Chapter 155: Water War
"Fight!"
Xiang Liang hurriedly shouted.
All the Chu troops reacted quickly, and all the sailors boarded the ships to meet the Qin army's warships.
Knock knock!
The sound of war drums was beaten.
The Qin army's sudden warship went down the water, sailing very fast, and after a while, it approached in front of the Chu army's warship, entered the strike range of the strong crossbow, and the bed crossbow fixed on the ship adjusted the direction and shot out, directly hitting a Chu army's warship.
Bang!
The ship shook sharply, but was not so easily sunk.
The sailors of the Chu army also launched a counterattack, shooting the strong crossbows on their ships at the Qin army.
As the distance closer, strong crossbows such as bed crossbows were ineffective at close range, and it was troublesome to load arrows, so sailors on both sides raised their shields to take cover, and crossbowmen followed behind, firing continuously.
"Hurry up!"
Luo Qing and Tian Zhen were two people, with thirty sharp soldiers, holding Bai Zhong's kind of strong crossbow.
They were on the first ship, and the crossbow arrows quickly attacked the Chu army.
Those Chu troops raised their shields to face the battle.
But none of them could have imagined that the Qin army's strong crossbow was so powerful that it easily penetrated the shield, and the Chu soldiers holding the shield fell one after another, and the Qin soldiers in the back row saw this opportunity and quickly pulled their bows and shot arrows.
A large number of arrows rained down and went to cover the Chu boat.
The water is wide enough to run multiple ships at the same time.
The sudden attack in the back row also followed the first warship, outflanking the warship of the Chu army, first shooting with crossbow arrows, and then using the angle of attack in the bow of the ship, slamming into the past, the Chu warship was suddenly knocked to the ground, and the people on board exclaimed.
After the crossbow bolts and the sudden charge, it was soon time to board the ship.
Fifty warships of the Qin army besieged more than a dozen warships of the Chu army, whether it was the number of warships or the morale of the sailors, they basically pressed the Chu army to the ground and tortured them.
Xiang Liang had made a variety of judgments, and his analysis of the Qin army was also very comprehensive, knowing that the Qin army must be prepared, but he calculated that even if he missed it, the Qin army would also call so many warships to force the crossing of Rushui.
He constantly commanded his soldiers, throwing crossbow arrows on the shore to strike at the warships of the Qin army, while preparing the shore for defense to prevent the Qin army from landing.
It's just that the range of the crossbow bolts is effective, and it can't help the Qin army on the warship at all.
The warships of the Chu army were soon hit by the warships of the Qin army and could not move.
The soldiers of the Chu army on the boat were chased and killed by the sailors of the Qin army who boarded the ship, and many of them jumped into the water to flee for their lives.
"General, the Qin army has erected a pontoon bridge!"
At this time, a soldier of the Chu army said.
Xiang Liang looked at the other side and said eagerly: "Prepare for defense, you must not let the Qin army kill you, the archers will come up first!" ”
The most effective weapon to deal with the Qin army crossing the river is the bow and crossbow, and the Qin army that is going to cross the Rushui is shot halfway through, disrupting the formation of the Qin army crossing the river.
In addition to this, there is also a half-crossing attack.
It really can't be stopped, and the Qin army crosses the river and kills the shore, so deploy troops on the bank, and wait until some of the soldiers of the Qin army have landed, and the rear is still crossing the river, and launching an attack at this time can cause the Qin army to be disconnected and chaotic.
Now there is no hope for the warships of the Chu army, and Xiang Liang can only use this method to defend.
The west bank of Rushui.
The person who commanded the construction of the pontoon bridge was none other than Bai Zhong.
In ancient times, the pontoon bridge used boats as piers, and wooden planks were laid on them, leading directly to the opposite bank.
Bai Zhong did not have time to build so many boats, but only cut down trees, made a large number of wooden rafts and rafts, connected them with ropes, and then used some soldiers to raise their shields to defend against the enemy's stray arrows and advance to the opposite bank.
The soldiers built it quickly, and after a while the pontoon bridge reached the middle of the river, but fortunately, the current of Rushui was not fast, and there were people on the raft who were holding bamboo poles to prevent the pontoon bridge from being swept away by the current before it succeeded.
Because of the warships of the Chu army, they have been solved by the warships of the Qin army.
They set it up, without any obstacles, and it went very smoothly.
However, the pontoon bridge built soon came within the range of the Chu army's bows and arrows.
The arrows continued to fire, and the soldiers fended with shields as they desperately continued to push forward.
Bai Zhong quickly narrowed his gaze on the other side, and after looking at it for a while, he said: "The warships on the surface can land on the shore, kill us from the boat, and give me another shield, Tieying Ruishi will give me first, Wang Li, Meng Tian, Zhang Tang and Ren Huan, you follow behind, Zhang Han and Li Xin finally lead the troops to cross the river, and you are responsible for attacking the city." ”
"Kill it!"
After he finished speaking, he picked up a shield and strode onto the pontoon.
Ying Shu also took a shield, as the commander's short soldier, of course, he would not lag behind, and shouted: "Keep up!" ”
The 2,000 men of the First Lieutenant hurriedly followed behind the two of them.
Under the leadership of Geng Wu, the Iron Eagle Ruishi followed behind the short soldiers, followed by Wang Li and Meng Tian, each leading 10,000 people to walk on the pontoon bridge together.
Immediately afterwards, the rapid sound of drums sounded on the west bank of the Rushui River.
on board the warship.
The sailors of the Qin army, as well as some of the Iron Eagle warriors led by Luo Qing and Tian Zhen, finally all of the warships of the Chu army were resolved.
"The drums are beating."
Tian Zhen said: "Dock as soon as possible and cover the general's landing!" ”
"Dock!"
Luo Qing shouted.
All the sailors of the Qin army quickly returned to their warships and approached the shore directly, their strong crossbows, strong crossbows, and various crossbow arrows were all shot at the east bank of Rushui, and the arrows were as dense as raindrops.
Hundreds of Qin soldiers who built pontoon bridges have fallen into the water and been washed away.
The rest were covered by warships, the pressure dropped sharply, and finally someone came to the shore, and more than a dozen soldiers desperately fixed the ropes of the pontoon bridge on the shore.
"Can't let them fix the pontoon!"
Xiang Liang sent someone to stop it.
But as soon as the men moved, a barrage of crossbow arrows came at them.
Bai Zhong and Ying Shu had already reached the end of the pontoon bridge, followed by twenty short soldiers armed with strong crossbows, easily penetrating the enemy's shields, and a large number of crossbowmen, shooting at the Chu army on the shore at this time.
However, after a round of shooting, the crossbowmen of the Chu army immediately counterattacked.
"Block!"
Bai Zhong raised his shield, jumped onto the shore, and shouted, "Kill it!" ”
"Kill!"
The short soldiers in the back, including Ying Shu, all shouted in response.
The next moment, they landed smoothly.
"Kill them!"
Xiang Liang ordered to block it.
The soldiers of the Chu army rushed up and quickly killed the end of the pontoon bridge.
Just now it was just a contest of long-range weapons, but now that the Qin army has landed, it is a short-range battle and a half-crossing attack.
But the first people they met were Bai Zhong and the Iron Eagle Sharps.
"Furious Battle!"
"Berserk!"
Bai Zhong thought silently in his heart.
"Keep up!"
Ying Shu once again found that when she followed Bai Zhong's side, both her fighting spirit and combat power could be greatly improved, and she didn't know why.
This fan-like man, she is getting more and more unable to see through it, but now she doesn't have time to see through it, so she follows Bai Zhong with a halberd in hand and slaughters the enemy.