiers in a hundred battles, and they had experienced a lot of battles big and small, but they had never heard of such a clever way to cross the river, and for a while, they were simply like gods to Pei Qing.

Then Pei Qing ordered the army to cross the river, and let the 8,000 Xiliang troops cross the river first, and he would personally lead the army to break the rear.

The Xiliang sergeants were all moved, they were full of gratitude, although they wanted to let Pei Qing cross the river first, but at Pei Qing's insistence, they could only obey the order, and they stepped on the planks and quickly crossed the river.

Now in front of the soldiers is a dozen pontoon bridges, the soldiers know that the time is urgent, the speed of crossing the river is also very fast, it only took an hour, all the soldiers have successfully completed the crossing of the river, in the process only a dozen soldiers because of accidentally fell into the river, was washed away by the current.

Although this loss is not worth mentioning for an army of tens of thousands of people, Pei Qing is still heartbroken, if it weren't for the tight time, the simplicity of the pontoon bridge, and the fact that the sky is relatively dark, and some of the reasons that can't be seen clearly, he believes that a soldier will not suffer a loss.

So Pei Qing ordered that the dozen or so soldiers be registered, and wait until the fact to recount their merits and compassionate their families, and never let the victims sacrifice in vain.

After completing the river crossing, Pei Qing ordered the plank to be removed as much as possible, firstly, he was unwilling to let the other party cross the river on the pontoon bridge he had built, and secondly, he was unwilling to let the other party learn his own method, but even so, there was still only one plank left, that is, the hypotenuse of the right-angled triangle that was originally built.

"The officers and men of the whole army listened to my order, immediately rushed to Xinfeng City, rushed to Xinfeng, no matter how much price we paid, we must not let Xinfeng City lose."

After Pei Qing successfully completed the river crossing, he immediately ordered the team to be reorganized and rushed to the aid of Xinfeng.

As Pei Qing expected, at this time, Xinfeng City was engaged in a fierce offensive and defensive battle, and after Pei Qing led the army to leave, Guo Yan immediately led the army to besiege Xinfeng City and launched a fierce attack overnight.

It is not easy to attack the city at night, and it is not easy to defend the city, because the soldiers at the head of the city must accurately judge where the siege soldiers have been, and in order to be able to ensure their sight, they must use torches, but once they light the torches, they become a living target for the archers under the city.

In the end, in order to avoid more casualties, Xu Rong had to order to extinguish the torches, but in this way, it was difficult to judge where the besieging soldiers were, so they could only mechanically throw rolling logs and stones under the city.

However, the other side is not stupid, and their siege is also intermittent, often waiting until the end of a wave of rolling wood and stones before climbing up, and many times they are almost at the end of the city before being discovered by the defenders.

In this case, the losses of the defenders were very heavy, and in just three hours, nearly 2,000 of the 10,000 people had been killed, more than 3,000 were wounded, and four or five hundred of them were seriously wounded.

As the main general, Xu Rong is under a lot of pressure, of course he understands the importance of this battle, and knows that this battle cannot be lost, because once the city is broken and Xinfeng is lost, their lives are not guaranteed, and Chang'an is also facing danger, now Xu Rong has only one thought in his heart, the army with Pei Qing will come back early, if Pei Qing can come back, it will be able to form a flanking attack on the enemy, so it is not a difficult thing to force the enemy to retreat.

"I don't know why General Pei's team hasn't come yet, is there any crisis they have also encountered?" Xu Rong was very worried in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it, because this would seriously affect the morale of the army, which would cause the morale of the army to collapse quickly.

"Fortunately, Li Su, another general in the city, is a mortal enemy with the Xiliang army, and there is no possibility of reconciliation, if it were Hu Zhen here, it is estimated that he would have opened the door and surrendered a long time ago, so it seems that the governor of the city is really prescient, but where are you now? It can be seen that my Xinfeng City has now reached the moment of life and death. ”

At this time, I saw the city general laughing loudly: "Are you still thinking that Pei Qing will rescue you?" Tell you, don't be delusional, Pei Qing is now trapped by our army in that dense forest ten miles away, and he doesn't dare to come out at all, I say you better surrender, don't die and struggle, it's useless at all. ”

"What? Even most of them are trapped? No wonder he hasn't come back until now. Xu Rong was shocked when he heard this, but he didn't have the idea of treachery, he shot an arrow at the general, and shouted: "Guo Duo Lao'er, Hugh is talking nonsense, most of the governors are unparalleled in wisdom, how can you besiege it?" If you want Xinfeng City, then you can do it, just step on our bones, as long as I Xu Rong has a breath, I will definitely not let your plan succeed. ”

"In that case, then you should wait for death." Guo Yan was furious, and immediately shouted loudly: "Pass my general order, attack the city immediately, which one will be the first to stand on Xinfeng City, seal the Neihou, and reward a thousand gold!" ”

"Kill!" After Guo Yan gave the order, the soldiers roared loudly and rushed towards the city.

However, at this moment, I could only hear a sudden commotion behind the battle, accompanied by the screams of soldiers from time to time.

"What happened?" Guo Yan was shocked and angry, and asked in a deep voice.

I saw a subordinate general staggering over and said loudly: "General, the big thing is not good, Pei Qing, Pei Qing led the army to kill, our army was caught off guard and it was difficult to resist." ”

"What? Pei Qing? How did he get back? This, this is simply impossible, could it be that their whole army has wings and flies from the sky? Guo Yan was shocked after hearing this, and asked in a lost voice.