Chapter 968: Step by step

The rapid assault became the last straw that crushed Habichi, the fierce artillery fire reaped the lives of Nian Qiang, the wounded war horses screamed and dragged their masters to crash in the ranks, and the various units of the Song army continued to break into the array, and the formation was chaotic under the stabbing of guns and knives. Realizing that only by disengaging could he have a chance to regroup, he turned his horse and stepped back.

Ha Bichi's idea was good, but he forgot that the gradual Ding army was just a group of children with no actual combat experience, and after receiving a heavy blow, he had already panicked, and followed him backwards, but this retreat was not tight, and he couldn't stop the car at all. The soldiers who were in a hurry to flee the bloody battlefield retreated without looking back, unable to achieve their goal of regrouping.

The road was close to the water on one side and close to the forest on the other, and people instinctively worried that they would be driven into the water by the Song army, so they chose the side close to the mulberry forest. At this moment, the second division of the personal guard battalion in the forest had not had time to attack and outflank the enemy's flank according to the plan, and the Yuan army retreated. Seeing that he could no longer act according to the plan, the commander of the pro-guard battalion would not be able to act according to the plan, but if he did not make a move, the Yuan army would slip out of the mulberry forest immediately, and shoot at the same time to intercept it. After receiving the enemy, he opened the way with a grenade, and threw himself into the enemy group as if he didn't want money.

The Yuan army, which was intercepted on the flank, was even more chaotic at this time, and they had no intention of resisting in a hurry, so they rode their horses and galloped through. Although the pro-guard battalion failed to complete the task, it also peeled off a layer of skin from Habichi. Then they joined the pursuit without stopping, and rushed into the town of Guabu with the defeated army.

Ha Bichi looked at his team, there were only more than 100 horsemen around him, and all of them looked terrified, and several young soldiers were even trembling on their horses, and they had no strength to fight again, but most of the Song army was chasing and killing in the back. Thinking about it, you can only retreat into the town first and gather troops before making plans. As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the town, he saw a lot of people gathered there, carrying swords and bows, as if they were coming to meet him, and he couldn't help but feel a burst of ecstasy in his heart.

When they got closer, they found that the streets were full of people, men, women, and children, as if they were besieging their thousands of houses. Ha Bichi was shocked to ask a person, only to learn that the Song army had been in the town to find the bones of the southern army who died in front of the town, and after being discovered, he broke into the thousands of households in a panic. When Oulu found out, he led the newly assembled army to attack the Thousand Households, intending to destroy them. However, the house was too strong, and the Song army resisted stubbornly in it, and the driving soldiers who were serving inside also rebelled and assisted them in defending the city.

The Southern army, which jumped over the wall, set fire to the streets to block the attack, and now, under the command of Oulu, although there were many casualties, they had also broken the gate and rushed into the courtyard. But the southern army swore to the death, and the battle between the two sides was still ongoing, fighting with the enemy house by house. However, the enemy forces were very stubborn, they did not make much progress, and they had not yet entered the inner house.

Habichi's eyes turned black when he heard this, and he squirted old blood, almost not falling off his horse. The results of his own battles on the battlefield and years of operation are in this house, which not only hides his life savings, but also his wife and children.

Looking at the situation in front of him, Ha Bichi not only regretted it, he had already realized that the southern army's large-scale crossing of the river this time was because of the soldiers who had lost the north of the river that had been surrounded and suppressed by him before, and he regretted why he wanted to chase and kill those southern troops who crossed the river without relenting, meaning to let them escape; And it's just a matter of chasing and killing, why didn't I turn a corner in my mind at that time, and threw those corpses into the river and into the wild, how to deal with it badly, why do you have to put it at the door of your own house to show the public! not only attracted Song Jun's big whistleblower, but also ruined his own family.

What I hate is that Song Jun is really ruthless, and he will not hesitate to use the army to destroy his own door for the sake of so many people, so that he can discuss and send you back, isn't it over; Another one also hates those friendly troops, only a few dozen miles away, he is lighting a beacon fire, and sending someone to deliver a letter, but a day has passed, and he hasn't even seen a reinforcement Mao'er, is this Jiangbei land all my Habichi.

In addition, Habichi hated these subordinates in front of him, so many Song troops, you didn't fight, but you just targeted a few Song soldiers who sneaked into the town, and chased and fought relentlessly. And what is the use of those bones, let them go. It's just that you're chasing people and beating them, and you're still in your own house, why don't you let them into your house! Now it's okay, not only is your home destroyed, but what can you do, not to mention the death of so many people, when the Song army catches up, they will also be looted.

"Qianhu, the southern army has caught up, what should I do?" At this time, the broken hundred households also entered the town and asked breathlessly.

"What else can I do? Let's run! Habichi sighed and said with a wry smile.

"Qianhu, there are southern troops behind us and in the south, where to retreat?" Baihu asked anxiously.

"Where to retreat? I can't retreat to the south of the Yangtze River, I want to go to the capital of Wanhufu, to the capital of Wanhu, to the right to tell Brother Du, to the Tuli, they will not save them when they see death, so that our whole army will be destroyed, we must not let them go! Ha Bichi gritted his teeth and said, he can't get by, so no one can have a good time.

"Qianhu, then these people ......"

"Let them hold up for a while, or no one will be able to leave!" Ha Bichi is now a broken family, a single person, it can be said that he has nothing to worry about, what are these subordinates, he snorted coldly.

After Habichi finished speaking, he walked through the street to the east, and those who were defeated also hurried to follow their horses. And the people gathered in the town, who had flexible brains, heard the shouts of killing outside the town, realized that things were very bad, and followed the footsteps of Qianhu to chase after them. When the rest of the people found out that something was wrong, where did they still have the heart to fight again, scolding Habi for being unrighteous and dispersed, but how could it be so easy to leave at this time......

Habichi went to complain with a stomach of resentment, in fact, he really misunderstood others, they were still trying to rescue at this time, but the road was blocked, it was difficult to enter, and they didn't want to save him.

The reinforcements along the way to Changlu Town are the closest, and they are the fastest, and they also know that their own and Habichi Qianhu are dependent on each other, and they can help each other, once they are annihilated, then they will have to support the situation alone, so the rescue is also the most active, and five hundred-person teams are gathered at the moment. But when they came to Chushui and were about to cross the river through the pontoon bridge, the pontoon bridge was blown into several sections with several loud noises and rolled away with the river.

Erecting a pontoon bridge is not an easy task, not only with boats, but also with other materials, and more importantly, technology. Where can they go at the moment, and the flag of the southern army on the other side of the river is obviously prepared, how can they be allowed to erect a pontoon bridge in peace. The deputy Qianhu who led the army thought about it, even if everything was in place, building a bridge would not be completed in a while, so let's find another way!

Fools know that without a bridge, crossing the river by boat is the best and quickest way. So they began to search for ships along the river, but because the Song army blockaded the Yangtze River, shipping was cut off, and merchant ships and cargo ships were rarely found. But there are still small boats for fishing and ferrying, and they are busy for a while, and they really get more than 30 boats to scare and rob.

However, they soon discovered that the ships were too small for them to cross with men and horses. But if the rescue soldiers were fighting a fire, they couldn't take care of it, so they chose a team of 100 people to abandon their horses and take a boat to cross the river first to seize the ferry, and then try to cross the river with the horses. But the Song army was not stupid, they had already set up positions at the ferry, and when they were halfway across the river, they first bombarded them with mortars.

For this new type of firearm, the Jiangbei Mongolian army is still the first time to see it, an oval iron bump with small wings with a piercing whistling sound fell from the sky, fell into the water is fine, most of them will only be lifted by the water column to pour water, a few unlucky ones were hit by shrapnel and blood spilled on the river. If they happen to fall into the boat, after a loud noise, they will all fall to the reason to feed the king; Even if there was no explosion, it was enough to smash a large hole in the bottom of the ship, and there was no way to plug it. The final result is almost the same, the difference is that one is to feed the king alive, and the other is to feed the king eight when he dies.

Even if they were lucky enough to escape the bombardment of artillery fire, seeing that the forced crossing was successful, when they were about to set foot on the land, they were greeted with a crackling explosion, hundreds of guns aimed at a small boat to shoot, not only people became a sieve, the boat was beaten into a colander, and no one in this world can sit on a colander to cross the river successfully, of course, the old monk Bodhidharma who can cross the river with a reed is not counted, but how many Bodhidharma are there in the world? I'm afraid that I have only heard of legends, and I have not seen miracles.

After the failure of the forced crossing by boat, they still did not lose heart, and tried to find the shoal to wade in vain, but this Chushui is not a small ditch at the door of the house, and they don't want to cut off the flow everywhere like a modern one, where can they find it. If you can't make a plan and think about it, legend has it that the Jurchens could cross the river on a floating horse, why can't they give it a try? So everyone found a place where the water flow was gentle, but often the place where the water flow was gentle must be the water surface, and when they finally crossed more than halfway, they found that the Song army on the opposite bank had also shifted their positions and was quietly waiting for them to enter the firing range!

Despite repeated failures in crossing the river, the Yuan army of Changlu Town still insisted on finding a way to cross the river, but Habichi obviously couldn't hold on to it, not only did he no longer wait for others, but he also had to sue others for not saving him......

The Duge Wanhu Mansion stationed in Liuhe also attached great importance to it after seeing the beacon fire, and Duge immediately ordered troops to help, but each thousand households were stationed in all directions, and it was difficult to assemble in place for a while. Therefore, he led the thousand households directly under Liuhe to set off first, and notified the nearest three thousand households in Guabu Town to immediately gather reinforcements for the Habichi Thousand Households. Because he knew that the Habichi Thousand Households and the Changlu Town Thousand Households were his two outposts, and once they were lost, he would be the first to be threatened, and he couldn't help it.

The troops were ordered to go on the road immediately, and the initial journey was very smooth, but when they approached Guabu Town, resistance followed. By this time, the Southern Army had already laid out a defensive line on the marching road, dug trenches, and placed repulsion horses. For these pediatric things, these battle-hardened warriors naturally did not pay attention, and they immediately sent forwards to clear the barricades and fill the trenches.

However, they found that the Song army was very lacking in morality, not only piled up the soil dug out of the ditch inside, so that they had to transport soil from other places to fill it, but also continued to snipe with cold guns and cold guns, and it took a lot of effort, dead and wounded forty or fifty people, and finally filled the trench, but not even the slightest hair of the southern army was injured. But when they dragged the barricades with ropes and charged their horses, they suddenly heard two explosions, and two huge cannonballs flew up from the opponent's position and exploded in front of them.

Although everyone was startled, and the horses were a little frightened, no one was injured. Feeling that they were being played, the Yuan army was furious and immediately charged, but as soon as they rushed out of a few dozen steps, the war horses fell to the ground one after another, and the unprepared riders were thrown off their horses or pressed under them. Before they could get up, they were stepped on one foot by the galloping horses of their companions behind, and they also ended up on their backs. When they finally collected their horses and checked them, they found that the road was full of horse rejection nails, and how could the horses not be injured after stepping on them.

Brother Du now understands that Song Jun did not fire the cannon just now to ask for live ammunition, but to throw the horse rejection nail. But there is no way to know it, the main road is only here, and it can only pass from here, so you can only send someone with a shield to clear the horse rejection nails on the road. But how could the Song army let them pick it up, and kept firing a platoon of guns to shoot at the people who were cleaning the road, as if they were targets. Although the men were hunched down and holding their shields, they were all in vain, and the casualties continued to mount.

After paying a lot of price, the horse rejection nail was cleared, and when Du Ge charged again, this time there was a sudden loud bang under the good road, and the flying shrapnel was scattered and splashed, and the war horse was either opened or broke its legs. At first, they thought that as long as they could break through, they would be safe, but the explosions were one after another, and even if the horses in front of them were lucky enough to escape with their speed, the ones behind were killed.

Du Ge had to order to stop the attack again, he didn't know what kind of ambush the Song army would lay on the road, and there were undulating mounds of earth in front, obviously there would be a trench waiting for them, as for the back there were still horse nails and mine arrays, and he would be dragged to death here. He looked left and right, and on both sides of the road were rice paddies planted with seedlings. And as an old farmer who changed careers, he naturally knows that there is only a surplus of water in the field, but there is mud at the bottom that I don't know how deep.

And Brother Du looked at the smiling faces of the Song army on the opposite side, and in the face of the scolding of his own soldiers, he still looked like he was inferior and honorable, and he didn't care at all, as if he was looking forward to his horse rushing over from the paddy field, so that he had to suspect that there was fraud in it, and he was even more suspicious, and he didn't dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool easily......