Facing the huge rocks falling from the sky, the Iron Eagle soldiers on the sheepskin raft were miserable. They were not good at crossing the river, and they vomited violently as soon as they got on the sheepskin raft. Although the river was at Fengling Ferry,
It was a relatively calm period, but there were still many Iron Eagle soldiers who were seasick. And they were not good at sailing. To a large extent, hundreds of sheepskin rafts floated directly from the upper reaches to the other side. And those
Once a stone the size of a millstone falls on a sheepskin raft, it will inevitably create a huge hole, and then none of the dozens of people on the entire sheepskin raft will be spared. And even if it does not fall on the sheepskin raft, it will fall on the sheepskin raft.
Next to the sheepskin raft, there will inevitably be a huge wave, and several soldiers will be thrown into the river if they are not careful. Fortunately, there are not many trebuchets in the Loop, and the river surface here is only
Three to four hundred meters wide. Although it caused considerable damage to Tie Ying's side, it was not to the point of damaging one's muscles and bones.
The distance of one hundred meters was quickly reached. Although many soldiers were still vomiting, many soldiers still set up the folding bows in their hands. Everyone understood that the only way to suppress the enemy was with accurate shooting.
With the opponent's firepower, our side can hope to reach the shore and then give the opponent a fatal blow. However, what makes them extremely helpless is that although Fengling Ferry is the place with the gentlest water flow in the upper reaches of the river, here
The waves are only compared to the big river flowing through the mountains. Standing on the swaying sheepskin rafts, the Iron Eagle soldiers simply cannot exert their due fighting power. The folding bows in their hands either shoot too far or too far.
When we get closer, except for a few lucky arrows, few can pose an effective threat to the soldiers in the Hetao on the south bank of the river. On the contrary, the soldiers in the Hetao on the river bank are down to earth, and their accuracy is naturally improved a lot. On the sheepskin raft
The area is inherently limited, so every shot fired by the Hetao soldiers can cause a certain amount of damage to the Iron Eagle soldiers.
The first wave of 5,000 soldiers of the Iron Eagle Tribe were quickly wiped out under the command of Situ Lie. Occasionally, a lucky sheepskin raft drifted to the south bank, but facing the overwhelming advantage of the Hetao soldiers, the only outcome was to be killed.
Tear them into pieces. However, facing this first victory, Situ Lie was not as excited as ordinary soldiers. Although he annihilated thousands of the opponent's vanguard, the opponent's strength was still several times his own. Moreover, the defense in his hands
Supplies and troops are limited. If the Iron Eagle Tribe crosses the river at all costs, although it can cause huge damage to the opponent, the crossing will definitely be difficult to protect. Thinking of this, Situ Lie suddenly felt a little fear in his heart. The current Hetao Liu
In addition to the more than 100,000 young and middle-aged people who have only received the simplest military training, there is no regular soldier in this state. If he loses here, there will be no resistance within the six states.
If that is really the case, then even if he kills himself, it will be difficult for him to face the millions of fellow villagers in Hetao.
After a period of silence, the Iron Eagle soldiers on the north bank of the ferry began to move again. But this time, there were at least a thousand sheepskin rafts launched into the water at the same time. However, the number of people on each sheepskin raft was only about one-third of the original number. It was obvious that
The huge damage just now made the other party feel a little heartbroken. Moreover, the fierceness of the trebuchets on the Loop just now also made the other party understand that it is not possible to take down the ferry with just a few troops. Situ Lie secretly calculated in his heart, although Tie Ying
They are one of the three major nomadic groups on the northwest prairie, but these more than a thousand sheepskin rafts are probably accumulated over a long period of time. If all these sheepskin rafts can be eliminated, the other party's transportation capacity will inevitably be greatly improved.
With the 20,000 troops under his command and the complete defensive positions, Situ Lie was absolutely confident that he could block the opponent from the river.
"Order the trebuchets and archers to destroy the enemy on the river at all costs. Well, the focus is on the sheepskin rafts. As long as they sink the sheepskin rafts, I will see how they can cross the river." Situ Lie snorted coldly.
Said one voice.
"But our bows, arrows and stone bullets are limited. If we run out this time, we will have to rely on our brothers to defeat the other party's attacks." Wang Xian, Situ Lie's deputy general, said hesitantly.
Situ Lie shook his head: "Now is not the time to save supplies. Only by sinking all their river-crossing tools can we truly defend Fengling Ferry. When the supplies are used up, we can still get replenishment from Magistrate Zheng, but if
If we let them go ashore, it will definitely cause us huge harm."
There was another crazy rain of stones. With the joint efforts of twenty trebuchets and thousands of archers, all the thousands of sheepskin rafts were buried on the river. Except for a few lucky ones, they floated back to the north bank.
.Situ Lie's face was a little ugly. Although he withstood another attack from the opponent, he had very few stone bullets left. Just now, he had sent someone to Zheng Chengen in Shizhou to urge him to deliver it quickly.
Supplies arrive.
At this moment, a low horn horn suddenly sounded from the other side. Situ Lie was startled. He looked up and saw that several large boats appeared at the same time on the upper reaches of the river. And the people standing on the boats were soldiers of the Iron Eagle clan.
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"What's going on? When did the Iron Eagle tribe learn to build ships?" Wang Xian asked in confusion. Although the big ship in front of him was very crude, it was actually just a wooden raft with a few baffle-like ship walls.
, and because it was done too hastily, the bark on many pieces of wood has not yet been removed, but it is a big ship after all, a big ship that can carry hundreds of soldiers at the same time.
"Uma people! Those damn Uma bastards, they finally fell to the Iron Eagle tribe!" Situ Lie cursed through gritted teeth.
Huangzhou on the Hexi Road on the west bank of the river in the west of Dingzhou is the largest transfer point on the eternal trade road. Huangzhou faces each other across the Yinping Ancient Road to the south and Yizhou Road, known as the Land of Abundance, and to the east is Hetao Liu on the east bank of Wangjin Ferry.
The largest and most prosperous commercial flow in the prefecture is Hetao Road Dingzhou, and to the west is the eternal trade road Dazhou Anxi Road Xiazhou. The geographical location is extremely important. Various specialties from the Western and Central Continent pass through here, and there is an endless supply.
were exported to various parts of Qingfeng. The silk tea of the Qingfeng Empire is thought to have spread from here to more distant places. Among them, most of the specialties from Yizhou Road and southern Yunnan and other regions came to Huangzhou through the Yinping Ancient Road, while Youzhou
The specialties of places such as Yunliuzhou and Qinchuan Road mainly travel through the Wangjin Ferry in the west of Dingzhou on the eternal trade route.
Frankly speaking, Wangjin Ferry is not an ideal ferry. The terrain here is narrow and the water flow is fast. Although it is much better than other places in the upper reaches of the river, it is completely incomparable to Fengling Ferry in Shizhou and Hukou Ferry in Anzhou.
On a par with that. However, this is the only place in the west of the Hetao that allows large groups of merchants to pass quickly. Although the environment is a bit harsh, it cannot stop the endless flow of merchants.
However, there are no merchants coming and going at Wangjin Ferry today. This is because on the west bank of Wangjin Ferry, the 80,000 cavalrymen of the Qiuming tribe are already ready to go, and on the east bank of the ferry, Li Xiao's 20,000 city defense troops are also in military uniforms.
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Li Xiao knew that the Tyumen tribe would never let go of such an opportunity. Ever since they were expelled from the Hetao that day, Tyumen had never given up the idea of conquering the Hetao again. And the commander-in-chief of Tyumen, Memphis, was the most outstanding battlefield general of the Tyumen tribe.
He would never miss a good opportunity like this. But what puzzled Li Xiao was that although the opponent's army had gathered and controlled several ships, Memphis seemed to have no intention of attacking. The 80,000-strong army stayed from morning to noon.
We stayed there from noon to afternoon, but there was no movement. Qiu Ming's garrison on Hexi Road only had 100,000 troops, and according to Guanying's Soul Eater's report, there seemed to be nothing unusual in the western part of the Dahe defense line.
Sitting in the tent, Li Xiao's brain was still spinning. What on earth are the Qiuming tribe waiting for? Do they really have no intention of attacking? If so, why do they gather again? Is Memphis worried about himself?
Is there an ambush here? If that's true, that would be great. As a senior military officer in the Hetao, he is very clear about the current situation in the Hetao. Now that the troops in the six states of the Hetao have not spared any time, he
Except for the 20,000 soldiers, his men will not have any reinforcements. Could it be that the other party has ulterior motives?
At this moment, a sharp scream suddenly came from outside the camp, followed by the sound of galloping horses. "Attack the camp?" These two words suddenly appeared in Li Xiao's mind, but this army
Where did it come from, and why was it that I was completely unaware of it?
There were not many incoming enemy troops, only about a thousand cavalry. They did not wear any armor in their hands, but just by looking at their appearance, you could tell that they were soldiers of the northwest nomads. What they held in their hands were not the spears they were accustomed to.
Or long knives, but full-moon scimitars less than two feet long. All of them were dressed in business travel attire. But despite this, their fierce eyes and ferocious expressions were still ugly.
It seemed to show the soldiers in Hetao that they were the fiercest knights from the prairie.
"Meet the enemy!" Li Xiao yelled, grabbed his sword and rushed forward. Although the 20,000 soldiers under him were prepared, they were only targeting the Qiuming army on the west bank of the river. However,
What they didn't expect at all was that Tyumen's cavalry would actually attack from behind them. Caught off guard, hundreds of soldiers fell to the opponent's full-moon scimitar before they could even raise their weapons. And this
At that time, the Tyumen army on the west bank of the river finally moved, and every move was lit by carbide fire. The eight ships already loaded with soldiers, under the operation of the forced sailors, headed towards the east bank of Wangjin Ferry like arrows from the string.
Coming. Although the waves at Wangjin Ferry are also rough, these ships are all boatmen who often beg for food here, and the sailors on the ships who are forced by butcher knives are also people who are good at boating. Therefore, although the waves on the river make Qiu Ming
The soldiers were particularly uncomfortable, but they still reached the east bank of the ferry safely.
As soon as they arrived at the shore, before they could get to the springboard, thousands of Tyumen soldiers on the eight ships had already swarmed down, jumped straight into the waist-deep water, and fought desperately towards the shore. And the eight ships
Without hesitation, they sailed back to the west bank of the ferry, and then groups of Tyumen soldiers who had already been lined up boarded the boat one after another.
"Trebuchet, let me sink those big ships at all costs! Fu Yang, I will give you ten thousand soldiers, and you must hold on to the ferry defense line!" Li Xiao shouted anxiously. Now he is attacked from both sides.
He must first destroy the thousand cavalry behind him, otherwise he will not be able to organize effective forces to resist the Tyumen army headquarters on the other side of the ferry. He has no time to think about where this cavalry comes from. The only thing he has to do is
That is to completely annihilate this army.
Although the 20,000 garrison troops had never been on the battlefield, they were soldiers led by Li Xiao himself after all. As men from the Hetao, after experiencing the catastrophe that day, they did not lack the courage that a qualified soldier should have.
And bloody. The only thing they lack is the experience and murderous spirit that can only be acquired after fighting in a bloody battle on the battlefield and surviving a hundred battles. However, when their bodies are dyed red by the blood of the enemy or their comrades, they
He truly became a qualified soldier. A warrior who fought to protect his homeland from being invaded.
Under the leadership of Fu Yang, 10,000 soldiers quickly gathered on the east bank of the ferry. At this time, thousands of Qiuming soldiers had gathered on the east bank of the ferry, and behind them, thousands of soldiers were fighting desperately
Flooding towards the shore. But they are in the water after all, and they are not familiar with water, so they move slowly. Many soldiers have become the target of the Hetao archers, and there are still many soldiers
It was directly swept in by the raging river water, and then it never came out.
"Drive them into the river!" Fu Yang's slogan was particularly simple, but it was precisely because of its simplicity that it was more acceptable to the soldiers. While using archers to shoot down the Tyumen soldiers who were still struggling on the river, Fu Yang commanded
The soldiers under his command desperately squeezed the more than a thousand soldiers who had come ashore in Qiuming. As long as they could force the opponent into the river again, that would be half the victory. At the same time, more than a dozen trebuchets also started smashing crazily.
Like Situ Lie, Li Xiao also did not ignore this powerful medium and long-range weapon, especially on this unobstructed river, the power of the trebuchet was fully exerted.
The eight ships in Tyumen are not warships or transport ships in the true sense, and the thickness and impact resistance of the ship's plates cannot be compared with regular warships. A ship only needs to be damaged once or twice by a trebuchet.
The ship planks were bound to leak. When the eight ships came for the third time to transport troops, three ships had already sunk in the raging river, and two of them were on the verge of sinking. However, at this time, on the east bank of Wangjin Ferry,
The number of Tyumen soldiers has reached several thousand. Li Xiao's 10,000 soldiers have just blocked more than a thousand cavalry from Tyumen. And Memphis, the commander of Tyumen, is worthy of being a famous general outside the Great Wall. It is obvious that he also realized that the critical moment has finally come. The big hand
With a wave of his hand, thousands of sheepskin rafts began to be lowered into the river regardless of casualties, like white clouds, floating on the turbulent river towards the east bank of the ferry.
"Brothers, hold on!" Li Xiao's eyes were red and he roared viciously. At this moment, a scout ran to him with a frightened face. He fainted just after saying a sentence, and Li Xiao's face changed.