Chapter 106: The Battle of the Han River

It was as if the mud had been squeezed out of the earth.

It has to be said that spring seems to have come a little earlier than usual.

Now it is after the Lantern Festival, and the spring breeze is blowing from south to north. But in the north, it's still freezing. However, it also depends on the place, most of the places, which are still frozen solidly. But on the road from Ganghwa Island to Seoul, under the trampling of a large group of people, these snow fields are much more muddy than usual.

Yang Shenzu rode a horse with a team of more than 100 horses and walked at the front of the road. Behind him are phalanxes. The army was divided into several columns, each of which was divided into a single outpost and spread over several miles.

These people are all the elite of the Xia army.

Even in the ice and snow, it is silent. There are only fires in the sky.

Yang Chengzu looked at the past, and there was a big river in the southeast of here, which was the so-called Han River. But now most of the Han River is frozen. It's just that in the middle of the river, the ice surface is much thinner, and you can clearly see the flowing water rushing underneath.

Many large rivers, even in the north, cannot be completely frozen.

Some large rivers can be crossed after they freeze, while others cannot be crossed, at least in the lower reaches of the Han River, where they cannot be crossed by ice.

Of course, it's not all impossible, you have to choose the location carefully.

Yang Shenzu silently said in his heart: "The southeast direction can be safe, and the rest will have to think about the movements of all parties." His eyes looked northwest, but he saw a few black dots at the end of his vision, in a white snow, very distinct.

He knew that these people were the Qing army's scouts.

In the midst of these horses, Bolo was dressed in a leather coat and surrounded by large pieces of animal hair. There were only three or four riders around Bolo.

Bolo, he held out a clairvoyant mirror and looked at it carefully. said: "The Southern Dynasty should not be underestimated. ”

He could see clearly, even in the middle of the march, the distance between the large groups of men and horses, and the faces of the soldiers in the queue, the southern soldiers looked a little thinly dressed. After all, the troops were sent in too haste, and although they also wore cotton clothes, the cotton clothes used in the south were much lighter than those used here. They also wore more cotton armor.

A layer of cotton clothing, a layer of cotton armor.

Plus this cold winter is coming, but it's enough.

Bolo thought about attacking the opponent's position from all directions with his own men, but found that the opponent had a way to deal with it.

For a while, I couldn't find the flaw. Secretly said: "It will be Zhou Fuchen, I know that this person is just a general of the navy." Now it seems that I underestimated him. Non-veterans don't have this sophistication. ”

"Master, my lord. It's too dangerous here, let's go. Bolo's personal guard said, "I think the British prince's brigade is about to arrive." ”

It's time to see it all

Finish. If you look at it any further, you won't see anything.

"Let's go." Bolo said.

Then he returned to the brigade with people.

Just a dozen miles away from the Xia army, thousands of cavalry were resting here.

As soon as he joined the brigade, he saw a tremor on the ground, and the brigade came from the northeast. Bolo immediately led the team to meet him, and after a short time, he met Azig.

After the salute. Azig asked, "Bolo, how is the Southern Army?" ”

Bolo said: "Zhou Fuchen's ability is not bad, the last general has seen it personally, the army is not marching fast, but with his back to the Han River, he can fight in formation at any time, and among the ranks, there are the most firearms, and there are a lot of artillery, sparseness, to ensure that the firepower is at the same time, it can also be dispatched." ”

"It's not easy to fight."

Azig said: "Whether it is good or not, you will only know after you have fought." ”

As soon as Azig gave the order, the brigade turned around and came towards the Xia army.

The cavalry rushed over, and the movement was so great that the snow was squeezed on top of the big trees, and the laurels were on top of the trees. Then it fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Yang Shenzu immediately turned back to the Chinese army, but saw that Zhou Fuchen was already standing on top of an artillery cart. Look around.

Zhou Fuchen saw Yang Shenzu coming over, and immediately said, "General Yang came just in time. In today's battle, I need General Yang to help me. ”

Zhou Fuchen is very self-aware. In terms of commanding the sailors, even compared with Zheng Chenggong, he felt that he might not be invincible, but in land battles, cavalry and firearms exchanges, he was really unfamiliar, of course he knew how to fight, but he knew how to fight, but he might not be able to catch up with the command.

However, Yang Shenzu is a veteran of the first emperor, and he doesn't know how many vicious battles he has seen, and he is much more experienced than him.

Therefore, Zhou Fuchen respected Yang Shenzu very much.

Yang Shenzu said: "Don't dare to be, do your best." Now everything has been arranged, and all that can be done now is to calm down and wait for it to fail. ”

Zhou Fuchen listened, and there were still some worries in his heart. He said a lot, after all, no matter how worried he was, he also knew that the big war was ahead, and if he said that he was demoralized, as the main general, it would hurt the morale of the whole army. But Yang Shenzu saw Li Zhou Fuchen's thoughts, and said: "Please rest assured General Zhou, the officers and men of the two armies are carefully selected from the whole army, and the whole army is first-class, and even the battalion generals are also first-class brave generals." It is not much worse than the Eight Banners, and it is the best equipped firearm. ”

"Even if there are 100,000 troops, they may not be able to capture our formation. General Zhou can rest assured. ”

Zhou Fuchen said: "Thank you for the old general's reminder, it's me who lost my temper." Then he didn't say anything, but his face was solemn, and he had a solemn attitude.

This attitude of slaughter is not only on Zhou Fuchen's face. It also permeated the whole army, and Zhou Fuchen gave an order, and the whole army went up and down

One whistle is the main one, and the formation is expanded. Dense firecrackers and artillery, row by row, were aimed at the direction of the Qing army.

In just a few moments, the formation was already established.

It's like that's what it's always been like this all along.

"Okay." The sound of "Okay." "It's none other than Azig.

What the Xia army did was to change the formation in front of Azig's eyes, Azig had fought all his life, and when he saw the change in formation, he knew the Xia army's catties and two, and said: "This must be the elite of the Southern Dynasty, but I don't know which one." However, they are here today, so they should not think about getting out of North Korea. Immediately ordered the cavalry to be divided into several teams.

For a time, the cavalry of the brigade rolled up a large area of snow and fog.

rushed towards Xia Jun. For a time, between heaven and earth, there was only the sound of rolling horses' hooves, and there was no other sound except the sound of horses' hooves.

Zhou Fuchen had already given the order, and he delegated the command to every battalion below according to Yang Shenzu's suggestion. In this way, it is only necessary to wait for the next confrontation.

Although Azig gave orders and gave decisive orders, he was not reckless. Therefore, the cavalry divided into several teams, in front of the Xia army, swept left and right, only setting off a large area of snow waves, but did not directly charge into the battle.

This was the usual method used by the Qing army, and it was used to deal with the Ming army's firearms first.

But what he faced was not the belly of the Ming army, but the Xia army.

These Xia soldiers are all elites, and they are all like wooden chickens. There was not a hint of movement at all.

This point is also expected by Azig, the Qing army and the Xia army have fought I don't know how many times, just as the Xia army knows all kinds of situations in the Qing army very well, and the Qing army also knows a lot about the Xia army, and knows that it is impossible to use this means to shake the Xia army.

But it's not without help.

They set off a snow wave to block the movement behind them, and the large group of men and horses rushed out of the snow wave and rushed straight towards a camp of the Xia army.

"Put." The commander of this battalion shouted, said.

At the sound of an order, countless firearms rang out in unison. Countless gunpowder smoke gushed out, and layers of smoke covered people's sight with a layer of western veil.

For a while, people turned on their backs, and I don't know how many people fell to the ground on the spot. Everything that fused with blood and snow turned into an indescribable color.

At the same time, long arrows crossed the sky, and these long arrows were shot in hanging. The long arrow fell from the sky almost at a forty-five degree angle. For a while, it seemed that the soldiers who were standing in front of the formation fell to the ground one after another. But to Sergeant Xia, it was as if he hadn't seen it. Just make it up from behind. Keep the formation neat and the firepower output is continuous.

There were just a few soldiers who bent down and dragged the wounded or corpses to the back. These are all medical battalion people, but there are only three or five of them in each outpost.