Chapter 295
"It's okay to keep flowing. We developed a wooden board water blocker, which is connected by thick wooden boards, forming a circle, and like piles. The river looks very big, but the water is actually very shallow, not as difficult as imagined. The difficulty is whether it can withstand the attack of a large flood in the future." The public building pointed to the river and introduced.
It is hard to believe that the surging river water is so shallow, but it is also difficult to drive piles at the bottom of the soft river. But don’t worry, the wisdom of the working people is endless.
It is done by digging a large hole, backfilling stone, pouring a cement base, and then hitting the bridge pier on the cement base, and the cement base is under the river mud, so that settlement is not easy.
But this investment has gone a long way, and it consumes hundreds of millions of dollars in food and materials.
However, the quarry workers in the surrounding quarries have made money.
"Public lieutenant, this bridge is of great importance and cannot be misunderstood. Remember to build it well and prevent anyone from cutting corners."
"I definitely don't know. If you dare to cut corners, you will immediately send it to the government for processing once you find out."
"That's good. After the bridge is completed, erect a stone monument at the bridgehead to record your contributions and make them famous for all generations."
Gongjian said, "Lord, you need to erect the statue of the bridge to the bridge. How about using the statue of the lord?"
Lu Bu felt it, it was not appropriate. This was the first Yellow River Bridge, with limited technology. If it was flooded, wouldn’t it mean that his statue was not good to guard?
"It's not appropriate. Generally, the bridge is made of sacred cows, and four huge stone cows are carved on both sides. The bridge railings are set up with stone lions. I will give you a sword hanging under the bridge."
"Yes, lord."
Public construction is not for profit, but he cares about reputation. This Yellow River Bridge can be said to be the number one project today, and it coincides with a once-in-a-lifetime shutdown. If it can be completed successfully, his reputation in the civil engineering industry will be maximized and restored to the supreme glory of his ancestors.
Lu Bu rested on the river for three days, trained soldiers every day, and often led cavalry to the Yellow River to train soldiers. He found that the river water was decreasing day by day, and sometimes it decreased by more than one meter in one night, and the river surface became narrower and narrower.
Early that morning, Lu Bu planned to take his troops back to Xuzhou, and the public building was here.
"Lord, the riverbed is getting dryer. It's the time for construction. Can you adjust more people?"
Lu Bu inspected the construction site several times, but there were no large machinery, but only a small number of donkeys and mules, which were all artificially piled up.
"It's spring now, and farmers are very busy. Sending strong men will affect the farm work. I will transfer 5,000 soldiers from Teng Kingdom to come over and try to complete the work before the water rises. Once the water rises, the work will be suspended even if it cannot be completed."
Public Construction was overjoyed: "Don't worry, lord, there are more than 4,000 people on the construction site now. If 5,000 more people are added, the construction will definitely be completed ahead of schedule."
"Okay, then I'll issue a military order immediately."
Why did the troops were transferred from Teng State? Because there were 12,000 infantry soldiers in the country of Teng State. There were 5,000 people left, and there were 7,000 left, which had little impact on the overall situation.
Moreover, the Yellow River Bridge built is just a bridge four meters wide and cannot be compared with the current bridge.
Just as Lu Bu returned to Xuzhou, the battle on the Youzhou grassland began.
The northeast of Youzhou is the forces of the Tadun tribe, and they are from Wuhuan. The north direction of Youzhou is the forces of the Tawu tribe. Tawu is just a small tribe with an average strength, but Tawu is very obedient. In the past two years, he has made huge profits by re-trading cloth, liquor, tea, grain, vegetables, etc.
The rise of the Tawu tribe attracted the attention of a robber in the northwest direction of the grassland. The robber was named White Wolf King, known as the most fierce robber on the grassland, with more than 4,000 horse thieves.
Tawu was frightened. Although their tribe had six thousand cavalry, the tribe was scattered on the grasslands for hundreds of miles and was unable to fight against the White Wolf King of the 4,000 horse thieves.
Tawu asked Hao Meng to send troops to wipe out the White Wolf King. The Tawu tribe was a Wuhuan person under Youzhou, and it was also necessary to send troops. Moreover, the Tawu tribe was a big springboard for Xuzhou's goods to the northern grasslands. Hao Meng did not dare to neglect the request at all, and lit up eight thousand cavalry, Hao Meng and Gao Lan, two main generals, and dozens of deputy generals, who went to the expedition of the White Wolf Horse Thieves.
Hao Meng fought on the grasslands when he was in Bingzhou, so he was not unfamiliar with it. Moreover, fighting on the grasslands was not strong in dependence on supplies, and grass was everywhere, so he could use seized animals as food.
It is time for grass to grow and warblers to fly in the south, and the grass in the grasslands in the north has just sprouted.
The White Wolf King didn't even look down on the so-called Xuzhou army. After all, Hao Meng and Gao Lan's reputation were far less than that of Lu Bu.
After more than ten days of pursuit, Hao Meng Gao Lan, Tawu, and more than 10,000 cavalrymen approached the White Wolf King into a large mountain valley.
The White Wolf King decided to issue a letter of war and start a big battle.
In front of me is a small ridge and grassland, with freshly sprouted grass everywhere, and there is no big tree.
Hao Meng led his army to the south, and the White Wolf King was to the north.
Hao Meng has three times the advantage in terms of military strength. If the White Wolf King had not been desperate, he would not have fought.
It had been planned last night. Hao Meng's five thousand cavalry archers carried out the first round of attacks, using a bow and crossbow to conduct long-range strikes. After Hao Meng's army flashed to the side, the three thousand big sword cavalry of Gaolan's army rushed up and crushed the white wolf horse thieves. As for the Tawu army, they were responsible for chasing and attacking them when the enemy fled.
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The horn is blowing and the war drums are ringing.
The White Wolf King under the wolf flag opposite was wearing a grinning wolf skin on his head and a scimitar in his hand.
Hao Meng raised his spear: "Brothers, the White Wolf Army is in trouble with Youzhou, everyone will follow me to kill the thief."
Hao Meng's name is cute, but he is a powerful general like Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, who came out of the sea of blood and blood. He was so crazy.
Hao Meng immediately rushed out first, and the generals behind him followed him like shadows.
Five thousand cavalrymen prepared their compound cavalry bows one by one, bent their bows and arrows.
Takahashi's saddle is very conducive to riding and shooting, and the well-equipped armor makes the cavalry more impactful.
The white wolf horse thief has poor equipment, mainly scimitars and bows, and their weapons are relatively messy.
The two armies were hedging, and Hao Mengjun took the lead in firing the arrow, and the cattle and mulberry wooden combined with a long range. The first round of ejection fell from the sky like raindrops, towards the White Wolf Army.
The White Wolf Army lies on the horse's back and pounces on it with casualties, but they find that the enemy's bows and arrows are too strong, and they fall to the ground when they hit the horse.
It turns out that the Xuzhou army has a variety of feather arrows. They use swallowtail-shaped feather arrows to shoot war horses. When the two armies fight, the wolf-tooth arrows shoot horses with the worst effect, and it does not affect the charge of the enemy's war horses at all. If they change to a swallowtail-shaped arrow, just one arrow will be scrapped. Moreover, this arrow is very vicious, and shooting people is a big hole.
Chapter completed!