Bright Spring

Zhu Gaoxu took it apart and looked at it. Looking back at Zhang Wu, Wang Bin and others, he said, "Ping'an found out that my father, Wang, was in ambush and fought with my teacher. The outcome has not yet been decided. Ping'an has already withdrawn to Suzhou City; my father, Wang, surrounded Suzhou. , it was difficult to capture, and only the soldiers and horses escorting food and grass in Xuzhou City were looted."

Zhang Wudao: "Before Ping'an arrived in Suzhou, Xuzhou sent food. It seems that Ping'an is short of food and cannot stay in Suzhou for a long time."

Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and said: "Even so, it's too late for my master to besiege the city and wait for him to starve to death safely. My father may withdraw from the siege and change direction to attack Xu Huizu and He Fu first."

... This matter was hit by Zhu Gaoxu again!In mid-September, the King of Yan had nothing to do with peace, so he ordered Qiu Fu to rush to Suishui to find a suitable place to build a pontoon bridge, and the army went south soon!

When Zhang Wu heard the news, he couldn't help but compliment Zhu Gaoxu.

When Zhu Gaoxu thought about Zhang Wu's criticism of his use of soldiers more than two years ago, he felt a little bit emotional.During this period of time, he also felt that there were some changes in himself. He had personally experienced countless battles, big and small, and he had indeed learned a lot by patchwork.

Before each battle, the king of Yan considered and arranged the situation; and the way the king of Yan led the cavalry often avoided the front and looked for weaknesses in detours... Zhu Gaoxu saw the details of major events, and most of the battles were learned from the king of Yan.He also learned some tricks from other generals. Although it was very complicated, he had a lot of experience and figured out some things he had comprehended.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu had not yet received a new military order from the King of Yan, and perhaps the King of Yan was busy leading his army towards Suishui.

On the contrary, he received a military report from Qiu Fu. Qiu Fu had already chosen a place to build a bridge... There was an old river on the other side of Suishui, named Xiaohe.

Zhu Gaoxu first sent scouts to investigate the location of Qiu Fujian Bridge.A few days later, the generals were convened to discuss the matter.

Now that the strength of Zhu Gaoxu's troops has greatly increased, he no longer called officers from more than a hundred households to the scene, but ordered generals above the vice president to discuss matters, and the big tent was also crowded with dozens of people.

Following the example of King Yan, Zhu Gaoxu asked the articulate Wei Da to inform King Yan and Qiu Fu of the military situation, so as not to waste words.

After Wei Da finished speaking, Zhu Gaoxu said: "My father did not give us a new military order, and the military order we got before was to support Qiu Fu's department. Now that Qiu Fu is building a bridge in Xiaohe, our department should approach Qiu Fu and reach the place where we can reinforce Qiu Fu. distance."

He took out a scribbled map he had just drawn, held it up and pointed to it, and said, "Qiu Fu is here at the small river, and the circle on the flank and rear wing is a large piece of woodland, about two miles away from the small river. The scouts just scouted it. Just go to the woods and squat down, play by ear...Everyone, look at the direction, go north and south!"

Everyone stretched their necks to look at it, and they all clasped their fists and said: "The last general waits for orders!"

Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and said, "Leave camp and set off!"

After all the ministries packed up their things, they set off in order one after another, heading south along a major road.Zhu Gaoxu left Beiping in early June, and has been running with the army for nearly four months, without any major battles along the way.The next battle in Xuzhou City was praised by many people, but the actual scale was not large.

Most of the time he was either camping or marching, and right now he was marching with a large group of people as usual... But at this moment, Zhu Gaoxu had vaguely felt that the war might not be too far away.

Chapter 121 The Bloody Bridge 1

In mid-October, although the small river of Suishui was not frozen, it was still wet and cold to the bone.

Jin Shitou was in He Fu's army. He was standing on the north bank of Xiaohe River, shaking the cold water off his body repeatedly.Not long ago, before dawn, he was laying planks on the pontoon bridge. He couldn't see clearly, and accidentally fell into the river.Fortunately, I grabbed the wooden stake and got up. My lower body was completely wet, and I was shivering from the cold at this time.

"Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..." The sound of the hammer hitting the wooden piles was scattered and even, and the brothers on the bridge were still reinforcing the wooden piles.The water in the small river was not deep, so the soldiers fixed the boats with ropes, and because the Northern Army had many cavalry, they rammed wooden piles in the middle of the river to stabilize the boat bridge, so that the cavalry could cross the river quickly.

"Jin Minggan, you motherfuckers, make a fire and roast, don't get sick!" Zongqi yelled.Jin Shitou has been in the army since "Jing Nan", and twice his entire squad died, but he survived, so he was nicknamed by others.

Jin Shitou just wanted to answer, but no sound came out. He turned his head to look at the river in bewilderment, and the "bang bang" knocking sound that he had been hearing just now suddenly disappeared!

He opened his mouth and stared at the pontoon with round eyes.The fog in the morning was particularly heavy, and the river surface was vast and white. The pontoon bridge, which was originally not long, could not see the end of the bridge at this time.

"General Banner, something is wrong!" Jin Shitou finally made a sound.The general flag next to him also turned his head to look at the river.

At this moment, I suddenly saw a few rebels running out of the fog, shouting loudly.

When the general flag saw this, his eyes widened, he immediately turned around and left, shouting: "Hurry up, the enemy soldiers are coming! Back up one after another!"

Jin Shitou immediately turned around and ran away, and the nearby soldiers also dropped their mallets, boards, etc., and ran northward one after another.

"Papa, papa..." There was a stringed sound in the fog, Jin Shitou shrank his neck and ran desperately, and the sound of arrows piercing into the soil could be heard from time to time in his ears.The hooves of the horses sounded from all sides, but nothing could be seen.

"Plop!" Jin Shitou suddenly heard a heavy object hit the ground. He turned his head and saw a soldier throwing himself on the ground with an arrow feather stuck in the back of his head without a helmet. Twitching.

Jin Shitou's body was no longer cold, and even the sweat on his head was suppressed at this time. He quickly helped his helmet, pulled the lock, panted, and ran desperately.

Not long after, the black shadows rushed out of the fog one by one, and the cavalry of the Northern Army came over!The cavalry passed by Jin Shitou and the others one after another, and rushed straight to the river bank. Jin Shitou glanced back and saw the backs of his own horses, and then regained his composure a little.

Soon there were screams and shouts in the distance.At this moment, Jin Shitou heard Zongqi's voice, touched it, and followed Zongqi.Not long after, dozens of people gathered around one after another, and everyone organized the team, lined up and continued to trot northward.

They walked near the archery tower of the military camp, and more people from the river bank also came one after another. When Jin Shitou and others found other members of the Hundred Households Team, they gathered together and stood outside the military camp.

Zongqi said: "Wang Baihu sent someone to report to Mr. Qian. Brothers lean against the fence, stay here for now!"

Everyone responded.

... The bright red sun hangs in the sky, the light is soft in the mist, and there seems to be a halo around it.The dense fog gradually thinned, and the fog flowed under the sun like white smoke.

Jin Shitou followed the queue into the weed-ridden wasteland. At this time, there were more and more people and horses around him, and he could no longer see his head on the left and right.There was a lot of people's voices on all sides, and the sound of horses' hooves and neighing mixed together, making it very noisy for a while.

Jin Shitou didn't know exactly what happened, but he didn't want to find out, it was useless anyway!He only needs to know: the officers and soldiers are crossing the river to attack, the Northern Army is gathering troops, and he is going to prepare for battle with his brothers!

Wang Baihu was talking to Shibaihu and the general banner officials, when the voice came over, "The man from the other side of the river is He Fu, the general of the army. I heard that the troops from Ping'an also came from the west. However, the king of Yan led the army. When we arrived at Xiaohe, our people were no less than the officers and soldiers. Did you see that the flag on our right had the word 'Chen' written on it, that's the men and horses of the governor, Chen Wen, who came with King Yan..."

Since we have a large number of people, Jin Shitou feels relieved. He has experienced many battles in the army. According to his experience, when there are many people, the situation is generally not too bad.

Everyone stood for a long time, and sometimes Baihu ordered them to go, and Jin Shitou followed them.Anyway, he was already familiar with those passwords; Baihu was also from Beiping Prefecture, and his accent was easy to understand.

I don't know how long it took, in the turbulent crowd, the horn sounded "Woooooooo..." first, and then the big drum was also beating "Boom Boom Boom".Jin Shitou was holding the spear with his right hand, and his heart gradually became nervous, but fortunately there was a phalanx of the Northern Army blocking in front of him.

As expected, the artillery near and far soon rang out, and the choking smell of gunpowder wafted in the moist air.

At this time, Jin Shitou saw a general with a round face under the helmet, so that people could recognize Qiu Fu at a glance.Qiu Fu rode his horse and ran past the front of the formation, shouting loudly: "Whoever kills the enemy bravely will be rewarded, and whoever retreats without authorization will be killed!"

There was loud shouting in front, and together with the sound of the cannon, Jin Shitou's ears were buzzing.

Jin Shitou looked up, only to see black shadows swishing in the air, and arrows slanted down like raindrops. "Crackling..." There was a sound, and he stared at the open space in front of him, and suddenly a white wing grew like a reed.

Suddenly, a large section of the human wall in front collapsed!Many brothers were stabbed|turned to the ground, and some fled.After the rebellion, a group of cavalry rode straight out and rushed straight to Jin Shitou's front!

"Archers shoot arrows, spears defend!" Wang Baihu hissed.

"Drink!" All the troops also shouted, and the spears at the back protruded from the gaps in the dense horizontal row. Jin Shitou and others squatted down, put the tail of the gun against the ground, grabbed the wooden pole with both hands, and tilted facing forward.

"Rumble..." The sound of horseshoes was deafening, Jin Shitou widened his eyes, and saw Yiqi rushing towards him with a cherry gun!

He squatted on the ground, looked up, and saw that the horse with armor on its chest and a soldier on its back was even taller!Jin Shitou immediately felt a suffocation feeling that he couldn't breathe.

The heavy iron hoof stepped on the ground nearby, and the heavy sound seemed to be stepping directly on Jin Shitou's chest. He heard the sound in his chest like a drum beating.

Jin Shitou's black|rough hands held the wooden pole tightly, his eyes widened, staring at the growing shadow of the centaur, and his mouth also opened.

In front were the enemy's iron cavalry, crowded with people on the left and right, and all behind them, all with long spears stretched out to the front.Jin Shitou didn't dare to move in front of the battle, and he couldn't move!

The cavalry shouted loudly: "Kill!" Like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, it seemed to be yelling at Jin Shitou's face.Jin Shitou's mind went blank for a moment, and his whole body froze!

"Kangdang... hiss!" There was a loud noise in my ear.Jin Shitou didn't feel anything. When he turned his head to look, there was chaos behind him. A horse fell on the ground and struggled. Several soldiers immediately surrounded the gap where it was knocked open, and pointed their knives and guns at the ground. The knight stabbed wildly, and the screams were like howling.

"Dang!" Jin Shitou's head seemed to be cracked open, something hit his helmet, the stars fluttered in front of his eyes, and a shadow rushed in from the gap on the side.

There was another neighing sound from the front. Jin Shitou was still squatting there, holding on to the spear tightly, and saw a horse raised its front hooves.More cavalry from the official army rushed to the front, but they stopped rushing forward.The sound of "crackling..." was endless, arrows were shot directly at the face, and people kept screaming and fell to the ground. Jin Shitou's row of long spears, which were originally neat as a forest, were now like messy thatch.