Zhang Yu stood on top of the Xiushui River Bridge with a knife, watching the rushing river under the bridge set off waves one after another, rolling countless dead branches and rotten leaves swirling downstream, and occasionally you could see the corpses of some dead animals or the corpses of drowned people.

Since three days ago, the scouts of the Ming Dynasty and the Qin State have launched round after round of killing on the west bank of the Xiushui River, dying every day, and sometimes you can see the remains of the scouts in their own military uniforms floating from the upstream, being swept away by the waves, and he guarding the Xiushui River Bridge, he can only stand on the bridge and salute these robes who died in battle.

The Xiushui River is not delicate at all, but the temper is extremely violent, especially now that it has entered the rainy season, the water of countless tributary rivers has flowed into the Xiushui River, which has made the water level of the Xiushui River rise sharply. The Xiushui River Bridge is a rare eight-arch stone bridge in the territory of Qin, the bridge deck is wide enough to pass through the load-bearing carriage, which is also an important traffic artery connecting the hinterland of the Qin State with the original Tiger Prison.

Now, of course, it has also become an important stronghold for the two sides to fight.

Five days ago, Zhang Yu led 500 soldiers to arrive at Xiushui Bridge and began to build a defensive line here, defending the bridge, and preventing the enemy from passing through Xiushui Bridge was the task assigned to him by his superiors.

At the head of the bridge, two four-meter-high tube buildings have been erected, and the dusty building body makes Zhang Yu feel very secure. The first thing I did when I arrived here five days ago was to build these two towers. Because of the importance of the Xiushui River Bridge, his chief specially asked for dozens of bags of cement from above, and this thing Zhang Yu saw for the first time. The construction techniques of the craftsmen who came with these 50 bags of cement are also eye-opening.

The soldiers only spent half a day digging eight deep pits in two tube buildings, and then under the guidance of this craftsman, the steel bars were pierced one by one, wrapped in the formwork, and the cement was mixed with sand and pebbles made from local materials, mixed with water, and made a muddy lake into the formwork. One day, under the scorching rays of the sun, eight dusty pillars were erected.

Next, the bluestone from the river was also glued together by these things called cement, and a thick layer of cement was pasted on the outside, and the two tube buildings were planted in front of Zhang Yu in only three days. Of course, it is not beautiful, but in Zhang Yu's eyes, it is shocking.

The lower half of the tube building can hide people, but in the upper half, there are four crossbow machines, two tube buildings, and eight crossbow machines, and Zhang Yu knows how big the range can be blocked. For the attacker, within the range of the crossbow machine, there is no solvable death zone.

Connecting the two tube buildings, it is also made of solid bluestone, behind them, there are two strong crossbows installed, this kind of strong crossbow is not very fast, but the power is strong, it is not comparable to ordinary crossbow machines, in the words of the masters who developed this kind of crossbow machine, even if it is a grandmaster-level figure, they dare not take the head blow of this crossbow machine.

This kind of crossbow machine has just been configured into the team, it is completely different from the strong crossbow that Zhang Yu has seen before, he can't see the bowstring, the upper crossbow is with a crank handle, and the crossbow arrow is packed in a long cylinder, Zhang Yu tried it once, within 100 meters, he can shoot a thick tree to pierce it, and the power is so great that he is greatly frightened.

This kind of crossbow is used to break the attacker's shield array or other tools, in Zhang Yu's opinion, any offensive equipment, I am afraid that it will not be able to block the blow of this thing.

Zhang Yu is a native of Chu, is the earliest group of soldiers who formed the Baoqing battalion, thousands of Chu soldiers who came to the sea that year, only less than 2,000 people have survived to the present, half of them retired because of injuries, and the remaining half of the soldiers who still served in the Baoqing battalion were taken away by General Jiang Shangyan last year 800 people. At that time, more than 200 people who decided to stay in Daming had already married their own children in Daming and took root.

The current backbone command force of the Baoqing Battalion is composed of these people. He was now a lieutenant, the head of five hundred, and one man's salary could feed his family. However, his wife is a young lady from a large family in Kaiping County, not only does she not want him to support the family, but she sticks it upside down, and the only requirement for him may be to ask him to be promoted, so that he can have a good development in his career. Therefore, Zhang Yu is quite bold in the army, like his five hundred subordinates, basically everyone has received his help and is very loyal to him, and their five hundred people are also recognized as the strongest combat force in the Baoqing battalion, otherwise, such a high-risk task as guarding the Xiushui River Bridge would not have fallen on his head.

High risk, naturally there is high return, as long as the bridge is guarded, it is a great achievement. Before leaving, Zou Zheng, the commander of the battalion, told him personally, of course, if he couldn't hold it, he would have to use his own head to engage in military law.

Zhang Yu didn't care about using his head to make up the numbers, because he knew very well that for himself, he would either defend the bridge and make great achievements, or he would be broken by the enemy and die here, what does it matter if a dead man is cut off or not?

The key to the Xiushui River Bridge lies in the strategy of the Ming army this time, they want to put the Qin army Yuan Yiqiu's troops on the west bank of the Xiushui River, making it difficult for him to cross the river on a large scale, so that the left and right wings of the Qin army protrude forward, from a genuine glyph to an inverted sub-shape, so that Yuan Yiqiu, as the vanguard, can not effectively support the two wings, and the Ming army can easily cut off the connection between the left and right wings of the Qin army, concentrate forces, and break each one.

The possible boats on both sides of the Xiushui River have been destroyed by the Ming army, and even the woods on both sides of the river have been burned to the ground, Qin Junyuan wants to cross the river in the first autumn, it is not a simple matter, even if the water level is lowered after a period of time, the water flow is gentle, and people can still swim over, but how to cross the river with a large number of baggage?

Zhang Yu couldn't imagine that scene. Therefore, seizing the Xiushui River Bridge is the inevitable choice that Yuan Yiqiu will face, and of course, in this way, it will also put him in a highly dangerous state.

Walked to the front of the two tube buildings in front, lifted the back of the knife, knocked on the wall, the sound that came out made him very satisfied, it rained yesterday, he was a little worried that what was called cement could not be dried, now it looks very good, and more importantly, there is a big sun today. Although it was very hot, the building was getting harder and harder.

On the bridge, the soldiers wore helmets and armor, even if they were sweaty, and in the large open field in front of them, half of the soldiers were shouting to get huge stones up from the river, and placed them there in a haphazard manner, setting up barricades.

The current Ming army, in addition to the heavy infantry miner battalion, the other field battalions have been redressed, the previous armor has been eliminated, into a lighter half-body armor, although only to protect the important parts of the upper body, but the soldiers' weight has been reduced a lot, which is more beneficial to the battle.

As Zhang Yu, who has been fighting on the front line for many years, he naturally knows how much this small change will help the army's combat effectiveness. The chain mail in the past is far worse than the one-piece bust I wear now.

Pushing the door into the bottom of the tube building on the left, a young man was busy inside, a bag of medicinal herbs, a jar of medicine was stacked on the side of the wooden frame by him, one left and one right supported two small beds, there was almost no space at the bottom of the whole tube building.

This young man is one of the many doctors in the Baoqing camp, although he does not wear a military uniform, but he also has a military position, and the person in front of him is bigger than the other doctors in the Baoqing camp, he graduated from the Tai Yi Department in the capital of Yue, where many doctors teach in person, and the world-famous doctor Shu Changshu is also one of their teachers, compared to the original doctors in the Baoqing camp, that level can not be the same.

Soon after the young man came to Baoqing Camp, it was a period that had just graduated this year, and his heart for meritorious service was very strong, and after he came, he strongly asked to come to the most dangerous place, General Zou was reluctant, but he couldn't stand the people's earnestness for meritorious service, Zhang Yu's side drum beat hard, and he had no choice but to agree. When he came, he also warned Zhang Yu that to ensure his safety, even if he died, he had to protect the person in front of him.

Zhang Yu naturally agreed, on the most dangerous battlefield, there is a doctor with excellent medical skills, how important it is to the soldiers, Zhang Yu knows too well, it is equivalent to one more life. Zhang Yu was very satisfied with the Ming Dynasty's direct deployment of doctors to the most basic level of the army, and this kind of treatment was unimaginable in the Chu army. That is, during the big war, some doctors will be recruited in the rear, but it is not easy to send these wounded people down from the front line, and many brothers died in the process.

"Doctor Wang, how are you preparing?" Zhang Yu smiled, as soon as this came, he immediately announced to the soldiers in a high-profile manner how good this doctor from the Imperial Doctor Department of the capital is, in Zhang Yu's mouth, as long as you don't get shot in the head by others, and there is still a breath after being injured, then this doctor named Wang Lingbo can snatch you back from the Lord of Hades.

For the soldiers, the doctors of the Imperial Doctor's Department used to be cattle people who treated the big people, and with such a person staying here, the truth was that his life was more secure, and the morale was naturally a little more excited.

"I wish I had nothing to do here after the fight!" The young doctor was still a little shy, speaking slowly and softly, his mouth was talking, but his hands were still methodically stacking some scissors and knives on the shelf.

"I thought, but how is that possible? As long as we are fighting, we will always have no brothers, but with you, Dr. Wang, we will have one more life. When the time comes, you will have to work hard. ”

"This is my job, how dare I say it's hard!"