On the slope, Su Nang, Kankantada and Temulun were always paying attention to the other side of the river.
"The Tiger-Character Flag has started building the bridge." Temulun said as he looked at the Tiger-Character Flag's heavy troops entering the river.
Kancantada said: "You can send people to the river bank."
As he spoke, he looked at Su Nang.
"Send it now?" Temulun frowned and asked again.
Kankantada nodded and said: "This is an opportunity for us. As long as we shoot those who are building the bridge in the river, the Tiger Flag army will not be able to cross the river. Su Nang, what are you waiting for? Give the order!" "
After explaining, he urged Su Nang to order the dispatch of troops.
"Didn't you say that we will launch a charge when the first batch of soldiers and horses of the Tiger Flag cross the river?" Su Nang frowned together.
Kankantada said: "Our purpose is to delay the Tiger Banner army from crossing the river and buy time for the reinforcements sent by various ministries. As long as we shoot and kill the Han people who are building bridges in the river, the Tiger Banner army will Crossing the river will take more time.”
Su Nang on the side shook his head and said: "My people can't go to the river bank at this time. Don't forget, the cannons of the Tiger Flag are all on the other side of the river. Going there at this time is equivalent to taking the initiative to send yourself to the Tiger Flag." Under the muzzle of the gun."
"The river water is freezing cold at this time of year. Once people enter the river, their movements will become sluggish. This is a good opportunity to shoot them. You can't be confused at this time!" Kankantada said to Su Nang eagerly.
Su Nang said: "I told you, there are cannons with the Tiger Character Flag on the other side of the river. Old Taiji, you have seen what happened before. If my people still go to the river bank, it will give the Tiger Character Flag a chance to bombard them." , it’s not worth sacrificing the warriors of my tribe for such a few bridge builders.”
"Are you going to watch the Tiger Flag army crossing the river?" Kankantada looked at Su Nang with a sullen face.
Su Nang changed his hand to hold the reins and said, "I will wait for the tiger banner army to cross the river, and then let the armored cavalry under my tent charge towards the river bank."
"No matter when you ask the armored cavalry to charge, the cannons of the Tiger Flag will always be on the other side of the river. They will not evacuate from the other side of the river just because the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Flag cross the river." Kankantada said very frankly.
Su Nang shook his head and said: "It's different. Now that the people from the Tiger Flag are in the river, their cannons can fire at my people. But if the soldiers and horses from the Tiger Flag cross the river, the armor under my tent will be destroyed." If the cavalry launches another charge and they are firing, they will easily injure their own people."
"As long as it can prevent the Tiger Flag from building the bridge, some casualties are acceptable." Kankantada advised.
Su Nang waved his hand and said: "Old Taiji, don't you need to persuade me? I have made up my mind. I will only launch the charge when the leading troops of the Tiger Flag cross the river."
"You..." Kankantada's hands were shaking with anger. He knew that he couldn't persuade Su Nang, so he had to focus on Temulun and said, "Temulun, didn't you bring more than a thousand people? For the Tumut Ministry? I hope you can send some of your men to the river bank to shoot those people in the river."
"Lao Taiji? I think what Su Nang Taiji said is quite reasonable. We don't need to take this risk at this time? So what if the people in the Tiger Flag build a bridge? In the end, we don't need to send people across. River,” Temulun said to Kancantada.
"you……"
The beard on Kancantada's chin trembled angrily.
The Mongolian armored cavalry present were all warriors of these two tribes. Both of them objected to shooting the people who were building the bridge in the river? He, a man without soldiers and power, was helpless at this time.
He watched helplessly as the people in the Tiger Flag built a new bridge in the river little by little, and he could only worry on the sidelines.
Neither Su Nang nor Te Mulun paid any attention to Kancantada.
The two of them knew very well that if they sent Jiaqi to the river bank at this time, they would only be bombarded by the tiger-shaped flag. No one was willing to bear this loss.
The supply camp sent by the Tiger Flag to build the bridge built a wooden bridge bit by bit in the river. There were wooden piles below, and thick wooden boards were laid forward bit by bit on top.
From time to time, the heavy soldiers in the river would pick up the wine bag around their waists and take a sip, and then continue to use hammers to smash wooden stakes into the mud at the bottom of the river.
The pontoon bridge was built very quickly, and two pontoon bridges were built at the same time.
"Tell Sun Chuang to take a battalion to the river and cross the river as soon as the bridge is built." Chen Xunping told the messenger beside him.
The messenger ran to deliver the order.
Not long after, a military battalion of about 4,000 people gathered at one end of the two pontoon bridges on the river bank.
The place where the pontoon bridge is built is where the current is gentlest and the water is the shallowest. There is no place more suitable for forcing a crossing than here.
"Cross the river!" Sun Chuang stepped forward and raised the rifle with a bayonet in his hand.
The first battalion was divided into two parts and started crossing the river from two pontoon bridges.
After the baggage camp building the pontoon bridge installed the last bridge plank, they started to walk back through the river.
The baggage soldiers who were laying bridge planks on the bridge also jumped into the river at this time and returned to the shore with the other baggage soldiers.
Sun Chuang led a battalion and ran towards the other side of the river on the paved pontoon bridge.
The people running at the front on the pontoon bridge were wearing breastplates and iron helmets, and the rifles in their hands were all equipped with bayonets. Behind them were the gunners with the Crouching Tiger Cannon on their shoulders.
This kind of squatting tiger cannon weighs only a few dozen kilograms, can be carried by one person, and is easy to use, so every team is equipped with a squatting tiger cannon.
The messenger rode up to Lin Ping, the captain of the artillery team, and shouted on horseback: "Master Chen ordered the artillery team to shell the invading Mongolian armored cavalry and assist the camp across the river."
"Go back and tell Commander Chen that as long as there are Mongolian armored cavalry approaching the camp across the river, the artillery team will attack them with all their strength." Lin Ping said to the messenger.
The messenger did not stay long. After conveying the order, he turned his horse's head and rode away from the artillery team.
Lin Ping ordered the artillery team: "Order all gunners to adjust the muzzles of the four-pounder guns and be ready to support the camp across the river at any time."
The messenger in the artillery team ran to deliver the order.
"Crossing the river." Li Shuheng put down the monocular telescope in his hand.
Liu Heng said: "As long as we cross the river, we can capture Bansheng City today. I heard that all the wealth accumulated by Sanniangzi's family over the years is in Bansheng City?"
As he spoke, he turned his head and looked at Li Shuheng.
Li Shuheng nodded and said: "Not only the wealth of Sanniangzi's lineage, but also the wealth of the loyal wife has fallen into Su Nangde's hands."
"The Dabansheng land is mature land and can be cultivated directly. If it falls into the hands of Mongolians like Su Nang, it will all be wasted. In the future, if we take Bansheng City, we can open up wasteland around Dabansheng land and expand the area of cultivated land. It will only take a few years. , this place will become the granary of our Tiger Flag." Liu Heng said with a smile.
Li Shuheng said with a smile: "What your Excellency is saying is that as long as we take over this land and concentrate on development for a few years, our Tiger Flag will have no problem raising an army of more than ten or two hundred thousand people."
