Chapter 1256: The Battle of Liaoshui (Part II)
The first Han troops to cross the river soon landed on the east bank, and they immediately set up a beachhead on the east bank of the Liao River, and as the Han army continued to land, the scale of the formation on the east bank also increased. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"How's it going, are you ready to attack?" Suodu couldn't hold it back.
Murong Diao's eyes were staring at the front, the Han army's crossing speed was quite fast, and it quickly crossed a lot of people, but there was still a bit of a gap with Murong Diao's plan in his heart, Murong Diao's appetite was very big, this time he was half-crossing, he planned to bite the Han army fiercely, and he didn't dare to say that the Han army would be wiped out on the east bank of the Liao River, but at least half of their men and horses had to be killed, that was the real pleasure.
In this ambush, in addition to Goguryeo sent an army of nearly 50,000 people, Murong Xianbei Yuwen Xianbei Duan Xianbei sent his cavalry to participate in the battle, Murong Diao believed that after the Han army crossed the river, it was impossible to form an effective defensive formation, as long as the cavalry offensive was suddenly launched, it could easily destroy the formation of the Han army, and at that time, the Han army had no way to retreat, but to be slaughtered by the Xianbei cavalry.
Now that the Han army has just begun to cross the river, the number of troops crossing over is still relatively limited, and Murong Diao wants to play a big game, so he must be patient, so he suggested that Suo Du should not be too anxious, and wait until the Han army almost crosses the river with half of the men and horses, and then launch an attack.
Although Suo Du was the supreme commander of this operation, before leaving, King Mikawa had an explanation, asking him to listen to Murong Diao's opinion as much as possible, so at this moment, although Suo Du was eager to make a move, he restrained himself from time to time and waited for the best opportunity to do it.
In fact, Murong Diao couldn't figure out when the Han army would cross half of the men, this purely needed his own visual inspection and judgment, he estimated that there were about 30,000 Han troops had landed, so he proposed to Suodu that he could attack.
Suodu roared and went into battle in person, and Goguryeo and Xianbei ambushed in all directions, rushing towards the beachhead of the Han army.
The Han army completed the river crossing in advance is Zhang Le's Wudang Fei Army and Zhao Zhuo's Yang'an Army, after they completed the river crossing, they immediately put out a defensive spear formation, this formation is naturally used to restrain the cavalry, behind the spear formation, is the archers and Yuan Rong crossbowmen composed of a strike phalanx.
In fact, when Zhang Le just crossed the river, he had some small worries, that is, he was afraid that the Goguryeo people would take advantage of the small number of Han troops and their unstable foothold, and suddenly launch an attack and take the Han army by surprise. After all, when the Wudang Flying Army had just crossed the river, the number was relatively small, and it was difficult to resist the strong attack of the Goguryeos.
However, Zhang Le's worries are superfluous, obviously the Goguryeo people have a relatively large appetite, and they are not satisfied with eating a small part of the Han army. Zhang Le saw that there was still no movement on the other side, and couldn't help but sneer contemptuously, the Goguryeo people were afraid that they would miscalculate this time, and the combat effectiveness formed after the Han army crossed the Liao River was by no means something they could destroy.
Wudang Fei Army and Yang'an Army have all crossed the river, forming a joint force in battle, as for the Hubu Army, at this moment is still in the continuous flow of crossing the river, behind the Hubu Army, there are two cavalry armies of the Qinglong Army and the Xuanwu Army, because the cavalry has horses, the speed of crossing the river is slower, so Liu Yin arranged for the infantry to cross the river in advance, that is, to establish a beachhead as soon as possible, at least have a foothold first, and wait until the cavalry completes the crossing of the river, and then launch a comprehensive counteroffensive.
At this time, the Goguryeo and Xianbei armies rose in ambush, and the army on three sides pounced on Mount Tai.
At the forefront are the cavalry of Murong Xianbei, Yuwen and Duanbei, since they entered Liaodong, they have been suppressed, and they are depressed everywhere, so the Xianbei cavalry served as the vanguard this time, just to raise their eyebrows and comfort the evil anger in their hearts.
Although the land on the banks of the Liao River had just melted and was quite soft, the Xianbei cavalry seemed to be unconcerned, and they pushed forward in one breath, trying to drive the Han army that had already crossed the river back into the Liao River.
The Xianbei cavalry rushed up fiercely, and the Han army was already ready to meet the battle, and the pikemen at the forefront were densely packed, forming an iron wall, and the tips of the spears were glowing with cold light, densely covered.
Before the Xianbei cavalry rushed to the spear array, they heard the sound of the bowstring, and the feathered arrows drew a graceful arc in the air, shooting towards the Xianbei cavalry who rushed up.
The chaotic arrows were like a net intertwined, and before the Xianbei cavalry could react, many men and horses were hit by arrows one after another, and they continued to fall from their horses.
This situation was of course expected by Murong Diao, in the initial offensive stage, the Xianbei cavalry would definitely be hindered, this was a normal thing, once the cavalry broke through the Han army's defensive line, that was the beginning of a real slaughtering feast.
Murong Diao ordered the Xianbei cavalry to rush forward at all costs, rushing into the Han army's formation as much as possible, and engaging in hand-to-hand combat, so that the archers that the Han army relied on for survival would lose its use.
So the Xianbei cavalry braved the rain of arrows and continued to launch a strong attack, and those who joined the attack sequence were also the cavalry of Goguryeo, who fought side by side with the Xianbei cavalry, vowing to tear apart the defensive positions of the Han army.
But the further forward, the greater the pressure on these cavalry, the Han army not only used ordinary archers, but also several battalions of Yuanrong crossbowmen to help in the battle, although the range of the Yuanrong crossbow is not as good as the bow and arrow, but its terrible power of ten arrows, but it has become a nightmare for the Xianbei cavalry, hundreds of thousands of Yuanrong crossbow salvos, the rainstorm and arrow flow formed in a short period of time, can destroy almost all the creatures that can be in front of them, no matter how strong the cavalry of Xianbei and Goguryeo is, they are also suppressed in front of the Han army, almost an inch is difficult to advance, The ground was littered with the corpses of the Xianbei and Goguryeo people.
The attack was blocked, which made the grumpy Suo Du angry, and he ordered the entire Goguryeo army to press on and succeed in breaking through the defense at all costs.
The Goguryeo army rushed forward like a tidal wave, and no matter how dense the arrows of the Han army were, they could not stop their advance at this moment, and the Goguryeo army rushed forward in a surging manner, and the Han army's spear array was facing each other.
But it's one thing to rush to the front, it's another thing to want to break the defense, the dense spear array is simple but practical, the cavalry is trying to tear open the Han army's defense line through a strong impact, but the spears stabbed fiercely at the Xianbei people, and countless cavalry blood splashed on the spot, and died in front of the formation.