Chapter 1097: The Battle of Xiushui River (6)
Huge wooden shields appeared on the battlefield and slowly approached the bridgehead. These wooden shields are completely made of bowl-sized logs, which are very shoddy, and in some places even have branches and green leaves. Behind the giant wooden shields one by one, one by one the Qin soldiers hid behind them and carefully advanced towards the bridgehead."
"Fuck, that's a bit of a problem." Zhang Yu's face was a little nervous this time, he knew very well that this battle, he was afraid that he would have to fight in a short battle.
"Strong crossbow, broken shield!" Zhang Yu roared angrily.
The strong crossbow raised its head, and in the dull sound, a strong crossbow broke out of the air, and with a bang, a huge shield was split in half, and there was a miserable cry behind the wooden shield, and many soldiers were not injured by the giant shield, but were smashed and injured by the broken wooden shield.
Upstairs, the crossbow machine immediately sounded at the right time, and with the sound of a crack, many Qin soldiers were immediately shot to the ground. The broken wooden shield has not fallen apart yet, and even if it is split in half, there are still some people hidden behind it.
The crossbow kept ringing, and the huge wooden shields on each side were broken, and the moment it was broken, the crossbow machine on the tower would immediately be launched in a timely manner, sweeping down a group of people.
The whole scene still looked like a one-sided battle, but Zhang Yu's face on the bridge did not relax. On the side of the Qin army, the old sentry commander who was in charge of the command of the former enemy also let out a long breath. Although the dead man hurts his heart very much, but in the war, there are undead people, if there is a need and value, let him die, and he does not hesitate. Because he saw hope, this giant wood still couldn't stop the opponent's strong crossbow, but the strong crossbow couldn't break the giant wooden shield, which greatly reduced their casualties, and they were approaching the bridgehead town step by step.
As long as they are close to each other, they will have victory in sight, that is, they will use people, that is, they will exchange human lives, and they can also exchange a victory.
After the position, one by one, the Ming soldiers put their spears on the wall, stuck their ring-headed knives at their feet, and quietly watched the enemy who was approaching step by step.
Baoqing Battalion, which was killed step by step from Changyang County, the old army that grew up with the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers have rich experience, the situation in front of them, at a glance, you will know that the next must be a bloody battle.
Zhang Yu stared at the front for a long time, and suddenly said: "The order goes down, and the people behind the first position will withdraw. After withdrawing to the second position, it became a reserve for the soldiers of the second position."
"Why don't you retreat without a fight?" Chang Yonggang asked puzzled.
"There are only five hundred of us!" Zhang Yu said: "You can't fight with the enemy. When the Qin army crossed the first line of position, they were completely exposed to the range of our crossbow machines, and there would not be so many enemies who could rush above our second line of defense. I'm going to fill the empty space between these two lines of defense with corpses."
Hearing this, Chang Yonggang glanced up at the distance between the two lines of defense, and then at the distance between the enemy's wooden shields, and suddenly understood.
"At this distance, there will still be a lot of Qin soldiers who can rush over."
"Those who rushed over were just a moment too late to die." Zhang Yu smiled and pulled out his knife, "Mr. Chang, just look at it, I'll go down first."
Chang Yonggang untied the meteor hammer in his waist: "I'm going to help too."
Zhang Yu was stunned: "Mr. Chang, you are a master, these little soldiers, it is worth your shot, just leave it to us, you just need to guard here and wait for the enemy's big master, if they can't attack for a long time, they will definitely make this move."
"I'm a Ming person, and the soldiers below are also Ming people, if I make a move, I can also reduce the casualties of the soldiers, and you don't have to worry about anything, killing these small soldiers won't cost me much strength." Chang Yonggang smiled.
"That's just as well!" Zhang Yu's eyes lit up, every soldier here is his sibling, and he has been stirring horses and spoons in a pot for many years, although there will definitely be deaths in the war, but wouldn't it be better to die one less?" Then there is Mr. Law, but Mr. only needs to be in the back and see where the danger is and help a little."
"Okay, no problem!"
The Ming army withdrew from the first line of defense, the old sentry commander was overjoyed, the enemy only had five hundred troops, this is their biggest disadvantage, he looked up at the two cylinders, and took a deep breath, "After crossing the first obstacle, immediately rush forward at the fastest speed, as long as they are mixed with the Ming army, they will not dare to shoot arrows."
The first position is not so easy to cross, I tried to smash a few times, I don't know how this position was built, it didn't move at all, the Qin soldiers could only climb over, most of the wall was half a person high, when climbing, but they couldn't hold a heavy wooden shield, the soldiers could only raise the small shield in their hands, with the greatest strength in their lives, the fastest speed to climb over.
And this was also the opportunity on the upper floor, the crossbow machine that had been whistling intermittently before, immediately roared wildly, and one soldier after another fell from the wall, and soon, the ground was covered with a layer of corpses.
These Qin border troops from the Luoying Mountains are indeed brave, even if they are killed and wounded, but they are also fearless to go forward and succeed, they are fighting in the Luoying Mountains like this, forward, and then forward, kill a Ming army, grab equipment, grab weapons, succeed once, and the chance of saving your life next time will be greatly increased.
More and more people climbed over the first wall, holding the small shield in their hands, howling and rushing to the second line of defense, several crossbow machines immediately changed their shooting targets, and shot at them intensively, and the Qin army on the first line of defense who was so pressed that they couldn't raise their heads immediately felt that the pressure was greatly reduced, and their courage suddenly increased greatly, and the speed of climbing was faster.
The old sentry's heart was dripping blood, and in a short period of time, the first wall was leaning against his side, and the corpse that was laid up was half a meter high, and the same was true on the other side, these were all his subordinates, and in this short period of time, there were already nearly two hundred brothers, who fell on the way to charge.
He stared at the soldier at the front, fast, still ten steps away, and a few more fell, hurry, rush forward. Five steps, four steps, no arrow shot down from the head, and his brothers rushed to the second wall.
The old sentry shouted, this is happy, hand-to-hand, finally hand-to-hand, in order to achieve this purpose, counting the cavalry, they have already died four or five hundred, and this is already equivalent to the entire number of enemies defending on the opposite side.
"Rush up and kill them!" He screamed desperately, though it was impossible to hear a word ahead.
At the moment when these Qin soldiers rushed to the second line of defense, two rows of figures appeared on the defense line that had not seen people before, and the spears stabbed out in unison with a low shout, just like at this moment, countless barbs suddenly grew on this originally bare city wall.
The gun is out, the shield is broken, the armor is broken, and the man is broken. The first Qin soldiers who had just rushed to the defensive line fell. The spears were withdrawn, and behind them, a second row of spears stabbed out at the right time, stabbing down those who pounced on them.
Two rows of spears, one after the other, stabbed the charging soldiers one by one under the wall.
The Qin army is also extremely brave, and even before they die, some of them still think about stabbing the spear in their hand fiercely, and the saber in their hand is desperately smashed to the opposite side.
But unfortunately, in front of them, there is a half-human height wall, and the upper part of the Ming army is exposed on the wall, wearing cuirass, these dying soldiers have limited strength, and the force of hitting the opponent's breastplate is no longer enough to break through the armor. The last remnants of the strength were just a few white marks and scars on the armor.
More people poured through the first line of positions, more people fell on the way to the charge, and more people, rushing to the second line of defense, the Ming army finally suffered casualties.
Someone was directly stabbed or slashed in the face or head, and there was no salvation. There are also people who have only minor injuries, but even minor injuries are immediately replaced.
The defensive line stood firm under the onslaught of the Qin army. The Qin army lost more and more casualties.
Iron Bull stood behind the third line of defense, carrying his iron bow and a few feathered arrows in his hands. As one of the few sharpshooters in the Baoqing camp who have been retained, they don't need to go to the front line to fight. And he is not used to kill those ordinary soldiers, his role is to destroy the enemy's officers. His bow is specially made, and his arrows are also specially made, which is specially tailored for these people by the military workshop of the Ming Dynasty, with only one purpose, to give full play to their own greatest strength, and when their archery martial arts cultivation is improved, they can re-order their own bows and arrows.
An officer in the Qin army jumped up and rushed towards the second line of defense from the air, this is a martial artist with at least six levels of cultivation, at this time, he is already desperate, this fall into the enemy's lineup, you can imagine what will happen next, but what he wants is to exchange his life for the temporary chaos of the enemy on the opposite side, as long as the enemy's formation is chaotic, his brothers have a chance.
With a whining sound, an arrow broke through the air, the officer of the Qin State who was in the air roared wildly, waved his knife and flew this sudden cold arrow, his body had a temporary pause in the air because of this grid, this pause, it killed him, the second arrow came across the air at the right time, the arrow easily broke through the iron armor on his body, drilled deep into his chest and abdomen, and let out an unwilling howl in mid-air, and the third arrow immediately flew and passed through his wide open mouth, shooting him upside down and flying out, falling into the pile of corpses behind him.