Chapter 378: Shooting
Liu Heima played with his life.
He also has the confidence to play with his life, at dawn, the soldiers and horses gathered under his hands, before and after 20,000, the foot soldiers who set off on the fifth watch day are fast, and they have come here, not including the men and horses brought by Kublai Khan.
With such a majestic army, if even a small wooden wall could not be broken, Liu Heima felt that he had no face to appear in front of Kublai Khan again.
That's what Kublai Khan wanted.
So when Liu Heima muffled to fight, he readily agreed.
"Even if the remnants of the Jurchen soldiers join forces with the Song people, there will definitely be firearms, when you attack, you have to be careful, don't catch them." Kublai Khan advised: "It's a pity to lose your son." ”
"The minister has written it down." Liu Heima's face was red-faced, and he was picked up by Kublai Khan to say these words in detail, which was a shame for the generals: "This battle will definitely let Nanban taste my strength!" ”
He arched his hand, turned his head and walked away, the knife at his waist swinging on his hips.
Kublai Khan was behind him, and with a gesture of his hand, a group of Mongol cavalrymen armed with long knives stepped forward and lined up their horses in a straight line in front of Kublai Khan.
This is the battle line, the rules of the Mongol army, retreating to this line before the battle, all of them will be killed.
Liu Heima didn't look back, his eyes were full of fire.
Riding a horse to the front of the mighty Han soldiers, a group of thousands of households gathered.
"My lord, how do you fight?" Someone asked.
Liu Heima glared at him with a black face, and said angrily: "How to fight?" Fight to the death! My face was almost gone in front of His Highness just now, and I asked how to fight?! I tell you, don't spare any effort for me later, send all the soldiers who can fight, and use the fastest time to collapse the wooden wall for me! ”
Several thousands of households looked at each other, and then said in unison: "Obey!" ”
Liu Heima looked at the front viciously, then looked at the back, and said, "His Royal Highness is in the back, if I can't get over today, I won't have the face to see him." Wait for this, Tian Hu led the troops in the center, Wanyan held it to the left, Zheng Ding to the right, and Liu Chongjin to the right side of Zheng Ding, so lined up, each with their own strength, went hand in hand! There are thousands of troops behind the wooden wall, and they can't stop us from blooming in an all-round way. ”
All the thousands of households nodded yes, and Liu Heima patted the hereditary Qianhu Tianhu on the shoulder again, and encouraged: "Your father Tian Xiong was killed by the Song people in Hanzhong, and your son should work harder to succeed in his father's position." Now that the enemy is in front of you, I ordered you to attack in the center, but also to give you a chance, as long as you can take the lead in breaking the wall, then your position as a thousand households can be regarded as justified. ”
Tian Hu is the son of Tian Xiong in Hanzhong, the eldest grandson Hong sneak attack Hanzhong, deceived the city gate and the first to cut off the ignorant Tian Xiong's head, Tian Hu was not in Hanzhong at the time, so he was able to inherit Tian Xiong's position, Liu Heima gave him some military horses, rebuilt the Hanzhong Thousand Households in Guanzhong, and let Tian Hu lead the troops.
Hearing Liu Heima say this at this moment, Tian Hu's eyes were red, he straightened his tall and tall body, and said proudly: "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely cut off the head of General Song to sacrifice my father's spirit in the sky!" ”
Liu Heima said a few more words, and then waved his hand, let's do it!
Without too much preparation, and without too much preparation, against a wooden wall, do you still need a ladder and a city breaker?
As for Ji Shui, who was in the way, Liu Heima already had a way to deal with it, he had people go up the mountain early in the morning to cut down trees, and made a lot of long wooden poles, which were actually a section of tree trunks tied and connected by vines.
The war drums were beating, the drums were beating densely, the trumpets were sounding for a long time, and there was almost no mobilization, and the Han soldiers, who stopped three miles in front of the wooden wall, began to charge.
"Kill!"
The momentum of thousands of people shouting together was not trivial, and the air was violently pumped at this moment, so viscous that it seemed to be water that could not be dissolved.
At the front were a team of more than a dozen people, carrying a long trunk, the trunk was heavy, a foot as thick as a thigh, long and heavy, and it had to be carried by a dozen people to run, and these people who carried the trunk were not wearing iron armor, because their task was not to fight.
Some foot soldiers ran on the flanks of these men, raising their shields to protect them.
More people are running behind them, and these people are soldiers, cloaked in perseverance, and follow closely behind.
Behind the wooden walls, as yesterday, it was as quiet as ever.
Looking at Liu Heima's position, he could find that there were dense human heads exposed on the wooden wall, and there were also figures running, but there was no sound.
Of course, this will not fool Liu Heima's people again.
The enemy who sees the army crushing the city and does not move is the most terrifying.
The Han soldiers shouted fiercely, ran fast, and were very nervous.
Liu Chongjin's attack position is on the far right, that is, the position closest to the Hanshui River, his right is the Hanshui River, and on the left, there are thousands of Zheng Ding's people.
This position is not the center of the wooden wall, and according to common sense, the defense here should be more relaxed, but Liu Chongjin did not relax in the slightest because of this.
He was the one who had experienced yesterday's battle, and he was deeply impressed, and he was even more nervous than the other thousand households who had only arrived this morning.
There are only a thousand people in the name of a thousand households, but in fact, all of them have exceeded this number, and Liu Chongjin is naturally no exception, and the people he brought with him have 3,000 soldiers.
It was impossible for three thousand men to rush up at once, and the ground was not so wide, so he divided his men into three echelons, and one thousand men and one thousand men came in turn.
The first team of 1,000 people went up with two hundred households, and Liu Chongjin stayed behind, waiting for the opportunity to move.
Seeing that his subordinates were getting closer and closer, and the distance of three miles was shortened to the width of the Jishui River in just one breath, Liu Chongjin's heart rose higher and higher.
Sure enough, a cannon rang out behind the wooden wall, and the rain of arrows came as scheduled.
Wanyan Chengji saw it accurately, and he aimed at the person who was running in front of him and holding the trunk.
These men were responsible for breaking down barriers, and the trunks of the trees were used to build on the river, and later soldiers could run along the trunks or hold on to them.
The strong bow string in his hand was stretched to the limit, and the recurved bow tip was pulled backwards with great effort, and an iron arrow was placed in the middle, and the sharp arrow was dead to a figure jumping up and down in the distance.
A soldier with a big firecracker was standing beside him, still dragging a lit wood in his hand, staring intently at Wan Yan Chenghei, when his hand was loosened, the moment the sharp arrow flew out, the big firecracker was ignited.
The lead of the firecracker is very short, and it explodes as soon as it is thrown out after it is ignited.
That's the cannon shot.
The archers and crossbowmen standing behind the wooden wall, or at the head of the wall, pulled the strings at the same time, and the arrows flew out like rain in the sky.
The width of the Jishui River is no more than forty steps, which still counts the width of the river beach silt, at such a distance, the lethality of the bow and arrow is amazing, ordinary leather armor is as useless as paper, even if it is iron armor, as long as the angle is correct, there is a high probability of breaking the armor.
The Han soldiers on the front, hula la, poured a large piece.
"Shoot back! back! Liu Chongjin, who had been prepared, shouted loudly.
"Shoot back! back! Liu Heima, who was also prepared, was also shouting, and other thousands and hundreds of households were also shouting.
Behind the charging Han soldiers, a large group of archers accompanied them, and as soon as the bows and arrows behind the wooden wall appeared, the archers stood still and opened their bows, aiming at the wooden wall under the cover of the shield bearers to return fire.
(End of chapter)