Chapter 339 Crossing the River
Two days after marching on the other side of Goguryeo, the Yalu River was right after the army preparing to attack Goguryeo through dense forests. The Yalu River was right. The King of Goguryeo said this was the narrowest place on both sides of the Yalu River and the easiest place to build bridges. The typhoon caused the water level of the Yalu River to rise a lot, and the water flow was even more turbulent.
Cheng Chumo and his team were cutting down trees and preparing to build a bridge.
Li Tai looked at the turbulent river water. This was his first time out of Guanzhong. He looked at Gu Qing who was watching the Yalu River flowing. "You seem to have been to many places. You know the terrain of Goguryeo, the silver mines in Japan, and the importance of this Yalu River to Goguryeo."
Gu Qing smiled and said, "Why do you care about these?"
Li Tai looked back and continued to look at the river, his face was very confused. Gu Qing seemed to know everything. He had this feeling when facing Gu Qing many years ago. The feeling was not so strong at the beginning. Gu Qing's prophecy became stronger and stronger when he came to see the depth of the river. It was like a river that had to go down to explore the depth of the water. But Gu Qing didn't even have to look at the river water to know the depth of the river. For Li Tai, Gu Qing now brought him this feeling, more like a hazy premonition of the uncertainty.
When counting Goguryeo and Japan, Li Tai turned around and looked at Gu Qing who was talking to the people in the Firearms Bureau again. If Gu Qing counted everything, he could count the amount of the Tang Dynasty.
More than a dozen soldiers in the army carried the cut down trees, one after another, more than ten trees were tied together side by side with thick hemp ropes to make a simple wooden bridge. Gu Qing calculated the distance between the two sides and the lifting of the wooden bridge. The commanders and the commanders, "standing up and moving forward a little."
More than a dozen heroes used their strength to carry the wooden bridge forward.
"Okay! Okay." Gu Qing directed again, "Let it go slowly."
The wooden bridge fell steadily and landed on both sides of the straits. Several soldiers stepped on it and tried it, and jumped a few times, which was quite strong.
"Come on! Let's go and do a few more, it's more spacious." Cheng Chumo shouted again.
Su Dingfang tried a few times from the bridge and rode his horse onto the bridge. "Your Highness the King of Wei, Your Highness the King of Wu, the bridge is very strong, let's go first."
King Li Ke of Wu walked across the bridge safely with his horse, then Li Tai crossed the bridge safely. Cheng Chu silently shouted that people would put several bridges on both sides of the straits, and the army crossed the bridge safely, and in the end, only the Firearm Bureau and Gu Qing were left.
"Hurry up!" Li Tai shouted on the other side.
"Let the grenades and explosives go first." Gu Qing directed at the people from the Firearms Bureau.
Pulling a cart of firearms and cars over the bridge, Gu Qing's eyes were filled with turbulent rivers and rivers. If people fell down, they could still save them. The firearms fell into the water and were in vain. Seeing these firearms passing safely, they breathed a sigh of relief. Next were the three most troublesome artillery guns, each weighing more than 300 pounds.
"Can you dismantle it?" Gu Qing asked several people from the Firearms Bureau.
Several mutes who followed the army nodded one after another.
"Okay." Gu Qing nodded at ease, "Take off the wheel first to reduce the weight as much as possible."
A few mutes did things immediately. Gu Qing looked at the cannon and saw that there was something else that could be removed to reduce weight, "Release the cannon barrel."
Lifting up the cannon barrel, Gu Qing looked at the bottom of the cannon, "Take off the bracket below."
Until it was impossible to remove it, Gu Qing tied the mutes' bodies and pulled them on the other end, "If the bridge is broken, I can hold you back. The river is too fast, no matter what, life is still the most important."
Several mutes carried the parts of the cannon. Gu Qing said again, "Remember to walk horizontally. The cannon body must be placed upside down on the bridge to evenly divide the pressure."
Those mutes didn't understand why.
"Just put it horizontally." Gu Qing said again, "Hurry up."
The mutes obeyed their own words and were never slaves who could not speak, but Gu Qing gave them a rope that could save lives, which gave them a different feeling. They have always lived under the command of others, and their lives belong to others, and their work is always dedicated.
Three cannons arrived on the other side in batches. Gu Qing was nervous for a long time before he sat down tiredly.
"Gu Qing, you are the only one!" Cheng Chumo shouted.
After standing up again, Gu Qing walked onto the bridge. The trees were still strong and carefully stepped on them step by step. When he arrived at the center of the river, he suddenly heard a broken body coming from under his feet.
Li Tai also noticed the abnormality and shouted regretfully, "Run!"
He rose up and Gu Qing ran towards the shore. His eyesight was so clear that the entire bridge could no longer support the bang. Taking advantage of the fact that he still had some support, Gu Qing jumped up towards the shore with the desire to survive. His hands were still a slight distance from the shore, but he did not grasp the river bank.
"Gu Qing!" Cheng Chumo jumped down, grabbed Gu Qing's hand, and struggling to support him with the other hand.
There was a turbulent river water under his feet, and Gu Qing hung on the shore and looked down at the river water that was still rushing.
Cheng Chumo gritted his teeth and wanted to pull Gu Qing up. When the other hand slipped, his palm was about to fall off. Xue Rengui first reacted and grabbed Cheng Chumo's hand, gritted his teeth and lifted it up. Li Tai immediately shouted when he saw this, "What are you still standing there? Save people!"
The soldiers came to their senses and went to pull people.
Cheng Chumo gritted his teeth, "Gu Qing, don't let go!"
Although there was a torn pain on his arms, as everyone lifted it up little by little, Gu Qing sat on the shore after the disaster.
"It's okay." Li Tai handed the water bag to Gu Qing, "You are lucky and you will have a happy life in the future."
"Is that so? Then I'll drag you down." Gu Qing poured a mouthful of cold water into his mouth.
The army repaired for a while, continued to move forward and walked out of the dense forest and saw a village. When they walked in, they saw an empty village in front of them, with almost no one living there, and there was chaos everywhere as if they had been looted.
Some corpses were also found, and there seemed to be a fight.
King Goguryeo dragged one body after another to bury it, and Shangguan Yi asked several soldiers to help.
"They captured these unarmed people and served as troops to deal with us." Shangguan Yi whispered, "This Yuan Gaisuwen captured many people near Goguryeo. These villagers were the villagers who helped me and the King of Goguryeo escape. The place we came just now actually had a single-plank bridge. In order to allow us to escape, they pushed down the single-plank bridge, and we escaped from Yuan Gaisuwen's pursuit."
Chapter completed!