Chapter 714

The 1000 prisoners will be dealt with by the 7000 troops who are going to break through the encirclement. As for what they are going to do, let's talk about it. Even if they break through the encirclement, the best of them can't survive for ten days and a half months. The worst estimate is that they can't survive these two days. After learning their general's promise, they all stay in the camp to contain the enemy.

And what they want to contain the enemy is to use this camp to kill all the enemy troops who have invaded it. In this regard, in addition to their silence, they also resented Dong Zhuojun and Jiang Peijun and were furious.

Now that we have decided on the personnel to break through, it's OK to say that the cavalry can break through, but the 8000 soldiers are a big problem. Su Zhi held discussions with Zhao Yun for more than half an hour, and then all the craftsmen from the general were gathered. Finally, he decided that the 7000 soldiers and 1000 prisoners would cross the Sushui River, and then go up Hebei to Wenxi to join the army.

The reason for this arrangement is that according to various intelligence, there is no large number of cavalry on the North Bank of the Sushui River, and it should be safe after 7000 soldiers crossed the river.

As for the 20000 Dong Zhuo cavalry on the south bank, when they see 20000 cavalry breaking out of the camp, they will definitely focus on this cavalry. Where can they spare time and energy to take care of the thousands of disabled soldiers breaking out to the other side of the river.

However, there is no bridge on the river, and there are no ferries and boats on both sides. How to cross the river is another problem. In fact, there are several bridges above the water, one of which is in Wenxi, and the other is in Jiexian county. But Wen Xi's bridge has been destroyed by Jiang Pei's people. The purpose is to prevent Sizhou's army from crossing the river. But the bridge in Jiexian county can't be expected at all, because these 7000 soldiers have no chance to cross the river from there.

Since there is no bridge, we can only build our own floating bridge, but building a floating bridge is not a simple thing. The surface of Sushui river near the camp is about thirty feet wide, and the deepest is about two feet. Fortunately, it's winter now, and the river is much smoother. But it's also very difficult to build a floating bridge in this season.

After several discussions, a craftsman suddenly said that they had built a simple pontoon bridge, that is, three to five long iron ropes were used to cross the river, and then wooden boards were laid on the iron ropes. However, this kind of pontoon bridge can only bear people crossing the river at most, and it is basically impossible if the freight car wants to cross the river. Moreover, only the iron rope is certainly not enough. After a certain distance, the river still needs to be supported by ferries.

But there is another problem, how to fix the board on the cable? If the fixation is not good, the boards will either be squeezed together or slide into the river, which will not allow people to pass through.

Then another craftsman came up with an idea, that is, to cut a few holes in the board, and then make several large wooden deeds. After the board is paved, the wooden deed is driven into the board from the hole, and the other end of the wooden deed is stuck into the iron ring of the iron rope. Such a board only needs to be nailed with wooden deeds on each iron rope, and the iron rope can be tightened at both ends, so thousands of people can cross from above It's not big.

Now that the plan has been determined, Su Zhi also arranges for minzhuang and the craftsmen to prepare. For a moment, the lights in the camp are bright all night. In addition to the soldiers who will be on the assault mission tomorrow, other soldiers will automatically come to help prepare all kinds of materials.

While the craftsmen in the camp are busy preparing the materials for the river crossing pontoon, several water-based taxi soldiers selected by Su Zhi have left the camp with their hastily prepared rafts and headed for the river under the cover of the night. Their purpose is to find the best place to set up the pontoon. After the iron rope is made, they will pull several iron ropes across the river When they were ready to retreat, they quickly tightened the iron rope and helped the army to quickly build the pontoon.

Su Zhi's barracks were soon denounced and reported to the general fan Chou, but they didn't care much. In the general's opinion, it would be really strange if the military barracks in Sizhou were quiet. After daybreak tomorrow, the soldiers of Xiliang army and Hedong army will attack the camp. Their cavalry just need to watch and not let them escape.

However, neither fan Hou nor Dong Yue thought that SZU army would be stupid enough to give up the camp and run away. In order to attack the camp tomorrow, fan Hou specially asked Jiang Peijun's generals to send 5000 soldiers from Jiexian county to support him. In this way, nearly 20000 soldiers would be enough to attack the camp of Sizhou army.

Su Zhijun's camp is just next to Wushui. It's less than 200 steps away from the river. After a busy night, craftsmen have made four 40 foot iron ropes. For these iron ropes, all the iron materials available in the camp have been used up. In addition, several wooden piles were set up in the camp, which were buried several feet deep underground. One end of the four iron ropes was fixed on the wooden piles, and then the other end was quietly pulled to the other side of the river.

However, in order not to attract Dong Zhuojun's and Jiang Peijun's attention, these iron ropes were not pulled up, but tied up with ropes and sank under the water.

When the first ray of sunshine shines on the earth in the morning, all the soldiers in Su Zhibu's camp have been prepared. Baima Yicong, Tujia and Yuanrong crossbow soldiers all stay quietly beside their horses. They are the main force of today's breakout. They not only need to cover the rest of the cavalry to break out, but also have to attract Dong Zhuo's cavalry away in order to make a breakthrough To relieve stress.So what they have to do is not only to break through the encirclement, but also to enrage Dong Zhuo's army, and then go to pursue their own cavalry.

While other taxi drivers, who can ride horses, are ready to mount horses. The craftsmen of Min Zhuang, who can't ride horses, have been tied to horses. When the army sets out, they will be trapped in the cavalry and break through quickly.

Now all we have to do is wait. Just wait for the generals of the Chinese army to come down, and then we can start.

At the north gate of the camp, a thousand prisoners, under the guard of a thousand soldiers, were ready. When the enemy cavalry left, they would signal to the people on the other side of the river. When the iron rope was tightened, they would open the camp gate and quickly set up the pontoon.

Two quarters of an hour later, the Allied forces of Dong Zhuo's army and Jiang Pei's army finally appeared in the public's sight. Less than a mile away from the camp, about 10000 of Dong Zhuo's cavalry separated from most of the troops and rushed to the south of the camp. It is estimated that these cavalry are monitoring the movement of the camp in the South and east of the camp. Once the army in the camp is ready to break through, these cavalry will surely rush forward without hesitation.