The narrowest stretch of the river, about two miles long, naturally became the core of the struggle between the two sides.

A large number of people carried dirt and stones on their backs, hid behind small shield carts, poured the earth and stones into the river, and pushed forward little by little.

The firebolt could not penetrate the shield cart covered with cotton armor, leather, and iron plates, so it had to choose to bombard it with artillery. Wait for the shield cart to be smashed, and then fire a volley of firearms, and the people can be defeated across the river.

"Back on top!"

Li Dingguo ordered the replacement of the people's husbands to step forward, and the fleeing people's husbands were temporarily pulled to the rear to rest.

Constant bombardment, constant salvo, constant rout, constant advance.

Fill in the river little by little!

In other sections of the river, attempts are still being made to build pontoon bridges, but it is almost impossible to complete the task. On the opposite bank of each bridge point, only a small number of soldiers need to be stationed to destroy the pontoon bridge at a critical moment.

Especially with 10,000 enemies, there were not enough grenadiers, and pikemen also came to make cameos.

Anyway, the ammunition is stockpiled sufficiently, and when the enemy pontoon bridge is set up on the shore, immediately throw 10,000 enemies on the pontoon bridge. After a burst of bombing, let the people go down to the river to dismantle the pontoon bridge, and our firecrackers covered the fire.

In the end, the nearby bamboo forests were cut down.

The people of Huoqiu County were conscripted 30,000 people to be people's husbands. Not only did he help demolish the pontoon bridge, but he also built an earthen wall on the riverbank in the area where Li Dingguo reclaimed the river.

The earthen walls on the banks are similar to river embankments, even if Li Dingguo fills up the river and leads a large army to rush over, the Datong soldiers can stand on the earthen walls to defend and condescendingly attack the enemy on the opposite bank.

If you keep it for a long time, you will lose it, and you can't prevent it.

Seven days later, Li Dingguo's cousin Ma Siliang, led 6,000 cavalry and successfully crossed the river 30 miles away from the battle. The terrain is extremely complex, and the Shi River divides into three tributaries, each of which is relatively narrow.

Due to drought and dry water, the shallowest tributary can only drown horses.

Ma Siliang's 6,000 cavalry, overnight, quietly crossed the main river, and then crossed three more tributaries.

"Bang bang bang!"

The Datong army stationed in that area quickly rushed to shoot in formation, but Ma Siliang ignored it, lost more than 200 cavalry and war horses, and fled away with the remaining cavalry.

Nearly 6,000 enemy cavalry came to the rear villages and towns of the Datong Army, waiting for an opportunity to cooperate with the main battlefield to fight.

But this river network is too complicated, and if they want to get close to the main battlefield, they have to cross a river channel again to kill it...... It was the Ming gentry, and the artificial canal built with funds was not very wide, but it was about ten meters. Moreover, there are a large number of wheat fields on both sides of the canal, as well as some rice fields, which are not too conducive to cavalry marching.

Under the command of Lu Xiangguan and Chen Tangong, there were only more than 1,000 dragoons left, and they were sent to entangle with Ma Siliang's 6,000 cavalry.

A large amount of wheat that was being tasseled was trampled by the cavalry on both sides. Huoqiu County, which should have had a bumper harvest, is destined to reduce its output this year, not only because of the stampede, but also because farmers are unable to take care of their crops after the outbreak of war.

The cavalry on both sides was around there, and neither could eat the other.

Although Lu Xiangguan and Chen Tangong had few cavalry, they retreated as soon as they were in danger, and they could summon their own infantry to support them at any time.

At this moment, Li Dingguo divided his troops to cross the river.

With 30,000 foot soldiers and a large number of men, Ainengqi moved twenty miles upstream, and tried to force his way under the cover of the cavalry who had crossed the river.

Zhang Tieniu urgently went over to intercept him, but if he wanted to occupy the riverbank position, he had to drive the opponent's cavalry away first.

6,500 regular soldiers and 1,200 dragoons faced 6,000 enemy cavalry by the river.

The river is still being filled in on the main battlefield, and pontoon bridges are still being built further downstream. But in fact, Li Dingguo had secretly taken 10,000 elites and went around to the upstream side to break through with all his might, leaving an empty camp on the other side of the river on the main battlefield.

A few days ago, when the cavalry did not succeed in smuggling, they mobilized too many troops of the Datong Army through repeated temptations. Several rivers that have filled in the river and built pontoon bridges are also holding back and mobilizing the forces of the Datong Army, and now they have finally deceived the main force of the Datong Army.

On the other side of the river, the sentry cavalry of the Datong Army sent from Gushi County was suddenly driven away by a large number of Li Dingguo's horse teams.

Although the sentry cavalry of the Datong army did not know what the situation was, they had already realized that something was wrong, fled a few miles upstream, and quickly crossed the river in a small boat to light the wolf smoke to report the news.

When Fei Ruhe saw the wolf smoke, he immediately led his troops to support and handed over the original main battlefield to Huang Shun for defense.

……

Lu Xiangguan and Chen Tangong each led 600 dragoons and fired at Ma Siliang's cavalry on the periphery.

One after another, Ma Siliang's cavalry was shot down by more than 200 people. But Ma Siliang did not dare to retreat, and had to cover the river-crossing troops, repeatedly harassing and delaying Zhang Tieniu.

In this case, Zhang Tieniu could only keep marching in formation. When he arrived at the upstream crossing site, the enemy had quickly built a pontoon bridge, and even tens of thousands of people successfully crossed the river.

Enench first had the melee soldiers line up to protect the pontoon, and the musketeers quickly crossed the river to assemble.

There were a total of eight pontoon bridges, and the soldiers under the command of Ainengqi rushed to the opposite bank with all their strength. The two sides suddenly changed their main battlefields, and neither of their artillery nor the grenadiers of the Datong Army brought in.

Finally, the battle began.

It's hard, and there's no trick to talk about.

On Zhang Tieniu's side, 6,500 regular soldiers were deployed in formation, and 1,200 dragoons attacked on the periphery.

On Ainengqi's side, more than 10,000 soldiers lined up in formation, more than 5,000 cavalry roamed the battlefield, and more troops were still crossing the river quickly.

Li Dingguo and Fei Ruhe each rushed over with reinforcements.

Zhang Tieniu had a small axe stuck in his waist, pulled out his waist knife and ordered: "Light the fire rope and accelerate the advance of the formation!" ”

The whole army began to trot, not paying any attention to the local cavalry.

Ma Siliang took the opportunity to lead the cavalry to charge, and there were still dozens of steps away, and the rear soldiers of the Datong army quickly stopped changing formations.

The two thousand Datong troops lined up in a mandarin duck array, and shields, wolves, and spears were waiting for them.

"Woohoo!"

The enemy cavalry began to shoot, and hundreds of Datong troops were hit by arrows, but only a few really fell, and most of the arrows were blocked by shields and cotton armor.

Ma Siliang did not dare to charge directly into the battle, and swept diagonally with his cavalry, trying to attack the 4,500 Datong army further ahead.

Another 1,500 melee Datong troops lined up, covering the advance of 3,000 musketeers.

Lu Xiangguan and Chen Tangong also brought dragoons to kill, but they were just to scare and harass, and they kept ammunition and did not shoot.

The troops under Zhang Tieniu's command were divided into three sections, and the firecrackers were completely unprotected by close soldiers.

"Kill!"

Ainengqi immediately seized the fighter plane, and did not line up to protect the friendly troops to cross the river, and rushed towards the 3,000 Datong fire soldiers with tens of thousands of soldiers.

The Datong Musketeers stopped advancing and lined up in three rows, waiting for the enemy to rush over.

Under the command of Ainengqi, there were also more than 2,000 firecrackers, and when they ran to forty paces, they immediately lined up and released their guns.

"Bang bang bang!"

A volley of firecrackers was fired, and more than a dozen Datong firecrackers fell.

The remaining 10,000 melee foot soldiers charged past the firecrackers. Because the speed is too fast, they can no longer maintain the formation, anyway, 10,000 people rush 3,000 people, and it is still 3,000 firecrackers, it doesn't matter if there is a formation or not, they can rush over and kill indiscriminately.

The Datong melee soldiers in the back ran quickly to protect the friendly troops.

Ma Siliang led the cavalry to open the distance, preparing to re-attack the formation of the Datong army, and Lu Xiangguan and Chen Tangong kept attacking Ma Siliang.

Forty steps, thirty steps, twenty steps......

Twenty steps, about thirty meters.

The accuracy of the arquebus smoothbore gun is very low, and the rate of dumb fire is close to 30%, and it is impossible to hit it at all if it is far away. The opponent shot at 40 paces, more than 2,000 people fired, and with the protection of cotton armor, the Datong army only fell more than 10 people.

Now twenty steps, the distance is directly halved, and the hit rate is increased geometrically.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

In the three-stage fire, the enemy's troops in front of them were directly penetrated by muskets.

One trick is fresh, eat all over the world.

At least Ainengqi didn't encounter this kind of tactic, and he was stunned on the spot, and tens of thousands of soldiers instantly lost and collapsed half.

"Retreat!"

After firing at the Datong Musketers, instead of loading their bayonets, they immediately ran backwards to meet up with the melee soldiers who had come running.

Lu Xiangguan and Chen Tangong had already abandoned the enemy cavalry and went around the enemy's infantry flank. They had not fired any shot, and now they had finally seized the opportunity, and when they had rushed to twenty paces, they dismounted en masse and fired a volley at the enemy forces that had not yet collapsed.

"Bang bang bang!"

More than 1,000 muskets were fired, and the enemy's infantry was completely dispersed.

"Hunt down!"

Lu Xiangguan and Chen Tangong each led 600 dragoons, turned over their horses, pulled out their waist knives, and slashed at the enemy's rout.

Ma Siliang's cavalry, on the other hand, circled to the side of the Great Synchronous Pawn. Just as he was about to continue the assault and attack, he had just re-arrayed his main infantry and collapsed, and the speed was so fast that he couldn't react at all.

At this moment, more than 4,000 enemy people have crossed the river and are gathering on the bank.

Seeing that the friendly troops broke up and fled back, the more than 4,000 people who had come ashore were also frightened and turned around and fled together.

The 1,200 dragoons finally really became cavalry, carrying waist knives and chasing and slashing, and the enemy troops who were chased and killed by them were more than 8,000 people.

After Zhang Tieniu's main force regrouped, he immediately stood on the bank of the river and lined up.

The musketeers stood by the river and fired at the pontoon from a distance. Melee soldiers protect the perimeter from enemy cavalry.

"Bang bang bang!"

Due to the long firing distance, the enemy troops on the pontoon bridge were not hit much.

But the friendly infantry that had crossed the river had broken up, and they were still in a half-crossing state, and after being shot at them, they were so frightened that they ran back along the pontoon bridge.

The pontoon bridge was already narrow and shaky, and between the chaos and pushing, a large number of enemy troops fell into the river.

There were several pontoon bridges in the distance, and although they were not shot, they were just as frightened and ran back, and a large number of soldiers were also squeezed into the river.

There were many landlubbers in the north, and the number of drowning enemy troops far exceeded those killed by the Datong army.

Li Dingguo finally arrived with 10,000 elites at this time, and Fei Ruhe's reinforcements were still a mile away - there were no reinforcements anymore, Li Dingguo and Fei Ruhe came to see the play.

It's just that Fei Ruhe watched a good show, and Li Dingguo witnessed a tragedy.

In fact, as long as Ainengqi's river-crossing troops can hold on to the shore for another half an hour, they can protect the whole army to cross the river, and Li Dingguo's elite reinforcements can also cross the river.

But he only lasted ten minutes!

Ainengqi was shot in the arm and was caught by Lu Xiangsheng's cavalry. After he became a prisoner, he still felt confused, and his tens of thousands of troops charged, why did he rush and collapse?

In this battle of crossing the river, Li Dingguo lost more than 18,000 foot soldiers.

Li Dingguo calculated everything, divided his troops to fill the river, built bridges, let the cavalry march back and forth to smuggle in, and smoothly mobilized the troops of Fei Ruhe, Zhang Tieniu, and Huang Shun, making the three of them dizzy. In the end, he successfully found an opportunity to cross the river, but was still hit by a half-crossing.

It's not that there is a problem with the command, Li Dingguo's command ability, hanging Fei Ruhe and other generals of the Datong Army.

Tactical crushing, army quality crushing!

(Shamelessly begged for a monthly pass, and fell out of the top ten.) ）