The rafts rushed to the shore one by one, and the Ming troops above raised their shields and rushed down, the rain of arrows was overwhelming, and soldiers continued to fall to the ground with arrows.

A soldier raised his shield and hurried, and the feather arrow was nailed to the shield, but he protected his upper body, but he did not expect a stray arrow to suddenly pop into his leg, and he did not notice it while running, and ran a few steps before falling to the ground, and a wail came out of his mouth.

On the top of the mountain on the south bank of the Yangtze River, the drums of war beat earth-shattering, shocking people's souls, inspiring soldiers to move forward selflessly and fight to the death.

The first wave of Ming troops landed on the shore, mainly sword and shield fighters with strong defensive strength, and their goal was not to crush the Qing army's river defense, but to launch an open space at the head of the stall for the follow-up troops to gain a foothold and ensure the stall position on the river beach.

Three thousand Ming troops braved the rain of arrows to rush to the stall and collided with the Qing soldiers' swords, shields, and spears, and the rain of arrows hanging from the sky above their heads, they fought desperately and defended the stall.

At this time, the second wave of the Ming army's river-crossing troops, in the sound of war drums urging people to advance, had crossed the center of the river, and after the raft approached the shore, the Ming archers above began to counterattack with arrows.

Most of the soldiers crossing the river in this wave were archers, and their task was to suppress the Qing attack, help the sword and shield soldiers to advance, and expand the beachhead.

It's just that the river beach is really narrow, and the open space is crowded with people, and many people can't land on the shore at all, so they can only stand in the water and bend their bows and shoot arrows.

On the south bank of the Yangtze River, Wang Yan looked at the river beach with a clairvoyant mirror, and could see that the Qing army archers were shooting in formation, and the Ming army was blocked on the river beach by the Qing army's infantry army, unable to advance, and he couldn't help but be anxious in his heart.

The Middle Route Army has been delayed in Ba County for half a month, and if this crossing of the river fails, it will be even more difficult for the Ming army to cross the river again, and the entire plan to sweep Sichuan and Shu will also fall short.

At this time, Wang Yan glanced at Lu Shikui beside him, and immediately shouted: "Shikui, you landed with five hundred heavy steps!" ”

Wang Yan fought with the Qing soldiers before, and after the war entered the scorching heat, he tasted that he lacked the means to break the deadlock, but on the side of the Qing army, there were often sharp soldiers such as heavy cavalry and heavy infantry, so he also intended to equip a heavy step as his killer weapon.

The scale of China's wars in the past dynasties is huge, whether it is chain mail, scale armor, or piercing armor, most of them are exclusive to leading military officers, and elite soldiers may be able to mix with iron armor, as for ordinary cannon fodder, a broken jacket is enough.

When the ordnance supervisor was building armor and weapons for the army, Wang Yan intended to create a armor equipped with heavy steps, but due to lack of time and lack of fine iron, it took time to make, and the original 1,000 sets of scale armor wrapped around the whole body did not receive 200 sets until the time of the expedition.

In fact, in contrast, Wang Yan preferred Bai Fanbing's plate armor, but after asking the craftsman, he learned that it was difficult to make and too bulky, which was not conducive to mobility, so he dispelled the idea.

At this time, in addition to the 200 sets of scale armor provided by the ordnance supervisor, Wang Yan also collected some miscellaneous armor such as chain mail and mountain pattern armor, totaling 300 sets, and equipped 500 of his own soldiers, called the Iron Man Army.

Chongbu has not yet fully formed an army, and Wang Yan didn't want to use it easily, but at this critical moment, he couldn't take care of it.

With Wang Yan's order issued, Lu Shikui responded with a fist, and after a while, the five hundred iron man army arrived at the river beach, and a large group of soldiers surrounded them, helped them put on armor, battle skirts, and iron boots, and put on a layer of cotton armor to defend against birds in addition to the armor for insurance.

Five hundred soldiers, uniformly wearing ghost masks, most of them only leaking out of their eyes, they held rattan cards, bows and arrows hung from their waists, and held swords in exchange for Zheng Chenggong in their hands, murderous and invincible.

The Iron Man Army sailed away from the shore on a bamboo raft, and the fierce battle on the north bank was still ongoing, Wu Risheng suddenly heard the change of war drums, and hurriedly looked back, and saw the flag dancing on the mountain, and suddenly shouted, "Wu Yishan, you take people to quickly push the stranded raft on the shore into the river, don't block the rear army from landing on the shore." ”

Wu Yishan, who was commanding the bow and arrow to suppress the Qing soldiers, heard the order and immediately asked people to clean up the stall. The Iron Man Army wore more than sixty or seventy pounds one by one, and if they waded ashore, the ten ** would be trapped in the thin mud, and it was estimated that they would be bored before they went ashore.

At this time, a large group of soldiers turned around and pushed the rafts that had been stranded by the first two waves of Ming troops into the river, and rushed downstream along the current to reduce the distance of the impact of the Iron Man Army.

The raft rushed to the shore, the mighty Iron Man Army, went ashore and lined up, the team was neat, a handle of war knives flashed with cold light, murderous, they were under the leadership of Lu Shikui, quickly lined up into five rows, and killed the Qing soldiers blocking the river beach step by step.

The Ming Dynasty's tactics were ahead of their time, attaching importance to firearms, but on the contrary, they did not pay much attention to heavy infantry.

"Shoot!"

He ordered again, and the archers of the Qing army shot the Iron Man Army who had just landed one after another, and the arrows were like a torrential rain, overwhelming, and countless arrows were shot on the Iron Man Army, and the outer layer of cotton armor was broken, but the inner layer of iron armor blocked the arrows.

The Qing soldiers saw that many Ming troops were shot into hedgehogs, and the mountains were full of arrows, but they still advanced forward, and the bows and arrows did not play any role, and none of the iron men fell.

The Iron Man Army still moved forward step by step, dignified like a mountain, the Ming swords, shields and archers who landed first made way for them, and the Qing army was already oppressed to the point of breathlessness, and at the same time there was a great fear, the other party was not afraid of bows and arrows, Wang Zuntan instinctively retreated, and there was a bad feeling in his heart.

"Shoot again!"

Wang Zuntan shouted, and the arrows shot at the Iron Man Army like a storm again, dense and suffocating, but still had no effect, and at this moment, Lu Shikui shouted, "Kill!" ”

The Iron Man Army took the Japanese knife and killed into the ranks of the Qing army, Li Guoying hurriedly commanded the men and horses to resist, he saw a person opposite, his body was full of feather arrows, but he was still alive and vigorous, the Qing soldiers could not cut into the knife, and the gun could not be stabbed, and they were suddenly frightened.

The sword is sharp and very easy to chop, of course, because of the defects of the knife itself, it cannot break through the iron armor, but it is more than enough to deal with the green battalion soldiers who only wear light armor.

The Iron Man Army slashed with his sword, blood splattered, and his limbs flew horizontally, killing the Qing soldiers as if they were chopping melons and vegetables, and the screams resounded across the shore.

These iron men were like devils from the Shura Hell, and the tragic slaughter made the Qing soldiers tremble, and the Qing army was constantly pressed back.

Wu Risheng seized the opportunity, raised his sword and shouted, commanded the beachhead Ming army, and constantly surged to kill the Qing army. Under the breakthrough of the Iron Man Army, the Qing soldiers retreated again and again, and the booth position was immediately expanded.

Seeing this, the follow-up troops on the south bank came again on rafts, and the Ming troops were constantly sent ashore.

At this time, nearly 10,000 people have been gathered on the river beach, the Ming army is thunderous, the morale is high, the Qing soldiers are finally difficult to resist, and they collapsed in an instant, the green battalion soldiers rushed to run backwards, no one resisted the Ming army anymore, the Qing soldiers shouted in fear, and the army was defeated like a mountain.

Wang Zuntan and Li Guoying saw that the situation was not good, and led hundreds of guards to turn around and flee east~

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