Chapter 1097: Battle of Xiushui River (6)
Huge wooden shields appeared on the battlefield and slowly approached the bridgehead position. These wooden shields were made of logs as thick as bowls, and were very shoddy. There were even branches and forks in some places and green leaves. After the giant wooden shields, Qin soldiers hid behind and carefully advanced towards the bridgehead."
"Fuck, it's really a bit troublesome." Zhang Yu's face turned a little nervous this time. He knew very well that this battle would be a close fight.
"Strong crossbow, break the shield!" Zhang Yu roared angrily.
The powerful crossbow raised its head, and a dull sound was heard. A powerful crossbow broke out into the air. With a bang, a giant shield broke into two halves. A scream came from the wooden shield. Many soldiers were not injured by the giant shield, but were injured by the broken wooden shield and were shocked.
On the tube tower, the crossbow immediately rang out in time, and the sound of linoline was immediately shot to the ground. The broken wooden shield had not yet fallen apart, and even if it was cracked in half, some people could still be hidden behind it.
The powerful crossbow kept ringing, and the giant wooden shields were broken. The moment they broke, the crossbow machine on the tube building would immediately launch in time, sweeping down a group of people.
The whole scene still seemed to be a one-sided battle, but Zhang Yu's face on the bridge head did not feel relaxed. On the Qin army, the old whistle chief who was responsible for the command of the front enemy also breathed a long sigh. Although the death made him heartbroken, in a war, there were immortals, if there were needs and valuable, and he would die without hesitation. Because he saw hope, this giant tree still could not stop the opponent's strong crossbow, but the strong crossbow could not crush the giant wooden shield, which greatly reduced their casualties. They were approaching Qiaotou Town step by step.
As long as they fight against each other, they will win in sight, and they will use people to make up their lives and exchange them for a victory.
After the position, the Ming soldiers placed spears one by one on the wall, inserted the ring-headed knife at their feet, and quietly looked at the enemy who were approaching step by step.
Baoqing Camp was a battle step by step from Changyang County. The old army that grew up with the Ming Dynasty was very experienced. When you glance at the situation in front of you, you will know that the next one will definitely be a bloody battle.
Zhang Yu stared at the front for a while and suddenly said, "Transfer the order, and the people behind the first position will retreat. After retreating to the second position, they will become the reserve team of soldiers of the second position."
"Why do you retreat without fighting?" Chang Yonggang asked in confusion.
"We only have five hundred people!" Zhang Yu said: "We can't fight with the enemy to consume. After the Qin army crossed the first position, they were completely exposed to the range of our crossbow machine. There would be no more enemies who could rush to our second line of defense. I want to fill the gap between these two lines of defense with corpses."
After hearing this, Chang Yonggang looked up at the distance between the two lines of defense, then glanced at the distance between the enemy's wooden shield, and immediately understood.
"At this distance, there will still be many Qin soldiers who can rush over."
"Those who rushed over were only a little late to die." Zhang Yu smiled and pulled out the knife, "Mr. Chang, you can see, I'll go down first."
Chang Yonggang untied the meteor hammer from his waist: "I'll help too."
Zhang Yu was stunned: "Mr. Chang, you are a master. These little soldiers are worth your move. Just leave it to us. You just need to guard here and wait for the enemy's masters. If they can't capture them for a long time, they will definitely use this move."
"I am a Mingren, and the soldiers below are also Mingren. If I take action, I can reduce the casualties of soldiers. You don't have to worry about anything. Killing these soldiers will not take much effort." Chang Yonggang laughed.
"That's true!" Zhang Yu's eyes lit up. Every soldier here is his siblings. He has been stirring a spoon in a pot for many years. Although people will definitely die in war, it would be better to die less?" Then there is a hard work, but the teacher only needs to be in the back and see where there is danger, and help a little."
"Okay, no problem!"
The Ming army withdrew from the first line of defense, and the old whistle commander was overjoyed. The enemy had only 500 troops, which was their biggest disadvantage. He looked up at the two tube buildings and took a deep breath. "After crossing the first obstacle, he rushed forward as quickly as possible. As long as he got involved with the Ming army, they would not dare to shoot arrows."
The first position was not so easy to cross. After trying to smash it a few times, I don’t know how the position was built, but it didn’t move at all. The Qin soldiers could only climb over. Most of the walls were as high as half a person, but they could not hold a heavy wooden shield when climbing. The soldiers could only raise the small shield in their hands and climb over as fast as possible with the greatest strength in their lives.
And this was also the opportunity above the tube tower. The crossbow that had whistled intermittently and immediately roared wildly. One soldier after another fell down from the wall, and soon, the ground was covered with corpses.
These Qin border troops from the Luoying Mountains were indeed brave. Even if they were killed or injured, they continued without fear. This was the case for them to fight in the Luoying Mountains. Go forward and then forward, kill a Ming army, grab equipment and weapons, and once you succeed, your chances of saving your life will be greatly increased in the next time.
More and more people climbed over the first wall, held the small shield in their hands, and howled toward the second line of defense. Several crossbows immediately changed their shooting targets and shot at them intensively. The Qin army on the first line of defense, which was so pressed that they could not lift their heads, immediately felt that the pressure was greatly reduced, and their courage increased greatly, and their climbing speed was faster.
The old whistleman's heart was bleeding. In a short time, the first wall was leaning against him, and the corpse laid out was half a meter high. I think the same is true on the other side. These are all his subordinates. In this short time, nearly two hundred brothers had fallen on the way to charge.
He stared at the soldiers in front, and he was almost there, and he was still ten steps away. He fell a few more. So fast, he rushed forward. He had been five steps and four steps. No arrows were shot down from his head. His brothers rushed to the second wall.
The old whistleman shouted, and he was happy. He finally got close to each other. In order to achieve this goal, including the cavalry, they had four or five hundred dead, and this was equivalent to the number of enemies defending the opponent.
"Roar up and kill them!" He roared desperately, although it was impossible for a word to be heard in front of him.
Just as these Qin soldiers rushed to the second line of defense, two rows of figures appeared on the line of defense that had not been seen before. The spears sniffed in a low voice and pierced out at the same time, just as at this moment, countless barbs suddenly grew on the originally bare city wall.
The gun was released, the shield was broken, the armor was broken, and the people were broken. The first group of Qin soldiers who had just rushed to the defense line fell down. The spear was retracted, and behind them, the second row of spears stabbed out at the right time, and stabbed the person who rushed over casually.
Two rows of spears, one by one, stabbing the charge soldiers one by one under the wall.
The Qin army was also extremely brave. Some people were thinking about stabbing the spear in their hands hard, and the sword in their hands was desperately smashing to the opposite side.
Unfortunately, in front of them there was a half-man-high wall, and the Ming army exposed on the upper half of the wall, wearing breastplate. The dying soldiers were limited in strength, and the power to hit the opponent's breastplate was no longer enough to break the armor. The remaining strength in the end was just a few white marks and scars on the armor.
More people were rushing through the first position, more people fell on the charge, and more people rushed to the second line of defense, and the Ming army finally suffered casualties.
Some people were stabbed or injured in the face or head, so they were naturally out of salvation. Some people were only slightly injured, but even if they were slightly injured, they were replaced immediately.
The defense line remained unmoved under the fierce attack of the Qin army. However, more and more people died in the Qin army.
After standing on the third line of defense, Tie Niu carried his iron bow and held several feather arrows in his hand. As one of the few retained sharpshooters in Baoqing camp, they did not need to go to the front line to fight. And he was not used to kill ordinary soldiers. His role was to kill the enemy officers. His bow was specially made, and his arrows were also specially made. This was tailored by the Ming Dynasty's military workshop for them. There was only one purpose to exert their own greatest strength. When their archery martial arts cultivation level improved, they could customize bows and arrows that suited them again.
An officer in the Qin army jumped high and rushed from the air toward the second line of defense. This was a warrior with at least level six cultivation. At this time, he was already fighting hard. When he fell into the enemy's lineup, he could imagine what would happen next, but what he wanted was to exchange his life for the enemy's temporary chaos. As long as the enemy's formation was chaotic, his brothers would have a chance.
Chapter completed!