The night by the river is cold.

The cool wind swept across the river, and the rolling waves sang tirelessly.

By nightfall, two small teams left behind Yuan's army and rushed to the upper and lower reaches of the riverbank.

Looking at the shore, Yuan Xu whispered to Zhu Gongdao behind him and asked, "If you need it, can you prepare it?" ”

"It's all right!" Zhu Justice responded.

"The enemy army is numerous, even if our army crosses the river at night......" Zhang He on the side still hesitated.

"Many?" Smiling slightly, Yuan Xu said, "There won't be much in the second half of the night!" ”

"If you want to cross the river, you should have more driftwood." Since coming to the shore, Yuan Xu's behavior was very strange, and Zhang He said uneasily: "Why do you use rubble?" ”

"The shingles are strung upside down on the surface of the river, and they are more buoyant than wood!" Yuan Xu said: "Our cavalry can also cross the river smoothly!" ”

Zhang He didn't say anything more.

He once heard that when Chu and Han were fighting, Han Xinmu crossed the river.

However, Han Xin's is a wooden poppy after all, but Yuan Xu wants to use a tile retort!

The materials are different, and it is inevitable that Zhang He will have doubts.

"It's too loud to chop firewood!" Yuan Xu said: "Gongsun Xu is not a stupid person, if you see anything, the deployment I made before will be wasted!" ”

"The last general will be driven by the son!" More and more unable to understand Yuan Xu, Zhang He replied.

Stationed on the north bank, Gongsun Xu was also staring at the Yuan army on the south bank.

He had ordered his soldiers to take materials from the locality, and on the second day they built a pontoon bridge and forcibly crossed the river.

10,000 soldiers!

If he can't win with only 3,000 people, the famous Gongsun family will completely fall into his hands!

His face was pale, and Gongsun Xu clenched his fists hard.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and Yuan Xu, Zhang He, and Gongsun Xu on the other side were all sleepless.

Gongsun continued to wait for the dawn, once the dawn, the army could build a pontoon bridge and forcibly break through the water!

Yuan Xu and Zhang He were waiting for the night to be dark......

The river breeze passed by, and Yuan Xu's clothes were fluttering, a little more elegant than usual!

He looked up at the night sky.

There was no moon, and although the sky was full of stars, the night was dark and deep......

"Herald, drums and horns!" Seeing that the hour was not early, Yuan Xu gave an order.

The two fast horses then circled to the barracks and galloped away respectively.

The bonfires lit by the enemy troops on the other side were blazing.

The bonfires scattered in the barracks are dotted with stars, and the starlight in the night sky is reflected in the distance, and the banks of the water seem to be carrying out a grand festival of lights.

Yuan Xu knew that this tranquility would be broken with the sound of horns and war drums.

The north shore of Mianmanshui is destined to set off a bloody storm!

Time passed little by little, and Yuan Xu's mood became more and more solemn.

The soldiers were in full formation, quietly waiting for the order to cross the river.

After dark, the soldiers of the Yuan army did not light many bonfires in the barracks.

Compared to the enemy forces on the other side, Yuan's bonfires were just a few pitiful wildfires.

Wildfires that seem impossible to form a prairie fire......

A dull horn pierced the silence.

The trumpet sounded, and first the upper war drums sounded in unison, and the drums pierced the depths of the night.

Immediately afterwards, the trumpets and war drums sounded in unison, as if thousands of troops and horses were about to cross the river strongly!

Gongsun Xu, who had already fallen asleep, heard the sound of trumpets and war drums, and got up.

"What's going on?" As soon as he got up, he shouted, "Where to beat the drum!" ”

"General, it's not good!" The personal colonel ran over and shouted in a hurry: "The enemy army is taking advantage of the night to make a detour upstream and downstream, and is crossing the river!" ”

"Divide your forces to meet them!" Hearing that Yuan's army had divided his troops to cross the river, Gongsun continued to shout: "Allocate 4,000 soldiers and horses each to repel the enemy!" ”

The Colonel answered and delivered the order.

In just a moment, two armies of 4,000 men each marched quickly upstream.

Looking at the opposite side of the riverbank, seeing that the enemy army really moved, Yuan Xu waved his hand behind him.

Hundreds of Yuan troops ran to the shore carrying the rubbers that had long been tied up into pieces.

They lightly pushed the rubble into the river, fastened it with ropes, and connected it to the opposite bank.

The pontoon bridge, made of inverted tiles, quickly took shape in the night.

The retort was upside down on the surface of the river, and the hollow retort was filled with air.

Connected to each other, with air as buoyancy, this pontoon bridge is several times more stable than a wooden pontoon!

The enemy troops heading upstream and downstream were getting farther and farther away, Yuan Xu drew his long sword and shouted, "Cross the river!" ”

Zhang He, who was standing beside him, was the first to turn over and get on the horse, carrying a big knife and rushing onto the pontoon bridge.

Zhu Gongdao, Ma's uncle and nephew, and Zhang He's generals rushed to the other side after him.

Three thousand Yuan troops poured onto the pontoon bridge like a tide.

There were a large number of people, but fortunately, the buoyancy of the bridge was strong, and the soldiers of the Yuan army stepped on it, but it only shook slightly, and the retort did not even sink!

"General, the enemy has crossed the river!" Only then did he send soldiers and horses to intercept the Yuan army upstream and downstream, and a lieutenant ran to Gongsun Xu and shouted in a panic.

"What? Where did the enemy army come from? Taken aback, Gongsun Xu hurriedly asked.

"The enemy troops on the other side cross the river on all fronts!" The lieutenant was already panicked, and asked Gongsun Xu, "What should the general do?" ”

"Fight!" There were still 2,000 people left around him, and it was determined that the upper and lower reaches of Yuan's army had allocated troops and horses, and Gongsun continued to shout in his heart: "If the enemy forces forcibly cross the river, the strength will be inferior to mine!" Drive them back! ”

At this time, if Gongsun Xu transferred back the soldiers and horses who rushed to the upstream and downstream, it might be too late.

He decided that Yuan Jun was also divided into three ways and missed the last opportunity.

With his order, two thousand soldiers immediately set up a defensive formation.

Shields were lined up, long lances pointed forward, and hundreds of archers stepped forward with bows and arrows.

The array of Gongsun Xu's department has not yet been completed, and Zhang He has already rushed onto the riverbank.

Wielding a broadsword, he shouted angrily and slashed at the enemy!

"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! Seeing that Yuan Jun landed on the riverbank, Gongsun Xu was also a little busy, and hurriedly ordered the arrows to be released.

The archers loosened their bowstrings one after another, and the arrows whistled towards Yuan's army.

Yuan Jun, who rushed to the riverbank, roared and pounced with a shield in hand.

Hundreds of arrows fell into the Yuan army, most of them blocked by shields, and only a few knocked the charging Yuan army over.

Riding his horse and rushing to the front of Gongsun Xu's array, Zhang He brandished his big knife and slashed out with all his strength.

The big knife slashed at the shield in front of him, and with a crisp sound, several Gongsun soldiers couldn't resist the strong force, and staggered back a few steps, falling to the ground.

Without stopping for a moment, Zhang He rushed into the enemy army.

Wielding a broadsword, he slashed left and right, and in just an instant, he slashed several enemy soldiers.

Zhang He entered the enemy formation, Zhu Gongdao and others also rushed up, and the tide-like Yuan army held his shield and rushed forward.

The numerical superiority of the Yuan army was like a rainbow, and the formation of Gongsun Xu's troops was torn open in an instant!

The two Gongsun soldiers blocked their shields in front of them and pounced on Zhu Gong with hideous faces.

With a roar of rage, Zhu Gongdao picked up the cooked copper rod and smashed it at one of them.