Chapter 1708 Before the person arrives, the gun arrives first
Cui Jingsong didn't really have high hopes for Qi Lianxiong. Because of the conflict between Wang Gui's headquarters and Yuchi Jun's headquarters, he didn't expect Qi Lianxiong to have much effect. This guy at least helped contain the Han army.
Some of the soldiers and horses, and now Wang Yu, was almost beyond Cui Jingsong's expectation.
Wang Yu's defeat almost pushed Cui Jingsong into the ice cellar at once, and his heart kept sinking. This battle has become like this, and I'm afraid no one has the courage to continue fighting.
In the end, Cui Jingsong looked around and found that under his command, he only had the troops who survived the Battle of Water. He really didn't know that with these generals, the Great Zhou Dynasty, which once unified the north, subdued the Turks to the north, and marched to the north.
How long can the Great Zhou Dynasty, which is forcing Nan Chen, hold on for a long time?
Cui Jingsong only felt desolate and sad.
The situation that Xuchang is facing now is not the same situation that Zhou Dynasty faces on all battlefields. The powerful Han army is overwhelming, and although the number of soldiers and horses in Zhou Dynasty is not necessarily that small, their morale is no longer as good as that of the Han army.
In comparison, not to mention that the guy in hand is not from the same era at all.
In the Southern Dynasties, Chen Qingzhi's 7,000 cavalrymen were able to sweep through thousands of armies. Now the Han army has more than 7,000 cavalrymen, and Li Xingchen's ambitions are more than just Luoyang?
The people on the other side had begun to organize the crossing of Yingshui River, and Cui Jingsong took a deep breath.
He has retreated again and again, and indeed he can no longer retreat. Behind him is Xuchang City. In front of the powerful artillery and trebuchets of the Han army, Xuchang City, which has been in disrepair for a long time, cannot sustain it for long. Cui Jingsong still knows this in his heart.
This is why he set up camp on the north bank of Yingshui River with his back to Xuchang.
Behind is Xuchang, which can give people a little sense of security.
In front of them is Yingshui, which is actually the last line of defense that the Zhou people can rely on.
I just don’t know what role I can play if I defend Xuchang?
Huaibei has been lost, Tongguan has been lost, and it may not be long before Xuchang will fall into a tight siege by the Han army.
What's more, can he really defend the city?
Cui Jingsong was not confident.
On the opposite shore, the Han army was already lined up in order, and the thunder chariot was almost pushed into the water. The stone bullets thrown in this way could effectively block the enemy on the opposite side from advancing. Even so, the Han army was not satisfied, and even
They were still frantically transporting cannons one after another to their ships.
The Han army did not have many ships, which should be Cui Jingsong's most fortunate place.
Although the Ru River and the Ying River are both tributaries of the Huai River, it is not that convenient to get from the Ru River to the Ying River. Although there are many small rivers connecting them, there are often mountains between the downstream rivers and the upstream rivers.
They are blocked by hills or even mountains, otherwise they would have flowed together long ago. Secondly, these small rivers may be more appropriately described as harbor branches.
After the separation of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Huaibei was one of the main battlefields, and many waterways had been abandoned. Especially for the Northern Dynasties, which were already at a disadvantage in water warfare, these waterways were of little use, but were in turn used by the Southern Dynasties to lead to the heart of the country.
The possibility of roads was very high, so some waterways were even artificially blocked, and aquatic plants such as reeds were planted on some rivers in order to block the entry of Southern Dynasty naval vessels.
Therefore, if the Han navy wants to enter Yingshui from Ru River, it has to go south to Huai River. Now only a few small ships can reach it through a few waterways first.
These small ships are nothing more than red horses, walking boats, and the like. They are not even the slightly larger Mengchong Clipper. They are mixed with the fishing boats temporarily searched and suppressed by the Han army and even the ships of the Northern Zhou people that were just captured. There are no ships at all.
What's the difference? Therefore, when it comes to water battles, the Han army does not necessarily have the advantage, especially since many ships have been captured by Cui Jingsong in advance, so the number of ships on the Han army's side is not even comparable to that of the Zhou people.
This is why Chen Zhishen could only hold his breath and let Wang Yu go ashore before fighting. If the navy had already arrived, with Chen Zhishen's temper, he would definitely let Huanglong and the five-tooth ship crush him directly, using soldiers and horses bit by bit.
What a joke.
I am afraid that it was precisely because he knew that the Han army was unable to fight on the water that Wang Yu had the courage to attack fiercely. Otherwise, he would have been discouraged. After all, the Han army's navy was like a moving Great Wall on water.
In front of a huge warship, it would be difficult for anyone to think of a challenge.
Of course, Chen Zhishen doesn’t expect the Navy to play the leading role. Since the Navy is not here, that’s great. Let us, the Land Division, take the credit this time!
A ship quickly approached the north bank, and the trebuchets had already thrown the stone bombs. The Northern Zhou army suddenly became a little commotion. Many soldiers turned around and wanted to run back directly. However, some Zhou generals were quite competent, and some
He simply drew out his sword and forced the soldiers back.
Cui Jingsong had already expected this possibility, so the war team had already lined up outside the camp. As long as anyone ran back to the position of the war team, the ghost-headed sword would be swung directly.
If escaping into the camp means escaping from death for these soldiers, then the supervisory team standing in front of the camp is a life-threatening act.
"Boom!" At the same time as the stone bombs hit the ground, ordinary artillery with a relatively long range on the opposite shore and light artillery on those ships that should actually be tailor-made for the navy also opened fire.
Stone bullets and cannonballs rolled and hit the front of the Zhou people's military formation. Some of them were thrown far away, and even crashed directly into the crowd. The stone bullets were carried by the strong wind, and blood and flesh flew everywhere wherever they went, one after another.
The soldiers fell under the violent impact of the stone bullets, and even many soldiers around them were knocked to the ground by the wind.
The power of cannonballs may not be as powerful as stone projectiles, but the cannonballs come faster and more densely. If the trajectory of the stone projectiles can even be seen from a distance, then the cannonballs are faster. The power of solid cannonballs when they hit is no more powerful than stone projectiles.
The stone bullets were small, and their trajectory was undoubtedly straighter. In almost a few seconds, four or five shells hit the Zhou people's shields at the same time.
The cannonballs circled hard in front of the shield. Almost instantly, a dent appeared in the shield, or even broke into pieces. The fragments of the shield pushed the people behind the shield to fly backwards. What's more, some sharp
The fragments directly cut off the heads of those around him.
Some of the explosive shells or exploded in the crowd after passing over the shield. The smoke and fire caused by the explosion enveloped the surrounding area. Some of the explosive shells exploded in front of the shield like this solid shell. The shield can still function after all.
After a little blocking effect, I could only hear a constant "crackling" sound.