Chapter 139: Armored Armor Blocking the River (Subscription Request)

The land of Xuzhou is several times larger than that of other states.

A turbulent river full of mud and sand, spanning thousands of miles, blocked the way to the northwest.

This river is five hundred feet wide at its widest point.

The narrowest one is no less than a hundred feet wide.

The thousand-mile-long river flows continuously, nourishing the villages, towns and county towns along its banks.

The river is built along the mountains, and in most places the riverbanks are more than ten feet above the river surface.

Therefore, there are no less than ten bridges built on this river for people on both sides to travel.

In the past, people passed by freely on both sides of the bridge.

Nowadays, there are hundreds of soldiers guarding everywhere, not allowing anyone to pass.

These officers and soldiers received orders from the imperial court that the Tianxing rebel army would flee northwards from here, and the county governors of various parts of Xuzhou sent soldiers to cooperate in blocking them.

There were more than a thousand soldiers, most of whom were camping on the south bank of the bridge.

Many soldiers were bored and were setting up pots and cooking.

At this moment, the ground suddenly shook.

The helmets of the soldiers who were squatting on the ground and making fists were all shaken askew.

When the officers and soldiers looked up, they saw the sound of horse hooves and heavy footsteps coming out from the edge of the sky and heading straight towards them.

At a rough glance, there are no less than tens of thousands of them!

This frightened all the officers and soldiers guarding the bridge and made them stand up.

In panic, the leading captain standing guard at the bridge shouted:

"Break the bridge!! Never let a single bandit escape!"

After saying that, he drew the long sword from his waist and chopped hard at the wooden bridge.

Upon hearing this, the soldiers nearby drew their weapons and poked the wooden bridge with their swords and guns.

The imperial court ordered them to stay here, and even if they could not fight against the rebel army, they had to destroy the bridge as soon as possible.

If any bandit from the Tianxing Army is allowed to cross the bridge, all the soldiers guarding here will be beheaded!

Therefore, at this moment, everyone rushed to draw their knives and chop at the wooden bridge.

Under the constant blows, the wooden bridge shook violently.

Soon it broke with a "snap".

The hundred-meter-long wooden bridge fell from one side and fell into the surging river.

After the wooden bridge broke, the officers and soldiers fled in panic.

After the Tianxing Army in the distance surrounded and killed a few unlucky guys who were running slower, they all stood on the river bank more than 20 feet away from the river, with a look of annoyance on their faces.

This was the fourth bridge they had attacked.

However, every bridge is guarded by soldiers.

As soon as they saw them, they cut the bridge in half.

Even if they sent out hundreds of elite soldiers, they would slowly approach.

But once these officers and soldiers realized something was wrong, they would immediately cut down the bridge and not give their army any chance to cross the river.

The White Snake King stood by the river, looking at the rolling water below.

If they want to go north, they must cross this river.

But judging from the situation, I'm afraid all the bridges are guarded by soldiers.

Now, we have been delayed on this river for several days.

If we delay any further, we might attract a large army of soldiers to encircle and suppress us.

As for building a bridge, such a large bridge cannot be built in a short time and is not advisable.

Therefore, he said to Li Qi and the division commanders behind him:
"It is no longer feasible to seize the bridge. We will continue to move westward and find a flat area on the river bank so that we can build wooden boats or bamboo rafts to cross the river."

In a bamboo forest.

Everywhere there were sounds of cutting bamboo and weaving bamboo rafts.

The Tianxing Army sent out dozens of scouts and finally found a place suitable for making boats to cross the river.

Nearby, there is a large wild bamboo forest. Bamboo is light and is the best choice for making rafts to cross the river.

The army was not short of manpower, and it didn't take long before they had cut down a lot of bamboo and weaved nearly a thousand bamboo rafts.

The army carried bamboo rafts to the river.

Put the raft on it, put people on it, and add the baggage, it can carry ten people.

After the vanguard troops cross the river on a bamboo raft, other people will come back on the raft to pick up more people.

In this way, it only takes six or seven trips back and forth to allow an army of 50,000 to cross the river.

After the fourth group of troops crossed the river, a bamboo raft came to pick up the White Snake King.

Seeing the White Snake King boarding the bamboo raft, Lu Yuan smiled and saluted the White Snake King, then stepped on it.

He is still wondering if the White Snake King will be in a good mood and send him a few thousand pawns to command. He must seize every opportunity to show off.

When his soldiers saw that the road was long and they got on bamboo rafts, they also followed suit and crossed the river on their rafts.

The river is more than three hundred feet wide, which is much wider than other places.

But the advantage is that the water flow is not fast and the terrain is flat.

Lu Yuan stood on the bamboo raft, and the wind on the river made people feel relaxed and happy.

I shouted in my heart, "Panel!"

Dark blue fonts rushed down like a waterfall.

[Host: Lu Yuan]

[Superpowers: Immortality/Infinite Strength]

【Attributes:
Strength: 1400】

Ten more days passed after leaving Daqingfu.

The Tianxing Army now has enough food, so he has no worries about food and drink despite the long journey. In these ten days, he has gained another 100 kilograms of strength.

Now he has a strength of 1400 kilograms.

"Wow~!"

The soldiers are rowing hard.

It would take a while for the bamboo raft to cross the river, and Lu Yuan chatted with the White Snake King in a casual manner.

The White Snake King also nodded.

As they were chatting, he noticed that Lu Yuan suddenly turned his head and looked towards the other side of the river where people were still crossing.

The White Snake King followed his gaze and looked in that direction.

The terrain is flat, the breeze is blowing, and the horizon is still the same as before.

He didn't see any difference.

However, seeing that Lu Yuan no longer had the playful look on his face, the White Snake King followed Lu Yuan and continued to stare in that direction.

Not long after, the sound of iron hooves stomping on the ground and "clang clang!" made the White Snake King's face change.

This sound also attracted the attention of the Tianxing Army soldiers who were crossing the river or had already crossed the river.

I saw.

A little bit of black appeared in the distant sky, and then it was a dense black area that covered the entire sky.

The black armor is particularly eye-catching among the grass.

One after another, war horses clad in iron armor emerged from the sky, making the sound of "ding-dong-dong" of their armor, and were running towards the river at a very fast speed.

The White Snake King immediately stood at the front of the bamboo raft, waved at the pawns on the shore who had not yet crossed the river, and shouted:
"Everyone, disperse first! Follow the route we agreed upon previously!!".

The journey to the northwest is bound to be full of difficulties, and we must take into account the possibility of being pursued by the armored army.

Therefore, it was discussed in the military meeting that if they encountered the armored army again and were unable to defeat them, they would disperse into several waves, change directions, and finally gather somewhere in front of Bazhou.

By now, most of the Tianxing Army had crossed the river.

There were less than 20,000 pawns still on the shore.

These soldiers could not withstand the iron hooves of the armored army.

Therefore, the White Snake King ordered them to disperse and escape separately.

(End of this chapter)