Physician of the Song Dynasty: Zhang Kai and Li Qingzhao have a private life-long contract

West Route Army!

West Bank of Jinsha River! Song troops gathered!

Zhong Pu and Yao Xiong led the army from Tubo, defeating the enemy one after another along the way and repeatedly breaking important towns.

However, they were blocked from the natural dangers of the Jinsha River. Fortunately, the Song Army had already pacified Tubo, and with the support of Tubo's food and grass, the Song Army had no worries.

"The Jinsha River is too dangerous. The Dali army has taken away all the ships in advance and deployed heavy defense forces on the other side. If we forcefully cross the river, we may be attacked halfway across the river and risk being annihilated."

Looking at the rolling river, Zhong Pu's white hair was worried. Along the way, he found that Dali had been at peace for a long time, and the soldiers' training was neglected and they were basically vulnerable. However, he did not expect that what really stopped the Song army's advance was It's not the Dali garrison, but the natural danger of the Yangtze River.

"But it's too late to build ships now! Not to mention the heavy defense of the Dali Army." Yao Xiong frowned. Most of the people they led in the West Route Army were the Northwest Frontier Army and the servants of Tubo. They were all landlubbers. There was nothing we could do to cross the river.

"If Fan Taicheng were here, he would surely be able to find a way to cross the river?" Zhong Pu sighed sadly.

Now he couldn't help but miss Fan Zheng's evil methods. From the Pingxia City War, to the formation of Tiefu Tu and Guaizima, to the defeat of Qingtang, and then to the implementation of the southward roundabout strategy, the second general could use Fan Zheng's evil methods to achieve every goal. , and won many military exploits.

Until now, they were blocked outside the Jinsha River, which made them miss Fan Zheng's evil recipe even more.

"It's a pity that Fan Taicheng should be attacking Shanchan Mansion on the east road now!" Yao Xiong nodded in agreement. If Fan Zheng's evil side was there, they would have crossed the Jinsha River long ago.

However, they know that according to the news from the court, Fan Taicheng is leading a small number of troops to carry out a mediating plan and make a surprise attack on Dali on the east road. I am afraid that they can't be taken care of at all now.

At the moment, the two of them could only think hard and look for an opportunity to cross the river.

"General Qi! Tubo has sent another batch of cattle and sheep to feed the army!"

Suddenly, a soldier came to report.

"it is good!"

Zhong Pu breathed a sigh of relief. With the food and grass from Tubo, they had the confidence to continue looking for fighters, so as not to rush across the river and make the Song army passive.

Zhong Pu once again admired Fan Zheng's efforts to liberate the serfs. At this moment, the Song army could gain full support from Tibet.

"But we must come up with a plan to cross the river as soon as possible and join up with Privy Envoy Zeng, otherwise we may miss the deadline." Yao Xiong said worriedly.

They have been blocked outside the Jinsha River for too long. If they continue to be delayed, I am afraid it will delay the Central Route Army's agreed period to encircle Dali City.

Zhong Pu had a sudden thought, and understood that the Song army could not delay any longer in the Jinsha River. He immediately thought: "If Fan Taicheng is here, what evil method will he come up with?"

The two of them thought in their minds and began to calculate the plan to cross the river according to the ideas of the evil doctor Fan Zheng.

Although the evil doctor Fan Zheng's evil prescription was unexpected, it was not traceable. It also used existing materials to catch people by surprise. The two of them still looked around, preparing to use existing materials to find opportunities to cross the river.

"Shipbuilding and bamboo rafts"

Soon, the two would practice their plans one by one, only to reject them one by one.

Because the shipbuilding was too slow and the bamboo rafts were too light, they were unable to support the army across the river.

Suddenly, Zhong Pu looked at the cattle and sheep sent from Tibet, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"The general wants to use cattle and sheep to cross the river. The cattle and sheep are not even good at water. How can they help our army cross the river." Yao Xiong frowned.

Zhong Pu smiled confidently and threw the empty water bag in his hand into the rolling Jinsha River. The water bag floated on the water and went away with the current.

"this!"

Yao Xiong said thoughtfully.

Zhong Pu said loudly: "It is true that cattle and sheep cannot cross the river. However, we only need to kill the cattle and sheep, take their complete leather bags, blow air into them to seal the opening, and then use ropes to pull them with the bamboo raft, which is enough to support the Song army. Cross the raging Jinsha River.”

If you want to cross the river, you don't just need people. You also need the food, weapons, and horses needed to cross the river. The use of leather bags can greatly increase the load-bearing capacity of the bamboo raft, enough to support the Song army to cross the river.

"This plan works!" Yao Xiong's eyes suddenly lit up.

Leather bags are not uncommon in the north. When people on both sides of the Yellow River cross the Yellow River, they slaughter sheep and use the leather bags to cross the Yellow River. Now the Song army has so many cattle and sheep that the leather bags are enough to cross the river. required.

"Hahaha! Song Kuogei Nang! Once this plan comes out, it will definitely shock the whole world, and we will definitely be remembered in history!" Zhong Pu said excitedly. He has always been brave in combat and is a talented general.

Now that he has solved the problem of crossing the river with the thinking of the evil doctor Fan Zheng, he will surely become a famous marshal! Although there is only one word difference between the generals, their status is completely different.

"Then general, I would like to congratulate Mr. Zhong in advance!" Yao Xiong said respectfully.

Once he becomes a handsome man, he can smoothly grow into a leader all the way!

"Where, it's still early?" Zhong Pu said modestly, but the smile at the corner of his mouth could not be concealed.

The two of them looked at each other and couldn't wait to start slaughtering cattle and sheep, making leather bags and preparing to cross the river.

As the cattle and sheep were beheaded one by one, complete leather bags were taken out one by one with the superb skills of the cooks in the army.

Soon Song Kuao's leather bag was ready. Looking at the safe tools for crossing the river, the second general was immediately gearing up.

The Dali Army must have never imagined that they had found a way to cross the river. After the Song Army crossed the river, they could launch a surprise attack on the Dali Army, completely making this Song's trick across the leather bag famous in one battle.

"Report! General! The Dali army has retreated!" Just as Zhong Pu was leading the Song army to prepare to cross the river with leather bags, the scout suddenly brought back good news.

"what?"

Zhong and Pu couldn't help being shocked. They didn't expect that they had finally thought of a good way to cross the river to defeat the enemy, but they were punched in the air.

At that moment, the Song army accelerated to cross the river. As expected, they did not encounter any resistance. The Dali army had already retreated without a fight.

"What's going on?" Yao Xiong asked in confusion.

The Dali Army, which was originally responsible for defending the Eastern Route Army, took the initiative to withdraw its troops and allowed them to cross the river easily. This was completely unreasonable.

Zhong Pu said solemnly: "There is probably only one reason why the Dali army retreated without a fight, and that is that the Central Army led by Privy Envoy Zeng had already attacked Dali City. Only then did the Gao family withdraw all the defenders to Dali City."

After much thought, he felt that this was the only possibility.

Yao Xiong nodded in agreement.

"We missed the deadline!" Zhong Pu said with great disappointment. He originally thought that this time he came up with Song Guo's clever plan, which would definitely achieve great success, but he didn't expect that it was still a step too late.

Yao Xiong also sighed helplessly, and immediately led the army with Zhong Pu and quickly advanced towards Dali City.

"General, we have found traces of the Central Army ahead!"

However, the second general led the army and could not go far, and the scouts hurriedly came to report.

"Central Army!"

The second general breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and quickly ordered the West Route Army to catch up quickly and join the Central Route Army led by Zeng Bu!

Naturally, the Central Route Army also discovered traces of the West Route Army and had already stopped waiting for them.