Chapter 1094: The Battle of the Xiushui River (3)
m. The most data-saving, ad-free site for mobile phones. Commanding the army to fight, Chang Yonggang will not, the purpose of his coming here is that if there is a martial arts master of the Qin army who launches a surprise attack, he can play a role in restraining and blocking the enemy's master, and he doesn't care about the rest. But this did not prevent him from being interested in this, especially for Zhang Yu's arrangement at the bridgehead, and he was even more curious.
"Captain Zhang, since we are going to defend the bridgehead, wouldn't it be better to concentrate our forces, why did you make those arrangements in front of the bridge" Chang Yonggang pointed to the Ming army set up dozens of meters in front of the bridgehead and asked curiously.
Regarding Chang Yonggang's inquiry, Zhang Yu naturally knew everything and said everything.
"Mr. Chang, look at the open land in front of us, we have set up a progressive arc-shaped protective circle, in fact, it is to protect our central position, if we don't do this, the enemy will bypass from both sides, if they arrange strong crossbows or a large number of archers on our flanks, it will be a great threat to our bridgehead defenders, because of the terrain, we can't deploy more troops, if they let them form a continuous suppression of our bridgehead on the flank, then the bridgehead will eventually be unable to hold."
Zhang Yu pointed ahead and talked eloquently, he was still quite proud to be able to guide the country in front of such a big master. In that place, he used the cement left over from the construction of the tube building and the inexhaustible bluestone on the river to build an arc-shaped defense line, which is said to be a defense line, but in fact it is a half-person high breastwork wall, the chest wall is in a semi-arc shape, there are four in the front, and the two wings can threaten the bridgehead to hold the place, the second floor has three, the third floor has two, and further back, there are two tube buildings at the bridgehead. Standing in their place, the line of defense was like an open folding fan, and five hundred soldiers, two hundred of whom were placed behind these lines. There are not many soldiers and horses on the upper floor, and there are only sixteen people on each of the upper floors, and these people are mainly responsible for a total of eight crossbow machines. These big killer weapons that they hold the bridgehead don't need many people to control.
"What if the enemy uses trebuchets to attack," Chang Yonggang suddenly asked.
Zhang Yu smiled: "At least they don't dare to smash this bridge with a trebuchet, they want to take the bridge to use it to cross the river, the trebuchet is powerful, and the destructive power is also powerful, but his quasi-head is not flattering, if the bridge is smashed, wouldn't they work hard in vain, and this place is not suitable for forcible crossing."
"Sure enough, there are articles everywhere!" Chang Yonggang nodded again and again: "But five hundred people are indeed a little too little."
"Then it depends on how many people they are willing to take!" Zhang Yu said lightly: "Mr. Chang, if there are too many casualties, the blow to morale will be extremely serious, I bet that if the enemy lies here with two or three thousand people, I am afraid that their attack will be powerless."
"You only have five hundred people, and you want to annihilate thousands of Qin troops here, this appetite is too big" Chang Yonggang couldn't believe Zhang Yu, this kid was talking nonsense.
"That's not for sure!" Zhang Yu smiled.
As the two were talking, Chang Yonggang's ears moved slightly, he listened sideways for a moment, then turned his head to look at Zhang Yu, "The sound of horses' hooves seems to be more than a dozen rides."
"Scout!" Zhang Yu blurted out.
"It seems to be one in front and a dozen in the back!" Chang Yonggang listened for another moment and spoke again.
Zhang Yu's face changed slightly, and he immediately yelled at the soldiers on the upper floor: "Blow the whistle and prepare for battle."
A sharp whistle sounded above the tube tower of the Xiushui River Bridge, and the soldiers who were busy arranging obstacles threw away their things and quickly ran back towards the position one by one, and after a while, the entire fan-shaped position was already full of soldiers.
Leaning slightly, the sound of the horse's hooves sounded, Zhang Yu raised his eyes to look ahead, as Chang Yonggang said, a horse in front, more than a dozen horsemen followed behind, the person in front of him, there is no doubt that he is the scout of the Ming army, but at this time it looks very embarrassed.
The feathered arrows behind him were flying, and the Ming scouts in front of him were lying on their horses, only caring about beating their horses and fleeing, and there was no possibility of fighting back.
"Hurry up, hurry up." Zhang Yu said anxiously, it is impossible for him to send his subordinates out to greet him, the other party is a cavalry, he is a soldier here, send dozens of people out to greet him, in the eyes of the other party's more than a dozen cavalry scouts, it is just a bunch of vegetables to be chopped, and those who can act as scouts are the best in the army.
"Iron Bull." He shouted, and a man ran up to him, carrying an iron-tired bow in his hand. In the Ming Dynasty, because of the existence of crossbow machines, archers, who have a long training cycle, have basically been eliminated, and the few remaining archers can be called marksmen, all of whom are very good at archery. And their bows can also be tailored for them by the military workshop according to their own requirements, and are basically used as smashers.
"Go pick up that brother!" Zhang Yu yelled.
"Yes, Captain!" The Iron Bull answered, holding an iron-tired bow in one hand and a pot of arrows in the other, and rushed to the open field in front of him with a few leaps.
At this moment, the galloping Ming army scout war horse screamed, fell to the ground, several feather arrows inserted in the strands of the war horse, and one of them was in the middle of the dung gate. The scout on the horse jumped off his horse, did not stop or look back, but galloped forward.
With a whoosh, another arrow flew and hit the scout's calf, and the scout fell to the ground and rolled over, pulling out his saber from his waist.
At this time, the iron bull suddenly came out from behind a stone, stretched out his bow, drew arrows, swished, rushed to the front of a Qin army scout face door with an arrow, and planted his horse upside down.
An arrow is out, the iron bull quickly draws the bow, out of the arrow, shoots three arrows in a row, and the three horsemen get off the horse, at this time, the chasing scout has been divided into two groups, the two horses rush to the Ming scout who fell to the ground, and the other few people are riding horses and rushing to the iron bull, while approaching, while constantly drawing the bow and shooting.
The two fired at each other, but the iron bull was not so calm, and the opponent's horse speed was too fast, it was obvious that the other party was sure that the defenders on this side did not have war horses, and planned to kill both of them in the local area, and then calmly retreat.
Iron Bull can only draw the bow to fight back, while retreating from the obstacle area behind him, at this time, the quasi-head, but not very good, the opponent's scout can calmly dodge.
"Mr. Chang!" On the bridgehead, Zhang Yu turned his head to look at Changyonggang. The current state is that the Iron Bull is safe, but the scout is sure to be killed on the spot.
Chang Yonggang smiled, bent down and picked up a few stones from the ground, in fact, they were not stones, but some small cement balls left over from the repair of the tube building some time ago, but the hardness was even better.
Chang Yonggang waved his arm, there was a muffled sound, Zhang Yu only felt a flower in front of him, and the two Qin cavalry who were approaching the Ming army scouts in the distance who were swinging their knives to cut them suddenly flew out from their horses, and the people were in the air, blood splattered out, and bright red flowers bloomed in the air.
Zhang Yu opened his mouth wide, forgetting that in this position, where the strong bow couldn't shoot, this one just casually waved his arm and killed two people.
The scout of the Ming army, who was already preparing to fight the trapped beast, was lucky not to die, turned over and ran, limping towards the bridge, and Chang Yonggang was here, still waving his arms, every time he swung, Zhang Yu next to him could only hear a soft whining, and then one of the Qin soldiers and cavalry in the distance got off his horse.
In a moment, more than a dozen elite Qin soldiers fell to the ground, leaving only one war horse after another, standing blankly on the clearing, futile with the knight's clothes in his mouth, trying to drag the knight who fell to the ground up.
Tie Niu's eyes widened and he looked ahead, then looked down at the bow in his hand, and then looked back at Changyonggang above the bridge, as if he was in a dream.
"Iron Bull, get the horse back!" Zhang Yu finally reacted and opened his throat and said. A well-trained war horse has always been a valuable possession." Go and get that brother back, and then go search for those Qin scouts."
The scouts are all the elite of the army, and there must still be a lot of good things on them.
A moment later, the Ming scout who was hit by an arrow in the leg was carried back by two soldiers and helped to the cylinder building of the doctor Wang Lingbo, Wang Lingbo didn't have any nonsense, three times five divided by two, got rid of the feather arrow that penetrated the calf, stopped the bleeding, and then smeared some unknown ointment on the wound, and then used the needle and thread, sewing the wound like sewing clothes.
Zhang Yu's scalp was numb when he saw it, but the soldier in front of him didn't frown, he couldn't help but be shocked, and shouted in his heart that the tough guy was amazing.
However, the soldier asked in a trembling voice at this time: "Doctor, I don't feel anything on my legs, is it useless!"
Wang Lingbo tied a knot at the end of the thread, picked up two more plasters, and snapped them one after the other, then raised his head, "It's okay, I gave you a numbing ointment, so that you don't feel pain, and you won't know the pain until the strength of this plaster has passed!" It's nothing, I'm lucky, I didn't hurt the bones, but the wound is a bit big, and it will leave a scar when it's good."
"What is a scar, a soldier without a scar has no face to see people!" The scout smiled brightly.
"Brother, why are you back alone, what's the situation in front of you" Zhang Yu finally asked about the matter.
"The enemy's large army is coming, there are 10,000 people, and 2,000 cavalry, the enemy general led by Zhong Zhen, our group of scouts collided with their scouts, and I escaped alone. Captain, please give me a horse, and I will go back to General Zou." Scout Road.
Zhang Yu nodded, "This is coming!" Come well, kill my robe, and I want you to return it tenfold and hundredfold. Brother, can you still go long distances."
"It's okay, my leg hurts, I can't walk much, but it's okay to ride a horse. Thank you, doctor!" The scout stood up and said loudly.
"Okay." Zhang Yu waved his hand, and Iron Rebuke led a horse that had been collected earlier and handed it to the scout. The scouts were not many, turned over their horses, crossed the bridge in a puff of smoke, and rushed towards the direction of the big camp of the Baoqing camp.
"Brothers, it's time to work! Are you ready to put the reward in your pocket?" Zhang Yu laughed and drew his knife, "The Iron Bull has killed three enemies, but you are lagging behind."