Chapter 712 Breakout

The 1,000 prisoners will be handed over to the 7,000 troops who are preparing to break out. As for how they plan to deal with them, that is another matter. As for the thousands of seriously injured soldiers, even if they break out, the best they can't survive is ten days and a half, and the worst estimate is that they won't survive even these two days. After learning about their general's promise, they all have no regrets. They stayed in the camp to contain the enemy.

What they wanted to do to contain the enemy was to use this camp to kill the enemy who invaded it together. In response to this, everyone was silent, and then filled with infinite hatred and overwhelming anger towards Dong Zhuojun and Jiang Peijun.

Now that the breakout personnel have been decided, the cavalry breakout is okay, but the eight thousand infantry is a big problem. Su Zhi and Zhao Yun discussed for more than half an hour, and then summoned all the generals and craftsmen, and finally decided that the seven thousand soldiers and one thousand prisoners would cross the Sushui River, and then go north along the river to Wenxi and the army. Convergence.

The reason for this arrangement is mainly because according to various intelligence sources, there is no large group of cavalry on the north bank of the Sushui River. After the 7,000 infantry cross the river, it should be safe.

As for the 20,000 Dong Zhuo Army cavalry on the south bank, when they saw the 20,000 cavalry suddenly breaking out from the camp, they would definitely focus on this cavalry. Where would they have the time and energy to take care of the few who had broken out to the other side of the river? Thousands of remnant soldiers.

However, there is no bridge on the river yet, and there are no ferries and boats on both sides of the river. How to cross the river is another problem. There are actually several bridges above Sushui, one of which is in Wenxi, and the other is in Jie County downstream. It's just that Wenxi's bridge has been destroyed by Jiang Pei's people in order to prevent Sizhou's army from crossing the river. The bridge in Jie County was completely out of reach, because the seven thousand infantry had no chance of crossing the river from there.

Since there is no bridge, just build a pontoon bridge yourself, but building a pontoon bridge is not a simple matter. The water surface of the Sushui River near the camp is about thirty feet wide, and the deepest point is about two feet. Fortunately, it is winter now, and the river water has become much gentler. But it is also very difficult to build a pontoon bridge at this time of year.

After several discussions, a craftsman suddenly said that they had built a simple pontoon bridge. They first used three to five long iron cables to cross the river, and then laid wooden boards on top of the iron cables. However, this kind of pontoon bridge could only withstand at most For people to cross the river, it is basically impossible for baggage trucks to cross the river. Moreover, just iron cables will definitely not work. After a certain distance, ferries still need to be used as support on the river.

But there is still a question, how to fix the wooden board on the iron cable? If they are not fixed well, the boards will either squeeze together or slip into the river, and they will not be able to withstand the passage of people on them.

Later, another craftsman came up with the idea of ​​drilling a few holes in the wooden board, and then making several large wooden deeds. After laying the wooden boards, the wooden deeds were driven into the board through the holes, and the other end of the wooden deeds was inserted into the iron rope. Within the iron circle, such a wooden board only needs to be nailed with wooden bonds on each iron cable. In addition, the iron cables can be tightened at both ends, so thousands of people can cross from it without a big problem.

Now that the final plan has been determined, Su Zhi also arranged for Minzhuang and craftsmen to start preparations. For a while, the camp was lit up all night and was bustling with activity. Except for the soldiers who will be responsible for the assault mission tomorrow, other soldiers came to help prepare various supplies.

While the craftsmen in the camp were busy preparing supplies for the pontoon bridge across the river, several soldiers who were proficient in water skills selected by Su Zhi had already left the camp carrying the hastily prepared rafts and headed towards Sushui under the cover of darkness. Go, their purpose is to find the best place to erect a pontoon bridge. After the iron ropes are made, they will pull several iron ropes across the river and hide them first.

When they were really ready to retreat, they quickly tightened the iron ropes and assisted the army in quickly setting up the pontoon bridge.

The situation in the Su Zhijun camp was quickly reported to General Fan Chou by the scouts, but they did not pay much attention. In the eyes of the generals, it would be really strange if the Sizhou Army camp was quiet. After dawn tomorrow, the infantry of the Xiliang Army and the infantry of the Hedong Army will attack the camp. Your cavalry only needs to watch and prevent them from escaping.

However, neither Fan Chou nor Dong Yue thought that the Sizhou army would be stupid enough to abandon the camp and escape. In order to attack the camp tomorrow, Fan Chou also specifically asked the generals of Jiang Peijun to mobilize 5,000 infantry from Jie County to support him. In this way, nearly 20,000 infantry were enough to attack the Sizhou Army's camp.

Su Zhijun's camp is next to Sushui, less than two hundred steps away from the river. After a night's work, the craftsmen have built four forty-foot iron cables. For these iron cables, all the iron materials available in the camp have been used. Run out. Moreover, several wooden stakes buried several feet underground were erected in the camp. One end of the four iron cables was fixed on the wooden stakes, and then the other end was quietly pulled to the river. The other side.

However, in order not to attract the attention of Dong Zhuojun and Jiang Peijun, these iron ropes were not pulled up, but were tied up with cables and sunk below the water surface.

When the first ray of sunshine in the morning shone on the earth, all the soldiers in the Su Zhibu camp were ready. The white horse Yi Cong, the Tuo cavalry and the Yuan Rong crossbowmen all stayed quietly beside their horses. They were the main force in today's breakout. They not only had to cover the rest of the cavalry's breakout, but also had to attract Dong Zhuo's army's cavalry away in order to reduce the pressure on the breakout infantry.

So they had to not only break out of the encirclement, but also anger Dong Zhuo's army, and then go after their cavalry.

As for the other soldiers, those who could ride horses were ready to mount their horses, while the civilian craftsmen who could not ride horses had been tied to horses. As soon as the army set out, they would be engulfed in the cavalry and quickly break out.

Now all we have to do is wait. As soon as the general of the central army comes down, we can set out.

At the north gate of the camp, a thousand captives were guarded by a thousand soldiers and were ready. As soon as the enemy cavalry left, they would signal the people on the other side of the river. After the iron chain was tightened, they would open the camp gate and quickly build a floating bridge.

At two quarters of an hour in the morning, the coalition forces of Dong Zhuo's army and Jiang Pei's army finally appeared in everyone's sight. Less than a mile away from the camp, about 10,000 cavalry of Dong Zhuo's army separated from the majority of the troops and rushed towards the south of the camp. It is estimated that these cavalry were monitoring the actions of the camp in the south and east of the camp. Once the army in the camp was ready to break out, these cavalry would definitely rush over without hesitation.