Chapter 167: The Decisive Moment

The water of the Yellow River is rushing down mightily, and the water of the Yellow River rolling by, almost the color of the water, is all yellow.

Ye Shen looked at the surging water of the Yellow River and hit the pontoon.

At the beginning, the pontoon bridge actually considered the problem of the Yellow River rising, but now it seems that this issue is very shallow.

For example, a sandbar in the middle as a transit. It seems to be a small island, but it is not, under the impact of the Yellow River, it is easy to be washed away, and in the adjacent place, a sandbar is alluvial.

There are always large and small sandbanks in the Yellow River. But these sandbars rushed not one.

The biggest problem of the pontoon bridge is that the width is not enough, and the Yellow River in the dry season seems to be no different from ordinary rivers, and there are only a few shallow streams on the broad riverbed, although these streams have also become a major obstacle for the northern army to advance southward.

But when I really see the Yellow River today, I know what the water of the Yellow River is called coming from the sky.

The tidal flats on both sides of the river were all submerged by the Yellow River. From the Yellow River, which is several miles wide, it is almost impossible to see the opposite side. If you are in the wind and rain, the visibility is relatively low, and it is difficult for you to feel whether you are facing the Yellow River or the sea.

And the Yellow River has never been docile.

Perhaps it is the reason for the concentration of rainfall in the north, the Yellow River also has the characteristics of rising water very fast, a few days ago, the pontoon bridge can still be used normally, almost overnight, there is a carriage on the pontoon bridge washed away by the Yellow River.

Today, the people below officially told him that the Yellow River pontoon bridge can no longer be used.

In addition, it will be difficult for ships to cross the Yellow River for some time to come.

Now the Yellow River is rising and menacing. The water situation is very unstable, there are many undercurrents in the Yellow River, and in Ye Shen's hands, there are no big boats. Crossing the Yellow River is a task that tests the skills of boatmen.

However, in Ye Shen's hands, there are no old sailors of the Yellow River, these people have been taken away by the Southern Army, and it is impossible for them to fall into the hands of the Northern Army.

Only after a period of time and the water situation has stabilized can the transfer begin.

Ye Shen said: "Pass the order, all departments prepare, and the decisive battle will be today and tomorrow."

The news of Guanzhong Shanxi, Ye Shen knew earlier than Fu Youde. After all, as soon as Zhao Yong surrendered, the connection between the Western Route Army and the Southern Route Army had already been opened. The connection between the two sides is very strong.

Ye Shen also knew that the current situation had forced Fu Youde into a corner.

Whether he wants to fight this battle or not, he always has to fight.

Ye Shen suddenly became a little bored with this battle at this moment.

He felt that victory was not enough. Regardless, he still adhered to the attitude of the person in charge, played to the imperial court, and asked for a battle in the direction of Shandong. Taking advantage of his illness, he wanted his life and wanted to capture the city of Nanjing within this year.

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Ye Shen's order was naturally conveyed.

It's just that in the Northern Army, there are still some arrogant soldiers, and many generals don't care much about it at all. In the face of Fu Youde's decisive counterattack, they suffered a lot.

The Northern Army crossed a small river ditch.

I don't know the name of this ditch, just like the drainage canal in many villages. Not wide. There wasn't much rain either.

Such a small river is not uncommon on the edge of the Yellow River.

This is also due to the structure of the Yellow River embankment.

In order to prevent the Yellow River from backflowing, almost all the rivers flowing into the Yellow River in the lower reaches of the Yellow River were cut off. It's okay here, after all, the Yellow River is not a hanging river on the ground, and some further east, there will be some ditches parallel to the Yellow River.

After all, the Yellow River dam is the highest place in the vicinity, and below the Yellow River dam, it is easy to form a river.

Guiding these stagnant waters to the various branches of the Huai River is also a very important water conservancy work.

Such rivers are everywhere in the Central Plains, although they cannot be said to be everywhere, but there are indeed many of them.

And when the Northern Army crossed this river, it didn't think much about it.

Some of these rivers have bridges, some have no bridges. Even if there is a river with a bridge, this bridge is not big. Because the government will never build the bridge here

These bridges were built with funds raised by local people.

The so-called good deeds of building bridges and paving roads.

Such a bridge can cross at most one carriage. That's already huge. Many bridges are simply a few stones supporting a plank.

In this way, when the northern army passes through the bridge, it will naturally be restricted.

It was not that the Northern Army did not build bridges.

This doesn't need Ye Shen's orders, open the road and build a bridge when the mountains meet the water. That's the duty of the striker.

It's just that on this river, the Northern Army is inevitably a little lazy. Directly turn into a column and line up to pass, in fact, it won't take long, it is enough to build one or two bridges to transfer materials.

It's just that they never thought of it.

A regiment that had just crossed the river. In the face of a strong offensive by the Southern Army.

This time, there was nothing fancy. The southern army line lined up and came over.

The Northern Army thought that it was still the same as at the beginning, and the slightest contact between the two sides would cause the other side to retreat. But they never expected that after the Southern Army and the Northern Army reached each other's firing range, they began to fire at each other.

After a series of several volleys.

The two sides shot through each other's smoke.

It was found that the Southern Army was continuing to advance.

They've already fought to pieces. The dead and wounded did not go to the soldiers, many people were lying on the ground, and the blood and the red clothes on their bodies became the embellishment of the earth.

But keep moving forward.

At this time, the commander of this regiment at the forefront gave an order that can hardly be called wrong. That is to launch a counteroffensive.

Because the two sides are close enough, each side inflicts considerable damage on the other. And because of the crossing of the river, the cannon did not bring anything. Of course, there doesn't seem to be a cannon on the other side.

In this case, keep shooting, wait for someone else's bayonet to attack, or say that you take the initiative to counterattack, knock the enemy down and wait for the second attack, and take advantage of this time period to transport more troops to the rear across the river.

Or build a bridge over this creek to facilitate the attack and retreat.

It's just a few feet wide. Suddenly, it became a geographical advantage that could not be ignored by both sides.

It's just the idea of a regimental system, but it has failed.

Because the attitude of the two sides to hand-to-hand combat is different.

It is false to say that the Northern Army did not attach importance to hand-to-hand combat. But Beijing's advantage in firepower is too obvious. What can be solved by firepower should not be solved by hand-to-hand combat, this has become the consensus of the upper-level generals of the Northern Army. There are many reasons for this consensus-building.

One of the most important aspects is cost.

The death of a soldier requires a pension and other messy expenses. And the cost of gunpowder is only how much in each field of war. What's more, the upper echelons are also supportive of this attitude.

After all, firearms are the way of the future.

Finding ways to make better use of firearms tactics and research better firearms is the direction He Xi has always advocated.

In this direction, hand-to-hand combat is indispensable and is the last resort to war. However, it is not the most important subject of training and research. And the Yugoslav army is different.

With all kinds of supplies in short supply, a lot of training is not very good.

Like a salvo. The gunpowder is kept for the war.

In this case, where is there so much training. In the end, the cheapest is naturally hand-to-hand combat. And before, Fu Youde didn't let the other party see this, and at this moment, when the northern army began to counter-charge, the two sides were scuffling together.

Soon after. The northern army was pushed by the southern army to the edge of the creek.

The men and horses of the Northern Army Brigade watched and were anxious across the river. But no reinforcements were sent, only a small number of reinforcements, through small bridges, or directly involved in support. But the number of people is too small to affect the overall situation at all.

At this time, a large number of horses' hooves were heard from the Yugoslav army.

It attracted the attention of the Northern Army.

Without him, even though Fu Youde almost held all the cavalry in his own hands. But in the face of the cavalry of the Northern Army, it still did not have an advantage. And at this moment, the cavalry of both sides are entangled with each other and contain each other.

It was impossible for Fu Youde to find more cavalry.

After all, the two sides have been facing each other for these days, and it is impossible if they have not figured out the general situation on the other side.

It is impossible for Fu Youde to conjure up so many cavalry at once.

Soon, they saw it. This is not cavalry. Rather, infantry on horseback. The horses they rode were more than war horses, and many of them were not even horses, but had a large number of donkeys and mules.

Some tall soldiers rode on donkeys, and they could drag their legs, which looked funny. It's funny.

But it's not funny at all.