Immediately, the merchant ships headed west. Merchant ships are close to the coastline and can see where they can see. For them, it was a gamble, they knew nothing about the sea, and they had to rely on what luck they had.

The merchant ships continued on their way, but in a further westerly direction. As everyone knows, they are going around a large island in circles.

Everyone's attention returned to Yan Guo again.

The Zhao army occupied half of the bridgehead positions. The other half of the bridgehead positions were occupied by the Qi army, although the Zhao army wanted to recapture the bridgehead. But after trying a few times. All ended in failure, and in the end, the Zhao army had to abandon the military operation to seize the bridgehead.

"We need reinforcements." A lieutenant of Zhao Jun said to his communications officer.

"It says someone will come to reinforce us, and our men are heading this way." Said the communications officer.

"Damn it. I need more men to take the position over there, otherwise, we can't guarantee that our position will be broken through by those damned Qi people. The lieutenant took the binoculars and checked the situation of the Qi army on the opposite side. The Qi army is trying to rebuild the bridge in order to cross the estuary. And the Zhao army only has light weapons in their hands, they lack effective heavy weapons, they are cavalry troops, cavalry is a fast mobile force, and they have very serious shortcomings in firepower. Their advantage was speed, and in pursuit of speed, the cavalry sacrificed part of their baggage, as well as some firepower. In this way, the cavalry formed a kind of weakness in firepower. They lacked a heavy firepower to provide the necessary cover.

"The Qi people have built a bridge on the opposite side, and it seems that they are ready to cross the river." At this time, an observation sentry on the side said.

"I know. They are building bridges. The lieutenant said.

"We don't have artillery, and if we had, I'd have torn down their bridge." The lieutenant said.

"Sir, we have horse artillery, but." An ensign on the side said.

"Lack of shells, right?" The lieutenant said.

"Yes, sir, and, I suppose, we certainly don't have artillery support, and there is a shortage of men everywhere right now. We may not be able to get artillery support. The second lieutenant said.

And the lieutenant quietly looked at the dynamics of Qi Guo on the other side and didn't say a word. He knows that what he says is also in vain, and what he says is nonsense.

As soon as the Qi army captured half of the bridgehead positions, they began to repair the bridge, although both sides were in a standoff. However, the location chosen for the crossing is always in the narrow part of the river, and it should not be much of a problem to offset a little from the location of the optimal crossing.

Although the two sides confronted each other, the area of the confrontation was not within the fire coverage. The range of the rifles of the Qi army was about two hundred paces, while the range of the rifles of the Zhao army was also two hundred paces, and some rifles could reach three hundred steps. As for the prepared rifles and pistols, they were effective in thirty steps. Beyond this distance, the bullet will turn into a drunk drunk.

The confrontation between the two sides was as high as 500 paces, which was enough distance for the Qi army to rebuild their bridge.

Seeing the crossing of the river mouth recaptured. The stragglers of the Qi army immediately radiated their vitality, and they spontaneously joined in the work of repairing the bridge, while Zhao Jun could only watch them repair the bridge little by little. Then they kept urging their men to go to the Supreme Commander for new reinforcements, because their forces were too limited, and they needed more troops to launch a powerful attack and retake the bridgehead position.

"I know about the loss of the bridgehead, but I can't send a company to support you at the moment. I don't even have reserves on my hands. At this time, a cavalry colonel of the Zhao army patted the map and said.

"But, sir, the Qi people are building their bridges there, we must destroy the bridges as soon as possible, in that case, the Qi people will run off the bridge, once such a thing happens, we will not be able to bear a lot of responsibility, now the Qi people are very limited, I think, as long as we give us some reinforcements, plus some artillery, we can recapture the bridgehead, so that we can prevent such a thing from happening." The captain looked at the colonel and pleaded.

"I know your situation, Captain, but have you taken my situation into account?" The colonel said.

"Our team, there are still three companies that have not been rebuilt. I don't even know where they are, and there are a lot of baggage that hasn't arrived, and worst of all, our friendly forces, we haven't heard from them at the moment, and our flank security is very weak. The Colonel said, marking a location on the map.

"In this area, there is only one force like us, there are no logistical supplies, no reinforcements, and we are in a situation where we are surrounded. You know? We are in a precarious position. The colonel said.

"And the whole river area needs to be defended. Especially for those Qi troops who have fled sporadically, we need to send a certain number of patrols, and we can only defend some points at the moment. And there was an extreme lack of firepower, we only had four guns. And there were only nine shells. Nine rounds. Do you understand. There were only nine shells. The colonel gestured with his fingers.

When the captain heard the news, his heart felt very heavy, which meant that their troops would not be able to get any support.

"So, sir, can you give us some? We need manpower so much. The Captain pleaded.

And the colonel shook his head at this time. Indicates that there is none.

"Oh my God." The captain said.

"We must hold out until our reinforcements arrive." The colonel said heavily.

"I want to ask, sir, can we get in touch with our Supreme Commander?" The captain asked.

"Well, there's no connection to this at the moment." This time. The colonel replied truthfully.

"Then it's as if we're surrounded." The captain asked.

"Yes, so to speak, but we have to persevere. This is a war, and the one who wins the war is the one who insists on the last one. The colonel said.

"In that case, our casualties will increase quite a bit. A lot of people will ・・・・・・". The lieutenant looked up at the colonel at this time and said. And the colonel waved his hand to stop talking. The battle was originally decided that the interspersed cavalry was very adventurous.

"Okay. Got it. Sir. I'll hold my ground. The captain then got up and said.

"Holding your ground is victory." The colonel said.

And the captain left heavily. He knows what it means to hold his ground in the future. A lot of people will not exist.

At this time, the colonel was also desperately looking for his friendly neighbors, because of the large-scale interspersed relationship. Coupled with the unfamiliarity of the terrain, many Zhao army troops could not complete their tasks according to the orders of the front-line headquarters, and coupled with the flexibility of operations, the cavalry force of more than 7,000 people was widely distributed within a range of 300 li long and 100 li wide. It was very difficult to assemble the troops.

In this regard, Li Mu sent a telegram of assistance to the Qin State.

"Our Zhao army requested, and the Qin army sent airships and planes to contact the Zhao army's cavalry troops on the ground and help our troops assemble. Otherwise, it will be difficult to achieve the initial campaign objectives. Li Mu wrote in the telegram.

The Qin people were also paying attention to Zhao's military operations. They know very well that maintaining the logistical supply and liaison of the army is the key to such a large-scale intersperse. The Qin State could naturally do this. Before or after the Qin state launched a large-scale operation. Quite a lot of sappers will be sent to carry out surveys, lay telegraph lines, telephone lines, and have sent a certain size of aircraft, airships as a liaison. Plus a large number of cavalry use. The Qin army was not lacking in communication difficulties.

In terms of logistics. Relying on its own well-developed railway and highway system, as well as sound engineering construction, Qin had a perfect system before and after the war to ensure the smooth flow of logistics and supplies for the war. And neither Zhao nor Yan has such ability. This also leads to a great adventurous nature of their interspersions.

"For Zhao Guo's request. We can only try our best to be satisfied, you know, we are very unfamiliar with the southern part of Yan Kingdom, the Heavenly Army is a special branch of the military, the meteorological conditions are so unallowed, sending the Heavenly Army is a disaster. Wang Jian said after seeing Li Mu's telegram.

"The range of the plane is simply not enough. We can only send airships. But the weather conditions. We have a lot of uncertainty. Wang Jian said.

"We can only try. If you don't do this, once the Qi army comes to your senses. Zhao Jun's situation will be very dangerous, and we need to be prepared to respond to any requests from Zhao Jun at any time. After all, at the moment, we are allies. Yang Duanhe said.

"Yes. That's all there is to it. Wang Jian put down the telegram in his hand and said.

And just when the Zhao army wanted their reinforcements to arrive. Tianshi gave them a big reinforcement.

The river flows from low latitudes to high latitudes. Ice at lower latitudes is the first to melt. And the ice at high latitudes is the last to melt, and this time difference can cause a disaster, which is the flood. Qin Jun had encountered it before. And in the Central Plains, especially in the Yan Kingdom, such things happen every year. However, the locals know. And the people of Zhao and Qi don't know. They don't know anything about the situation on the ground.

"What a sound." A Qi native shouted loudly at this time.

"Boom, boom." There was a boom in the distance.

"It can't be some new weapon of the Zhao people." At this time, a Qi soldier said.

"Quick. Hide. At this time, the soldiers shouted, and everyone hid.

"No, it's ice. It seems to be an ice cube. It's not Zhao Jun's new weapon. A soldier picked up a telescope and looked.