Chapter 278: Tuntian
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In Zhong Hui's hands, after all, there are more than 100,000 troops, and the whip can cut off the flow, even if it is filled by people, it is enough to fill the water that is only about a mile wide. Zhong Hui ordered the construction of another pontoon bridge, and all the boat and bridge troops immediately threw themselves into the construction of the bridge, and this time the Wei army not only built one pontoon bridge, but built four pontoon bridges at the same time.
The Mengchong fleet of Eastern Wu reappeared on the southeast river, ready to repeat the old trick, but they did not act in a hurry, but waited and waited for the Wei army's pontoon bridge to be completed, and then destroyed it in one go.
Hu Lie said to Zhong Hui with palpitations: "Governor Dadu, the Wu warship is sharp, and the pontoon bridge can't stop it from colliding at all." ”
Zhong Hui stared at the river coldly, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said with a sneer: "This governor has his own arrangements, the Wu warships dare to come and sneak attack, and keep them buried in the belly of the fish!" ”
The reason why Zhong Hui is fearless is because he still has the hole card in his hand to suppress the Wu warship. The first battalion led by Hu Lie was mainly cavalry and light infantry, and it was unparalleled in terms of mobility, but it naturally lacked a lot in the equipment of heavy weapons.
Although the Shu Road is difficult, many super heavy equipment Wei Jun did not carry this time, but like the detachable bed crossbow, the Wei army still brought a lot, Deng Ai also carried a light bed crossbow when he attacked Yinping Dao, and Zhong Hui's hands have a longer range and more powerful bed crossbow.
The Wei army's bed crossbow and the Shu army's crossbow car research and development direction is different, the Shu army's crossbow car is suitable for the terrain of Shu and built, light, mobile, flexible, one shot and multiple arrows are its main characteristics. In the pursuit of maximum killing range and killing density. The range and destructive power of the bolts are much inferior.
The bed crossbow used by the Wei army was a multi-bow single-shot crossbow. The arrow cluster with wooden poles and iron feathers, although it is called a crossbow arrow, is actually a spear with a tail feather, with an effective range of up to 1,000 steps, and the destructive power is amazing.
For a "thick-skinned" guy like a warship, an ordinary bow and arrow can only hurt the soldiers on the ship. It doesn't do much damage to the hull, but unlike the bed crossbow, the spear-like bolts can easily pierce the ship's gunwales and deal a devastating blow to it.
Zhong Hui had been in the Southeast Theater before, so he naturally knew what kind of weapons could be used to deal with the warships of Soochow, and while building the pontoon bridge, hundreds of bed crossbows were already waiting on the shore, and Zhong Hui transferred thousands of archers to the shore and pontoons, all of them were replaced with rockets, and they were waiting for the warships of Soochow to come.
Seventy or eighty percent of the work on the pontoon bridge was completed. The Mengchong fleet of Eastern Wu really rushed up quickly. The Mengchong battleship has a sturdy hull, and it is not afraid of damage from bows and arrows at all. The outside is covered with wet raw cowhide, which can play a fireproof effect. Although there were many Wei soldiers on the shore, the Mengchong fleet directly ignored it, and went on a rampage all the way, showing off its might, showing its invincible water overlord demeanor.
However, within the range of the bed crossbow, hundreds of crossbow arrows pierced the sky, whizzing and making a loud sound, enveloping dozens of Mengchong ships in a rain of arrows. The iron-tufted crossbow arrows showed its astonishing destructive power, the wooden warship was almost vulnerable in front of it, and the thick side of the ship was easily pierced by the crossbow arrows, and after the first round of shots alone, the Wu army had already sunk four Mengchong ships.
As soon as the Wu army saw that the situation was not good, he immediately turned the bow of the ship and prepared to escape, and at this time, the Wei army was ten thousand rockets fired at once, as if forming a splendid fireworks scenery on the river, overwhelming the sky and enveloping all the Wu army's warships. The bed crossbow bolts tore each of its targets with impunity, and thousands of rockets brought disaster to the Mengchong ships, and many of the fighting ships slowly sank into the river with thick smoke.
The Wu fleet was devastated by the Wei army before it could reach the pontoon bridge, and more than half of the Mengchong ships were sunk, and many of the ships that escaped from the fire were also scarred.
The battle was in full swing here, and the construction of the bridges on that side was not delayed, and by the time the Wu fleet was repulsed, the four pontoon bridges had been fully completed.
"Cross the river!" Zhong Hui gave an order, and the Wei army's brigade of men and horses divided into four routes, along the four pontoon bridges, and marched towards the south bank of Fushui.
On a high ground on the south bank of Fushui, Lu Kangzheng quietly watched the Wei army's brigade of men and horses pass by, crossing Fushui.
In Lu Kang's plan, the Mengchong fleet was built as the first line of defense on the waterway, but the water was not wide, and it was hoped that dozens of warships could block the Wei army of more than 100,000 people, but Lu Kang did not have too many expectations. Now that the Wei army brigade is coming, the defeat of the Mengchong fleet is naturally expected.
The second set of combat plans of the land resistance is to attack half-crossing. Lu Kang was not intimidated by the menacing Wei army, and shrank to the high wall of Fucheng and shrank his defense, he was determined to take advantage of the Wei army's labor division to fight across the water, and use the method of half-crossing to attack the Wei army to give the Wei army a head-on blow.
At this moment, behind the hill and high ground, the Wu army gathered about 30,000 elite soldiers, full of spirit, high morale, and waited for the order of the land resistance to attack and fight.
"Governor, the timing is about right?" Liuping rode on the war horse, with a gesture of eagerness.
Lu Kang took a look, the Wei army has about 10,000 people and horses have crossed the Fushui, is completing the assembly on the south bank of the Fushui, on the pontoon bridge, more Wei troops are constantly marching towards the south bank, every other tea work, the Wei army on the south bank can increase a large area in the dark.
Without further ado, if more Wei soldiers arrived on the south bank, Lu Kang's plan to attack halfway would be greatly affected, so Lu Kang ordered that Liuping lead the left road, Zhang Xian led the right road, and personally commanded the middle road, with 10,000 horses on each road, and killed the Wei army's beachhead together.
Wu Jun was condescending, and at this moment, he rushed over in a hurry, with a momentum like a rainbow, and the sound of killing shook the sky.
After Hu Lie crossed the river, the first thing he did was to reorganize the army, Hu Lie was also familiar with military books, and knew that when the army crossed halfway, it was an opportunity for the enemy to take advantage of it, so he had to quickly complete the reorganization of the army after crossing the river, in case of emergency.
Obviously, Hu Lie's idea was right, but he underestimated the determination of the Wu army, and even invested so many troops at one time, and the Wu army besieged it from three ways, and Hu Lie, who was on the river beach, had no danger to refuse, and was surrounded by the Wu army, and the situation was critical. (To be continued......)