Lujin Pass, located on the edge of the Yangtze River, is separated by the Yangtze River to the southeast, but it can block the enemy army coming from the west to the west, so for Meng Huo, Lujin Pass is the most important pass he must defend. The importance of its strategic position is even higher than that of the Zhuti region, which was defended by Liu Bei's Yizhou army.

Because even if Zhuti County is lost, there are still long mountain roads that can be blocked along the way, but if Lujin Pass is lost, then it will be equivalent to directly letting the New Han army enter the hinterland of its barbarian region, and at that time, the entire Southern Barbarian tribe will be at the mercy of the New Han Dynasty.

Meng Huo originally sent a group of generals such as vulture bones and other generals, etc., led nearly 100,000 military horses into Lujin Pass, and after hearing that the whereabouts of the New Han Army were discovered, he urgently transferred nearly 50,000 military horses and personally rushed to Lujin Pass to guard.

In fact, its 150,000 troops are more than enough to defend Lujin Pass. Meng Shu set up a defensive line in Lujin Pass, which was so tightly guarded that it was difficult for even a bird to fly into Lujin Pass. Not to mention the New Han Army on the other side.

The strict defense of the barbarian army, Huang Zhong and other generals of the New Han Army, in fact, have already seen it, but now they hear Huang Xu say that there is a way, and everyone is a little unconvinced.

Huang Xu was not afraid of being questioned by everyone, and said calmly: "Father, generals, don't really say it, I was going to fly over, but we temporarily lack the equipment to fly and the airborne troops, and our sergeants are afraid that they are not very suitable for flying in the air." In addition, the terrain on the other side of the bank is really treacherous, and it will be difficult for our flying vehicles to land safely. But this struck me with an idea that would allow our army to quickly reach the other side. ”

"Then you don't sell it. If you have a way, just say it, if you have a fart, let it go! Huang Zhong scolded Huang Xu's son with a smile.

"Hey, hey. Father, don't worry, wait for me to analyze the current situation of our two armies one by one. and the difficulties we will face. Huang Xu said in a good time: "First of all, everyone has seen that the enemy army is now ready to attack openly, which is unlikely. ”

"Secondly, this section of the Yangtze River happens to be in a Dawan Road, the river is turbulent, and it is difficult to boat."

"Third. The enemy is also wary that we will attack directly from the waterway, so they are also prepared for targeted precautions, if we dare to go into the water, the barbarian army will release a lot of sharp driftwood from the upstream, I am afraid that it will directly wash away our warship. Uh, and we don't have any warships here? ”

"Fourth, on both sides of the river, there are some cliffs at all. There are very few locations suitable for our army's landing, and besides, the barbarian army has long been heavily guarded by the barbarian army. We don't have the slightest chance to take advantage of it. ”

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"Well, we're not blind in these situations. It's all clear, you say. You have some crooked ideas. Huang Zhong waved his hand and interrupted the gushing Huang Xu.

"Uh, I mean. We're just flying over. Huang Xuxu said matter-of-factly: "I found that there is a place where the cliffs on both sides of the river are opposite, less than two hundred steps apart from each other. And because that section of the river is particularly tight and narrow, and the river below is particularly turbulent, it is impossible to cross it, so there are almost no barbarian soldiers guarding the cliffs on the opposite bank of that section of the river. As long as we can use iron cables to build a suspended rope bridge on the cliffs on both sides, then our military horses can kill directly along the rope bridge to the opposite bank. ”

"Rope bridge?" When Huang Zhong and the generals heard this, their eyes lit up together.

The rope bridges erected on the clifftops on both sides seemed to be indeed unexpected by the barbarian army. Or, it can really do something unexpected.

The generals had a clue and began to study the possibility proposed by Huang Xu.

In the end, research showed that this method is really feasible.

Of course, it is not a simple matter to erect a chain bridge with a distance of nearly 200 steps. In addition, although there seems to be no barbarian defenders on the opposite riverside cliff, it is also very close to the nearby barbarian defenders, and there is a barbarian army's pass not far from the cliff, if it is discovered by the barbarian army, their military horses can be killed in less than half an hour. That is to say, the New Han Army must erect an iron chain bridge within an hour for the New Han Army to pass, otherwise, it will be wasted, which is equivalent to letting the barbarian army release the intention of the New Han Army, and if you want to cross the river like this in the future, I am afraid it will be a little difficult.

However, even though there were great difficulties, they could not withstand the slow scrutiny of the generals, and in the end, they still thought of a way, and decided to build a chain bridge according to the method proposed by Huang Xu, and launched an attack on the barbarian army on the opposite bank.

First of all, the preparation of iron cables, fortunately, there are blacksmiths in the army who repair weapons and armor, these blacksmiths, or not the best blacksmiths, but the iron ropes with simple craftsmanship can still be made.

After preparing more than ten or twenty iron cables with a length of two or three hundred steps, the New Han Army quietly prepared for crossing the river.

On this day, when the sky was just dawning, the fog had not yet dissipated, and standing on the top of the cliff, I could barely see the outline of the cliff on the opposite bank.

Huang Zhong, Huang Xu, Jin Xuan, Liu Du, Xing Daorong and other generals of the New Han Army stood in a not conspicuous position on the cliff with solemn expressions, and behind them were also full of soldiers of the New Han Army.

At this time, everyone was staring at Huang Zhong.

"Xu'er, look at it, the archery of the father is actually accurate, not with the eyes to shoot, but with the heart. The qi sank into the dantian, the luck was slow, and he slowly used his mind to feel the surroundings and lock the target. Huang Zhong calmly faced his strong bow and turned it into a full moon, and on the bowstring, there was a sharp long arrow made of stainless steel, and the end of the long arrow was tied with a tough and slender rope.

"Remember to pay attention to feeling the wind, and know the performance of your bow and arrows, especially when the arrow still has a rope, you must calculate the weight of the rope and the pulling force of the bow and arrow, otherwise, your arrow will not be able to shoot at all."

Yikes......

An eagle screamed, and an early eagle swept over the river cliff.

"Drink!"

Huang Zhong suddenly raised upwards and let out a low snort. The arrow in his hand shot straight upwards like a meteor.

If you don't understand people. I thought Huang Zhong was going to shoot the eagle that swept through the sky, because it looked. The arrows like shooting stars were indeed flying diagonally after the eagle.

And the eagle in the sky seemed to be frightened by the sudden arrow below, and suddenly made another sound, flapped its wings in panic, and flew up much higher at once.

However, the arrow shot by Huang Zhong seemed to be pulled by the long tail that he was carrying behind, and then formed a large arc. Descend to the opposite cliff.

"Xu'er, look at the big tree with an exposed pole about ten zhang or so under the top of the river cliff opposite." After Huang Zhong shot an arrow, he immediately gathered his breath and stood still, pointing to the cliff on the opposite bank and said to Huang Xudao.

There was a sound of pulling the rope, and in the blink of an eye, the arrow that fell obliquely fell sharply, and with a bang, it hit the big tree pole that Huang Zhong pointed to.

There was a bang. The soldiers of the New Han Army, who had good eyesight, couldn't help but widen their eyes and let out a soft shout, all of them were shocked by Huang Zhong's magic arrow.

As a matter of fact. With a range of about 200 paces, many officers and men in the army were able to shoot at the designated target. But. To shoot out with a long rope, they don't have that ability to do that to themselves. Beyond fifty paces, it is difficult for them to shoot with a rope.

"Pull tight!" Huang Zhong let out a low snort. Those soldiers of the New Han Army, who were a little stunned, hurriedly pulled the other end of the rope and tightened the rope firmly inserted into the big tree pole under the cliff on the opposite bank.

This is the second step discussed by the generals, and only by shooting the rope to the opposite shore and holding it firmly can it be possible to proceed to the next step. If Huang Zhong wasn't here, Huang Xu couldn't do it to himself. Other generals are afraid that they will not have such ability.

In fact, Huang Zhong shot this arrow, which consumed his spirit very much, because don't look at him as if he shot an arrow, in fact, he not only had to pour luck into the arrow, but also had to inject a lot of internal force into the rope, so as to ensure the accuracy of the arrow.

Shot under the cliff on the opposite side, the two sides were firmly fixed, so that the soldiers of the New Han Army could slide along this rope to the opposite bank.

The soldiers of the New Han Army were actually hidden, and after the ropes were firmly straightened, they quietly observed for a while, and only when they saw that they did not alarm the barbarian army on the other side, they began to act.

First of all, Huang Xu took the lead, he put a pulley on the rope, and another rope on his shoulder.

He took a deep breath and said to Huang Zhong, "Father, it's up to us next." Please rest assured father. ”

After he finished speaking, he grabbed the pulley with both hands, kicked his feet hard, and with a snort, the whole person slid out in the air.

Don't look so easy, but ordinary people are afraid that they really don't dare to slide across the other bank like this, because below is the turbulent river, if a panic falls, afraid of being swept away by the river in the blink of an eye.

When many soldiers were sweating for Huang Xu, Huang Xu had already slid quickly to the other side.

Immediately after that, the next soldier slid along. In addition, Huang Xu firmly secured another rope, and the soldiers who came also brought a lot of ropes.

After a while, more than a dozen ziplines were pulled up on the high cliffs, allowing the soldiers of the New Han Army to slide across the river.

More than a dozen ziplines transported the soldiers of the New Han Army together, and after a while, there were hundreds of people and horses.

At this time, Huang Xu had already climbed to the top of the cliff and observed the surrounding situation.

In fact, this mountain cliff is so big, if you slide through more soldiers, it is very likely that it will be difficult to hide, and it may be discovered by the barbarian army. Therefore, it is unlikely that a large number of troops of the New Han Army will be transported by relying solely on a zipline. What's more, not every soldier of the New Han Army can smoothly glide across the river of about 200 steps.

Therefore, it was necessary to build a suspended chain bridge, and then lay wooden planks on the chain bridge to form a bridge, so that the military horses of the New Han Army could pass quickly.

Huang Xu inspected the place on the top of the cliff and decided where the piers of the chain bridge on his side were located. Once the location is determined, the rope is attached to the long iron rope fixed on the cliff on the other side of the cliff to slide over first, and then pull the iron cable over.

The iron rope is the thickness of a hand bowl, and it is very heavy, and one or two people will definitely not be able to pull it. Huang Xu directly asked the soldiers who came to the shore first to pull the chain together, so that they could pull it over. Pulled one after another.

When all the prepared chains were pulled over, the weather was completely clear, and the fog floating on the river slowly began to news. At this time, if you glide past the soldiers again, it is very likely that the barbarian soldiers will see it.

Huang Xu divided hundreds of soldiers into groups and asked them to be 20 or 30 people responsible for fixing a heavy iron cable.

In that case, the case of a chain bridge is different from that of a rope directly, and the piers must be firmly straightened and fixed in order to be successful.

But if you want to make the piers, you have to drive piles or make some movement.

Huang Xu did not hesitate, and after all the soldiers were ready, he started work at the same time, and no longer worried about whether the hiding would be exposed.

Half an hour, as long as the chain bridge is erected within half an hour, it is a victory.

Suddenly, hundreds of soldiers acted together and began to fix the iron rope on this side.

Not far from this cliff, there is a pass, which is close to the river, which can both monitor the situation on the river and guard against the northwest direction.

Akdo is the leader of a small barbarian tribe, and his entire army is only about 10,000 people, and his strength is only 1,000 soldiers.

However, Akduo was dignified and had good military force, which was valued by Meng Huo, and another 10,000 barbarian troops were transferred to him to command, so that he could guard this pass and be responsible for the prevention of this section of the river defense.

Akdo was valued by Meng Huo, and he was naturally grateful in his heart, and he was also more loyal to Meng Huo. Therefore, he did not dare to relax for a moment.

Early that morning, he came to the pass to inspect the situation of the New Han Army on the other side.

At the beginning of the year, because the river was turbulent and the sound of water was relatively loud, he did not hear anything abnormal on the river, and because of the morning fog, he could not see the situation on the river for a while.

However, he always felt a little panicked in his heart, and his eyelids kept jumping. Therefore, he did not leave for a long time.

When the fog on the river surface slowly dissipated, the scene in front of me slowly became clearer.

Akdo first looked at the Xinhan army camp on the other side, on the surface, it seemed to be similar to the situation a few days earlier, and the distance was a little far away, and he didn't see anything. From far to near, look at the other side, especially on the river. Still haven't seen anything.

When Akdo secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes slowly rose along the river, intending to enjoy the scenery on the other side, and then left for breakfast.

However, when his eyes moved upward, his eyes suddenly flickered, and he looked a little frightened at the cliffs on the river not far ahead, looking at the dozens of thin lines connecting the two sides of the river that seemed to have appeared out of thin air. (To be continued......)