Gou writes entries in the Three Kingdoms

Jingzhou, south bank of Han River.

Liu Bei and Bishop Yousi stood on the north wall of Xiangyang, looking towards the Han River not far away.

Bishop Yousi looked a little proud,

"Your Majesty, what do you think of this bishop's method? No matter how powerful Liu Xuan comes, we can force him back with just a strip of Han River."

Liu Bei still looked worried.
"I'm afraid that the Han River won't be able to stop Liu Xuan for long, and if the bishop does this, it is equivalent to destroying all the prestige I have finally established in Nanyang overnight. I don't know if it is worthwhile."

"Your Majesty, a war is imminent. You cannot be merciful as a woman. Besides, we only confiscated the fishermen's boats and nets, not their lives. Besides, our Gossamer Chamber of Commerce has already given them sufficient compensation."

Bishop Yousi pointed the scepter in his hand into the distance, "Liu Xuan's 30 troops were trapped north of the Han River. They consumed countless amounts of food and supplies every day, and the price your Majesty paid was nothing more than the property of thousands of people. In my opinion, , a very good deal.”

Liu Bei then nodded, "It's best to be as you said, Liu Xuan's army is trapped in the north of Han River, but based on my understanding of Liu Xuan, the mere Han River will never be able to trap him. We still have to do a good job facing him. The plan to fight.”

"That's natural. I heard that Liu Xuan's territory has a lot of new things, which play a big role on the battlefield. Our Yousi family has been wandering for hundreds of years and has no roots, but it's not all bad."

"At least, in the past hundreds of years, our ancestors have seen war situations all over the world, and we also have a lot of research on weapons of war."

Liu Bei looked at Bishop Yousi's proud look, but it did not dampen his self-confidence.
"Then there is the Lao Yousi clan. Let me see the combat power of you Yousi people."

North of the Han River, Liu Xuan's entire army was assembled.

After waiting in Jiangbei for several days, Ma Jun finally arrived.

A huge convoy came from Yuzhou, passed through Nanyang and went straight to the north of the Han River.

"Your Majesty, Ma Jun has lived up to his great trust and finally made the box-type pontoon bridge."

Liu Xuan was overjoyed, "Great, Deheng will not disappoint me. No need to delay, build a bridge across the river immediately."

"As ordered."

Ma Jun greeted the convoy coming together to the riverside.
"Your Majesty, given the width of the Han River, it will take a day to lay a box-type pontoon bridge. With such a long time, I'm afraid the other party will have enough time to react, so we must be on guard."

Liu Xuan waved his hand and said, "Deheng, you just need to lay the pontoon bridge. The military advisor has already decided on the other matters."

Ma Jun received the order, no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered his craftsmen to start laying the pontoon bridge.

This box-type pontoon is Liu Xuan's latest invention derived from Tiangong Kaiwu with roulette wheels.

Boxes four to five meters wide can be temporarily assembled. After assembly, they become sealed wooden boxes.

The two ends are tightened with iron chains. There is no need to pull the iron chains to the other side first. All the boxes need to be laid out on the north bank of Han River.

Iron chains connect all the boxes into a pontoon of several hundred meters, which stretches along the north shore.

When the entire length was laid, Ma Jun motioned to Zhuge Liang,

"Military advisor, the entire pontoon bridge has been laid. Next, we need to turn the pontoon bridge and cross the river."

Zhuge Liang heard this and immediately commanded: "The Tiger Camp listened to the order, with the Tiger Camp as the vanguard, boarded the pontoon bridge, spread the pontoon bridge to the south bank of Han River and fixed the bridge deck."

"Strong crossbowmen, deploy giant crossbows along the river, use maximum firepower to cover the Tiger Camp's bridge construction."

"The trapped camp followed closely behind the Tiger Camp. After the Tiger Camp laid the pontoon bridge, they rushed to the south bank to break up the situation and stabilize their position."

"Yes!"

The troops followed the order. Following Ma Jun's order, the craftsmen at the northernmost point loosened the pontoon bridge upstream and pushed it vigorously into the river.

This end of the pontoon bridge was fixed on the north bank of the downstream. The bridge body was impacted by the river water and began to turn sideways, drawing a half arc on the river surface and slowly rushing towards the south bank.

"Tiger Camp, move out!" Cheng Hu shouted and took the lead on the pontoon, followed closely by the Tiger Camp soldiers behind him.

They need to go all the way along the pontoon bridge, push the wooden box in the middle forward, and then stand at the end of the bridge, preparing to land on the south bank.

"Archer, let go!"

"Trebuchet, launch!"

On the south bank of the Han River, Liu Bei's army was well prepared. Seeing that the pontoon bridge had crossed the center of the river and was within the range of bows and arrows and trebuchets, they immediately launched an attack.

Countless arrows fell like rain.

The trebuchet also made a tooth-breaking squeaking sound, and then a stone ball as thick as a bucket was thrown over.

Cheng Hu didn't panic at all, "Put up a shield and defend."

The shield-holders on both sides raised the huge shields, and clasped the shields together along both sides of the pontoon to form a blade-shaped shield array.

The front of the shield array is like a blade, and it becomes wider and wider towards the back. The bows and arrows and crossbows fired from the south bank are all blocked by the shield. Even the stones thrown by the trebuchet will not hit the shield because there is no stress point on the front. A lot of the impact was removed by the shield formation, and he fell into the water.

On the north bank, Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan,
"Arbalest, covering fire, three-stage shooting, full power."

Thousands of heavy crossbows were divided into three rows, and rows of crossbow arrows were pointed upwards toward the opposite bank. As the crossbow hand pulled the mechanism, countless thick crossbow arrows were fired towards the opposite bank.

This kind of powerful crossbow machine is a weapon that Ma Jun and Zhuge Liang worked together to improve. It has a range enough to cover 600 meters and can fire a row of crossbow arrows at a time, which is astonishingly lethal.

Crossbow arrows were like rain, covering the entire river bank in the south.

The archers and trebuchetmen on the opposite side did not expect that the powerful crossbows on the north bank would have such a long range. They were caught off guard and hundreds of archers and trebuchetmen were nailed to the ground by the thick crossbow arrows.

"With the shield in hand, take advantage of the opponent's pause and continue shooting."

The commander of Nan'an immediately ordered.

However, as soon as the shield bearer set up the shield, the archers behind wanted to get up and shoot, but saw another wave of crossbow arrows coming over, and many archers were shot to the ground again.

The strong crossbow heavy machines in the north use three-stage shooting. Although the firepower is dispersed, the three groups of strong crossbow heavy machines are fired in sequence, which can basically ensure that the crossbow arrows are fired continuously.

The archers and trebuchetmen on the south bank could only hide behind their shields helplessly, listening to the sound of crossbow arrows hitting the shields outside.

Taking advantage of this moment, the pontoon on the river was finally washed to the south bank.

The Tiger Battalion on the pontoon spread out their shield formation, and Cheng Hu took the lead. He jumped directly from the bridge to the shore. He reached out to take the iron chain thrown by the soldier, pulled the iron chain and ran towards a wooden pile on the shore.

The soldiers from the Tiger Battalion behind them also jumped ashore and formed a formation on the riverside.

However, as the Tiger Battalion soldiers came ashore, the strong crossbow aircraft in the north also stopped firing in order not to hurt friendly forces.

When the commander of Nan'an saw this, he roared loudly,
"An all-out attack cannot allow them to stabilize their position."

"Come on!!!"

Cheng Hu had already made preparations. After fixing the pontoon, he asked all the Tiger Camps to go ashore.
"Form up defense and defend the bridge!"

The warriors of the Tiger Battalion, who had experienced hundreds of battles, already had a complete tacit understanding, and 3000 people immediately formed a defensive formation.

The giant shield soldier is in front, inserting the bottom of the shield into the ground, and the left and right shields are stuck with each other, forming a strong defensive formation with the shields.

Behind the huge shield are spearmen, with sharp spear points protruding from the back of the shield. Every time they attack, someone will die.

Liu Bei's soldiers swarmed forward, but what greeted them was the four- to five-meter-long giant spear of the Tiger Camp pikemen.The soldiers in the front kept falling, and the soldiers in the rear stepped on their corpses and rushed up again.

These soldiers all knew that once more Liu Xuan soldiers were allowed to cross the river, a more brutal battle would await them.

However, in front of the rock-solid defense formation of the Tiger Camp, their impact seemed so weak that they could not shake the huge shield at all.

In the formation at the rear, a Gossamer general saw this and immediately said something to the people behind him,

Soon, the soldiers pushed out two tanks from the rear.
This chariot is cone-shaped, with a sharp cone-shaped collision angle in front, and the rear body is surrounded by iron sheets.

Inside the iron sheet is where the soldiers who control the chariot live.

"Get out of the way!"

A gossamer centurion shouted in non-standard Chinese,
Fortunately, when everyone saw the chariot charging up, they knew what it meant, and they all moved out of the way. This road led to the defensive shield formation of the Tiger Camp.

The chariot ran faster and faster, its huge wheels not afraid of the bumps on the road, and crashed straight into the shield formation of the Tiger Battalion soldiers.

"Oh!"

The two shields at the front were hit head-on by the sharp cone in front of the chariot, and the two strong men holding the shields were sent flying.

The chariot continued its impact, knocked over two more rows of Tiger Battalion soldiers, and rushed into the Tiger Battalion formation.

When Cheng Hu saw this, he frowned, quickly walked around to the back of the chariot, and slashed hard with the big knife in his hand. He actually split the iron sheet on the back of the chariot, revealing the gossamer soldiers running wildly pushing the cart inside.

The soldiers from the Tiger Battalion next to them thrust their spears in with great tacit understanding. There was a burst of howling, and then the chariot came to a halt.

Cheng Hu's breathing was a little heavy. The knife just now took [-]% of his strength. At this moment, he felt that the tiger's mouth was numb.

This Yousiman's chariot is obviously specially used to break shield formations, and its workmanship is also quite exquisite.

The attack just now had already caused nearly ten Tiger Battalion soldiers to lose their combat effectiveness.

However, before Cheng Hu could rest, Liu Bei's soldiers in front gave way to another two lanes.

Two tanks were accelerating from the passage.

Cheng Hu looked back at the pontoon. The soldiers trapped in the camp were running towards them at full strength, but judging from their speed, it was obvious that they would arrive later than the tanks.

"We must hold on to this wave and never let the chariot rush to the bridge."

Looking at the chariot rushing towards him from far ahead, Cheng Hu calmed down and suddenly his eyes lit up.
He took the huge spear from the soldier next to him, and then shouted to the other gunman,

"Come with me!"

With that said, he rushed out of the formation with a gun and rushed towards the speeding chariot.

Seeing Cheng Hu's actions, another soldier immediately understood what Cheng Hu meant. He also came out of the formation with a spear and rushed towards the other tank.

Cheng Hu quickly rushed to the front of the chariot, turned around, and walked around to the side of the chariot.
The spear in his hand was aimed at the huge wheel, and he inserted the spear into it with quick eyes and hands.

The wheel is not solid. In order to reduce the weight, it is supported by an iron rod in the middle.

This gave Cheng Hu room to operate.
Cheng Hu took action with his spear, accurately inserted it into the gap between the iron bars of the wheel, and then quickly let go.

The speeding chariot suddenly stalled and then rolled over to one side. The soldiers inside were also rolled out by the chariot.

The gun-wielding soldiers on the other side followed suit and knocked another tank to the ground.

Dozens of Gossamer soldiers rolled out of the chariot, and each one fell to pieces.

Before they could figure out what was going on, the soldiers from the Tiger Camp had already raised their sabers and beheaded the Yousi people to the ground one by one.

After dealing with this wave of tank attacks, the trapped soldiers behind them had already rushed to the bridge.

Gao Shun shouted while rushing,
"Brothers, thank you for your hard work. Leave the rest to us."

"Charge as a whole in the trapped camp and clear out the enemy troops on the shore."

Gao Shun roared, and the soldiers trapped in the camp behind him shouted loudly,

"The ambition to be trapped in the enemy's battlefield is life-or-death, kill!"

Ten thousand people were trapped in the camp, and more than half of them had crossed the bridge.

More than 5000 people were divided into two queues, one on the left and the other on the right.

The ordinary soldiers in Jingzhou were unable to withstand the onslaught of the elite trapped in the camp, and they fought and retreated. As more and more soldiers were killed, eventually all the Jingzhou soldiers stationed on the river bank collapsed and had to retreat south.

After clearing the south bank and holding the trapped camp, Liu Xuan's soldiers on the north bank maintained their formation and quickly passed through the pontoon bridge.

On the wall of Xiangyang City, Liu Bei looked at the Jingzhou soldiers who were retreating steadily, and then turned to look at Bishop Yousi who looked a little embarrassed. He did not sarcastically say, but said in a deep voice,

"Next, Xiangyang will be the main battlefield."

Bishop Yousi’s face was gloomy,

"I really didn't expect that Liu Xuan would be able to find a way to cross the river so quickly. I underestimated the invention and creativity of you Han people."

"But the next battlefield in Xiangyang is our home field. All the preparations that need to be made have been made. Your Majesty will wait and see."

Liu Bei nodded, "Okay, I'll wait and see. The battlefield outside the city is still under your command."

"Also, Xiangyang is already our last resort. If the Yousi clan still has any trump cards, there is no need to hide them. If Jingzhou is captured by Liu Xuan, given his attitude towards the Yousi clan, you will probably have to find another place to stay. .”

Bishop Yousi trembled when he heard these words and looked for another place to stay. These words were indeed touching enough for him.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, you must win or die. We, the Yousi clan, can no longer support us until we find the next suitable place to found our country."

. . .

South bank of Han River, north of Xiangyang City.

Liu Xuan's army crossed the river and set up camp in the north of Xiangyang City, preparing to attack Xiangyang.

Zhuge Liang came in from outside the tent, his face a little solemn,
"Kong Ming, you went to inspect the battlefield. How is the situation?"

Zhuge Liang saluted Liu Xuan and said,

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Xiangyang City is the capital of Liu Bei's puppet dynasty. The defenses outside the city have been reached to the extreme. If we want to capture Xiangyang, I am afraid it will not happen overnight."

Liu Xuan asked in surprise: "What kind of defense is it that makes you feel embarrassed?"

Zhuge Liang took out a blueprint from his sleeve.
"Look, Your Majesty, I have roughly drawn a schematic diagram of the defense outside Xiangyang City on it."

Immediately he said again,

"I have conducted a war simulation based on this defense situation."

Liu Xuan asked hurriedly, "What is our army's victory rate?"

Zhuge Liang slowly stretched out his palm and said, "Fifty percent!" (End of this chapter)