Chapter 234: Crossing the River, Crossing the River
The way of heaven is good, and China has a reason to do it.
Zhu Taizu made a hundred years of suppressed rhetoric to the soldiers who went out on the expedition, vowing to drive out the Tartars and restore China.
Now, the emperor is about to roar angrily, destroy the slaves and Pingliao, completely eliminate the nightmare of the future of China, and prevent China from falling into the bloody world.
The way of heaven is good, and at this moment, it is also being staged in Liaodong. In the past, it was all Jiannu who was launched, and when they were attacking the city and plundering the land, the Ming army was able to hold the city, which was already a victory.
Now, it is the turn of Jiannu to shrink to defend, and the Ming army is taking the initiative to attack.
Two pontoon bridges have been erected over the Haicheng River, extending steadily forward. After more than half a month, the Ming army finally began to cross the river to attack after full preparations on the other side of the river.
The thorough preparation was not only the preparation of timber for the bridge, but also the construction of nearly 100 small boats. In addition to the pontoon bridges, there are more than 50 left, each of which can carry more than a dozen people, and can put more than 600 people on the opposite bank at a time.
In addition to timber and boats, Xiong Tingbi also carefully chose the location to build the bridge. On the opposite bank is a shoal jutting into the river, and the bridge is the shortest.
But this is not the main reason, there is a sand embankment on the south bank, although it is not high, but more than 100 gates of the Ming Dynasty are laid out, but they are hidden behind it in turn, and they are not known to the Jiannu on the other side.
This section of the Haicheng River where the pontoon bridge is erected is not wide, less than 200 meters, which is relatively narrow, and it is also very beneficial for the erection of the pontoon bridge.
Six hundred musketeers were ready to go, and they would be the first to ascend the shallows and occupy the bridgehead. There were also thousands of musketeers divided into several batches, and they were also ready to set out for battle.
The pontoon bridge was extending to the opposite side in an orderly manner, and a small group of Jiannu cavalry appeared on the opposite bank, like scout horses, swimming back and forth.
"General Zhang, it's time to act." Xiong Tingbi put down the binoculars and turned his head to Zhang Pan to give an order.
"The last will obey." Zhang Pan bowed, turned around and strode away.
If you rely only on pontoons, it is not impossible. But Xiong Tingbi and the others will set a trap to give Jiannu who dares to come to block the landing to meet the head-on.
Bait is to set off by boat? Six hundred musketeers who landed first in the shallows. Fire cover is more than a hundred artillery pieces behind the sand bank? There were also friendly troops reinforced by ships in the second and third batches.
According to the observation and judgment of Xiong Tingbi and other generals, Jiannu has a large number of cavalry hidden in the distance? Maybe it's more than a dozen miles away in the Acropolis of Haizhou.
The reason why there was no large-scale sortie? The purpose is also revealed, want to have a half-cross attack? Or took advantage of the fact that the Ming army's pontoon bridge had just been completed, and there were not many troops landing? Carry out a fierce attack.
How could Xiong Tingbi not guess such a simple art of war as "half-crossing and attacking". For this? Only then did he carefully choose the location where the pontoon bridge would be erected, and carefully arranged the battle plan, so as to deal a heavy blow to the Jiannu who dared to come to attack.
The first batch to rush to the ferry by boat was only 600 Ming musketeers? This is estimated based on the area of that prominent sandy beach.
And? The Ming army occupies this place, and the terrain is limited, and the Jiannu want to attack, but they cannot deploy their troops. There was water on three sides, but the vanguard of the Ming army reduced the defensive side against the enemy.
Is this like fighting on a narrow street? No matter how many troops you have, you can only go to the back? The direct battle can only be fought by the one or two platoons in front.
And in addition to the musketeers who were stationed in the shallows, the Ming army also had a second group of troops who came by boat to reinforce them? They used muskets on the ship to form a two-sided flank attack on Jiannu.
Musket rotation is not enough, more than a hundred artillery pieces of concentrated fire bombardment? This will inflict more heavy casualties on the swarming enemy.
The width of the river is so wide that you can see the opposite bank? Isn't the water rushing either? A gust of wind blew and swept across the water, blowing small waves.
"Descend to cross the river and land first, and ask the general to take the second batch of boats." Guerrilla Du Yueshan arched his hand and said to Zhang Pan.
Regardless of the strength and deployment of the enemy forces on the opposite side, the danger of landing the first batch is the greatest. Du Yueshan, as a pioneer general who took the initiative to invite Ying, saw that Zhang Pan was about to get on the boat, and hurriedly stopped him.
After speaking, Du Yueshan also glanced at Xiong Tingbi, who was standing in the distance, and added: "Lord Jingluo will not allow you to take risks lightly, your duty is to command a certain battalion, not a certain battalion." ”
Zhang Pan patted the arm of his old subordinate and said, "You're right, so-and-so still take the second batch of ships, as long as you hold on for a while, reinforcements will come." ”
Seeing that the goal had been achieved, Du Yueshan grinned and said, "General rest assured, with the rotation of six hundred musketeers, it is not so easy for Jiannu to defeat us." ”
As he spoke, Du Yueshan gave a salute, turned around, shouted loudly, and led the vanguard to board the wooden boat. More than 50 small boats started one after another, galloping towards the opposite shore.
"There are more than ten people in each boat, and there are fifty-two small boats." The Jiannu scout galloped back and reported to Yue Zhen, who was hiding in a large forest.
Yue Yu nodded, waved his hand, and said, "Explore again." ”
The scout galloped away, Yue Zhen raised his eyes and looked into the river, suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed to the left and right, and said, "Look at that boat, it should be an officer on it." ”
Everyone also saw it, the bright red battle robe and bright armor, which clearly indicated that it was an officer of the enemy.
"Is Lord Belle going to behead this officer and the enemy army in Weizhen?" Tong Yang said playfully.
Yue Zhen laughed and said: "Ben Beile really has this intention, well, I haven't galloped and killed the enemy for a long time." ”
"Lord Belle has superb martial arts skills and bravely crowned the three armies, and it is effortless to kill this enemy general." Luo Xiujin gave a sycophant, brushed his beard and smiled.
Yue Zhen waved his hand humbly and said, "It's better to leave it to your subordinates to get a reward for their meritorious deeds, how can Ben Beile compete with them for rewards." ”
Staring at the enemy on the small boat, Yue Zhi showed a hideous sneer on his face, just waiting for the enemy to come ashore, the boat sailed away, and then launched a fierce attack, slashing all the enemies ashore in one fell swoop.
Even, Yue Zhen had already begun to imagine that after victory, he would show off his might with the enemy's head, and the enemy on the other side would be terrified.
At this time, there were already Ming soldiers stepping on the shoal, and Du Yueshan took the lead and immediately organized a queue to be on guard.
The wooden boat in which the red-robed general was riding was parked in the river, not approaching the shallows.
That's right, this is a fake officer. Let the enemy see it, but can't catch it, and buy time for the second batch of Ming troops to cross the river.
In the field of vision of the telescope, Jian Nu did not start immediately, and the corners of Xiong Tingbi's mouth turned up, revealing a sly sneer.
Is it because there are too few people crossing the river and the boats are not sailing far? The appetite is not small, but unfortunately, if you want to swallow the bait in a short time, I am afraid that I will choke.
The 600 Ming troops were quickly lined up on the shoal, and the not too wide front could only accommodate more than 100 people, and the five rows of musketeers were heavily loaded and heavily guarded.
"Lord Belle-" Luo Xiujin looked at the general of the Ming army who had never come ashore, felt that something was wrong, and turned his head to remind Yue Xuan.
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