The river crossing battle was uneventful.
Iben, the governor of Damietta, seemed not to deploy the main force along the river defense line. The vanguard led by Hans, after crossing the river, hardly encountered any organized resistance and successfully set up an outpost camp.
More than half of the soldiers in the heavy infantry regiment took off their armor and began doing construction work with great enthusiasm.
Hans wielded a sledgehammer, driving a stake into the muddy ground, making preparations for building a pontoon bridge.
Later, they would connect the collected boats with ropes and lay wooden planks on top for the army to pass through.
"It seems that even by nightfall, at most only half of the people can successfully cross the river."
Hans looked somewhat grim.
The river water was too swift.
And the number of boats collected by the army on the other side was too few; even with max use, only three pontoon bridges could be built at most.
