Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 523 Iron Man Army

The rafts rushed to the shore one by one, and the Ming soldiers on top rushed down with their shields raised. Arrows rained down on the sky, and soldiers kept falling to the ground with arrows.

A soldier ran with his shield up, the feathered arrow was nailed to the shield, but he was protecting his upper body, but he didn't expect that a stream arrow suddenly pierced into his leg, he didn't notice it while he was running, he ran a few steps before he fell on the ground. Ground, a howl came out of his mouth.

On the top of the mountain on the south bank of the Yangtze River, the beating of war drums was earth-shattering and soul-stirring, inspiring the soldiers to move forward selflessly and fight desperately.

The first wave of Ming troops to land was mainly armed with swords and shields with strong defensive capabilities. Their goal was not to defeat the Qing army's Jiang defense, but to create an open space at the stall for the follow-up troops to secure a foothold on the river beach. stall position.

Three thousand Ming troops braved the rain of arrows and rushed up to the stall to collide with the swords, shields and spears of the Qing soldiers. On top of their heads was the rain of arrows hanging from the sky. They fought desperately and defended the stall.

At this time, the second wave of Ming army troops crossing the river had already crossed the center of the river amid the sound of drums urging people to advance. After the raft approached the shore, the Ming army archers on it began to counterattack with arrows.

Most of the soldiers who crossed the river in this wave were archers, and their task was to suppress the attack of the Qing soldiers, help the sword and shield soldiers move forward, and expand the beachhead.

It's just that the river beach is really narrow, and the open space is crowded with people. Many people have no way to go ashore.

On the south bank of the Yangtze River, Wang Yan looked at the river bank with a binoculars. He could see Qing army archers shooting in formation. If the situation cannot be opened, the team behind will not be able to land, and can only be washed downstream with the raft.

The Central Route Army had been delayed for less than half a month in Ba County. If the crossing of the river failed this time, it would be even more difficult for the Ming army to cross the river. The entire plan to sweep Sichuan and Shu would fall short.

At this moment, Wang Yan glanced at Lu Shikui beside him, and immediately shouted: "Shi Kui, you land with five hundred heavy steps!"

Wang Yan fought against the Qing army before, and after the battle became anxious, he lacked the means to break the deadlock. On the contrary, it was the Qing army, and there were often sharp soldiers such as heavy cavalry and heavy infantry, so he also deliberately equipped a heavy infantry , as his trump card.

The scale of wars in the past dynasties in China is huge. Whether it is chain armor, scale armor, or pierced armor, most of them are exclusive to generals and officers. Elite soldiers may be mixed with iron armor. As for ordinary cannon fodder, a ragged jacket is enough.

When the Military Weapons Supervisor was creating armored weapons for the army, Wang Yan intended to build an armor equipped with heavy steps, but due to the lack of time and the lack of fine iron, the production was time-consuming. The original plan of a thousand sets of scales covering the whole body A, Wang Yan did not receive two hundred sets until the time of his expedition.

In fact, Wang Yan liked Bai Fanbing's plate armor more, but after asking the craftsmen, he learned that it was difficult to make and it was too bulky to maneuver, so he gave up his idea.

At this time, Wang Yan's heavy step, in addition to the 500 sets of scale armor provided by the Military Weapons Supervisor, Wang Yan also collected some miscellaneous armor such as chain mail and mountain pattern armor to make up for the number, a total of [-] sets, equipped for him There are [-] personal soldiers, No. [-] Iron Man Army.

Chongbu has not yet fully formed an army, Wang Yan didn't want to use it lightly, but at this critical moment, he could no longer care about it.

Following Wang Yan's order, Lu Shikui responded with clasped fists. A moment later, the [-] Iron Man Army arrived at the river bank. Put on a layer of cotton armor to defend against bird guns.

The five hundred soldiers uniformly wore ghost masks, most of which only showed their eyes. They held rattan cards, bows and arrows hanging from their waists, and Japanese swords exchanged from Zheng Chenggong in their hands. They were murderous and invincible.

The Iron Man Army drove away from the shore on bamboo rafts, and the fierce fighting on the north bank continued. Wu Risheng suddenly heard the drum change, and hurriedly looked back. Push the stranded raft into the river, don't block the rear army from landing."

Wu Yishan, who was commanding bows and arrows to suppress the Qing soldiers, heard the order and immediately sent someone to clean up the stall.Each of the iron soldiers wore more than six to seventy kilograms on their bodies. If they wade out of the water, nine out of ten they will get stuck in the mud.

At this time, a large group of soldiers turned around and pushed the rafts that had been stranded by the first two waves of Ming troops into the river, and rushed downstream along the current to reduce the impact distance of the Iron Man army.

The raft rushed to the shore, and the mighty Iron Man Army lined up on the shore. The team was neat, and the swords on the handles were shining with cold light. They were murderous. Under the leadership of Lu Shikui, they quickly lined up in five rows and took a step towards the Qing soldiers blocking the river bank. Step to kill.

The tactics of the Ming Dynasty were advanced, and they paid much attention to firearms, but on the contrary, they did not pay much attention to heavy infantry. Wang Zuntan looked very solemn when he saw this group of troops ashore.

"shoot!"

He ordered again, the archers of the Qing army lobbed at the Iron Man Army that had just landed. arrows.

The Qing soldiers saw that many Ming soldiers were shot into hedgehogs, and their bodies were covered with arrows, but they still moved forward. The bows and arrows did not play any role, and none of the iron soldiers fell.

The Iron Man Army was still moving forward step by step, dignified like a mountain. The Ming army sword shields and archers who landed first gave way to them, while the Qing army was already oppressed and breathless, and at the same time there was a great fear, The opponent was not afraid of bows and arrows, Wang Zuntan retreated instinctively, feeling something bad in his heart.

"Shoot again!"

Wang Zuntan yelled sharply, and the arrows shot at the Iron Man Army again like a storm. The concentration was suffocating, but it still had no effect. At this moment, Lu Shikui shouted, "Kill!"

The iron soldiers rushed into the Qing army with Japanese knives. Li Guoying hurriedly ordered the troops to resist. He saw a man on the opposite side, full of feathered arrows, but he was still alive and well. All of a sudden they were terrified.

The Japanese knife is sharp and very easy to chop. Of course, due to the flaw of the knife itself, it cannot break through the iron armor, but it is more than enough to deal with the green battalion soldiers who only wear light armor.

The Iron Man Army slashed and killed with a knife, blood splattered, and limbs flew horizontally, killing the Qing soldiers like melons and vegetables, and the screams resounded across the shore.

These iron men were like devils from Shura Hell. The tragic massacre made the soldiers of the Qing army tremble with fear, and the Qing army was forced to retreat continuously.

Wu Risheng seized the opportunity, raised his sword and shouted, commanding the Ming army at Tantou, and continued to rush towards the Qing army.Under the breakthrough of the Iron Man Army, the Qing soldiers retreated again and again, and the stall position was immediately expanded.

Seeing this, the Ming army on the south bank, the follow-up troops came again by raft, and Ming troops were sent ashore one after another.

At this time, nearly 1 people had gathered on the river beach. The Ming army was thundering and their morale was high. The Qing army was finally unable to resist and collapsed in an instant. The soldiers yelled in fear, and the soldiers were defeated like a mountain.

Wang Zuntan and Li Guoying saw that the situation was not good, and led hundreds of guards to turn around and flee eastward~

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