Of course, Xu Huai would not easily let go of the opportunity to annihilate more than a hundred soldiers in front of Longjin Bridge and kill the red general Ba Ge.
As a woven wooden arch bridge, Longjin Bridge is taller than Changtai Bridge, but its width is almost the same.
Due to the limitations of the bridge-building technology of the time, the Longjin Bridge spanned eight feet over the Cai River and was only a little over two feet wide. However, compared with the two ends of the bridge where the bridge connects to the long street, the middle of the bridge is bulged.
It is two to five feet tall and looks like a flying rainbow lying across the clear waves.
In other words, Longjin Bridge suddenly narrows the Lichang Street, which is more than a hundred steps wide, to only seven or eight steps wide in front of the Zhuquemen Gate Tower. The bridge body is still a steep slope.
This neck is much thinner than expected, and this neck is not smooth...
Ba Ge, Yang Congzong led the elite into the south of Longjin Bridge, intending to launch an attack on the Chushan array; the more than a thousand Xiongzhou soldiers and horses who had previously arrayed in the street, in addition to retreating into the pavilions on both sides, there were also quite a few people.
As the rear army, form an array along the southern half of Longjin Bridge and both sides.
After the soldiers and horses south of Longjin Bridge were killed and routed, some of the soldiers and horses might still occupy the lanes on both sides and fight stubbornly in the courtyard. However, more than a hundred soldiers gathered around and retreated to the vicinity of Longjin Bridge. This was actually contrary to what they had done.
Three to four hundred Xiongzhou soldiers and horses from the rear army mixed together.
These 300 to 400 Xiongzhou soldiers and horses were almost densely arrayed on the southern half of Longjin Bridge, and there were more than 100 soldiers further south.
Although Ba Ge has a transcendent status in Bianliang City, Yang Jingchen, Wang Qiyong, as surrendered generals, the leaders of the surrendered ministers in Bianliang City, and the pseudo-Chu Emperor Li Ji often act based on his face, but at this moment
But he had no way to order the three to four hundred Xiongzhou soldiers and horses behind him to move out of the way so that he could retreat across the Longjin Bridge surrounded by more than a hundred elite red soldiers.
If he really wanted to do that, the three to four hundred Xiongzhou soldiers and horses behind them would immediately retreat, but because of the extremely narrow and steep body of the Longjin Bridge, all of them would be blocked in a short time, thus
Into chaos.
What was even more deadly was that when they were preparing to launch an attack, they moved aside the shield chariots, side chariots and other war equipment that blocked Chushan's entrance, as well as obstacles such as horses and deer antlers.
When they retreated to the vicinity of Longjin Bridge, except for the small round shields used by the cavalry, there were no shield carriages, side carriages and other more powerful weapons to protect the arrows from the rain. In order to protect the front line and strengthen their formation
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Xu Huai had already ordered his cavalry to withdraw at this time, but Shi Hu and other generals led their elite infantry armor but did not relax their pursuit of the enemy troops south of Longjin Bridge.
The structural strength of the more than 20 fine iron shield vehicles is comparable to that of heavy tanks, but it only weighs more than 300 kilograms. On the flat and solid road surface of Li Chang Street, three or five soldiers can run as fast as flying.
As a group of three or five shield vehicles, they can move forward and backward, open and close on the front side, which can easily disintegrate the counterattack of a small group of enemy troops invisible, and can also effectively block the penetrating shots of enemy archers.
Whether it is the tightness of the array, the sharpness of the armor, or the sharpness of the bows and crossbows, Chushan's soldiers are far beyond the capabilities of the soldiers of the Red Guards who dismounted and fought in a hurry. Of course, who can be selected as the generals of the bodyguard camp?
Will he be a weak and timid person?
Shi Hu supervised the battle in the front line. He only ordered the front line to use fine iron shield vehicles and dense formations to tightly press the prisoners to death. He did not give them any room to maneuver and just stuck close to them. The enemy troops did not even turn around and retreated through the narrow bridge.
After that, if possible, he would organize hundreds of infantry archers and crossbowmen in his own formation to shoot waves of feather arrows.
Go towards the enemy formation and cover it.
The swords and bows held by the dismounted cavalrymen are weak, and they are equipped with standard light cavalry attire. The thick armor is made of cooked cowhide, and with a small shield at a distance of eighty or ninety paces, it can also block the arrows, but the protection ability is not the same.
It is much worse than heavy shields, sidecars, shield cars and other weapons.
Faced with waves of dense arrow rain, even if most of the arrows could not penetrate the cowhide armor in one fell swoop or did not penetrate deeply, even if each wave of arrow rain could only take away one or two people around them, they were still
Suppressed at the end of the bridge, there was no room to turn around. In half a cup of tea, he was unable to fight back and was covered by dozens of waves of arrows. No matter how determined the old pawn was, he couldn't help but drive away the Xiongzhou behind him.
The soldiers moved out of the way.
When the scolding and scolding failed, they attacked each other with swords and bows...
From this moment on, the enemy forces on the south side of Longjin Bridge fell into complete chaos.
No matter how brave Ba Ge was, no matter how rich he was in combat, he was trapped in the chaos at this moment and couldn't extricate himself. His violent rages and roars had no effect. He could only remain firmly guarded by the loyal guards of more than a dozen personal guards in Longjin.
On the left side of the bridge, the soldiers were barely dispersed by the crowded and chaotic crowd.
It is not that Xiongzhou soldiers and horses have no other brave generals available. The main force of the red cavalry has not yet been fully dispatched. There are also two thousand households and a dozen hundred households brave generals under the command of Ba Ge. However, reinforcements arrived from Zhuque Gate to the north of Longjin Bridge.
On the other side, the way was blocked by the narrow bridge body and the chaotic and crowded soldiers on the bridge body. Even the view was blocked by the high bulging bridge body.
The defenders who came with reinforcements were completely helpless against the chaotic battle situation at the south end of the bridge.
In addition to Nanxun Gate, Guangli Gate and Puji Gate, there are five bridges spanning the Cai River in Bianliang South Outer City.
The defenders had never thought about preparing more boats before, lest bridges such as Longjin Bridge and Changtai Bridge would become obstacles for them to mobilize troops in Bianliang City.
However, it was the rebels who entered the city from Nanxunmen in the early morning. Under the supervision of Xu Huai, they immediately collected dozens of boats and cargo ships. At this time, they all sailed to the vicinity of Longjin Bridge and occupied the Cai River on the left and right sides of Longjin Bridge.
On the side, the rebel generals stood on the side deck of the boat, using bows and crossbows to shoot at the enemy soldiers on the bridge and on both sides.
Faced with this scene, Ba Ge also felt powerless.
With rich combat experience, he also knew that this was not the time to break out of the encirclement. He just gave a deep command, telling the left and right to hold the land to the left of the bridge.
Sometimes chaotic troops are more troublesome than orderly enemy troops.
The orderly enemy array, under their desperate and brutal attack, will subconsciously shrink, giving them the opportunity to squeeze out a small gap.
The Longjin Bridge spans less than ten feet across the river from the south bank to the north bank. As long as there is a slight gap, he has a chance to escape.
As for the rebels who had completely lost their will to resist and wanted to escape to the north bank through Longjin Bridge, even if they killed some to establish their power, they would only make the bridge head become more crowded and completely blocked.
Three to four hundred scattered soldiers were either shot to death by random arrows, jumped into the river to fight for a chance of survival, or squeezed their way across the bridge. As time went by, the soldiers at the bridge gradually became thinner, and even the front ranks of the Chushan armored soldiers arrayed.
Also touches the bridge end.
"Let's go!" Bage saw the opportunity, shouted loudly, stepped forward and waved his mace, and slashed at a large shield that was crowding in front of him.
The man holding the shield is extremely tall and strong, like an iron tower, and his muscles and bones are very rare for a strong man. One glance at him is impressive.
However, such a person has nothing but a heavy shield and a short sword at his waist.
Weapons, and being with the Chushan commander-level generals from beginning to end, guarding and fighting, in Bage's view, it may just be pure strength.
Otherwise, no matter how bad a person like this is, he should still be able to guard the enemy commander Xu Huai.
The purpose of Ba Ge's weapon was to directly split the heavy shield he was holding, and then kill him, in order to frighten the seven or eight Chushan warriors who were swarming in the shortest possible time, so as to gain a chance to escape and cross the bridge.
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While Ba Ge was exhaling and shouting loudly, his whole body's muscles and bones also made a slight thunderous sound. He gathered all the strength of his body into a simple slash, but it had the power of a mountain to crush him, and he slashed hard at the diagonal lift.
On top of the welcoming shield.
There was a loud bang, a string of sparks flew out, and the sharp edge of the fine iron mace made a prismatic indentation on the shield surface. However, the situation of breaking the shield and killing people as expected by Bagge did not happen.
The person holding the shield only took half a step back, and even finished releasing his force while taking the step back. He took a small leap forward with his backhand and hit him like a mountain with his heavy shield.
When Bage's arm was numb from the shock, he looked at the scene in front of him in horror:
How can it be?
The Chushan Commander-in-Chief General has such a master serving as bodyguard beside him?
And the shield held by the man in front of him was completely different from the ordinary iron-covered heavy shield.
The iron mace used in Ba Ge is shaped like a long slip, carefully forged, and has an edge. It can break armor and shields with ease, especially the blow just now. He intended to establish power and shock, and the blow was extremely powerful.
, even a thick iron shield can be broken.
This person seems to have nothing special, but the shield he holds is extremely strong, as if every square inch has been refined and refined.
In a hurry, he couldn't stop the attack, so he raised his mace and struck sideways, using his sword skills to reverse the attack and turn it into a mace attack. He dissolved the heavy shield and blocked the attack like a mountain bearing down on top. However, there were two figures on the left and right of the giant shield-wielding man.
The long sword turned into a ball of sword light and went to Bage to use as a hood. Two other people holding long spears went to Bage's left and right soldiers to kill them.
Niu Er was not good at riding horses and could not form a cavalry assault formation to follow Xu Huai and charge into the formation. He had already been holding back a ball of anger in his heart. At this time, he was eyeing a powerful general who was only one level worse than Xu Huai in skill. He wanted to cross the bridge.
How could he kill the general alone if he had achieved this feat before?
The generals have the responsibility to lead the troops. Niu Er first encouraged Wang Jun and Su Mi, who were serving as military guards around Xu Huai, and then went to Xu Huai's side to report the latest situation to Liu Yueting, who was lobbying the old soldiers of the Jingsheng Army to surrender. Han Qihu pulled him up.
, blending into the infantry array in order to kill these generals in front of the array.
Wang Jun and Su Mi served as military guards beside Xu Huai. They usually mingled with Niu Ersi, and were skilled in attacking with swords and shields. The three of them blocked the passage across the bridge to the north bank; Liu Yueting and Han Qihu each
He led three or five warriors to isolate the guards and soldiers around him.
Wang Jun is Wang Ju's second son, Su Mi is Su Laochang's only son, and Xu Wujiang's brother-in-law. Shi Hu, who was supervising the battle in the front formation, did not dare to be careless. He held a bow in his left hand and held three sharp arrows in his right hand, staring closely at the battlefield in front of the bridge.
Of course, everyone can see that this general is no ordinary person.
Although Xu Huai prohibits generals from competing for merit, anyone who has the opportunity to behead or shoot a chieftain will compete for it.
Several elite archers did not need special instructions from Shi Hu, so they let go of other targets for the time being, watching for opportunities, and shot accurately at the general one arrow after another...
