Chapter 55: Crossing the River

Soon after dark, the two armies were about to move, Han He suffered a loss this morning, thinking that the Xian army had the possibility of paralysis and carelessness, so he decided to land on the beach tonight, and at the same time, Zhao Xun summoned the generals to assign tasks.

Because the Fuhe River is surrounded by the city, the east end of the river is narrow, and after crossing the river in the morning, many corpses were sunk and the boat capsized, and it was difficult for the Jin army to drive the warship into the east of the river. Most likely, it is north and south of the Fu River. The north of the Fu River is the widest, more than eighty paces, and three or four large warships can be side-by-side, which is convenient for mobilization and movement, so the ambush forces are all transferred to the north of the city tonight.

As expected, Han He transferred the main force to the north of the Fu River, preparing to seize the beach north of the Fu River and assist the attack south of the Fu River. As for the pontoon bridge outside the city, Han He decided to send heavy infantry to occupy the city.

Heavy infantry usually wears heavy armor with metal scales embedded in the armor, which is a rare type of piercing or scale armor, while light infantry only has leather armor or better multi-layered cowhide armor.

Heavy infantry has a high defense, and it is difficult for ordinary bows and arrows to cause serious damage, and a strong crossbow is required to break through the armor, so if it is not shot in the head and face, heavy infantry is shot into hedgehogs by bows and arrows, and often can still fight tenaciously, even if they are shot in the legs.

However, the power of the heavy infantry is limited, especially when crossing the river, once it falls into the water, it can drown and cannot surface, so the heavy infantry is mostly a strong man in the prime of life, which is more suitable for attacking fortified positions and dealing with light infantry.

However, as soon as it was dark, Yin Yang's city was pitch black and there was no fire, Han He stood on the observation tower and couldn't see anything.

Seeing this, Han He couldn't help but wonder again:

"It's strange, there are no lights in the city, could it be that the Xianjun army has a plan tonight?"

When he was puzzled, Wang Shuo said on the side:

"Will the Xian army sneak attack our army's navy army landing on the shore tonight?"

"It's not impossible." Han He affirmed Wang Shuo's words, and then said: "It's just that our army landed on the shore and moved at night, if the Xian army didn't raise fire when it went out of the city, how could the two armies fight in the dark." If you raise fire, you will be discovered by our army, and you only need to shoot it with a bow and crossbow to break its night attack.

Besides, the moonlight is unknown tonight, and if the fire is not raised, how can the Xian army fight. ”

Han He thinks that there is no moonlight tonight, and if the Xianjun suddenly opens the door to kill, they must raise a fire, and the fire will be exposed. If you don't raise a fire to attack, who can see the black light. All kinds of abnormal signs made Han He undecided.

At this time, it was still the first half of the night, and the first section of the Jin army had already wandered near the Wangqin River, and only waited for Han He to raise the fire, and the warships could enter the Fuhe River, or land on the shore.

In the early hours of the morning, Yin Yangcheng was crowded, and more than 10,000 people wrapped white scarves around their arms were waiting for the battle. Only the small Taishou Mansion is faintly lit with a few star-lit bean lanterns. Zhao Xun summoned Ding Su and explained in detail the task of leaving the city and surrendering to the south of the army.

Ding Su was reluctant at first, but under Zhao Xun's combination of soft and hard, he could only bite the bullet:

"What the general just said, the quartermaster order can be understood."

"Understand, understand, the lower officials understand that if they are caught by the Zhijun and bite to death, they will mistakenly enter the territory of the Zhiguo."

"Well, that's fine. This trip will choose a wrestler to walk with you to ensure that you are safe. After the deed is completed, we will be brought in to relieve the siege, and your credit will definitely be the king. ”

"General Xie Zhao."

In fact, Ding Su was very unhappy in his heart, defending the city and dying and escaping from the defeated army of the Jin army at night, in his opinion, the risk was no different, but now he has to do it if he doesn't do it.

After Zhao Xun instructed Wan Dingsu, he brought a set of leather armor for the soldiers of the Jin army and ordered him to change into a waiting position. After a moment, Baili Yan hurried in:

"General Zhao, the Jin warship has appeared."

"Oh, how do you know?"

"There is no wind tonight, but there are waves on the surface of the Qinjiang River outside the West Gate, so it must be the waves near the Jin army's warships cruising."

"I see, our army is ready for war immediately!"

"No!"

The Jin warships are only used for crossing the river, there are not many of them, the distance between the front and back is very large, and there is no need to sail with a light at all, just look for the light beacon on the shore of the Jin army outside Yin Yangcheng to clarify the direction and channel, so it is impossible to determine whether its ship has entered the nearby waters at night.

And recently the wind is light, tonight is even more windless, the river should not have waves, Bailiyan squatted outside the west gate of the Wangqin River and looked at the river, the river suddenly fluctuated, it is obvious that there is a continuous battle ship after the lights out of the field of vision, back and forth in the river generated waves.

Otherwise, the black light is blind, and there is no sight of anything hundreds of meters away from a mile away, and there is neither a telescope nor a flare, so you can only listen to the sound and observe the situation of the river.

When the Jin army's warships were assembled in place and slowly sailed into the Fu River, the south and north gates of Yin Yangcheng were quietly opened. There were 4,000 men at the south gate, 5,000 at the north gate, and 2,000 at the east gate. The rest of the crossbowmen hid themselves above the walls, ready to fire their arrows.

But the question is, three or five hundred meters apart to release the arrow? Is this shooting people or shooting stars?

In fact, otherwise, the effective range of the three commonly used bow projectiles is only 100 meters to 180 meters, more than 200 meters, and the distance from the south, north, and east banks is obviously not within reach of 300 meters to 4500 meters.

At the same time, the arrow is wrapped in incendiary material, which can be used as a rocket, and once it lands, the landing site of the Jin army can be seen at a glance. This allows the Xian army to sneak out of the city and set it on fire, providing light and guidance, and then killing. And the Xianjun arm wrapped a white scarf, which was particularly eye-catching in the faint light, and the two sides fought and were clearly distinguished.

Of course, such a good thing has drawbacks to flying so far, it needs to be launched at a large elevation angle of forty-three to thirty-six degrees, and the launch rate is not very high, and the accuracy is not expected.

Due to the lack of kinetic energy of the stabilizer wing and the bow, once it encounters crosswind and turbulent wind, the increased area of the stabilizer wing will cause flight disorder, which will be affected by crosswind turbulence at least and affected by crosswind turbulence, and the range is not as good as that of ordinary arrow clusters.

In addition to this, Bailiyan also made a firewarbler, that is, a kite. There are no "drones" such as "kites" at the moment, so it is a good choice to use them as flares and arsonist artifacts.

When the gate of Yin Yang City slowly opened, the moonlight was unknown in the dark night, and the city gate opened a gap that was only large enough for two people to enter and exit, and the Xian army rushed out of the city in order, lurking under the city wall and within the range of the Xian army archers.

At the same time, the warships of the Jin army quietly entered the Fu River, and a total of sixteen boats were stuffed into the Beihe River section, which could build four trestle bridges. Nine boats were crammed into the south section of the river, and three trestle bridges could be built. In addition, there were more than a dozen warships on the periphery of the north and south sections of the river, and the navy put down the pallets and quietly began to land.

Han He sat in the camp of the Jin army, and when he learned that the landing of the navy was successful, he immediately used the warship as a transit to build a trestle bridge and prepare to cross the river through a large march.

The Jin Army's naval warships are built by Wu Suan, each ship can carry 1780 combat soldiers, if it is a large grain ship, a trough ship, it can not only load goods, but also transport people, the largest breath can carry more than 300 people, which can be called a ferry.

But with such a big ship, there is also a lot of movement. Therefore, tonight, the warships sailed into the Fu River, and they all lowered their sails to support the penny into the Fu River.

The navy landed more than 800 people in the southern section of the Fuhe River, the northern section of the Fuhe River was the most, and landed more than 2,000 people.

Just when the Jin army began to use warships to build a trestle bridge, Yin Yangchengtou suddenly raised a fire, and the veteran Han He Gaotai was surprised when he looked at it, and he immediately ordered:

"Order the soldiers crossing the river that if the Xian army comes with fire and shoots them with bows and crossbows, they must not be allowed to get close and succeed!"

"No!"

Wang Shuo got the order and quickly climbed down the tower to give the order to cross the river and Jin army.

At the same time, when Han He just gave the order, he saw a fire on the opposite side of Yin Yang City, and the east, south, and north three city walls were full of fire, and in an instant, the crossbowmen of the Xianjun army in the city shot arrows with bows, and they were shooting rockets.

At this time, I saw the sky flying into the sky, and when he saw this, Han He smiled coldly:

"Hmph, how can there be more than two hundred steps in the world!"

Two hundred steps is about three hundred meters, and Han He knows very well that except for the strong crossbow and the bed crossbow, there is no bow and arrow that can shoot three hundred meters away.

Just before the words in his heart fell, he saw the night sky rocket slowly crossing the sky, and the sound of instigation to the ground covered the east, south, and north of Yin Yangcheng within a range of 150 to 200 steps.

The firelight illuminated a large area of land in an instant, and at the same time, the Xian army ambushed the troops in the dark, and the rocket crossed the head when it walked slowly, and when the rocket landed, suddenly the word "kill" came out, and accompanied by the cupola drum in the city, the sound of killing was deafening for a while:

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill, kill, kill, kill ......"

The murderous aura was so turbulent that Han He woke up in a dream:

"Xianjun, Xianjun!" Han He exclaimed.

It was originally a sneak attack, and before the lights were lit, the Xian army suddenly killed, which caught Han He by surprise.

What's even worse is that the landing soldiers of the Jin army are mostly archers, and their melee ability is weak, except for bows and arrows, there are only short blades, that is, short swords that are a little better than daggers.

For a time, the sound of killing shook the sky, the drums and trumpets in Yin Yangcheng sounded in unison, the trestle bridge had not yet been built, the infantry army did not cross the river, and the naval army landed and fell into the Xian army.

Han He was anxious to urge the Jin army on the east bank to cross the river to respond, but the fatal thing was that the Jin army on the east bank opened the way with the heavy infantry, which was exposed under a volley of rockets from the Xian army, and the heavy infantry moved from east to north after crossing the river, completely exposed to the view of the Xian army.

At this time, the battle reports continued, and no one knew how many people there were in the Xian army.

"Report to General Han, the Xian army is strong, the naval army is defeated and suffered heavy casualties, and the governor of the naval army asks General Han to send reinforcements quickly."

"You can know how many people the Xian army has fought this time."

"Or six thousand, or eight thousand, or ten thousand, and I don't know what I do." The scout reported truthfully.

"Ten thousand!" Han He was shocked: "Why did the Xian army come with 10,000!" ”

Han He was heartbroken, if the Xian army really killed 10,000 people this time, wouldn't the more than 3,000 people who had just landed in the navy become turtles in the urn. Moreover, the two sides are fighting together in this black light, and the crossbowmen are useless.

If you add troops, it is to add oil to the tactical mud cow into the sea, and if you don't add troops, you will wait for the naval army to be annihilated and the warships to be burned.

Just when Han He was hesitating, Wang Shuo came to report:

"General Han, the east gate of Yin Yangcheng is open, and there are Xian troops and cavalry infested, I'm afraid that the soldiers crossing the river are in danger."

"Quick, quickly order the army on the east bank to cross the river with all their might, and we must not miss the great opportunity to annihilate the main force of the Xian army tonight."

"No!"

Han He concluded that the main force of the Xian army was now being dragged on the bank of the Fuhe River and the north and south of the river, fighting with the navy army, so he decided to simply make a mistake and cross the river with a large number of killings to wipe out the Xian army outside the city.

However, Baili Yan expected to be calculated first, and it was expected that Han He judged that the main force of the Xian army would go out of the city, and he would definitely annihilate the Xian army outside the city at any cost, otherwise once he retracted into the city, he wanted to annihilate the main force of the Xian army, and the only way to attack the city was to bite the bullet, and the cost was at least three times, which was exactly the result that Han He tried his best to avoid.

When logic becomes a fixed situation, under the influence of the situation and the battlefield situation, Han He will inevitably choose reinforcements, if there are no reinforcements, there will be 3,000 casualties tonight, and 6,000 in a day and night, and the sacrifice in vain will be meaningless, and no commander will accept such a result, and it is an inevitable result to continue to increase troops. Therefore, he would not wait until the Jin army was wiped out, but directly set fire to the ship when he was halfway through the killing.

At this time, it was difficult for the warships and warships in the Fuhe River to maneuver and dispatch, and once they set fire, they could not burn the company camp.

The Jin troops who had already landed either jumped into the river and swam across the river, or were trapped on the other side of the river. When the warships caught fire together, the Xian army outside the southern and northern cities quickly gave up the pursuit, turned around and rushed directly to Yizi City to block the heavy infantry of the Jin army.

In this way, the south and north banks of the Fu River could not cross the river, and the Jin army made a desperate bet and rushed across the Fu River from the direction of the pontoon bridge in Yizicheng, and the Xian army quickly surrounded the heavy infantry reinforcing the water army from the east, south and north.

Even if you are a heavy infantryman, now that I have more people and you have fewer people, you can annihilate it before the Jin army has crossed the river, not to mention that Bailiyan has prepared hundreds of horses.