When Li Shimin entered Luoyang City, Yang Shanhui had also launched a battle to cross the river. However, the crossing point was not Shaanxi County where Liu Hongji was confronting Liu Hongji, but Mengjin Ferry on the other side of Heyang City. The spectacular scene of thousands of boats before, but

It was just a tactical deception to the Tang army. In fact, they were all empty ships, and the Sui army had already moved to Heyang City.

In the evening, more than 1,600 warships and merchant ships stuck to the north bank and had sailed to Heyang. Now loaded with 60,000 Sui troops, 30,000 slave soldiers and tens of thousands of war horses, they were sailing towards the other side. Thousands of sails were racing across the river, which was very spectacular.

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The Tang army also arranged a garrison of 10,000 troops, 5,000 crossbowmen and 5,000 cavalry at Mengjin Ferry. The leader was Li Shimin's general Zhang Gongjin. The large-scale invasion of the Sui army frightened him, and he was quickly notified of the invasion of Luoyang City.

Li Shimin led his own army to defend against the enemy.

"Stop the Sui army and prevent the enemy troops from landing."

On the south bank of the Yellow River, flames soared into the sky, illuminating the night as if it were day.

When the Sui army's warship slowly docked, the Tang army on the shore fired a volley of arrows, and a dense rain of arrows hit the warship, mixed with countless rockets. However, the river wind was strong at night, and the arrows were blown away, and the arrows that hit the warship were

Very few.

The Sui army on the warship also launched a fierce counterattack, with powerful crossbows firing wildly. Cross arrows like spears flew in the air with terrifying momentum, piercing the shields of the Tang army and shooting through the Tang army.

The armor penetrated the human body and nailed it to the ground. The soldiers who were not yet dead screamed and struggled. The scene was very tragic.

"Puff puff!"

The crazy arrows kept harvesting the lives of the Tang army, causing the crossbowmen on the shore to fall in pieces.

Under the light of their own torches, the five thousand crossbowmen of the Tang Army were like little girls who had taken off their clothes, alone and unable to hide.

The strong shield did not help the Tang army escape from the nightmare. Those five-foot-long sharp arrows hit the shield with violent force. The shield could withstand the continuous firing of a single crossbow, but it was unable to stop this terrifying attack.

Sharp arrows, many shields were directly shattered. Even if there were no sharp arrows, the sharp arrows that penetrated the shields were enough to kill the Tang army behind the shields.

Mengjin Ferry was suddenly spread by the flames of war, and icy arrows shot like locusts to the south bank of the Yellow River over and over again. Even if the Tang army was protected by shields, icy arrows would still break through the shield's defense from time to time, and blood had already gathered on the river bank.

, making the ground muddy.

"General, the Sui army's crossbows are too powerful. We can't stop them at all. Let's withdraw!" A small colonel rushed up and begged Zhang Gongjin.

"Can't withdraw!" Zhang Gongjin's eyes turned red, and he almost killed the colonel with one shot. Who would have thought that the Sui army's crossbows were so terrifying, attacking a camp in battle, and also attacking a ferry with 10,000 soldiers and horses. How ridiculous.

However, the bloody fact was before his eyes. The other party didn't even get off the boat, but used a strong bow and crossbow to completely suppress the ferry, leaving Zhang Gongjin helpless.

Several soldiers came forward with shields, but before they even saw what the warship looked like, they were pierced by more than a dozen huge arrow shafts, both man and shield.

"Damn it!" Zhang Gongjin's eyes turned red. This was the first time in his fighting career that he had been beaten so aggrievedly.

"Put up your shield and let the archers fight back!" Zhang Gongjin once again tried to suppress his opponent with bows and arrows.

Dozens of shields gathered in front of him. The archer once again fully pulled the bowstring, adjusted the angle to the maximum, and shot out the arrow in his hand. Unfortunately, the arrow that broke through the air fell before the opponent reached the shooting range.

They lost their strength and fell helplessly into the river, proving once again that they had no way to defeat the opponent except being beaten passively. Although it was impossible for the warships to rush ashore, the terrifying crossbows of the Sui army completely destroyed their opponents in terms of range and power.

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For Zhang Gongjin, this is a tragic story. Even though he is extremely talented, but when the attack distance is not as good as that of his opponent, he can only watch the arrows shot by his own army in vain, and attack powerlessly in front of the opponent.

The arrows fell down one after another, as if they were silently mocking.

"Send more people down and block the ferry!" Although he was angry, he rationally told Zhang Gongjin that the ferry could not be defended.

"Bang bang bang~"

The shields were shattered by continuous blows, and the bodies of the soldiers were pierced. The enemy had obviously undergone rigorous training in terms of the power of the crossbows and the use of these weapons. Both the accuracy and the interval between each arrow were very particular.

Being able to maximize the power of the crossbows in their hands, the ferry defenders were suppressed again.

"General, if we continue to fight like this, our brothers will be defeated before the ferry is broken!" The deputy general looked helplessly at Zhang Gongjin. He suspected that the Sui army was deliberately slowing down the speed of attacking the ferry in order to use endless firepower.

Huge arrows consume their vitality

Zhang Gongjin also understood this truth and simply said: "Give the ferry to the Sui army, retreat half a mile to set up defenses, and let the cavalry prepare to defeat the enemy."

"Here!" Several lieutenants agreed, and began to retreat with their men and horses holding shields. The ferry, which had been filled with the smell of blood, suddenly became empty.

Yang Shanhui was watching the battle closely from a large ship. He had already seen five thousand cavalry lined up outside the ferry, apparently preparing to launch an attack on the Sui army that landed.

"First come up with three thousand slave soldiers."

Yang Shanhui gave the order, and the main ship set up a lantern as a signal. The two warships carrying the slave soldiers docked first. Three thousand slave soldiers, holding sabers and shields, came ashore facing the arrows and began to line up to attack the Tang army.

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"Fire arrows!" Zhang Gongjin frowned slightly as he looked at the enemy's chaotic formation. It wasn't that the enemy was so powerful. On the contrary, these troops looked pitifully weak. They couldn't even maintain the basic formation, so they were shouting like this.

launched an attack.

"Buzz~"

A rain of arrows fell, and a large number of slave soldiers were killed by the arrows like mowing grass.

"Archers, suppress!" Behind, the warships slowly docked, and elite archers disembarked. At this time, they also launched an attack. The crossbows began to rain arrows on the Tang army, making it impossible for the Tang army's archers and defenders to kill slaves unscrupulously.

soldiers.

what happened?

Zhang Gongjin dialed in the arrow clusters and looked at the archers appearing in the opponent's rear formation. These troops were several levels stronger than the charging troops, and their formations were strict. More importantly, these people actually did not care about the front.

The soldiers lived and died, just raining arrows on the Tang army, allowing the army in front to fall in pieces under the wanton attack of their own archers. A Tang army soldier shot an arrow, but before he could take another arrow, a crossbow arrow broke through the air.

Shot through his chest.

An enemy soldier took advantage of this gap to attack the Tang army's archers. Zhang Gongjin clearly felt that this soldier had a crazy fighting spirit and almost threw himself into the dense forest of guns.

Seeking death?

Zhang Gongjin was a little confused. What happened to the Sui army?

"Quick, press it down!" Without thinking about this, Zhang Gongjin angrily directed the soldiers to attack. Although these Sui troops were unorganized, they were not afraid of death. After coming up, they all attacked the Tang army soldiers without their lives.

"Quick, Mo Dao Shou, kill them!" Yang Shan saw that the slave soldiers had already mobilized the Tang Army's cavalry, and immediately commanded two thousand Mo Dao Shou to kill them.

"If the slave soldiers in front dare to retreat, they will be killed without mercy." Yang Shanhui said harshly.

"These are Turks!" At this time, a general walked up to Zhang Gongjin and said with a wry smile: "The real Sui army is in the rear, and they have not come up at all. The Sui army wants to use these slave soldiers to drain our army's energy.

When our army is exhausted, those elites will take action, these thousands of people."

"Hiss!" Zhang Gongjin couldn't help but gasped: "Sui Jun is so cruel!"

"Yang Tong engaged in the slave trade. He purchased people from various forces outside the region, and then made the Turks, Westerners, and Goguryeo people under his rule slaves. These people were either built on roads or used as death squads. Yang Tong

He didn't care about the life or death of these people at all. Back then, Xue Wanjun killed more than 80,000 Turks in one breath. This mere 3,000 people is really nothing."

Zhang Gongjin nodded. He thought it was an exaggeration before, but this time it was really eye-opening.

"General, what should we do?"

The lieutenant general asked, this was the first time he had encountered such a crazy army. These people were so numb that they didn't care about their own life or death. As for the death of Paoze, it had no impact on them at all.

Zhang Gongjin saw that the Sui army had landed in the rear and resolutely ordered: "All the cavalry will attack. Kill these slave soldiers first."

Five thousand cavalry suddenly launched, roaring and attacking the slave soldiers. Amidst the miserable and desperate screams of the slave soldiers, the bloody flowers looked extremely dazzling in this world.

But by the time they killed the Sannu soldiers, Mo Dao's army had already attacked the Tang army's cavalry.

Mo Dao's army was wearing heavy armor and was not afraid of the Tang army's arrows. Everywhere they passed, people and horses were shattered. The swords were shining and they were invincible. Two thousand soldiers advanced like a wall, killing the Tang army's cavalry and horses, and their bodies piled up, and blood flowed into rivers.

Amidst the roar of the mountains and the tsunami, the Sui troops have landed one after another, pouring in like a torrent of steel. Sharp arrows with icy cold light shot up from the ground, tearing the air, with a chilling sound.

The cold breath ruthlessly harvested Tang Jun's life.

"General, withdraw."

All the generals screamed anxiously. Although Zhang Gongjin was unwilling to give up, the two thousand heavy armored infantry killed his cavalry with heavy losses. The whole army showed a trend of defeat, and more and more Sui troops had already

They led their horses to land one after another. They knew that the situation was unstoppable. If they were one step too late, I was afraid that the entire army would be surrendered here. As a last resort, I had to order: "The entire army retreats."

The two sides did not cross each other too much, and the Tang army was able to quickly evacuate the battlefield.

Since there was no main force of the Tang army participating in the battle here, the Battle of Mengjindu became a very small battle. Its role was only to delay the landing of the Sui army for a little time, but it could not prevent the landing of this main force at all.
Chapter completed!