Chapter 49 Demolition of the bridge
Breaking the bridge...
"This little guy is so vicious!"
Wang Yue poked his head among the aquatic plants, sighing and looking at Baigou Bridge.
By the way, this bridge is really destined to be with him. These days he has dealt with this bridge. At this moment, the bridge has become the rear of Yelu Dashi. The 15,000 Liao troops on the south bank are lined up with their backs, constantly attacking the Song army's formation of Zhong Shidao's Song army, and all they need are transported to the south bank through this bridge.
Eat.
Replenishment of consuming arrows.
Including reinforcements...
Infantry cannot cross the river, only cavalry can wader downstream, but the height of the nostrils of war horses is much higher than that of human nostrils.
So what would happen if the bridge was demolished?
Wang Yue dived underwater without hesitation and then swam silently to Baigou Bridge.
The Liao army guarding both ends of this bridge did not notice at all. The water of Baigou River was still quite sandy, especially during this flood season, although the river water pouring out from Taihang Mountain was not comparable to the Yellow River, but the figure who was swimming one meter under the water could not be seen.
The soldiers patrolling the bridge were also unaware of it.
Wang Yue appeared silently under the bridge and quietly poked his head out.
The Baigou Bridge in front of you is a wooden bridge with eight-character braces. In the dry season, the solid soil layer at the bottom is dug in the riverbed. After tamping, a boat-shaped foundation is built with stones. The round wooden piles are inserted on it to fix it. Then many roots form a group of bridge piers. An upward radial wooden brace is built on this bridge pier. Of course, this wooden brace is also composed of multiple logs, and finally the bridge deck is above it, which is also composed of logs, and it is also composed of logs, and it is composed of a load-bearing structure with the bottom eight-character braces.
Then lay the wooden plank bridge deck on the uppermost layer.
There are a total of three such eight-character support in Baigou River, each of which is about twenty meters apart.
Just destroy one.
The purpose of building wooden bridges instead of stone arch bridges here in the Song Dynasty was that they could be burned by fire when needed.
After all, Baigou is the national defense line of the Song Dynasty.
Wang Yue stretched his hand into the air with a malicious smile, and the ancestral treasure axe appeared instantly...
"A life of cheating is so cool!"
After saying that, he slashed with an axe.
A log that forms the piers was instantly cut out of the gap.
It can't even be said to be chopping, just like sweeping it with an axe. This elm that seemed to be thick with a thigh was missing, and it seemed to be bitten by something, then it made a breaking sound. At the same time, the missing piece fell down, and the entire bridge body swayed slightly, and the log was twisting strangely to one side.
This is enough for the people on the bridge to be alert.
A patrol soldier leaned down in confusion...
"There are people under the bridge!"
He suddenly screamed.
Wang Yue, who was facing his eyes, smiled brightly at him, and the next moment, the axe in his hand fell down again.
Then there was another gap on the log, and the huge weight on it made it bend over again. With the harsh tearing sound, the other side finally broke. The originally straight log suddenly seemed to be as old as the hunchbacked man who was almost ninety years old.
The next moment it completely broke.
The entire bridge body shook suddenly, but then stabilized.
This is nothing strange. There are more than twenty such wooden stakes, but one of them will not collapse even if they are missing.
Then Wang Yue began to raise the axe in his hand to the second log with a stupid look in the soldier. The soldier finally woke up. He screamed while holding the spear upside down, trying hard to stab Wang Yue from above, but because of the height of the bridge, he could not reach him at all.
And at the same time, Wang Yue cut off the second one.
The bridge was in chaos, and then a dozen soldiers poked their heads out, cursing angrily, and poked Wang Yue in vain with weapons such as spears.
Some people simply throw it out as a javelin.
But it's still meaningless.
Because Wang Yue stood among these logs, these more than 20 logs formed a log array, protecting him like a dense forest. He just needed to stand inside and rely on these logs to protect him. If you have these things as shields, you can't even shoot him with a javelin or a crossbow.
Amid the terrified screams above, Wang Yue continued to chop like a bald man.
Soon the soldiers on the shore joined, attacking him with the bows and arrows in their hands, which was still in vain. Some cavalry even rushed to the shallow water and shot arrows at him below.
But it's also useless.
These logs are not all straight up, but also cross to prevent them from spreading outward.
This whole is a maze of logs, just like the trusses of modern truss bridges. Don’t underestimate the bridge-making technology at this time. The ancient version of the truss system was very ordinary. There was an iron truss bridge in Kaifeng City. Cai Taishi Bridge was completely made of steel. Of course, it was actually built with wrought iron. During the chaotic onlookers on and under the bridge, Wang Yue cut off the fifth one. At the moment when this one was cut off, a strange sound suddenly made a sound on the bridge body above his head. Wang Yue looked up in shock. Because of the severe change in the force, a piece of wood finally broke free from the bondage of mortise and tenon and nails, and fell off the eight-character support.
"Run quickly, the bridge collapses!"
A scream sounded overhead.
The Khitan soldiers who were watching instantly dispersed.
But at the same time, Xiao Fu's face appeared among the crowd on the shore...
"Whoever is surnamed Wang, what do you want to do?"
He screamed like crazy.
Although he actually didn't see who it was, he still guessed it in a sensible way.
"Can't you see it yourself?"
Wang Yue poked his head out and said.
Suddenly, a sharp arrow broke through the air.
He retracted instantly.
"If you have the ability, come out and we will fight with you!"
Xiao Fu roared.
"The defeated man has the face to say this!"
Wang Yue said contemptuously.
While he was speaking, he cut off the fifth one. At this time, the entire bridge body was obviously twisted, and almost all the logs were connecting to each other, making a sound of intention to break free. Then several logs could not hold on to the deformation and fell, causing splashes of water in the river.
"Girl, how did you get here?"
Xiao Fu suddenly screamed.
"Well?"
Wang Yue quickly poked his head out.
The next moment, two sounds of breaking through the air sounded at the same time.
But he retracted in an instant...
"You liar, you actually cheated on your own sister!"
He said contemptuously as the arrow shot into the log.
But if Xiao Ta Buyan appeared at this moment, should he continue...
Bah, of course we have to continue!
"Quick, get in the water!"
Xiao Fu shouted.
Dozens of Liao soldiers who could swim immediately went into the water and then swam towards Wang Yue.
But at this moment, Wang Yue cut off two logs in succession, and the bridge overhead almost flipped downwards.
The two soldiers in front just swam to the front of the bridge pier. Five logs on the top of their heads fell down continuously. The two screamed and were smashed into the water. The ones behind were so scared that they turned around. But Wang Yue was still safe because he had not collapsed at all. Besides, even if it collapsed, the logs around him could still protect him. This thing was buried deep on the ship shape below. After he cut it off, the rest still pointed firmly at the top of his head.
This guy looked at Xiao Fu on the shore proudly through the falling logs.
"Go and report to Dashi Linya, this dog thief, I am incompatible with you!"
Xiao Fu roared in anger.
Of course he knew the consequences of the break of the bridge. He and Yelu Dashi were a little confused before, why Wang Yue didn't take action at the bridgehead? You should know that if this guy took action, they might not be able to break through the bridgehead.
Now I know that this bastard wants to catch a turtle in the jar!
Then Wang Yue cut off another one, and the entire bridge body of logs above his head, which seemed to be building blocks, completely disintegrated with the sound of disintegration. Countless logs poured down like rain, and instantly buried Wang Yue inside.
"Brothers of the Han army in the Great Liao Dynasty, the Khitan cavalry can escape to the north shore. How do you cross this Baigou? Go and surrender to Taishi Tong. There is a reward for Taishi Tong waiting for you!"
But Wang Yue yelled excitedly inside.
The Han infantrymen who participated in the battle on the shore were all dumbfounded and looked at each other...
Chapter completed!