Chapter 303: The Lost Pontoon Bridge in Dili

Two of the 50,000 people are missing, the commander doesn't care, the 10,000 households don't want to take care of it, and the younger brother doesn't know at all!

As soon as they could see everything around them, the Kaers got up. People roared loudly, flapping their leather armor and defending their waists; Everywhere there were the figures of the men who could (the entourage) running, some leading horses, some holding weapons.

The chaotic, hot air was mixed with the scents of people and livestock, and flew up with the dust.

Observing the abnormal movement, the fortress immediately fired a drill monkey, and the sound of rockets in the distance was drowned out by the excitement of tens of thousands of people, but the left side of the river gave a signal that the enemy had woken up and was preparing for an attack.

Standing side by side on the watchtower with Captain Qi, he took a deep breath and patted the buckle with his hand: "Okay, it's time to come sooner or later!"

Squad Leader Qi put down the clairing mirror in his hand and said with a smile, "Even the water around our fort is full, this time it is enough for the Kels to drink enough!"

The lake around the Fort of the Great Stream River was left behind after the flood, and because the terrain is slightly higher, there is not much water after the flood period. But now they were full, like big wine bowls that would overflow at the slightest shake.

Unaware of the small manoeuvre in the north, the Kaers put away their bags and tents of all sorts and let the wheels roll.

The soldiers gradually converged to the side, excitedly gesturing or arguing and laughing loudly, trying to dispel any doubts or uneasiness before the battle. This army is like a slowly flowing volcanic magma, slowly approaching the west bank of the Liao River.

"My lord, the observation post heard the sound of rockets being fired from the upper reaches of the Mighty Stream on the other side."

"Got it."

"My lord, there are a few monks on the other side who have escaped and are begging for help."

"Hey, these bald donkeys are so troublesome, they pretend to be reluctant to go, and now they are asking for help. Let the people of the Inspection Division try to tell them to go to the Mighty River, and not to go into the river!"

Zhao Jingzi sent the person who reported the incident, turned around and continued to speak at the meeting: "Ladies and gentlemen, the battle sequence of the troops is as follows:

The North Group was commanded by the Gaizhou guerrilla Chu Yunhu, and under his command were the Gaizhou Regiment and the Jinzhou Battalion;

The command of the main defensive position is Liaozhen Commander Tongzhi Liao Changyong, and the sequence from north to south is the Jinshan Battalion, the Weihai Battalion, the Dasong Battalion, and the Jinghai Battalion.

The commander of the Southern Group is Du Wenshui, the general of Dengzhou, and his command includes the Dengzhou Regiment, the Haiyang Battalion and the Chengshan Battalion, the Xunshan Battalion and the Ningjin Battalion as the general reserve, and the commander is Jin Shijun, the commander of Liaozhen."

He was the chief of staff of the shogunate, and he was a yellow belt, so all the generals sitting there listened honestly. Those who were named got up, and after receiving the task, they folded their fists and sat down again.

After he finished arranging, Li Dan stood up: "Everyone, the big battle is imminent, let me repeat three more points: kill those who turn their backs to the enemy, kill those who abandon their comrades or positions, and kill those who only care about beheading and ignoring the front!" Do you understand?

I don't need you to be decapitated, as long as the enemy is lying dead in front of the position. After victory, we have time to do these things, but not in battle!" Everyone agreed, and Li Dan continued:

"Having ascertained that the enemy is indeed fifty thousand, I have decided to let forty thousand of them cross the river.

But this is nothing, the Kerians have three auxiliaries against one regular soldier, so the real elite is only 10,000, which is the same number as the number of troops we can defend and block.

Only by destroying and crippling this part of the enemy army as much as possible can General Tong and General Qin successfully defeat the enemy stranded on the other side, can we realize our strategy of cutting off the arm of the Khan, and can Shenyang and Liaoyang be safe!

Whether your relatives and the officials and people of Liaodi can avoid this military disaster depends on your performance today!"

A cavalryman reported that the advance was still three miles away from the river, and he snorted in his nostrils: "What is the movement on the other side?"

"Nope. Only vaguely seem to be able to see a flag, and there is not even a figure by the river." The scout replied.

"What do you mean? Could it be that the man surnamed Li asked me to come here, and he himself was afraid to flee first?"

These words caused a burst of laughter behind him.

"The southerners are the most cowardly, maybe they really escaped!"

"I may have peed when I saw the number of our troops

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"Could it be that they are hiding somewhere and shivering?"

"Perhaps, either he sent someone to Wulongling for help, but it's a pity that the Great Khan was smart and sent Gelita Wanhu to the bottom of the mountain to keep an eye on it, that Shi Hao is now sick and dead, and who dares to move without his order?"

He waved his hand, and everyone stopped laughing. "Send an order to Yeshidieri, and let him lead the auxiliaries and the people to come forward to build a raft and build a bridge! Be sure to get the first troops on the opposite bank when the sun rises!"

"Yes, Lord Steward!" The scout turned his horse's head and ran quickly towards the river.

After a while, a team of thousands of people separated from the main force.

Their horses and carts dragged the timber they had cut down for the past few days toward the banks of the river, and some of them ran to the trees they could see, cutting them down one after another, no matter how thick or thin they were, or what kind of tree they were.

"Hey, what are they doing here?" After receiving the report, Li Dan and the others came to the observation post built at the highest point, and Zhao Jingzi saw it through the telescope and asked puzzledly, "Do you want to build a bridge over this river?"

"It's possible!" Lou Shiying thought about it and said, "I remember that the former imperial master used stones as anchors and built a bridge over the river one day, which caught the rebels off guard. Could it be that my brother wants to repeat the old trick?"

"It's a pity that he is not Totok," Wu Mao said with a smile, "If he is a famous general like Totok, how can he let the Mighty River upstream go and let it be in the hands of the enemy?"

"Sir is right!" Li Dan began to "chuckle" in his heart, but soon calmed down:

"We used to wonder how to send these tens of thousands of people across the river, but now it seems that the answer has been revealed. Let's just let him keep busy, and then let him rejoice in the air!"

After another hour passed, it became clear to everyone the tricks of the Kaers. They built three or five large rafts, dragged the trees with ropes behind some of them, and then dragged them into the water.

Next, we began to hang other woods, stones, etc., on it, and let it sit and sink to the bottom of the water to become an anchor, and the raft on it was relatively fixed. Other rafts are then connected from both ends and anchored to the riverbed in the same way.

"Hey! I didn't expect there to be a capable person in the Egu people!" Zhao Jingzi was surprised.

"It's nothing, they live in the grassland all year round, someone must have paid attention to it, and then borrowed the skill of the beaver to hold back the water and build a dam." Li Dan smiled while watching:

"But let's note that this method will be used in the Army Command School in the future, and it will be a classic case of using terrain and features! Although it happened to the enemy, it is also worth learning!

It's just that there are too many trees cut down, which is fine in the south, but it's a pity here. I don't know how many years it will take for these trees to grow back to this point?"

By the time came, the faint mist on the river had completely dissipated, and the movements of the Kerers were seen more and more clearly. Their bridge was about a foot wide and slightly skewed to the southwest by the current.

But there was a bold raft anchoring from the south bank, and soon it was from this point to the center of the river, and in a quarter of an hour it was closed, and they could even hear the cheers of all the Kerians watching on the other side.

They can be heard to be quite excited and satisfied, and it can already be observed that some people can't wait to get down to the riverbed of *** and are eager to cross the river.

Suddenly, Zhao Jingzi reminded everyone to pay attention to the fact that there was a big man on the other side. Everyone looked over, and sure enough, a black and white big picture appeared on the opposite bank.

"This should be the loss of my brother! Only high-ranking people have such a big deal." Liao Changyong, the commander of Liaozhen, said. He has been in the border town for many years and is more familiar with the affairs of the Ergu people.

"It looks like they're going to cross the river," Liao said contemptuously, "and the big guys usually appear when they're most historical, and they'll sing like that in their epics in the future."

Sure enough, a group of cavalry began to cautiously walk up the pontoon bridge, and many people on the bridge were constantly throwing logs or stones tied together into the water in order to make it stronger.

"I guess my brother is lost now

I must be very proud and proud in my heart. However, he will be very angry and disappointed later!" Yang said with a smile. Then arch the hand:

"Everyone, I'm going back to my camp to prepare for battle, don't accompany me!" He is the first battalion and his partner is the Jinshan battalion.

When he said this, the other three campers saluted and took their leave. Gao Cang with the second battalion, the partner is the Da Song battalion; Monk Gao led the third battalion, and his partner was the Weihai battalion; The end side led the fourth battalion, and the partner was the Jinghai battalion.

Liao Changyong looked at these people enviously and said, "When my subordinates have this spirit, Lao Tzu will ask the emperor to beat him to Hulan!"

Li Dan smiled and didn't speak, the Western Route Army should already be on the way to Helin, if it goes well, it is really possible to beat Hulan up!

However, this matter is confidential, and even Zhao Jingzi beside him doesn't know about it, only Wu Mao knows that he has such a plan.

Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered that he hadn't written to Zhao Tuo for a few days, so he walked to the marching table and sat down, and Brother Mao immediately took out the paper clip from his backpack and handed it over.

Several people in the room thought he was going to give an order, and they all looked at it at once. Li Dan waved his hand: "You are busy, I think of Your Majesty, write a letter to him to say hello." After speaking, dip the ink and lower your head to start writing.

Liao Changyong was a little dissatisfied with General Sun's assignment of him to work under a civilian official, but after contact, he found that this chief army was not only easy to get along with, but also had strategies and strategies.

In addition, Li Dan killed the two brothers of the Kel generals in the challenge, which caused a sensation among the front-line armies, so I also admired it a little more in my heart.

Now seeing that his war is approaching, sitting down and calmly writing to the emperor, not only does he feel a little more courageous in his heart, but he also secretly thinks that maybe it is a good thing to keep up with this upstart?

He secretly made up his mind that he would fight this battle well and show it to the superintendent.

"Chen Dan, I wrote before the battle, I wish Your Majesty a long life! And I wish the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother a thousand years in the future! ……。」 Li Dan dipped the ink again and continued to write:

"It will also be the Khan's army of 200,000 to the south of the Liuliu River, Shi Shuai can't afford to sink, and the situation is critical. The minister and the acting governor General Pan made a plan to first break through the lost army of the governor of the Tokyo Road on his east road, and relieve the siege of the city of Scholbu.

In order to provoke the loss of his younger brother, the ministers led more than ten brave horses, and under the guidance of the commander Luo Guangen, they went to his camp to provoke, and successively killed dozens of generals and warriors such as Yeli Apang, the general soldier under his command.

Early this morning, he will also order to divide 20,000 troops to the east road, respectively to surround the city of Scholbu and build a cantonment under the Wulong Ridge, Di Li lost the loss of personally commanded the Kergo East Road Army 50,000 to go south, and build a pontoon bridge across the Liao River within three hours.

Now his army is crossing the river, and the battle is about to ......!"

"My lord, the enemy has thousands of cavalry and is forming a formation on the shore. Their auxiliaries are now starting to build a second pontoon bridge." Wu Mao came over and reported softly.

"Oh? And a second pontoon?"

"Yes, two miles upstream."

"Hmph, let him go!" Li Dan shook his head and dipped his ink in the ink as he asked, "When do you think they will start attacking?"

Wu Mao raised his head and calculated: "It took half a cup of tea for the first group of people to come over, so it will take another two thousand people. With 3,000 troops, I think they dare to try to probe around."

Li Dan nodded, remembered something, and said to Li Qin next to him, "Remember, ask about two things:

I asked Joey, the Briton engineer of the Zhushun Tianfu Gun Factory, that I need a bronze cannon and its ammunition box that can be dragged by two horses, and that can fire solid or shotgun, which can be adjusted by gears, and ask him to hand me the design drawings as soon as possible.

On the other hand, he asked Virgil, an Italian engineer from Liaoyang, what conditions he needed if he wanted to establish a watch design and manufacturing team?

I need to equip all officers with pocket watches, clocks that can fit in their pockets. Please write to me directly!"

After Li Qin finished writing, he showed the record to Li Dan, and after confirming that it was correct, he signed it, and after thinking about it, he added: "Please come to Liaodong quickly by Heimu and Hicks!"

"My lord, they're attacking!" Liao Changyong shouted, put away his binoculars, and saluted like everyone else: "Me too."

Go back to your command post, take care!"

"I wish you all the best and success! I'll be in the back for you, so rest assured!" Li Dan returned the salute and stretched out his hand to let Liao Changyong shake it unskillfully.

Looking at his back, Li Dan looked at Sun Dezhi who was standing at the door licking his lips, and asked with a smile, "Are you nervous?" Later, if we fight, maybe you'll have to follow me up and plug the gap!"

"No, not nervous!" Sun Dezhi hurriedly stood up straighter.

"It's strange if you're not nervous!" Zhao Jingzi went over and patted him on the arm: "Don't be afraid, everyone will be nervous for the first charge, and you will know it after two or three times, and that's it." The grandson of my county king is not afraid, but what are you afraid of as the grandson of the general soldier?"

As soon as the words fell, there was a "boom" outside, Sun Dezhi couldn't help but shrink his neck, and Zhao Jingzi laughed: "It's okay, which stupid Kerr stepped on a mine, don't believe you listen to this scream, miserable?"