"Marshal, General Zhang's side, the enemy is ready to cross the river!"

"All the troops are holding on, and the cavalry is with me to stop the enemy! On the Tongguan side, an order was issued to let Liu Xiyao go out of the customs to attack and kill! ”

Tian Jianxiu personally led the cavalry, on the north bank of the Yellow River, all the way along the river bank to the east.

The weather is clear and sunny...

The Datong army on the south bank is swaggering across the river.

Although Cao Cao's battle of Tongguan was won, it was actually a crushing victory, with a loss of more than 10,000 troops. Moreover, most of the casualties occurred during the three river crossings.

The first time he smuggled across the Yellow River, only half of it passed, he was discovered by Ma Chao, and then he was killed with cavalry.

A large number of livestock and people, including Cao Cao himself, had not yet had time to cross the river when they were bitten by the tail of Ma Chao's cavalry.

Now, the Datong army directly built fortifications, leaving 4,000 people to defend at all times, lest the Dashun defenders kill from Tongguan and repeat the mistake of Cao Cao crossing the river.

The main force, divided into several sections, rushed to the crossing at the same time.

Liu Xiyao, who was guarding Tongguan, saw the constantly waving order flags on the other side, and immediately took 3,000 elite soldiers and 2,000 miscellaneous soldiers to kill the southern bank fortifications of the Datong Army.

Moreover, Liu Xiyao came out of the south gate, which was full of high earthen beams, and it was impossible for the Datong army to build fortifications.

The Datong army wanted to cross the river to bypass Tongguan, and the defenders of Tongguan also bypassed the cement wall of the Datong army from Tuliang.

"The thieves are coming around from the south!"

In the hot air balloon, the Datong sentries waved flags, and the observers on the ground hurriedly shouted.

"The dragoons abandon their horses, follow me to block them!"

Cao Bianjiao turned over and dismounted, led 2,500 dragoons, and climbed the ten-meter-high earthen beam along the ravine washed out by the rain. In some places, the height of the earthen beams is even more than 20 meters.

By the time Cao Bianjiao led his troops to climb up, Liu Xiyao's troops were only a few dozen meters away.

Cao Bianjiao said to the heralds: "Occupy the high ground and form a formation to release the guns." Tell the allies below to tell them not to move, just hold the fortifications to prevent the enemy from killing Tongguan! ”

This is a typical loess plateau terrain, the soil beams are vertical and horizontal, high and low, and the ravines are washed out by the rain.

After abandoning their horses, the dragoons stood on an earthen beam, waiting for Liu Xiyao to come and attack.

"Three bread copies!"

Liu Xiyao's troops came to the ravine, scattered into three groups to surround and climb.

Cao Bianjiao shouted: "Commander, disperse the shooting!" ”

"Bang bang bang!"

The dragoons condescended and opened fire on the enemy troops in the ditch.

Today, more than a dozen divisions of dragoons have all been reequipped with flintlock muskets. As for the infantry, about half of it was reequipped, and the newly formed divisions still used obsolete arquebuses.

Due to climbing the earthen beams, the Dashun army did not form a formation when attacking, and scattered into one in the east and one in the west, and the Datong army also scattered into more than ten units and opened fire.

Liu Xiyao's elite soldiers are all wearing cotton armor, and because they are far away, they can still carry bullets.

But he still had 2,000 miscellaneous soldiers, who had only been trained for three months, and who were only wearing leather armor. After more than a dozen people were shot in a row, a group of miscellaneous soldiers collapsed directly, turned around and wanted to flee the battlefield.

"Flee the battle!"

"Sons, kill the enemy with me!"

The law enforcement team hacked more than 20 people to death, and the miscellaneous soldiers finally did not flee again. Liu Xiyao simply took off his armor, stepped forward with a bare arm and a knife, and led his elite to attack desperately.

The mountain beams of the Loess Plateau cannot be climbed anywhere, and can only be picked up relatively less steep.

At this time, the armor is cumbersome, and if you get close anyway, you will be pierced by bullets.

"Bang bang bang!"

The personal soldiers around Liu Xiyao fell three in succession, and this person was still struggling to climb, worthy of being a fierce general from Li Zicheng's old battalion.

Suddenly, there was a shout of killing from the shore, but it was Liu Tichun who led his troops out of the pass and attacked the fortifications of the Datong Army from the front.

The main force of the Datong army is crossing the river in sections, and once it loses here, the army will be completely finished.

"General, we can't attack it, we can only be beaten like this!" The soldiers lay behind the mound and shouted.

Liu Xiyao was also lying on his stomach to dodge, and roared angrily: "If you don't work hard at this time, Tongguan will be gone, and you won't be able to fight when you want to!" Listen carefully to the sound of the gun and rush with me! ”

Liu Xiyao sent a team of miscellaneous soldiers to attack first, and when the gunfire was the most dense, he suddenly stood up and charged: "Take advantage of their change of medicine, rush together!" Archers, shoot upwards! Musketeers, shoot at it too! ”

Although the Datong Army was in a group of ten and took turns firing, in the face of a wave of offensives, it was bound to shoot most of the bullets.

Liu Xiyao actually saw the right time, stepped on the corpses of many miscellaneous soldiers, and rushed to a place only four or five meters away from the top of the beam.

"Bang bang bang!"

The sparse gunshots rang out, and Liu Xiyao's personal soldiers fell a few more, and the elite soldiers behind him also fell more than a dozen.

But Liu Xiyao was still rushing, he was shot in the right shoulder, and he could only use his left hand to carry a knife.

"What a brave man!"

Cao Bianjiao had been directing the battle, and at this time, he finally picked up the fire gun and pulled the trigger towards Liu Xiyao.

A distance of a few meters, if this can't be hit, Cao Bianjiao can go home to retire.

"Bang!"

Liu Xiyao finally fell, and the Datong army, which was closest to him, was only more than three meters away.

Until he died, Liu Xiyao didn't understand why the Datong Army's guns were loaded so quickly.

"The general is dead!"

The Dashun army all collapsed and ran in the direction of Tongguan.

Cao Bianjiao shouted: "The whole army is pursuing!" ”

This kind of broken terrain is not easy to chase, constantly climbing up the mountain beam, and then running into the ravine.

Many of the routs were panicked, and instead of running towards Tongguan, they followed the mountain beam all the way to the south, where there were all steep mountains.

Along the way, there were routs who surrendered on their knees, but there were still about 2,000 routs and successfully escaped back to the south of Tongguan. The door was closed and opened, and the rout entered, but Cao Bianjiao did not dare to chase in.

Because there is an urn city here, if you chase it in, you will be caught in the urn.

Cao Bianjiao sent some people to receive the surrendered troops, and led the troops to the north, wanting to flank Liu Tichun's troops in front and rear.

It's a pity that it's still too late, Liu Tichun can't break through the fortifications, and has already withdrawn his troops back to Tongguan on his own.

The battles that broke out between the fortifications and the earth beams added up to more than 400 enemy killed and more than 1,300 enemy troops captured. The casualties of the Datong army were negligible, one person was killed by firecrackers, and several were wounded by bows and arrows. There are also a few unlucky guys who broke their feet while chasing the rout, and one of them was able to break his leg.

Frontal battlefield.

Sheepskins are blown up and tied to wooden frames to form sheepskin rafts, which have been popular for crossing rivers since the Han Dynasty.

Merchants even used sheepskin rafts to cross the Yellow River to transport goods.

Eight Datong troops went down the river on a sheepskin raft. Two melee men paddled the water, two melee men raised their shields, and four musketeers were half-crouching, their guns aimed in the direction of the opposite bank.

The current was rapid, and the sheepskin rafts were quickly swept downstream as they moved closer to the north shore.

Tian Jianxiu arranged many archers and musketeers along the coast, and even set up a few cannons, all of which were city defense guns dismantled from Tongguan.

"Boom, boom!"

When the cannon sounds, whether it can hit or not is completely casual. Because even the Datong army in the river could not control the sheepskin raft and was constantly rushed downstream.

"Boom!"

The thirteenth shell of the Dashun army finally hit the first target.

The iron bullet concentrated a sheepskin sac and did not burst, but the huge impact smashed the sheepskin raft over. The eight Datong armies all fell into the river, and with the ups and downs of the rushing river, whether they could swim back to the shore could only depend on the will of heaven.

Tian Jianxiu led the cavalry to chase along the river, and chased most of the land, and a small number of Datong troops entered the range of bows and arrows.

"Dismount and shoot arrows!"

They used all their bows so that they could shoot farther.

"Woohoo!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Arrows and bullets flew back and forth over the Yellow River, and people on both sides were unfortunately hit.

As the deputy division commander, Wang Hui personally carried out the task of crossing the river. Crossing the river is only the first step, and the next step is to gain a foothold on the north bank and receive more friendly troops to land smoothly.

In the rushing Yellow River, he could not command a large army, only seven people around him.

"Paddle quickly, don't look at the other side!"

Wang Hui held his shield and shouted, and said to the firecrackers: "Aim, hit Lao Tzu hard!" ”

A turbulent current struck, and the sheepskin raft spun around for half a circle, and not only could it fail to aim, but the raft almost flipped over.

"Ahh

"Help!"

"Pull me!"

More than 20 meters away from Wang Hui, a sheepskin raft overturned, and they were not attacked, but they lost their balance and fell into the water.

"Get on the horse and keep chasing!"

After dismounting and archery, the Datong army floated away again, and Tian Jianxiu chased after him on a war horse again.

The infantry of the Dashun army, also armed with various weapons, ran along the river chasing the sheepskin raft.

The nearest sheepskin raft was more than ten meters from the north bank, and there were only six people left on the raft. At this point, the river crossing operation has just begun, and the Datong army has lost more than 30 soldiers!

Finally, the sheepskin raft landed on the shore, and Tamihide's cavalry quickly arrived.

The Datong soldiers, who had not yet gained a firm foothold, quickly formed a formation on the shore. Three melee men stood in the way, three musketeers fired at the cavalry, six of them, facing more than two thousand cavalry.

Shi Chang had already fallen into the river, Wu Chang held a spear, and roared angrily with red eyes: "Plough the fields and eat, the world is the same!" ”

"Plough the fields and eat, the world is the same!"

The six of them shouted in unison, looking at death as if they were home.

"Bang bang bang!"

Three firearms fired a volley, hitting an enemy horseman.

The enemy's bows and arrows were also fired, and all six were hit, and the largest had seven arrows stuck in their bodies.

After a round of bows and arrows, two more did not fall.

Instead of reloading their ammunition, they picked up the melee men's shields and spears and defended their landing positions back-to-back.

"Shoot the arrows!"

There was another rain of arrows, and the two finally lost their breath.

Tian Jianxiu sighed with emotion: "They are all good men, it's a pity." ”

"Dashuai, there is another raft crossing the river over there!"

"Chase!"

Tian Mixiu shouted.

One after another, more than 20 sheepskin rafts that successfully crossed the river, carrying more than 100 Datong soldiers, were besieged and killed by the enemy as soon as they landed.

However, there were too many Datong troops crossing the river, and the banks of the Yellow River were too long, and there were always places that Tian Jianxiu couldn't take care of.

"Form a formation, put up a flag, blow a trumpet!"

Wang Hui also crossed the river, and the closest enemy army to him was more than 200 Dashun infantry dozens of meters away.

"Doodoo Dood~~~~"

The suona blew the rallying horn, and the Datong soldiers who went ashore desperately moved closer to here. The Datong army in the river also tried to row this way, and they wanted to form a real position there.