Cao Bin heard that the southern army really went to the direction of the pagoda, and he was secretly happy in his heart, in the end, it was still to destroy my boat bridge, if the army was here and the southern army was twisted together, it would be really difficult to draw out men and horses to cover the pontoon bridge, but fortunately, he had such an elite army in his hands, and immediately ordered: "Cai Huaizhong, Zhao Tinghan, Dai Xing rate the foreman to intercept the reverse army to seize the bridge, Cao Han led the front army to cut off the retreat of the rebel army, Tian Qinzuo led the water division to block the river, and intercepted the reverse army and the water division close to the pontoon bridge." ”

Seeing that all the troops were ordered to leave, Cao Bin was relieved to order the remaining commanders of the Xiaojie, Zhongmeng, and Guangde armies in the camp, and under the leadership of their respective deployment, inspection and other generals, to make every effort to counterattack the Tang army units that came to attack and harass, and also ordered the generals of Xiaowu, Longjie, and Hujie to listen to the school tents and prepare to personally take them out to block the waist and cut off the main force of the Tang army that raided Zhouqiao.

Just when the ships of the Song Army's water battalion lifted anchor and slowly sailed to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, preparing to intercept the Jinling Water Division. A group of men and horses hurried to the north end of the pontoon bridge, and Huai Gourong, the eighth deputy commander of the Pingyuan Army on duty tonight, stopped them and asked: "The boat bridge is forbidden to pass at night, why don't you understand the rules?" The leading general lifted his mask, revealing a distorted and somewhat hideous face, and shouted: "I am Zhao Tinghan, the former commander of the palace, the commander of the capital Yu, the Jiangnan camp was attacked by the enemy at night, Cao Shuai urgently transferred me to wait for the rescue across the river, the military situation is like fire, you don't get out of the way quickly!" With a flick of the horsewhip, the whip exploded only half an inch in front of Huai Gourong's face, and the sergeants under Zhao Tinghan rushed over like wolves and tigers to move the rejected horses away, and then surrounded the commander, pushing a cart full of various shields, crossbow arrows and other ordnance and hurried towards Jiangnan. When all the elite soldiers in front of the palace left the bridge, Huai Gou Rongfang dared to touch his cheek, sure that he had not been whipped blood. Looking at the blazing sky on the south bank of the river, Huai Gourong spat into the river and scolded: "The gray grandson of the front division of the palace, hurry to send him to death and reincarnation, and the uncle will not stop him." ”

"It's so dangerous, commander, what if the military academy didn't let me wait to get on the bridge just now?" asked Zheng Bin, the military captain of the Divine Guard who pretended to be the former commander of the Great Song Palace.

"If it was really the forbidden army of the palace that was ordered to cross the river to rescue the camp, he dared to stop it and cut it down on the spot. Wu Yingying looked ahead and said proudly, he couldn't help but stomp a few times on this grand pontoon bridge, even if his task today is to destroy it, he still can't help but be proud of it, the Yangtze River Bridge a thousand years ago, although it was completely built with wooden planks connected by boats, but it was extremely stable on the wide river. Wu Yingying looked at the bridge from the city tower more than once, and the long bridge body formed by the splicing of boats and boats clinged to the water across the Yangtze River has a unique momentum, and the unique delicacy of the wooden structure building is also undoubtedly displayed on this even temporary boat bridge. In order to prevent the Tang Army sailors from coming to destroy the bridge, the two sides of the bridge also built a parapet wall that is half a person high, and erected bed crossbows, which were guarded vigilantly by the Song soldiers. Even at the bridgehead just now, Wu Yingying saw that the lintels and pillars of the arrow tower were carved with delicate and exquisite patterns. It is really an ingenious work of art, Wu Yingying thought with regret.

After going to the bridge, the five commanders of the Shenwei Rear Army led by Wu Yingying pulled out the plugs under the vehicles that were marching with the army, and the carts that were piled up with bows, crossbows, heavy shields and other combat equipment on the surface were actually full of fire oil, and as they drove all the way from Jiangbei to Jiangnan, the entire bridge deck was full of these leaking fire oils.

It was probably the reason why he was accustomed to seeing the army coming from Jiangbei, and the Song sergeant guarding the south side of the bridge was not seriously interrogated, until Wu Yingying and the others were about to walk out of the overlapping fortified bridgehead area, Wu Yingying took a torch from Xin Gu's hand, looked back at the magnificent first Yangtze River Bridge with some regret, and threw the torch to the ground casually.

Suddenly, I saw a fire dragon spewing a scorching poisonous tongue, quickly winding from the bridge to the entire pontoon bridge, because the bridge is a wooden structure, the raging flames quickly made the whole bridge burn, this fire dragon danced wildly, with the wind to rotate the direction, soon burned into a sea of fire. The vast river is reflected in red. At this time, the river wind is strong, the wind helps the fire, the wooden boat bridge that was lit from time to time made a crackling sound, the raging flames rushed straight into the air, accompanied by many Song soldiers who originally guarded the pontoon bridge, many people even rolled and climbed out of the bridge, more soldiers who could not escape could not bear the scorching fire, regardless of the unfathomable river below, they all screamed and pounced into the water and jumped, for a time both sides of the pontoon bridge were full of Song soldiers struggling in the water, and the Song soldiers on both sides desperately carrying buckets to rush onto the bridge to extinguish the fire were scorched before they got on the bridge, and even their armor was also ignited, Daozhou assassin Wang Jixun, Shen Lun, the envoy of the army, and Hao Shourong, the envoy of Bazuo, forced dozens of strong soldiers to pour cold water all over their bodies, and tried their best to get close to the bridge to splash water to put out the fire, but the water was baked into steam by the tongue of fire before it fell. The tongue of fire several feet long even licked on the boatmaster's ships moored nearby to cover the pontoon, causing several warships to also burn, forcing the sailor warships to sail away from the pontoon bridge and watch it burn little by little from a distance.

Seeing that the river was on fire, the various units of the Shenwei Army, which were originally desperately clamoring and setting fire on all sides of the Song army camp, rushed out one after another, because most of the main forces of the Song army went out of the camp to encircle the Tang army on land and water and rushed to the Jiangnan pagoda, the Song army in the camp only wanted to drive the Tang army out of the camp, and did not blindly pursue and kill. The Tang army, which was astonishing in the direction of Jinling City, also retreated almost immediately, and even the front army of Cao Han's command, which arrived quickly, only intercepted the torches and flags that were discarded all over the ground.

Looking at the blazing river, Cao Bin's face turned pale, and the vanguard around him commanded Cao Han to scold in the direction of Jinling: "If this city is captured one day, there will be no prisoners left, and all these thieves will be beheaded." ”

Volume 36 is like a dream, and the bird cries in the air, Chapter 43 celebrates

In the Changde Palace of Jinling City, on the hundred-foot floor, the emperor Cai Yu and the prime minister Xu Xian, and the right internal historian Wu Qiao looked westward, only to see a firelight, and even the sound could not be heard clearly. Cai Yu was so anxious that he kept standing up and sitting down, Xu Xian's face was also sinking like water, and the two of them lost their usual demeanor and leisure, but it was Wu Qiao, the waiter of the right internal history, who calmed down, and thoughtfully played with the chess pieces carved from black and white jade.

Suddenly, there were hurried footsteps downstairs, Cai Yu and Xu Xian got up together to meet them, and it was Diao Yan of the inner temple who came, his face was happy, and he said loudly before he approached: "God bless Your Majesty, the Dajiang pontoon bridge built by the Northern Army has been burned down by Lord Wu." ”

Wu Qiao stood up suddenly when he heard this, not noticing that his sleeve was hung out of the corner of the table, and asked eagerly: "Is General Wu injured?"

Diao Yan leaned over and said: "Your Majesty, the two prime ministers, General Wu is safe and sound, all the troops have retreated to the city, all are intact, and now General Wu is settling the wounded soldiers, and together with General Yuhou Hu, the Shenwu capital, is urging the soldiers to strengthen the city defenses in case the northern army retaliates." ”

"Good Wu Yingying, Lone knows that he didn't mislook at him. Cai Yu was so excited that he grabbed Xu Xian's arm beside him and said loudly: "Xu Xiang, Wu Yingying has made a great contribution this time, and he should be rewarded heavily." ”

Xu Xian leaned over and said, "Your Majesty, the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it." His Majesty has long been gracious to Wu Yingying. The newly attached minister of Jiangbei, less than a year and the official residence of the god guard is Yuhou, and my dynasty has never had one. Wu Yingying made this great contribution, but in case of repaying His Majesty's kindness, it also proves that His Majesty has the wisdom to know people, if he adds another reward, I am afraid that Wu Yingying will be jealous of his colleagues, which is not conducive to him. ”

Cai Yu, who said this, nodded and said, "In the end, it is still Wu Xiangcheng who is serious, and his words are reasonable." He thought for a moment and said, "But such a great achievement must be rewarded, and the word will be passed on, and the troops who will go out of the city to fight will be given two liters of wine per person and ten yuan of money." The commander made Wu Yingying arrange the military affairs and came to see Gu as soon as possible. ”

Cai Yu has been overwhelmed by the Song army in the city these days, and now he is finally looking forward to a big victory, and he can't help but breathe a sigh of relief, remembering that he has not seen singing and dancing for several days, and immediately ordered the musician and the dancing girl to come up together, and then drank in the hundred-foot building, while enjoying the music and dance, and celebrated this great victory. Seeing that the emperor was in a good mood, the haze that had shrouded the entire Changdeok Palace these days seemed to dissipate all at once, and the most gratifying thing was Shi Huangwen, the lady of the scholar's room, who heard the news that Wu Yingying was safe and sound, and she pressed her chest and said several times Bodhisattva blessing.