Turbulent Times Chapter 1194: It’s a miracle

At this time, after Li Shentong received a report from the spies that the Far Eastern Army was building a pontoon bridge, he summoned his generals to discuss the matter.

When the generals heard that the Far East Army had actually built a pontoon bridge on the Fen River, they laughed for a while, and then cursed Linhe General Huang Shixiong for a while.

At this time, a general named Li Fengnian rolled his eyes, thinking that this was an opportunity to make a great contribution, so he took the lead in cupping his fists at Li Shentong and said, "Commander, Wang Junlin wants to build the pontoon bridge before we attack." It is a delusion. You must know that there is a pontoon bridge on the side of the Fen River near Taiyuan City, but it was built by the local government during the Sui Dynasty and spent more than half a year expropriating tens of thousands of people. Now that the Far Eastern Army wants to build a pontoon bridge over the Fen River in just one hour, it is simply whimsical. That Wang Junlin has always been treacherous and cunning, so the general thinks that the Far Eastern Army’s move must be fraudulent, and the final general boldly speculates about the laying of the pontoon bridge It is a treacherous scheme of the Far Eastern Army, which wants to divert our navy away by building a pontoon bridge, and the Far Eastern Army has another ambush."

Everyone heard the words, thought for a while, and felt that what Li Fengnian said was reasonable, they all nodded in agreement.

After pondering for a while, Li Shentong also believed that it is indeed impossible to erect a pontoon bridge on the Fen River for more than an hour, so after thinking about it, he also thought that the general under his command was reasonable, and finally said: "In this case, pass my order , the navy is ready to go to war at any time, and stay on hold for the time being."

The water general commanding the general immediately bowed and said yes.

Li Shentong glanced over the generals under his command, and finally fixed his gaze on the general Li Fengnian who spoke just now, and said: "Huang Shixiong, the guard of Linhe County, has rebelled, and there are four thousand troops in Linhe City. Li Fengnian, you will lead the army." Thousands of people went to attack Linhe County. In addition, although the pontoon bridge could not be built in an hour, everyone who laid the pontoon bridge for the Far Eastern Army on the shore pier must be killed."

Li Fengnian was overjoyed, clasped his fists and said yes, turned around and strode out of the tent, full of anticipation and confidence to make his first contribution.

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Huang Shixiong left only one confidant in Linhe City to defend the city with 1,000 troops, while he led 3,000 troops under his command to protect the 1,000 engineering soldiers who came in twos and threes these days to build a pontoon bridge.

When Li Fengnian brought 10,000 people to the territory of Linhe, he saw that there were three or four thousand people on the wharf where the pontoon bridge was laid, and they were ready to die. The front shouted 'God help me too'.

He didn't believe that the pontoon bridge could be erected successfully in a short period of time, and in his opinion, his first task when coming to the river was to take back Linhe City and make the first contribution in this battle. As for the three or four thousand people on the pier However, as long as he captures Linhe City and the pontoon bridge cannot be erected successfully, these three or four thousand people will be isolated on the south bank, and he can easily kill them all.

Thinking of this, Li Fengnian did not hesitate to choose to attack Linhe City with only a thousand guards first.

Huang Shixiong's 1,000 troops are just county soldiers of the Li family's army, and their combat strength is indeed sparse, so after half an hour, Li Fengnian killed and wounded more than 1,000 people, and they will conquer Linhe City.

Almost at the same time, the pontoon bridge on the Fen River was about to be successfully erected.

The successful erection of a pontoon bridge in such a short period of time, in the eyes of people these days, is a miracle in itself.

But in fact, the erection of the pontoon bridge itself is the engineering of the Far East Army

One of the daily training subjects of the supply battalion.

Even the relevant training regulations of the Far Eastern Army have a complete process plan, what materials to use, where each person is, what to do, and how many ropes are all required by precise plans.

In fact, this pontoon bridge is a pontoon bridge formed by connecting hundreds of small warships of the 3,000 navy temporarily formed by the Far East Army with long wood and bamboo.

The Far Eastern Army on the west bank of the Fen River, led their horses and carried their luggage, walking on flat ground, with morale like a rainbow, and crossed the Fen River, which Li Shentong regarded as his reliance, talking and laughing.

After Li Fengnian learned of this, he was shocked and hurriedly led an army to attack the pier, trying to destroy the pontoon bridge before the Far East Army came.

Unfortunately, at this time, he only has more than 8,000 troops under his command. They have just attacked Linhe City for more than an hour. The combat power of the troops under his command was two or three times weaker than that of the army led by Li Fengnian, but with the assistance of a dozen catapults erected by the engineer and supply battalion of a thousand engineers who had built the pontoon bridge, it would be difficult for Li Fengnian to capture the pier for a while.

At the same time, Li Shentong learned that the Far Eastern Army had actually erected half of the pontoon bridge within an hour. It is not impossible to build a pontoon bridge on the Fen River within an hour.

Under the horror in Li Shentong's heart, he naturally regretted it. As early as half an hour before Li Fengnian, he decisively sent sailors from the waterway to destroy the erection of the pontoon bridge.

However, the Far East Army, which had been prepared in advance, directly blocked the Fen River with an extremely strong two-hundred-foot-long thick steel wire rope. Li Shentong used people to chop, burn, and hit him with a boat, etc. , unexpectedly failed to break the thick steel wire rope.

Just like that, Wang Junlin blocked the Li Jiajun navy with a steel wire rope.

On January 5th, Li Shentong saw that it was difficult to stop the Far Eastern Army from crossing the Fen River, so he personally led the remaining 90,000 troops to support Li Fengnian, preparing to strike the Far Eastern Army head-on on the bank.

When Li Shentong led an army of 90,000 to the bank outside Linhe City, the 50,000 cavalry from the Xuanfeng Battalion of the Far Eastern Army had already crossed the Fen River on a pontoon bridge, and joined Huang Shixiong's troops and 1,000 soldiers from the engineering and supply battalion. Formation began on the bank of the Fen River, ready for the big battle.

At the same time, seeing all the people from the Xuanfeng Camp crossing the Fen River, Wang Junlin gave an order to burn the pontoon bridge directly. As for the food and grass, they could naturally grab it from the soldiers of the Li family.

That's right, Wang Junlin is going to fight with his back.

The Far Eastern Army's combat strength was originally stronger than that of the Li Family Army's army, but now it is fighting to the death, and its combat strength will naturally be stronger than usual. This will allow the Far Eastern Army to make up for half of the shortcomings of the Li Family Army's strength to a greater extent.

The 100,000 troops under Li Shentong's command are currently the only Li family army in Taiyuan Prefecture that can truly fight against the Far Eastern Army in a frontal field battle, and Li Shentong has nowhere to retreat.

The two sides didn't have too many twists and turns. Wang Junlin and Luo Shixin led the 50,000-strong Cyclone Battalion just across the Fen River when Li Shentong led the army to rush up.

The two armies, with a total of more than 150,000 troops, have collided with each other in the most violent posture, setting off a wave of blood...

The river beyond the river

The fierce fighting on the shore has lasted for more than an hour.

The sky had already turned dark, but the flames continued to burn, blood lines spread, and the water on the bank of the Fen River outside Linhe County was dyed crimson red, and arrows with flames kept flying across the sky.

In the flickering light by the Fen River, the corpses stretched out, and a soldier with a weapon stood up unsteadily from the pool of blood. Looking around, the cavalry of the Whirlwind Camp seemed to be parallel to the Fen River Another torrent roared past.

If someone can stand at a high altitude and look down, they will find that there are countless dog-tooth fights on the bank of the Fen River outside Linhe City. Spreading and interspersing among the low mountains, it gives people an indescribable deterrent force, and the huge flag is still waving in the wind in the dark.

Although the Far East Army is powerful, but this time they crossed the river in a hurry, without defense to rely on, and did not bring much powerful ordnance, and Li Shentong knew that there was no way out, and he promised too much before the battle They offered rewards and used various methods to improve the morale and courage of the soldiers, and after all, their strength was twice that of the Far East Army, so the two sides were evenly matched in a short period of time.

Noisy voices surround the surroundings. On the mountain, Li Shentong is wearing a cloak and riding his horse. He is watching the situation of the entire battlefield. Occasionally, he will issue an order, send a reserve team, or make a decision. The mobilization of the army array responds to changes in the battlefield.

In later modern times, two thousand people can fill an entire playground, and the number of people has increased by more than fifty times. The mountains and riverbeds are densely packed with people.

Of course, a real famous general can clearly see the form of the entire battlefield in such chaos, identify the affiliation of each army, and even predict the evolution of the battlefield on the other side of the mountain beyond the field of vision .

If he hadn't encountered Wang Junlin and other perverted evildoers, Li Shentong would be a well-deserved famous general in the world, even in history.

From the beginning of the battle, Li Shentong has mobilized the power of his army to the extreme. When the front lines of the two sides unfolded, there were several miles of front lines. In the battle of more than an hour, The road went on and on, and at this time, the distance between the two sides was more than ten miles, and more than 10,000 people left their blood and lives on both sides of the river bed.

It's just that, at some point, their Li family army began to lose the upper hand.

In the gap where others could not detect, Li Shentong's entire body was trembling slightly. He knew very well what the final outcome of the war he was commanding in front of him meant. To a certain extent, this war directly determined whether their Li family could hold Taiyuan Mansion.

Because apart from the army under his command, the Li family army is no longer capable of fighting in Taiyuan Mansion.

Li Shentong knows that if he loses this battle, although he can still rely on the tall and strong Taiyuan City to defend for a period of time, but with the powerful siege methods of the Far Eastern Army, apart from the natural dangers like Longguan, even Taiyuan City The city can't hold it at all.

So, if they lose, it basically means that Li Jiajun has given up Taiyuan Mansion.

At this moment, Li Shentong's entire life seemed to be burning.

He wants to defeat the Far Eastern Army in this battle and preserve the foundation of the Li family——Taiyuan Mansion.

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