On the banks of the Yellow River, the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army and the Jizhou Army were fighting each other. Compared with the Jizhou Army, the officers and men of the Qingzhou Army are obviously more courageous, but the number of the Jizhou Army is significantly more than that of the Qingzhou Army, almost reaching three or four times the level.

We are all well aware that numerical superiority is usually enormous, especially in the course of operations. With more troops, you can form a greater advantage. It's like fighting, unless you're really good enough to be one-to-many, otherwise you'll face an opponent who is several times more than yours, and you'll usually just be chased.

The same is true at the moment, but the situation of the Qingzhou army is still relatively lucky, at least the bank of the Yellow River they occupy is not particularly spacious, which makes it difficult for the Jizhou army to develop its advantage in terms of strength.

The Qingzhou army on the shore can occupy a more favorable position when defending against the enemy, so that they can reduce face-to-face contact with the enemy as much as possible. In addition, there are still a large number of warships on the Yellow River, especially the long-distance strikes of the crossbowmen on those ships, which can allow them to get some support.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see what the situation of the Qingzhou Army on the shore is now

Now the Qingzhou army on the shore is only more than 2,000, and what about the Jizhou army on the other side? But there are almost more than 8,000, four to one, this gap is really huge.

Of course, this is not an important matter, as long as more Qingzhou soldiers can cross the Yellow River, Yan Shao can give full play to his advantage in numbers. But the problem is precisely here, the geographical location of the shore is too narrow, even if the soldiers and horses come, there is no place to stand

This is very disturbing

In addition, several of the main generals who led the army were caught in a bitter battle, Zhou Cang and Han Meng fought to defeat both, and Guan Hai, Wu Anguo, Pei Yuanshao and others also fought to the death with Zhang He, and no one could take them out of the predicament at all

At this moment, a loud noise came from the upper reaches of the Yellow River.

The sound is so loud that it's hard to ignore. At least the soldiers who were fighting on the shore couldn't help but look in the direction where the sound came from when they heard the sound.

Huge logs floated down the upper reaches of the Yellow River, followed by many things that seemed to look like wooden planks. Guan Hai and the others knew at a glance that the pontoon bridge built on their side was destroyed by rolling logs.

Seeing this scene, whether it was Guan Hai or others, their faces couldn't help but change, but Zhang He laughed and looked very proud.

This time Zhang He was in charge of the plains alone, how could Yuan Shao be relieved? So before leaving, a strategist was specially arranged to be by Zhang He's side. This strategist is Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's two people, Xu You.

In terms of resourcefulness, in fact, Xu You is quite outstanding, in addition to being greedy, he can also be called a relatively qualified strategist. This time, Yuan Shao sent him to assist Zhang He, which can be regarded as a more reasonable arrangement.

And after Xu Yu arrived in the plain, the first thing he did was to have a lot of rolling logs set up in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and he only needed a command. Hundreds of rolling logs will run down the Yellow River, knocking out anything suspicious in their path, and the first target is of course the pontoon bridge

As for the secondary goals

"Hell" looked at the rolling wood that was drinking down, and on the boat, Yan Shao, Huang Zhong and others also changed their faces.

You must know that there are not only pontoon bridges on the Yellow River, but also their boats. The hundreds of rolling logs went down the Yangtze River, the first target was of course the pontoon bridge, but the second target was their boat.

Maybe at the beginning, Xu You didn't know that the Qingzhou Army could send so many warships out, and it could even be said that if these warships were linked together, they could easily make a huge pontoon bridge, one by one, of course, if you want to do this in the turbulent river, the waste of effort must be much greater than the normal erection of pontoon bridges, and this is also a huge waste.

No matter what, this kind of chaotic behavior still brought Yan Shao and them huge trouble.

Looking at the rolling wood, the face of one of the generals in charge of the command of the naval army changed greatly, and he hurriedly rushed forward to give orders to the warships around him, so that they could avoid it as soon as possible.

The only problem is that the Yellow River itself is not particularly spacious. With so many boats lined up, anchored along the Yellow River, it is not easy to avoid them in a hurry.

And the rolling logs that went down the river didn't give them as much time to deal with.

The sailors on the building ship were still busy, and the rolling log had already crashed into the top of the building ship.

There was a loud noise, and the rolling log had been loaded into the hull of the ship, and then I saw that the boat in the upper reaches had been hit like a plug.

The building ship is a kind of large warship with multi-storey buildings and offensive and defensive facilities, and the appearance looks like a building, so it is called a building ship. The large warship "Lou Ship" of the Han Dynasty is more than ten zhang high. During the Three Kingdoms, Soochow built a five-story warship that could carry 3,000 soldiers, and the Denglai naval army of Yuan Keli in the Ming Dynasty also widely used this kind of ship. The building ship not only has a majestic appearance, but also a spear on the ship, a tree flag, a strict guard, and a strong attack and defense, just like a water fortress.

Because the ancient water warfare was mostly based on bow and arrow shooting, ship collision and jumping gang hand-to-hand combat, the size of the ship directly determined the number of sailors and warriors that a single ship could accommodate and the impact force of the ship, so the building ship served as the main ship of water warfare to a large extent in ancient times.

Judging from the appearance, the head of the building ship has no sails, and there are many oars on both sides, which are quite similar to the three-oared warships and five-oared warships in the ancient West. The building ship is also divided into multiple floors, but its floors are the number of floors of the building above the deck. The three tiers of a three-tiered oared warship refer to the fact that the oarsmen are divided into three tiers. Therefore, the building ship seems to be underpowered in comparison, and the bow is square, so the speed and maneuverability are not as good as the three-layer oared warships of the ancient West. In addition, the oarsmen of the floor ships were exposed above deck, while the oarsmen of the later three-layer oars were all enclosed below deck.

It should be said that the building ship is definitely a decisive weapon in water warfare, and it can even be said to be the capital ship. This is almost the case even after a thousand years, but the building ship also has a huge flaw, this defect is the poor ability to resist storms, such as Sun Quan's "Chang'an", which sank in the river due to a sudden wind. It was still the state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, and Sun Quan ordered Dong to "supervise the fifth-floor ship to the mouth of the water", but unexpectedly, the storm suddenly rose, and all the fifth-floor ships sank.

Due to the high center of gravity of the building ship, the poor ability to resist wind and waves is quite dangerous to use in the open sea. It is also because of this since ancient times, the building boats have only been used in the rivers, at most they are just near the sea.

Moreover, the size of the building boat is huge, which also makes it difficult to turn in the river, at least it is absolutely impossible to turn so hastily, and how can it be possible to avoid the rolling logs that go down the river.

The originally huge building ship was hit by rolling logs like a plug in an instant. It was sunk in the Yellow River in a short period of time, and such a scene was extremely shocking. At least watching this scene happen in front of you, no matter who you are, you will feel shocked.

But

As I just said, most of the building boats on the Yellow River are lined up, which means that if there is a substitute ghost in front, I dare not say that it completely covers the building boats behind, at least it can reduce a lot of damage.

Therefore, listening to the call sign from the sinking building ship not far away, the other people on the building ship actually felt a little lucky.

As for the remaining fish that slipped through the net, although they were also very troublesome, and even damaged a few building boats, most of them were not fatal. The rolling logs coming down from the upper reaches of the Yellow River, although they are quite troublesome, but after all, not all the rolling logs are coming from the building boats, at best, they are only dozens, and the lethality is not as great as imagined

However, Yan Shao was still a little distressed when he saw the huge building ship sinking in the Yellow River like this, at most revealing the top of the building boat, after all, the cost of these large ships was very expensive.

Or rather

It's not cheap anymore

Any building ship can be called a decisive weapon in this era, and it can almost be said to be the final word on the river. Of course, the cost of such a powerful weapon is also quite expensive, at least for Qingzhou at the moment.

It is precisely for this reason that Yan Shao didn't actually plan to build a ship at the beginning, for him, anyway, there is no need for ships in Qingzhou at this stage, seeing this, it is better to build some ordinary warships first, and train some sailors first, so as not to repeat Cao Cao's mistakes when he has the opportunity to go south in the future because there is no navy.

But at that time, Gan Ning suggested that he build some building ships first, and the reason was very simple, although there was no need for water warfare in Qingzhou at this stage, the difference between the naval army with building ships and the naval army without building ships was also huge. Rather than waiting until the future to improvise the building ship and familiarize the soldiers under his command, it is better to get it out first.

And Yan Shao was also persuaded in this way

Anyway, Qingzhou's finances at that time were also a little surplus, and they could be regarded as capricious.

Naturally, Yan Shao did not let the shipyard in Qingzhou build too large ships, after all, such ships themselves are not particularly suitable for use in the sea.

The building ship built can only be said to be of ordinary scale, and it is definitely not a large building ship like the one built by Soochow in history. Even so, such a huge ship is quite rare in the north.

Now, the building boat, which was built with a huge amount of money with his own eyes, was so easily made by someone, Yan Shao's heart was almost dripping blood.

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The rolling logs floating down the upper reaches brought Yan Shao huge trouble, and also made Zhang He, who witnessed this scene, laugh.

Sometimes, he also has to admire a literati strategist like Xu You, who seems to have no ability, but in fact has a bad stomach in his heart. Just like this time, he actually preemptively guessed that Yan Shao was just attacking the west, and it seemed that he was going all out and making a desperate bet, but in fact, he positioned the real landing point in another position.

If Zhang He was unprepared, it was really possible that Yan Shao would succeed, and the so-called Yellow River natural danger would no longer be meaningful. Really let Yan Shao cross the Yellow River, considering the difference in strength between the two, as well as the solidity of the plain city itself, he may not be able to hold out for too long.

But this time

"Hmph, now, it should make Yan Shao's heart fight for a while."

Looking at the wreckage of the building boat that was still sinking on the Yellow River, and the evasive actions made by the remaining building boats, Zhang He said with a sneer.

Looking at the situation on the river, Guan Hai and the others' faces also changed, and they didn't seem to expect this to happen, especially on the sinking boat. Even if it was only a small building boat, there would probably be no less than 300 soldiers on it, but now the ship is sunk in the Yellow River

Although there has never been any large-scale water war on the Yellow River throughout the ages, it can be seen that it also shows the danger of the Yellow River. Since ancient times, many people have died in the Yellow River, and many of them belong to the category of good swimmers.

Now a group of landlubbers from the north fell into the Yellow River, although many of them can be regarded as knowing how to swim, at least after joining the Qingzhou Navy, they have learned some, but = it seems that the casualties will not be few

"What the hell"

Looking at the three people who changed color, Zhang He was very happy in his heart.

And he was really a little tired of the game in front of him.

The strength of the three people is added together, and there is indeed the capital to compete with him, but in the final analysis, after all, it is three people who are not as good as him, and they are also three people who have no tacit understanding, such an opponent can only compete for a while, and after a long time, the person who wins in the end is still himself.

Now, seeing that the victory is decided, he naturally doesn't need to spend time with them anymore, and

It's time to eat these Qingzhou troops in front of you in one bite, as long as you solve these Qingzhou troops, it will be equivalent to cutting off one of Yan Shao's claws stretched out to the north of the Yellow River.

Such a huge victory was exactly what he was looking forward to, wasn't it?

It's just that

Just when Zhang He was fighting with the three people for a long time, and was almost about to solve the three people, he saw a light cavalry rushing towards him from a distant position, and there were people blocking the road along the way, and they were all knocked away by him, and several of them were even soldiers of the Jizhou Army

Seeing this hasty appearance, I don't know why, Zhang He had a little ominous premonition in his heart, and even stopped the movements in his hand, giving Guan Hai and the others on the opposite side a chance to breathe

Sure enough, after seeing that the light cavalry finally rushed in front of Zhang He, he immediately reported loudly.

"General, the big thing is not good, in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, we found a pontoon bridge erected by the Qingzhou army, and now there is a brigade of the Qingzhou army passing through the pontoon bridge!"

"What?!"