Just do it, Huangfu Jixun gave an order, and five hundred elite soldiers took advantage of the night to directly attack the soldiers stationed on the pontoon bridge.

The five hundred elite soldiers were well-trained and well-equipped, and they moved as swift as the wind, and in an instant they rushed in front of the soldiers stationed on the pontoon bridge, and then slashed with their swords.

The defenders of a pontoon bridge are only a few dozen people, and these people are also weak and sick or have relatively low combat effectiveness, and they are of little use when attacking the city, so they are sent to garrison the pontoon bridge, which is a relatively easy job for these people.

But in the face of the attack, the combat effectiveness of this group of people was completely crushed, and it didn't take half an hour for Huangfu Jixun to kill all the guards of the three pontoon bridges.

At this time, Huangfu Jixun suddenly thought of something, there was no need for them to swim over...... Just walk directly over the pontoon bridge and launch an attack on the opposite bank.

If the combat effectiveness on the other side is the same, then the ropes on both sides can be directly broken, and not a single piece of wood or rope will be left for Zhou Jun.

Huangfu Jixun left fifty people on the west bank of the Huai River, including a squad leader, all of whom are ready to carry knives at any time, as long as they encounter any accidents, they will directly break the rope first, and after breaking the rope, they don't have to worry about other things, just flee. If there is no unexpected situation, it depends on the situation to break the rope.

Huangfu Jixun led the remaining more than 400 people to rush directly to the east bank of the Huai River from three pontoon bridges, followed by another small battle. There were not many guards on the east bank of the river, and more than 400 people rushed over and easily took control of the pontoon bridge.

Huangfu Jixun is now almost a race against time, directly ordering people to cut all these ropes. The pontoon, which was not connected by a rope, immediately drifted down the water. Huangfu Jixun did not have time to ink here, and after breaking all the connecting ropes of the pontoon bridge, he immediately ordered people to jump into the Huai River and swim back to the west bank.

There are 200,000 Zhou troops on the east bank, and it is safer to be on the west bank no matter what the situation is. The pontoon, with its rope broken, moved down the river, but it didn't take long for it to stop. Because the ropes on the West Bank side have not been broken, and these ropes are still connected to driftwood.

Halfway through the swim, the driftwood rushed towards the lower reaches of the Huai River like a wild horse, and then Huangfu Jixun knew that the people on the east bank had also broken the connecting rope of the pontoon bridge. This mission was a great success.

Although this section of the Huai River is not too wide, there are still more than 1,000 meters. In fact, the distance was fine, mainly because the water was very cold, and the river was turbulent, and several people were washed away by the river. However, this loss is still completely acceptable to Huangfu Jixun.

Successfully returned to the west side of the Huai River, Huangfu Jixun did not have time to reorganize the army at all, and ran away. The troops of several hundred people behind him followed Huangfu Jixun all the way to the north, preparing to go to the upper reaches of the Huai River and cross the river.

Huangfu Jixun led people to run all night, and it was not until the second morning that he ordered someone to count the number of people. Less than a hundred people were lost, and some of them couldn't run because of their injuries, so they found a place to hide first. This time the losses were not large, but they succeeded in destroying the pontoon bridge needed for the withdrawal of the Great Zhou army.

It was impossible for the Great Zhou army to let everyone swim across the Huai River, although the Huai River was not too wide, but there were still about a thousand meters. Not everyone can swim, not to mention the speed and temperature of the Huai River at this time, the armor and blades on the soldiers, if they swim directly across the Huai River, it is estimated that a small half of the people will die in the Huai River.

Even when Huangfu Jixun and his party forcibly swam back to the west bank of the Huai River, several people were washed away by the river, their number was not large, and they were all well-trained elite soldiers, and the mortality rate of ordinary soldiers was even higher.

Although it is only a small estimate, a small half of the 200,000-strong army is tens of thousands. This number of deaths is the countless bearers of the Great Zhou.

The army attacked Shouzhou, and tens of thousands of soldiers were killed in the first battle, and these soldiers were drowned while swimming...... This kind of thing is too embarrassing, Chai Rong can't do it even if he is shameless.

After Huangfu Jixun crossed the river from upstream, he returned to Shouzhou and immediately went to report the results to His Majesty Li Jing. This time he was a great success, although he didn't know if the whole plan could be successful, but he finally completed the task assigned by Li Jing, and he did it very well.

Huangfu Jixun not only destroyed the pontoon bridge, but also destroyed the pontoon bridge after hiding for several days, stopping the pace of Da Zhou's preparation to retreat, which is definitely a great achievement.

......

"Your Majesty, that's how it happened. ”

"Well done, well done. Li Jing said excitedly: "Actually, the widow found out about this a few days ago, and knew that it was your kid who did it." But there's one thing you don't seem to have said, right, do you still want to ask for credit?"

"What's the matter?"

Li Jing said: "Did you send someone to burn the supplies of the Great Zhou?"

"No, after destroying the pontoon bridge, flee back to the west bank immediately, and then run away, how dare you do other things?" Huangfu Jixun said: "Your Majesty means that someone burned the grain and grass supplies of the Great Zhou?"

"Hmm~ Exactly. According to the spies' report, the Great Zhou military camp burned the supplies on the night the pontoon bridge was destroyed, and now the soldiers are using war swords to cut down trees and repair the pontoon bridge, and the repair progress is extremely slow. Moreover, the widows have already sent men to harass their construction progress, and it should be possible to delay some time. Now it is a matter of comparing the speed to see whether the Zhou army repairs the pontoon bridge first or the naval army controls the Huai River basin first. ”

"I'm afraid it's not enough time...... Li Congjia said: "There are still five days before the navy army reaches the middle reaches of the Huai River, but at this time, most of the pontoon bridges built by the Zhou army have been completed, and it will be completed in less than two days." Unless ......"

"Unless what?"

"Unless someone is willing to wreck the unfinished pontoon bridge again, then there will be time. Li Congjia said: "But this time the other party must be strictly guarded, and it may not be easy to destroy the pontoon bridge from the army and come back alive." ”

Everyone stared at Huangfu Jixun with wide eyes, they had just come back, and this was originally a nine-death mission, but Huangfu Jixun's luck was better, and the number of guards was not large. But if you go again, you will be dead, there is no doubt about it.

Huangfu Jixun swallowed his saliva, thinking about a question in his head, do these people want to be ashamed? Do they treat themselves as a person? Just came back, they didn't even drink a sip of water, and they just finished reporting that they had done something big, but this group of grandsons let themselves go again?

Li Hongji said: "General Huangfu, in fact, this time is not dangerous, because it is actually very easy for a martial arts master like you." ”

"What did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say about this?"

"You don't have to bring troops with you, it's very easy and it's very safe. Li Hongji said: "Actually, General Huangfu only needs to go to the upper reaches of the Huai River and jump directly into the river and go downstream, destroy it when it encounters a pontoon bridge, and then continue to go down the river after destroying it, who can stop General Huangfu? In this way, Zhou Jun will be busy for several more days. ”

Huangfu Jixun nodded, this method is indeed feasible. Swim directly from the river, which is more relaxed, but a little cold. Of course, for martial arts masters, it is tolerable to be cold, the main problem is that it is useless to break one side, if you swim over and forcibly break the other side, it will take too long in the middle, but it will not work.

Therefore, you need two people, one on the left and one on the left, and the pontoon bridge will be broken when you encounter it, and you don't even need to be close to the river bank, you only need to break the pontoon bridge in the river, so as not to be discovered by others. Even if they find out that they want to jump into the river to attack, it is not so easy.

Of course, in addition to needing another person, this person also needs to have a high enough skill, and preferably a good weapon. The chains and ropes used to connect the logs were not so easy to break, so it would not be easy to pick out such a person in the barracks.

Huangfu Jixun thinks that this matter can be done, and it is indeed not difficult, but it is more difficult to find another person.

In terms of Huangfu Jixun's taste, there are not many people in the entire Shouzhou who can complete the task by the way and go back alive, there should only be three people, Li Congjia, Venerable White Lotus, and Wuyazi.

Venerable White Lotus is too old, and he can't bear to toss an old man like this. But Li Congjia is also the third highness, and the more important thing is that his eyes are inconvenient, so it may not be appropriate for him to carry out this dangerous task. As for the other Boundless...... This grandson's martial arts are very high, but his asking price is higher, more than a bandit, if you have to have to, you really don't want to go to him.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who is going with the last general?"

"I'll go. Li Congjia said: "This method is very good and safe. We don't have to fight the enemy head-on, we just need to cut off most of the pontoon bridges in the river. ”

This idea coincides with Huangfu Jixun, of course, Li Hongji originally meant this. After all, the Huai River is nearly a kilometer wide, and the pontoon bridge will be cut off when it is thirty or fifty meters away from the shore, and even if the thirty or fifty meters of wood and iron chains are left, it is useless, and there is no need to risk this distance.

"By no means, the Third Highness is a body of ten thousand gold, how can the Third Highness be allowed to take risks? Huangfu Jixun said: "Otherwise...... Let's spend a little money and ask the Boundless Son Daoist to help. Although the grandson asks for a high price, he does have the ability. From the fact that it was his knife, it was estimated that Zhou Jun would be able to cut off the pontoon bridge without hearing any sound at all, and even I would need to cut a few more knives. ”

Huangfu Jixun was not worried about Li Congjia's safety, but he was worried that he would not be able to complete this task. Let a blind man destroy the enemy's important equipment? Li Congjia has no problem beating people, but it is impossible for him to accurately destroy the pontoon bridge.