After a while, the sound of bowstrings continued, and the arrows were dense like rain, falling into the smoke and dust raised by the cannonballs in front.
The shield hand pushed the shield across the musketeers' skirmish line, and the spear hand followed closely. The spears changed from upright to horizontal, and poked out from the gaps in the shield. Anyone who wanted to get close to the Han army's shield
Everyone needs to find a way to deal with this sharp spear first!
Although there were only three thousand men, the Han army that rushed forward showed the momentum of thousands of troops.
Du Fuwei shouldered his musket and drew the horizontal knife on his back.
The rest of the things have little to do with them, but any soldier on this battlefield must be ready to fight at any time.
The Musketeers can't stay out of it either.
When the artillery fire ceased, the Northern Zhou army reacted quickly. The village wall, which had been torn apart by the Han army's artillery, was even directly knocked down by the Northern Zhou army itself. For them, it was natural that the village wall had become like this.
There is no need to exist, but it will block your own people from moving forward or retreating.
Soon the Zhou people's arrows fell head-on.
"Shield!"
Although the number of Han troops who came ashore was not large, they definitely carried a lot of shields.
The arrows were like rain, and the shields were quickly pierced like hedgehogs. The Han soldiers simply threw away the shields, and new shields were passed from behind. This way, the shields in the hands of the Han soldiers were not too heavy.
"Kill!" The Han army advanced quickly. Before the enemy's second round of arrows, the Han army had already advanced to less than ten feet away from the Northern Zhou army.
The Northern Zhou army itself is also advancing forward. If they move forward and the Han army does not move, the crossbowmen of the Northern Zhou army in the rear can fire another round of arrows, but now the Han army is also advancing forward, and the distance between the two sides
If it was too close, if the Northern Zhou crossbowmen wanted to shoot, not only would they almost have to be thrown directly upward, but they would also most likely land on their own people's heads.
The crossbowmen began to retreat, but the Zhou generals finally gave up this round of arrows.
The Han army is small and the Han army is large. Even if this round of arrows is thrown at the Han army, a lot of them may fall on the heads of the Han army. If the Han army is not protected, the casualties of the Han army will be much more than that of the Han army. This is not
A good deal.
"Kill!" The next moment, the shields of the Han army and the shields of the Zhou army collided head-on.
The spears were thrust out at the same time, aiming at the gaps in the enemy's shields and stabbing them inside desperately!
Blood flowed downwards along the spear, and the shields collided and rubbed, making a "sizzling" sound. Every soldier behind the shield gritted his teeth and tried to move forward, and the two sides
It's like two bulls pushing against each other, pushing forward, pushing forward. If one side fails to support first, the sharp horns of the other may directly pierce the throat!
"Bang!" A Northern Zhou shieldman staggered back.
At the same time, a Han army shield bearer also fell.
After a while, gaps appeared one after another on the original confrontation line between the two sides. Either the Han army fell, and the Northern Zhou soldiers rushed in through the gaps, or the Zhou army fell, and the Han army soldiers also rushed in through the gaps.
The originally neat battle lines suddenly became intertwined.
Immediately afterwards, under the leadership of a famous banner general and battle leader, the soldiers united around the flag and waved their swords desperately, attacking in depth and towards the enemy in an almost crazy manner.
To capture the thief, capture the king first. Everyone wants to get into the enemy's formation faster and then come to a center to bloom!
"Boom!" The sound of artillery sounded again, this was the rear of the Northern Zhou army.
On Qingshui, many Han troops had already landed in boats and were wading forward to attack.
There was a sound of hoofbeats, and further to the north, the Han cavalry, led by Cheng Feng, had already circled around.
The Northern Zhou army, which was originally in a stalemate with the Han army and even used its numerical advantage to push the Han army towards the Huai River bit by bit, suddenly lost its momentum.
Not only were the enemies on the south side fighting to the death, making them pay a heavy price for every step forward, but there were also more and more enemies on the north and west sides. This made Zhou people even look back frequently, wondering if there would be any danger on the east side.
Anyone else coming?
As if to answer their doubts, the Yulin Cavalry crossed over to the east. The bullets fired by the cavalry covered several archery towers. The archery towers that had been ravaged by Han army artillery were already crumbling at this time, and the Northern Zhou soldiers who were left behind were on top.
There are not many, and the Han cavalry can completely suppress them.
The imperial guards led by Li Ping also built a pontoon bridge at a shallow position upstream of Qingshui with the assistance of the navy. The large group of Han infantry passed directly through the pontoon bridge and pressed over from the north, replacing the previous
The offensive position of the Han cavalry continued to exert sufficient pressure on the enemy!
From east to west, from north to south, as well as from Qingshui and Huai Rivers, the red flags of the Han army waved in the wind, and the rumbling sound of artillery destroyed the last persistence in the hearts of the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Reinforcements, there are no reinforcements; enemies are enemies on all sides!
The Northern Zhou army began to retreat, slowly at first, but when the navy seized the opportunity to accurately send a round of artillery shells into the enemy's formation, the retreat became chaotic.
Seeing the billowing smoke and dust, the limbs that were blasted into the air, and the pale and frightened faces of their companions, the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty could no longer hold on. Flesh and blood fell from the sky, spraying on their bodies and faces, every time.
For these soldiers who come from the Cold Weapon Age and are only accustomed to fighting in the Cold Weapon Age, they can accept the blood of the sword, send the blade into the enemy's chest, and then turn the enemy in a circle to kill the enemy.
Their internal organs were smashed to pieces, but they could not accept that before they even faced the enemy with their swords, Brother Paoze beside them had turned into flesh and hung on their bodies.
This is simply like a nightmare.
Even elites have a bottom line. Under such circumstances, they are still allowed to fight to the last soldier. Even such elites cannot do it.
Retreat, and the retreat quickly turned into a rout.
There was another round of shelling, and the shells almost flew past the scalps of the Han soldiers, which also caused the Han soldiers to curse inwardly.
These guys from the Navy, once they win this battle, they won't let them go no matter what.
"boom!"
This round of bombardment finally shattered the last persistence of the Northern Zhou soldiers.
A rout, a complete rout.
In front of the Han soldiers, the enemy's battle line, which could barely maintain its shape, collapsed in an instant.
A Northern Zhou soldier no longer thought about how to cover their retreat, or whether they should turn around and shoot another round of arrows at the enemy. All they thought about was how to escape, and the farther away the better!
But there seemed to be no place for them to escape in this vast wilderness.
The Zhou people on the north side went south, and the Zhou people on the south side went north. Finally, when everyone wanted to go east, they were forced back by a random shot of Han cavalry.