Chapter 774: Half-Crossing and Attacking It
The next morning soon came, and as soon as the sky was bright, Sun Kewang personally commanded the army to start crossing the river, and 300 boats loaded with more than 20,000 troops began to march towards the other side of the Han River.
Although the water surface of the Han River is wide, I am afraid that it is not more than ten miles wide and narrow, but the banks of the Han River are mountainous, and the river is too crooked, and the river is rushing and turbulent, so if you want to cross the Han River, you have to be more careful.
The ships kept approaching the shore, and it took almost an hour to reach the opposite shore, and groups of soldiers of the Onishi Army began to board the ferry, and straightened themselves on the spot, just in the reeds on both sides, a pair of eyes were staring at the ships not far away!
The 20,000 Great Western Army had just landed on the river bank, when suddenly a trumpet sounded, and among the reeds, a dense bowstring sounded, and two thousand archers started to fire arrows together, covering the entire sky, with flames, shooting at the large and small ships next to the pier!
At this time, the boats, before they had time to start, went straight to the riverbank, and there were cables tied to the wooden pillars of the pier, and now two thousand archers, shooting arrows together, completely enveloped the ships, and fell on the ships one after another, and in an instant, the flames were raging!
These rockets are just ordinary rockets commonly equipped by the Ming army, not newly developed rockets by the Firearms Bureau, and they are not very powerful, but even if the power is very small, they can't stand more, two thousand archers, several waves of feather arrows in succession, and at least a few feather arrows on each ship, the worst thing is that the rocket is shot on the sail, or on the flammable, and the fire rises instantly!
"Enemy attack, enemy attack! Hurry up and put out the fire, hurry up and put out the fire! ”
One by one, the Great Western Army roared bitterly, this is a ship that Zhang Ke likes to collect easily, if a fire is burned, if you want to collect so many ships, it is not something that can be completed in a day or two, even if it can be completed in one day, now the Ming army is raiding the dock, the big battle is imminent, the troops have just crossed the river less than half of the troops, unprepared, how can they be the opponent of the soldiers of Luzhou Town? If the Great Western Army in the rear could not cross the river in time, then the more than 20,000 troops who crossed the river would be dead!
The Great Western Army hurriedly put out the fire, but how could the Ming army give them the opportunity to put out the fire?
As soon as the fire ignited, Huang Degong gave an order, and the soldiers of Luzhou Town launched a fierce attack on the dock!
Not every general has the wisdom and courage of Han Xin back then, at least not the Great Western Army that has just crossed the fierce generals, even if Sun Kewang personally leads the army here, he definitely does not have such wisdom and courage!
On the periphery, the sound of artillery shook the earth, and shells fell from the sky, smashing into the unsuspecting Great Western Army, followed by the cavalry that clashed!
Huang Degong's original Luzhou Town was not very strong, although it was considered elite, but it was just like the Qin army led by Gao Jie, Sun Zhixiu and others, and it was also the Qin army in the later period, which was inferior to the combat power of the Qin army in the early stage, however, Huang Degong was later taught by Zhu Jie, and Zhu Jie's guidance to him made Huang Degong suddenly realize that the combat power of Luzhou Town has improved a lot, even if it is compared to the three towns of Nanjing, it is not much inferior, especially the cavalry that Huang Degong values, it is even more brave and good at fighting!
Three thousand cavalry swooped in, brandishing the war knife in their hands and launching a fierce attack on the Great Western Army!
Now the Great Western Army has been killed, the prince is still on the other side, the Great Western Army that has just crossed the river, and now it has not yet reorganized the formation and ushered in a surprise attack, completely messed up, and was hit by the cavalry of Luzhou Town, divided into pieces, each fighting for itself!
Huang Degong was waiting for the return of the ship on the west bank, so as to transport troops to the opposite shore again, but did not expect that the ship had no shadow, but saw the dock opposite, the flames were boiling, the smoke was billowing, Sun Kewang was shocked, knowing that something had happened, and was waiting to send someone to check on the boat, the sound of rumbling artillery had been heard on the opposite bank, the two were only more than ten miles apart, and more than 30 artillery pieces in Luzhou Town launched an attack at the same time, the prosperity was terrifying, even if the waves on the Han River were rolling, it was difficult to suppress the rumbling cannons!
Sun Kewang's heart suddenly flipped over, it's broken, there are ambushes, there are ambushes!
"Zhang Kexi, what the fuck is going on? Isn't your scout a reward, has Huang Degong already led his army north? Why is there still someone on the other side ambushing our Great Western Army? What do your scouts eat? The Ming army was ambushed on the opposite side, and they didn't even find out! ”
Sun Kewang roared angrily.
Zhang Kexi's mouth was full of bitterness, he had already reminded the prince yesterday, and none of the scouts sent out returned, telling him to be careful, he just didn't listen, but now it's okay, he was ambushed by others, and he actually put all the responsibility on himself!
But the official level crushes people to death, not to mention that Sun Kewang is still the dignified king of Dingxi, and his power is tilted towards the Great Western Kingdom? In fact, I can afford to provoke a biased one?
"The prince forgives the sins, the prince forgives the sins, this! This! Yesterday, I already reminded you that the scouts didn't come back, but I'm afraid that these scouts have been cleared out by the Ming army......"
Zhang Kexi said abruptly.
"Quick, quick, don't talk so much nonsense, immediately collect the message again, and cross the river with all your strength to support the front army!"
Sun Kewang jumped straight in a hurry, he didn't have his own command, and the highest position on the other side of the strait was only a battalion general, how could he lead the various units to meet the enemy?
However, now in a hurry, where can he find enough ships, Zhang Kexi's dry eyes are unthinkable, so he has to order people to search for ships with all his might.
On the other side, Luzhou Town will not give the Great Western Army time to calmly collect boats to cross the river and rush to help, Huang Degong brandished a big knife and personally led the soldiers of Luzhou Town to launch a fierce attack on the Great Western Army, the Great Western Army could not resist the attack of Luzhou Town at all, and wanted to retreat? Now that there is almost one less of the three hundred boats, how can we cross the river? Want to break through? Each ministry is fighting on its own, and there is not even a person who has the final say, and it is completely messed up into a pot of porridge, how to break through?
The soldiers of Luzhou Town were like driving sheep, constantly slaughtering, one by one the soldiers fell in a pool of blood, and some of the Great Western Army did not dare to fight, turned around and jumped into the Han River, however, the Han River is deep and rapid, and if you want to cross the Han River and run back to the other side, not everyone can do it!
The killing, it was completely a one-sided killing, the Great Western Army went to the sky, there was no way to enter the ground, in just half a day, it had been completely scattered, with more than 8,000 casualties, in fact, the battle was not particularly many, but many of the Great Western Army jumped into the Han River and drowned, only three or four thousand people extinguished the fire on the boat, jumped on the boat and fled frantically!
The rest of the soldiers were surrounded by the soldiers of Luzhou Town, and there was only one way to die waiting for them!
(End of chapter)