Baipodu, Mengxian County.

"Quick!"

Li Hu, an officer of the Shun army, yelled while lying on the bow of the boat.

Behind him, ten soldiers rowed a long oar, and the boat full of thirty soldiers continued to move forward on the river, and beside them, a cannonball suddenly fell, and the water column turned into a splash, and all the soldiers on the boat continued to paddle forward to close the distance to the river bank without looking.

On either side of them and behind them were nearly a hundred identical ferries, racing forward in a stretch of river that stretched for nearly a mile.

Behind them, dozens of cannons roared.

More than a dozen pounds of heavy shells from the Hongyi cannon roared overhead, spanned a distance of nearly two miles, fell on the river beach on the opposite bank, and landed among the Qing soldiers in the array, knocking out a piece of stumps and broken arms. In front of the Qing army in the array, there were also dozens of light artillery such as Furlong machines, which were constantly firing at the ferries on the river, but the huge gap in range made these light artillery guns constantly destroyed by the heavy artillery of the Shun army on the south bank.

Of course, artillery does not solve the problem.

The artillery of the Qing army could not stop the forced crossing of the Shun army, and the artillery of the Shun army could not defeat the Qing army's resistance that was actually beyond the aiming range.

The time has not yet come for them to dominate the battlefield.

Li Hu's ferry shook suddenly, and then stopped at a shoal five zhang away from the riverbank.

"Disembark!"

Li Hu roared.

Twenty Shun hoplites, armed with their spears and birds, quickly jumped off the ferry, and as they flowed forward, the ferry retreated as fast as it could, and then turned around and returned to the south bank. And at this time, the Mongol cavalry arrayed on the shore rushed forward, and the nomadic cavalry on horseback quickly took out their bows and arrows......

"Close!"

Li Hu put down the iron and shouted at the subordinates of another ship who also landed not far away.

Then his soldiers approached in the river, and the soldiers of the boat next to him also approached him with arrows that had begun to fall, and forty infantry formed a small phalanx, and then a third boat came to the shore, and the number of the small phalanx increased to sixty. At this time, the Mongol cavalry had stopped at the river beach, and at a distance of less than ten zhang, they shot a dense number of feathered arrows at them with cavalry bows, and soon Li Hu and his subordinates were covered with feathered arrows. But these feather arrows did not cause them real damage, forty catties of cotton and iron composite armor, coupled with the additional fish scale armor inside, made them look like a mobile fortress, plus the helmet and the iron mask buckled on the face only two eyes were exposed, and the comprehensive protection made these commando heavy infantry immune to the arrows of the cavalry bow.

"Enter!"

Li Hu roared.

A phalanx of sixty men marched forward.

At the same time the fourth ship arrived, and the infantry, who had quickly launched into the water, consciously joined in with their spears, and the spearmen of the Shun army, who were flowing forward, advanced against the sharp arrows fired by the cavalry on the shore.

Not far away, a furlong machine suddenly erupted in flames.

A dense stream of shotguns struck them, and several soldiers fell, but the others ignored them, and continued forward with their spears raised, and before the Fur could fire again, they were already on the riverbank, when the fifth, sixth, and seventh ships arrived almost simultaneously, and sixty infantry went into the water and rushed in. Li Hu and his subordinates did not hesitate to charge towards those Mongol cavalry with the river water on their bodies and heavy steps. The latter also took off his spear and moved forward, but the horses on such a river beach had no speed, and the cavalry, which lacked impact, suddenly crashed into the dense forest of spears. Just as the Han rebels drove their ancestors out of the Central Plains with a forest of spears three hundred years ago, these Mongol cavalry smashed into the dense forest of spears and drenched in blood.

"Strange Soldier"

Li Hu roared excitedly.

In the core of the dense phalanx, short soldiers in light armor rushed out, with a small iron shield in one hand and a war hammer in the other, like monkeys walking through the jungle, bowed forward under the spear forest, and rushed to the feet of the recalcitrant Mongolian cavalry in a blink of an eye.

The latter saw them.

But the Mongol cavalry, who needed to deal with several spears by one person, could not attack them at all, and could only watch as the war hammer with a crane's beak in their hands chiseled into their bodies, and in the blink of an eye, the Mongol cavalry blocking the spear forest fell together with their war horses. Li Hu's ranks expanded to more than 100 men, and at the same time, a second spear phalanx began to be formed on another river beach not far away, and Li Hu led his men to step over the dead bodies of the Mongol cavalry, holding their spears and continuing to push forward.

The Fran machine next to him was still firing, but by this time the river beach had turned into a melee, and the shotgun even accidentally injured the Mongolian cavalry.

And soon the gunmen of the Shun army arrived.

They worked in pairs on the river beach, and three guns were pointed at the Furlong machine.

Both sides opened fire almost simultaneously.

At the same time that the shotgun of the Qing army Furlong machine knocked down the three groups of gunmen, the shotgun fired also knocked down the Qing troops around the Furlong machine. The second spear phalanx infantry rushed forward, and before the Qing soldiers who had replenished the artillery positions could fire, the dense spears pierced them into hedgehogs. Just as this spear formation continued to move forward, colliding with another Qing infantry that was blocking the attack, several soldiers of the Shun army did not hesitate to turn the muzzle of this Furlong machine, and sprayed flames at the Mongolian cavalry who were fighting with Li Hu's troops, and the dense shotgun instantly made them wail.

And the third, fourth, and fifth phalanx of spears were formed on the river beach in the autumn.

There are many more ferries arriving on the Yellow River.

In this way, the Spanish phalanx was formed on the north bank of the Yellow River, and then pushed horizontally forward, in front of the dense jungle of spears, both the infantry and cavalry of the Qing army seemed at a loss, and they were still in a short period of confusion when they encountered this tactic for the first time. Their usual spears were not able to stab the Shun army because of their length, and they were also in a hurry to attack the Shun army from under the spear forest, although they had archers, but the Shun army also had a large number of bird guns. Their shield carts were indeed effective in blocking spears, but the Shun army also had a large number of spears in their hands to accompany the infantry......

There was even artillery.

When the landing ground was expanded to relative safety, all kinds of light artillery of the Shun army began to land on the shore, and then quickly erected to bombard the Qing army, in fact, the proportion of firearms of the Shun army even exceeded that of the Qing army, that is, slightly less than that of the Ming army.

Among the three, the proportion of Qing military firearms is the lowest.

A year and a half of the arms race has skyrocketed the technological content of China's battlefield.

However, the Qing army also has a magic weapon.

"What the hell is this?"

Li Hu looked at the Qing soldiers in front of him who were running away on both sides, and said in amazement.

In the passage of the latter's way, a half-grown boy who looked to be only sixteen or seventeen years old with heavy armor and a white robe on his face, with a fanatic face, rode a horse and shouted and galloped, and a faint trace of smoke could be clearly seen behind him, and the Qing troops on both sides were frightened away like snakes and scorpions......

"Fire, it's a roud!"

Li Hu was startled and hurriedly roared.

The birds in the phalanx raised their guns with horror and aim, and the dense bullets whistled out, instantly hitting the warrior's body, this unlucky warrior was like a lotus leaf in a rainstorm, shaking on the horse's back, and then the war horse fell ten feet away from the phalanx with a mournful cry.

But the warriors are not dead.

The armor on his body was too thick, and the bullets only seriously wounded him, but they did not kill him immediately, and I saw that he stood up with difficulty with the yearning for the gem garden, and the longing for the pile of beautiful maidens, and broke out with the last cry, and began to run without hesitation with the blood that was constantly flowing from his body......

Li Hu and his subordinates watched this scene in amazement.

Suddenly, a gunshot rang out.

The warrior's charge came to an abrupt halt, and he flew out with a spill of blood as if he had been hit by a galloping horse......

Li Hu turned his head in astonishment.

"Mada, you have the ability to carry half a pound of bullets!"

One of the gunmen said disdainfully.

At the same time, there was a huge explosion in front of him, accompanied by the light of the fire, and the smoke of gunpowder rolled up the sand and dust......

"Keep attacking!"

A minute later, Li Hu spat out a mouthful of sand and roared.

It is clear that this tactic is ineffective.

After all, the number of warriors is limited, and the Qing army that is impossible to attack is not afraid of death, this kind of indiscriminate attack will not distinguish between friend and foe, and the surrounding Qing army will definitely not wait to die with him when the warriors charge. Those Mongols, Han troops, Koreans, including the Eight Banners of Manchuria did not believe in the gods of the warriors, and of course they could not have such courage, and the result was that all the charging warriors were betrayed by their comrades, and then they were beaten into a sieve by the bullets of the Shun army.

They are indeed heavily armoured.

No matter how heavy the armor is, it can't carry the seven taels of bullets that lift the gun!

The Qing army's resistance at Baipo eventually ended in failure with the continuous landing of the Shun army, and soon all the Qing troops defending on the north bank retreated towards Mengxian, and after they retreated, the Shun army began to erect pontoon bridges using the ferries in their hands. At the same time, the Shun army at Hugao Pass attacked and took over the defense of Bishui Ferry, which was originally undertaken by the Ming army, and a brigade that was pinned down in Bishui quickly turned to Guangwujian to reinforce this most important battlefield.

But Duoduo did not retreat.

He still has 30,000 defenders in the area from Mengxian to Qinyang on the western front, and even if Yuan Zongdi repairs the pontoon bridge and goes north in a short time, he doesn't have to worry.

And the real key battlefield is Guangwu Mountain.

As long as he captures this place and opens the passage, his army can land on the south bank in a steady stream, and then divide his troops to attack Luoyang, at that time he can force Yuan Zongdi to withdraw, and he can also attack from Guangwujian to seize Heyin and Xingze, and prepare for the next attack on Zhengzhou. He continued to increase his weight at the foot of Guangwu Mountain, and more and more Qing troops landed on this narrow river beach, and then through the passes of Guangwu Mountain, climbed over this small mountainous area, and attacked Heyin behind.

The county seat of Heyin is the modern Guangwu Town.

While still holding on to Guangwu Mountain, the Ming army began to deploy defenses in Heyin.

The scale of the battlefield has expanded.

From Mengjin to Guangwu Mountain, the two hundred miles of the river have all become battlefields, and the Qing army attacked in the east and defended in the west, and the de facto Mingshun coalition army launched a battle of more than 200,000 people on the Yellow River, which is also a decisive battle that lays the future pattern.