Chapter 339: Dead Carry
The pikemen let out a deep shout, then walked neatly, put the spear in his hand on the shield in front of him, clubbed the shaft of the spear on the ground, and then pressed the barrel downward, using the shield and the ground as a fulcrum, forming a forest of guns in front of the team. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The second row comes forward and lines up! Liu Dayong shouted again.
Immediately the axemen and pikemen stepped forward, and behind the first row of gun shields, another layer of guns was set up, and the defense line was thickened, and the dust on the ground shook with the sound of rumbling horses' hooves.
Steady! The Mongols must not be allowed to approach the bridge! Even if you die, you must die like a man! Liu Dayong shouted vigorously with a big knife in his hand.
The Mongol cavalry had to slow down and pass through the gaps in the vehicles as they crossed the heavy wagons abandoned by the Song army, and had to guard against their own men fighting for the road and colliding with each other, thus reducing the speed of their impact.
This is also Gao Huaiyuan's plan to restrain the huge impact of the Mongolian cavalry, so that the Song army guarding the bridge has the ability to withstand their impact, otherwise, with the speed of the Mongolian army, people plus the weight of hundreds of catties of war horses, plus speed, crashing into the Song army's defense line, at least more than a thousand catties of strength, can easily break through the defense line set by the Song army, and these vehicles are what they use to restrain the enemy's speed, and when these Song troops abandon the vehicles, they cleverly form a line of defense, It did not affect the crossbowmen of the Song army to shoot the Mongol soldiers with arrows, but also forced a large number of Mongol cavalry to slow down before they could rush into the chariot formation.
The general in charge of the baggage faithfully implemented the plan set by Gao Huaiyuan, and discarded the vehicles outside the ferry in a certain order, which seemed to be messy, and won a first-line livelihood for Liu Dayong and his defenders.
The Mongol cavalry, which had swished to the outside of the formation, released their arrows one after another, and then immediately slowed down, and rushed through the gap in the formation to the ferry.
A group of Song soldiers were shot by arrows and immediately fell into the ranks, while the knife and axe men in the front row were hiding behind the big shields, and the casualties were very small, and only a small number of spearmen were unfortunately hit by arrows and fell in the queue.
But then a reserve soldier stepped forward, took the place of the wounded brethren, and once again put his spear on his shield, pointing at the Mongol cavalry who were rushing forward.
When the flood-like Mongol cavalry rushed to the ferry, it was blocked by the carts abandoned by the Song army, and immediately slowed down, and then poured into the inner circle like fine sand from the gaps between the vehicles, and such a slowdown was fatal for the cavalry.
The archers of the crossbow battalion saw the situation when they aimed at these Mongolian cavalry squeezed from the gaps, launched a rapid hunt, nearly two thousand archers fired at the same time, in such a cramped terrain appeared extremely dense, although the Mongolian cavalry also counterattacked, but often several people shot one at the same time, even if the Mongolian soldiers archery skills were high, they could not withstand such a group fight, immediately many Mongolian cavalry fell off their horses with arrows, and they did not have time to accelerate to gather and rush into the Song army.
At this time, the Song army that crossed the river, under the command of Deputy General Liu Dayong, gradually formed an order, and began to retreat towards the east of the river in an orderly manner, so that the degree of chaos was reduced a lot, and the speed of crossing the river was also accelerated.
Shi Bu also discovered this problem on the periphery, the Song army was gradually stabilizing, gradually retreating in the direction of Hedong, if they were allowed to retreat to Hedong, then his siege and annihilation battle would be considered a failure.
After inspecting the situation on the battlefield, he found the problem, it was these drooling baggage vehicles in front of him that blocked their attack, so that their attack power could not be fully exerted, but filled in like a pit, not even a bubble came out, he really didn't understand, how could he be so stupid, so he immediately shouted to his subordinates to pull away some vehicles blocking the road to make a wide enough impact channel.
Many Mongol soldiers also realized this, and hurriedly rushed over to put on these vehicles, and struggled to pull away, so busy for a while, finally widened the impact area, and at this time the Mongol army was able to rush to the ferry in large numbers.
Brothers, life and death are in this move, you are heroes if you stand up to them, if you take half a step back, we are all bad seeds, carry it for me! Liu Dayong looked at the large number of Mongolian cavalry rushing and shouted loudly.
The soldiers were very nervous, but there was a feeling of blood boiling, just like Liu Dayong said, it is impossible to retreat now! The bridge is also crowded with their own soldiers and horses, and now they can only survive the assault of the Mongolian army, and if they retreat, there is only one result, that is, they will cut their butts to the Mongols at will, so no matter how afraid they are, there is no way to retreat!
Everyone shouted again in a deep voice, and the axemen struggled to hold the shield on his shoulders with all the strength of his suckling, while the spearmen tightened their grip on the chests of the swarming Mongol Tartars.
The soldiers and generals of the crossbow battalion saw the brothers of the Divine Warriors desperately fighting in front and setting up a defense line for them, where would they still keep their hands! Each of them used their fastest speed to fire all kinds of arrows at the oncoming Mongol army.
After all, the strength of an archer is limited, when everyone crosses the river this time, they all carry two pots of arrows, after a burst of shooting, at this time the archer's arm has gradually begun to weaken, but they gritted their teeth, or insisted on struggling to open the bow, desperately releasing arrows to the Mongolian soldiers who came in waves, although the Mongolian soldiers attacked very fiercely, but after all, the terrain here is limited, not enough for them to deploy, and their usual tactics can not be used, and they are eager to block the Song army that is crossing the river and fleeing, as a last resort, They had to grit their teeth and rush towards the Song army blocking their way in waves, so that under the rain of arrows, their casualties were very heavy.
Shi Bu gritted his teeth angrily, obviously they appeared, the Song army had already been defeated, but they had a soldier and horse behind the palace, so tenaciously resisted themselves, the result was that he could only watch a large number of Song troops rush across the imperial river, which is equivalent to running away in vain!
So he was ruthless, roaring and commanding his soldiers and horses, and rushed towards the ferry.
Although the archers of the Song army were very brave, after all, the number of people they left behind was limited, and they could not stop the Mongol army rushing like a tide, and finally the Mongol cavalry still crashed heavily into the defense line set by Liu Dayong.
At this time, the Mongolian cavalry saw the gun forest in front of them, but they couldn't stop, their room for maneuver here was too small, and the Song army was in control of the ferry, so they couldn't think about it at all, so they could only urge the war horse under their crotch to rush towards the gun forest.
The Mongol soldiers have experienced a lot of such shock battles, and when they are in the front, only by breaking through the enemy's defense line can they have room to exert themselves, and whether they can rush over alive is not a matter for them to consider at this time.
Seeing that the Mongolian cavalry collided with the fierce spirit, the Song soldiers in the front row once again roared loudly and resisted the shield.
The Mongolian cavalry urged the war horse, and in an instant it hit the shield array, and suddenly a blood mist rose on the shield array, and the height of the spearman's spear tip was just aimed at the position of the enemy's war horse's chest, and the war horse could not avoid the spear tips in front of him, only to hit it fiercely, and as a result, without the Song army's force, the spear penetrated through the chest of the war horse, and even penetrated the body of the war horse, and even the cavalry on horseback was pierced through the lower abdomen.
But the pikemen only had a chance to deal this blow, because the plain wood barrel could not withstand such a huge impact, and was first crushed into an arch, and then snapped off with a creak, and even bounced the whole spearman out and fell heavily far away.
But the pressure was even greater for the axemen, each of whom carried a shield on his shoulder, and even though the spearman's spear pierced through the enemy's horse or human body, the horse still carried their master, and slammed into the shield with great inertia.
How can manpower withstand such a heavy blow! The soldier who was hit immediately broke his tendons and fractured, unable to withstand such an impact, and fell to the ground and vomited blood.
The originally neat defense line was smashed under the impact of the Mongol cavalry, and when it was shattered, a large number of Mongolian soldiers who followed closely behind broke into the Song army's formation, brandishing the swords and guns in their hands, and launched a massacre against the surrounding Song troops.
As soon as the first line of defense was broken, a large number of Song officers and soldiers on the first line immediately became victims, and under the slashing of the Mongolian soldiers, they also resisted, and they drew their waist knives one after another, and pounced on the Mongolian cavalry nearby, trying to pull the Mongolian cavalry off their horses, and the ferry suddenly resounded with a roar of fighting.
Steady! Don't panic! Stabilize me! Don't let them rush in! Liu Dayong stood behind the second row of defense and shouted loudly.
Under the huge impact of the Mongolian cavalry, the Song army basically had little chance to counterattack, and one by one they were either knocked over by horses or killed by the swords and guns of Mongolian soldiers.
There are also a few Song soldiers who are not afraid of death, wielding knives and guns to fight with the enemy, and successfully overturn the opponent, pull the enemy off the horse, and hack to death on the ground, but their resistance in front of a large number of enemy troops rushing over, it seems very weak, like a small splash, quickly drowned in the sea of blood by the torrent.
As soon as the Mongolian soldiers broke through the first line of defense, they saw another gun forest in front of them, and they couldn't help but be shocked, when they hit the first line of defense, the Song army consumed a lot of their speed, and after the speed decreased, it weakened their impact force, but behind them was a large number of soldiers and horses kept coming, they had to continue to move forward, otherwise, even if they were squeezed, they would be squeezed to death by the latecomers.