Heavy infantry, that's right, it's heavy infantry, Gao Shun saw the other party's troops clearly at the first time, and there were about 5,000 people after a little look, if it was changed to peacetime, the arrogant Gao Shun would not put them in his eyes, but now it is different, his own side is already at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, and it is a critical moment to cross the Tianxing River halfway, once the vanguard is blocked, the soldiers who cross the river behind cannot kick the bank, they will not be able to give full play to the numerical advantage between the heavy infantry, this is like adding oil, the two sides can use so many troops, Without enough advantage, there is no impact, although Gao Shun is confident that he will win in such a war of attrition, but the opponent has more cavalry on the flanks in addition to the 5,000 heavy infantry.

And at this moment, there was a commotion behind him, Gao Shun looked back, I don't know when the chasing soldiers behind him had broken through the wall of fire, dozens of hideous crossbows were taking turns to pour crossbow arrows uninterruptedly, with a dull bowstring shock, a half-arm-thick crossbow arrow through the crowd of his own soldiers, a terrible scream, a muffled sound of metal collision, a bloody arrow scattered, and the formation of the rear phalanx was chaotic.

At this time, Gao Shun was in the middle of the Tianxing River, and he couldn't understand why the other party had such sharp weapons and powerful troops but couldn't trigger them, in fact, he didn't have to wait until now, just when the wooden bridge was confronted, the sudden surprise was enough to cripple himself.

What Gao Shun didn't know was that the form at that time was much more complicated than he thought, first of all, Tang Jian's main force was still more than ten miles away, and secondly, the crossbow also needed a long time to assemble and prepare for adjustment before it could be used, if Gao Shun found out at that time, he would have fled a long time ago, how could those crossbows have the opportunity to beat the water dogs like now.

This is not the end, after a round of heavy crossbows, a team of 1,000 heavy armored infantry appeared in Gao Shun's field of vision, the appearance of these heavy armored soldiers made Gao Shun in a trance, because he was very familiar with the style of those armors, not honestly familiar, it was the equipment of the heavy cavalry under Ling Hu, at that time Gao Shun thought that Ling Hu had come to the rescue of him, and he was overjoyed, but when he saw the other party's military flag, Gao Shun's heart sank to the bottom.

That's right, these soldiers are equipped with the heavy cavalry armor of the captured Ling Hu troops, this is the trophy of Yuan Fang's first battle with Ling Hu, and now, all of them are distributed by Tang Jian to the strongest soldiers under his command to wear, of course, these heavy armor is different from Gao Shun's heavy infantry plate armor, first, the thickness of the armor is slightly worse, and it is not a completely integrated plate armor, it is assembled from multiple parts, and the captured armor is more or less damaged, and it is not complete, some even only have cuirasses, or only helmets, It may seem a bit nondescript, but even that is enough, because their purpose is not to confront the enemy head-on, but to form a steel line to cover the crossbows behind them. At this time, the heavy infantry on both sides of the beachhead had already fought each other, everyone was a steel fortress, and no one could help anyone for a while, and they were in a stalemate, which was enough for Yuan Fang, but Gao Shun was in a life-and-death crisis.

There is a strong enemy in front of the block, and there is a strong enemy in the back to advance and encroach, and the left and right are next to the turbulent Tianxing River, and only this thousand meters of shallows can be foothold. Boom, a stone the size of a watermelon fell from the sky, knocked down two or three heavy infantrymen, and then smashed into the river, splashing in all directions. Gao Shun, who was still in the circle, looked at the river bank and saw two or three small catapults parked at the beachhead, the soldiers were adjusting the angle, and the carriages next to him were piled with bluestones of the same size.

What is the heavy infantry most afraid of? It's not a sword weapon, but a heavy boulder in front of you, the sword can barely break through the plate armor, but these boulders, they don't need to break the armor, as long as the hard impact can bring huge damage, once the soldiers in the armor are hit by stone bullets, they will suffer serious internal injuries under the concussion, these are good to say, once they lose their center of gravity and fall, it is difficult for the clumsy heavy infantry to get up again in a period of time, besides, they are now in the Tianxing River, although the river is not deep, only above the knee, but such a depth is enough to drown the fallen soldiers.

Boom, boom, two more stone bullets fell into the water, causing huge casualties in such a dense array, and it couldn't go on like this, Gao Shun decisively ordered the troops to stop crossing the river and counterattack the enemy's trebuchets and ballista positions, although he knew that even if he did this, it would be useless, and it would be difficult for the soldiers sent to survive, but he had no choice but to abandon one part to save the other.

Tang Jian has been guarding Dongzhou for many years and has experienced countless battles, so he naturally has his own set of ways to deal with heavy infantry, especially this kind of disorderly attack. The crossbow arrows are suppressed, the miscellaneous heavy infantry is in the front, the spearmen advance from the side, their goal is not to pierce the enemy's armor, but to push it with the spears in their hands, these bulky iron hedgehogs have no chance of survival once they are in the end, and a few people can subdue them, of course, the good ones can also use spears or knife tips to pierce the opponent's mask to kill the opponent, anyway, no matter what, once the heavy infantry is blocked, they will actually lose most of their combat power with the cavalry that has lost their impact, of course, It is not easy to defeat them completely, and it will take a certain price.

Gao Shun's 10,000 people, at this time 3,000 on the south bank, 2,000 on the north bank, and almost 5,000 in the Tianxing River, the front was blocked and entangled with the same heavy infantry, and the back was blocked by the miscellaneous heavy infantry, and was constantly eroded by a large number of ballistas, and the most dense place in the river was bombarded by the opponent's trebuchet, all bearing heavy blows from different directions, so if it goes on, let alone 10,000 people, even if it is 100,000 people, they have to explain here.

The river splashed up and poured on Gao Shun's body, which made his somewhat chaotic brain sober up a lot, Gao Shun gritted his teeth, no longer looked back, and shouted loudly to order the soldiers in the river to kick the shore as soon as possible, as for the broken troops, he had to give up. The battle continued, the river became muddy but not much red, the heavy infantry in the river had been killed and wounded by more than a thousand, the corpses sank to the bottom of the river, becoming a stumbling block for their companions, most of them were smashed by trebuchets and drowned in the river, unlike other battlefields, there was not much bloodshed but no less tragic.

Watching his soldiers fall one by one, Yuan Fang frowned: "Yuqing, is the heavy infantry so strong?" Swords are hard to hurt, bows and arrows are limited, so there is no good way to deal with them? ”

Yuqing shook her head and said, "Except for the strong bow and crossbow, there doesn't seem to be any good way." ”

Tang Jian opened his mouth and said, "It's not nothing. Yuan Fang and Yuqing looked at Tang Jian at the same time.