Chapter 175: Yanghe Blocking

There was no accident all the way. At noon the next day, Qian Buli's army had approached Yinzhanao. From a distance, Yinzhanao stood quietly in the mountains and fields more than ten miles ahead. The scenery was faint, but Qian Buli knew that a group of murderous soldiers were ambushing the Yinzhanao. Just by passing through the Yanghe River, they would kill themselves here.

Liang Jiansheng's brows showed a hint of anxiety and excitement. He followed Qian Buli with his smile and said irrelevant gossip. His mind was still flawed and lacked some heat. This was Qian Buli's comment in his heart.

Qian Buli looked back and saw that the team behind him had become a snake. He followed Liang Jiansheng's advice and had been accelerating the march today, so the civilians who carried the catapult cart and all the supplies in the rear had been pulled far away, or they had not walked forward at all...

"What a Jedi!" Qian Buli smiled at the Yanghe Bridge in front of him.

"Yes." Liang Jiansheng nodded and responded: "Sir, I will definitely be able to wipe out Hu Wenxin's troops in Yinzhanao, haha... The battle will definitely make the world!"

"What I mean by Jedi is not Yinzhanao." Qian Buli smiled and shook his head: "Besides, destroying a mere Hu Wenxin is irrelevant to the overall situation, Qiankun... This is too much."

"Sir, I mean..." Liang Jiansheng was stunned.

"I'm talking about the plain in front! After our army passes through the Yanghe River, if the enemy destroys the Yanghe Bridge in the rear and there are ambushes in front, then the plain will be my place where I, Qian Buli, will die. Do you think?" Qian Buli pointed at the front with his fingers and said.

"Sir... I'm really good at joking." Liang Jiansheng showed a reluctant smile: "Hu Wenxin and Huang Liping are heading towards Yongle City. Yu Chujie was thinking about escaping. Chen Huayuan was in Yuquan City, and it was beyond reach. Where would there be ambushers in Yinzhanao?"

"Any situation can happen on the battlefield, so you must be careful." Qian Buli shook his head and said, "The whole army rests, and the scouts come forward to inquire Yinzhanao!"

The next day, the Poison Dragon Brigade stopped the march according to Qian Buli's order. The scouts who had already rushed across the Yanghe Bridge and searched in front of the line according to the flag-speaking instructions in the rear, urged their horses to rush towards Yinzan'ao in front.

"Sir, it's always good to be careful." Liang Jiansheng smiled, and then slowly took a small step towards Qian Buli's back without attracting attention.

"Are you going to do it now?" Qian Buli turned his head halfway and smiled at Liang Jiansheng.

"What..." Liang Jiansheng's face turned pale at the time: "Sir, what did you say?"

"You should know what I said." Qian Buli sighed lightly and turned forward. At a glance, his face changed. In the west of Yinzhanao, a unit appeared, rushing towards Yanghe with flags. Qian Buli's scouts turned and ran back like a desperate attempt. The enemy's change was undoubtedly because he suddenly stopped moving forward and the other commander attacked in advance. However, the enemy's actions only represent two meanings. One is that their commanders were too reckless and unstable. The second is that they have confidence that even if they start to retreat now, they can annihilate their own troops. It would be better to lure him to death. If they cannot be drawn in, they will not worry!

Liang Jiansheng gritted his teeth and was about to take action. Cheng Da's spear had already stabbed into Liang Jiansheng's back like a poisonous snake. Liang Jiansheng screamed and fell off his horse.

Qian Buli coldly glanced at Liang Jiansheng on the ground, and his eyes turned forward. When he saw the enemy's flag, his face became very ugly. As the saying goes, a wise man will make a mistake. Qian Buli thought he had controlled the overall situation and took all the factors into consideration, but he never expected that the army in front of him was actually the cavalry of the Tielang Legion! Although the number of cavalry was not large, only about a thousand people, it was enough to influence the situation of the battle. No wonder they dared to attack in advance!

"Fuliang, retreat as planned!" Qian Buli shouted: "I'll resist for a while, you can speed up the time, and leave me dozens of large shields."

"Sir, you..." Fu Liang also saw clearly that there were cavalry in front of him.

"Remove!!" Qian Buli shouted angrily.

"As for the order, sir!" Fu Liang gritted his teeth, looked at Qian Buli deeply, and turned around to command the soldiers of the Fourth Regiment to start retreating.

An army also appeared on the east side of Yinzhan Ao, but they were all infantrymen. It seemed that they should be one of the four remaining commanders in Yizhou, right? What about the other ones? In Nanxing City, Qian Buli sneered.

The soldiers of the Fourth Regiment did not retreat. A group of soldiers unveiled a tall iron wheelbarrow. The base of the iron wheelbarrow was also composed of iron racks. There was a thick beam on it, an iron chain at the beam, and hundreds of kilograms of iron balls hung below.

The soldiers pushed the iron wheelbarrow to the center of Yanghe Bridge, and then ran back. Thanks to the weight-bearing cross-country training on weekdays, the soldiers of the Fourth Regiment are all light-fitted. Without the heavy burden, they run like flying and have the strength to joke with each other.

Another group of soldiers placed some deer antlers on the river bank and then retreated. With a command from Cheng Da, dozens of personal guards jumped off their war horses and rushed to the Yanghe Bridge. They grabbed the iron chains and slowly pulled the iron ball up. Then everyone let go, and the iron ball hit the bridge heavily, causing the gravel to collapse everywhere.

There was a thick knot on the iron chain, which restricted the rolling of the iron ball, but the reaction force was still quite large. The crossbar made a numb creaking sound. The guards waited for a while and pulled the iron ball again. After three times, the stone bridge still steadily crossed the Yanghe River, which made Qian Buliui shocked. At the same time, he was constantly cursing the builder of the stone bridge.

Of course, if you can hit thirty or forty times, even the most solid stone bridge will be destroyed, but the cavalry that appeared on the other side completely disrupted Qian Buli's plan and there was not so much time left.

The scouts rushed across the Yanghe Stone Bridge one after another. Several scouts behind them were running while sprinkling caltrops. If the enemy was not in a hurry to charge, the damage of this thing was very limited, but what they had to fight for was time.

All the scouts had retreated to the shore, and the opponent's cavalry were getting closer and closer. Qian Buli had to order his personal guards to give up the iron wheelbarrow and push the antlers and rocks on the shore on the bridge deck. The enemy's strength is indeed stronger than his own, but the enemy's commander underestimated him, Qian Buli, thinking that he would retreat when he saw the enemy's ambush?! It's not that easy to pass through the Yanghe Stone Bridge!

Although Qian Buli has to admit that the Yanghe Stone Bridge is so strong that it is a headache, the bridge deck is not wide, and it is only enough for four cavalry to charge side by side. Qian Buli’s only expectation is that the cavalry of the Tielang Legion must not carry a crossbow, otherwise, they will not be able to defend for long, and the casualties will not be small.

Cheng Da directed his guards to pick up the large shield left by Fuliang. The guards in the front row formed a shield wall with the large shield, while the guards behind him picked up a large crossbow and quietly waited for the opponent to rush into the range.

Perhaps it was because Qian Buli had suffered a great accident today. Based on the principle of fairness and justice, God met Qian Buli's expectations this time. When the first row of crossbow arrows shot towards the cavalry of the Iron Lang Legion head-on and shot them upside down, the rest of the cavalry did not shoot back, but bent down and continued to charge forward. The cavalry behind took off the longbow from the horse's back and prepared to fight back.

Qian Buli was overjoyed and quickly ordered Cheng Da to retreat gradually. His task was to delay time, not to fight to the death with the cavalry of the Tielang Legion. As long as you use a large crossbow to block the Yanghe Stone Bridge and shoot the rushing cavalry with a small crossbow, you may block it for a long time. At least before the opponent's infantry pushed the rocks and antlers on the bridge, they could not rush to the Yanghe Stone Bridge at all.

The crossbows in the hands of the guards were made by Qian Buli, and Qian Buli also gave this kind of crossbow a very exaggerated name, "Repeat Crossbow". Of course, Qian Buli's attainments are not as magical as Zhuge Wuhou in history. The so-called "Repeat Crossbow" is still fired one by one. However, in comparison, the "Repeat Crossbow" is much faster than the sling crossbow, and several times stronger than the foot-pedal crossbow. Qian Buli secretly calculated in his heart that if ten pieces are used as a group, his guards can perform continuous shooting, and never stop. In addition to the obstacles such as deer antlers and rocks on the bridge deck, Qian Buli is confident that he will block the cavalry of the Iron Lang Legion on the bridge.

"Sir, someone is here!" Yang Yuanjing, who was behind Qian Buli, said softly. Yang Yuanjing and Li Chuang were originally Qin Chong's deputy, and were promoted by Qian Buli to his side to take charge of all the scouts. The scouts who followed Qian Buli were the most elite cavalry in the army and were also considered a quasi-protective guard. However, their mission was heavier than Cheng Da. They had to scout the enemy situation on weekdays and draw their swords to fight in wartime. At this moment, the scouts in front, back and left and right were concentrated behind Qian Buli. There were not many people, with more than 200 people.

Qian Buli turned around and saw that the ambushed soldiers of the Yizhou army were also killed, with cavalry and infantry. In order to avoid scouts' exploration, they were ambushed far away, so the cavalry of the Tielang Legion had rushed to the bridge, and they were still thousands of meters away from Qian Buli. Judging from the momentum, they were quite different from the cavalry rushing forward in the Tielang Legion, and it seemed that they should be local troops in Yizhou. After just one look, Qian Buli was in no mood to look at it again: "Yang Yuanjing, go and kill them all."

"As for the order, sir!" Yang Yuanjing excitedly urged the war horse and shouted softly: "Brothers, come with me!" After that, he had already rushed out with his scouts and faced the ambush.

"Even such a few people dare to come out to die?" Qian Buli sneered in his heart. The so-called ambush, cavalry and infantry combined, were only 200. Qian Buli believed that the scouts led by Yang Yuanjing would undoubtedly kill them all.

It is impossible not to say that Qian Buli's quick intelligence is indeed surprising. When his eyes turned to the Yanghe Stone Bridge again, a huge question suddenly came to his heart! He was well prepared and could not destroy the Yanghe Stone Bridge. They rushed out with such a few people, but they had no tools. Why do they want to do things that they could not do? Could it be...

The iron cavalry of the Tielang Legion had already rushed to the bridge, and Qian Buli had expected chaos. After all, the Tielang Legion was a long-standing legion, and would not rush to the bridge. The cavalry on both sides gradually gathered their horse speed and opened their bows and arrows to shoot against Cheng Da's personal guards. The cavalry in the middle rushed to the middle of the bridge without hesitation, using the stabbing gun to pick the antlers in front, and tried to forcibly break a road. Unfortunately, they often had the stabbing guns shot to the ground as soon as they made their attacks, but the arrows shot back by the cavalry on both sides landed not far in front of Qian Buli's personal guards without any power. No matter how powerful the powerful bow and the hard crossbow were, there was a certain difference.

Seeing this situation, the commander of the Tielang Legion quickly ordered the entire army to retreat and distance himself from the bridge. Even if he was so upset, he should try his best to avoid unnecessary losses. This is the basic common sense of the general. Moreover, after the infantry arrived, cleaning the bridge deck was just a small task, and it was not enough to fight for this breath.

Qian Buli urged the war horse to the side and carefully looked at the Yanghe Stone Bridge. It was an arched stone bridge with a very simple shape. There was only a thick pillar standing in the middle of the river, and the river kept stirring up small waves on the pillars.

"Li Chuang, pass on my order and catch a few living people back!" Qian Buli quickly ordered Li Chuang behind him to chase the scouts who rushed out.

"As for the order, sir." Li Chuang agreed and ran out.

Qian Buli urged his horse to run towards Cheng Da, who was commanding the battle in front of him. The two sides have temporarily ceased fire. When Cheng Da was calling on his personal guards to speed up the filling of crossbow arrows, he saw Qian Buli rushing up and shouted: "Sir, this is too dangerous!"

"Put it all up!" Qian Buli shouted.

"Press up?" Cheng Da was stunned.

"Hurry up!" Qian Buli didn't even say more and rode his horse forward.

Cheng Da suddenly clamped his war horse with his legs and rushed to Qian Buli, protecting Qian Buli. If Qian Buli was injured, his guilt would be great. Even if he won a great victory in this battle, he would not be able to make up for his faults.

The personal guards pressed the entire line, and the cavalry of the Tielang Legion on the other side of the river quickly retreated again when they saw this. They thought that the Fuzhou army wanted to use the advantages of crossbow arrows to continue to kill their own troops, so they subconsciously made a wrong decision.

Qian Buli widened his eyes and glanced around the river bank. It was summer now, and the river water seemed very fast. The turbid river water kept beating the sand banks on both sides, leaving a pool of foam. Not far away, a bunch of thick water plants that caught Qian Buli's attention. If the scout passed by, no one would pay attention to the bunch of water plants, but Qian Buli was a person with a heart. Although there were a lot of water plants on both sides, most of them were loose and sparse, only that water plants were too dense.

"Cheng Da, follow me!" Qian Buli shouted softly and rushed towards the water plants. Cheng Da followed behind with dozens of personal guards.

Qian Buli jumped off the war horse and endured the tearing pain on his thigh. His leg injury had not healed yet. Although he no longer needed a crutch to walk, he still limped. This jump should have caused the wound to tear it apart. Qian Buli was unintentionally calculating the injury and used his feet to pluck the water plants. A thick black chain caught Qian Buli's eyes.

Qian Buli grabbed the iron chain, and the iron chain shook and pointed to the stone pillar in the center of the river like an arrow: "Come on!" Qian Buli turned his head and shouted to Cheng Da, who followed him off the war horse.

When Cheng Da saw the iron chain, he suddenly understood Qian Buli's meaning. He shouted: "Master Guard!" After that, he rushed into the river deep in his calf and grabbed the iron chain. The other guards were holding large crossbows and nervously staring at the enemy on the other side.

The cavalry of the Tielang Legion saw strange actions on the other side, but the river bank was relatively low, and only the cavalry standing at the front could see it. The enemy cavalry commander's vision was blocked and he did not issue an order in time. A small team leader ordered people to go back and report, but without military orders, he could not lead people to rush over and shoot the other side with a long bow. Besides, there were crossbow arrows pointing at him from afar.

"Listen to my command, one, two, three, pull!!" Qian Buli shouted, and the guards listened to Qian Buli pulling hard, and the stone pillar in the center of the river trembled.

"One, two, three, pull!!" This time, the stone pillar in the center of the river could no longer withstand the pull, and fell into the river with a bang, splashing a row of big waves. In fact, the Yizhou army had sent several people with good water to pry loose under the stone pillar. They planned that Qian Buli would fall into an ambush and let the ambush pull the stone pillar down. However, they could not have thought that Qian Buli could find something wrong in the number of ambushers, and use his way of controlling others to control others.

"Iron Ball!" Qian Buli turned his head and shouted.

The personal guards at the bridge woke up like a dream. Dozens of personal guards jumped off the horse, grabbed the iron chains that they thought had lost their effectiveness, pulled up the iron ball, and some of the personal guards rushed to them and protected them with giant shields.

The iron ball fell down with a bang, and the Yanghe stone bridge was undoubtedly collapsed. The rocks and deer antlers on the bridge fell into the river with the stones, splashing waves after wave. The tall iron wheelbarrow was also unable to escape the river water. However, the iron chain swept forward with the iron wheelbarrow swept down two personal guards holding giant shields to protect the front.

Qian Buli grinned and laughed. Cheng Da was anxious about Qian Buli's safety. He had no time to laugh: "Remove!" Cheng Da roared, rushed up and hugged Qian Buli's waist, and strode back on his shoulders.

Cheng Da put Qian Buli on the war horse, and then he jumped on the war horse and retreated to the rear. The guards at the bridge also helped the injured and retreated backwards.
Chapter completed!