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Chapter 679: Xiao Ai River Attack and Defense (Medium)

The stone bullets flying from the opposite bank had already turned their firepower in the next moment, and the place where Xiao Aihe had just bounced the stone bullets was immediately covered by the overwhelming fire on the opposite bank, and a loud rumbling sound sounded immediately, and several trebuchets that Xiao Aihe had just exposed were immediately destroyed, and Zhou Zuxun's heart was dripping blood. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The structure of the Dingzhou trebuchet is a secret to outsiders, unlike other armies on the mainland, this thing has been standing there after it is done, and the trebuchet in Dingzhou is composed of standard components, which are not seen at all, but temporarily assembled on the battlefield. The reason why he was able to shoot so far, and the adjustment of the shooting distance was extremely simple, and it was never leaked.

It's not that no one has ever thought of cracking this secret through battlefield capture, but since the Dingzhou army was formed, it has rarely lost a battle, and even if it loses, it has never been defeated, and they have plenty of time to destroy the secret they want to cover up.

The disparity in armament has always been the advantage of the Dingzhou army on the battlefield, and the inability to fight back can make any army with high morale frustrated.

There are not a lot of long-range weapons such as trebuchets in Xiao Aihe, but Zhou Zuxun didn't dare to take them out at a time in order to prevent the opponent's suppression, so he could only put them in batches, which was very pitiful in terms of firepower, and he was not an opponent at all, but seeing that the trebuchet that had just been exposed was cleared by the other party, although it was heartbroken, Zhou Zuxun was still glad that his decision was extremely wise, for his own side, such a large ordnance as a trebuchet actually became a thing, which was indeed very helpless.

The two trebuchets that survived were completely arranged in the dead corner of the opponent's shooting boundary, but if they wanted to destroy the wooden bridge that the other party was building with these two trebuchets, they could only hit the big luck.

The long-range fire was completely suppressed, and the opponent's baggage troops were immediately activated, and the wooden stakes quickly extended to the other side, and the planks were nailed up one by one, and the improvised wooden bridges were erected in this way.

"Someone!" Zhou Zuxun shouted.

"The last general!" A partiality general responded.

"Lead the team out of the city, line up by the water, and shoot the opponent's baggage soldiers."

The gate of the fortress suddenly opened, and the general led hundreds of soldiers to rush out and rush to the riverbank.

The soldiers of Wang Peng's Hengdao Battalion, who advanced forward with the extension of the wooden bridge, immediately raised their shields and pounced on the end of the bridge, and some even jumped into the water, climbed the wooden stakes that were driven down, and raised their shields high to protect the baggage soldiers who built the bridge. And these baggage soldiers did not seem to see the feathered arrows flying in the air, and they danced with a very focused expression, nailed down the stakes, and covered the planks.

The feathered arrows fired non-stop, and from time to time the soldiers of the Horizontal Knife Battalion fell from the arrows, and the baggage soldiers suffered more casualties, but the speed of the bridge extending forward did not slow down.

When there were still a few meters from the shore, the soldiers of the Hengdao Battalion on the bridge jumped into the water, and by this time, the water was only up to their thighs, and the soldiers rushed to the shore with their shields on their backs.

"Second Wing, Third Wing, Support First Wing!" Zhou Zuxun held the handle of the knife tightly, and the hand-to-hand combat was about to begin.

More than 2,000 Qinzhou soldiers poured out of the defense line, clutching the swords and guns in their hands, shouting and pressing towards the river bank. When they just ran to the riverbank, the Dingzhou soldiers also happened to rush up, and the two sides shouted and suddenly collided together.

The Horizontal Knife Battalion, which had just crawled out of the water, could not form a formation, and could only rely on their own strength and nearby partners to collide with each other, and as the vanguard, they knew that their mission was to build a bridgehead on the beachhead.

The one who can be the vanguard is of course the most brave and good character in an army, although the formation is not in formation, but the soldiers of the horizontal knife battalion still crashed into the opponent's queue without fear, waving a shield in one hand and wielding a knife in the other, slashing wildly.

Ding Erfu is one of these people, his surname is Ding, the second in line, because he doesn't like to talk, except for fighting, everything is wilted, so he got such a big size, at this moment, he was the first to rush ashore, the first to crash into the other party's array.

Ding Erfu was dressed in the standard of Dingzhou soldiers, but the shield in his hand was specially processed by him, which was very different from his comrades-in-arms. The edge of the shield was sharpened by him, shiny, and swung up, blocking the enemy head-on, and those who touched it on the side were either killed or wounded. For this weapon, he was criticized by his superiors. Because the Dingzhou army is extremely particular about the formation of the queue, Ding Erfu stood in the queue with such a shield, waving it, and if he was not careful, the teammates standing on his left and right would be very easy to be injured, and this kid would never want to stand on the edge of the team, because there, there were not enough enemies encountered, not strong enough. In order to avoid hurting his comrades, he had to beg for a round sleeve to wrap the sharp edges, but today, he went to take off the holster excitedly, roared and crashed into it, slashing the shield with the shield, and let him successfully rush into the queue, and the teammates who followed him were also stained, and it didn't take much effort to get in.

Turtle son's. Every time he slashed, Ding Erfu scolded, he usually rarely said a word, as soon as he saw blood, he completely changed his appearance, like a mad demon, the shield was danced by him like a windmill, a moment of effort, the edge of the shield was already dripping with blood. There are a few places where good openings have been opened. It's not like his sword, and it's covered with steel. After breaking through a few pairs of iron helmets, the thinned edge was no longer able to bear the strength.

The wind from the side turned around, with many years of combat experience, Ding Erfu knew that it was a spear, slightly sideways, the tip of the spear pierced his plate armor, a spark rose, leaving a mark on the plate armor, the iron shield in Ding Erfu's hand smashed down, the spear fell to the ground, followed by the iron shield swept up obliquely, with a bang, the Qinzhou soldier holding the spear A good head suddenly flew high, when there was a sound, he was hit by a heavy knife in the back of the heart, Ding Erfu stumbled forward, almost fell to the ground, his throat was sweet, he knew, It was Dingzhou's plate armor that saved his life, otherwise the knife behind would be enough to break through the iron armor and then cut into his back.

Turned around suddenly, opened his mouth, and a mouthful of blood spurted out like an arrow, spraying the enemy all over his face, his eyes were completely blocked, Ding Erfu grabbed a knife with a cruel smile, and plunged straight into the opponent's chest and abdomen, the man screamed miserably, threw away the spear, and held the blade tightly with both hands, Ding Erfu retracted hard, but did not pull out, and heard the wind behind him, he couldn't help but scold and throw your mother, abandoned the long knife, and turned around with a shield.

Although the pioneers of the Hengdao Battalion who rushed ashore were brave, they suffered a loss in not being able to fight in formation, and climbed ashore, and they were greeted by Sen Sen's swords and guns. Fortunately, the backup was slow, and with their death-to-death battle, the soldiers behind had begun to advance in formation.

Wang Peng carried his cooked brass stick and trotted across the wooden bridge, which by this time was completely open to the opposite bank.

"Crossbow!" He yelled.

At the same time, the soldiers in formation on the river beach drew their crossbows from their waists.

"General, our vanguard will hurt his brother if he fights with them." One of the lieutenants shouted.

"Bastard!" Wang Peng roared angrily: "I'm not blind, do you want to kill more brothers?" They, they ask for their own blessings! Shoot! ”

The lieutenant gritted his teeth, "Launch!" ”

The sound of the cry sounded immediately, and the hundreds of pioneers of the horizontal knife battalion and the Qinzhou soldiers who were fighting together immediately fell one after another.

Ding Erfu heard the familiar sound of a glyphine behind him, my mother! He screamed, and fell straight down, covering his shield over himself. The opponent who was fighting him to the death saw that his opponent suddenly fell of his own accord, and was wondering what he was doing, when he saw the man in front of him fall like a wheat, and then he had a few more crossbow arrows on his chest, and he fell to the sky.

"Turtle son's, fortunately, Lao Tzu fell quickly!" Ding Erfu lay on the ground, and because he fell too quickly, the whole person fell down, but he ate a mouthful of blood mud in his mouth, and spit out a few mouthfuls. Hearing the sound of five rounds of crossbow arrows, he knew that he had finished shooting, and a carp struck up, bounced off the ground, held his special shield, and picked up a war knife from the ground, and slashed at some of the surviving enemies on the left and right with a roar.

"Horizontal Knife Battalion, forward!" Wang Peng's cooked copper stick was raised high and strode forward, and the infantry of the horizontal knife battalion who had formed a formation shouted in unison, and the neat ranks of troops strode forward with swords and guns.

At this time, in front of them, the Qinzhou soldiers who did not expect Wang Peng to shoot indiscriminately were dizzy, and the originally neat queue was scattered.

Zhou Zuxun was a little stunned for a while, no wonder the Dingzhou army was in a daze on the battlefield, they were ruthless to the enemy, and they were also ruthless to themselves, seeing those surviving Dingzhou army vanguards rushing to kill like crazy, it seemed that they were used to this kind of thing.

"Yao Chang, the cavalry is out of the city, and the cavalry is broken!"

"The last general obeys!" Yao Chang had already taken his cavalry and was ready to go, and when he heard Zhou Zuxun's order, he grabbed the horse's belly with his legs and took the lead, and rushed out of the city gate.

"Shield!" Seeing the opposing cavalry out of the city, Wang Peng roared.

Kaka sounded, and the front row of large shields was immediately smashed into the earth, clasped together, and the soldiers with shields half-crouched down, with their shields on their shoulders, and they used manpower to resist the onslaught of the horses.

"Guns!"

The pikemen immediately rushed forward, and a spear with a handle stretched out from the big shield, and then another layer, and then another layer, and in a moment, the marching Dingzhou soldiers immediately stood still, turning into a steel thorn.

"Breaking the cavalry with steps, that's the strength of our Dingzhou soldiers!" Wang Peng smiled cruelly, "Could it be that you can play with horses and play with barbarians on the grassland!" ”

"Bow!" He ordered again.

At the back of the line, a bow with a handle was immediately mounted on the arrow, and with a buzzing sound, a feather of an arrow immediately flew out from behind the indecent man, shot up into the sky, flew to the highest point, and then turned around and rushed down. Countless arrows glistened in the sunlight.

When he heard the sound of horses' hooves, Ding Erfu put his shield on his body and ran towards the side of the battlefield, he knew what was going to happen next, in his war career, such scenes had been experienced too much, he didn't need to go through his brain, he knew what he was going to do.

The rain of arrows fell, and the cavalry who galloped out of the city immediately fell from their horses with screams, and immediately the knights raised their riding spears in their hands, and stirred desperately to shoot down the feathered arrows in the sky.

From the city gate to the Dingzhou military formation, only one or two hundred paces away, dozens of horses fell off their horses. More of the cavalry had some feathered arrows hanging from them, and although these arrows hit, they did not hit the vital point, and did not affect their battle.

Step breaking the horse, the most difficult thing is to bear the first wave of impact, as long as the first wave of impact is blocked, the cavalry that has lost its speed will no longer have any advantage, in the grassland, there is a vast space for the barbarians to run away after a failure, can circle the horse obliquely stabbing the city away, around a circle to launch a second wave of attacks, so, when the Dingzhou soldiers fight with the cavalry on the grassland, the pressure is extremely great, because they need to block the opponent's wave after wave of attacks like a tide, but here? Hey, hey, hey! Wang Peng really wanted to look up to the sky and laugh, but the terrain here, the opponent could only launch a charge, and there was no place for them to bypass. Isn't this enemy general good?

It's not that Zhou Zuxun is bad, but Zhou Zuxun has never seen a foot soldier who can withstand the impact of the cavalry since he was in the army, with his experience, the cavalry fights the foot soldiers, that is a steady victory, no matter how strong the Dingzhou soldiers are, it is impossible to block the strong impact of the cavalry.

But in the fierce battle, he forgot that when the Dingzhou soldiers faced the barbarians, they initially relied on foot soldiers, and only in the end, they also had tens of thousands of cavalry, and cavalry battles became commonplace, but because they couldn't play with horses, Dingzhou's cavalry had always cooperated with foot soldiers.

Since the Dingzhou soldiers invaded the Central Plains, it was their iron cavalry that made the Central Plains armies smell the wind and change their complexion, and the Dingzhou iron cavalry was like the wind and fire, and no one could stop its cherry blossoms near the place, which gave others an illusion, that is, the reason why Dingzhou was so powerful was because of their invincible cavalry, on the contrary, the foot soldiers were forgotten.

The Qinzhou cavalry shouted and bowed down, raised their bayonet guns, and kept knocking on the horse's belly with both feet, destroying the war horses to accelerate, these war horses were blindfolded, if they saw the gun forest in front of them, these war horses would slow down and detour because of instinctive fear.

"Kill!" The Qinzhou soldiers roared.

With a loud bang, the war horse rushed on the shield wall, and the entire shield array made a loud noise, crumbling, and most of the soldiers who carried the big shield had broken shoulder bones and spurted blood from their mouths, but at this moment, countless spears pierced out, one after another, and the war horses and cavalry who rushed to the shield wall were picked off their horses one after another.

Seeing that it was not at all like he imagined to break through the enemy's army and kill into the enemy's ranks, Zhou Zuxun's face on the city wall changed miserably, "Oh no! He shouted, "Mingjin, let Yao Chang come back!" He yelled.

But at this time, it was a little late, after the first wave of cavalry was carried in front, the Dingzhou officers on both wings did not need Wang Peng's order at all, they had already dispersed the shield array, rushed forward, formed a U-shape with Wang Peng, surrounded the cavalry, and directly rushed into the horse team that lost speed.

Cavalry without speed has basically no advantage other than being a little higher than their opponents. Moreover, such a large war horse is a living target, and the horizontal knife battalion is familiar with this set. In a group of three or five, they cut the horse's legs and stabbed the enemy's horse, and they were very busy. A war horse will fall off the horse with a wail, the more flexible Qinzhou soldiers can also jump off the horse before the war horse falls to the ground to fight with the soldiers of the horizontal knife battalion, the reaction is a little slower to the horse to suppress, can only be slaughtered, at this time, you don't have to expect the enemy to still want to capture you alive, unless you reach a certain position, capturing alive is more valuable than killing.

Wang Peng also shouted and grabbed it, and smashed the cooked steel rod that he picked up high, hitting a horse's head in front of his side, smashing the horse's head, and immediately the knight's body was crooked, and Wang Peng's cooked copper rod swung back from the bottom to the top, knocking him high and flying.

"Happy!" Wang Peng laughed, one stick at a time, one stick at a time, either one or a horse died.

Ding Erfu, who didn't know where he had run before, suddenly appeared on the chaotic battlefield, covered with blood, not his own or the enemy's, waving his shield and wielding his knife, killing happily.

Yao Chang with more than 100 cavalry, desperately rushed out of the siege, fled back to the city, in Yao Chang just jumped into the city gate, the city gate has been slammed shut, the Dingzhou soldiers who were tightly behind him were locked outside the city, a drum sounded, the arrows on the city rained down, and the Dingzhou soldiers who were chasing down a large area.

Seeing that there was no hope of seizing the city gate, the Dingzhou soldiers who rushed up saw that it was hopeless to seize the city gate, and they turned back and retreated like a receding tide, only retreating beyond the range of feather arrows, and then they turned back and stood still, and a drum sounded, and the army was re-arranged.

Wang Peng wiped the blood stains on his hands on the battle armor, looked up and suddenly saw a person, and his eyes couldn't help but light up: "Ding Erfu, you kid has survived again!" ”

Ding Erfu, who held the knife under the flank, obviously had not yet passed his excitement, "Alive, lucky, you just can't die!" ”

Wang Peng laughed, "Okay, good, Ding Erfu, it's good to be alive, you are now the captain of Yunlu, Lao Tzu will apply to General Guan for a first merit, and it is no problem to go up one level or two levels." ”

"Thank you, General Wang!" Ding Erfu smiled.

"How many strikers are left?" Wang Peng asked.

"Not much, it seems like there are only a few dozen people!" Ding Erfu shook his head, and walked back with a knife, four or five hundred brothers, only a few dozen people survived, this group of Qinzhou soldiers is really good. Although he was a little sad, he was used to seeing this kind of scene, and what about the undead in that battle, except for the first time when he saw the corpses on the ground spitting up, now, he is no longer strange, often sitting on top of the enemy's corpse to eat a large piece of meat, and drink a large bowl of wine. When you're on the battlefield, you can't fucking look like you're alive. Anyway, they have several times the enemy army with their own burial, and after death, Dingzhou will give generous pensions to their families, and they have land that no longer pays taxes, and it is worth dying to die!

In the troubled times, human life is like a dog, like Dingzhou, who gives such generous treatment to the soldiers, how can you not let the soldiers fight hard, it is naturally better to survive, even if you die, it is also a dead me, happy family!

Running down the beachhead, in front of them was the Xiaoai River defense line. Seeing that more wooden bridges were erected and ordnance was pushed across the Xiaoai River, Zhou Zuxun sighed deeply, and lost the first battle like this.

Fortunately, the enemy has also crossed the river, which means that the other party will not dig a dam to release water, and he can resist for a few more days, so as to buy a little more time for Zhou Bin to build a defensive line in Yaque Ridge.