Chapter 188 -- Crossing the river on a pontoon bridge

"No matter what he wants to do, we must block him in that dead end, shame on him!" Marshal Giles grabbed the parchment map in his hand, and pulled it with hatred, and the sturdy parchment was torn in half by him!

"Yes!" Harry Potter nodded, turned and walked out of the tent. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Hundreds of thousands of troops began to move slowly but surely.

A day is not too long, but for war, sometimes it may be a few minutes to decide the outcome of the battle, because Marshal Gilles and his son Harry Potter preconceived and misjudged that Zhang Wu's Swadia army would definitely fall into the net, so they did not attack in time. By the time they reacted, the Swadia vanguard marching southeast had already reached the river!

Because of the abandonment of all unnecessary baggage, the march of these hundreds of thousands of people was still very fast!

Looking at the wide river, everyone except Zhang Wu felt powerless, and after a long sigh, Polcha and the others turned their eyes to Zhang Wu!

"Where's the axe you prepared?" Unlike them, Zhang Wu seemed very confident.

"Here it is!" Fatis nodded: "According to your order, our army has collected all the axes that can be seen in the city of Sagoth, and to put it mildly, everyone is almost one." ”

"Well done!" Zhang Wu nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask, "Is the rope ready?" ”

"Yes!" Kress nodded, stood up and replied, "I've got you a cart of rope, whatever you want, it's enough!" ”

"That's fine." Zhang Wu clapped his hands: "Give the order!" Let everyone cut down trees, go to the forest over there, pick up poplar trees for me, ask for big trees, and tell your soldiers not to spare their strength, if you want to live, give me more strength! ”

"Okay!" Porcha went away with a head full of question marks!

Fatis patted his forehead, looked at Zhang Wu and asked: "Marshal, I've been with you for a day or two, it's not that I don't believe you, every time you make a decision before, I can understand it, that's because I can see through what's going on, but today, I really don't understand, can you explain it to me, so that I have some bottom in my heart, what are you asking people to cut down trees for?" I know it must have something to do with us crossing the river, but what does it really have to do with it? ”

"I'm going to make some rafts!" Zhang Wu nodded!

"Okay!" Fatis was silent for a moment, then continued: "I guessed from the moment you asked people to collect ropes, so a new question arises, how many rafts are you going to get?" ”

"Dozens, a hundred at most!" Zhang Wu looked at Vantis and replied!

"Do you think that's enough?" Fatis was a little anxious: "A hundred rafts, on average, each raft will carry one hundred and forty people across the river, that is to go back and forth many times, is it too late?" Even if we have time, where are we going to find these hundreds of sailors who can hold boats? Marshal, you miscalculated! ”

"No need to find sailors!" Zhang Wu still looked confident: "I won't miscalculate, don't worry, I will definitely let our people cross the river in a big stride!" ”

Fatis didn't speak, looking at Zhang Wu, his face was still puzzled!

"How wide is the river?" Zhang Wu asked him patiently!

"More than 400 meters!" Fatis made a visual inspection: "That is, more than four hundred meters!" ”

"More than 400 meters!" Zhang Wu nodded and continued: "If I make a hundred rafts and drive them all into the river, then that is, there can be a raft every four meters, right?" ”

"Lined up?" Fatis seems to have thought of something!

"Not bad!" Zhang Wu looked at him approvingly: "We can cut down some more logs, tie them side by side with ropes, four or five in a row, and then use them to connect those rafts floating on the water, and fix them with ropes!" ”

"Then we've got a bridge!" Fatis suddenly brightened: "Although it won't be too strong, it will be more than enough to let our army pass." ”

"Is there something wrong?" Zhang Wu smiled proudly!

"No problem!" Fatis gave a thumbs up: "What is this bridge called?" ”

"Pontoon!" Zhang Wu patted him on the shoulder: "You remember, after our team passes, you take someone to do some hands and feet for these rafts, loosen the rope, as long as you don't let the water wash away, after we pass, Nuo's people will definitely come to pursue, and when the time comes, ......"

"Understood!" Fatis nodded, and Zhang Wu and the two of them laughed very thiefly!

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By the time Marshal Gilles of the Nord Kingdom arrived at the river with his army, all he was left with were the bare stumps and, of course, the pontoon bridge that had not had time to be dismantled!

When the Nords arrived, the last force of the Swadias had just landed on the opposite bank from the bridge, only half an hour away!

"Chase!" Marshal Gilles decisively gave the order to pursue, the enemy had just left, and the last troops were only more than four hundred meters away from him, not to mention that they had left themselves an incredible bridge, there was no reason not to pursue!

"Everyone is ready to cross the river!" Marshal Gilles gritted his teeth and gave this order: "Cross the bridge and pursue the Svadians, and fight them to the death!" After saying that, Marshal Gilles rushed onto the pontoon bridge in the first place, and the brigade followed!

The pontoon bridge was shaking, it was unstable, Marshal Gilles had almost lost his mind, and he had only one thought in his mind, to catch up with the Svadians, and then defeat them, and be disgraced!

So the Nord army swarmed up on the order and stepped on this pontoon bridge, which was not very strong!

A few waves that were not too big had hit, and there was a tooth-aching creaking sound, and the war horse under Marshal Gilles' crotch stopped uneasily and hesitated, refusing to take a step further no matter how much its master whipped.

A bad feeling swept over Marshal Gilles's heart!

Suddenly, "Whoa! With a loud bang, several rafts located in the central part of the pontoon bridge fell apart without warning, and the soldiers who happened to be walking in this position immediately fell into the river with frightened expressions, and several soldiers with fast hands and feet grabbed the scattered logs in time and went down the river, and more soldiers fell directly into the river, fluttering twice and sinking, leaving behind a string of bubbles!