The Han army was looking forward to it, while the Northern Zhou army was afraid.
The next moment, countless cannonballs came over, covering all the Northern Zhou camps from Qingshui to the east bank.
Li Xingchen went north this time not only with troops and horses, but also with newly built warships for the navy. These warships also carried a lot of equipment and ammunition, especially cannonballs and stone bombs, which the navy is currently most lacking.
At this time, after the navy completed the task of transferring troops and horses to the north bank, it was natural to entertain the enemy with artillery fire.
On the entire clear water, water columns soared into the sky, one after another, and the rolling waves hit the bamboo rafts of the Northern Zhou army hard. The bamboo rafts seemed so fragile in front of the waves. The waves hit the bamboo rafts heavily, and the bamboo rafts immediately scattered. The soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty on the bamboo rafts were miserable.
Shouting and hugging pieces of wood, for people who don't know how to swim, the river is no different from hell!
However, there were still many Zhou soldiers who stubbornly rushed towards the west bank.
When they landed on the shore, dripping wet, what they did was not pick up the swords in their hands and fight the enemy. Instead, facing the Han army's gleaming weapons, they knelt down and raised their hands.
In their opinion, instead of running back to the east bank and continuing to be bombarded, it would be better to run directly to the west bank and become prisoners.
It's better to live than to die directly.
Chunyucen and Lu Shixiong looked at each other, but they quickly reacted.
"Send the order and prepare to cross the river!"
Since the Zhou people no longer have the courage to fight from the east bank, then we will fight there!
At this time, Li Ping and Cheng Feng from the north had led their troops directly to the upper reaches of the Qingshui River. Apparently they planned to take the path that the Northern Zhou army had taken before and cross the river in a roundabout way where the current flow was gentler upstream, so there was not much time left for Chunyucen and the others.
Got it!
On the water not far away, the bombardment gradually stopped, and a Han army's five-tooth warship rushed straight towards the iron cable blocking the river at the mouth of the Qingjiang River.
The thick river-blocking iron cables were pressed hard under the bow of the Wuya ship, and the iron chains made a harsh "sizzling" sound. Before that, the Han army officers and soldiers had already lifted up the stakes used to fix the iron cables on the west bank as much as possible.
When he got up, the iron rope was suddenly stressed. At least one third of the pile, which was still buried deep in the ground, was forcefully pulled out, flew into the air, and landed heavily on the ground again!
The river-blocking iron rope also bounced off, slapped heavily on the water, and hit the bow of the five-toothed ship like a whip. The five-toothed ship shook violently, and finally relied on its own skin.
The thick flesh held on, and it turned back a few times to stabilize the ship again on the Huai River.
Such a scene had been expected for a long time. The navy had even prepared rescue ships, while the other ships were hiding far upstream on the Huai River. At this time, the iron cables blocking the river on Qingshui River were removed.
, ships of all sizes suddenly swarmed up and plunged in depth along the clear water.
Of course, limited by the depth of the clear water, the only ones that can rush into the clear water are relatively small troop transport ships such as Red Horse and Zouge. These ships can carry very few fixed weapons. If you want to attack them,
If the enemy is suppressed, we can only hope that the crossbowmen and musketeers on the ship can aim more accurately, or that there are more Paoze brothers around, so that everyone can cover the enemy.
However, this is indeed a bit difficult on the narrow clear water.
The Zhou people's arrows came very quickly, almost like the Han army just now, covering the entire clear water surface. The Han army's ships, large and small, could only parry at this time, with shields raised one after another, and the shields above their heads were heard.
With the sound of "Puff, puff, puff", the Han soldiers were helpless.
However, the Han army was suppressed on the Qingshui River, and on the Huaihe River, there was nothing that could stop the navy war captains from advancing straight in.
One after another, the huge five-toothed ships rushed directly towards the water village on the east coast.
This time the navy was more bold than the attack last night, the water upstream was more turbulent, and the situation on the shore was not clear because of the darkness, so Jiang Xian had the warship get close to the enemy's camp to use the racket.
It's been quite an adventure.
But now the daytime is no better than at night, and the hydrology on the Huaihe River and the defense situation of the enemy's camp are clear at a glance. Because of the injection of clear water into the river, the water flow on the lower reaches of the east bank is relatively gentle and the water surface is open. This means that the large ships of the Han army can also
Easily adjust the direction and directly hit the enemy's water village wall.
This time, there was no need to move closer to the water village bit by bit. One after another, the five-toothed large ships directly hit the pier, and the specially thickened bows directly collapsed the wall of the water village, and the battle ensued.
Just like how it had crushed the iron cable blocking the river, the boat moved forward directly and crushed the corridor behind the village wall across the water.
The paddle wheels on both sides of the ship slapped the water heavily, and the wood on the corridor was caught in the iron-coated paddle blades, and soon turned into pieces of wood chips. The approaching force of the Five-Tooth Ship was only affected by this.
The corridor was slightly obstructed, and the speed increased again. On the corridor in front, the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty who were still trying to shoot arrows could only flee in a hurry.
However, they overestimated the courage of the Han army to continue to charge forward, not because the Han army was afraid of the enemy, but because if a big ship like the Five-Tooth Ship continued to charge forward, it would most likely be stranded on the river beach.
And now we are very close to the shore.
The soldiers of the Han army jumped from the five-toothed ships one after another, and a large number of red horses, mengchong and zouge also shuttled across the river, transferring the soldiers on the ships behind them.
"Bang!" The musket directly blew away a Northern Zhou soldier who turned around and wanted to escape. At such a close range, even the musket that was ridiculed as a "pothole maker" by the Han army soldiers was aimed at the musket in siege warfare.
The nickname, which was far inferior to the performance of artillery and trebuchets at that time, can still explode with powerful power at such a short distance.
Du Fuwei didn't have time to reload, so he straightened his musket and stepped over the corpse just now.
The light of the sword suddenly flashed in front of his eyes, and a Northern Zhou general rushed up with his sword drawn. After seeing that the Northern Zhou soldiers who turned around and fled were all called out by the Han army's muskets without exception, this general obviously had no intention of running away.
These southern barbarians with fire-breathing monsters in their hands are not necessarily flexible in close combat. The generals have seen the world. Of course, it may be more appropriate to say that they have heard some rumors. Rumors say that these have new weapons.
The Nanman must reload before each fire, and now, the general is not going to give them this opportunity!
"Dang!" The bayonet collided with the knife in the general's hand.
Du Fuwei sneered, and stepped aside to get out of the way of the knife that the general was swinging at him. The musket turned, and the butt of the rifle hit him directly on the chest. The general did not expect that the musket was not only effective as a bayonet, but also a gun.
The tow was actually heavy enough. He was hit directly by this guy, and he took a breath of cold air and stepped back again and again.