At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 473

There is a river in front of the army blocking the way of the army. The width of the river is 50 meters. The water flow is very gentle. Wading across the river is definitely not going to work.

"Master Tongshou, there is a place upstream where the river bend is relatively narrow, you can try to build a pontoon bridge." Shenji Class Captain Gao Ming pointed to the upstream and said loudly.

Gao Bufan hurriedly asked, "How long will it take?"

"At least half a day."

"No, there's no time. The enemy's cavalry will arrive within half an hour, maybe sooner." Gao Bufan shook his head decisively, set up an awning to look downstream, and suddenly said happily, "It's about four miles downstream. There is a large bamboo forest, hurry there immediately."

The army immediately turned around and rushed downstream. Sure enough, after traveling for several miles, they saw a large bamboo forest beside the river. Bamboos covered hundreds of meters along the river bank, covering the sky and the sun. It has dropped a few degrees, very cool.

Gao Bufan immediately ordered to set up a camp here, and all the weeds and trees within a few hundred meters outside the bamboo forest were cleared away. At the same time, bamboo was cut down to build fortifications. Soon, a large area of ​​bamboo was erected 50 meters in front of the camp. Spears, and horses made of bamboo spears, which can effectively block the enemy's cavalry attack.

When everyone was building fortifications in full swing, Li Mi finally arrived with [-] cavalry. Seeing the Sui army camped outside the bamboo forest by the river from a distance, he couldn't help but frowned and thought to himself, Gao Changqing's son will be there soon. Decisive, and lucky, to find such a favorable terrain to camp and stick to.

"His grandma, the kid surnamed Gao is really lucky. He found such a large bamboo forest. Now we are in trouble." Cai Jiande couldn't help but scalp when he looked at the rows of hedgehog-like bamboo spears in front of the Sui army. Bursts of numbness.

Li Mi said calmly: "No matter how lucky you are, you can't change the food. The Sui army had 6000 people who were fed by horses. They would definitely not last long. They discarded a large amount of food in order to escape. According to an estimate, they should It won't last five days."

Cai Jiande immediately became happy again when he heard the words, rubbing his hands and saying: "Why didn't I think of this level? Hehe, then let's just surround and not attack, and wait until these grandchildren are hungry and become soft-footed crabs, and then pick up ready-made ones." .”

Wang Bodang sneered and said, "It's a good idea. They tried their best to break through the siege before the food was eaten. How could it be possible for us to take advantage of it for nothing? With so many bamboos behind us, the Sui army might make bamboo rafts to cross the river."

Cai Jiande was choked up, Li Mi nodded and said: "Bodang's words are not unreasonable, we must beware of the Sui army's risky breakout, as for cutting bamboo to make a boat, a certain family would like Gao Changqing to do this, once people have a way out , it is easy to lose the will to resist, and when it is not enough to cross the river, hit the middle stream and you will surely win!"

At this time, in the camp of the Sui army, Gao Bufan looked at the two thousand cavalrymen of the Wagang Army who were waving banners and banners opposite him. He couldn't help being surprised and awe-inspiring. Together, if he hadn't had a pair of "eyes" in the sky, he might have already hated him on the spot.

Li Mi is not an easy person!!!
Gao Bufan saw that the old god Li Mi was there and did not launch an attack. He immediately guessed the opponent's plan, but it was useless to guess. The reality is like this. The food in the army is only enough for three days. It will only last for a few more days. If there is no reinforcement within five days, then the only way to break through is to fight to the death.

Since Li Mi did not launch an attack immediately, everyone also took the opportunity to step up the construction of fortifications. In addition to the bamboo spear array and the rejection horse, they also dug Haogou. , it should be said that the bed crossbow is more appropriate, it can fire a whole bamboo spear several meters long, its lethality may not be as good as the bed crossbow, but its power against cavalry should not be underestimated.

After Gao Bufan understood Gao Ming's intentions, he couldn't help but his eyes lit up, he patted him on the shoulder and praised: "This is a good idea, let's make a few more, young people's brains are good, and they know how to use local materials. future."

The boys in the Shenji class were praised by Mr. Tongshou, and they were even more motivated. While making big bamboo bows, they were thinking about what other useful weapons they could make out of bamboo.

Just as there is a market for demand, the same is true for weapons. Where there is a need on the battlefield, there will be invention.The young men in the Shenji class are all "high-achieving students" who have been trained in mathematics, physics and chemistry by "professor Gao Da". Make horse chains, use bamboo spears as throwing spears...

In short, the millions of bamboos by the river are enough for the boys in the Shenji class to use their imaginations.

Gao Bufan left the magic machine class and strolled into the bamboo forest. Compared with the boys in the magic machine class, as the coach, he was more concerned about how to fill his stomach, not only the stomach of the soldiers, but also the stomach of the horses.

Although war horses are expensive, they usually have to eat more concentrated feed every day, but it is not impossible to eat some bamboo leaves in extraordinary times. There are a lot of bamboo leaves in this bamboo forest, which are enough for horses to eat, so don't worry too much about the horse's stomach. On the contrary, the problem of feeding more than 6000 soldiers is very difficult.

The bamboo in the bamboo forest was too dense to reach the river, and it was difficult to get water, so Gao Bufan called his own soldiers and asked them to cut a road in the bamboo forest to the river and build a simple bamboo platform by the river. , to facilitate drinking water for everyone.

As the saying goes, more people are more powerful, and soon, a road leading to the river was cleared, and the chopped bamboo was transported to the front of the battle to build fortifications, and the dead branches and leaves accumulated on the ground nearly one meter thick were not wasted. All are collected as firewood, and all useful things are used.

"Master Tongshou, this bamboo forest is really helpful. If we can catch fish from the river, we can last longer." Lu Sheng sighed.

Gao Bufan nodded, just as he had the intention, he asked Gao Ming to tell him: "Ask if there is anyone in the army who knows how to weave fishing gear with bamboo?"

Gao Ming's eyes lit up, and he said hastily, "Your subordinate, go and ask."

At this time, a scout quickly ran into the bamboo forest and said: "Master Tongshou, there has always been a team from the upper reaches, about 3000 people."

Gao Bufan quickly walked out of the bamboo grove, boarded a tower built of bamboo, looked upstream, and saw a group of people and horses coming here, under the hunting banner, he saw a man with a lion nose and a wide mouth The middle-aged man sat high on horseback, surrounded by hundreds of cavalry, and thousands of infantry behind him.

Gao Bufan saw the leader clearly, and couldn't help but feel a little bit in his heart, isn't this Xian Niang and his father, Dou Jiande?

That's right, the troops coming upstream at this moment are exactly the army led by Dou Jiande, and the horses used by the [-] cavalry were "debted" from Feiying Racecourse not long ago, old Dou, you are not kind!
Let's say that Dou Jiande led the team to the vicinity of the Sui army's camp, but did not launch an attack. Instead, he ordered the team to set up camp upstream and observe while riding horses.

"Hey, Gao Changqing is lucky to find such a favorable position to set up camp!" Dou Jiande looked at the hedgehog-like fortifications in front of the Sui army, and couldn't help but look a little ugly.

"Brother Dou, it's been a long time!"

Dou Jiande was observing the camp of the Sui army when he saw Li Mi approaching on horseback in person, so he lightly clamped his horse's belly to meet him, cupped his hands and said, "How does Pu Shangong plan to eat this hedgehog?"

Dou Jiande glanced in the direction of the Sui army's camp as he spoke.

Li Mi asked calmly, "Brother Dou, do you have a clever plan?"

Dou Jiande shook his head and said: "Pugongshan is resourceful and strategizing. What kind of tricks can a certain family come up with? It's just to join in the fun, and the certain family still doesn't understand how Gao Changqing saw through our scheme. , let him escape from our iron barrel encirclement, if it wasn't for the river blocking the way, he would really have escaped."

Li Mi secretly scolded the old fox, Dou Jiande pretended to be a pig and ate a tiger, and talked about him from left to right, it seemed that it was very difficult for him to take advantage of this guy!

"This certain family is not too clear. Maybe Gao Changqing is too cautious. The scouts were sent far away, so they found us in advance." Li Mi stroked his beard and said calmly. He originally wanted to use words to encourage Dou Jiande to take the lead in testing the Sui army camp. But as soon as Dou Jiande opened his mouth, he knew it was impossible, so he immediately dismissed the idea.

"Well, this son Gao Changqing is indeed very cunning." Dou Jiande nodded in sympathy, remembering that when they first met, this kid intentionally startled the horse and caused chaos, and successfully helped himself and Xianniang escape from Yuwen Zhiji's clutches.

At this time, Cai Jiande beside Li Mi couldn't help showing off: "No matter how cunning Gao Changqing is, he still can't escape from Pushangong's Wuzhi Mountain. Their food can't last for a few days. We just need to besiege and not attack. It doesn't cost a single soldier. Pawns can take him down."

Li Mi frowned unobservably, Cai Jiande is good at martial arts, and he obeys his own words, but his brain is not very good, and he talks too much!
Dou Jiande nodded when he heard the words: "It makes sense, but the premise is that there are no reinforcements. If the reinforcements from the Sui army come, then we will be the ones who suffer the enemy."

Li Mi said confidently: "There should be no reinforcements in a short period of time. Gao Changqing's left arm and right arm Wei Chi Jingde is now in danger, and Duan Da is a cowardly person. It is unlikely that he will dare to lead troops to help. Of course, he is not afraid of ten thousand. Just in case, so if you can win it, it is best to win it quickly, and when Dong Haigong and Man Tianwang arrive, let's discuss how to attack."

On the overlooking tower of the Sui army camp, Gao Bufan looked at Li Mi and Dou Jiande who were chatting unscrupulously in the open area in the distance, his sword eyebrows raised involuntarily, and he ordered: "Bring my Sun Chasing Bow!"

(End of this chapter)