From Chief to Ball

As soon as the words came out, everyone looked at Chen Jian and felt that Suhe's scoop of cold water was just right. Before the battle, especially as the leader, one should not be too confident and need to be careful.

However, no one expected that Chen Jian would just be stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "The grass river with a mere hundred paces will become a thoroughfare within three days. Can you believe it?"

Everyone in Xia City said in unison: "Of course I believe Ji Xia."

Seeing that the Xiacheng people took it for granted, the rest felt a little helpless in their hearts. Maybe it was Xiacheng who had won several times, which made these Xiacheng people trust Chen Jian so much.

They all know that there are boats in Xia City, people can cross the river, and horses can swim across, but the chariot is huge, how can it be loaded on the boat?

Within three days, the natural moat has become a thoroughfare, how is this possible?

The easiest way to change the natural moat is to build bridges.It’s not that these people have never seen a bridge, but the concept of a bridge is still a log across the banks of a stream in their eyes. No one has ever imagined that there will be a rainbow bridge on the grass river with a width of [-] steps.

The bridge Chen Jian wanted was naturally a pontoon bridge. He had been thinking about it as early as January. The reason why he didn't build it was waiting for the people from E City to arrive.

From the beginning of the meeting, Chen Jian kept saying something that sounded quite crazy. He did it on purpose, because he wanted to make this expedition more mythical in the story of the three cities, and the protagonists of this myth were him and summer city.

Climbing high and falling hard, with too much self-confidence, will leave behind the ambition of throwing the whip and turning it into a joke; but it will also leave behind the mystery of Xi Rong who is wiped out in the ashes of Xi Rong in the chat and laugh, and become a man of the Three Cities Talking material after dinner and wine.

The difference is nothing more than victory or defeat, and the evaluation of others has always been result-oriented.

Therefore, in order to ensure that these words become a self-confident statement instead of a joke, Chen Jia has long thought about the various situations that he may encounter, so that after this battle, no matter whether it is the people of E City or Acropolis, they will be convinced of him .

In the memory of the previous life, the earliest history of floating bridges can be traced back to the Shang and Zhou dynasties.In the earliest records of family narrative epics in China, there are records of floating bridges: the second chapter of "Book of Songs", "Da Ya, Da Ming", is an epic song, from the unpredictable fate of Yin and Shang, leading to the marriage of Wang Ji to Tai Ren, to King Wen was born and married the Empress Dowager, and then when King Wu defeated Zhou and Jiang Shang was his assistant, the momentum was magnificent.

It’s just because the legacy of a certain alien colony was backward and lost the right to speak. When mentioning epics, many people in previous lives first thought of “Achaeans with strong tibia and Achilles with swift feet” and forgot “Sandalcars are brilliant, Even concepts such as republic, great harmony, the cabinet, and the world for the public have become imported, as if the tradition should be like that of the Qing dynasty.

However, the tradition is not like that. King Wen met a grandma by the Weihe River, was startled, and fell in love with heaven and man, and finally realized his dream to marry and return home.Guan Guan Jujiu is the first chapter of the Book of Songs, and it is also the style of Zhou Nanguo. The encounter between King Wen and the Taixie may not be so romantic. The last bell and drum music may not be a gentleman's fantasy but just a historical fact.In order to marry the concubine, King Wen "built a boat as a beam without showing its light", built a pontoon bridge, and bells and drums rang together.

Xiacheng has the conditions to build such a pontoon bridge. The [-]-meter-wide Caohe River is divided into two by Luodao, and Luodao can be used as a transfer to reduce the degree of shaking of the bridge deck.

The people in Xiacheng always believed in Chen Jian's words, but the people in Echeng, Su He and others naturally didn't believe that a bridge could be built in just three days.

After Chen Jian explained the way to build the bridge, he took these people to the riverside. There were still logs left over from last time on the bank, and a large number of bark boats were also filled with stones and sand for ballast.

"Just put the boat in the middle of the river, lay wood on it, and the chariot is enough to travel."

"But, wouldn't the boat float downward with the current?"

"Did you see the screw island in the middle? Use two ropes, one end is tied to the north shore, and the other end is tied to the screw island, so that the boat is pulled, and the water flows downward, which will make the rope taut and force on both sides, of course it will be stable. gone."

Shujiu smiled and said: "This method is good, but Ji Xia, you have to consider the length of the rope, if one side is longer, the boat will deflect to the longer side, and even run sideways in the water."

"That's right, Ji Xia, everyone knows that if winter brings the sun closer, it will be warmer, but who can do it?"

Before Chen Jian could speak, Yu Qian'er said impatiently, "Since my brother said it, he can do it."

Shujiu took Yuqian'er's hand affectionately, shook his head and laughed, he could see that Yuqian'er believed in Chen Jian very much, and he also hoped to trust Chen Jian so that Eyue could go out early and come back sooner, but things in the world are not that simple ?

Chen Jian was naturally prepared, and said directly: "Chief Eyue, we need the assistance of warriors to build a bridge. Would you like to let me temporarily lead the soldiers of E City to build a bridge within three days?"

E Yue nodded and said, "Of course. Before going to battle, you still need to listen to Ji Xia on how to eat and how to march. A child with two heads can't survive, and when a cow plows the land, it can't be plowed if it walks in two directions."

It was just the bridge repair, not the assignment for the decisive battle. E Yue didn't hesitate at all, and was a little curious in her heart, wanting to know whether Chen Jian could really build the bridge within three days.

If it can be cultivated... wouldn't it be possible to do what he said?After marching to the Acropolis, can all six or seven thousand Xirong people be defeated within five or six days?

With all kinds of doubts, he gave half of the jade talisman in charge of the soldiers to Chen Jian, and told the soldiers in Echeng that when they built the bridge, they had to listen to Ji Xia.

The soldiers looked at the wide Caohe River, and shook their heads repeatedly compared to the wooden bridges they had seen that were more than ten steps long. How could it be possible to build a bridge over such a wide Caohe River?

The most curious thing was counting nine. With her intuition as a priest for many years, she felt that something was wrong after the ants appeared with handwriting.

At this time, seeing that everyone outside Xia City didn't believe Chen Jian very much, she secretly said: "Perhaps, he really has a way?"

Chen Jian took half of the soldier talisman from Echeng, stroked it secretly, and then put it away.

In fact, he had already prepared, nothing more than using the triangle principle to measure the length of the ropes on both sides.All he needed was the Pythagorean theorem and a square root of written calculations, which was placed at the second grade level of compulsory education in his previous life, but here he could support his ambition.

Divide the soldiers into two groups first, and row a boat to pile up a large number of logs on Luodao, while he took the children from Xiacheng School and pretended to measure them.

When doing the calculations, counting to nine, watching Chen Jian use weird algorithms and Xiacheng's numbers to quickly get the answer, she was envious, she understood the principle behind it, when Xiacheng needed to ask Echeng for seeds a year ago, she She has learned it from Chen Jian, but she is still not as proficient as Chen Jian in actual practice.

Suddenly, she realized that she had actually thought of this method herself.But... how do you figure out the length of the string?If it was her, it might take a month to solve it by using calculations, at least the calculation of the formula, it is absolutely impossible for her to complete it within three days.

Chen Jian didn't use it for three days. After finishing the pretentious measurements, he quickly solved the answer, and ordered the children to cut the hemp rope according to Xiacheng's weight and measure.

Count Nine quietly asked a number, she is not proficient in the square root, but she can calculate the reverse product, she looked up after a while, her face full of surprise...it was right, exactly?

This is just one piece of rope. Even if the entire pontoon bridge has Luodao as a transfer, it still needs thirty or forty pieces of rope. It only took him a while to figure it out?

For a moment, Shujiu suddenly felt a little old. He learned the method of calculation from his mother since he was a child. Even after marrying Eyue and becoming a priest of Echeng, he still didn't delay. After decades of hard work, he thought Chen Jian was just superficial. Taking the lead, she always felt that she was on par with him in terms of calculations, but today she felt a strong sense of frustration.

Looking at the sunset in the sky and the pontoon bridge that had already started to be built, Shujiu gave a wry smile, sighed, turned and left... After taking a few steps, he finally turned back, immersed in the weird algorithms written by Chen Jian, immersed in it, it was difficult to Extricate yourself.

Except for her, those who thought that Chen Jian was a little crazy stopped making a sound. They found Chen Jian early at noon the next day and bowed down, because the pontoon bridge had already been erected.

More than 30 ropes pull the heavy boat, and the balance is maintained by the force of the water flow and the tension of the rope. The waves move slightly, but the boat does not move, as if it is rooted in the water.

Logs and boards have already covered the bridge deck, and several people walked on it with their horses. It was slightly shaking, but it was passable.

It didn't work for three days. When the chariot was pushed across the pontoon bridge and arrived at Luodao, the soldiers who participated in the bridge-building, no matter whether they were from Echeng, Xiacheng, or even those from Acropolis, all sent out messages in unison. With a sigh of admiration, the mountain roared and the tsunami roared.

This is not only a bridge, but also a manifestation of Jixia's words in their eyes.

From divination to auspicious inscriptions given between heaven and earth, these have convinced them that they will win.

When Chen Jian told everyone that this expedition could be won within five days after approaching the Acropolis, half of the people believed it, and the other half felt that they could always win, but it might take longer.

When Chen Jian told everyone that within three days, the natural moat would become open, they still half believed and half didn't believe it.

Now that the bridge has been built, those who once did not believe have to believe, and in turn believe the words that this great war will soon end.

The shouts of admiration are not only for Chen Jian, but also for themselves: they hope to have a leader who can lead them to victory, not failure.

The soldiers of E City who stepped on the bridge muttered softly: "We will definitely win, because Jixia said that we can defeat those Xirong people in five days at most."

When Xiacheng soldiers heard it occasionally, they would naturally raise their heads and say, "Of course."

Chapter 89 Crushing Victory

On the uneven path extending from Heyin City to Acropolis, the plantain tenaciously resisted the force of the wheels, and its unyielding body was trampled by pairs of feet, forgetting the swaying, and growing close to the ground. , but live longer than those tall plants.

Chen Jian stood on the car, unconsciously looking at the plantains trampled by horseshoes, thinking about what to do after the victory.

Behind him are more than a dozen horses and oxen pulling a cart. The contents of the carriage are very mysterious. It is covered with a layer of linen cloth dyed with tree varnish and a layer of bark on it to prevent rain and moisture.

The soldiers of the new army cling to these vehicles, and no one is allowed to approach them. During those days of training in the deserted mountains, they have seen the horror of these weapons.But this weapon is in their own hands, so the more frightening the better, it makes them cherish and be vigilant, they don't want to be those straw men who were beaten to pieces during training in the mountains.