The Jiangdong Army did use a special method to build bridges.

Those rafts are pre-built bridges, and at the end of the bridge, there are iron buckles or wooden wedges and other mechanisms, to the front of the pontoon, as long as the end of the raft is lifted and hung, it can be quickly connected.

The pontoon bridge built in this way, the stability must be quite poor, a wave comes, the whole pontoon bridge will become twisted and crooked, ordinary people don't say that they walk on it, I'm afraid they can't stand still. However, the advantage of this is that the bridge can be built 100 times faster than before!

Not only is it fast, but the risk is also much smaller. The people who built the pontoon bridge were unarmed, they were in the water, and they had nowhere to hide, but the rafts were all elite soldiers!

They are dressed and sharp, standing firmly on the cusp of the storm, as if the feet are not a simple raft, but a building ship that is not afraid of wind and waves. They skillfully operated the oars, the raft broke through the turbid waves, and flew forward, and the pontoon bridge quickly extended to the opposite bank, and in the blink of an eye, the distance had been shortened to more than 100 steps!

This is the Jiangdong Army, which is the best at water warfare! Between the waves and surges, it is the battlefield where they can show their skills the most!

"Shoot the arrow, release the arrow! Stop them and smash those bridges! Amid the sound of drums and trumpets, the officers of Qingzhou shouted hoarsely.

In addition to the 30,000 militia in Gaotang, there were also people from all walks of life who came from other places to help in the war, and there were nearly 20,000 people gathered. However, because Sun Ce had been maneuvering back and forth before crossing the river, the Qingzhou side was never able to concentrate its forces, and could only pull away on the long river shoreline.

This is the disadvantage of passive defense, even if there are more troops, but if you can't get the initiative, you can only see the moves, chasing after the opponent and running for your life.

But if you don't do this, you can't do it, if you lose the natural danger of the Yellow River, 50,000 militiamen alone will definitely not be able to stop the 30,000 Jiangdong elites who have reported their determination to break the kettle.

According to Chen Zhi's thoughts. The best strategy is to turn the war into a war of attrition, taking advantage of the geographical advantage to keep the enemy firmly on the other side of the river. To this end. He could only pull the battle line apart, and he led some elite troops to maneuver with Sun Ce. The rest of the forces were evenly distributed, and when the decisive battle came, they were assembled.

This strategy is not very clever, it can only be said to be decent. However, as far as the current situation is concerned, Chen Zhi does not need to be too complicated. Stratagem is a double-edged sword, and if used well, the weak can defeat the strong. Miracles are created, but the weak side also has to take huge risks, and once it is detected by the enemy, it fails to calculate the other party. I'm going to be out of luck.

Chen Zhi's countermeasures are not brilliant, but they also have no obvious weaknesses. Of course, on the surface, no weakness does not mean that there is no way to create weaknesses, and the Jiangdong Army's current surprise troops are prominent, which is to fight a time difference. Taking advantage of the fact that the Qingzhou Army did not complete the assembly, it launched a thunderous blow, and then achieved a breakthrough.

Chen Zhi and Wang Mo discovered the enemy's purpose, so they naturally did not dare to slack off, so they ordered the flag to be mobilized, and commanded all the long-range troops to launch a fierce attack on the pontoon bridge on the river.

Both the ballista and the catapult no longer pursue salvo and maximum damage. Instead, shoot as fast as you can, arrows and rocks fly all over the sky, and the whole sky goes dark!

Hundreds of pounds of stone bullets, nine-foot-long iron-clad crossbow arrows, and all kinds of feather arrows fell like raindrops, covering most of the river.

Not to be outdone, Sun Ce gave an order, and the remaining dozens of ballistas and catapults counterattacked with all their might, and Liu Bei's general Liao Hua took the lead in rushing onto the pontoon bridge with crossbowmen, and launched an attack on the enemy's long-range troops on the opposite bank with his life.

The battle instantly entered the daylight.

Life is dying all the time.

Even the Yellow River changed color, and as the number of war dead increased, the river became redder and thicker, so thick that it almost stagnated!

The scene in front of him, if described as tragic, is a bit monotonous; can be replaced by tragedy, and I always feel a little worse taste.

From the soldiers of the two armies, what I saw was the loyalty and fearlessness of going forward and succeeding, the robe in front fell, and the people behind did not hesitate to step forward, facing the danger that was coming, and roared loudly!

But if you look at the people in the river, you can only see sadness.

They are not Jiangdong heroes, fighting for the ambition and hegemony of the king; They are not Qingzhou athletes, with the pride and ambition to immediately gain fame, in order to defend their homeland and create a peaceful and prosperous world; They are just a bunch of wretched creatures, innocent people who are forced by the sword to not even maintain the humble and menial life of ants.

But their casualties were the heaviest.

The Jiangdong Army, which was at a disadvantage in long-range shooting, easily used the people as shields. Ignoring the cries and pleadings of the latter, they exchanged their lives for the pontoon bridge to continue to stretch forward, and for every inch forward, a number of lives were paid......

After all, the massive long-range attack failed to cause fatal damage to the pontoon.

The pontoon bridges made of rafts, the main body of the bridge is under the water, and it will sway with the waves, which is not only difficult to hit, but even if it hits, it will not cause much damage.

This part of the pontoon bridge on the south bank is above the water, but the distance is much farther away, and even the most powerful ballista, after being weakened by the distance, is still a great threat to people, but it is not enough to destroy the strong pontoon. Not to mention the fact that under the pressure of the sword, the people who are constantly repairing the pontoon bridge are here, and even if it is damaged, it can be repaired quickly.

The fierce battle lasted for more than two hours, and finally, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the first raft hit the riverbed on the north bank!

30,000 Jiangdong soldiers roared with joy.

Chen Wu and Han Dang launched at the same time, raised their shields and danced their swords, and rushed to the north shore in the first place. The children of Jiangdong, who grew up in the water town, have extraordinary water nature, and the rickety pontoon bridge cannot affect them in any way, and they speed across the bridge as if they were walking on the ground.

Rushing to the north bank, they immediately demonstrated their good military qualities, not rushing to the enemy, but quickly forming a formation under the command of two vanguard officers. Heavy armor soldiers, sword and shield bearers in the front, pikemen and light armor in the center, archers fall behind, and small phalanxes quickly form on the other side of the river.

The Qingzhou army swarmed up, trying to seize the river beach and shoot the enemy troops who had just come ashore back into the water.

However, the Qingzhou Army, which was composed of militiamen, was half a beat slower after all, and when it rushed up, it had already missed the best opportunity. With the quickly established phalanx, the Jiangdong Army stood firm as a rock, and simply blocked the tide of attacks of the superior Qingzhou Army, smashing it to pieces again and again.

Not only that, but after gaining a firm foothold, they immediately began to extend their positions to both sides of the bridgehead, making enough space for the subsequent crossing of the river.

The noon sun was scorching, shining on the surface of the river as bright red as a flame, and countless Jiangdong warriors crossed the river that seemed to be burning, using their own blood or the blood of the enemy to add a heavy stroke to the blood red that almost wanted to devour the heavens and the earth.

"Good, good! Hugh Mu, you are here to press the formation, and you should take the heads of Chen Zhi and Wang Mo directly! Sun Ce was so enthusiastic that he couldn't hold back and wanted to go into battle in person.

"My lord!" Zhu Huan was taken aback. This kind of strangulation battle is the most dangerous, there are swords and spears everywhere, and if you deviate from your own battle line slightly, you will be attacked from all directions, and it will be difficult for you to resist it with three heads and six arms.

Besides, the current offensive is rapid, just because the other party underestimated the water kung fu of the Jiangdong disciples, thinking that the pontoon bridge could not pass too many people at a time, and it was just caught off guard for a while, maybe when it will happen.

Zhu Huan knew his lord very well and knew that he couldn't stop Sun Ce all the time, but he at least had to delay Sun Ce's attack, and put the most elite forces into the most critical place at the most appropriate time.

He raised his hand and pointed to the other side, and said in a deep voice: "Lord, there are already Zilie and Old General Han in front, Zilie is fighting hard in front, and General Han is pressing the formation in the back is a perfect combination, no matter how many troops there are, the little place at the head of the bridge can't be opened." The Qingzhou army can't stop their edge, and they must try to counteract, if the countermeasures are effective, it will not be too late for the lord to take action again. ”

Sun Cexun looked and saw Chen Wu's figure.

The impression that Jiangdong generals gave to future generations was that most of them were not good at force, and except for Sun Ce, Gan Ning, and Tai Shici, none of them could be included in the first-class ranks. From a certain point of view, this is a misunderstanding, and the main reason why the military commanders of Jiangdong are relied on is that most of them are not skilled in riding.

In the battle on the battlefield, there is a big difference between having a horse and not having a horse, and whether the riding skills are good or not is an extremely important criterion.

Chen Wu's martial arts are not bad, but he is a water thief, only good at water warfare and foot warfare, at the beginning of Qingzhou, Jiangdong two competitions, if the comparison is foot combat, Chen Wu may not be able to beat Zhao Yun, Wang Yu, but will definitely not lose to Zhang Jaw.

Now is the perfect time for him to play.

I saw that with a wave of his halberd, a gap was swept out of the surroundings in an instant, and then he took a step forward and swept with his halberd, and the gap instantly increased, and the Jiangdong army behind him quickly followed, filling the gap he rushed out of, and squeezing the Qingzhou army into the distance.

is such a move of opening and closing, and it is hard to fight a bloody way in the neat phalanx of the Qingzhou Army.

The distance was too far, and Sun Ce's eyesight couldn't see clearly, how many people fell under Chen Wu's halberd, and he only saw that the other party's leather armor slowly became red.

Then, he saw the halberd break, and Chen Wu smashed it into the enemy formation, knocking down one of the standard-bearers.

Then, he saw Chen Wu grasping a war knife in each hand, slashing horizontally and vertically, as if entering a no-man's land.

The Jiangdong Army was progressing so smoothly on the other side of the river, but a small half of the credit had to fall on Chen Wu.

This kind of scene is the time for the generals to show their bravery.

"Makes sense." Sun Ce nodded, suppressed the surging battle intent in his chest, stroked his fingers on Xueliang's blade, and his eyes were full of murderous aura: "Wait and see, if you want to suppress Zilie, probably only Chen Zhi can make a move, and when he comes out, he will just behead him!" ”