The cavalry of the Southern Tang Dynasty originally had much inferior horses, so they did not get close to the right feather Lin Wei. In addition, they could not imagine that the Zhou army's cavalry could complete the turn in such a small radius.

Don't underestimate this action. When galloping with a pursuer behind, the whole army is united, and the horses are like arms. They can turn as a whole when told, which is something that ordinary troops cannot do.

Therefore, the pursuing Southern Tang cavalry immediately collided head-on with Lin Wei, who had adjusted his direction to the right.

As soon as they collided, they discovered the power of the Zhou army's cavalry. Damn it, the guns of these cavalry can spit fire!

In an instant, the sound was like firecrackers and flames were shooting out. The Southern Tang cavalry turned on their backs and did not bother to pursue. The men and horses were frightened and turned around and ran away. Many people directly collided with them.

At this time, Murong Nobunaga's Zuoyu Linwei arrived. Most of them were heavy cavalry. With a thunderous strike, the Southern Tang cavalry was cut in half and immediately ran around in panic.

Then the hussars on the right wing of the forest guard put on sabers and chased them and harvested them casually.

But in just over a quarter of an hour, the two thousand cavalry of the Southern Tang Forbidden Army were completely defeated!

Li Cunhui led the right feather forest guards in pursuit. Murong Nobunaga's left feather forest guards did not pursue, but regrouped. At a distance of 80 steps, they tried to charge at the Southern Tang infantry again.

Murong Nobunaga divided the thousand cavalry into two groups, the front group was 200 riders, and the rear group was 800 horses.

At this time, the infantry who saw that the cavalry was almost completely annihilated became even more panicked. When Zuoyu Linwei was about seventy steps away, they fired their crossbows almost in no particular order.

By the time they reached thirty or forty steps, the crossbows, especially the crossbow arrows, of the Southern Tang Imperial Guards were almost still being cocked.

It turned out that in the panic, this large formation of more than 6,000 infantry actually fired almost all the crossbow arrows. However, although there was smoke and dust on the opposite side, there were only 200 cavalry, so the hit rate could be imagined.

There was a short crossbow arrow stuck in Zhang Xiaobiao's cloth mask. He vaguely felt as if it had pierced the nail leaf because his stomach felt warm.

However, he felt that he could hold on, and while taking advantage of the smoke and dust, he led his men to run across the Southern Tang formation again, causing the Southern Tang army to fire another volley of bows and crossbows.

At this moment, the Little Leopard Man's mission was completed. He blew the copper whistle with all his strength, and the 1670 riders who could still move retreated immediately after him.

The Southern Tang Army, who was rejoicing in their hearts, had not had time to cheer. In the smoke and dust that had not yet fallen, eight hundred left-wing Lin Xiaocai gathered into a pig assault formation.

The speed of the Liangzhou broken-eared horses and the Han-blooded horses under their legs suddenly accelerated to the fastest speed. Like a bolt of thunder and lightning, they suddenly crashed into the junction of the two battalions of the Southern Tang Army.

There are no temptations because all the temptations are over.

At this time, the Southern Tang Army still relied mainly on wooden single crossbows or the large yellow crossbows of the Han Dynasty, which were powerful but slow to cock.

Zhang Xiaobiao and others had just been shot away before they had time to wind the string. At the same time, a lot of physical strength and energy were consumed in the extreme tension.

They didn't even shoot many arrows at the eight hundred cavalry. Just when the cavalry was about to crash in, the soldiers in front of them collapsed.

They squeezed to both sides as hard as they could. The soldiers on both sides didn't know what was happening, but they were pushed around by their violent comrades.

The formation collapsed instantly. In addition to running away in fear, many people did not even see the enemy, and they were defeated in confusion.

For a time, such battles were constantly taking place on both sides of the Bian River. Most of the Southern Tang troops that relied on large ships and gathered on the riverside collapsed after being squeezed three or four times.

In less than an hour, under the attack of more than 20,000 Southern Tang troops and more than 10,000 Zhou army cavalry, only a few people were left to resist.

Most people threw away their weapons and swam desperately to the middle of the river, hoping to get on the boat and save their lives.

It is a pity that although their water properties are generally good, the Bian River is not wide. The so-called big ships at this time are not the large ships of hundreds or thousands of tons in later generations. It is considered good to be able to carry dozens of tons.

It can't float either.

The Zhou army was on the shore, shooting with bows and crossbows in a leisurely manner, while the Southern Tang army was left with corpses floating in the water. Even Bianshui was soon dyed red.

Zhang Yanhan was so frightened that he loudly urged the boat to turn around and run directly downstream.

No one cares about the victory or defeat, and does not care about Meng Zhuze's superiors and colleagues who have already arrived. It is most correct to run away on his own.

Unfortunately, at this time, there was a sound of camels, and Zhang Zhao had already deployed the Shenji Camp on their retreat, and more than a hundred small trebuchets were waiting for Zhang Yanhan.

Downstream, the Camel Cyclone Cannon with calibrated firing parameters and a small number of medium-sized catapults were ready.

First, the flexible camel cyclone cannon hit the boatman so hard that he dared not come up to maneuver the boat. As soon as the speed slowed down, the medium-sized trebuchet hit with precision.

There were also divine-armed archers on both sides of the strait standing at the water's edge, shooting at anyone who dared to show their head on the boats. They only ran less than two miles of water, and the boats in the Southern Tang Dynasty were in tatters and their speed slowed down.

Zhang Zhao waved his hand, and Du Lun Chixin personally led the Zhou army's sailors, tied short weapons to their bodies, jumped into the boat naked, rowed to the center of the river, climbed onto the Southern Tang ship with grappling hooks and other tools, and fought hand to hand.

After training on the Yellow River and recruiting Yellow River fishermen and boatmen with Li Jianchong's help, Zhang Zhao finally had more than a thousand talents capable of fighting water battles.

Du Lunchixin was the first to climb onto the Southern Tang ship at the front. He held a hatchet and a hammer and killed a few Southern Tang soldiers who dared to surround them. After that, a group of people directly cut off the mast.

Placing this largest ship across the Bian River directly blocked the escape route of the Southern Tang fleet.

Zhang Zhao was beaming with excitement. These people and boats were all precious to him!

To play the navy, people from the south are still better at it. Capture them to the north, and then recruit fishermen from both sides of the Yellow River. With such a mix, plus these boats, the future navy will be ready!

"Send a signal so that Wang Shenqi doesn't need to prepare the fireship, and order the sergeant to shout surrender without killing."

Zhang Zhao issued a series of orders, then looked at Zhao Yanjin beside him and said: "My son is well versed in water warfare. You will review the generals of the Southern Tang Dynasty Navy. Anyone who has some proficiency in water warfare can be recruited and surrendered."

Although the Southern Tang fleet was blocked, the battle did not end immediately. The search and elimination of ships continued almost until dawn.

Zhang Yanhan, the commander of the Southern Tang army, was killed during the hunt. Counting the soldiers and civilians on board the boats, the entire Southern Tang army of 35,000 was almost wiped out.

Only some soldiers who were particularly good at water fled through the water, and more than thirty generals above Du Yuhou were captured.

There were more than 160 ships on Zhang Yanhan's side, but only about 30 of them successfully escaped back to the lower reaches of Bian River. The rest became Zhang Zhao's spoils of war.

There were countless provisions, grass, clothing and armor on the boat, which greatly eased Zhang Zhao's food shortage.
Chapter completed!