Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 497 Building a Pontoon Bridge
Li Jing's headquarters has 7000 people, walking along the sea road, and Tuwanxu's six tribes have 15 people, of which Wei Yunqi, Qu Tutong, and Ashina Danai's tribes follow Li Jing, because these three tribes have too much baggage and are prepared to attack the city Equipment, as for the other three departments, they have to go through the Lulong Road, so as to prevent tens of thousands of people from being crowded in the West Liaoning Corridor.

It was Li Jing who did the bridge building, so He Chou and Li Chun followed Li Jing.

He Chou has [-] small boats in his hand, which are used to build the pontoon bridge, and Li Jing also has [-] assault boats, which are used for landing.

If they marched normally, they would be able to cross the seaside road in five days, but right now it was not normal, because the caltrops had not been cleaned up, so that Li Jing had to dispatch the three sons of Mai Tiezhang to lead a team to set off ahead of schedule to clear the obstacles on the road.

"I really don't know what Wei Yunqi is doing? The army is about to march, and there are so many roadblocks, how much time will it delay?" Mai Mengcai seemed to be leading a group of engineers, doing hard work ahead, complaining nonstop.

The second child, Mai Zhongcai, rode his horse aside, and said with a sneer: "Grandpa has said that this kind of large army battle is the most difficult to coordinate. This one is not convinced by that, and that one is not satisfied with this, alas. There is no way."

The three brothers didn't have to bend down to pick up the caltrops, they just sat on the horse and directed the dispatch.

The youngest Mai Jicai said: "This is just the beginning of the battle, and this kind of thing happened. It's not going well. I think it's not easy to fight Liaodong City this time."

At this time, Li Jing's personal guards came from the rear and urged the three of them to speed up. The army in the rear was already impatient.

The Mai brothers looked at each other, and had no choice but to dismount and personally participate in clearing the roadblock.

After five days of walking, it took nine days. After nine days, Li Jing's department arrived at Tongding Town, which belongs to Liaodong County.

There are garrisons in this military town, but not many, only 800 people, and the full number is 500 people, and those who are short are dead.

After all, this is the frontline of the Great Sui against Goguryeo. Some conflicts will break out between the two sides every three days. Although they are deliberately suppressing to prevent the situation from expanding, dead people are very common.

The general of Tongding Army Town, Zhu Man, was from Hebei, and half of his soldiers were from Sumo Mohe. It's hard work.

As soon as Li Jing arrived in Tongding Town, he called Zhu Man over for questioning.
"A seaside road with so many roadblocks, how did you guard this gate?"

Zhu Man explained with a bitter face: "Dazhong Shiwei of Liaodong City led more than 1 people across the river, and we only had a few hundred people. We only dared to hold on and did not dare to go out of the city. Commander Wei of the county, the reply he got was that the soldiers did not move, and Taishou Deng and Yang Taishou of Liucheng County have also been sending people to clear the roadblocks, but as soon as our side cleared, there were people coming over there again."

"Where's Deng Hao?" Li Jing asked.

Zhu Man replied: "I'm leading people to investigate the situation of the river, and I should be back soon."

Deng Hao is from the south. He used to be the governor of Old Chen. When the Sui Dynasty destroyed Chen, he surrendered to the Great Sui Dynasty, and then stayed in this bitter and cold frontier.

The map of the Liaohe River in He Chou's hand was drawn by Deng Hao.

Not long after, Deng Hao, who was in charge of Liaodong County and Yan County, came back. As soon as he came in, he sighed:
"On the other side of the Liao River, the enemy has already set up six camps. The best time to build a bridge has already been missed."

He Chou and Li Chun looked at each other, feeling helpless.

It's not that the two of them don't know when is the most suitable time to build the pontoon bridge, but it's a pity that they are craftsmen and can't dispatch the army, and the emperor wants to send the army together so that everything on the other side is ready.

Li Jing will not be upset because he missed the opportunity, because that is already in the past tense, and now he has to consider how to build the pontoon bridge smoothly under the strict defense of the opposite bank.

"Is it feasible to build a bridge at night?" Li Jing asked He Chou.

He Chou shook his head: "You can't see at night, the river is cold, and soldiers can't float for a long time. It's best to start building bridges in the morning."

To build a floating bridge, soldiers who are proficient in water need to jump into the river to reinforce it. They will hang on the edge of the boat and tie the boat to the boat with ropes to ensure that the hull is stable and does not float. At night, the river is too cold to carry it. live.

A pontoon bridge is connected by two sides of small boats, on which boards are erected for marching, and heavy objects need to be placed on the boat to ensure that it will not be washed away by the current.

This is an emergency situation, and the ropes will be pulled up on both sides of the river and wedges will be nailed in to ensure that the pontoon bridge can be used for a long time until the river is crossed smoothly.

Right now, the camp on the opposite bank has been built, and it is obvious that they will do a big job when the Sui army crosses the river. Li Jing does not want to waste too much time during the crossing, so he asked if it is possible to build a bridge at night.

After getting a negative answer, Li Jing pondered for a moment and said:
"Director Xin set up a village outside Tongding Town, and General Manager Mai took a rest for a day, and will build a pontoon bridge tomorrow at Maoshi."

The two took orders separately.

Among them, under Xin Shixiong's command, 500 people from the top three, that is, Yang Wanshi's department, had to be allocated to He Chou's bridging force. The dismantled hull would also be assembled today and launched tomorrow morning.

As Xue Zuo, the pioneer of crossing the river, today's task is to eat, drink and sleep well, and tomorrow is the time for them to charge forward.

Wei Yunqi, Qu Tutong, and Ashina Danai, who also walked along the sea route, stationed troops in the three army formations of Liaoxi, Luhe, and Huaiyuan respectively, and built camps.

The next day, it was just dawn.

Yang Wanshi had commanded the guards to push the small boats into the river. There were six people on each boat with different divisions of labor. There were rope pullers at the bow and stern, and two were in charge of paddling the boats to the predetermined position.

Each ship has a number and its own fixed position, and the remaining man is a wrestler, responsible for pulling the neighboring ships closer together.

Because the pontoon bridge will be equipped with war horses and military vehicles in the future, so the boats must be next to each other, so that it will be stable. If it is only for pedestrians, there will be a distance between each boat, so it does not need to be so dense.

Two pontoon bridges are separated by five miles, one is 1100 meters long and the other is 1000 meters long.

That is to say, it is very safe in the early stage of construction, because the opposite bank cannot reach you, but it will be very dangerous from the last 200 meters, because the effective projection distance of the catapult is 200 meters.

Because the pontoon bridge does not pull ropes on both sides, it will sway with the current as it gets longer and longer, and the oarsman on the boat can't control it, and it will go sideways.

He Chou looked frightened from the shore. He originally planned to allocate more than 200 small boats, but later an order came from above that His Majesty's royal chariot and the families of all officials should also pass here. More than 300 boats were added.

It's so hanging, He Chou wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, thinking that the prince really has the foresight, reminding himself many times to pay attention to the length of the pontoon bridge, it really is true.

The current of the Liaohe River was so fast that the pontoon bridge had already taken on a serpentine shape, and it was impossible to reverse it. If it weren't for the need for three hundred more boats, this time it would not be enough.

This is the boat responsible for building the pontoon bridge. In addition, there are [-] landing boats, which are not under the control of He Chou.

As noon approached, more than half of the pontoon bridge was built.

As soon as Shen Shi arrived in the afternoon, the sound of drums on the other side sounded, and huge boulders were thrown into the sky, drawing parabolas, and smashed towards the pontoon bridge.

As long as it is hit, the whole boat will be broken into several pieces. On both sides of the pontoon, dozens of small boats are constantly making up under the control of the guards.

The generals and officers on the shore had their hearts in their throats.

Before night, the pontoon bridge cannot be built, but it will be difficult.

Li Jing immediately ordered that Xue Zuo's general Liu Jun lead two hundred small boats to land.

All of a sudden, densely packed small boats were launched, and ten people in each boat rowed desperately towards the opposite bank. This group of people was basically a death squad, and their task was to buy time for the bridging troops.

Whether it is a catapult or a bow and arrow, it is not very lethal to the assault boat. First, the target is too small and moves at a high speed. Furthermore, there is a platoon hand standing in front of the boat, and there is a big one made of refined steel. Shield up.

Their biggest danger is after they landed. It will be a hand-to-hand fight, the number is not dominant, and they are scattered.

Before the assault boat docked, the enemy army on the opposite side had already stabbed them with spears, but they were surprised to find that their spears could not kill anyone.

On the shore, densely packed spears are like thorns on porcupines, jingling on the large shield wrapped in cowhide.

The cowhide was punctured, but nothing happened to the shield.

Under Xue Zuo's command, there are only two types of arms, the rower and the bow and arrow team, and the bow and arrow team hides behind their buttocks and shoots cold arrows.

As the two armies approached, the two sides began to shoot at each other. There was a bunch of armor-piercing arrows here, and a group of ruthless ones. Goguryeo's originally extremely strong shore defense line was shot down like this.

Goguryeo was dumbfounded
Fortunately, there was no panic in the army formation, the enemy general hurriedly adjusted the formation, withdrew the spearmen, and put the shield soldiers in front.

As more and more Sui troops landed, the two sides fell into a short fight.

Here, Li Jing and the others were very relieved to find that the landing troops went so smoothly.

Yang Wanshi sighed: "The crown prince has God's help, help me to be the pioneer. If it weren't for this refined steel, Liu Jun's army would not have landed so easily. As a result, the morale has been greatly improved, and they will surely be able to cross the river tonight."

Xue Zuo was also very excited. Originally, he was appointed as the vanguard of crossing the river, so he planned to escape from death. The family was settled, and he was waiting for his son to become an official after his death in battle.

Right now, I don't necessarily die.

Seeing the landing pioneers, although the number of people is very small, they have already established a firm foothold, and the last section of the pontoon bridge is also being built quickly.

Li Jing's eyes were fixed, and he said in a deep voice: "Give me an order to cross the river first!"

"The last general takes orders!" Xue Zuo replied loudly, and then ordered the flag officers around him to send orders to each army. After two quarters, the entire vanguard army crossed the river.

A commanding general, holding a command flag, rode his horse to the various armies to deliver orders.

When the time came, the two pontoon bridges dispatched troops at the same time, two people in a row, stepped on the pontoon bridge, and trotted towards the opposite bank.

Xue Zuo himself, holding a shield in his left hand and a spear in his right, wearing bright armor, boarded the pontoon bridge under the protection of twenty guards around him.

The battle across the river kicked off.

　Book title: I can cross into the legendary game of blood
　　Recommended words: Get the ability to enter the legendary game, you can bring game items out of reality, and you can also bring real items into the game.

　　


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