The first team to enter the offensive sequence was the Zhouqiao troops. They started building pontoon bridges from the first day of February, and at the same time built three pontoon bridges, two of which were ordinary pontoon bridges and the other was widened pontoon bridges. Obviously, the wide pontoon bridges will become a dedicated passage for cavalry. The cavalry of the Bingzhou Army can ride horses and rush directly over the pontoon bridge.

Of course, the prerequisite is that the Bingzhou Army must control a beachfront position and have deeper support. Otherwise, even if the cavalry rushed over, they would not be able to gain a foothold on the other side.

Therefore, the ones who serve as the first attack team must be the most elite infantry. They must break through the Sima Army's defense line and open up a channel for the heavy cavalry. Only in this way can they play the role of the heavy cavalry.

Cao Liang has confirmed that the infantry battalion will take the lead, and the thousand elite soldiers selected from the infantry battalion will serve as the suicide squad. These warriors will launch a fierce attack on the Sima Army's defensive positions on the other side along the pontoon bridge, and serve as a pioneer in opening the way for the subsequent troops.

After choosing the order to choose the suicide squad, the soldiers of the infantry battalion were excited and asked to join, while the soldiers of other battalions were only envious, because they could take the lead in such a battle, and the chances of making meritorious contributions were much higher than usual. If they performed well and made great contributions, they would be no problem to become successful. Therefore, the soldiers of the infantry battalion were extremely enthusiastic and wished they could all join the suicide squad.

However, Cao Liang was very strict about the quality of the suicide squad. There were too many people who signed up, so he could only compete and hire the best to ensure that the suicide squad was the strongest in the entire army.

The infantry battalion will serve as the first attack echelon, while the Tunqi Battalion and Changshui Battalion will serve as the second attack echelon, and the other troops will be organized into the third attack echelon. The Bingzhou Army has entered the stage of preparing for war and ready to go. Everything is done, but it is only a matter of the east wind.

And this east wind is the floating bridge. Whether the construction of the floating bridge will be successful or not will directly determine the success or failure of this river crossing battle.

The Bingzhou Army officially launched the Battle of Crossing the River, and the Sima Army on the other side was naturally not idle either. Sima's army was facing a great enemy and immediately mobilized troops from other places to support Baima. In the Baima Crossing area alone, nearly 100,000 troops were assembled.

Even so, Sima Shi did not dare to relax the vigilance of other river sections. He knew very well that Cao Liang had always been deceitful. If he had a gamble to attack the west this time, all the efforts Sima Shi had made before would be wasted.

Although Zhong Hui thought that Cao Liang would not be able to play any tricks this time, it would take a long time to build a heavy and difficult-to-moving thing like a floating bridge. Cao Liang could not play the trick of attacking the east and west. Since he chose the white horse as a breakthrough, the Sima army must go all out on the white horse and not tolerate any carelessness.

Sima Shi certainly understood the importance of Baima’s defense, but he was always worried, afraid that Cao Liang would use some magic tricks, so he believed that it should be enough for a hundred thousand troops to concentrate on Baima to fight defensive battles. Other river section defenses should not relax their vigilance just because Baima is the main battlefield. They must be strictly guarded and be on full alert.

The failures made Sima Jun understand that fighting with Cao Liang would not have any luck. Cao Liang often stabs you in unexpected places, and this knife is often extremely fatal.

Now Sima Shi, who is fighting across the river, has no way out. The natural danger of the Yellow River is the only defense line he can rely on. Once the Yellow River defense line is lost, the fate of the Sima family will be completely over.

The Bingzhou Army has built a floating bridge at the ferry crossing across the shore, and at the same time it has built as many as three floating bridges. With the size and width of the Yellow River, it really costs a lot of money to build three floating bridges at the same time. The wood consumed alone will reach a very astonishing amount.

The construction speed of the floating bridge was not fast or slow, and it was advancing steadily. The bridge deck of the floating bridge was extending forward foot by foot. Although Sima Shi could not see the scene of the Bingzhou Army building the floating bridge, he could feel the nervous atmosphere of the Sima Army soldiers around him, and it was indeed like facing a great enemy.

At this time, the Sima Army was beyond the reach of the floating bridge built by the Bingzhou Army. Even if the farthest bow and arrow were shot, it would not be possible to shoot on the floating bridge. However, the floating bridge built by the Bingzhou Army will eventually reach the south bank. Only in this way can the Bingzhou Army's troops be transported across the Yellow River. As long as the Sima Army destroys the floating bridge near the shore, the Bingzhou Army's plan to cross the river will be still in the womb.

The Sima Army had prepared a large amount of bows and arrows and tung oil. As long as the Bingzhou Army's pontoon bridge entered their range, the Sima Army would ruthlessly attack it and completely destroy the pontoon bridge, making it three broken-headed bridges, so that the Bingzhou Army would never be able to climb to the south shore.

The Bingzhou Army's craft bridge troops seemed to have calculated the distance. Outside the range of Sima Army's bow and arrow, they built the floating bridge at a faster speed. After crossing the river center, the speed slowed down significantly. There was no progress in a few days. Instead, the materials for building the floating bridge - ships and wooden boards - were concentrated on both sides of the floating bridge, as if waiting for the opportunity to come.

On the night of the fifth day of the second month, the construction of the pontoon bridge had extended to a distance of hundreds of steps from the shore. This distance was already covered by the three-bow crossbow, the farthest range of Sima's army, which could be covered. The crossbow soldiers who were unwilling to be silent tried to fire a few crossbow arrows, and they could really shoot onto the pontoon bridge.

However, at the end of the powerful crossbow, it cannot penetrate Luqian. After a long flight, the powerful crossbow arrow fell onto the floating bridge and became soft and powerless, causing no damage to the floating bridge at all.

The soldiers of Sima Jun also secretly lamented that it was a pity. The crossbow arrow shot over, but it did not work at all. If the distance was closer, it might cause substantial damage.

However, this is obviously not an urgent matter. The Bingzhou Army should be anxious. The progress of their construction of the floating bridge was stuck there. If they could not find a way to crack the Sima Army's defensive position, the floating bridge would not be able to be built again. The floating bridge built before would become a broken-headed bridge, and all previous efforts would be wasted.

The Sima Army's crossbow soldiers have entered the strait of high battle. The Bingzhou Army's floating bridge will soon be within the range of the bow and arrow. Next, the Sima Army's archers will have the opportunity to show their skills. They will do whatever they want to prevent the construction of the floating bridge from being successfully built. They must not let the Bingzhou Army step on the south bank of the Yellow River!
Chapter completed!