Chapter 476: Crossing the River
Time passed little by little, and the Jin army camp became busy.
Li Shouzhen walked up to Du Chongwei and said softly: "I didn't expect that if you still insist on doing this, you will kill everyone." ”
Du Chongwei's face was expressionless, and he didn't seem to hear Li Shouzhen's words, but just stared at the groups of Dajin soldiers who came out in front of the camp gate.
Fu Yanqing and Wang Qing stood neatly with four thousand soldiers and horses, these four thousand soldiers and horses were all selected by each battalion to dare to fight bravely, the elite of the 300,000 elite army of the Great Jin, a pair of eyes shining in the blazing firelight, and a fierce murderous aura spread in the air.
Wang Qing walked up and looked around at the four thousand tiger soldiers, pulled out his waist knife from his waist, slashed it in the air, and said loudly: "Raise an army for a thousand days, use it for a while, and the time has come to serve the country! I am born and the country will die, and I will die and the country will survive! I am a warrior, bravely kill the thief, and the horse leather shroud, fortunately! Fight to the last soldier, do not kill the Tartars, and never withdraw the army!"
Whether it is in the Yang World or the Ghost Snake, my Wang Qing will stand with his brothers and never spin his heels!"
Fu Yanqing also took a step forward and bowed his hand to the soldiers around him: "Today's battle depends on the hard work of all the brothers, hungry for Hulu meat, and thirsty for Hun blood.
At the time of triumph, he will drink with the kings again, and he will not return if he is not drunk.
Our army will win! Off, kill the thief!"
Two pontoon bridges had already been built on the Hutuo River overnight, and Wang Qing and Fu Yanqing led 2,000 elite soldiers respectively to rush to the opposite bank silently.
At the same time, nearly 1,000 bed crossbows and catapults lined up on the river beach on the south bank of the Hutuo River suddenly attacked, and countless crossbow arrows shot like locusts at the firelight on the opposite side of the Hutuo River, and countless stone bullets were ejected and smashed straight into the tidal flats on the opposite bank.
"Kill!" The killing intent that had been accumulated in my heart for a long time exploded like firecrackers.
Before the 4,000 elite soldiers led by Wang Qing and Fu Yanqing rushed onto the river beach, they had been shot by crossbow arrows like locusts, and the surviving Khitan cavalry hurriedly turned their horses' heads and fled straight towards the Khitan camp.
The 4,000 elite soldiers led by Wang Qing and Fu Yanqing met almost no resistance, and they successfully landed on the opposite river beach, and were organizing their troops on the opposite bank, preparing to take down the embankment on the opposite bank and attack the Khitan camp with a strong force.
Huang Fuyu was elated when he saw it, and laughed and said: "It seems that the Khitans did not expect our army's sneak attack tonight, and the two generals Wang and Fu went very smoothly. Lao Zhang, it's up to you and me next. Command the soldiers, prepare to cross the river!"
Zhang Yanze shook his head and said in a low voice: "General Huangfu, it seems that something is wrong, when did the Khitans become so easy to fight? Our army built pontoon bridges on the Hutuo River for a day and a night, but the Khitans didn't seem to have the slightest vigilance, how could this be possible?"
General Huangfu, you have fought a lot of battles with the Khitans, have you ever seen such a Khitan army?"
Huangfu was stunned for a moment, and replied: "It seems that something is indeed wrong!" After thinking about it, he said: "Whatever, even if the Khitans have tricks, what can they do? Wang Qing and Fu Yanqing have already killed the other side, as long as our army makes more efforts to capture the embankment, the Khitan people will be gone!"
After that, he hurriedly rectified the 10,000 elite horsemen under his command, and was ready to cross the river at any time, just waiting for Du Chongwei's order.
At this moment, a marshal guard galloped over and said loudly: "Zhang Yanze and Huangfu meet two generals and cross the river slowly!"
Zhang Yanze and Huangfu were stunned when they met the two, and both strangled their horses' heads.
The personal guard came to the two of them, presented Du Chongwei's handwriting and military order, and said: "Something is wrong, the marshal ordered the emperor to lead the two thousand elite cavalry under his command to cross the river first, and respond to the two generals Wang Qing and Fu Yanqing, and the remaining 18,000 elite cavalry will not move for the time being, led by General Zhang Yanze, waiting for the next military order of the marshal!"
Zhang Yanze and Huangfu have tested the military order handwriting, and they have no suspicions, now that Wang Qing and Fu Yanqing occupy the river beach on the opposite bank, they really can't accommodate 20,000 fine horsemen, and it is good to be able to accommodate 2,000 fine horsemen.
20,000 elite horsemen crowded on the river beach will only become a living target for the opponent's crossbow arrows and catapults. Moreover, the sand, gravel and mud on the river beach can easily trap the horse's hooves and break the horse's legs, and Du Chongwei's arrangement is not an exaggeration.
Huangfu hugged his fist at Zhang Yanze, and said with a smile: "Brother is going to kill the thief first!" After that, he ordered two thousand elite horsemen, followed by Wang Qing and Fu Yanqing's soldiers and horses, and killed them on the other side of the Hutuo River.
The crossing of the Hutuo River was much smoother than expected, and the Khitans did not block the Great Jin soldiers and horses at the river beach, which made Wang Qing and Fu Yanqing a little surprised, could it be that the Khitans really drew out the soldiers and horses of the large battalion and were unable to deploy troops to intercept them at the river beach?
The two met and deliberated a little, decided not to care about anything else, reorganized their formation a little, and continued to attack the embankment on the north bank of the Hutuo River.
The embankment on the north bank was more than a mile away from the place where the river was crossed, and there was still a slight stream in the middle, but it could not stop the pace of the army. About half an hour later, Wang Qing and Fu Yanqing had already come to the bottom of the embankment.
At this time, the 2,000 elite horsemen of Huangfu had already crossed the Hutuo River and were reorganizing their troops and horses on the river beach. Immediately after crossing the river were the soldiers and horses of the left and right chambers that commanded the Taining Jiedu and An Xianqi.
Huangfu Yu cooperated with An Xianqi in the Anyang River, and it was An Xianqi's army that crossed the river in time to attack, forcing Yelu Tiande to withdraw from the siege and leave, and rescued the three thousand elite cavalry and Li Fengyun who were surrounded by Huangfu in Zhangjiazhuang.
That battle was the turning point of the Khitan's second invasion of the Central Plains, and after that battle, the Great Jin turned from a defensive position to an offensive until the defeat of Yelu Deguang at the village of the White Guard Regiment in Yangcheng.
At the same time, Xue Huairang was still leading the miscellaneous army to step up the construction of pontoon bridges, only two pontoon bridges were too few, and the 300,000 troops would cross the Hutuo River I don't know when they would have to cross. Not to mention the heavy ballistas and catapults to be transported to the other side.
By this time, the sky was already faintly bright.
"How could Yelu Deguang be so careless?" Fu Yanqing felt a sense of foreboding in his heart, and an indescribable uneasiness became stronger and stronger.
Wang Qing laughed and said, "General Fu, the soldiers are coming to block, and the water is coming to cover the earth, it's nothing more than fighting, so why worry so much? Perhaps General Li Fengyun's harassment in the north has had a miraculous effect, attracting Yelu Deguang's attention, and only then has he neglected the defense of the south." ”
A gust of north wind came out, and the sound of soldiers and horses fighting was faintly heard, Fu Yanqing's heart was slightly settled, I hope it was true. Looking back at the crowd of people on the river beach, and the soldiers and horses on the other side of the river who were ready to cross the river like ants, Fu Yanqing secretly said in his heart: "It seems that the marshal is really determined to fight to the death with the Khitans." ”
The four thousand ironclad soldiers approached the embankment on the north bank of the Hutuo River step by step, and suddenly, only to hear the sound of the horn of "woo-woo-woo", countless Khitan soldiers and horses suddenly rushed up to the embankment from behind the embankment, and the light of the torches illuminated the entire northern sky.
Fu Yanqing was shocked and shouted: "Raise your shield, defend against arrows, and rush forward!"
The voice did not fall, only listened to "whoosh", "whoosh", "whoosh", "whoosh", "whoosh...... The sound of bows and arrows leaving the strings rang out incessantly, and the feathers shot towards the four thousand soldiers like a torrential rain.