Chapter 2029, north and south of Baigou, the war is imminent
The crossbowmen all looked at Chang Shan. Is the general crazy?
Now the soldiers of both sides are fighting on the bridge. Wouldn't firing arrows at this time be equivalent to killing them directly?
Chang Shan's face had become ferocious and scary: "Let's shoot the arrow. Why are you still standing there? Aren't you afraid of death? Quickly shoot the arrow!"
In the end, the threat of death defeated other human nature and morality.
Chang Shan grabbed a crossbow and pulled the trigger, and the remaining Northern Zhou crossbowmen also fired arrows. The arrows roared out, covering all the soldiers of the two armies fighting on the bridge.
"Be careful!" At this time, a Han army leader in the south who was about to rush forward was grabbed by a Han army musketeer who was hiding behind a stone and firing. The next moment, an arrow flew past his scalp, stirring up the cold wind.
Like a knife, the leader of the Han army felt like his whole soul was shaking violently.
It's not that he hasn't experienced life and death, but he never expected that the enemy would choose to shoot arrows at this time.
The commander lay on his back on the hillside, breathing heavily.
The soldiers at the back stopped looking up and exchanged surprised looks, wondering what was happening on the Luban Bridge.
The musketeer stuck his head out slightly and couldn't help but smacked his lips: "It's really cruel."
The number of Han soldiers on the Luban Bridge was obviously not as large as that of the Northern Zhou soldiers. Therefore, this was definitely a strategy of killing eight hundred enemies and losing a thousand to oneself. But in other words, these "thousand" Northern Zhou soldiers were really not as good as "
"Eight hundred" Han soldiers can fight.
The artillery once again bombarded the Northern Zhou military formation at the head of Luban Bridge, and several Han army musketeers also climbed up and opened fire on the north bank.
The battle leader took a deep breath. Even if he knew that there was a group of madmen on the other side, someone had to rush forward at this time. He jumped out and raised his shield: "Big man!"
"Big Han!" The Han soldiers followed closely behind, stepping over the arrow-ridden corpses of their companions and advancing forward.
Just now, a shell fell next to Chang Shan, and the flying shrapnel sliced off his arm. At this time, the guards dragged him against the mountain wall, and blood spurted out uncontrollably. Chang Shan
Taking a deep breath: "Let's all go."
"General?" The guards looked at him in surprise.
The Han army was getting closer and closer. As the general was shot, the Northern Zhou soldiers no longer had the fighting spirit to resist and fled in embarrassment.
Chang Shan did not stop them this time. Just now, almost all of his own swordsmen, shieldmen and other melee infantry were killed by his own arrows. Of course, the remaining crossbowmen could not hope to fight another group of Han troops rushing up.
contend.
"Let's all go!" Chang Shan smiled miserably.
This journey of defeat has finally come to an end.
The sound of killing down the hillside was equally loud. More and more naval officers rushed onto the shoal and formed a queue to approach the camp. In addition, the musketeers and crossbowmen on the warships also blocked the retreat from the Luban Bridge.
, those crossbowmen who were fleeing in embarrassment actually dropped their weapons and fell to their knees directly, just begging the Han army musketeers to let them go when they took aim.
I don’t know how Han Guo is doing, but I can’t care about him now.
Chang Shan took a breath.
The personal guards turned around and fought tooth and nail with the Han soldiers who were already close at hand, but they were quickly wiped out by the red-eyed Han soldiers.
Chang Shan closed his eyes and waited for his fate.
The sound of artillery fire was heard one after another at the foot of the mountain. Da Zhou was just like himself now. He was struggling to survive amidst the rumbling sound of cannons. He probably wouldn't survive for long.
Half an hour later, Yang Su and Li Xun boarded the Luban Bridge one after another.
Most of the corpses on the battlefield have been taken away, but the Luban Bridge was not cleaned in time due to the dangerous terrain.
The corpses of soldiers from both armies were everywhere from the hillside to the bridge. This was after the corpses of many Zhou people were pushed under the bridge to clear the road.
Chang Shan's body was leaning against the bridge, and he still held the knife until his death.
As for Han Guo's head, Yang Su had already seen it before going to the bridge. Li Shurang led his troops into the camp and personally beheaded him.
"The loss is not small." Li Xun couldn't help but sigh.
This can definitely be regarded as the battle with the greatest losses for the Han army in Hedong after the Northern Expedition in the spring. Whether it was the navy or the land division, the total number of casualties was close to a thousand. Among them, the navy still accounted for the majority. After all, the land division was at Luban Bridge.
It is unlikely that there will be much damage in this small place.
However, the navy's main injuries were minor injuries such as being hit by arrows and being hit by stones. Most of the casualties occurred on the Luban Bridge.
"Without sacrifice, there is no victory." Yang Su said lightly, "We must be worthy of the sacrifices of these soldiers."
"To the north is Jinyang!" Li Xun took a breath.
Jinyang, the Northern Zhou Dynasty's military center and last fortress in Hedong, is already close at hand!
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Baigou water.
South of Yecheng, although Baigou Water is not a big river, it stretches across the entire Jizhou Plain, and its lower reaches are also called Qinghe River. Baigou Water and Qi River converge from the north of Jijun, and bypass Jijun City to connect to the big river.
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The relationship between Qishui and Baigou water is a bit strange. Baigou water should actually be regarded as a tributary of the big river. It comes out from the big river, passes through Qinghe County, Bohai County, and finally enters the sea on the south side of Youzhou. Qishui comes out from Taihang.
It flows into Baigou, and Ji County is in the embrace of Baigou water and the big river. The south side is the big river, the north side is Baigou, and the west side is the river channel shared by Qishui and Baigou.
Baigou water continues to flow northeast and downstream from Jijun, always keeping parallel with the river. Less than a hundred miles away is Liyang County. Liyang County and Jijun together form the defense line on the south side of Baigou and the north bank of the river, but now this defense line
It has completely fallen into the hands of the Han army.
The imperial guards and Chen Zhishen's army on the middle road of Jijun joined forces and set up camp on the bank of Baigou water in the northwest of Jijun. On the other side of Baigou water, Yu Wenxian personally led the army to stand ready. The Northern Zhou army was almost completely symmetrical along the
The north bank of Baigou was deployed to guard the entire defense line from Bohai County to Taihang Mountain.
A white ditch stretches from the north to the south, and a war is about to break out.
Li Xingchen was sitting in the imperial tent at this time, listening to the generals discussing the specific plan to cross the Baigou River with officials from the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Household Affairs.
According to the military's opinion, the Han army is now equal to the Central Army and the Imperial Guard. In addition, the East Route Army on the south side of Bohai County and the Yangwu Army and Ying Yang are facing off against the Northern Zhou Army along the Qishui River.
Each army has an army, and there are a total of 300,000 troops. It is too troublesome to use warships and improvised ships to transport them back and forth. Since the Baigou water is far from wide, then send the navy there
Qishui and Baigou went downstream to transport the troops on the left and right wings, while the army in the middle simply built a bridge directly on the river.
The Ministry of Industry has no objection to this plan. As long as you can establish a foothold on the other side, let alone build a bridge, there will be no problem in filling up the Baigou water.
The premise is that as long as you give money.
If you give enough money, the river can be stopped for you, and you can do it for as many people as you want!
The military doesn't have any money. If you give it money, the Ministry of Accounts will definitely get it.