On the sixth day of the August lunar month, although it rained heavily last night, the sun rose as usual by dawn.

At Fengling Ferry, seven ferries lined up in a row, and the military supplies on the ship were stacked in the cabin, while the ballast stones at the bottom of the ship were replaced and unloaded.

Three miles away from the east bank of the river, tents had been set up the day before yesterday. Two thousand front-selling troops who were responsible for landing on the beach have adapted and trained here for two days. Today is the moment when they shine their blades.

Another key force, a boat bridge battalion composed of five hundred water-proficient engineers, also prepared cables, stakes, rafts, and various wood piled up on the river bank early. Just wait for the landing troops to establish a stable river beach position,

The Zhouqiao Camp immediately followed up and laid a floating bridge so that the subsequent tens of thousands of troops and chariots and supplies crossed the river smoothly.

This is the first time that the Tianzhu Army has been crossing the river and rushing to land on the beach. The success or failure of this battle has extremely important reference value for the Tianzhu Army going south in the future and fighting in the southern areas with numerous water networks. Therefore, Tianzhu

Almost all senior generals of the first, second and third reorganized divisions who fought on the southern front were present to watch the battle.

Among the observers were Shao Xing, a missionary from Shanzhou, and his guards. When they learned that the Tianzhu Army launched a rush to cross the ferry offensive the next day, Shao Xing was reluctant to leave, and repeatedly asked to stay and watch the battle, even against Di

Lie patted his chest: As long as you need it, you can send him to fight at any time. It’s hard for Di Lie to drive him away because of this enthusiasm. Well, just watch it if you want. Maybe after seeing it, you will let this Shanzhou come.

It would be best to make Xiang Kuai Tianzhu Army move closer and then influence Li Yanxian.

The commander-in-chief of the ferry was naturally Di Lie, while the commander of the front enemy was Zhang Xian, the commander of the 9th Brigade.

There are several reasons for choosing Zhang Xian: First, this batch of ships was seized by Zhang Xian, and his Ninth Brigade was also the first unit to invade Hezhong Prefecture, and he has priority in fighting for the elected front-line army; second,

Zhang Xian is from Langzhong, Shu, and is connected by Sichuan and Shaanxi. Zhang Xian has been familiar with military strategy since childhood. He has a good understanding of the terrain and landforms of Guanzhong. The task of the Selected Front Army is not only to force the crossing of the Yellow River, but also to be the blade of the entire army. First of all,

The most suitable one is to take Zhang Xian, who is familiar with geography and brave and resourceful as the commander of the selection army.

As the Jin army expected, there were only 200 people who could transport the Tianzhu Army at one time. If the two thousand elected vanguards were sharp blades that stabbed the Jinxi Road Army, then the two hundred vanguards were the blade tips.

At this moment, the selected 200 vanguard soldiers were lined up in a standard square array: the swords and cards were in front, the musketeers followed, the heavy armored spearmen were in the middle, and the grenadiers were behind the hall. This was also the case after the landing was successful, they wanted to

The formation set out at the first time.

But this standard square formation has only one hundred and fifty people, and there are another fifty people. They are completely out of armor and look like auxiliary soldiers. They are just the first batch of crossing the river. Do they need so many auxiliary soldiers?

Shao Xing was also quite puzzled and uneasy about this, and couldn't help but persuade: "The Di army leader, the first battle is the army. It is best to send all the main soldiers with the strongest combat power. This auxiliary soldiers... is not impossible, it's just

It seems to be a little more?"

Di Lie smiled and said, "Not many. Jin Qing doesn't know whether this beach landing will be successful. The key is not the one hundred and fifty soldiers, but the fifty people."

Shao Xing was stunned.

Dongdongdongdongdongdongdong! With the sound of the war drum, the landing battle of the beach officially kicked off.

In Hexi, the one who commanded the Jin army to block the attack was the general under the command of the Jinxi Army, who was the actual commander of the Jinxi Army, and Meng'an Bojin Ulu retreated.

Ulu retreated a total of 3,000 Jin troops stationed in Guanxi Town, and he pulled them all up. How dare he not do his best in fighting against the Tianzhu Army? But having three thousand soldiers does not mean that there are really three thousand people who can fight.

In fact, there are two thousand regular soldiers and one thousand auxiliary soldiers. There are 70% of the troops that can be fought, and this proportion is already quite good.

Ulu retreated and sent 500 auxiliary soldiers to roam on the northwest bank of the Yellow River. They were suitable for landing sites everywhere, but they had been eliminated from the plan to cross the plank of the Tianzhu Army's Mingyou Plank Road and secretly crossing Chencang. To the north of Fengling Du, a place suitable for building a floating bridge and

Not many. Among them, Hejin, 200 miles away, is the most suitable, and that is also a key area for the Jin army to closely monitor.

In fact, except for Fengling Ferry, Di Lie arranged five landing sites along the Yellow River at least 200 miles away. The same camps were lined up and the same thousands of troops gathered. The soldiers were scattered on the river bank and blew the sheepskin bags.

, which made the Jin army panic and the grass and trees all the soldiers.

However, Lou Shi is worthy of Lou Shi, and he accurately sees out the tricks played by the Tianzhu Army. He concluded that there could only be two landing locations for the Tianzhu Army: Fenglingdu and Hejin. These two landing locations are: Fenglingdu and Hejin.

, it was also the choice for the Jin army to invade Jingzhao Prefecture last year, but in the end, the Jin army was chosen in Hejin. So, where would the Tianzhu Army choose?

Lou Shi's opinion was that no matter where the Tianzhu Army chose, the Jin army would just guard the two major ferry crossings in the south and north. Focus on defending Fengling Du, while Hejin was the Hancheng Jin army on the other side was responsible for defending. For this reason,

Olu added another thousand soldiers to Hancheng, and the Hancheng Jin army also reached three thousand.

When Ulu retreated, he focused on Fengling Ferry - who told the seven ferries to be on the opposite side? Two thousand soldiers were the strong shields in Ulu retreated. Can the sharp blade of the Tianzhu Army be destroyed by the sword?

At Fengling Ferry, it depends on the ability of this elite army.

The 200 warriors of the Tianzhu Army on the east coast boarded the ferry, and amid the sound of four lords rowing in each boat, laying their weapons flat and sitting quietly.

At this time, Fengling crossed the west bank, a hundred steps from the river beach, and 1,500 Jin army infantry lined up into three conical formations, like three sharp arrows buckled on strings, with clear armor and shiny swords and guns, waiting for the battle.

He was about to shoot. There were three hundred cavalrymen, hundreds of steps away from the left and right wings of the cone formation, and they seemed to be leisurely shuttled back and forth, hiding murderous intent in the rushing smoke and dust.

When Ulu retreated, he led 200 armored infantry troops to defeat the formation at 500 steps.

Before the Pin-shaped military formation, there was a row of extremely eye-catching giant sacs like wooden walls in the village.

This car wall is not a shoddy temporary product made up randomly during the battle of Liulinpu, Liaozhou that day, but a special utensil. It uses thick and flat wooden boards, and the car is connected, and the inner and outer husks are made of two layers of cowhide, and even

There are also copper bubble nails. Pushed by five hundred auxiliary soldiers, it can not only block the bullets, but also exert the power of the oar and shield formation. It will climb the river beach and squeeze the soldiers of the Tianzhu Army who have not yet established a foothold down the river.

Well, to a certain extent, this tactic of the Jin army is a replica of the tactics of the heavy armored swords and axe soldiers of the Tianzhu Army.

The planner of this tactic was Wanyan Loushi. Although this senior elder of the Jinxi Road Army had lost his physical functions, his mind was still good. The disastrous defeat of the Tianzhu Army in Liaozhou was lingering in his heart day and night.

He did not dare or forgot. He not only submitted a detailed military report on the failure of the battle, informed Jin Dong and the generals of the Western Route Army to take the details, but also came up with a complete set of combat plans to deal with the Tianzhu Army through repeated deductions and handed them over to Olu, so that he could

Training according to this, no one knows better than Wanyan Loushi that the Jinxi Lu Army and the Tianzhu Army will sooner or later have a decisive battle.

This Yellow River blocking battle is the prelude to the war.

It was the water rise period, and the Fenglingdu River was about two miles wide, and the water flow was relatively fast. It took about one stick of incense to ferry.

In Shao Xing's mind, this stick of incense was equivalent to an hour. What made him most incredible was that since Di Lie, the commander of the Tianzhu Army, all levels of military generals looked relaxed.

What's going on? They are so sure? There are two thousand elite soldiers on the opposite side! The Tianzhu Army on the ferry is only two hundred. The troops are weak and the terrain is not good. No matter how you look at it, they are defeated by yourself!

Shao Xing was entangled until the ferry reached the heart of the river and his vision was unclear. The generals of the Tianzhu Army took out their monocular lenses to watch, and their attention was reversed.

Seeing Shao Xing's suspicious eyes, Di Lie gave a look to Ling Yuan beside him, who smiled and handed Shao Xing the telescope in his hand. Shao Xing took it strangely, imitating the generals and took the eyes.

He leaned forward and let out a slight exclaim. When Ling Yuan taught him how to adjust the focal length and pull a lens with clear vision, Shao Xing shook his hand and almost threw the telescope out...

In the feeling of the soldiers of the Tianzhu Army, the ferry was very slow, and in the feeling of the Jin army on the West Bank, it seemed that the tense breath had not been evenly adjusted. The ferry was near to the eyes...

"Stay. Stay steady and pay attention to the distance." The reprimanding shouts of generals at all levels were constantly heard from the Jin army formation.

According to the blocking plan formulated by Wanyan Loushi, distance is the most important link. The Tianzhu Army has a long-range strike with muskets, while the medium-range strike is a strong thunderbolt bullet. Muskets can be blocked by steering carriage walls, while the thunderbolt bullets need to be controlled.

Good distance.

The Tianzhu Army had grenadiers, and Wanyan Loushi knew about them. He also obtained some information about grenadiers from the Eastern Army of Zhending Prefecture and learned that the throwing distance of grenadiers was about fifty steps. Therefore,

His response plan was to stand on the wall of chariots on the river beach for eighty steps, and the soldiers stood at a hundred steps. If the Tianzhu army did not go ashore, the army would not move; as soon as the Tianzhu army came ashore, it would charge immediately. If it was to be bombed, it would also have to fight.

Drive the enemy down the river.

Seven ferries, one by one, docking horizontally at the ferry, tied cables to the trestle stakes, and lowered the pedals - Fengling Ferry is not a wild ferry, but one of the largest and oldest ferries in the Yellow River. The river bank docking facilities are complete, and the water flow is also

The protruding embankment upstream is the most ideal place to land, which is also the reason why the Tianzhu Army must choose this place.

The soldiers of the Tianzhu Army went down one after another, with about twenty people from each ship. After getting off the ship, they lined up in two rows and stood in front of the ship, but did not immediately form an army.

The Jin army did not move on the shore, and this was not the best time to attack. The soldiers of the Tianzhu Army could return to the ship at any time. The real best time to attack was when the enemy soldiers left the ship and lined up.

Zhang Xianli was on the bow of the boat and first observed with a telescope, then straightened his arm, straightened his thumb, closed his eyes and used his thumb to measure the distance (eye-skipping method), and then breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, the enemy

Within a hundred steps, there is no need to take the risk of using military troops to lure the enemy." After that, he made a gesture backwards.

Dongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdong! The sound of shocking war drums sounded on the command ship.

With the sound of war drums, missiles were lifted out of the cabin, and one was installed on each bow and stern of the ship. Seven ships had fourteen missiles in total, fifty operators, three kilograms of thunder bullets and five kilograms were placed on both sides.

There are two large baskets of thunder bombs, and the total amount is about one hundred. The total amount of fourteen missiles is 1,400, which is only a few.

"Your mission is very simple - throw all these bombs out, then rush directly to the enemy general's flag, and just withdraw Ulu, capture or kill him." This is what Di Lie said to Zhang Xian before going to war .

Zhang Xian also conveyed the first half of this sentence to the missile operators: "Your mission is very simple, to throw out all the bombs beside you, and not all the remaining ones - I won't shout to stop, or The bomb is not exhausted, even if your arms are too tired to lift, you must put it for me with your feet and teeth!"

As Zhang Xian's last word "release" jumped on the tip of his tongue, the first round of thunderbolts passed by in the air, flying towards the conical formation of the Jin army a hundred steps away...

Wanyan Loushi suffered a great loss from missiles during the Battle of Liaozhou. How could he forget such an important thing? I can't say that Wanyan Loushi forgot, I can only say that this veteran made an experience The fatal mistake of ideology. At that time, due to the obstruction of Checheng, he did not know that the dense rain thunder bomb that defeated his army several times was fired from the Tianzhu Army's secret weapon missile. But he just thought of it for granted It is believed that it was fired using the Song army's five-pin cannon - or the improved five-pin cannon.

How big is the five-pin gun covering an area? How many people do you need to operate the gunner? Not to mention a mere medium-sized ferry, even the entire Song Dynasty, there is no ship of any type that can carry the five-pin gun and fire it. So Wanyan Lou Shi automatically filters out this item and does not consider it at all.

In a country where human power has been used to pull stone-throwing cannons. If you make him imagine throwing with mechanical power, you can't say it's a difficult situation. So, I really can't blame Wanyan Loushi, he has tried his best. , it's just a lack of imagination.

The thunderbolt bombs dropped in the first round were just test guns and range measurements, but they were extremely lucky. Most of them hit the heads of the Jin army, and only a small part fell twenty steps between the military formation and the snatch.

"Ouch! My arm!"

"Mom! My head!"

"Hurry up the side sign, the enemy actually has a catapult..."

"Quick...get out of the way! That's not a stone bomb, it's a bomb!"

Among this Jin army, there were also a small number of people who survived the disaster in the battle of Liulinpu. However, the number was very small. More than 90% of the Western Route Army who retreated with Wanyan Loushi that day were auxiliary soldiers who remained in the camp. After being defeated, he was able to escape the search and killing of the Tianzhu cavalry and lucky to swim through Zhuozhang River and escape back from the remaining soldiers, less than a hundred of whom were lucky enough to swim through Zhuozhang River.

At this time, Olu had taken over all the troops originally belonging to Wanyan Loushi, and the remnants of fleeing were naturally among them. Only they would recognize them. The most terrifying thing about these black and shiny "stone bullets" is not to smash them. When you hit you, it is a moment when it falls to the ground...

Boom boom boom! There was a sound of ghosts and wolves crying and howling from the Jin army formation, and the military formation was in chaos. This was just the beginning.

"Hurry!" Zhang Xian kept urging the drummer to speed up the rhythm of beating the drum. The drum sounded urging people, and the gunner was even more in the scorching sun. He sweated like rain, and kept repeating the winch, fixed placement, and hitting the tip, making one by one, three times All the kilograms were projected out. One bamboo basket was empty, and another one was replaced...

The initial strike will also have the best effect. Before the Jin soldiers react, they must pour as many thunderbolt bombs into the three conical arrays.

The Jin army was indeed stunned, including the withdrawal of the chief general Ulu. He did not expect that the Tianzhu Army would directly vent the devastating blow on them at such a long distance without getting off the ship.

The Olu Army has heard a little about the power of the Tianzhu Army's thunder bomb, but it is better to experience it yourself if you listen to it a hundred times. However, this experience is too cruel and comes at the cost of death. Due to lack of experience, many Jin army generals Then he did something stupid - maintain military order and maintain military formation.
To be continued...