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Chapter 59 Crossing the River

"Zuo Qianhu, the Tartars' fire tube is too loud, and everyone below is rumored to be the anger of Changshengtian. Do you think we should use the fire tube to fight back?" A horse bandit who looked like a commander and rushed to the watchman Zuerbei, who was watching the battle, also asked.

"No! We have great use of that thing, we must not be exposed now!" Zuo Qianhu, who was named Zuo Qianhu, also looked at the Hailar River, which became the battlefield and refused loudly.

Now, the West Road recruitment of Dazhen Kingdom is under the command of the recruitment of the envoy, except for the largest Wanyan Duosba, there are only about 10,000 cavalrymen. Of course, these cavalry are full of water. Most of them are non-Mongolian herd slaves snatched from various Mongolian tribes not long ago. Although their combat effectiveness is questionable, the other party definitely has a deep feud with the Mongols. In politics, they pass the test.

Only Wanyan Duosba can use such a person with confidence.

At this moment, facing the Mongolian coalition's move to cross the river for several miles along the river bank, Zuerbei also led a cavalry that was blocked. After all, it was because the Mongolian coalition had the advantage.

Fortunately, the river in this section is relatively narrow, the water flow is fast, and the water level is relatively deep. It is also difficult to cross the river. Therefore, although the Mongolian coalition forces have long places to cross the river, a small number of people who can cross the river every time. Most of them use sheepskin rafts and wooden rafts carried by the army as tools for crossing the river.

And these are easier to ignite!

Under several rounds of rocket shooting, the cavalry on the raft or sheepskin rafts either waited to die with the fire or jumped into the river and quickly washed away by the turbulent currents.

But the cavalry who went to the river continued to go one after another. In this battlefield where killing and being killed, Ochijin, who had been calm, looked at the battle on the river without saying a word.

The moonlight is very bright at this moment, but what is even brighter is the group of rockets that cut through the sky and the buzzing fire tubes. They are like meteors sprinkling on the ground, taking away lives every moment.

On the river bank closest to Ochijin, a river crossing team composed of three wooden rafts rushed towards the opposite bank, and behind them were waves of rockets rushing towards the opposite bank. The soldiers stayed on the wooden rafts raised large wooden boards, while the people hid behind the wooden boards.

The penetration of arrows in this era is limited. As long as thick wood is used as a baffle, it can almost block most arrows. However, the wooden rafts are not fire-proof. If the rockets accumulate too much, they may have to burn all the rafts to the other side. As for the sheepskin rafts, they have been abandoned during the first wave of crossing the river.

Because compared with wooden rafts, the sheepskin raft is inflammable. In terms of flammability, it is better than wooden rafts. So when I saw that almost all the wooden rafts were shot into a big fireball before they left the river bank, all the soldiers wisely rejected the sheepskin rafts.

At the moment, these three wooden rafts were lucky. With the support of the firepower in the rear, they finally landed in the middle of the river. But at this time, the wooden board used to block the arrow almost became a fire board. Even if they soaked the board when they set off so that it could maintain sufficient humidity, which was not conducive to ignition.

But with the continuous efforts of the rockets, the surface of the wooden board was finally dried by continuous flames.

Moreover, when they reached the other side of the river, the range was closer to the opponent. Some soldiers who were eager to extinguish the fire of the raft were shot by the raft and fell into the river or fell on the raft.

Temulun felt a little distressed when he looked at it. Because these soldiers in the platoon were his personal soldiers, they were truly elite Mongolians. The reason why he took them across the river from this inconspicuous place was to open a breakthrough.

Now they can be said to be about to succeed!

Because until now, the opponent's attack strength is similar to that of other river banks, obviously I don't know how big a fish is hidden in this river crossing team.

But misfortune depends on good fortune, and good fortune depends on bad fortune. Although the distance between Temulun and the other side has been greatly shortened, this means that they are at greater risk of being shot.

Even if you hide behind a wooden board, you may be concentrated by arrows falling from the sky. In the end, it is not only a straight line shooting. For horse bandits who have lived in the grassland for many years and have not had bad skills in riding and shooting, it is not difficult to shoot at a certain elevation angle to cross the wooden board that is blocking.

Now, more than ten casualties appeared on the three wooden rafts again.

You should know that Temulun brought not many personal soldiers, only more than a hundred. Every time he shot dead and injured one, it was their loss!

Seeing that the shield was useless, Temulun also guessed that the time was almost done, so he said, "Ignition tube!".

Three soldiers in the platoons unbuttoned the fire tubes around their waists, and when one of the soldiers lit the fire sticks, they all came up to light the fire tubes.

This was bought by Ochijin from the Ulutus tribe. Since anti-bandits is a major event in the entire Eastern Mongolian grassland, Ulutus is not easy to hide it. Moreover, the anti-bandits army is not for nothing. Each three single-fire tubes are worth a sheep. It is much more preferential than when sold to Tuohu.

In exchange, the two thousand cavalry of Ulutus can also fairly participate in the distribution of spoils after the fight against the bandits is completed. The share is the same as the possession of five thousand Yixiang Ge. Moreover, during the entire march, all transactions of the army can only be carried out with the Ulutus tribe.

It is precisely for this reason that the caravans of Ulutus's troops were happily following the army's butts, otherwise they would have been robbed of as fat sheep and there would be no more scum left.

Now that the fire tubes were ignited one after another, Temulun shouted and let it go. Then the ropes that tied the wooden boards were released with a clamor. The wooden boards that could no longer bear them fell into the river in an instant.

Boom boom, a deafening roar also sounded on the river surface, and a large number of sparks bloomed on the river surface. A small number of sparks fell into the water, and a small number of unlucky dead fish quickly floated up. Most of the attacks fell into the unexpected team of horse bandits.

Originally, because the range of the fire tube was limited, the horse bandits could not fully feel the huge lethality of the fire tube when shooting on the other side of the river. Especially those iron and porcelain pieces that were flying at high speed did not kill everyone on the spot, but could hurt everyone who came into contact with it.

The bloody wound is accompanied by red-burned porcelain or iron sheets, just like a red-burned soldering iron being imprinted in one's flesh and blood. The pain is like being roasted on fire.

So the shrill cry sounded one after another, making some unharmed people feel scared.

Taking this opportunity, the raft finally landed!

But after laughing, O Chijin, who was watching the battle on the other side, his face immediately became gloomy. Because such a sharp fire tube was in the hands of others.
Chapter completed!
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