Chapter 733: Half-Crossing Attack
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This time, the troops, whether they were barbarians or Yuan Pu, were full of confidence, because the surrender of Li Wei and Ge Xiang made the entire Ming army's defense line be torn apart, which allowed Yuan Pu to drive straight into Xinhua for a long time. The operation went very smoothly, and the swift vanguard seized a town on the edge of the Luo River, and in one night several pontoon bridges were erected over the Luo River, and by dawn the troops had begun to cross the river in a steady stream.
Last time, Jiang Haokun was here to drink hatred, the vanguard general was killed in battle, and more than 10,000 elite soldiers were wiped out, so that Jiang Haokun had to retreat to Fuyuan, and this time, Yuan Pu made a comeback again.
"Speed up across the river." Yuan Pu looked at the rolling Luoshui, but there was a faint uneasiness in his heart. It's too quiet, the whole army has more than 20,000 people, and the momentum is not huge, if the army didn't expect the rebellion of Li Wei and Ge Xiang and couldn't react, the army didn't have time to mobilize to complete the interception, but at least, at this moment, the scout cavalry of the Ming army should be seen.
But there was nothing, the opposite bank was empty, standing on this embankment, Yuan Pu could see the large patches of green and yellow crops under the opposite embankment.
It's August, and the crops are about to ripen. He took a breath and took Xinhua, all of which were about to mature as he was himself.
Seeing that the forward troops had successfully crossed the river, and the formation had been lined up on the river embankment, Yuan Pu finally breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that the Ming army was really caught off guard this time, and there was no vigilance, originally he thought that when he crossed the river, he would encounter the enemy's attack, but now it looks like he is really worried in vain. Attacking halfway has always been a big problem for river crossers to solve.
I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, and a smile appeared on my face involuntarily, this time the army that attacked from the four counties of the north exceeded 100,000 people, and he and Wang Guitong led nearly 50,000 people, and the Yan army also exceeded 50,000, and the army of more than 100,000 people was concentrated in the four counties of the north, for the four counties of the northland, a heavy pressure has been formed, and the economy is facing collapse.
Originally, under the siege of the Ming army, the four counties of the north did not have many opportunities to break out of the encirclement, but the sky is endless, these heroes of Zhengyang County, in order to make several times the huge profits, actually colluded with the Yan people, this is easy to get on the boat and difficult to get off the boat, and finally found a way to live for the four counties of the north, so that the Yan country can stand out of the encirclement, as long as the Zhengyang County is occupied, and the four counties of the north are united, this game of chess can be regarded as a job.
What the people of Heaven wanted was that the Qi people were worried that the Ming Kingdom would be big, and they were also preparing to send troops to attack the Ming Kingdom, but the two sides hit it off, which made the Yan Kingdom have absolute certainty.
Qi Guo's intentions, Yuan Pu hugged Murong Hong and the others all knew that they needed to fight between Ming and Yan all the time, if according to the current situation, I was afraid that Yan Guo would not be able to be shot to death by Ming Guo in a short time, then naturally it would not work.
Each has its own plans, but they have a common interest, which is naturally your love and my willingness, and you and I are nong.
On the other side of the Luohe River, the horse's hooves were in a hurry, and the scouts released by the forward troops rushed back, and Yuan Pu couldn't help but be shocked when he saw the other party's panicked posture.
"The Ming army is coming, the Ming army is coming!" The sentry rode up the riverbank and roared with all his strength. Yuan Pu stood here, he could only hear it faintly, his face couldn't help but change, the opposite flag waved, and the lined up military formation slowly moved forward.
"Rock Camp!" Seeing the meaning of the shaking of the flag on the opposite side, Yuan Pu spit out three words in a low voice. Sure enough, the Panshi Battalion, the main general Zhang Jiaozheng, nicknamed Kitten, is the most valued general in the Ming army.
Glancing at the five thousand vanguard troops who had already crossed the river and the Chinese army that was crossing the river, Yuan Pu smiled coldly: "Order the forward army to move forward and take the initiative to meet the battle." The enemy's long-distance attack will inevitably lead to a lack of physical strength, and the forward army must move forward bravely. ”
The Panshi battalion is coming, but it is a little late, and he has already sent all the forwards over, which is enough to hold on to the other side for a while, and when the main force of the Chinese army crosses the river, the absolute superiority in numbers is enough to ensure that he wins this battle.
The military system of the Ming army, a combat battalion of 5,000 people, now has more than 20,000 people, and the vanguard army alone exceeds 5,000.
Yuan Pu Lema stood on the high embankment, looking at the opposite bank, at the end of the field of vision, a sun and moon banner jumped into his eyes, and the black oppressive troops immediately appeared, pressing towards the Luo River. With a mention of the horse's reins, Yuan Pu said sharply: "The Chinese army has accelerated across the river and is ready to meet the forward army." ”
He rode down the embankment, stepped onto the pontoon, and headed for the opposite bank.
The Panshi battalion is not late, but it has calculated the time to press over, as Yuan Pu said, they want to attack halfway, but this time the Ming army's halfway attack is not what Yuan Pu imagined. The Ming army wanted to defeat Yuan Pu's army in the shortest possible time, and they didn't want to entangle with him, so the tactical use involved in this half-way attack was far more complicated than Yuan Pu thought. It was not only Kitten's Rock Battalion that participated in the battle, but two field battalions.
What appeared in front of Yuan Pu's eyes was just the one that took the lead.
The Rock Camp pressed in slowly. In the middle of the procession, there are flatbed trucks, loaded with heavy crossbows and stone cannons, which are not pulled by livestock, but are completely driven by manpower to ensure consistency with the team's first move.
The two sides were rapidly approaching with similar troops, but the Rock Battalion was smaller and tighter. Unlike the hundreds of cavalry in Yuan Pu's vanguard army, there were only a small number of scout cavalry in the Panshi camp, but they had already been collected in the center of the military formation at this time, acting as the kitten's personal guard.
There were no cavalry in the Rock Battalion, and the kittens would not let their scouts make fearless sacrifices.
Yuan Pu's cavalry quickly approached the formation of the Rock Battalion, one after another feathered arrows shot at the close army, and the horses swam on both wings, looking for loopholes in the military formation, as long as there was a slight gap to be found, they could come up and bite it, and then quickly escape by virtue of their mobility.
However, the military discipline of the Rock Battalion was obviously beyond their imagination, the feather arrows were shot, without the slightest panic, the big shield in the front row was raised, the spear, and the big knife stretched out into the air and kept shaking, and the flying arrows fell one by one, and occasionally the fish that slipped through the net were shot into the formation and landed on the Ming Guang Kai of the Rock Battalion, and it was difficult to cause too much damage.
As for the heavy crossbows and stone gunners in the array, they didn't look at those cavalry at all, these weapons, against high-speed moving war horses, have no effect at all, if you really want to shoot out, then whether you can hit the target or not depends entirely on luck.
Seeing the somewhat unscrupulous behavior of the opponent's cavalry, the kitten couldn't help but sink his face, stretched out his hand, and shouted: "Bow!" ”
One of the soldiers took off the big bow he was carrying and handed it to the kitten, who bent the bow and took the arrow, took a slight aim, and with a whoosh, an arrow flew out, and one of the cavalry galloping outside the formation immediately fell down and dismounted.
"Good arrows!" The pro-soldier blurted out that the kitten had never used a bow and arrow, which made the pro-soldier a little surprised. The kitten snorted coldly, shooting down a cavalryman did not make him proud, he was proud that the entire army formation was not moved in the slightest because of his arrow, what should he be doing or what he was doing.
The attention of all the soldiers was still on the enemy foot soldiers who were slowly approaching on the opposite side.
Immovable as a mountain, this is what kittens value the most.
As soon as he stretched out his hand, an arrow was handed over, and the bow was bent again. More than ten arrows were shot in a row, and more than ten war horses fell on the opposite side, which made the other party a little frightened, and he no longer dared to force so close.
Hundreds of cavalry galloped back and forth on the left and right flanks several times, but did not find a single loophole, the foot soldiers on both sides were already quite close, and if they didn't go, they were about to be caught in the middle, the cavalry were unwilling to beat their horses and leave, and then, they could only wait on one side, expecting the enemy lineup to be defeated by their own side, and the opportunity for the cavalry to harvest the battle merits came.
Two hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps. In the rock camp, a captain shouted: "Volt! ”
As his words fell, the shield fell to the ground with a thud, the spears were raised, and the broadswordsmen crouched on their knees, revealing rows of crossbows that glowed with cold light behind them.
"Crossbow!" The captain's raised hand fell heavily.
A three-bolt crossbow arrow suddenly roared violently, dozens of crossbow machines roared in unison, and more than a hundred crossbow arrows shot at the opposite military formation.
Heavy crossbows are rarely used in field battles, because they are too heavy, move slowly, and can only shoot in one direction, generally used to defend the city, Yuan Pu once saw in Tzu Chi that the crossbow machine of the Ming army can turn freely, but it is also to defend the city, he never thought that the crossbow machine would be carried by the Ming army in the military formation.
The weight of the crossbow machine improved by the Ming army was greatly reduced, and after the rotary bottom seat was added, it was able to shoot freely at 360 degrees, of course, this improvement, the requirements for the shooter were greatly improved, and it was not easy to train a qualified crossbow operator. In the Ming army, crossbow operators have always been the objects of key protection.
More than 100 heavy crossbows shot flat, and in the panicked shouts of the enemy, they smashed the shields in the front row and knocked gaps in the dense military formation.
"Crossbow!" A sinister smile appeared on the corner of the captain's mouth, and he dropped his raised arm again.
Another row of crossbow arrows shot out, shooting into the gap that had just opened, the first time because of the need to smash the opponent's shield array, the harvest was not much, and the second blow was a great opportunity to harvest.
The second row of crossbow arrows, in the dense queue of enemy troops, opened a bloody alley.
With such a heavy blow, the opponent's lineup began to be chaotic.
"Stone!"
Stone cannons flew up, swirled in the air, and landed in the middle of the group.