Chapter 971: Crossing the River

Moreover, the materials prepared in advance can also be pre-processed, which greatly reduces the workload on site. The quality is also incomparable to the raft made from improvised materials.

I saw that each group of bamboos was about the same length and thickness, and the mouth was opened. The soldiers only need to wedge wooden sticks of the same caliber into them, and then tie them with hemp rope, and a beautiful bamboo raft is made.

Before the meal, the riverside was already lined with bamboo rafts waiting to be launched...... This amazing speed, the Yuan Jun who watched it was stunned and unconscious. And it's a bit decompressing......

But the first to attack was elsewhere.

Just when the Yuan army was in full swing preparing to defend against the enemy on the river, they suddenly heard the rumbling war drums and whining horns behind them. But it's clearly not their snare drum horns.

The officers and soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty turned back blankly and followed the prestige. As a result, I didn't know if I didn't see it, and I was startled when I saw it, but I saw that on the Xiaokou Mountain two miles to the south, countless flags were suddenly erected, and smoke and dust were raised in the sky!

Then the earth-shattering shouts of killing sounded, and countless Ming cavalry rode out of the mountains and forests, and plunged straight behind them along the hillside!

Seeing the cavalry of the Ming army all over the mountains suddenly killing from behind, the Yuan army panicked. They were not prepared to be attacked by the enemy on their backs, all the defensive lines were piled up by the river, and the empty doors behind them were wide open, defenseless, how could they not panic?

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However, it was said that on the mountain, Mu Ying saw the main force on the other side with a telescope, basically set up a raft, and finally gave the order to attack the soldiers who had finished resting.

The Ming soldiers first raised all the flags they brought, and then they couldn't wait to beat the dozens of big drums they brought, and also blew hundreds of horns. The drums and trumpets sounded in unison, and the sound shook the sky, which shocked the birds and beasts in the mountains and forests in all directions, and also shocked the Yuan army to review in a panic!

In the sound of the inspiring war drums and horns, Mu Ying turned over his horse, took the horse lance handed by his own soldiers, held it high above his head, pointed forward, and shouted:

"Everyone, follow me to break the enemy!"

The soldiers suddenly agreed, and followed Mu Ying to ride their horses out of the mountains and forests.

One ride takes the lead, thousands of rides are followed, the iron hooves are rolling, and it is unstoppable!

Four thousand cavalry galloped down from the mountain, and the smoke and dust rolled up obscured the sky and the sun, and the rumbling hooves of horses even covered the sound of war drums, which the momentum could not be created by several times the infantry.

It was Darima who recovered from the shock first, and said to Erdun urgently: "Quick, stop them!" ”

Erdun hurriedly dispatched troops and sent people to form a formation behind the army to meet the enemy.

But their movements were too slow, and the Ming army came too quickly. Before the defense line was organized, the Ming army's iron cavalry had already arrived, and in a blink of an eye, the Yuan army's defense line that had not yet been formed was smashed.

Under the leadership of Mu Ying, the Ming army directly entered the Yuan army formation without stopping, rushing left and right, like a bamboo. It's like a tiger entering a flock, invincible!

At this time, the sound of war drums and horns sounded again, and it was the Marquis of Yingchuan on the other side who also gave the order to cross the river.

Hearing the order, the soldiers of the Ming army's vanguard battalion pushed the bamboo raft into the water one after another, and then jumped on the raft, using the gun as the penny, rowing the bamboo raft to the opposite side.

The river was more than 100 zhang wide, and the bamboo raft that rushed in front of it soon crossed the center of the river, and when it was about to rush ashore in one go, the archers of the Yuan army began to shoot.

The archers of the 100,000-strong army were concentrated on the front line, and the scene of archery shooting at the same time was very amazing, and it was not an exaggeration to say that arrows rained down.

In the numbing whistling sound, locust-like arrows rushed to the face, and the soldiers of the Ming army in the first row hurriedly raised their shields to resist.

Tuk tuk tuk, in the blink of an eye, several arrows were inserted in the shield, but the defensive area of the shield was limited after all, and there were still a large number of feather arrows that crossed the shield and hit the dense Ming army on the raft.

In the process of crossing the river, the Ming army on the raft was like a live target, and many live targets were piled together, and in the dense arrow rain of the Yuan army, people constantly fell into the water.

The surface of the river was soon stained red with blood......

Yu Min was frightened when he watched this scene, although he had experienced two vicious battles, but they were both night battles, and he had been following Qi Qianhu all the time, and he basically didn't feel the cruelty of the battlefield.

At this time, the sky was bright, unobstructed, all the death and blood were vividly displayed in front of him, and in a breath, there were several or even a dozen comrades who fell into the water with arrows, and the lucky ones were rescued by the nearby robes, and the unlucky ones directly let the turbulent river sweep away.

He clearly saw that some people were desperately struggling and shouting, but his comrades had no time to care, and they were swept farther and farther away by the river. He also saw that some of his comrades were shot through the shoulder blades by an arrow, and after falling into the water, they wanted to take off their cuirass, but they couldn't do anything, and finally they could only be dragged down by the heavy cuirass and sink to the bottom of the water in despair......

"What are you doing, it's our turn!" Wang Xiaoqi kicked him in the ass and kicked the dazed Yu Min into the water.

Although the Baishi River in Layue is not frozen like the rivers in the north, the river water is also cold and biting, which makes him sober up all of a sudden.

hurriedly climbed onto the bamboo raft with his hands and feet, and before he could stand still, he was stuffed with a shield in his hand by Li Laoba, who came up before him, and said angrily: "Get out of front to block the arrows!" ”

Yu Min felt that he was using himself as a shield, and before he could refuse, he was pushed and squeezed to the front row by the people behind, so he had to angrily put the shield on the raft and turned around and glared at Li Laoba.

Li Lao Bali ignored him, and after Wang Xiaoqi came up, he propped up his gun and drove the raft away from the shore.

The bamboo raft where the flag soldiers were, together with the bamboo rafts on the left and right, continued to pounce on the opposite bank.

On the raft, Wang Xiaoqi seized the time to give business guidance: "When I shout to raise the shield, I will raise the shield with both hands, and the shield will tilt upwards to resist the arrows shot diagonally above!" No matter what the situation is, don't let go, and don't change your posture when you die! ”

As he spoke, he emphasized in a loud voice: "Remember, don't lower the shield, don't squat down the body!" The veterans have given you the safest errands, and you must protect them well, and don't just protect yourself! ”

Yu Min glanced back at Li Laoba when he heard this, but he didn't expect him to mean that......

Li Laoba rolled his eyes and muttered with disdain: "I don't understand anything!" ”

At this time, the raft crossed the center of the river and entered the range of the Yuan army, and the whistling feather arrows arrived as scheduled!

Wang Xiaoqi burst out behind him: "Raise the shield!" ”

The soldiers in the front row hurriedly brushed their shields and raised their shields, and Yu Min was no exception.

As soon as he was in his position, arrows hit the shield in his hand with the sound of tuk tuk tuk impact. Yu Min didn't expect that the strength of the bow and arrow was so great that his hands were numb, and his body kept wanting to lean back.

As soon as the shield was slightly lowered, an arrow hit his helmet, and Yu Min was about to pee, not knowing if he had been hit by an arrow. But he saw that his comrade next to him had been hit by an arrow in the leg, and blood was pouring out, but he still stood strongly, and continued to hold his shield high to block the arrow for his brother behind him.

didn't bother to check whether his head was safe, and hurriedly gritted his teeth tightly, his dantian was angry, he was tied to the arrow step, and he raised his shield motionlessly.

(End of chapter)