With Hao Bonian's order, the soldiers of the Tang Army also boarded the ship one after another!

At dawn, such a large-scale operation to cross the river was naturally impossible to conceal from the Ming army on the other side of the river, in fact, when the Tang army had just arrived at the river, it had already been discovered by the Ming army on the other side of the river.

When Qianhu, the deputy of the Ming army who was in charge of defending here, saw this scene, he secretly said something bad in his heart.

These pseudo-Tang thieves did not appear last night, nor did they appear at dawn, but only appeared when the battle broke out at the Lanjiang ferry.

What does this mean?

This means that these pseudo-Tang thief armies are definitely not simple, and it is very likely that they are the main force of the pseudo-Tang thief army, hiding until now and starting to raid and cross the river.

Even if the more than 1,000 pseudo-Tang thief army on the opposite side is not their elite main force, but just an ordinary army, it is also a force that should not be underestimated, at least the four or five hundred people under his command are absolutely impossible to stop these pseudo-Tang thief army.

As for whether those pseudo-Tang thieves are also on the second ferry, their combat power is sparse, and they are just some ordinary young people, this Qianhu is not stupid enough to guess like this.

If it were just some ordinary young men with weak combat strength, they would not have crossed the river at this time, because it would be of no use at all.

So after guessing, he came up with an answer, these pseudo-Tang thief army must be genuine soldiers, and it is very likely that they are the main force in the pseudo-Tang thief army, that is, the main force that defeated the main force of more than 2,000 recruits on his side during the last Lanjiang Campaign.

When he thought of this, his face turned a little pale, and he was afraid that it would be over.

No, reinforcements must be requested immediately, as long as you drag it to the point where reinforcements resist, then things can still be redeemed.

It's just that he can rely on the current more than four or five hundred guards and young and strong troops to stop this pseudo-Tang thief army?

He didn't want to think about it, because the outcome was something he didn't want to face.

Soon, he sent his own soldiers to report to Song Zhiwen and asked Lord Song Zhiwen to send reinforcements.

When he sent his own soldiers to ask for reinforcements, the puppet Tang thief army on the other side of the river also began to cross the river, looking at the puppet Tang thief army on the other side of the river that began to cross the river, he forcibly suppressed the uneasiness and fear in his heart, and shouted: "Array, prepare to meet the enemy!" ”

But like himself, those Ming soldiers were also panicked, this Qianhu could think that the pseudo-Tang thief army in front of him was the main force, they couldn't beat it, even if these soldiers had little knowledge, but they were not stupid.

The pseudo-Tang thief army on the opposite side knew at a glance that it was the main elite, and the most important thing was that the number was four times as large as them

The main combat force led by Hao Bonian had a total of 1,400 people, in addition to about 400 young men who were recruited to carry rafts and transport baggage.

The total number of people has reached more than 1,900, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is 2,000.

In the face of a fourfold enemy, even ordinary Ming soldiers knew that this battle was going to be dangerous, and it was very likely that they would lose their lives on the beach.

As a result, almost all of these Ming soldiers who were urged to line up had a nervous, uneasy, or frightened look on their faces.

The two sides have not officially engaged in battle, and the Ming army has gone up to the generals of the unified army and down to the ordinary soldiers, but they have no morale.

However, Hao Bonian, who was on the bow of the boat, naturally didn't know what the specific state of the Ming army on the other side of the river was, he only saw that the Ming army on the other side of the river had begun to line up to meet the battle, so he was also prepared to pay a certain number of casualties and even fight to the death.

As long as they can rush to the beachhead and defeat this Ming army, even the balance of victory will be completely tilted to the side of the Tang Dynasty.

As long as they are allowed to go ashore, it will not be so easy for the Ming army to stop his main force again, even if there are two or three thousand people, he is confident that he will defeat them in the field.

As long as they are allowed to go ashore, then this strategic decisive battle aimed at annihilating thousands of remnants of the Ming army and conquering Xingquanfu City is related to the eternal foundation of the Tang Dynasty and the honor of the new army of the Tang Dynasty.

He Hao Bonian knew very well that in order to allow the main force led by himself to cross the river smoothly, the entire Datang New Army was working hard for this, and the No. 2 ferry played a scene for several days, and a few hours ago in order to contain more Ming troops, and even launched an almost defeatable river crossing operation, according to the news that came to his side, the No. 2 ferry side suffered dozens of casualties and more than 200 young people.

In addition, the Lanjiang ferry also launched a strong attack in advance, and what does it mean to launch a strong attack in advance, it means more casualties.

These are the prices paid by many friendly forces in order to ensure that his main force can cross the river smoothly!

After paying so much, how could he, Hao Bonian, disappoint His Majesty and thousands of friendly troops?

No, absolutely not!

Standing on the bow of the boat, watching that the troops crossing the river had crossed the center of the river and would not be able to reach the other side of the river in a short time, he once again ordered: "Officers at all levels must give full play to the spirit of loyalty to the king and serve the country, and defeat the enemy in front of them!" ”

"After landing, only advance is allowed and no retreat, the supervising team obeys the order, without the order of the official, but anyone who retreats without authorization will be executed on the spot!"

If this battle is not successful, it will be benevolent, not only him, but also the whole army!

In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Hao Bonian also specially brought a supervision team, which can be regarded as the first professional supervision team in the new army of the Tang Dynasty, which was formed by Li Xuan himself.

The number of people is not large, only half of the team of more than fifty people, but they are all the most ruthless people selected from the whole army.

Naturally, this overseer team cannot be used to fight wars, but it is naturally the most appropriate to use it to enforce military law, because they will not be merciful in killing their own people.

The first time the team played in the second Lanjiang Battle many days ago, it was to execute more than a dozen people on the spot at the Lanjiang crossing, including a second lieutenant platoon commander.

And today, it will be their second time participating in the actual battle!

After hearing Hao Bonian's order, the officer of the supervising team, Zhou Shanbao, who was born in Li Xuan's personal guard, immediately stepped out, holding the command knife carved with dragon patterns given by Li Xuan himself, and said expressionlessly: "Obey!" ”

Looking at Zhou Shanbao with an expressionless face, and the golden dragon pattern command knife in his hand, a group of officers were a little chilled.

This Zhou Shanbao is not a good person, in the second Lanjiang Battle, he personally killed the second lieutenant who retreated without authorization with this imperial golden dragon pattern command knife.

For such a ruthless person, a group of officers instinctively rejected him, but Zhou Shanbao obviously didn't care about the eyes of these people.

The boats crossing the river are getting closer and closer to the river!

The officers and men of the Tang Army on the boats and rafts were already ready, waiting for the ships to land and rush up as soon as they docked.

As for the musketeers and archers, they were ready, and when they were almost close to the shore, they opened fire one after another with the orders of the officers of all ranks.

The Ming army on the shore will not sit still, and will soon return fire with bows and arrows.

By the time the ship under Hao Bonian's feet had completely docked, officers at all levels had already shouted loudly without Hao Bonian's order: "Quick, get off the boat, rush up!" ”

When the small boats and rafts of the Tang army crossed the river docked, countless Tang soldiers jumped down and rushed towards the Ming defense line in front of them on the cement slurry of the river!

For a moment, this narrow river beach, which was only a few hundred meters long, suddenly turned into an Shura field, and the smoke of gunpowder mixed with the smell of blood filled the surrounding space.

Shouts and screams and gunfire echoed across the riverbank!

Hao Bonian stood at the bow of the ship, motionless as he watched his own soldiers in front of him charge!

The first to rush forward was the 1st Infantry Battalion, the elite main force of the whole army, and they did not have a complete and neat formation as they had in the previous frontal field battles, because time did not allow them to do so.

The landing phase was too chaotic, and many of the ships scheduled to arrive together did not arrive at the same time, because the ships were relatively small, the troops were relatively scattered, and a group of soldiers often needed five or six boats to transport across the river, so it was almost impossible for the officers of each team to gather all their subordinates in a short time.

The only thing that can maintain a relatively complete system is the formation at the platoon level, because when crossing the river, it is often a platoon to take a large raft or a small boat.

Each platoon, which consisted of only a dozen people, was able to maintain a complete formation and formation after landing, and then gathered in rows.

In an emergency, I don't care if you are in the first team or the second team, just bring it, and then line up to charge.

Before crossing the river, the staff officers around Hao Bonian took into account that when the time came, because the time was tight and the scene was chaotic, it would be difficult to maintain a complete formation and launch an attack, and they had to follow their authority in a hurry, and after landing, they would immediately form a formation and launch an attack based on the principle of proximity.

At the same time, considering that the landing would be intercepted by the Ming army's dense bow and arrow, which would cause casualties among the officers, it was also stipulated that the command of the battlefield should be commanded by the highest-ranking military officer in the vicinity.

This is to avoid casualties among officers, or when there is confusion in the troops, and there are no middle and junior commanders leading the soldiers.

When the soldiers rushed to the river beach, Zhou Shanbao also led the supervision team to set foot on the river beach, but he did not rush up with the supervision team, but watched the soldiers in front of him fight in the rear.

Although in the eyes of outsiders, he is an executioner who kills people without blinking, but in his heart he does not want to point his swords and guns at his own people, and this time the people who participated in the battle are the elite main forces in the Datang New Army, especially the first infantry battalion that landed in the first wave, which is the earliest infantry battalion in the army, and the quality of the soldiers is the strongest in the entire Datang New Army.

Therefore, he was not worried about the 1st Infantry Battalion retreating without permission.

In his sight, the soldiers of the 1st Infantry Battalion were still very scattered at first, but as the mid-level officers such as team officers and deputy team officers stepped forward, assembled the nearby platoons and even the disrupted stragglers began to line up and start attacking, some of the soldiers in the front row had even rushed up and started hand-to-hand combat with the Ming army.

This battle of crossing the river was the most tragic battle at the beginning!