On February 20th, Li Mengxi finally arrived at the legendary Yellow River ferry after many days of march.

Standing on the bank of the Yellow River, looking at the endlessly flowing long river is breathtaking.

Zhang Fei pointed to the ferry bridge across the two banks and said to Li Mengxi, this is the ferry bridge that we took back to Luoyang last time. After crossing the bridge and walking a little further, we will reach Luoyang Beiguan.

When Li Mengxi saw Duqiao for the first time, he was undoubtedly curious and full of novelty.

While being novel and curious, Li Mengxi couldn't help but think of the bridge-attacking tactic everyone discussed last time. The bridge-attacking tactic was to attack the crossing bridge.

It was discussed at that time that places such as the ferry bridge are similar to the city gate tunnel, both of which are narrow and long.

The difference is that there is only hand-to-hand contact in the city gate, while there are no obstructions on the left and right sides of the crossing bridge, completely exposed to the rain of arrows.

When it comes to the attack and defense on the bridge, the attacker must advance both by water and land. The bridge is too difficult to fight. The enemy only needs to block the bridge. Then attacking the bridge is as difficult as attacking the city gate. So at this time, use boats

Carrying troops and horses to land upstream or downstream of the crossing bridge is the best strategy to avoid the real situation and avoid the weak situation.

For the defender, if the enemy forces advance on both land and water, the best strategy is to use water forces to fight water forces and use warships to block warships. Because if warships are not used, every point on the long coastline may become an enemy.

The army's landing point, and the land march is far slower than the movement of ships. This makes the defenders have to deploy a large number of troops on the long coastline to guard against the enemy's landing. But the problem is here, the land is vast, there are 100,000

When a large army moves along the coastline, its strength will inevitably be scattered. Therefore, the best way to defend the shore is to defend the water, and to defend the water, you must have a navy army.

From a strategic perspective, the strategy for seizing the ferry is not to seize the bridge itself, but to avoid the difficult-to-attack bridge as much as possible.

If the situation is unfavorable and we have to attack the crossing bridge by force, then the best strategy for attacking the crossing bridge is because the crossing bridge is too narrow and it is difficult to deploy the troops. Since the troops cannot be deployed, the advantage of the formation will be weakened to the weakest, so

Personal combat power can be brought into full play. Since this is a scenario where the combat power of an individual soldier is brought into play, it is best to send elite soldiers to attack the bridge, and to send elite soldiers to attack the bridge. Then the best strategy for the defender is to send soldiers.

Guard on the bridge.

In this case, both sides send armored soldiers, and the best combat weapon is an armor-breaking weapon. The best armor-breaking weapon is a large ax and a heavy hammer, and because the bridge is completely exposed to the arrow rain, it can block the arrow rain.

You need a shield. Once you have a shield, you can't use a big ax or a heavy hammer, so you can only use a one-handed ax and a one-handed hammer.

At the same time, because the bridge is long and narrow, there are only a few people in the front to engage the enemy, and a large number of manpower in the rear are idle, so throwing weapons come in handy at this time, such as javelins, cuppings, and fishing nets, which are all weapons that can be used when attacking the bridge.

.

In the scene of attacking the bridge, if both sides are elite soldiers with heavy armor and shields, then the javelin's killing effect will not be strong. At this time, using fire attack will be miraculous.

If you want to attack with fire, you must have cupping pots. Cupping pots cannot be made temporarily. They must be kept in the army. Small cupping pots that are easy to throw and use are of little use on weekdays. If the army keeps so many useless cupping pots, it will slow down logistics.

, in order to solve the problem of cupping, there was the [Hamster War Technique], and there was the practice of leaving pottery fired at Hu Kiln on the road while marching and setting up camp.

When crossing the bridge for offensive and defensive operations, the defender is in balance with the attacker on the bridge deck. After crossing the middle of the bridge, the closer to the shore and the closer to the defender's crossbow, the greater the advantage the defender has.

.

The defender's strongest advantage is at the bridgehead. At the bridgehead, the defender can set up a pocket formation, dig trenches, and even build a city.

When the defenders dug trenches and built Wengcheng, a small bridge was no longer breakable by manpower. At this time, equipment was necessary.

And the crossing bridge is so narrow, and the crossing bridge is full of people. When we find that we need equipment, we will bring it up from behind. Then we will have to withdraw all the soldiers who have already reached the bridge. But if we withdraw the soldiers again,

After going down, the defender took advantage of the situation and pressed back, which meant that all previous efforts were wasted.

In actual combat, if there is a fortress at the head of the bridge, it can be seen at a glance, but if the enemy digs a trench at the head of the bridge, it will not be visible unless they hit the front.

Think carefully, no matter whether the enemy has arrangements at the bridge head or not, the equipment must be pushed onto the bridge from the beginning.

When weapons are added to the attack, the siege vertebra is an excellent choice. First of all, the siege vertebra can be used as a cover in front to block the rain of arrows; secondly, if there is a castle at the enemy's bridgehead, the siege vertebra can be pushed over and the door can be broken directly; thirdly,

, if there are trenches and pocket gun formations at the enemy's bridgehead, it is very useful when attacking the city and hitting the gun formations. It is also very useful to fill in the trenches when there are them.

An especially important point is that there is a blade on the front of the siege vertebrae, a wooden lever on the back, and a ratchet structure on the wheels. In this way, the siege vertebrae acts like a road roller on the bridge. Our soldiers do not have to fight and push the siege vertebrae.

Pushing Chengzhui all the way, it can directly push the defender back to the shore.

When Li Mengxi completely recalled the tactics of attacking the bridge in his mind and simulated the offensive and defensive scenarios in his mind, he looked at the team crossing the bridge in front of him and suddenly heard an angry curse in his ears.

On the bridge, a soldier rushed to take advantage of the situation and accidentally pushed his cart into the water. All the grain in the cart fell into the water. Zhang Fei pointed and cursed angrily.

After Li Mengxi comforted Zhang Fei, he looked at the bewildered soldiers in the middle of the bridge. Li Mengxi suddenly noticed that both sides of the bridge were bare and there was no obstruction.

Li Mengxi suddenly realized the problem, "Third General! Something is wrong!"

Zhang Fei looked back and looked confused. He didn't know what Li Mengxi was referring to.

Li Mengxi pointed at the crossing bridge with a solemn look in his eyes, "Look, Third General, there is no obstruction to the left and right sides of this crossing bridge. As we discussed earlier, we wanted to use rams as the vanguard to attack the bridge deck, but we seem to have neglected the crossing process.

No cover.

If there is no cover, people cannot stop the vehicle, but it is not easy for people to deflect the front of the vehicle?

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The front of the car veered and it hit the river!"

After Li Mengxi said this, Zhang Fei also realized the problem. Zhang Fei looked at the long bridge that was bare all the way. Zhang Fei frowned and imagined the offensive and defensive scenes on the bridge in his mind. Zhang Fei thought, assuming it was him.

They are all guarding the bridge, and the enemy troops are attacking with carts. How does Lao Zhang respond...

It was not difficult to deal with it. Lao Zhang stood on the bridge with a snake spear of eight feet. He came over and a car came to pick him up one in the river, and another car came over and picked up one in the river for him.

Zhang Fei realized that if there were no left and right obstructions on the bridge, it would be very easy to get the attacker's vehicle off the bridge. Similarly, if he was the attacker, it would be easy for others to get his vehicle off the bridge.

The perfect strategy discussed earlier suddenly had flaws.

While Zhang Fei was struggling to think of countermeasures, Li Mengxi took out the paper and pen he carried with him and started jotting down notes.

Li Mengxi discovered a big flaw in the tactics of attacking the bridge. At the same time, Li Mengxi realized a problem. It seemed that the more dangerous the place, the easier it is to defend. For example, there is no cover on the bridge, which is very dangerous. Without cover, it is dangerous for both the attacker and the defender.

It is easy for the defending side to be squeezed into the river, and it is also easy for the defending side to be pushed into the river.

Although it is said that without cover, the defender is more dangerous, but it is easier for the defender to defend the bridge. With cover on the bridge, the defender has no risk of falling into the water. At the same time, the attacker's car will not fall off the bridge because there is no cover on the bridge.

, although the defender increases the risk of falling into the water, at the same time, it can easily push the attacking vehicle into the water.

Li Mengxi seems to have discovered a general rule - the worse the situation, the easier it is to defend. It is easier to defend on a rainy day than on a sunny day, it is easier to defend when both sides are hungry than when both sides are full, and it is easier to defend when both sides have unstable military morale than when both sides have high morale. But

,why is that?

In addition to the tactics themselves, Li Mengxi introduced a method of building bridges for military use. From a safety perspective, it is best to install left and right guardrails when crossing a bridge to avoid accidentally falling into the water. However, from a military perspective, it is best to not install guardrails when crossing a bridge.

Because a pontoon without guardrails is more secure.

After Li Mengxi finished recording, he curiously asked Zhang Fei, "Third General, if we are guarding the bridge and the enemy comes over with a knife and cart, what method can we use to get his cart off?"

Zhang Fei thought for a while, and he wanted to say that he would find two strong men to lift the wheels and move the cart aside for him. Then Zhang Fei thought, no, the knife cart has nowhere to apply force and cannot move it.

Zhang Fei thought for a while and said, "Take two big poles, pin his wheels, and pin him off."

Li Mengxi carefully wrote down, [Big pole, separate wheel].

Taking into account the versatility of equipment, big poles are not ordinary armaments. If you can't find a big pole in a hurry, and large poles cannot kill people, the width of the bridge is only a little. If the leading soldiers hold one or two large poles, it is equivalent to losing part of their combat power.

, Li Mengxi asked Zhang Fei again if it would be feasible to use a long pole instead of a pole.

Zhang Fei frowned and thought for a long time, then hesitantly said, "It doesn't seem to work, I'm afraid I won't be able to withstand it. It's best to use a mixed iron gun."

Li Mengxi had very little experience in life and work. He didn't even know how to park a car, but it didn't matter, Zhang Fei knew.

Since Zhang Fei said that he must use the iron-mixing gun, then he should use the iron-mixing gun.

The armament of the bridge guarding side has changed. The bridge guarding side no longer has all heavy armored axe/hammer and shield soldiers. In order to pin down the enemy's vehicles, the front row soldiers must be equipped with a few hybrid iron guns, which can be mixed with iron guns.

This thing is not ordinary heavy and must be used by extremely brave warriors. Therefore, in the battle of guarding the bridge, there should be a few iron gunmen who are dedicated to carrying the car. This kind of iron

If you are a charioteer with a gun, just call him [Iron Spearman].

Expanding to the aspect of armaments, Li Mengxi realized that the mixed-iron gun was not only a gun, but also an iron rod. The iron rod had a special and irreplaceable role as a tool. Therefore, in armaments, some mixed-iron guns should always be kept on hand.

Iron-steel gun. If we think about it in detail, since the iron-mixed gun is more often used as a tool, what are the scenarios in which the iron-mixed gun is used as a tool? Is there one knife-picking cart, and another is the jack-up gate?

If you want to support a thousand-jin gate, the iron mixing gun should have two small branches, just like clothes-drying forks. Only in this way can it be convenient to support the thousand-jin gate.

Expanding to the aspect of ordnance, since vehicles on an unobstructed ferry bridge are easy to be pinned under the bridge by the opponent, then when attacking the bridge, the vehicles should be specially strengthened to prevent the opponent from attacking and make it impossible for the opponent to attack the bridge.

car.

Li Mengxi discussed with Zhang Fei for a while, and after asking Zhang Fei for his opinion, Li Mengxi improved the bridge attack vehicle into a shape with a baffle on the front. The baffle completely blocked the wheels of the vehicle, making it as square and square as a bus.

. To the enemy, such a protected vehicle is just a wooden box. Even if they want to get rid of the vehicle, they can't find a place to attack it.

Thinking about it the other way around, if we are guarding the bridge and the enemy comes over with a car that looks like a box, how should we counterattack?

Li Mengxi had little life experience and could not think of any ideas, so he asked Zhang Fei, who immediately gave him a method.

Zhang Fei said that he would use a rope and spread it on the ground. When his car ran over him, the rope would run under his car. Then he would pick up the rope and pull his car up.

Li Mengxi was amused. This method was the same as a trap for catching wild animals. It was also used to catch wild boars. The wild boar stepped on the rope and was hung up by the rope. Good guy, this method can also be used in combat. The rope can lift the knife cart.

This is the first method Zhang Fei mentioned.

Zhang Fei's second method is to place a pole horizontally on the ground. As long as his car runs over the pole, the front of his car will inevitably tilt up a little. When the front of his car tilts up, he can take the opportunity to insert the iron gun.

The third method, Zhang Fei said, is to use the door panel and prop it up diagonally on the ground. When he drives up the slope, the bottom is completely exposed. Isn’t it easy to turn him over?

The rope is easy to get, and the wooden bars are also easy to get, but this door panel is a bit big. The door panel must be equipped early to be useful at critical moments. In view of the fact that door panels are generally small, and enemy vehicles are generally larger, small door panels cannot be used.

Use. Therefore, the bridge defense tactics are modified. When guarding the bridge, special large wooden boards are made according to the width of the bridge deck. The wooden boards are usually placed under the feet and do not affect the combat. When needed, the enemy pushes a box and there is no vehicle.

At this time, quickly prop up the wooden board and move the wooden board out of the slope. In this way, the enemy vehicle will inevitably tilt up along the slope. There is no doubt that it will be too easy to overturn a vehicle with an unstable center of gravity and exposed chassis.

.
To be continued...