Contrary to the expectations of Duolong and Geng Zhongming, before Geng Zhongjin came to use his plan, a small leader of the Ming army guarding the wooden fort brought several people to kowtow to the king and the governor.
Of course, the Dai Wang was not allowed to see him. How noble was the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty? How can a flag as big as a sesame seed be qualified to visit? Being able to kowtow to Superintendent Wang Yongji is already a blessing earned through eight lifetimes of training.
The person pretending to be Wang Yongji was Geng Zhongming himself. He had a very good image, tall and mighty, with fair skin, a long beard, and the aura of someone who had lived on top of others for a long time. Even when the real Wang Yongji came, he didn't have the same grace and aura as him.
Then when a young officer of the Ming Army saw him, how could he suspect fraud? At that time, he knelt down to the fake Wang Yongji in the muddy water, kowtowing and speaking in a flattering tone: "Little Tian Gui, please say hello to the supervisor. The supervisor has worked hard all the way, and the wooden fort where the small guard is stationed is quite crude. Please ask the governor and the prince to move in and rest. After the pontoon bridge is completely repaired, they will be escorted across the river..."
"What? What did you say?" Geng Zhongming interrupted, "The pontoon is damaged? How did you do it?"
Tian Gui, that is, Tian Xiucai was angry when he saw the fake Wang Yongji. He kowtowed repeatedly and said: "Supervisor, don't blame me, it's all caused by the heavy rain... When the flood washed away, the pontoon bridge was damaged in many places. Okay, I've already called someone to repair the small one."
"Can't leave at all?" Geng Zhongming asked hurriedly.
"It's possible to walk," Tian Xiucai said, "but the road is slippery due to rain, and the bridge deck is damaged in many places. It's natural for such a vulgar martial artist to walk, but the supervisor and the prince..."
"Your Majesty can't leave, why can't I leave?" Geng Zhongming waved his hand, "Lead the way, I have some important matters to report to Your Majesty!"
"The younger one will lead the way for the supervisor." Tian Xiucai didn't waste any words. He stood up and greeted the few soldiers who were following him, and together they led the way.
Geng Zhongming and Duolong looked at each other, both of them unable to restrain their pride. They just used a little trick to outwit a pontoon bridge! Even if this resourcefulness is not comparable to Zhuge Liang in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is not much worse than Xu Shu.
At that moment, neither of them had any doubts, so they ordered Geng Zhongjin to go in front, Duolong in the middle, and Geng Zhongming himself to move behind, and they headed towards the pontoon together. When they arrived at the wooden castle gate of the floating bridge, Tian Xiucai, who was leading the way, suddenly stopped and said to Geng Zhongjin behind him: "General, please dismount your horse and walk."
"Dismount?" Geng Zhongjin was stunned, "Why dismount?"
"The general doesn't know something," Tian Xiucai said with a smile, "It's raining and the road is slippery, and the pontoon is damaged and keeps swaying. It's easy to slip when riding, and it will be terrible if it falls into the water."
"Oh." Geng Zhongjin was right. He was still wearing armor! If this falls into the water, it won't float.
Thinking of this, he not only dismounted himself, but also asked people to notify Geng Zhongming and Duolong. They also dismounted and walked across the bridge - there are thousands of roads on this road, and safety comes first!
After restraining the horses and following Tian Xiucai into the wooden castle, the rain had stopped, a bright moon appeared in the night sky, and many torches were lit on the wooden castle and the pontoon. Geng Zhongjin suddenly found that there was no one stationed in the wooden fort, it was just an empty fort.
"Where are the people?" Geng Zhongjin asked.
"They were all sent to build the bridge by the younger ones," Tian Xiucai said with a smile, "Besides, today is a good day for the thousand-year-old master to accept the daughter of the Wu family as a talented person, and give him food and wine. All the brothers who have nothing to do are in the fortress in the south. Drinking!"
God helps the Qing Dynasty!
Geng Zhongjin was overjoyed when he heard this. The red thief's bridal chamber was decorated with flowers and candles, and the generals were all drunk, just in time for the Qing's heavenly soldiers to capture him in one fell swoop! Once the Zhu thieves and his son are captured, Zhu Ming's world will be over, and the Qing Dynasty will be able to spread the word and decide the Central Plains! Geng Zhong Jinli will be a hero when the time comes. How can he have a "future"?
Thinking of this, Geng Zhongjin lost the last bit of vigilance in his mind. He led the horse and happily followed Tian Xiucai onto the pontoon. The floating bridge seems to have been repaired. No one is working on the bridge. It is very stable and can be ridden. But Geng Zhongjin didn't get on the horse either, so he was careful and there was no big mistake.
Tian Xiucai deliberately slowed down his pace and walked side by side with Geng Zhongjin across the horse. As he walked, he looked at Geng Zhongjin's head from the corner of his eyes. Geng Zhongjin wore a helmet and stuffed his braids into the helmet. But if you look closely, you can still see the problem - the braids of Manchu people now have money rat tails, not the moon heads that are common in later TV series. Only a tuft of hair remained on the back of his head, braided. In other words, most of the hair on the head is shaved clean, so it looks very clean, and there is no messy hair exposed from the edge of the helmet.
That's right, this is a Tatar! After Tian Xiucai finally admitted that Geng Zhongjin was a Tatar, he suddenly exclaimed: "Ah! Why does your general have braids?"
The braids are falling out?
Geng Zhongjin subconsciously reached out and touched the back of his head, only to find that there was none there.
"No, it didn't fall out. Did you see it wrong? I hid it well..." He didn't feel something was right until he said this. He was about to draw his sword and kill someone, but there was already something in his ears. The sound of "plop, plop" falling into the water.
Geng Zhongjin looked around and found that the Ming army officer named Tian Gui and the Ming army soldiers who followed Tian Gui had jumped into the Wei River.
How is this going? He found out that he was a heavenly soldier of the Eight Banners, so he drowned himself in fear? These Ming troops are so useless!
Geng Zhongjingang wanted to give the order to quickly pass the pontoon bridge. A crackling sound suddenly came from the wooden fort in the south, followed by the sound of cows braying "moo moo" and the sound of hoofbeats "de de de".
Geng Zhongjin quickly turned around and saw several frightened bulls galloping along the pontoon. Behind the bulls, there was also a group of spearmen!
"Spear! Raise the spear!" Geng Zhongjin knew that he had no time to mount his horse and retreated. If the people he brought were all on horseback, they might be able to retreat quickly with their superb equestrian skills. But now everyone is dismounting and walking, and they are all wearing armor and carrying long-handled weapons. How can it be so easy to mount a horse? So we could only set up our spears and block those wild bulls.
But how could Tian Xiucai and Yu Daren give him such an opportunity? Yu Daren waited for Tian Xiucai to lead the Tatars to a distance of less than 20 steps from the South Fort of the Floating Bridge before lighting firecrackers and driving away the bulls (the firecrackers were given out by Zhu Cixiang when he accepted talents, and the bulls were used for pulling horses). (if the pontoon was demolished, the canal would have to be pulled away by oxen), so there was no time for Geng Zhongjin’s men to line up and raise their guns.
Geng Zhongjin also knew that it was too late, so while shouting, he stepped back. While moving back, he picked up the Zhenghuang Banner Han soldiers under his command and pushed them forward, hoping that they could resist.
But on the narrow pontoon, how could the soldiers of the Zhenghuang Banner Han Army, who had no time to form a formation, stop a few crazy bulls? Before the bull horns with knives tied on them came up, the Han soldiers blocking the front had already fallen into the water while hurriedly dodging.
But they all fell into the Wei River wearing cloth-covered iron armor and cotton-padded armor... They could still flutter a few times when they first went down, but then the cotton-padded armor was saturated with water, and became heavy and heavy, wrapped in strength. The exhausted human body sinks to the bottom. Their horses, without the control of their masters, were also frightened. They either jumped into the Wei River, or turned around and ran away, colliding with the panic-stricken Han soldiers with yellow flags. The scene was chaotic, with the screams of people, the neighing of war horses, the braying of frightened cows, the shouts of killing from Yu Daren's men, and the sound of plops falling into the water mixed together.
The entire floating bridge suddenly turned into a terrible traffic accident scene!
Geng Zhongjin, who was desperately retreating, was finally caught up by the frightened running bull. Seeing that the sharp knife on the bull's horn was about to stab him, he had no choice but to dodge at all costs and was forced to the edge of the pontoon. While he was trying to stabilize his body , but the pontoon began to shake violently!
It turns out that the rope holding the pontoon bridge on the south bank of the Wei River has been cut off!
Geng Zhongjin could no longer keep his balance, so he waved his arms desperately and fell into the Wei River... He was wearing long iron armor! With dozens of kilograms of wrought iron weighing down on you, how can you survive?
The founding hero did not become a hero, but became a drowned water ghost!
