Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 359: Using a pontoon bridge, the army forcibly crossed the Gan River!
"Drive~"

The war horse accelerated suddenly and easily caught up with the hurried figure.

Wu Laoer flipped his wrist, the cavalry sword passed by, and the shotgun soldier fell to the ground with blood spurting from his neck.

Perhaps because it was spattered by the warm blood, the war horse scratched its hooves restlessly and snorted.

He leaned over to comfort the war horse, leaned close to his long ear and whispered:

"It's okay, it's okay. I'll help you clean up after the battle. Just be patient."

……

It didn't take long for Wu Laoer to go from an old farmer who hunched his neck and clasped his hands and didn't dare to offend anyone to a qualified officer who didn't panic in the face of blood.

The rapid and thorough changes exceeded everyone's imagination.

Maybe,

As the survey paper says: 77% of Han people are born with warrior (violent) genes!
He was about to leave.

I vaguely heard a woman screaming in the side room, but it stopped abruptly as soon as it came out, as if she was muffled.

He shouted sharply:

"Come out! Otherwise I will fire."

"Master, spare your life, spare your life. We are ordinary people."

Wu Laoer looked at the three trembling guys who came out and knelt down and kowtowed, and instantly smiled.

"You? Wearing satin? Ordinary people?"

……

The two men in black silk robes did not dare to say a word, while the woman next to them looked up in panic.

The face was not smeared with pot ash, but was smeared with powder.

The weather is getting hotter and the clothes are a little thin.

In just a moment, Wu Laoer made his decision. No matter what the consequences would be today, he was going to get this bitch.

"Drive~"

He spurred his horse forward two steps.

The three kneeling men looked at the blood-stained horse hooves that were slowly approaching, and they trembled even more violently.

Wu Laoer stretched out his hand to fish it out, and the woman was pulled onto the horse's back.

The fear of death brought about by the strong smell of blood made the woman lie down on the front half of the saddle as if she had been immobilized, her whole body stiff and afraid to move.

The two men kneeling on the ground were still sifting through chaff, not daring to raise their heads.

"Hahahaha~"

Wu Laoer laughed loudly. At this moment, he felt that the first 30 years of his life were in vain.

The squires, government servants, and helpers who bullied him were as ridiculous as fat pigs. Why was he so cowardly and fearful before?

……

One old man and one young man are obviously the second generation men of this family.

"You two cowards, keep your heads up."

The two of them shivered in fright, and quickly raised their heads with the most humble and flattering expressions on their faces.

Wu Laoer felt extremely happy in his heart and patted the woman on horseback's ass hard.

"The military master wants her."

The young man seemed a little sad and angry, but the older man quickly expressed his stance:
"Master, if you please, you can take whatever you like."

……

Wu Laoer laughed loudly again.

A few years ago, in his hometown of Pengze County, he was stepped on the head and slapped by a squire's servant because he took a peek at the squire's maid.

The ferocious servant struck a stick and asked:
"Are you satisfied?"

I was crying and crying for mercy.

Passers-by stood on both sides watching the excitement, quite gloating about the misfortune.

The servant was ruthless and beat him until his face was covered with blood. After he passed out, he threw it on the roadside. His only jacket was also stripped away and he could be exchanged for several hundred copper coins at a pawn shop.

Painful memories came back like a flood, and an indescribable sense of humiliation enveloped Wu Laoer.

His eyes were red, he was angry and violent, and he exerted force with his left hand.

With a crisp sound of silk tearing, the woman's hakama in front of the saddle was cut into two pieces.

The two squires quickly lowered their heads, not daring to look any further.

Still kowtowing~
"Hey, you guys, are you convinced?"

"We are convinced! Master Jun, we are convinced."

In a flash,

Wu Laoer felt that he had reached the pinnacle of his life. Even if I die immediately, this life is worth it!

He doesn't understand that this is called the satisfaction of power, life and death, and following the law. Apart from monarchy and divine power, this is the most extreme spiritual satisfaction in the world.

……

"Happy, happy."

He took out a flying monkey from the saddle and set it on fire on the burning beam~
call out.

The flying monkey exploded in mid-air, which was the pre-arranged retreat signal.

"Drive~"

Wu Laoer galloped on his horse, carrying a woman on the saddle.

As soon as I rushed out of the house and turned into the nearby Shiban Street, I saw a dozen Qing troops.

Before he could raise his sword,

These dozen Qing soldiers suddenly dispersed and fled into the houses on both sides.

This is what it looks like once morale is gone.

Thousands of Green Camp soldiers were frightened by a group of Wu Army cavalry and were forced to hide everywhere. Some people even jumped into the well in a hurry, just to avoid the terrifying sound of horse hooves.

Along the way, Wu Laoer held up his blood-stained sword, laughing and roaring:

"Wu Laoer of the Cavalry Corps is here, who dares to come and fight?"

9 people went out and 6 people came back.

Everyone was immersed in the joy of victory when they suddenly saw a group of messenger cavalry running wildly in the distance.

"Your Majesty has ordered us to assemble in Nanchang."

……

Nanchang City.

Li Yu summoned Wang Sansong again.

Asked:
"Sir, the waves on the Ganjiang River are strong and the water is wide. How to build a pontoon bridge?"

Wang Sansong's eyes turned red with excitement at the word "Sir".

He quickly wiped his eyes with his clothes, calmed down for a moment and said:
"Your Majesty, the common people have an immature idea~"

Hearing that he called himself "immature", Li Yu instantly felt relieved.

really,

Wang Sansong’s next plan is very eye-catching:

"When the grassroots people crossed the Gan River, they saw warships flying the flag of the Wu Kingdom. Several fully loaded giant ships dropped iron anchors to fix them in the river, and then towed pontoons as support. In this way, a pontoon bridge might be possible!"

Things in the world are so magical:

Suggestions such as "I swear, I have the advantage, and I have a great chance of winning" are often nonsense.

The suggestion of "not confident enough, not very mature, maybe give it a try" is actually very feasible!
Such a contrast is not due to metaphysics.

But where are the counselors’ exquisite hearts in the Han Dynasty? Still in Cao? Or where?

……

Tan Muguang, who was standing behind Li Yu, suddenly became excited.

Based on his experience, this suggestion is 7 percent feasible.

"Your Majesty~"

"In that case, please wait for the two of you to supervise the work together. By the way, notify Liu Wu to cooperate and bring the largest warship over!"

In Wang Sansong's heart, spring blossoms bloomed and the ice and snow melted.

Not daring to stay for a moment, he rushed to Ganjiang with his little prodigy grandson.

Tan Muguang requisitioned all the baggage vehicles, an unlimited number of laborers in Nanchang City, and four musketry battalions.

People pulled carts and loaded all the materials needed for the pontoon bridge from Fuhe River in the east to Ganjiang River in the west.

The amount of work is huge.

Fortunately, however, there is abundant and cheap labor.

If there are not enough chariots and horses, we need manpower. 100, 1000, 10000 are just a series of numbers.

Wu Jun faces life and death,

Regardless of the people in Huairou City, he directly issued military orders to requisition husbands.

to this end,

They even had to re-activate a group of former Qing government officials. These people were desperate and had to work hard to catch Ding Na.

From Fuhe River to Ganjiang River,

For dozens of miles, people neighed and horses shouted.

Countless civilians marched hard, pulling boats, wooden planks, and hemp ropes. No need to ask, this time Wu Guo’s people in Nanchang were completely devastated!
……

Liu Wu urgently mobilized two Jiangnan-class ships and one Susong-class ship.

It was already the third day that these three warships, which were originally cruising around Hukou, arrived at Nanchang City after receiving orders.

All the materials needed to build the pontoon are already in place.

Wang Sansong's palms trembled with excitement, and he hid them in his sleeves to hide them.

"Grandpa, are you sure?"

"Yes! If you save the lives of dozens of members of my Wang family and my experience in serving in the Ministry of War, the floating bridge will be completed today." Tan Muguang was making final preparations.

Thousands of soldiers lined up on the shore, and tens of thousands of civilians stood by anxiously.

3 battleships,
Loading large rocks ashore one by one.

Press the cabin as low as possible to increase its own weight.

After that, the boat sailed upstream to the center of Ganjiang River.

The boatswain on the deck shouted: "Lower anchor."

The seven sailors pushed the winch hard to control the anchor weighing more than 7 kilograms and sink to the bottom of the river slowly.

After feeling the anchor touch the bottom of the river, I released more.

"Control the speed and retreat slowly."

Under command, the battleship moved downstream (north) at a slow speed.

After moving dozens of feet, it suddenly stopped moving, and the anchor was obviously stretched. It was obvious that the anchor claw had been stressed and gripped the bottom of the river.

The boatswain looked at the reference objects on the shore, and then shouted:

"Hang full sail and borrow the wind."

This is to test whether the boat can be as stable as a rock when the current and wind directions exert all the force to the north.

Fortunately,

The whole ship didn't move at all!
……

The other two ships also followed suit and completed the tactical action of anchoring and fixing.

Looking at the semaphore of the battleship.

Tan Muguang on the shore breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Sansong shouted excitedly:

"God bless you, your majesty is the real dragon emperor. The Hu people have no luck for the country for a hundred years, and the great power of the Han people will return to the Han people."

Therefore, it was logical that the soldiers shouted long live.

At the west wall of Nanchang City, Li Yu put down his telescope and felt a little relieved.

Next,
Just build a floating bridge.

Everyone watched the progress nervously.

50 feet upstream of the battleship berth, small boats left the shore one after another and began to operate in the order agreed in advance.

The boat equipped with four oarsmen first used the current to reach the battleship diagonally, and then worked with the sailors on the ship to fix the cable.

Each battleship has a small boat attached to its stern as a key support point for the pontoon bridge.

……

Then,

More boats docked with these 3 boats.

One line at the beginning and one end at the end, fixed with hemp rope.

The impact of the water flow was beyond imagination, and the hemp rope as thick as a thumb was pulled taut, which was worrying.

So another hemp rope was added urgently. Finally, all the ropes carried by the two legions' baggage camps were exhausted.

Looking at the boat bumping in the waves, Wang Sansong sweated.

Unknowingly,

His feet were already in the water.

I was originally standing on the shore, but the water level gradually rose and actually covered the top of my feet.

This is a very dangerous signal!
"Grandpa, is it still late?"

"If there is God's blessing, there will be no fear of natural disasters."

Wang Sansong had no choice but to tie up Li Yu and the True Dragon Emperor.

Huang Si on the side heard this and looked at the old guy in surprise, then at his grandson.

Then, he silently stepped back 1 foot.

Good military boots on your feet, a pair is worth 2 taels, there is no need to soak them in water.

……

The west bank of Ganjiang River.

Less than half a battalion of musketeers from the 2nd Corps were stationed.

Wang Lian, the Green Camp guerrilla general stationed in Shengmidu, was shocked when he learned that the main force of the town was trapped in Sanjiangkou Town.

The messenger rowed a boat and brought the order from the commander-in-chief Zhou Xifa:

Collect ships and rescue the main force!
Wang Lian quickly sent hundreds of men to search up the Ganjiang River, but the results were quite little.

He rode a fast horse to the nearest Fengcheng County to ask for help.

The magistrate changed his face and said coldly:
"You Guizhou Green Camp are unable to rescue, so you still have the nerve to ask for ships and money?"

"For the 10 taels of head-level silver, this province has shown % sincerity! Other than that, it has nothing to do with this province."

Wang Lian was speechless.

Looking at the leaving figure of the magistrate, I vaguely heard a sentence, "Begging for food, but you still think the bowl is not clean!"

He was so angry that he wanted to draw his sword and wash out the county government office with blood.
Finally, I endured my anger and returned to Shengmidu.

The scout brought back another piece of information:
"Report to the general that the Wu army is building a pontoon bridge on the Ganjiang River!"

"What? Did you read that correctly?"

"It's true."

……

Wang Lian could hardly believe his ears.

During the flood season, build a floating bridge on the Gan River? The false king of Wu knows magic but cannot do it.

Suddenly, he was inspired:
"Then don't they have many ships?"

"Yes, right."

"The Art of War says, attack it halfway across the river and seize the ship on the way. Gather your brothers and follow me in a bloody battle."

Wang Lian was originally a small soldier. During the Battle of Burma, he was the first to jump into the Burmese stronghold alone and made the distinction of being the first to get there.

Qianlong was so excited that he ordered six consecutive promotions.

He directly became a guerrilla general!

Therefore, his deeds are well known to everyone in Guizhou Green Camp, and he has high prestige in the military.

Wang Lian holds a shield in his left hand and a short sword in his right.

Mobilize the soldiers before the war:
"God is not wise, and there is a sudden flood in Jiangxi. The two generals are trapped at the mouth of Sanjiang, and the puppet King of Wu is also trapped on the east bank of Ganjiang River. Now the traitors are building a pontoon bridge! Brothers, follow me and fight for once ,dare?"

The soldiers were silent.

Wang Lian raised his sword high:

"Kill, kill, kill."

……

So, this team of 2000 people embarked on a journey north.

Although everyone in the Guizhou Green Camp wore straw sandals, they could march very quickly. Accustomed to walking on the iron footboards of mountain roads, marching on the plains is as fast as flying.

The 30-mile journey took only one hour.

and,

Many people have a small goal in mind, like Wang Guobi, who can win an official title with a shield and a short sword.

It would be nice to be promoted to the position of general manager.

You don’t have to eat sweet potatoes and potatoes every day, you can eat some serious food.

You don’t need to eat sour food every day, you can eat something salty.

There are complicated historical reasons why Guizhou people like to eat sour food. It is located on the border with steep roads, perfectly avoiding all salt veins, and it is not close to the sea.

Salt has become a high-end luxury product.

There has always been a saying that "a pound of rice is exchanged for a pound of salt, and a pound of salt is eaten for a year."

Another reason is that eating acid can replenish sodium and electrolytes, which perfectly replaces the most important function of salt.

Life will find a way out!
Behind every special local custom and dietary habit is the experience summed up with the blood of countless people.

……

The Ganjiang River is too wide, more than 2 miles.

Wu Jun found that there were not enough ships, so he had to collect civilian ships from Nanchang City.

It took two hours to complete the connection of all the boats.

Li Yu looked at the sky, feeling anxious.

"Send the order, remove the civilians, and let the army come in! Hurry! Try to have all the army cross the river today."

Military orders prohibit it.

The soldiers each took a few boards and placed them in certain positions, and each battalion took turns.

It's like a relay race, busy but not chaotic.

Simultaneously,

Send troops to collect planks in the city.

The gates of the city's largest households, the former governor's office, and even the governor's office were all sawn into wooden planks.

The soldiers even removed the two main doors of the Confucius Temple!

Made of old elm wood, it is flat and spacious, and feels very solid underfoot.

However, when sawing, the soldiers were surprised to find that the old elm wood, which they thought was hard, turned out to be very soft.

The saw opened a hole, and the back automatically split open.

No effort at all!
Maybe it’s because of what you’ve seen and heard!
After all, this piece of elm wood has been the gate of the Confucius Temple for more than a hundred years, and it is somewhat tainted with human feelings and sophistication.

……

(End of this chapter)