Chapter 209: Half-Crossing Attack
This sudden appearance of the salt transport fleet is, of course, from Tong Yuan's arrangement.
Pei Ji is usually responsible for the rectification of the vital salt transportation and river channels, and of course he will not be without military training. This fleet is equipped with a variety of equipment, and even the water thieves on the Yellow River dare not make a rash move.
What's more, they have also been strengthened and supplemented by the front unloading and subdivision of the Dreadnought Army.
The bow of these salt carriers was equipped with a temporary ramming angle for ramming. There were also five dreadnought soldiers on the ship who used their shields to cover the crossbowmen and slaughtered the Hun cavalry who crossed the river.
Huang Yu on the side of the big array behind said: "Let you dare to go into the water!" I don't want to think that our wrestlers can do anything! ”
"Let me tell you, there are centipedes hanging on the mountain ladder, which can climb over the mountains and mountains, and can easily break the city. Everybody is good at boating and snorkeling, and those tombs often have moat-like defenses, and we can easily overcome them. ”
"No, our guys are good at handling ships, aren't they? Hahaha! ……”
Xu Rong helplessly looked at Huang Yu who was in a state of continuous cannon, he recognized Huang Yu's ability in all aspects, but his speech always failed to get to the point, and it was very misty.
But Huang Yu was still very accurate, and now the dreadnoughts harnessed the ships and slaughtered the horses and cavalry in the water.
When a horse swims, it can only breathe with its head exposed, and it is even more reluctant when carrying and supporting the cavalry.
And when the salt ship collided, it hit the horse directly with the help of the current and the force of the pulp. The characteristic angle of attack of these bows is that some of them hit people on the surface of the water, and some of them have a draft, just enough to kill the horses underwater.
The horses were already in the icy water, swimming with difficulty, and then being quickly hit by a metal weight, what a tragic word.
On each ship, a spearman defended the bow of the ship against arrows to kill the adversing enemy, a soldier shot the Huns with crossbow arrows, and another picked up a thick hardwood oar and smashed it at the heads of horses and enemy soldiers floating in the water.
Where could the Huns stop such a ferocious style of play? Those who know how to swim in the water immediately abandon the horse and dive to the opposite shore by themselves, and those who can't swim in the water are so frightened that they lie on the horse's back, clinging to the water, hoping that they will not attract too much attention.
In the upstream direction of the Zuo Dulu King, a group of cavalry was crossing the river, but the extremely fast impact of the boat made countless heads sink like mowing grass.
He was so frightened that he urged his horses to swim faster, and at the same time drew his bow and shot arrows, trying to kill the soldiers on board.
I saw a boat rowing directly over, and the soldier with a shield in the bow blocked two arrows in a row. The king of the left deer hurriedly reversed the horse and changed from crossing to going down the river.
Even so, the horses swam slower than the pursuing ships, and the king of the left deer had to draw his sword to meet him.
He was a good martial artist, holding a saber in one hand to fend off the two spears on the ship, and he was always distracted by the attack of crossbow arrows.
However, his other Hun soldiers did not have this ability, and in the blink of an eye, only 300 people were lucky enough to cross the Fenshui, and they went ashore and fled without looking back.
Another four or five hundred were so frightened that they retreated back to the west bank, and they were powerless in the face of the huge number of Tuntian troops coming in formation. After killing more than 100 people in the battle, he quickly surrendered on his knees.
There are fewer and fewer Hun soldiers around Zuo Dulu King, and it is estimated that there are less than two hundred of these two thousand people, and they are attacked when they cross the river, which is really their most vulnerable time, so in the time of half a pillar of incense, there are only more than 100 people left who are still struggling.
Although the scimitar of the Zuo Dulu King can withstand two or three spears, it is absolutely impossible to fight back.
Just then, another ship approached, and one of them struck his horse on the head with an oar. The horse was instantly unbalanced in the water, and it stumbled backwards, while its body sank rapidly.
Zuo Dulu King knows a little water, and his sheepskin fur has already been soaked, and it is extremely heavy. At this moment, a spear stabbed him, and he barely separated it with his arm, but it was also exchanged for blood.
He was still about to swim and struggle, but a wooden paddle slammed on top of his head, directly smashing to pieces. As soon as the king of Zuo Dulu died, there were not a few people left on the water, and this tribe was completely finished.
Zuo Dulu King had been waiting for reinforcements before he died, and in his understanding, the 70,000 army could easily repel Xu Rong's soldiers and horses and rescue his own people.
Of course, he couldn't see the 70,000 army, half of that army, at this time, they were lining up in front of the fortress where Tong Yuan was, ready to beat this culprit.
It turned out that Tong Yuan and Xu Rong had already arranged that once the Xiongnu on the Fenshui side bit the bait, the fortress would hit Tong Yuan's Daxu and go out of the city to line up to attract the attention of the main force of the Xiongnu.
The subordinates of the king of Zuogu Li are nothing to the kings of the Xiongnu, and if they are defeated, they can just annex his subordinates and livestock.
As for the battle situation, he naturally hoped that he would consume some more enemy troops, but rescuing them was no better than seizing the opportunity to annihilate Tong Yuan.
When Xu Huang attacked, Tong Yuan, Geng Qing, and Qubei also led a thousand soldiers and horses out of the fortress and lined up with their backs to the city. Hao Zhao was still stationed on the wall of the North Gate, guarding the back of Tong Yuan's soldiers and horses.
Outside the north gate of the fortress, it can just accommodate 1,000 soldiers and horses to spread out the formation, even if the Huns send 50,000 people to attack, they can only be killed in turn on the scale of more than 1,000 people. Otherwise, the terrible consequences of two years ago, the cannon fodder soldiers of the White Polish Army rushed up and trampled on each other.
King Youxian was just about to lead his troops to climb the mountain and feint to attack Tong Yi, only to see a red wolf smoke floating on the west side of Fenshui. After Tong Yuan's soldiers and horses saw it, they directly retreated to the fortress as a whole.
The kings were anxious, and they did not listen to the order and directly let their subordinates rush to kill. The chaotic Hun soldiers rushed to the fortress, and saw that the retreating Xinxi Liang army was already less than three hundred paces away.
Suddenly, there was a loud noise, and the people who rushed to the front fell into the pit in large numbers. The people who saw it hurriedly stopped, but the push from behind squeezed nearly a hundred unlucky eggs down.
The Xiongnu soldiers and horses were embarrassed, and under the shameful laughter of the Xinxi Liang army on the fortress, they stupidly watched the last bit of soldiers and horses withdraw into the fortress and close the city gate.
Hao Zhao said loudly: "Do you think we have been locked in for the past few days? The people who drove away Zuo Guli and them are just to make it easier for us to give you a big gift. ”
The Hun soldiers under the city scolded, but the pits in front of them were one after another, and the people who fell were directly seriously injured by wooden thorns and iron nails.
Soon after, Zuo Xian's royal department saw the remaining more than 200 soldiers and horses of Zuo Dulu's royal department, and learned the painful reality that they were almost completely annihilated.
When I went to investigate and rescue again, I saw that the horses and Hun corpses floating on the Fen River almost blocked the river, and Xu Rong had already led the troops to retreat.
This outpost battle ended with the complete victory of the Xinxi Liang army. The Xinxi Liang Army annihilated about 3,000 enemies in total, and the losses were only nearly 100 soldiers and two converted salt ships.
Moreover, the Xinxi Liang Army firmly occupied the initiative on the battlefield, which dealt a terrible morale blow to the Xiongnu army.