The barbarian archers, who had not yet rushed to the shore, were putting their arrows on the bowstring, and before they could be fired, countless arrows flew in front of them.

They didn't hold their shields at all, and in the face of arrows flying from across the riverbank, swaths of barbarian archers were knocked to the ground by the arrows.

The range of the barbarians' bows and arrows was much shorter than that of the soldiers and horses under the command of the heroes, and the Han army's strong crossbows had a longer range than the ordinary longbows, and when the soldiers shot arrows, the barbarians did not run within the range of the bows and arrows at all.

Patches of barbarians fell, and most of them hurriedly crouched on the ground, dodging the arrows fired at them by the Han army.

Hundreds of barbarians, carrying thick logs, rushed to the bank of the river and threw them in the river.

The logs fell into the river, and the barbarians in Han armor jumped into the water and tied the logs one by one with ropes.

The logs grew longer and longer, and they were about to reach the other side.

Seeing this, the barbarians on the other side rushed towards the shore.

The Han army with a strong crossbow aimed at the barbarians on the opposite bank, kept pulling the reeds of the strong crossbow, and the barbarian archers who rushed to the shore first fell in pieces.

Seeing that the barbarians who were lifting the logs were about to build the bridge to the opposite bank, Meng Shu shouted at the barbarians behind him: "Kill!" Kill me all the people who carry the logs!" ”

Before his shout fell, countless barbarians swung their blades and rushed towards the shore.

The barbarians, each with shields in their hands, rushed towards the shore while shielding the oncoming arrows.

The soldiers of the Han army, armed with strong crossbows, pushed towards the shore while picking at the machine spring.

With each step they pushed, the bolts became stronger than before.

The barbarians rushing towards the bank, and then the cover of their shields, were getting closer and closer to the riverbank, and the barbarian archers, taking advantage of the advance of the infantry, stood up one after another, and ran towards the riverbank.

The tide of barbarians advanced towards the shore, and the hundreds of barbarians who were busy building bridges did not pay any attention to them, and were still busy laying bridges made of logs on the river.

Seeing the barbarian rushing to the bank of the river, Zhuge Jun drew out his long sword, pointed at the opposite bank, and followed Xu Chu, who followed him, without saying a word, the horse rushed towards the bank.

Xu Chu rushed out, and immediately thousands of Han troops rushed to the shore.

When he arrived at the shore, Xu Chu did not dismount at all, rode his war horse, stepped on the log bridge paved by the barbarian soldiers, and rushed towards the barbarian army on the opposite bank.

The soldiers of the Han army who followed behind Xu Chu also held shields and swords, stepped on the bridge paved with logs, and rushed to the opposite bank.

Before the brute soldiers rushed to the shore, Xu Chu had already ridden his horse to the end of the log bridge.

When he reached the end of the bridge, he slammed his legs into the horse's belly, and the horse neighed, kicked his two hind legs on the bridge, and leaped towards the opposite bank.

When the war horse rose into the air and the two front hooves landed on the opposite bank, Xu Chu raised his head suddenly, and happened to see that the group of barbarians rushing to the front had arrived only twenty or thirty steps away from him.

Twenty or thirty steps, if you stand still, it doesn't seem close, but you can charge each other, and the distance is extremely close.

As soon as Xu Chu rode his horse and rushed out, the war horse had only taken four or five steps, and had already rushed in front of the barbarian.

Holding the big knife in one hand, he picked the big knife from the bottom to the top, and Xu Chu slashed an oncoming barbarian from the crotch to the top of his head.

As soon as he rushed to the barbarian, he slashed a barbarian, and the other barbarians on the side were stunned for a moment, but then reacted again, and they all let out a cry and pounced on him.

Holding the hilt of the knife with both hands, Xu Chu danced the big knife like a windmill, and all the barbarians who approached him were swept by the sharp blades and fell into the dust.

Xu Chu fought with the barbarians in one place first, and the Han army, which followed behind him to charge, also stepped on the wooden bridge and rushed to the shore.

The wooden bridges laid by the barbarian soldiers were made of logs connected to each other.

The logs are not only connected vertically, but also several logs horizontally, and the width is enough for four or five people to run side by side.

Although four or five people ran side by side and rushed to the opposite bank, the number of Han soldiers was not very large at first, but invisibly, a barrier to defend the wooden bridge was formed on the shore.

As the soldiers of the Han army charged through the pontoon bridge, the laying of the bridge was temporarily suspended, and the barbarian soldiers who were soaked in the water fluttered their hands on the water one by one, waiting for the Han army to follow Xu Chu's charge to rush over the bridge that had been built for most of them.

The Han army, which rushed to the end of the bridge, jumped into the water that was not very deep one by one, and under the resistance of the current, they climbed the river bank with difficulty, and then launched a counterattack against the barbarians who rushed to the river.

More and more Han troops climbed the river bank, and when the last Han soldier ran over the bridge, the leader who led hundreds of barbarians to build the bridge made a move, shouted loudly, and continued the task of building the bridge with the barbarian soldiers.

Looking at the soldiers of the Han army who rushed to the opposite bank fighting with the barbarian army, Zhuge Jun did not have the slightest expression on his face.

The Han army that reached the other side was very small, only a few thousand, while the barbarians had forty or fifty thousand.

According to the comparison of the forces of the two sides, the Han army not only did not have the slightest advantage, but was like a group of moths that pounced on the oil lamp, and would not look back at the barbarians who were far outnumbered by them.

The barbarians relied on the large number of people, and they also flocked to the thousands of Han troops led by Xu Chu like a tide.

The barbarians in the river, when the Han army rushed to the opposite bank, stepped up the speed of building pontoon bridges.

The pontoon bridge they built was not very sturdy, at least after it was built, it was only necessary to cut the rope to spread the pontoon.

Ah Hao and Dong Dana crossed the river from the other side, and what Zhuge wanted was to defeat Meng Shu before the two of them led the army.

As long as Meng Shu is defeated, the two barbarian soldiers and horses will definitely throw a mouse trap and dare not come forward to fight again.

If it was as Xu Chu had expected earlier, it would be much less difficult for the Han army to defeat one of the two first, but no matter which one was defeated, the Han army would have to face an attack from behind by the other two barbarians.

Using the pontoon bridge to cross the river, and then destroying the pontoon bridge, is the only way for Zhuge Jun to cut off the barbarians from attacking from behind.

The upstream Ah Hao is only more than ten miles away from here, and the downstream Dong Dana is only less than twenty miles away.

The two barbarian armies, once they get the news that the Chinese army has been raided, will definitely come to their aid.

If they hadn't crossed the river completely, there wouldn't have been too many men and horses coming back to help, and the Han army wouldn't have had to pay too much attention to it.

Zhuge Jun was most worried that the upstream and downstream barbarian armies had completely crossed the river, and at that time, as long as the barbarian army was fast enough to rush behind the Han army, the Han army would be completely surrounded by barbarians.

The barbarians in the water built the pontoon bridge very quickly, and the Han army led by Xu Chu rushed across the pontoon bridge, and it didn't take long for them to connect the bridge to the opposite bank.

Seeing that the pontoon bridge had been erected, Zhuge Jun raised his arm and waved his hand, and all the Han infantry behind him rushed to the river.

Standing behind Zhuge Jun, seeing that all the Han infantry rushed out, Dian Wei asked him, "General, when will the elephant soldiers go to battle?" ”

Turning his head and glancing at Dian Wei, Zhuge Jun smiled indifferently and said: "The war elephant is heavy, it is difficult to cross the river, and the general will not be treated!" ”

The war elephants were huge, and Dian Wei didn't know if they could reach the other shore with their bulky bodies, and he didn't dare to lightly propose to the war elephants to go over, so he had to stand aside, frowning and looking at the other side of the battle.

There were more and more Han troops rushing to the shore, and at first they rushed up with some soldiers holding Pu knives, and later, one by one the Han troops with Mo knives landed on the shore and rushed towards the barbarians with shouts.

Compared with the Pu knife, the Mo knife is much heavier, and the lethality of slashing and stabbing is also much greater than that of the Pu knife.

The Han army with a Mo knife was like a separated plowshare, rushing towards the barbarians, knocking the barbarians who couldn't dodge to the ground.

The participation of the Han army's Mo sword soldiers cleared the way for the Pu sword soldiers who rushed up to the river bank and had not advanced much.

Countless Han soldiers armed with Pu swords, while shielding the barbarians' slashing blades, followed behind the Mo sword soldiers, let out a burst of shouts, and rushed towards the center of the barbarians.

The barbarian soldiers in the water were not idle, and they dragged more logs from the shore to widen the width of the pontoon bridge.

When the width of the pontoon bridge was wide enough for more than a dozen people to run side by side, the leader of these barbarians waved his hand in the water and shouted something loudly at the Han army on the north bank.

Seeing that the barbarian leader waved his hand, Zhuge Jun said to Dian Wei: "The general can lead the elephant soldiers to kill from the pontoon bridge to the opposite bank, but don't let too many war elephants cross the river at once!" ”

There were too many soldiers of the Han army who rushed to the pontoon bridge, and those who rushed to the front had already used the pontoon bridge to kill the other bank, and those behind were still clustered on the bank, waiting to cross the river.

Hearing Zhuge Jun's order, Dian Wei answered, glanced at the Han soldiers crowded on the bank, and waved to the elephant soldiers and shouted: "Cross the river!" ”

With Dian Wei's order, the elephant soldiers of the Han army urged the war elephants one after another and walked towards the shore.

The speed of the war elephants was not very fast, but nearly 2,000 war elephants marched together, and the sturdy feet stepped on the ground, still making the ground "empty".

The soldiers of the Han army, who were huddled on the bank and waiting to cross the river, heard a roar like thunder behind them, and looked back one after another.

When they saw the elephant soldiers approaching the shore, they consciously moved out of the way to the sides.

One after another, the war elephants, lined up in a long snake-shaped procession, stepped on the pontoon bridge, and the Han infantry on both sides followed the space that the war elephants did not occupy, and rushed towards the other side of the river.

On the pontoon bridge, which is not spacious, the soldiers of the Han army walked in an orderly manner, and the fighting on the opposite bank was becoming more and more fierce at this time.

Seeing that Xu Chu led the soldiers of the Han army to advance all the way, but the large number of barbarians could not resist them at all, Meng Shu was anxious, and asked the barbarians on the side to bring war horses for him, put on the blades, and rode the horses towards Xu Chu to kill.