At dawn that day, Han Shizhong put on his helmet and hung his armor, stood on the bow of the ship accompanied by all the generals and colonels, waved his hand and ordered: "The whole army is going east, and before dark, be sure to cut the iron cable and break Huang Zu!" ”

More than 100 bamboo rafts of different sizes are neatly arranged on the river surface, densely covering the entire river surface, staggered before and after, refusing to let go of any gap.

In the faint mist, there were shadows on each bamboo raft, and it seemed that there were more than a dozen soldiers standing, but they were motionless and silent. There is no other reason, just because these are not Han soldiers, but scarecrows made by craftsmen in the army, made of dead wood and straw, which hide sulfur, fire and other combustibles, and are placed in all corners of the bamboo raft after being made.

In addition to the scarecrow, there are many rocks piled up on the raft, more or less, and the weight varies. As a result, the draft of the raft varies from one to the other, some floating on the surface of the water, while others are submerged several feet underwater, in order to deal with the dark piles and iron vertebrae of different shades in the water.

As the saying goes, "You have Zhang Liangji, I have a wall ladder", since Huang Zu used different shades of iron spine to deal with the warships of different sizes of the Han army, Zhuge Liang taught Han Shizhong a countermeasure, using bamboo rafts with different weights and drafts to crack Huang Zu's vicious trick.

"March!"

With Han Shizhong's order, four or five warriors who were familiar with the nature of the water on each bamboo raft waved their pennies and drifted down the Yangtze River, densely packed, covering almost any corner of the river, and shouldering the heavy responsibility of clearing the obstacles for the ships behind.

"Beat the drums, sound the trumpet!" Han Shizhong glanced at Liang Hongyu. Ordered in a loud voice.

Liang Hongyu nodded, shaking her red cloak. Come to the cowhide war drums on the deck and wave the drumsticks. The rhythmic beating continued, and the sound of the drums suddenly sounded on the river, which made the officers and men of the three armies all enthusiastic and high-spirited.

Followed by more than 100 bamboo rafts, more than 300 warships of different sizes went down the river, covering the sky with flags and swords and guns; 30,000 soldiers of the Han army sharpened their swords, shouted loudly, and shook the river.

Two and a half hours later. The team left Chibi County and walked about fifty miles downstream, and gradually arrived at the Longhuitou Valley, Han Shizhong took off his armor and personally flew on the bamboo raft, shouting loudly: "Sons, the front is the place where the dark pile iron vertebrae are arranged underwater, be careful to prop up the bamboo raft, don't hurt yourself!" ”

"No!"

Four or five hundred warriors on the raft clenched the pennies in their hands and shouted in unison. There are three army commanders who live and die together, even if they die in battle. It's an honor!

More than 100 bamboo rafts continued to drive downward, and walked more than a mile, only to hear a sharp sound of "click", and the speed of the bamboo rafts was obviously affected. Han Shizhong personally jumped into the icy water to check. Sure enough, a large iron cone pierced the gap in the middle of the bamboo raft, but it was lifted up from the river and carried downstream with the current.

Han Shizhong swam out of the water excitedly. Climb on the bamboo raft and roar at hundreds of warriors: "Success." It was successful, and the iron spine was lifted from the river! ”

Heard Han Shizhong's shouting. The morale of the Han troops on the bamboo raft was high, and they struggled to prop up the penny, covering every corner of the river as much as possible, striving to clear the walls and fields, and pulling out all the iron vertebrae hidden in the river to ensure the safety of the warships behind.

I can only hear all kinds of harsh sounds such as "click", "click" and "crunch" on the river, one after another, endlessly. Han Shizhong couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, and jumped into the icy river water again to check, only to see that the bottom of most of the bamboo rafts was embedded in the iron vertebrae, and they were carried by the huge bamboo rafts and floated with the current, flowing downstream. Originally, there were no obstacles in the river full of thorns and dark piles, and this situation made Han Shizhong fall to the ground with Zhuge Liang's admiration.

"Kong Ming's strategy is simply better than Sun Bin's, overshadowing the wait!" Han Shizhong surfaced, his face ecstatic, "If it is according to my and Zhu Huan's plan, send someone to dive into the water to destroy the hidden pile, I am afraid it will take at least half a month." And Kong Ming just had an idea, but the kung fu of a meal actually lifted all the iron vertebrae from the river, it was really a clever calculation, and he couldn't accept it! ”

Han Shizhong swam to the big boat, grabbed the rope thrown by the soldiers, climbed onto the deck quickly, changed into clean clothes in the cabin, put on his armor again, and stood at the bow of the boat to boost morale: "Soldiers, the iron vertebrae in the water have all been lifted by the bamboo raft, and you can go downstream with confidence." Later, use the furnace to disconnect the iron cable, and everyone will cover up the past in one go, and kill the rebels without leaving a single piece of armor! ”

Zhu Huan was also inspired by Zhuge Liang's clever plan, jumped onto a fighting ship with a spear in his hand, and called loudly: "All the ships loaded with the furnace come with me, lined up from north to south!" ”

Han Shizhong waved the command flag and ordered the other ships to slow down, and Zhu Huan led ten fighting ships of about nine zhang to drive in front, preparing to use the ship's oven to burn the iron cable.

"Kill!"

Under the leadership of Zhu Huan, ten fighting ships lined up in a uniform formation, followed the footsteps of the bamboo raft, and drove towards the barrage iron cable. Sure enough, the road was unimpeded, and there was no longer an obstacle from the dark pile iron vertebrae.

In addition to the 100 soldiers on each fighting ship, a wok-slot was placed on the bow of the ship, which contained three-quarters of soybean oil. It was obtained by Han Shizhong who sent people to squeeze the soybeans sent by Zhuge Liang and refine them, ready to be used to roast the iron rope, and then cut them with a giant axe.

Zhu Huan stood on the bow of the fighting ship with a spear in his hand, and shouted loudly: "All the soldiers, sailors, and blacksmiths are ready, and after the bamboo raft passes through the iron cable, quickly drop anchor and fix the ship in the river." Burn the red iron rope with an oil pot and break it with an iron axe, there must be no mistake! ”

"Order!"

The officers and men of the ten fighting ships, as well as the boatmen and sailors, performed their duties and shouted in unison.

The raft continued downward, lifting almost all the iron vertebrae in the water, and slowly came to the bottom of the barrage. The warriors on the boat jumped into the water and swam to the flotilla behind, letting the bamboo rafts on the water drift with the current, passing through the iron cables, and swimming towards the opposite fleet of Huang Zu.

The Han army's sailors killed from the upstream. Huang Zu had already been reported and led more than 8,000 of his subordinates. Nearly 1,000 boats, large and small, traveled up the river. Come to the fight.

At the beginning, the rebels under Huang Zu were full of confidence in the hidden stake and the iron cable blocking the river, laughing and laughing, and proud, but watching the Han army's bamboo raft ride the wind and waves all the way and unimpeded, they suddenly looked at each other and were dumbfounded.

Until the raft crossed the iron cable and slowly crashed into its own fleet. The angry Huang Zucai woke up like a dream, and thought that the scarecrow on the ship was a lying Han army, so he hurriedly waved his sword and ordered: "Give me arrows, rockets, shoot hard, burn the Han army on the ship, and never let Han Shizhong pass through the iron cable!" ”

"Whoosh ......"

With Huang Zu's order, the rebels fired arrows in unison, igniting the arrows wrapped in gunpowder. Dense rockets were fired at the densely packed and floating bamboo rafts.

I only heard a "bang", accompanied by the rocket hitting the scarecrow on the bamboo raft, and the sulfur and fire inside exploded at once. The fire burst into flames.

Ten thousand arrows fell from the sky, and thousands of scarecrows on more than 100 bamboo rafts burned at the same time. The flames are blazing. At this moment, the bamboo raft happened to rush into Huang Zu's fleet, and instantly turned into a spark of fire. One ignites ten, ten ignites hundred. The entire river turned into a sea of fire, the sound of rebels crying everywhere, and the smell of burnt human flesh filled the air, floating and disgusting.

Many of the burnt-hearted, pain-stricken rebels jumped into the book, only to be stabbed by the sharp iron vertebrae carried under the bamboo raft, causing the river to be red and dead bodies one after another. The sound of screams and wails shook both sides of the river, like purgatory on earth.

Zhu Huan looked at the fighting ship behind him with great enthusiasm, and couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "Kong Ming is a true god, a little trick will let Huang Zu set himself on fire, even if Fan Li is reborn and Zhang Liang is reincarnated, I am afraid that he will be willing to bow down!" ”

After a pause, he raised the spear in his hand and roared: "Soldiers, it's up to us next, light the oil pot for me and break the iron cable!" ”

Taking advantage of the chaos of the rebels being burned by bamboo rafts, Zhu Huan commanded ten fighting ships to line up on the river, maintaining a distance of one every two hundred zhang. He threw the iron anchor of the ship into the river and stopped steadily in the turbulent current, and the woks on the bow of the ship were just under the iron cables.

The soldiers quickly lit the firewood under the wok, and added pine resin to the fire, and kept adding firewood, the fire was blazing, and the surrounding soldiers had sore cheeks, and they gritted their teeth one by one to endure the smoke.

The firewood kept being added to the bottom of the wok, and the soybean oil in the pot became warmer and higher, and soon it boiled and tumbled, gushing like spring water. The scorching temperature made the soldiers on the entire fighting ship sweat constantly, as if they were in the dog days of June, completely forgetting that it was early winter.

A sailor on the bow of the ship could not stand the heat, and suddenly his legs went limp, and he fell headlong into the iron pot.

Hearing only the sound of "bang", the air was suddenly filled with a smell of fried meat, which only frightened the rest of the people into shock, Zhu Huan's eyes were quick, he took a step forward and grabbed the soldier's legs and tore them outward, but only pulled out two legs, and half of his body and head had already turned into foam in the boiling oil pot.

Zhu Huan roared, threw a pair of broken legs into the river, and roared: "Continue to add dry firewood to me, and let the soybean oil in the oil pot burn!" ”

Braving beads of sweat like soybeans, the soldiers continued to add firewood to the bottom of the wok, one by one, and kept throwing it into the raging flames.

Suddenly, with a "boom", the soybean oil in the woks suddenly burned, and the flames rose to the sky, up to about two zhang, as if the scorching sun had fallen into the pot, and the people on the scorching boat could hardly stand still, and they squatted down to avoid the scorching temperature.

"Keep adding firewood to me!" Zhu Huan roared loudly.

The firewood continued to be added to the wok, and the flames kept dancing, and soon the three iron cables were reddened by the fire, as dazzling as coals.

"Chop it off for me!"

Zhu Huan wielded a big axe and slashed towards the fiery iron cable, only to hear a crisp sound of "pop", the first iron cable was disconnected in response, and the two ends of the disconnection quickly fell into the river, and a cloud of white smoke was stirred up by the cold river water.

At the same time as Zhu Huan started, another blacksmith who had already prepared, Chi. Shirtless, beating the muscles on his arms, he swung his big axe and slashed at the other two fiery iron cables, and with the same two crisp sounds, the iron ropes broke in response.

Just as Zhu Huan cut the middle of the iron cable, the other nine fighting ships were all doing the same thing, using the Ding Wok to ignite the flames of the sky, burning the three iron cables arranged from top to bottom red, and then wielding a giant axe to cut it. The Hengjiang iron cable was disconnected, and the Yangtze River became unimpeded.

Although the warriors on the ship were almost stunned by the fire, their faces were filled with joyful smiles, and they all waved to the large group of warships behind them: "Brothers, the iron rope is broken, you can march to Jiangxia!" ”

(To be continued.) )