On the west bank of the Jinma River, on the empty river beach, plateau people rushed towards the escort.
The escorts are still logging in.
When the plateau infantry rushed to be dozens of feet away from the fleet, all the bodyguards successfully landed ashore.
At this time, the plateau people had completely entered the attack range of the catapult. As long as Zhang Liang gave the order, the catapult that had been prepared only needed one volley, and the 150 plateau people were basically wiped out.
However, in order to more intuitively understand the combat effectiveness gap between the bodyguards and the plateau cavalry, Zhang Liang did not use catapults and heavy crossbows and allowed the plateau cavalry to approach.
"Hand crossbow!"
When the distance between the two sides was only a dozen feet, the escort company commander leading the team roared and raised his crossbow.
Whoosh whoosh!
Hundreds of arrows flew towards the plateau people.
But the plateau people are not bandits, they have been prepared.
Following the leader's order, the plateau infantry immediately raised their shields!
Only three plateau infantrymen were unlucky and were shot in the calf by arrows. Hundreds of other arrows were all nailed to the shields.
"Arrow formation, kill!"
The company commander shouted and pulled out the black knife.
The bodyguards immediately formed two triangular formations.
The male escort holds a shield and a black sword in front, and the female escort holds a crossbow and a bow behind.
The two teams collided hard!
The battle breaks out immediately!
The combat effectiveness of the plateau infantry was not comparable to that of the bandits. In the first collision, six of the escorts were stabbed to death and two were injured!
The escort was just the opposite, killing two plateau infantrymen and wounding seven!
The plateau infantry are battle-hardened and their attacks are designed to target fatal parts such as the neck and heart, and they are quick and ruthless.
The escorts seemed a little flustered, and they were obviously aiming to chop at the opponent's fatal parts, but only two of them succeeded.
However, the bodyguards had the numerical advantage after all, and the vacancies left by the dead or injured bodyguards were immediately filled.
After the impact, many of the shields of the plateau infantry were knocked open. The female escorts took advantage of this opportunity and pulled the triggers one after another.
More than a dozen of the plateau infantrymen were shot dead immediately.
Others quickly put up their shields.
But once the shield was put up, their vision was affected.
The male escorts at the front all attacked the legs that could not be protected by their shields.
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It has to be said that the battle between the plateau infantry was really fierce, and every one of them rushed towards the escort as if they were desperate for their lives.
But there is no formation at all, basically everyone fights on their own, and at most two or three people who are good friends cooperate with each other.
Jin Feng usually emphasizes the benefits of cooperation, but this time it finally became apparent.
The bodyguards were not veteran soldiers, they had all seen blood in suppressing bandits. In addition, Jin Feng's pre-war mobilization worked, and none of the bodyguards retreated.
They also cooperated very well with each other and successfully blocked the first wave of plateau infantry attacks.
Then the escorts launched a counterattack.
More and more plateau infantrymen were shot and killed by the female soldiers hiding behind.
Survival is the instinct of all animals. When the casualties exceeded one hundred, the remaining dozens of plateau infantrymen finally became afraid and turned around and ran away.
But what waited for them were only arrows from the crossbow.
Ten minutes later, the battle ended.
One hundred and fifty plateau infantry were all killed.
The escort also killed twelve people and wounded twenty-two others.
Almost all of the injured were seriously injured.
Jin Feng and Zhang Liang looked at each other and saw a hint of relief in each other's eyes.
Being able to fight head-on hand-to-hand combat with plateau infantry to such an extent far exceeded Jin Feng's expectations.
The response of the military doctors accompanying the team was also very rapid. Under the leadership of Zhou Jin, at this time, all 22 wounded patients had basically completed initial debridement.
"Carry the bodies of the dead brothers and the injured brothers onto the ship, Chu Sui'an, take your people to seize the bridge!"
Zhang Liang issued the order loudly.
"yes!"
The escort company commander immediately led his men to rush to the fortress.
One hundred and fifty people were not enough for them to kill, let alone the remaining fifty.
Zhang Liang and Jin Feng were too lazy to look at the battle on the west bank and turned to look at the east bank.
On the east bank, the captain of the plateau infantry in charge of guarding was still confused.
He had heard before coming that Dakang's soldiers were weak.
This was also proven during the capture of the bridge.
Before they even started fighting, most of the Dakang soldiers guarding the bridge fled.
There were dozens of them left, but they were easily slaughtered without any fighting.
So he felt that the soldiers of Dakang were indeed as rumored.
But the battle on the other side of the river just now completely refreshed his understanding.
Except for the initial losses suffered by the bodyguards, after they withstood the first charge of the plateau infantry, they were completely suppressing their men.
"Captain, their ship is coming, what should we do?"
The shouts from his men finally brought the captain back to his senses.
Looking up at the river, I saw several large ships sailing towards the east bank.
On every large ship, there were densely packed men in black, all wearing the same clothes as the group of murderers just now.
Looking further back, the same is true on dozens of other large ships.
"My Majesty, the Divine Light Immortal, this battle cannot be fought!"
The captain felt despair.
The total number of people on dozens of large ships is at least seven to eight thousand.
The total number of plateau people in the four forts guarding the bridge was less than 500, so how could they fight?
Not to mention that the people on the boat are all elites, even ordinary people, seven or eight thousand people can drown them!
But if you run away directly, you are a deserter, and you will face extremely cruel punishment when you return.
Before Captain Gao Yuan could decide whether to fight or flee, the two forts on the other side had already been captured by the bodyguards.
Then another big ship approached the west bank. A group of escorts armed with sledgehammers, drills and shovels jumped off the ship and started smashing the bridge piers with a clanging sound!
The infantry captain's face changed wildly as he understood the escort's intention.
"Citan, ride your horse to Mao'er Mountain to inform General Sanchi that the Dakang people are going to demolish the bridge!"
The infantry captain roared: "Everyone else follow me across the bridge to stop them!"
This stone bridge is the shortest way back to the plateau. If the bridge is demolished, the consequences will be more terrible than death in battle!
It is very likely that he will be hanged by Danzhu.
In the superstitious legends of the plateau, soldiers who died in battle were brave and could go to the paradise world.
The soul of a person who is hanged will be sealed in the body and fall into darkness forever.
"yes!"
The subordinate named Cidan mounted a war horse and galloped away.
The infantry captain led the remaining men in a mad dash toward the west bank.
But this time Zhang Liang didn't give them another chance, and the catapults on the decks of several large ships launched attacks at the same time.
The plateau infantrymen on the bridge all subconsciously raised their heads.
Above them, a dark cloud appeared.
Immediately afterwards, dense stones covered the entire bridge deck like raindrops.
More than 200 plateau infantrymen on the east bank, except for Tsetan who left on horseback, were all smashed to death on the bridge.
No one ran away.
Shiqiao was not far from Mao'er Mountain. Zhang Liang had just gathered the corpses of the plateau people together, and Cidan had already arrived at Mao'er Mountain on horseback.
"General Sanchi, it's bad. Thousands of people from Dakang came and took away the stone bridge. They want to demolish the bridge!"