Banqiao is just a stone bridge about forty steps long across Jiangning Town, but it is a must-pass road from Yingtian to Taiping. The bridge is two steps wide and just can pass by a carriage.

Such a stone bridge has now become a problem before Xu Da.

Xu Da has 20,000 cavalry under his command. If these 20,000 cavalry attacked, they would definitely be able to crush the army on the other side.

However, now he was powerless because the stone bridge was so narrow that two cavalrymen were moving at the same time, and they were a little crowded.

A huge force cannot exert its power, and a single charge cannot play a role.

Opposite the bridge was their opponent. After the charge just now, they left more than fifty corpses, but did not break through the other party's formation. Although the other party suffered several times his casualties, what Xu Da lacked the most now is time!

Military situation is urgent.

Taiping City is now being frantically besieged by the Tianwan Army. There are only four thousand defenders there and they cannot defend against hundreds of thousands of troops at all. Xu Da is very anxious.

Now, it was getting dark, and Xu Da wanted to try again while it was dark.

When it gets dark, the other party will not be able to see things clearly. For the attacking party, the night is the best cover.

Although the bridge is not wide, Xu Da did not intend to join the troops in batches. All the troops rushed over, even if they were killed in battle and stepped on the bodies of his brothers, they would rush over!

If you can't rush over, you will all die here! Xu Da's heart was filled with passion.

No matter how many people there are on the other side, no matter how sharp the arrows are, they cannot stop their own steps!

Just when Xu Da was about to give orders, a strange voice came from the opposite side.

"Dong, dun, dun!" What's the sound?

Suddenly, Xu Da felt that every hair of his hair was standing up, and the worst thing happened, and the other party wanted to tear the bridge!

"Attack immediately! Bows and arrows are thrown to me!" Xu Da shouted loudly: "Now, Taiping needs our support, we must break through the enemy formation ahead!"

Until now, Xu Da has not protruded out how many troops there are on the other side. He only knows that there are infantry on the opposite side. If it were on the plain, Xu Da would have defeated the other side long ago. Even if the other side had 100,000 infantry, he would not be able to withstand his 20,000 cavalry. But now, at the entrance of this bridge, it just hit Xu Da's weakness.

What's more, the noise that is happening on the other side is that they want to tear down the bridge!

If this bridge is gone, then Xu Da has to walk at least another hundred miles eastward to find another bridge. Moreover, the bridge is narrower and less suitable for cavalry. If there is an ambush there, it will be even less likely to rush over.

Therefore, there is no choice now!

After hearing Xu Da's order, the cavalry's eyes were red. They also knew that Taiping City was at its most dangerous time and they were going to rescue. Now, this bridge is a difficult situation that they must overcome!

Several cavalrymen who were closest to the stone bridge had already slapped their horses. At the same time, the people behind began to shoot archery rain, but were afraid of hurting their own people by chance, so they only dared to shoot one wave.

In the middle of the stone bridge, there was a battle. The infantry opposite arranged a spear formation on the narrow stone bridge. The first cavalry rushing up was instantly stabbed to death by the spear, but the people behind rushed up, and the infantry in front were trampled to death by the horse's hooves.

The sound of dongdong was still very loud, and the entire bridge seemed to be trembling.

The cavalry kept rushing forward, and even if the people in front were dead, they had to suppress the opponent's formation. In this case, the infantry on the opposite side were frightened and loosened their positions little by little.

Finally, I don’t know who it was, ran back, and the horse’s hoof was right behind him. If he took a step further, he would be trampled to death by the horse’s hoof, and he didn’t want to die.

With this first one, someone followed him and ran back. Suddenly, the scene was in chaos.

The cavalry followed the trend and rushed to the other side of the bridge along the corpses of countless people.

Just in the hazy night, when I saw the land opposite, I suddenly felt that the entire bridge began to shake even more violently.

"Crash!" The feet suddenly felt soft, and then, people and horses fell down.

The bridge collapsed!

The soldiers on the bridge fled because they already knew that they were abandoned soldiers. They were ordered to wait on the bridge, but the people behind them were demolishing the bridge.

The stone bridge is very strong and it is very laborious to dismantle. If no one stops it, the cavalry on the opposite side may rush over.

Looking at the collapsed stone bridge, Kang Mao smiled sinisterly in the night.

Without the bridge, let’s see how you can pass through!

The cavalrymen fought desperately, and Kang Maocai felt that he could not resist at any time. As long as a cavalry from a 100-man team rushed over and protected the bridge, then the subsequent cavalry would come. Kang Maocai's 30,000 infantry were not enough for others to cut and kill.

So, Kang Maocai came up with this method in a hurry. The river was very deep and it was impossible for the other party to wade through. Without the bridge, the other party would have no choice.

When the bridge collapsed, Xu Da, who had just stepped onto the bridge, watched the dozens of cavalry rushing in front, all fell into the water, and his heart was cold.

The famous general Xu Da fell in front of this small stone bridge.

Half an hour later, Zhou Dexing and 30,000 infantry arrived. It was Xu Da's cavalry who set out first and were about to arrive first, but unexpectedly, they met again here.

If the 50,000 troops could reach Taiping, then although there was still a big gap in the number of Tianwan soldiers outside, there was no need to worry about losing them. Now, they were blocked on the river.

The defenders in Taiping City could only rely on themselves, but they did not give up and were doing their best.

At Chen Feng's suggestion, all the larger ships docked in the Taiping City area were collected by Zhu Yuanzhang overnight. Their explanation for the ship owner was to transport things, but because they were secret after all, the sailors used their own people.

The ship owners watched their ships being driven away and suddenly forgot to ask when they would return their ships?

In the darkness, these ships were driven to the river in the north of Taiping City. During the day, the battle here was the most intense.

Now, after these ships arrived here, the sailors above, mainly Zhao Kuan's men, did one thing, and chiseled a big hole from the bottom of the cabin.

This is also a technical job. After the chisel is opened, people must come up immediately, otherwise they may sink with the ship.

The huge hull slowly fell into the water. The sailors jumped into the water, and then swam a few times before boarding a small boat next to them.

In another small boat, Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Feng looked at the scene, and they felt all kinds of feelings in their hearts.

As a commander, you must be calm and sacrifice a lot of interests for your own goals, such as now.

So many ships were sunk by their own side, and the losses were huge. When the siege of Taiping City was lifted, Zhu Yuanzhang had to spend a lot of funds to compensate these ships. Then, he had to clean up again, otherwise, Taiping City would not be able to open the ship and the Yangtze River would be blocked.

However, this move is also necessary. Only in this way can the opponent's warships be stopped from attacking and blocking the river. Let's see how their warships come up.

Chen Feng didn't think so much about it. Anyway, it was all ruled by Zhu Yuanzhang. How to deal with the aftermath is Zhu Yuanzhang's problem.

Chen Feng sighed. At this time, he realized the preciousness of Jiao Yu. If Jiao Yu was there, he would create some triggered mines for himself and tied them to the Xin ship. In this way, the mine would explode when the other party's ship hit, and then it would be really powerful.

Unfortunately, with Chen Feng's level as a liberal arts student, it would be good to be able to trick out the guy who uses incense to delay explosion. As for these triggering water mines, Chen Feng had no idea.

However, tomorrow, with these tricks, we should be able to stop the opponent for another day. When our Taihu Navy arrives, there are so many bowl-mouth guns, even if we cannot solve these enemies and let them escape, we should be sure.

Tomorrow, another hard battle.

This night was still a sleepless night.

It was just dawn, and sure enough, the soldiers responsible for looking out on the top of the city issued an alarm again.

Those ships were invading again.

Learning from yesterday's lessons, we can now see that some wooden barrels were placed in advance on the side of their ships.

When Chen Feng saw these in the Qianli Mirror, he really admired Chen Youliang. He was also a person who adapted to the situation.

However, let’s watch the show first.

The shipwreck was in a hurry last night, with several ships still exposed the river surface, but the entire hull had not been exposed yet.

Of course, if the river water is clear after dawn, you can still see it carefully.

Now, when they attacked so early, they only paid attention to the city wall and would definitely not notice the weirdness underwater.

Chen Youliang learned from yesterday's lesson and got up to cook at the fourth update. Now, just dawn, he ordered an attack.

Several large warships, with countless oars on both sides, walked in front. On the deck, the soldiers were ready and the ladders would be raised at any time.

On the top of the city, I immediately became busy, and a day of bloody battle was about to take place.

The soldiers on the top of the city didn't know what happened on the river last night.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little worried, not knowing whether the tricks he made last night were good.

The boats rowed faster and faster, and the drums on each boat were rumbling.

On the big ship in the middle, Chen Youliang was majestic. Kang Maocai had already stopped the reinforcements. At Banqiao, he would attract more reinforcements. Yingtian would be empty. If peace was won today, he would be able to go to Yingtian tomorrow!
Chapter completed!