In fact, this was indeed the case. Out of Zhao Jiu's sight, almost none of these ships reached the pontoon bridge and were defeated by the Jin army's powerful bows and crossbows!

On the floating bridge, there were mostly Jin and Han troops. The former used bows, which was their main field combat tactic. The range of the bows was not far, but the arrows were very long, with the arrowheads being as long as five or six inches, so powerful that they could break armor. The latter mostly used powerful crossbows captured from the Song army, needless to say!

The small force tried to set fire to the pontoon bridge with minimal consumption but failed. The Song army was indeed frustrated, but the morale of the army was not shaken. Under the personal leadership of two generals, the second wave of main offensive of the Song army's navy almost followed, but there were several larger ships in the front and dozens of small boats in support. They went downstream from the center of the river and struggled to crash into the pontoon bridge!

This time, the Jin army seemed to have no way of stopping the offensive by shooting at the enemy, but was hit head-on by several large ships. Then, countless sections of the floating bridge were overturned, and countless Jin soldiers and crossbowmen fell directly into the water! At a certain point in the back half of the floating bridge, perhaps because the current was the strongest there, it was directly hit in two by a large ship!

After this round of collision, the floating bridge that had originally connected to the shallow water area on the south bank of the Huai River was reduced by one third! The Jin army on the bridge was instantly reduced by more than half!

Zhao Jiu and others could see it clearly from afar on the steep cliffs of the northern ridge of Bagua Mountain facing the Huai River. Almost everyone was relieved and only then did they feel sweating profusely. The soldiers in the two camps on the left and right sides of the mountain and the soldiers on the top of Caicheng on the opposite bank were all cheering.

"The fighter plane has arrived!"

However, Jin Wushu, who was standing on the north bank of the Huai River, was not angry but happy when he saw this. He raised his whip and swung it vigorously while laughing. "Where is Puluhun? Don't worry about anything else. Take this opportunity to lead your troops to fight and seize the boats along the floating bridge... If you can get these boats wrapped by the floating bridge, what's the point of the floating bridge?!"

"The Fourth Prince had already made plans?" As the Puluhun tribe jumped out from the river bank with hooks, Ali, the captain of ten thousand men standing on horseback beside Jin Wushu, couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly. "No wonder he repeatedly ordered the floating bridge to be as strong as possible, instead of asking for it to be built quickly? It seems that he also wrapped as much fishing net as possible on the west side of the floating bridge?"

"Yes, but my plan today is more than that!" Jin Wushu just glanced at him, and then he responded in a loud voice with heroic spirit. "General Ali, just stand here on the dike and watch me achieve the same great feat as my second brother!"