The Wei River that flows through before the Qi Gate, because it once belonged to the Wei Guo and got its name, it originates in the Taihang Mountain, flows through the common land, and flows with the Qi River in the Qi County area, and then accepts the Zhangshui, Huanshui and other rivers, a part of the water potential flows into the big river, and the other part flows to the East China Sea from the tributaries and parallels. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Different from the unified name of the big river, the Wei River is composed of many different names, such as Qishui, Zhangshui, and the Huanshui that the Su Wangjun must have encountered on the way to attack Handan, these tributaries converge with the Wei River, which forms a water system, which the Wei people call the Wei River, and some Koreans call it the "Zhangwei River".

And the Wei River in front of the Qi Gate, it belongs to the upper reaches of the Wei River, it is not yet with the Qi Shui, Huanshui, Zhangshui when the confluence, according to Zhao Hongrun's visual measurement, the narrow place of the Wei River near here is only 20 zhang, and the extremely wide place is nearly 50 zhang away.

For example, the southeast side of Qiguan, where the Wei River and Qishui meet, is like a lake.

As for the Weihe River in front of the Qi Gate, the width of the river is about 30 zhang.

I have to say that the river with a width of 30 zhang is already called a natural hazard, and in Zhao Hongrun's impression, it is enough to be compared with the vortex river in front of the Shouying Gate of the King of Chu. "Note: After the advent of the Su's weights and measures in the text, zhang is about equal to about two meters today."

The only flaw to say is that Weihe is some distance from Qiguan, about five or six miles away. In this case, if the Su Wang army passes quietly, the Qiguan Han army may not be able to reflect it in time.

Of course, the South Korean army was no fool, and they built watchtowers on the north bank of the Wei River to prevent such sneak attacks.

However, for Zhao Hongrun, the sentries deployed by the Qiguan Han army on the north bank of the Wei River were better than nothing at best.

It is no exaggeration to say that even if there are 500 Korean soldiers stationed on the other side of the river, Zhao Hongrun only needs to dispatch 50 black crows tonight and let these black crows swim to the other side of the river at night, and then he can assassinate those 500 Korean soldiers and soldiers -- the sentry guards are just a group of guys who are good at assassination.

The question is how to cross the Wei River for the Su Wang army.

I remember that at the beginning, Zhao Hongrun was full of confidence, because in his opinion, in the case of having cement, it was completely easy to build a cement bridge, but what he didn't expect was that when he called a cadre of generals from the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army to order the bridge-building, the generals showed a stunned look, and they couldn't understand the bridge-building steps that Zhao Hongrun said.

At this time, Zhao Hongrun suddenly realized: at this moment, these people under his hands are soldiers, not those craftsmen of the Smelting Bureau - the craftsmen of the Smelting Bureau can understand his intentions, even if they did not have cement at the beginning, they can also lay a solid copper pier for the construction of a river port in a place like Bolangsha in a harsh environment, but the generals of the Shang Shui Army and the Yan Ling Army may not be able to understand his intentions.

It is still possible to let these soldiers build pontoon bridges, let them build concrete bridges? They don't even know how to build bridges, so what are they talking about?

In this case, Zhao Hongrun had no choice but to change the original plan.

At that time, an idea came to Zhao Hongrun's mind, and he felt that it was necessary to create a logistics army with engineering troops as the mainstay, which would be responsible for the defense of pillboxes and strongholds during the war -- in Zhao Hongrun's view, since he already had cement, a cementitious material for rapid construction, it was a pity to use it only for domestic construction.

He could have been more radical.

For example, if South Korea is not pleasing to the eye, it is necessary to build a fortress with the help of cement in a key strategic place, under the nose of the enemy, and then send hundreds of catapults to bombard the enemy city indiscriminately day and night.

What is the use of the Korean cavalry in this case? They couldn't even storm the fortress.

Unfortunately, it is much more difficult to train an engineer than an infantryman, because it requires the engineer to have a lot of knowledge in civil engineering and construction. Therefore, Zhao Hongrun pondered that after the end of this campaign, recruit a group of people from the many apprentices of the Smelting Bureau to create a special army.

Zhao Hongrun believed that if this special army was built, it would play a far greater role than any other army in the Wei state, and would become an indispensable role for the Wei state during foreign wars in the future.

By the ninth day of the fourth month, Zhao Hongrun's Su Wangjun had already built the prototype of a military camp in the southwest of the Wei River, that is, the "Wei River Xitun Wei Camp".

During this period, the Korean army on the other side of the Wei River monitored the movements of the Su Wang army very closely, which can be said to be guarding the river bank for twelve hours a day, and even more, every two hours, a cavalry of 1,000 people will come to patrol the river bank.

Even at night, many watchtowers on the north bank of the country are brightly lit, illuminating the surface of the Weihe River in this area.

In this case, even the generals such as Qu Cheng, Yan Mo, Sun Shuke, and Zhai Huang felt a little helpless and didn't know how to cross the Wei River.

Only Zhao Hongrun was always very calm, and whenever the generals under his command asked about it, he replied lightly: "Don't worry, when this battalion is completed, it will be the day when our army crosses the Wei River." …… How to cross the river, this king has his own way. ”

Hearing this, the generals of the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army were relieved.

In this way, two or three days passed, and on April 12, the construction of the Wei camp in Xitun of Weihe was roughly completed.

At that time, Zhao Hongrun didn't say anything, and immediately ordered a few thousand-person teams of the merchant army to come to the bank of the Wei River.

At this time, I saw from afar the downstream of the southeast of the Wei River, and dozens of big ships flying the flag of "Wei" went up the river and came to this area.

I saw that dozens of Wei ships were lined up on the Wei River, next to each other, connected by iron cables, all the way from the southwest bank of the Wei River to the northeast bank of the Wei River.

"What do you want for a pontoon bridge by land and water?"

Looking at the many domestic ships lined up, Zhao Hongrun didn't care about the suggestions put forward by some generals under his command to build pontoon bridges.

After that, the servants on the Wei ship laid wooden planks on the side of the ship, and in the blink of an eye, a pontoon bridge was built.

"Wu Gang car, cross the river!"

With Zhao Hongrun's order, the three thousand-strong teams of Ran Teng, Xiang Li, and Zhang Ming of the Shang Water Army, and their soldiers pushed Wugang carts and slowly crossed the Wei River along the pontoon bridge built by these boats.

In fact, at this time, the sentry guards deployed by the Han army in Qiguan on the northeast bank of the Wei River had already discovered the changes on the Wei River, and they were shocked and hurriedly gathered people to intercept them.

However, before these Han soldiers could get close to those Wei ships, they were forced to get close by several volleys of crossbowmen who were the first to board the ships.

Immediately, Ran Teng, Xiang Li, and Zhang Ming, three thousand-strong merchant soldiers, pushed the Wugang car off the board of the boat, stepped on the north bank of the Wei River, and pushed the Wugang car to force forward.

In this case, those Korean soldiers had to retreat backwards, and they lost the river defense of Weihe in a daze.

I have to say that after all, Su Wangjun didn't expect them to cross the Wei River so easily, but this matter was taken for granted in Zhao Hongrun's opinion, after all, the role of the Wugang car on the battlefield was too great, so that the South Korean cavalry was helpless against this kind of chariot, let alone the ordinary Korean infantry.

The loss of the riverbank immediately reached Qishui Pass, and reached the ears of the storm kite and the Marquis of Dangyin, Han Yang.

After learning about the way Su Wangjun forcibly crossed the river, Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, was so angry that he kicked over the case table in front of him, and scolded angrily: "It's that damn broken chariot again!" ”

I have to say that for the Wugang chariot, or the "giant shield chariot" called by South Koreans such as Han Yang and Storm Kite, including Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, I don't know how many Korean soldiers will grit their teeth and hate it.

If it is said that the most beautiful thing in the Shangdang Battle is the heavy cavalry of the Shangshui Touring Horse, then on this side of the battlefield, the Wugang car of the Suwang Army is definitely the most dazzling existence, and it is precisely because of its appearance that the Korean cavalry has almost lost all advantages in front of the Wei infantry, so that the Korean cavalry in the epicenter of the Central Plains is overshadowed in front of this kind of chariot.

It is foreseeable that after this war, it is believed that countries such as Weiguo, Lu, and Qi will definitely follow Wei to build Wugang cars, what does this mean? This meant that Korea's powerful cavalry would lose its original supremacy - and this was what annoyed Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin.

What's more, if the Wugang car of the Wei State spreads to the Hu people in the north of Korea, Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, can't imagine what kind of result it will be.

"Pass my order to levy all edible oil and fire oil in Qi County." After a moment of silence, Han Yang, Marquis of Dangyin, ordered.

Hearing this, the storm kite frowned slightly, because he had already heard the meaning of Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, which was nothing more than to fight Wei Gongzirun's army in Qiguan.

Judging from the current situation, this is indeed the only choice, because it is impossible for them to surrender Qi Pass to the Wei army, after all, once Qi Pass is breached, the Wei army can invade their Korean mainland and approach the royal capital Handan.

But in all fairness, Storm Kite doesn't have much confidence in his heart.

I have to say that in his half-life career, Wei Gongzirun was still the first person who made him lose without temper, except for this person, even Tian Wei, the general of Qi State, had never let the violent kite be so unconfident.

Whether it was the heavy riding of the horse on the battlefield of Shangdang, or the Wugang car on the battlefield here, the killing moves made by Wei Gongzirun feel impeccable.

After pondering for a moment, the storm kite nodded heavily, and said: "What Lord Dangyin Hou said is extremely true, for the sake of today's plan, you must guard the Qi Pass no matter what. Speaking of this, the storm kite turned his head to look at Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, and said in thought: "In this battle, I will personally go into battle." ”

Hearing this, Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, was slightly stunned.

For the violent kite, Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, still knows a lot, knowing that this person is not only good at commanding soldiers and horses, but also an unstoppable general, but in recent years, there is no enemy worthy of him personally fighting.

And now, the Beiyuan Shihao, known as the "Fierce Bird", promised to go into battle in person, which made Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, have a little more confidence in guarding Qi Pass.

The next day, that is, on April 13, Su Wang's army carved out an area on the northeast bank of the Wei River and began to build a military camp near the river as a secondary camp of the Wei camp in Xitun of the Wei River.

On the same day, Zhao Hongrun personally led 10,000 merchant and sailors, carrying catapults, more than 100 crossbows, and nearly 1,000 Wugang cars, and marched straight to Qiguan in the northeast.

After learning of this, Han Yang, Marquis of Dangyin, ordered the Han army in Qiguan to wait solemnly.