A tall city abruptly appeared on the horizon.

The sergeants who escorted the car watched from afar and were shocked.

Many of them are displaced people from Bingzhou and Jizhou, who crossed the river many years ago and settled in Yunzhong, Kinmen, Danshan, and Gancheng Siwu.

There was no such city!

After walking for a while, we gradually got closer, and the whole picture of the city gradually appeared in my eyes.

Carpenters are forging huge gates.

The servants are digging a moat.

Craftsmen are installing winches in order to drive the drawbridge.

There are also people who come in and out, constantly sending bricks, tiles, wood and stones, and improving the city defense facilities such as women's walls and horse faces.

"Heyang South City." Shao Shen read out the four big characters on the south city wall.

The handwriting is quite good, better than the second uncle.

There were several camps set up outside the city, and they were all old acquaintances at first glance: either the Silver Spear Army, or the Tuntian Army and even the Xuchang soldiers recruited from all over the city.

Perhaps there was no need to practice today, so they began to go down to the field to harvest grain.

Beans were planted in the field, which made Shao Shen a little disappointed, and it was impossible to have much harvest.

However, in this chaotic world, it would be good to be able to collect some miscellaneous grains, don't think too much.

After two rounds of cross-examination, the convoy was cleared on the road.

They passed on the newly built post road on the east side of Heyang South City, and arrived at the ferry in less than 100 steps, and then stepped onto the pontoon bridge.

"This bridge is too big...... Shao Shen was a little shocked.

At the time of the war, it was common to build improvised pontoon bridges, but none of them were so big, so strong.

Yes, the pontoon bridge has only a slight shaking and is very smooth to walk on.

The hull of the ship is also painted, and it is not a temporary pontoon bridge that will be abandoned after the war.

The wind on the river was very strong, and there was a faint smell of fish.

After a stick of incense, the shaking of the pontoon bridge is slightly larger, but the overall can still be called stable.

After walking for half an hour, the shaking became a little smaller, and at this time Hezhu was already in sight.

Another city, with three big characters on it, "中潬 (tān) city".

Boy! Cities are one after the other.

Compared to the southern city, the city is slightly smaller, but it has all the facilities it should have. There are all kinds of urn cities, horse noodles, etc., and the Yellow River is its natural moat.

The city is in the shape of a long strip, with two gates, north and south.

After crossing the south gate, I walked for almost a mile, and soon I went out of the north gate, and I was greeted by a brand new pontoon bridge.

The pontoon bridge is still under construction, but judging by the busy craftsmen, the progress should be fast.

Standing outside the north gate, Shao Shen raised his eyes and found that if nothing else, the city itself would be difficult to be attacked head-on.

The reason is very simple: the river is not big, after the construction of the city, in addition to the east and west sides of the small farmland, orchards, vegetable furrows, there are very few open spaces outside the north and south gates, and a sheep and horse wall was built to support cattle, sheep, horses and mules.

If the enemy attacked, it really didn't even have a foothold, and it would not be able to deploy troops at all, let alone attack the city.

The convoy stopped outside the North Gate.

The scribes went to deliver the supplies with the defenders, while Shao Shen sat down and slowly admired the beautiful scenery on the river.

"Where's Gong Chen?" He sat for a while, and then got bored again, so he grabbed a scribe and asked.

The scribe knew that he was Chen Gong's nephew, so he pointed to the west and said, "Over there." ”

Shao Shen opened his eyes wide, but saw that on the wide river, dozens of boats were swimming upstream, slowly approaching another river to the west: Ma Zhu.

The ships are not big, and each ship can carry twenty people.

The boatmen struggled to rock, and the boat staggered like a drunken strong man, slowly approaching Mazhu.

A moment later, the drums sounded.

A group of lightly armored sergeants jumped out of the boat and waded through the muddy waters, slowly moving through the mud.

Shao Shen could see that they had worked hard, but it was not so easy to wade through the water, and if they were not careful, they would be trapped in waist-deep water and unable to move.

As the ships approached Mazhu one by one, more and more soldiers jumped into the water, wearing only leather armor or no armor at all, and struggled to move forward.

A horn sounded on the horse.

Shao Shen is very familiar with martial arts, which is an order for archery.

"Alas! This round of arrow rain fell, and few of the people who rushed to the island survived. Shao Shen slapped his thigh and sighed again and again.

"It'll be better in the evening." The scribe was also fascinated and said casually.

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Shao Shen nodded slowly, and then shook his head again.

It's hard to do this, day or night, right under the noses of your enemies.

"Gong Chen, this is about to enter the north shore?" Shao Shen asked.

"I don't know." The scribe smiled bitterly: "However, we have indeed been searching for ships recently, and the number of them is no less than hundred. Chen Gong even ordered the carpenters to temporarily cut down and build ships, and it didn't matter how long they could take it, as long as they could cross the river for him. ”

Newly cut timber is obviously not suitable for shipbuilding, and after a long time, the ship will leak, deform, rot and other destructive things, and even fall apart in the middle of the river, which is purely harmful.

But it's okay to use it temporarily, and I don't expect it to last long anyway.

"What you say should be true." Shao Shen brushed aside the scribes, rushed to the grass on the shore, and looked at the silver spear sergeant who was landing and fighting.

It took them a long time to finally rush to the riverbank, and then set up a formation on the spot.

The shield is in front, the spear is outward, and the archers are in the back, making gestures to draw the bow.

They even threw something in front of the formation. Shao Shen guessed that it was a simple antler made of tree branches, which could be carried by a single person, and when there was no vehicle or horse, it could be temporarily used to block the cavalry charge - in fact, as long as you think about it carefully, there are more ways than difficulties.

After the first group came ashore, the follow-up ships slowly rocked over, and the second group of soldiers began to land.

"This battle is too troublesome, and I really want to die." Shao Shen was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, and he couldn't wait to jump on the horse in person, wielding a long-handled axe, killing all the enemies, and constantly expanding the defense line.

"Knock knock knock......" The drum beat on the other side.

Shao Shen immediately turned his head to look, but saw a group of sergeants getting up and heading towards the boat.

That's not the Silver Spear Army!

"The Black Army." The scribe explained softly: "There were originally 1,200 people, but two more buildings were expanded ten days ago, and there are now more than 2,400. ”

"What kind of black army, not even iron armor, holding a black 'wooden stick', what do you want to do?" Shao Shen was a little surprised.

"They're going to die." The scribe gloated: "Not long after the army was formed, the skills have not been completed, and they will be the first batch to fight in the north in the future." ”

"How so?" Shao Shen asked: "Such a sparse army, once forced by the enemy to drive down the river, Chen Gong will not look good, right?" ”

"It's just a homeless person, as many as you want, and you don't feel distressed if you die." The scribe laughed and said, "More than 100 ships can ferry these two thousand four hundred people. ”

"Didn't you say you're still building new ships?"

"Indeed." The scribe replied: "Maybe in the future, another batch of Tuntian troops will be transferred to battle." ”

Shao Shen stopped talking.

Crossing the river is really cruel, and it is easy to be attacked by people half-crossing.

In his opinion, it is better to wait until winter, when the river is frozen solid, and then send troops north.

However, there are also problems with this, and it is inconvenient to take soil in winter, and it is more troublesome to camp or build a city.

"I don't know what the second uncle thinks, alas." Shao Shen walked around a little anxiously.

"The Son of Heaven issued an edict and had to go north." The scribe explained.

"Huh?" Shao Shen was a little surprised, he really didn't know about it.

"Seven days ago." The scribe said: "The angel went to Zhongyun City, read the edict in public, and after Chen Gong received the decree, he told the whole army. Wait a few more days, I'm afraid the Huns will know. ”

"No wonder, no wonder!" Shao Shen stomped his feet and sighed: "No wonder when I passed through Nancheng, I heard the voices of the people talking. ”

In fact, it was not only a discussion, but also a faint cry.

Fools know how risky it is to cross the river and attack the Shama embankment.

The south bank of the river is not without the scouts or fine works of the Huns, and you will know after a little inquiry.

"The Son of Heaven commands to heed what it does!" Shao Shen was a little angry and said angrily.

The scribe shook his head and smiled bitterly.

The edict of the Son of Heaven can indeed be disobeyed, but Chen Gong doesn't seem to have any intention of refusing this time. The reason for this is probably that I am worried about long nights and dreams. In short, this is the above thing, he doesn't know much, and he can't figure it out, so let him go.

Shao Shen was not angry in his heart, and he was too lazy to look at it again.

When he returned to the city gate, the materials had already been delivered: dried meat, cheese, and pickles sent by Guang Chengze.

There is also a small amount of rice, which was sent by Empress Hui's Yang clan.

Well, there are two winter coats, which Princess Xiangcheng asked him to give in private.

The second uncle is really ......

After waiting for a day in Zhongyun City without waiting for Shao Xun, Shao Shen returned with the convoy.

On August 16, they spent the night in Nancheng, and the next day they saw thousands of Xuchang soldiers marching eastward, accompanied by a large number of craftsmen.

I asked them what they were doing, but no one would tell the truth. But the "wise" Shao Shen had already seen through it, and he must have gone downstream to find a place to build a temporary pontoon bridge, because they brought a large number of bridge-building tools.

It's just that after the Mengjin section, not only the river surface is more open, but the water is also quite turbulent, can a pontoon bridge really be built? He was a little skeptical.

This battle made him a little confused.

After thinking about it, Shao Shen was so anxious that he stopped directly, asked his subordinates to lead the convoy back, and went straight to Zhongyun City, intending to advise the second uncle.

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