The distance from Huimatan to Luban Bridge is actually not very far.
Chang Shan led his troops to station at Luban Bridge and quickly received Han Guo who had retreated from Huimatan.
Seeing that there were only a few dozen soldiers left around Han Guo, Chang Shan swallowed subconsciously, his palms already covered with sweat.
The two of them had fought side by side many times before, but had never had a chance to compete. When they were first ordered to come to Hedong, they had no intention of competing with each other. When Chang Shan first learned that Han Guo had suffered a defeat in Shaozhou, he still
I wanted to laugh at him, but ended up losing the battle myself.
This pair of brothers and sisters had no time to laugh at each other. They were driven to Huagu City by the Han army like ducks, and then to Shuqiao Valley. The Han army broke through Puzhou and Shaozhou and rushed to the two fords. It would be good if they were not completely wiped out.
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Now I don't count on myself, I can only count on natural dangers like Shuque Valley to stop the progress of the Han army.
"Quick, get in formation!" Han Guo shouted loudly.
The Han army pursued them very quickly and were almost less than a hundred feet behind them.
Chang Shan saw the Han army soldiers appearing on the hillside not far away, and he also shuddered in his heart. He did not expect that the Han army came so fast, nor did he expect that the dozens of people around Han Guo were returning to the horse.
The last remaining soldiers and horses in the Battle of Tan were the last remaining troops. You must know that Han Guo took a thousand people to garrison Huitan. What on earth did they go through?
But soon Chang Shan got the answer. The sound of muskets from the Han army kept coming in the valley. The few soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty who were left behind saw that they could not run away. They simply knelt down and threw their weapons directly in the valley.
On the other hand, he even threw it into the river to show that he had absolutely no intention of resisting.
The Han army musketeers didn't even look at them, they just passed through the gap between them and continued to pursue forward. Naturally, there were other Han army soldiers behind them who were escorting the prisoners back.
Everything... is so skillful.
This shows that nine out of ten soldiers under Han Guo were captured by the Han army in this way.
Han Guo obviously also saw this scene. Although he had seen too much while looking back casually along the way, but at this time, he was in front of Chang Shan, and his face was somewhat confused, and he couldn't help but cough lightly.
Chang Shan also smiled awkwardly, pretending not to know anything.
He knew very well that if his men suffered such a defeat, their performance would not be any better than that of Han Guo. With their retreat all the way from the north bank of the river, the backbone of the Northern Zhou army had been broken, and deserters had appeared in the army.
Not just in a day or two, especially those tribesmen from various families in Hedong who had been drafted before, there were even organized escapes.
Therefore, one-third of the soldiers and horses in the current army must be temporarily captured from the state capitals on the north and south sides of Shuque Valley. Most of the remaining soldiers are soldiers from Jinyang or Jizhou.
He didn't just run away. Now these places are at least still under the control of the Northern Zhou army. There is obviously no benefit in being a deserter.
It is conceivable how much combat power such an army, in which everyone is calculating the best time to escape, can have. If it were not for the backing of Jinyang, at least the army's food and salary would still be guaranteed, plus Chang Shan and Han
If a war supervising team composed mainly of Xianbei people was formed, the heads of deserters would be beheaded directly after catching them, thus creating a deterrent effect on these soldiers, otherwise these guys would have disappeared long ago.
So Han Guo was very embarrassed, but Chang Shan couldn't laugh either.
He knew it was his turn now.
The Han army's musketeers did not continue to move forward, but faced off against the Northern Zhou army across a hill.
And the figures of Han warships appeared on the Fen River.
Even though we were going upstream, the navy was not slow in coming.
In the battle back to Matan, because the Northern Zhou army deployed a large number of obstacles in the water, the navy could only watch the show from a distance. This made Li Shurang, the commander of Fenshui Navy, suffocating for a long time and returned to Matan.
After being captured, the navy quickly entered to clean up the battlefield and stepped up its march towards Luban Bridge.
The topography of Luban Bridge is truly worthy of its name. A stone beam spans between two hills. The narrow bridge deck can only accommodate a carriage. The southern end of the stone bridge has a steep slope all the way down to the river beach. The northern end is like this
Almost. Because under the stone bridge is a stream that gathers from the valley, flows along the mountain wall, and merges into the Fen River. The water flow is very fast. Once you fall from the stone bridge, your life will be lost.
At the same time, this is also where the Fen River swirls. The depth of the water is unfathomable. The river rolls, rolling up layers of waves and lapping at the shore. You can tell by looking at the layers of pebbles on the shoal that this place was probably a mountain wall thousands of years ago.
There are many layers, but now they have been eroded by the river water into large and small stones.
First the steep slope, then the narrow bridge. Before attacking Huimatan, the military staff had already planned how to attack Luban Bridge. Huimatan was just a gentle slope at the entrance, because the long hillside caused obstacles to the Han army.
In fact, the army did not consider it at all at the beginning, but the gentle slope was not a steep slope after all. Even if the enemy could avoid being hit by the Han army's firearms and take advantage of its condescending position, the corresponding advance of the Han army would be easier.
The Han army has not fallen to the point where it is difficult to move without firearms. However, when firearms can be used, everyone is happy to use firearms to reduce casualties. However, when someone needs to be sacrificed, no one in the entire army will retreat lightly.
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For the Luban Bridge, it seems inappropriate to use a force attack method. Firstly, the beach at the southern end of the Luban Bridge is too narrow. Even if the artillery is lined up, it will only look like five or six guns. Secondly, on such a steep slope, the soldiers can't use their bare hands.
Climbing up is not that easy. In some places, you even have to use your hands and feet, not to mention holding a sword against the enemy's arrows.
Therefore, the staff members jointly suggested that the navy should cross the Luban Bridge and directly seize the beach at the wider northern end of the Luban Bridge. This would also be able to directly capture the enemy's rear camp and cut off the retreat route of the Luban Bridge defenders.
However, it is not so easy for the navy to attack forward. The Fen River here is very fast-flowing. The Northern Zhou army has not yet been able to deploy various underwater and surface defense measures, but it wants to brave the enemy's arrows and stone bullets to cross directly.
On the defensive line, the navy will be under great pressure.
Li Shurang was not afraid and accepted the task with great enthusiasm.
Since the establishment of the Fenshui Navy, it has not experienced any major battles. The attack on Yubi City should be the only one. However, even this time, Wei Yuancheng almost took away the credit. In the end, the two of them could only count.
Share the battle equally.
In the original time, it was because most of the warships of the Fenshui Navy were inherited from the original Northern Zhou Navy. The warships could still run on their own without falling apart. Even if they were good, everyone didn’t have much respect for the Fenshui Navy.