Immediately afterward, a black cloud of arrows rose from the Chu army, and then rushed towards the coalition forces in the river.

At this time, the ships of the coalition forward had just swept past the center of the river. As soon as the coalition soldiers on the ship saw a large wave of shots, they immediately raised the small shield above their heads to form a shield wall with the large shield in front of them.

Immediately afterward, a rain of arrows fell on the coalition formation, covering all corners of the range. A large number of arrows either fell into the river in the open space or were nailed to the shield, but did not work. However, there were still many arrows that shot through gaps in shields or from both sides of the shield walls.

Some of the soldiers who were hit by the arrow endured it, and some couldn't help it, and they couldn't help but shake it, and suddenly a larger gap was revealed. There are even some rafts that swayed and swayed forward, and they were swept by the river and suddenly fell into the water.

Immediately after, a second wave of arrows struck, this time causing more casualties.

At this time, Zhu Liji, who was watching the battle behind the coalition army, couldn't help but nod, as early as when he had just arrived in Xiyi, he had already found that there were many Chu army archers on the opposite bank, so he prepared many shields to forcibly cross the river.

So far, the effect is obvious.

It's just that standing on the high ground, looking at the trebuchets behind the Chu army, he couldn't help but secretly say: The number of trebuchets of the Chu army is far inferior to that of the crossbowmen, and the rate of fire is not in a hurry to bow and crossbow. Therefore, as long as the east bank of the road is quickly broken, the trebuchet of the Chu army will not work.

East Coast.

Ye Gong, who had been paying close attention to the battle situation, saw that the effect of the arrows was not obvious, so he didn't care, and then, after most of the former army of the coalition army boarded the raft and killed the east bank, he sneered and ordered: "Send the order to Zhan Yangjun and let him want to throw stones in the river." I would like to see if the shield wall of the Qin-Han coalition army can be compared with the warships of our Chu army's naval division, and whether it can block the throwing stones. ”

Then, not long after, a large number of stones were projected from the rear of the Chu army.

These more than ten or twenty pounds of stones, under the projectile of the trebuchet, with a howling wind and whistling sound, fell from mid-air in the coalition forces on the surface of the river, and suddenly made a loud roar.

The shield wall that can defend against arrows cannot stop the falling rocks as heavy as a thousand pounds, and whenever the stones fall on the rafts of the coalition forces, the soldiers who are hit often only feel a strong force coming, and then before they can react, they lose consciousness. Then, the guards raised the shield wall and immediately broke it.

Then, the stones smashed into the raft unabated, causing the raft to shake violently, and the soldiers who had been hit by the stones appeared, and many people fell from the raft into the water.

Immediately afterwards, a large wave of arrows struck, and the soldiers who had lost the defense of the shield wall were immediately hit by the devastating blow of the rain of arrows, and all of them were shot by arrows, some of them were hit by one arrow, and most of them were hit by three or four arrows.

Rafts that were not hit by a slingstone were not spared.

When the stones fall into the water, they not only make a large splash, but also make the river shake. The swaying waters of the river shook not only the rafts, but also the raft men, and the shield walls that sheltered them.

Some soldiers were thrown into the river, and some were killed by arrows, and the casualties increased greatly for a while.

What's even worse is that the non-commissioned officers of the coalition army are not accustomed to water warfare, and in the violently cheerful river, many soldiers lose control of the raft, and then, there are rafts that wander around, and there are also rafts that spin in place.

After two rounds of stone throwing, the coalition army on the river was suddenly in chaos, except for the soldiers who rushed to the front, they had already arrived on the east bank, fighting with the spearmen of the Chu army on the one hand, and destroying the horses on the other.

The rest of the soldiers were all circling around the river, and they were in a dilemma for a while.

And the arrows and stones of the Chu army are still shooting in a steady stream.

After five rounds of stone throwing, the coalition forces on the river no longer had intact shield arrays, and were directly exposed to the rain of arrows of the Chu army.

Soon, the screams and wails of the allied soldiers in the river broke through the suppression of the drums and spread to both sides of the river.

Ye Gong stood on the high platform, heard the mournful howl of the coalition soldiers, his face suddenly showed a trace of excitement, and he commanded loudly: "Order, shoot, continue to shoot..."

At this time, after the coalition army, he listened to the screams in front of him, and suddenly felt a chill all over his body, and then saw this tragedy on the river, and he seemed to feel that this was a soldier who used his life to tell him about his incompetence.

Then looking at the blood-stained river, he felt that his heart was bleeding too.

After a pause, he glanced painfully at the thousands of soldiers who were fighting with the Chu army on the east bank, then closed his eyes sadly, and finally slowly turned his body.

Seeing this, Gong Zhong immediately said urgently: "General, the Chu army has many crossbowmen, and there are very few halberders, so at this time, we must rush to the opposite bank and meet the Chu army with short soldiers." Otherwise, in this battle, our Qin and Han countries will definitely work in vain, not only the soldiers who died in front of them died in vain, but even those soldiers on the east coast were not saved! ”

Hearing this, he hesitated for a moment, then remembered the rows of rejecting horses on the east bank, and immediately shook his head: "General Gongzhong, we are not prepared for this battle, we have already lost, and we don't have to make unnecessary sacrifices." As for the soldiers on the other side, there is no help! ”

As he spoke, he walked backwards and gave an order: "Order, Mingjin collects his troops." ”

"Order, build a ship, this time no longer build a raft, this time will build a big ship!"

The sound of the coalition army reached the east bank, and the officers and men of the Chu army saw that the coalition troops on the other side began to retreat, and immediately let out a thunderous shout.

At the same time, the soldiers of the coalition who were destroying the rejection of the horse heard the sound of gold behind them, and then turned their heads to look, and they were suddenly frightened, and they didn't know what to do.

At this time, Ye Gong looked at the retreating coalition army, and laughed and said: "Order, force the enemy army on the east bank, in addition, immediately send a messenger to say hello to the king, just say that the general won the first battle, greatly frustrated the spirit of the Qin and Han coalition forces, and captured thousands of enemy soldiers..."

"No!"

March.

In the Chu Palace.

"King, news from all over the world!" Gongsun Yan pointed to the map and said, "A few days ago, Ye Gong has defeated the Qin-Han coalition army and won the first battle. At the same time, the news from Sima that the offensive of the Triple Alliance Army, especially the Wei Army, was very strong, but Sima relied on Chen Di and had already blocked the offensive of the Three Kingdoms Coalition Army, and he could keep Chen Land safe in a short time.

In addition, Hanzhong and Wujun have also broken out at this time. However, relying on the benefits of the Great Wall, the general Zhao Rat stopped the 50,000 Qin troops led by Gan Mao in the west of Xunyang to send a battle report, so that the king could rest assured that within a few months, Hanzhong would be safe. ”

Speaking of this, Gongsun Yan showed a hint of heaviness, and arched his hand: "King, Sima Qian, the guard of Wujun, has sent someone to report. The Sima Wrong Army of Badi went out of Yangguan and attacked my Tongyi. Due to the lack of troops in Wujun, Sima Jian had abandoned the Tongyi and retreated to Guanyi in the east of the Tongyi, and was fighting with Sima Cuo in Pingdu Mountain. ”