Chapter 1103: Night Attack
The iron cow squinted his eyes and let go of his fingers calmly. The feather arrow shot down from the bridge with a shrill sound of breaking through the air. The sound of the wave was like a watermelon being knocked out, and a blood-red emanated from the surface of the river, and it was instantly washed away by the surging river water.
With an arrow shot out, the iron cow simply stood up, pulled the bow, squeezed, and shot towards the floating heads one after another above the river.
As Chang Yonggang expected, most of the people who drifted from above were martial arts powerhouses in the army. If they were on the shore, Tie Niu would not take it seriously. Even if they were plotting, they could make a certain reaction. But at this moment, people were in the water, and it would be difficult to make some counterattacks. Many people could only hide their heads under the water and swim. Fortunately, the distance was not far from the bridge pier. As long as they could borrow their strength, they would no longer be afraid of this guy who shot cold arrows.
Zhang Yu did not pay attention to the bridge pier, but sat on the tube building, staring coldly at the open land in the distance, which was so dark that nothing could be seen, but he believed that in the darkness, there would be enemies lurking near.
The first position was already full of people. Since it was a sneak attack, it was impossible for them to slowly advance with such a heavy wooden shield. At present, they should be lying on their waists or leaning on the ground and sneaking forward, but what's the use?
In the darkness, a crisp sound of bells suddenly sounded, not one, but dozens of bells sounded at the same time. At the same time, a scream came from the darkness, and it was silent in an instant. Then there was a shocking cry. In the darkness, there were countless people standing up, and howled and rushed towards the two lanterns. The lanterns on the lanterns were the most obvious targets.
As the sound of boom continued to sound, piles of fires were lit in the distance, illuminating the battlefield.
The sound of the crossbow collapsed constantly, accompanied by bursts of screams. After a moment, the unique clattering sound of the crossbow on the tube tower rang out in a dense manner.
In the distance, Zhong Zhen frowned. He did not expect that the Ming army would be so vigilant after a big victory during the day. What he did not expect was that after nightfall, the Ming army actually set up some warning items on this open land. Those bells must have been quietly set up after nightfall. When the ringing sounded, it meant that someone was attacking.
Zhong Zhen felt that he should take the Xiushui River Bridge as fast as possible, because he was also extremely worried that the Ming army would have a large number of reinforcements. Not to mention anything else, as long as one or two thousand people were deployed on the other side of the river to continuously support the Xiushui River Bridge, he was afraid that it would be very difficult for him to seize the place again.
Tonight, he was determined to win. All the means that he could take action were used. The attack was divided into three routes, one route was the strong attack in front of him. If he could not succeed, he would have to pay a heavy price and get nothing. In the water of the bridge, he selected dozens of good martial arts masters with good martial arts cultivation. The worst was about level five. The leader was a lieutenant. The level seven skill in the army was already a commander in the main battle camp. This team was mainly able to make breakthroughs on the bridge behind the tube tower. As long as they went on the bridge and with their combat power, they would definitely get results. Even if it was not possible, as long as they could attract the crossbows that kept ringing on the tube tower, as long as there was no such dense blockade, the frontal attack would be effective.
What he valued more was that it was going on at this moment. A unit of 3,000 people was swimming across the river from a slightly calmer place away from this few miles. The large number of wood to be used as wooden shields that were dragged in during the day were now tied into rafts. All the carriages that accompanied the army were dismantled and could not be tied into rafts. The soldiers ventured across the boards with them.
Even if the first two teams cannot succeed, as long as the team lands on the other side, then attacks from front to back, breaks through the defense of Xiushui River Bridge, it will be no problem.
The first two teams are all pretexts to attract opponents, and it is best to be successful.
On the river surface, dozens of good men were forced to dive into the water by the powerful arrows of the iron ox bow and arrow. In their opinion, since there was the first arrow, then the next one must be a covered shooting, hiding under the water, with some protection. But what they never expected was that at this moment, they were only aiming at them on the bridge piers. The real blow was not the Ming army holding the bow, but another person.
When they dived into the water, they were a little unpredictable. When more than a dozen Qin soldiers got out of the water to breathe, they suddenly found that they had already drifted across the bridge along the water. At this moment, the Xiushui River Bridge was already behind them.
Tie Niu was shooting calmly. They caught a man, blocking all his lines with several arrows in succession, and then steadily killed with one arrow. Although this efficiency is not high, it is stable. As for those who have arrived near the bridge pier, he is too lazy to care about it, because there is a killing god next to him.
Chang Yonggang was standing in the shadow with a meteor hammer, staring at the first person close to the bridge pier. The man had a very good martial arts cultivation. As soon as he approached the bridge pier, he stuck his hand out and steadily clamped the bridge pier. The next moment, he had already risen from the water, and held a knife in his hand, soaring into the sky with a rushing water flow.
This person is the leading master of level seven martial arts.
The meteor hammer flew out of the darkness silently.
At the last moment, the Qin army captain finally noticed the danger and barely crossed his chest, staring at the shadow, but his eyes were full of despair.
With a sound of pounce, the meteor hit the sword. The sword immediately broke into two pieces and inserted it into the body of the captain. Then the hammer hit his chest and abdomen hard, smashing the man away from a distance, and dropped it into the water with a loud bang, stirring the water all over the sky.
One after another, Qin soldiers climbed up along the bridge pier or jumped up, but what awaited them was the meteor hammer coming out from one back and forth. A dignified level nine master was hiding in the darkness at this moment, like Shura in the underworld, happily reaping one life after another.
Even in a head-on confrontation, these people were not Chang Yonggang's one-piece knowledge, let alone under the current situation. In a moment, none of the Qin army approaching this bridge pier survived.
Several Qin troops finally climbed up from a bridge pier in the distance. Tie Niu shot several of them to death, but he was not Chang Yonggang. Looking at the Qin troops shouting and rushing towards him, he turned around and turned around and ran away.
Several Qin troops rushed to the Ming army position at the bridgehead along the bridge deck, and then there was another person in front of them. The next moment, their bodies flew up like paper hoists and flew towards the surging Xiushui River.
The bridge deck became quiet.
Chang Yonggang carried the meteor hammer and walked towards the Ming army position ahead, "Tieniu, there are still many people floating downstream just now. You are here. If they come back, they will greet them with arrows. If they can't stop it, call me."
Tie Niu responded, ran to the railing on the other side, leaned over and looked at the roaring river water, and murmured: "It is unlikely that if you want to swim back with such a large amount of water, right?"
Then he carried his bow and followed Chang Yonggang and ran to the front position.
In a river berth about ten miles away from Xiushui River, some rafts slowly leaned towards the shore. With a bang, the front end of the raft hit the river bank. The Qin army on the raft made a depressing cheer. The old whistle leader jumped down from the raft with a spear in one hand and a knife in the other, and finally stepped onto the ground with his feet.
Three thousand people were underwater from the river. With such simple tools and facing such turbulent river water, the old whistleblower commander didn't know how many people could climb ashore. Fortunately, this river berth is a rare return bay in this section of water. As long as the soldiers crossing the river can get back to a section, it is very likely to get ashore safely.
The soldiers who came on the shore sat silently on the river bank to recover their strength, while the old whistle leader stood nervously by the river, counting rafts on the shore, or soldiers drifting over with wood. Every time a raft came, and every time a soldier climbed up the river bank, he felt happy.
Crossing the river in the dark is no less than a war. During the day, they are fighting with the Ming army, but at this time, they are fighting with Xiushui River.
"God blessed." He kept praying in his heart.
As time went by, more and more soldiers were sitting on the city on the shore, and fewer and fewer rafts were on the shore. The old whistleman stood by the river and waited for about a stick of incense. Only two soldiers crawled out of the river exhausted. As soon as they reached the shore, they collapsed there with their feet weak.
"Two thousand five hundred and forty-two." The old whistleblower said silently in his heart, his nose twitched, and it felt a little sore. Once a night ferry, there were 458 brothers who could never see it anymore. The old whistleblower knew very well that in such a surging river, he could not climb ashore, and the final outcome would be to become food for fish and shrimp.
He walked to the soldiers sitting and resting with heavy steps and whispered: "Hurry up and keep your energy, and at dawn, we will attack."
What the old chief of the whistleblow didn't know was that in a forest not far from this river bay, he witnessed their crossing of the river from front to back. After seeing all the Qin troops ashore, the few people quietly retreated out of the forest and ran towards the distance.
This section of the riverside area is just a backwater bay. If the Qin army wants to cross the river forcibly, then this is the only area that the Qin people can choose. The Ming army has already set up several posts here, paying attention to everything that happened here.
Chapter completed!