Chapter 842: The Battle of the River
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Yuan Jun's trebuchet was not arranged on the ordinary ground, and the enemy would inevitably destroy the trebuchet, and Yuan Jun's trebuchet was arranged in a small village. These small villages, built on earthen platforms, are either 100 square meters or hundreds of square meters, and there are 30 or 50 trebuchets of varying numbers.
The Qin army on the river suffered a blow.
But the Qin army led by Tai Shici did not panic, and such an 'artillery' offensive was also expected.
Tai Shi Ci knew that Yuan Jun's trebuchet position here had more than 100 large and small ones. Before the attack, he had already set the target tasks for his detachment.
At this moment, he immediately divided his troops and ordered all detachments to go to destroy the trebuchets of Yuan's army.
How to exterminate.
The large ships above the Qin army also carried trebuchets.
On the ten-mile-wide river, the huge Qin army fleet was like a cell splitting, and dozens of small fleets were split out at once, each heading for the goal.
Yuan's artillery fire was also lost.
Yuan Jun's side.
Attacked by the Qin army's ships, Yuan's front had to retreat. The ferocious fireships were connected into a sea of fire, and the Yuan army panicked, and after retreating for half a mile, the formation was a little scattered.
"Stand by, stand by!" Commander Yan Liang ordered his officers to constantly ride their horses and gallop through the gaps between the battle formations to calm the panicked soldiers and boost morale.
This battle Yan Liang fought aggrieved, although he occupied the land shore, belonged to occupy a favorable terrain. But he has no water army, no water village, which greatly reduces his advantage.
"If there is a water village, how can the Qin army be so rampant."
With the water village, it is like having an extra city wall, which can be used to resist and kill a large number of enemy living forces.
But the reality is that the Qin army did not allow the Yuan army to have a water village and a water army. Although Qin Feng didn't care about the southern expedition a few years ago, as long as there were water villages and ships on the Yellow River that were not his own, the Qin army would ruthlessly destroy them.
There was no water army, no water village, and before the Qin army landed, Yan Liang could only rely on trebuchets to fight the Qin army.
Since Yuan's army was unable to build a naval army, he used all these forces to build a slinger. Yuan Jun counted more than 700 large and small trebuchets, distributed along the river.
The power of these trebuchets should not be underestimated, especially the flint. With extensive training, the Yuan slingers were able to quickly aim at the waters within any firing range. No matter how the Qin army advanced or retreated, they were able to adjust quickly and continue to hit the target.
Yuan Jun's side.
"Report ......, Marshal, our army's trebuchet force has destroyed nearly a hundred Qin ships!" The school is happy to report.
Yan Liang was overjoyed, the sea of fire made of burning fireships on the shore in front of him blocked his view, but fortunately, he could get information from a farther distance.
Wen Chou said happily: "Jiang Yiqu, those guys didn't train in vain, we have these slingers, we can smash the enemy army on the river, and the enemy army can continue to smash after landing." If the enemy really lands, the 30,000 troops on our side will squeeze over and squeeze the enemy. The Slinger was able to smash it into pulp. ”
If the Qin army lands, the Yuan army will rush up, not giving any space to the landed Qin army, throwing stones and smashing them, they can be successfully eliminated.
But the generals of the Qin army are not willing to be live targets. Therefore, Tai Shi Ci ordered his naval army to destroy the enemy trebuchets in charge of each detachment according to any of the pre-arranged plans.
Gan Ning personally led a detachment of fleets and kept approaching the No. 51 trebuchet village. Of course, this No. 51 small village is the number assigned by Qin Jun to Yuan Jun in order to reasonably distribute tasks.
Boom~Click~.
As he saw it, the stern of a frigate next to him was smashed into sawdust by a flying boulder, and many soldiers fell into the water.
The Qin army's navy was not afraid of death, and did not retreat after falling into the water, but relied on swimming and continued to approach the shore.
"General!"
An exclamation.
Gan Ning looked up and saw a stone flying from the sky, and one of the basins hit it, and it fell directly at him. Gan Ning was smashed for a long time, and he really didn't fight back, he copied a shield in a rage.
When there was a loud bang, the boulder that fell down flew out.
Gan Ning was repulsed by seven or eight steps, his mind was clouded for a while, and he didn't move for a long time. But his bravery inspired the soldiers under his command.
After a while, Gan Ning recovered and shouted: "It's already in range, give me a shot back, a hard shot." ”
In the small village of Yuan Jun No. 51, which was numbered by the Qin army, Jiang Yiqu, the general of the Yuan army, happily commanded the trebuchet to send stones.
He was overjoyed, and saw that many ships on the river were smashed to pieces. However, Jiang Yiqu was very dissatisfied with the few losses of the enemy's fighting ships and building ships.
"Smash me, smash it. The Qin army always bullied our waterless army, let them know how powerful our trebuchets are, change big stones, and smash those fighting ships and building ships! ”
"General, the range of the big stone is short, and the enemy's big ship has not yet entered the range of the big stone!"
"Nonsense, General Ben naturally knows that General Ben wants you to prepare in advance."
Jiang Yiqu scolded, and heard a burst of exclamations all around. Following the soldier's line of sight to the sky, Jiang Yiqu was stunned at first, and then his face changed greatly, "It's not our stone!" ”
A group of rocks flew in the sky, apparently from the opposite side.
Jiang Yiqu felt a chill in his heart at that time, but soon, the stone flew over the high platform.
Then another piece flew over.
Jiang Yiqu continued to feel cold in his heart, but soon, the stone fell to the ground in advance.
Jiang Yiqu laughed and said: "Ha, they all say that the quality of the Qin army is high, it seems that this quality is nothing more than that, they can't aim accurately, smash me, smash me!" Those who slack off will kill the three clans, and those who kill the enemy will be rewarded! ”
The soldiers of the Yuan army did not dare to slack off, carrying stones, pulling the bracket, putting it up, and launching, the three groups had a clear division of labor and acted quickly.
Click~
Suddenly, the trebuchet exploded and was torn to pieces, and most of the soldiers around them fell in pools of blood.
Jiang Yiqu felt that the sky around him was falling apart, and he felt that he had suffered a heavy blow and flew out. Lying on the ground, his ears buzzed like thunder, and he saw that the entire small village was in chaos. In the dust, his soldiers scurried everywhere, and were hit by stones falling from the sky, and the part that was hit was gone.
And the huge trebuchet in the small village has already become a pile of sawdust.
"Three rounds aimed at me, smashed so accurately! We've been practicing for years. Jiang Yiqu spat out blood and passed out at that time.
Yuan Jun practiced for several years, and he smashed accurately. The Qin army has undergone more, stricter and more scientific training in recent years, and the Qin army has smashed more accurately.
Qin Jun side.
"Good smash!" Gan Ning raised his eyes and looked into the distance, seeing that the enemy's No. 51 village was destroyed, he waved his hand and began to march towards the No. 50 village.
In a short period of time, Yuan Jun suffered heavy losses in trebuchet villages everywhere.
Yan Liang calmed down, after all, the enemy's losses were greater, and he didn't plan to annihilate the Qin army just by relying on trebuchets, "Don't panic, be prepared." When the enemy was halfway crossed, he killed him on the river beach. ”
Since ancient times, it has been the most effective means of killing and injuring enemies crossing the river.
The most classic is the Battle of Weishui, when the 800,000 troops of the former Qin were killed by 80,000 people in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. (To be continued.) )