Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 442

At the mouth of the Chao Phraya River, countless armored cavalry and armored war horses are being transferred to the temporary dock by the Spike warships, and dozens of building boats and gunboats are also lifting artillery and gun carriages.

The entire plain on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River estuary is already densely covered with tents, and the edge cannot be seen at a glance.

On the flagship, Taichang frowned slightly as he looked at the map of Siam marked by Lu Xiangsheng.

The King City of Siam is not very far from the mouth of the Chao Phraya River, only more than 100 miles away.

The problem is that the more than 100 miles are densely covered with rivers, there are more than ten large and small rivers, and there are dense forests everywhere, and there are no roads at all.

With such a terrain, it would be fine if we just sent some elite scouts to spy on the news, and it would be fine if we could go directly by water and ship it.

The problem is, if the 30 paces are transported purely by Spike warships, it will take at least more than ten trips. Even if it takes two hours for one trip, it will take two or three days. It is not as fast as going by land.

And at this moment, the Donghu army is everywhere in the south of Siam King City. They use Spike warships to transport infantry and eat other people's rockets.

And the land road is also quite troublesome. 30 paces have to pass through more than 100 miles of land. I don't know how many trees have to be cut down and how many pontoon bridges have to be built.

He frowned and pondered for a while, then couldn't help sighing: "How can the army march in this terrain?"

Naturally, Lu Xiangsheng had already considered this.

He carefully reminded: "Your Majesty, this terrain is a little troublesome for us, but it is a disaster for Donghu!"

Taichang couldn't help asking curiously: "How do you say that?"

Lu Xiangsheng pointed to the map and explained: "Your Majesty, you see, the Donghu army is also blocked by the vertical and horizontal rivers, and it is divided into one piece after another. The more than [-] people in the east, west, and west are divided into more than ten pieces. Moreover, They have a fatal weakness, that is, they have no boats.

They traveled more than two thousand miles to attack Siam King City, not only could not be brought by warships, but ordinary ships could not be brought here.

There are no boats in this terrain, which is quite deadly. As long as we cut off the pontoon bridges they built on these rivers, they will have more than [-] people on the east, west, east, and west sides without running away!

As for the [-] horses in the north, as long as the [-] Shenwu Battalion iron cavalry rushed over, they would not be able to escape either! "

This makes sense!
Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help being pleasantly surprised: "What do you mean, we can wipe out Donghu's more than [-] troops?"

Lu Xiangsheng nodded slowly and said: "It shouldn't be a big problem. We have trouble marching because of the barrier of the river, and they can't even send scouts to guard the periphery because of the barrier of the river. The momentum will launch another surprise attack.”

That's right, they don't even have a boat, so how did they cross so many rivers to spy on the news?

Raid, I love it!

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help but said with great interest: "What do you mean, even if we touch them, they won't be able to find it?"

Lu Xiangsheng nodded, then pointed to the map and explained: "Your Majesty, you see, their camps are basically on the north side of these big rivers, because it is too difficult for them to build floating bridges on these big rivers. Not only can most of them not get through, even the scouts can't get through.

Therefore, we can touch the south bank of these big rivers at a leisurely pace, and launch a surprise attack when we are fully prepared. "

Great, now the only problem is building the pontoon.

As for cutting trees to open the way, there is no need to rush forward anyway. It will only take a little time for the 30 army to slowly cut over, so it is not a problem at all.

Taichang and Lu Xiangsheng discussed for a while, and soon they figured out how to build the pontoon bridge.

They have a combination of Spike warships, and building a pontoon bridge is actually very simple, no matter how wide the river is, there is no big problem.

Because the Spike Warships can be lined up indefinitely, even if the river is one or two miles wide, just line up some more Spike Warships. There is no shortage of Spikes.

They only need to tie the iron locks to the big trees on the river banks on both sides, then connect the Spike warships to the middle, and then build wooden rafts on both sides, and the pontoon bridge will be completed.

They can even prepare wooden rafts on all the Spike warships in advance. At that time, as long as they are placed horizontally on the connecting iron plate, the entire pontoon bridge will be like a flat ground, and there will be no problem in riding a horse across it!
The two made a good plan, and ordered 20 infantry to start cutting trees to the north that day to make way.

Moreover, the cut trees were quickly made into Zhang Xu long wooden rafts and sent to the Spike warship.

In the early morning of the next day, the 30 troops began to break out of camp and set off, and the navy fleet also entered the main road of the Chao Phraya River, and even the Aegis and Dragon Tooth warships followed.

In fact, the main road of the Chao Phraya River is still very wide and deep, at least in the hundreds of miles near the mouth of the sea, it is very wide and deep.

It's just that the Aegis and Dragon Tooth battleships can't go directly to the Siam King City. These two kinds of giant ships can only sail to the confluence of the Chao Phraya River and a large tributary, and the north of that large tributary is the army of Donghu. camp out.

That is to say, they can actually drive the Aegis ship and the dragon tooth battleship to command the army to advance along the Chao Phraya River, and there is no problem in advancing to the place where the raid started.

On the river, a huge navy fleet is slowly advancing in a long queue of more than ten miles, and there are still many Spike warships shuttling between the main stem of the Chao Phraya River and the tributaries on both sides.

It can be said that the vicinity of dozens of miles is under the control of the Daming Navy Fleet, and the army on the shore can move forward with confidence.

It's a pity that the army had only advanced more than ten miles north before encountering the first tributary of the Chao Phraya River.

This tributary is not very wide, about twenty feet or so.

However, people and horses will definitely not be able to get through, and a pontoon bridge must be built.

With Taichang's order, more than [-] Spike warships entered the tributary in a file, and went upstream for about two or three miles, and they found a place where the embankments on both banks were relatively gentle.

Immediately afterwards, the two Spike warships approached the shallow water areas on both sides. Several sailors directly lifted the huge iron chains and jumped into the water, wading slowly towards the river banks on both sides while pulling the iron chains.

After a while, they pulled the iron chains to the shore and tied them to a thick tree.

Immediately afterwards, the two boats crossed the river facing each other again, and pulled the two long iron chains across. Several sailors waded through the water and pulled the iron chains to the shore. After pulling it hard for a while, it was tied to a big tree, and the two iron locks across the river were set up.

Next, more than [-] Spike warships leaned up side by side, tied the iron chains tightly to the boats with cables, installed the connecting iron plates, and then put the wooden rafts prepared in advance on one frame, and then pulled them over. Once two longer wooden rafts were built on the river banks on both sides, a pontoon bridge was built.

The whole process took less than half an hour, and Xin Wang Zhu Youjian's face was already flushed, and he praised him endlessly: "Father, this navy officer is too good at building a pontoon bridge."

What is this? A pontoon bridge on a river that is more than twenty feet wide is just a trivial matter, but a pontoon bridge on a river that is more than a hundred feet wide is truly spectacular.

Taichang couldn't help but smiled slightly and said, "It's just a small pontoon bridge, I see you're excited."

At this time, the rested infantry and cavalry had already started to cross the bridge. It would take at least two hours for 30 people to cross a pontoon bridge like this. Before all these troops passed the pontoon bridge, the forward reached a river again. side.

The next step is to keep building pontoon bridges and cutting trees to open the way.

Although this is a bit troublesome, it is not a problem to have more than [-] people and horses to advance forty or fifty miles a day with the help of naval warships.

In two days, they came to the south bank of a large tributary of the Chao Phraya River.

On the opposite side is the camp of Donghu's army, and it is a camp stretching for dozens of miles.

At this time, you can't go up to build a pontoon bridge recklessly, because it will scare the snake.

Taichang directly ordered the naval fleet to stop two or three miles away from the river's confluence, and then ordered the infantry to build a dock on the river bank and began to transport the artillery and gun carriages down.

This is the starting point for their raid, and he is going to make a big splash!
(End of this chapter)