Chapter 1368: Han Banner World (Fifty-Eight) Crossing the River

Yingchuan County City, which Tan Feng thought was foolproof, could not be defended for even a day.

Overnight, the atmosphere in Yingshui City, which was once peaceful, changed drastically. In the early morning, teams of soldiers rushed out of the barracks. The neat footsteps, the neighing of horses, and the shouting of officers echoed throughout the city in an instant. Countless merchants and civilians were awakened and opened windows or doors in doubt. What they saw were countless fully armed soldiers rushing to the river bank in a hurry, and more carriages full of military supplies were also gathering there. The loud sound of the military bugle was not only clearly heard in Yingshui City, but also by the Qin army on the opposite bank.

Countless torches suddenly lit up on both sides of Yingshui.

"Reporting to the king, the 88th Division of the 19th Army has been prepared for battle. Please give orders, king." The young division commander Ye Feng stood in front of Gao Yuan fully armed and reported loudly and excitedly.

"Today you are the main general, and all battles are commanded by you personally. I am just a spectator." Gao Yuan smiled. "But your superior, Commander Chen, is on the way. He must hope that you have successfully captured Yingchuan County before he arrives."

"Don't worry, king!" Ye Feng grinned, "I have been preparing for such a long time and have deduced countless times. This process is already familiar to me. I will definitely complete the task on time."

"Okay, this thing is a reward for you." Gao Yuan laughed and took out something from his arms and threw it to Ye Feng.

"This, what is this?" Ye Feng reached out to catch it. The thing in his hand was a tube, and it was movable. When he pulled it, there was a small tube inside the big tube.

"This thing is called a telescope!" Gao Yuan reached out and took it, pulled the sleeve open, and looked at the distance. It was still dark, but the twinkling torches on the other side were extremely clear. "This is something that Mingbo Company has just developed. It can bring things far away to your eyes."

"Is there such a good thing?" Ye Feng took the telescope back, put it in front of his eyes, turned it around and looked at it. The more he looked, the happier he became. "Brother-in-law, I will immediately order dozens of them from Mingbo Company and equip each of my officers above the battalion level with one."

"You are so arrogant!" Gao Yuan laughed, "This thing is expensive. This lens is now entirely polished by hand, and the failure rate is high. Now there is only one master craftsman in Mingbo Company who can grind this lens. You want to order dozens of them, ha! This one alone, if you calculate the value, is worth at least tens of thousands of yuan, Ye Feng, you have made a fortune. So rich? But money alone can't buy it!"

Ye Feng stuck out his tongue, "So expensive? And it takes so much effort, then forget it. I only have this one. Thank you, brother-in-law!" He closed the telescope without hesitation,

put it in his arms and turned around and ran away.

"This kid was originally given to you." Gao Yuan laughed.

"Your Majesty, don't you want to go and take a look?" He Weiyuan asked cautiously, because Gao Yuan had no intention of going out.

Gao Yuan, who had already stepped into the threshold, turned around and said with a smile: "Such a small scene. Is it worth it for me to go to the front line in person? There was a quarrel in the middle of the night yesterday, and I didn't sleep well. Now I have to make up for it."

The door slammed in front of He Weiyuan. He Weiyuan wandered in front of the door for a while, and finally couldn't hold back. He stretched out his hand to call a few personal soldiers, "You stay here, I'll go to the front and take a look. If the king has something to call you later, notify me quickly."

"Yes, commander!"

He Weiyuan laughed, tightened the belt around his waist, and ran out like a fly. Such a lively scene, the king disdains to watch, he can't miss it.

Ye Feng stood on the river bank. Beside him, there were ten artillery platforms. The cannons that had been hidden in the warehouse had been dragged out and installed on the artillery platforms. The cannons that had taken off their felt coats stood on one side in black. Touching the cannon bodies with metallic luster, Ye Feng was very excited. Large-scale artillery battles, and heavy artillery, were the first in the Han army. It was said that artillery was also used when the First Military District attacked the Lubin Fortress District, but those were small artillery assigned to the army. He had heavy artillery here, which was not comparable to that kind of small artillery in terms of range and power.

From the river bank to the river, the soldiers of the 88th Division had already been on full alert and prepared for all the attacks. Seeing all this, Ye Feng was very proud. This was the result of his training for several years. It was only a little bit of the night that he had made all the preparations before the attack. The combat battalion, the engineering battalion, the pontoon battalion, and the heavy artillery battalion completed the task exactly as planned. Even the most elite young guards of the Han Dynasty were no more than this.

It only takes one day for the army commander Chen Bin's troops to rush over from the rear, so there is only one day left for him to attack Yingchuan County City.

On the other side of the river, in Yingchuan County City, Gongsun Zhi, who got the news, stepped onto the tower and looked at the battle formation on the other side. His eyes shrank slightly. The Han army was going to attack Yingchuan County City, but they only had more than 10,000 troops and were separated by the Yingshui River. They thought that they could take advantage of the opportunity when the general led the main force away, but that was a wrong idea. Yingchuan now has 20,000 troops and horses. Not only the city walls, but also the river embankments are full of defensive positions. The densely arranged bed crossbows and stone cannons there are enough to sink anything that wants to float in the Yingshui River.

"Sun Haifeng, take your men to the river bank to supervise the battle." Gongsun Zhi turned around and said to his deputy general Sun Haifeng. "Hit them hard and smash everything they brought across the river to the bottom of the river."

"Understood, General Gongsun, just watch! I will make sure these damn Han people can't even touch the river bank, and they will all sink into the river to feed the fish." Sun Haifeng, with a face full of flesh, grinned.

On the river bank, the Yingchuan soldiers had already been on full alert. The Yingshui River on the other side had been turbulent for most of the night, so they could only accompany the guard for most of the night. But as the day was about to dawn, the other side seemed to have thunder but little rain, and had not launched an attack yet. Sun Haifeng, who was on the bank, was getting a little impatient. Could it be that the opponent didn't want to attack at night? With the cover of the night, they might sneak over, but when the day dawned, there would be no loopholes to exploit.

After all, he was still a young kid! Sun Haifeng sneered. Can a young man who climbed up by nepotism really fight? He looked up at the sky. There was a hint of dawn on the horizon. At this time of year, the sky was early.

Torches were bright on both sides of the river. He could see fully armed soldiers from the opposite river to the embankment, but there were no boats or rafts in the river to cross the river. Do they want to swim over?

Sun Haifeng frowned slightly. If something is abnormal, it is a demon. But where is this demon? He couldn't figure it out, which made him very uncomfortable. As a general, the most feared thing is that this kind of situation that he doesn't understand will appear. If he can't guess the thoughts of both sides, it means that he will be passive in the next confrontation.

When Sun Haifeng looked up at the sky, Ye Feng on the opposite bank also looked up at the sky.

"Get ready!" His voice was not loud, but it was extremely powerful.

Ten heavy guns and ten artillery groups were busy in an instant, filling gunpowder, tamping, and loading solid shells into the gun barrels. The fuse hung from the tail of the gun. Except for the gun commander, everyone squatted down.

"Commander Ye, please leave here!" The battalion commander of the artillery battalion said loudly to his commander.

"Okay, the position here is yours, and mine is below!" Ye Feng smiled and said, "Brother Guo, you have to shoot more accurately."

"Don't worry, commander, our artillery battalion has been thinking about the shooting elements for a long time, and every gunner has practiced very well, and it is absolutely accurate with every shot."

"You bastards on the other side, you are about to have meat." Ye Feng laughed and walked down the artillery platform. "Boat Bridge Battalion, move!"

The organization of the Boat Bridge Battalion, looking at the entire Han army, is only equipped by the 88th Division of the 19th Army. Hearing the order of the division commander, the Boat Bridge Battalion, which had been prepared for a long time, immediately took action. The rectangular objects that had been placed on the beach were quickly pierced with steel rods. A dozen soldiers in a group carried these water tanks to the riverside and put them into the river. One soldier jumped on it, and several other soldiers held the water tank to prevent it from floating with the water. An iron rod passed through the iron ring in a corner of the water tank, and the sledgehammer was swung. With a few bangs, the water tank was fixed in the river.

Then the second and third ones, the iron rods fixing the water tanks became longer and longer, and the bridge deck formed by the water tanks extended farther and farther into the river. In less than an incense stick of time, more than ten such floating bridges on the river surface had quickly extended to the center of the river.

On the other side, Tan Haifeng's eyes widened. They were building a floating bridge, but why was it so fast? More than ten bridges were extended to the center of the river in the blink of an eye. At this speed, they could reach this side in a short while.

"Stone cannon, fire, sink them!" Sun Haifeng jumped up and shouted sharply. Only then did he understand that the other party did not need a boat, and they did not intend to use a boat at all. They wanted to build a bridge.

The calm on both sides was broken by the whistling sound of the stone cannon. Stone bullets fell from the air, stirring up wave columns in the river. From time to time, water tanks were hit and sunk. The soldiers of the Han Army Boat Bridge Battalion who were busy on it turned over and fell into the water, but soon, someone would make up for it.

"Fire!" The small red flag in the hand of the battalion commander of the artillery battalion fell heavily.

The torch lit the fuse, and the crackling sound of the burning fuse was the most beautiful music in the ears of the artillerymen. With loud noises one after another, the smoke filled the air, and the artillery position was instantly filled with smoke. Ten red iron balls weighing more than ten kilograms fell in the air with a sharp whistle towards the Yingchuan Army position opposite. (To be continued.)