The attack surface of the bridgehead is too narrow, when Qin rode here, it naturally showed a fan that was thin in front and wide in the back, when a large number of people marched to the front, the originally scattered formation began to tighten, and on the ground, the messy river stones made it difficult for the cavalry to walk, these stones were not big, for the infantry, or nothing, but for the cavalry, they needed to avoid the horses, and their speed was inevitably reduced.

Slow and tightly formed, this was the favorite enemy attack of the Ming crossbows. At this time, the cavalry, except for being larger and more conspicuous, did not seem to see any other advantages.

But the size is more conspicuous and there is a fatal disadvantage, that is, the Ming army does not have to aim at the city, and it is enough to shoot the short arrows in the crossbow machine like a rain.

The humming crossbow cries like mosquitoes, but it brings real death.

The crossbow arrows of the crossbow machine are very short, shorter than the general feather arrows, the previous crossbow arrows are made of iron, the cost is high, but at the beginning of this year, the arsenal finally developed the technology of replacing the original iron rod with a wooden rod, the choice is apple wood, this thing is very brittle, after shooting into the human body, most of them will be blocked by strong inertia and burst, the previous Ming army crossbow machine has to do everything possible to recycle, but now, it has become a one-time product. But for those who are hit by the arrows, it is a nightmare, because after the barrels of these applewood arrows explode in the body, they will cause a second injury.

Most of the iron crossbow arrows formed are penetrating wounds, as long as they don't die at the time, there is still hope of surviving after pulling out the crossbow arrows, but the apple wood arrow shaft is exploded, which makes the wound full of wood chips, and if you want to clean it up, it is completely a dream.

Under Zhong Zhen's stunned expression, the cavalry that rushed forward, like cutting leeks, fell to the ground in rows, and in a moment, the open field in front of them was covered with the corpses of men and horses.

No matter how brave the Qin army was, it couldn't withstand such huge casualties, and finally someone had a psychological breakdown, turned around and hit his horse and fled back, and then ten horsemen, one hundred horsemen, and the attacking Qin cavalry collapsed in an instant.

"It's that simple!" Looking at the Qin cavalry who fled back, Zhang Yu laughed, the enemy's carelessness made the Xiushui River Bridge suffer the impact for the first time, he washed the opponent's cavalry forward in blood at the cost of not losing one person, and opened the curtain of the bloody battle of the Xiushui River Bridge with nearly two hundred corpses of men and horses.

I have to say that Zhongzhen, who has been in the Luoying Mountains for a long time, and the cavalry there have fallen far behind this era in terms of their knowledge of the battlefield and the speed of weapon renewal. A new type of weapon like a crossbow machine, the Qi people who fought with the Ming army already had a full understanding that it was the price of blood and life. And the Qin State on the Kaiping Front under Deng Pu also has a hard memory, but the remnants of these people have now been transformed into the Ming ** team.

And the border army of the Qin State in the Luoying Mountains is too far away from the Ming State on the other side. This was the first time they had encountered this kind of weapon, and the rain-like crossbow machine and the terrifying rate of fire of the powerful crossbow broke their cognition far away. The casualties of 200 cavalry were a huge loss for the cavalry in the first round of attack, but it was not unbearable for Zhong Zhen, who had more than 10,000 soldiers, but the confusion when facing this weapon for the first time was the real cause of the veteran's inner turmoil.

Several wounded soldiers who were lucky not to die, lying in front of Zhong Zhen, the exposed wounds were shocking, the leather armor for the crossbow arrow's protection ability was almost equal to nothing, the sharp triangular arrows easily broke the leather armor's protection of the human body, the doctor who accompanied the army, carefully pulled out the bloody arrows, cleaned up the sawdust in the wound, but could not do anything for more small sawdust, could only hastily bandage the matter, as for whether these wounded can survive, it depends on whether their lives are hard or not. If you can not have fever and suppuration within two or three days after the injury, then the survival rate will be greatly improved.

Zhong Zhen looked at the pile of corpses in the distance, his heart was full of remorse, he knew that he was too light on the enemy, and his ignorance of the enemy made him suffer this big loss. This terrain was originally not suitable for cavalry charges, he originally thought that such a huge charge was enough to make the opposing defense soul scattered, and as soon as the spirit was lost, this battle would be easy to fight, but who would have expected him to lose his morale in the end.

Those people are all cavalry, it is not easy for Qin to raise a cavalry, since the Deng Iron Cavalry was almost wiped out, Qin no longer has the ability to form a strong cavalry, except for the Thunder Army, but that is the royal guard. The cavalry that came back from the Luoying Mountain Range was only 3,000 cavalry, and General Yuan allocated 2,000 cavalry to himself in a fit of anger, but now, more than 200 cavalry died worthless.

"Send someone to drag back the body of the deceased brother." Jong Jin Road. Bringing back the remains of the war dead can reunite the morale of the soldiers, and at the same time, it is also to clean up the battlefield, and now he has understood that although the other side only has 500 people guarding the bridge, if he wants to take it, he is afraid that he will have to go through a hard battle.

Hundreds of soldiers walked to the battlefield with their bare hands under the leadership of a captain, and it was still quiet on the Xiushui River Bridge opposite, and above Zhong Zhen's position, he couldn't even see that there were soldiers defending the opponent's position.

This made him particularly frightened, the psychological quality of the enemy army, and the strength was outrageous.

"Call the old sentry chief." He withdrew his gaze and said to the soldiers beside him.

The old sentry commander is also a veteran who has fought in the Luoying Mountains for many years, and has produced countless generals under his command, but this person has never been promoted, but he is extremely rich in contacts, qualifications and experience in the army. After the failure of that military admonition, this 10,000-year-old veteran finally became an officer, and now he is a partial general. However, whether it is a veteran in the army or his upline, he is still habitually called the old sentry commander.

"Old sentry, give you a thousand foot soldiers, can you take it down?" Zhong Zhen stared at the old face in front of him that was covered with wind and frost and asked.

The old sentry looked down at the wounds of the wounded soldiers, and then glanced up at the defensive deployment opposite, and his old face twitched. The area of the opponent's defense is not large, mainly the bridgehead, but the layout is seamless, the more inward, the greater the intensity of the defense, and more importantly, the strong support force after the opponent's first-line defense. Xiushuihe does not have a city wall, but for him, attacking this kind of position is like attacking a defensive position with a city wall as a backing, and it is impossible to take it without paying huge casualties.

"Only human lives can be filled!" He whispered, "I need the soldiers to wear armor, not leather armor, but iron armor." ”

The corner of Zhong Zhen's eyes jumped, his army of 10,000 people, there are really not many people with iron armor, even if they changed their clothes in Yongdu once, but they were only equipped with leather armor, just this, it also made him happy for a long time, you must know that they are in the Luoying Mountains, and even leather armor is a luxury.

"If you don't have a thousand iron armor, I'll give you five hundred." He said.

"The last general will try hard!" The old sentinel's brows furrowed into a Sichuan shape, "General Zhong, the big shield can't block the opponent's strong crossbow, I need more wood to make a giant shield." ”

"Where do you get all this wood?" Zhong Zhen raised his eyes and saw that the surrounding area was empty, and as far as his eyes could see, he couldn't see even a single forest, all of which had been cut down cleanly by the Ming people, and if he wanted suitable wood, he would have to cut it down far away.

"Sharpen the knife and don't mistake the woodcutter." The old sentry said, "Let the cavalry go out, cut down the trees and drag them back." ”

"This will take a long time, but today, it will be impossible to launch a second attack." Zhong Zhen looked embarrassed. If the vanguard army could not cross the river in time, the three-way army would become the left and right flanks to advance forward, and the longer the delay lasted, the more obvious this situation would become. As an experienced veteran, he knows that once the left and right wings are too protruding, it is easy for opponents to take advantage of them.

"General Zhong, this is not for me to decide. Without a giant shield, we would not have been able to approach the enemy's position, not even an iron shield, which would not have been able to stop the enemy's powerful crossbow shots. ”

Zhong Zhen thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you and be a giant shield." Today is a night attack, and I will not hesitate to do it. ”

It is really an easy decision for the Qin army to launch a night battle, because at night, the night blind array will become the great enemy of the army, and compared with the rich and well-fed Ming army, the night blind array of the Qin army is a very common thing.

Compared with the tension on the Qin army's side, the Xiushui River Bridge was calm, the enemy did not attack, and they were also happy to be idle, their original purpose was to slow down the enemy's advance, so time was on their side.

"Captain Zhang, why didn't those Qin soldiers who came to collect the corpses clean up together?" Chang Yonggang asked Zhang Yu with some curiosity, this is a good opportunity to find the water dogs, why do you want them to take back the corpses, where to put them, and they can also shock the enemy.

"It's conventional!" Zhang Yu said: "The battlefield collects the remains of the war dead, and the other side must not interfere, because maybe it will be our turn to do this kind of thing at any time." If we break the rules, others can also have a good reason to deal with us in the future, and let the corpse of the robe be violent in the wilderness, which will hit morale. ”

"I see!" Chang Yonggang nodded and said, the army sometimes acts, and there is still a big difference between it and the rivers and lakes.

"There's another reason." Wang Lingbo, the doctor on the side, also came over, or it was the first time he saw so many corpses and blood, and his face was a little pale. "It's still very hot, and if we don't clean up these bodies, I'm afraid that tomorrow it will stink, and we will be the ones who will suffer. There is also a high possibility of spreading the plague disease, which is even more terrifying. ”