The last three kingdoms

Chapter 1064 Forcing the Yellow River ([-])

Although most of the main force of the Jin army was transferred away, the defensive strength of Xiaopingjin Pass should not be underestimated. After all, the Yellow River is a natural danger. It is still not easy for the Shu army to complete the task of forcibly crossing the Yellow River from Xiaopingjin Pass.

The current of the Yellow River is fast and the water is turbid. Among the great rivers in the world, the difficulty is second only to the existence of the Yangtze River. In addition, it is now winter, and the ice flood season of the Yellow River is coming. There are many ice blocks in the river, and it flows down the river. .If the ice cubes were smaller, it would be fine, and would not cause any damage to the ship, but the larger ice cubes are different. Many hard ice blocks will flow down the river under the coercion of the river water. When it hits those relatively thin fishing boats, it can easily knock out a big hole.

Once the fishing boat is hit by ice, in just a few breaths, the whole boat will sink and be swallowed by the rapids of the Yellow River. The current river water is extremely icy cold. Once a soldier falls into the water, if rescue is not in time, no To be swept away by the rapids is to be frozen to death.

Fortunately, there are not too many ice blocks in the Yellow River now, especially the deadly large ice blocks have not reached the level of horror, otherwise, it will become a real nightmare to cross the river until the real ice flood season of the Yellow River.

In addition to dealing with the surging Yellow River, the biggest enemy of the Shu army is naturally the defenders of Xiaopingjin Pass.Xiaopingjin Pass is only fifty or sixty miles away from Mengjin Pass. If the Jin army moves at full speed, this journey will only take half a day. Come to Xiaopingjin.

Then the real time left for the Shu army to cross the river is only a little more than half a day. Once Meng Jindu's reinforcements arrive first, the Shu army will inevitably fall into the quagmire, and all the previous efforts will be in vain.

Time constraints and heavy tasks were the two biggest problems facing the Shu army. Only by overcoming the difficulties, seizing a beachhead, and gaining a foothold in the deep area on the south bank of the Yellow River, could the task of crossing the river be successfully completed.

Liu Yin personally supervised the battle on the north bank of the Yellow River. On his left was Fu Qian, the governor of the left army of the Shu Army, and on his right was Yang Hu, who was temporarily his chief aide. They looked at Xiaopingjin on the south bank of the Yellow River. Guan, their expressions are extremely serious, because they are very clear that this battle will directly determine the ownership of the world, and it can be said to be extremely important. Only by crossing the natural danger of the Yellow River, can the Shu army successfully enter Luoyang and overthrow the land. Sima Jin Dynasty.

When the sky was bright, the first wave of attack fleets had already approached Xiaopingjin Pass.

Zhu Zhen saw that the fleet of the Shu army had entered the range of his own side, and he ordered to shoot arrows without hesitation. Suddenly, arrows flew randomly on the river, and the two sides fell into a fierce offensive and defensive battle.

The weapons possessed by the Jin army are naturally not only bows and arrows. There are also a large number of bed crossbows and catapults deployed in the city defense. Ordinary bows and arrows have limited lethality, but bed crossbows and catapults are amazingly powerful weapons. The huge crossbow arrows are as sharp as spears, if they are shot into the hull, the entire ship will be in danger of being destroyed.The stones thrown by the trebuchet are even more powerful. Once hit by a stone, it is difficult to escape.

The Shu army crossed the torrent of the Yellow River very carefully, but despite this, many ships were hit by ice in the Yellow River and sank.Fortunately, Liu Yin was prepared for this. Once a ferry was destroyed, the surrounding boats would immediately rescue them, try their best to rescue those who fell into the water, and minimize the casualties.

For bow and arrow attacks, the Shu army can use shields to resist, or hide in the back cabin. These ferries themselves are made of wood. No matter how powerful ordinary bows and arrows are, it is difficult to destroy these ferries. The more, the more it tastes like a straw boat borrowing arrows.

But bed crossbows and trebuchets were not the case. These amazingly powerful weapons were too destructive. Once they hit the hull, the entire ship would be ruined.

Fortunately, the number of bed crossbows and trebuchets is limited after all, and their hit rate is also low. Otherwise, if they are true, the Shu army's ships would have no chance to land at all.

Nine CDs of the stones thrown by the trebuchet fell into the Yellow River, and the water column aroused was more than ten feet high. Occasionally, only different stones would hit the boat.

You know, using a trebuchet to deal with a moving target, the effect is naturally unsatisfactory. It is the luck of the Shu army ships not to hit, but if they hit, they can only sigh that their luck is really bad.

In contrast, the hit rate of bed crossbows is slightly better. After all, when shooting, they can be used to aim. Frustrated.

The ships of the Shu army rushed towards the shore under the rain of arrows. Although some ships capsized continuously, they still could not stop the determination of the Shu army to cross the Yellow River by force.

In addition to crossbow shooting, larger ships are also equipped with devices similar to catapults, but they are relatively small. Compared with catapults pulled by dozens or hundreds of people, the catapults equipped by the Shu army on ships The small catapult only needs two to three people to operate, of course, what is thrown is not stones, but gunpowder packs.

This level of forced crossing operation, without any killer weapon, is not enough to pose a threat to Xiaopingjin Pass.The only effective weapons are undoubtedly firearms, but what is also troublesome is the problem of throwing distance. Xiaopingjin Pass is tightly guarded, and there are countless weapons such as bows and arrows. If you want to get close to Xiaopingjin Pass and then throw Gunpowder weapons are almost impossible.

Liu Yin thought of a catapult, but it was almost impossible to move a large and heavy catapult to a ship, so Liu Yin had a whim and asked craftsmen to make hundreds of scaled-down catapults.

These miniature catapults are smaller than any other kind of catapult, so naturally they cannot throw stones, even the smallest stone bullets weighing only a dozen kilograms, but gunpowder weapons weighing only a few kilograms are more suitable for use.

Under the unfavorable situation of the offensive, the Shu army pushed the ships equipped with miniature catapults to the front, and the gunpowder bombs roared and flew towards the head of Xiaopingjin Pass. The violent explosion and pungent smoke almost wiped out Xiaoping The city of Pingjin Pass was covered and fell into a sea of ​​flames.

(End of this chapter)