"Boom! Rumble! Boom ........"

A large column of water rose on the pontoon bridge, and the Qing army's Franc machine guns were activated, blocking the real ferry.

The heavy iron ball hit the pontoon, the sound of the wooden planks collapsing and shattering sounded one after another, and soldiers continued to fall into the water, and the Tianwu army's march across the river was very difficult.

The force of the cannonball's burst was extremely great, hitting the dry wooden plank, and the sawdust of the explosion immediately flew sideways, and the aftermath of the cannonball also swept several Tianwu soldiers, although everyone was wearing heavy armor, and after being swept away, they were also running wildly with blood.

After the fire guns of the Tianyou Army were scattered by the artillery of the Tianwu Army, they quickly condensed again, blocking the Xiaoling River and shooting, and for a while, blood flowed sideways by the Xiaoling River, and the blood stained the river red.

Gao Bang, the commander of the 1st Brigade who served as the commander of the main attack, was dripping blood in his heart, and a cannonball smashed the pontoon bridge beside him, he ignored it and roared hoarsely: "Get on the iron shield and advance steadily!" ”

The pontoon bridge was unstable, and there was not enough buoyancy to withstand the shield car, so the Tianwu Army could only use the iron shield to defend against the firecrackers on the opposite bank, and as for the opponent's Fran machine gun, it had to be handed over to the heavy artillery brigade to solve.

No one in the Tianwu army retreated timidly, and still rushed to the pontoon bridge in a steady stream, and the shield soldiers with iron shields in their hands continued to advance under the cover of artillery.

Three miles away from the pontoon bridge of the Tianwu Army, it is the Han Army's garrison with the blue flag and the solid mountain Ezhen Kexi.

Shang Kexi, Kong Youde, and Geng Zhongming were once the sons of Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Daming Phi Island, and after Mao Wenlong was beheaded by Yuan Chonghuan, he joined the emperor Taiji within a few years.

Shang Kexi's father was killed by Houjin, but he surrendered to Houjin, I have to say, what an iron-clad man, Huang Taiji named him the king of Zhishun, and named his subordinates as the heavenly army, which means that heaven helps me.......

Shang Kexi's Chinese face, small eyes, and his eyes looking in the direction of the pontoon bridge were very obscene, but he still secretly smacked his lips, feeling very pity.

In order to motivate the Eight Banners Army, Huang Taiji specially issued a holy decree, whoever beheads the head of the Tianwu Army, the official will be promoted to one level, beheaded by two levels, and the official will be promoted to two levels, and the reward will be fifty taels of silver. Those who descended the Five Banners in Manchuria could also carry the Upper Three Banners.

The Tianwu army on the other side of the pontoon bridge is difficult to march, it is a place to wait for the rabbit, Shang Kexi is high-spirited, and he wants to make a contribution in the Jinzhou War, and he is even more eager to obtain the military merit of killing the Tianwu army.

In the Great Qing Kingdom, killing the head of the Tianwu Army represents a kind of strength and a kind of glory, if he has a lot of the head of the Tianwu Army in his hands, who else would dare to look down on him in the Eight Banners?

However, at this time, Shang Kexi, the king of Zhishun, looked at the river in the distance in a daze, and saw helmets emerging from the water, still moving........

How can a helmet float and move in water? This is...... The Ming army crossed the river in the water?

On the south bank, the calm river suddenly rippled and spread to the north bank, and then, dense helmets and black backpacks formed a black tide up to 500 meters wide on the river, surging towards the north bank.

There was a silver glow in the black tide, which was the reflection of the sun on the bayonet, and the cold air was gusting.

This section of the Xiaoling River is more than 300 meters wide, the water flow is gentle, the deepest part of the dry season is only three to four meters, most of the water surface is even only chest-deep, a large number of Tianwu soldiers are forcibly crossing the Xiaoling River in the way of armed swimming.

Armed swimming is the basic training project of the Tianwu Army, and it is not difficult to deal with it, but the main difficulty is to resist the attack of the Qing army on the river bank in the water.

Shang Kexi stroked his mustache, pulled out his sword from his waist, and let out a heavy snort from his nose: "Damn, it's really the Ming army crossing the river, are they iron!" ”

It is now March, and in the land of Liaodong, the weather is still relatively cold, especially in the biting river water, wearing armor and swimming with a firearm on his back, such a fighting will and strength, the Qing army dare not think of it.

"Damn, what kind of soldiers are these!" Shang Kexi hates and loves, if he also has such a soldier, he will be invincible in the world!

All the Qing troops on the river bank widened their eyes, looking at the Tianwu army immersed in the river, all with an incredible expression.

A damp breeze blew on the river, and many people got goosebumps, as if it was not those Tianwu troops who were immersed in the river, but their heavenly help army.

Shang Kexi glanced at his trembling subordinates, and his heart became more and more unbalanced, the names were almost the same, why was there such a big gap.

The vanguard of the Tianwu Army, which was armed to swim across the river, had already reached the middle of the river, but Shang Kexi still did not give the order to fire, not because he respected the Tianwu Army, but because their Tianzhu Army did not have a few guns at all.

Tianzhu Army was already short of guns, a total of more than 1,000 old arquebuses, or captured from the Ming army, when in Shengjing, Shang Kexi planned to find Geng Zhongming to drink a pot of wine, Lala brotherhood, "borrow" one or two thousand guns.

But suddenly the war started, and Huang Taiji ordered the Eight Banners Han Army to give each banner to the Tianyou Army a thousand arquebuses, and Lu Mi Gong had to hand over all of them, giving priority to the Tianyou Army, who was good at firearms.

I didn't borrow a single gun, but instead pasted a thousand rods upside down, which made the configuration of the Tianzhu Army's firearms even more bleak, and the Tianzhu Army was almost completely cold-weaponized, and could only watch the Tianwu Army swim over.

When the Tianwu Army was fifty paces away from the river bank, Shang Kexi could even see their faces that were purple from the cold, and he immediately ordered: "Archers prepare!" ”

Suddenly, a red flare rose in the sky on the south bank.

Countless artillery shells whistled and landed on the beach, the pungent smoke of gunpowder obscured the sunlight on the north shore, and the artillery of the Tianwu Army launched an artillery attack to cover the armed infantry crossing the river.

The Tianwu army in the river sped up the speed of swimming, and some soldiers were already able to stand in the shallows, skillfully take out the muskets in the cow urine bubbles, and advance as they shot, and immediately lay down on the river beach after firing a shot.

He then took the grenade out of the leather bag, lit it, and threw it into the pile of Heavenly Helpers, before he began to unhurriedly reload the sub-medicine.

When the Tianwu Army swam across the river with arms, the musket and the cowhide bag containing the medicine and grenades were wrapped in cow urine bubbles (cow bladders), which could keep the water tight and were important materials for the Ming army to manufacture waterproof firearms such as mines.

For a time, more Tianwu troops landed from the river, and soon formed a musket array to cover the swimming army behind.

The Tianwu army on the south bank saw that the vanguard had successfully landed on the shore, and they entered the river one after another.

A cannon smashed a Niu Lu Zhangjing next to Shang Kexi, so frightened that he fell on his heels, Shang Kexi screamed and scolded and got up, only to see that the surroundings were in a mess, and dense shells covered the beachhead on the north bank.

When the first soldier of the Tianwu Army successfully landed, the artillery fire immediately extended backwards, and the coordinated operation of the infantry and artillery of the Tianwu Army had reached the level of perfection.

Looking at the dense Tianwu Army on the river, the corners of Shang Kexi's mouth twitched: "How can you fight this!" ”

The section of the river that Shang Kexi is responsible for is dark, and there are tens of thousands of armed warriors swimming across the river.

Shang Kexi and his Tianzhu army could only watch as the Tianwu army landed, launched an attack formation on the beach, and calmly launched a fierce attack.