The last three kingdoms

Chapter 1066 Forcibly Crossing the Yellow River ([-])

Zhu Zhen was completely stunned. Didn't it mean that by suppressing the Shu army from a long distance, you can restrain the Shu army's firearms? Now the Jin army's catapult drivers are already working very hard. They are pulling the rope with all their strength one by one. The stones were thrown as far as possible, and the bed crossbowmen used all their strength to fully string the crossbow strings, but no matter whether it was stones or crossbow arrows, they were still a little bit short, and they were not hurt at all. Less than a cent of the warships of the Shu army.

However, the gunpowder bombs thrown by the Shu army could easily be thrown at Xiaopingjin Pass. Although the range of the Shu army was only a little bit farther than that of the Jin army, it was this little bit that became the decisive factor in changing the situation of the battle.

Who put forward the theory that the Shu army’s firearms cannot attack from a long distance? Nima, isn’t this a scam? The Shu army’s firearms can not only attack from a long distance, but also surpass the range of catapults and bed crossbows. In this way , Isn't the firearms of the Shu army invincible?

Zhu Zhen felt completely shattered by being pitted, and all his confidence was destroyed at this moment. Under the frenzied bombing of the Shu army, the Jin army was already powerless to fight back. If the bombardment continued, the whole Xiaopingjin has the possibility of being razed to the ground.

The preparations of the Shu army are obviously very sufficient, and the stock of gunpowder and ammunition is also very sufficient. The dozens of warships are firing almost non-stop, and the defense line of the Jin army is completely disintegrated and fragmented.

After the artillery fire stopped for a while, the small boats of the Shu army rushed up and sailed towards the south bank quickly.

Except for the location of the ferry, the Yellow River embankment in Xiaopingjin is almost the pass wall of Xiaopingjin Pass. Although this pass wall is much lower than that of Dacheng Pass, it is at least three or four feet high from the river surface to the top of the wall. appearance, and is completely vertical.

The Shu army's ships were not blocked this time, and easily rushed under the embankment wall.The location of the ferry was originally a spacious passage, but in order to defend it, Zhu Zhen completely sealed the passage with earth and stones. If the Shu army wanted to break through the defense line of Xiaopingjin Pass, they had to climb over the embankment wall three or four feet high. .

When the ship reaches this position, there is no way forward, and if you want to climb the embankment wall three or four feet high, you have to build a ladder.

Fortunately, the Shu army was well prepared in this regard. After the boat arrived under the embankment wall, the ladder that had been prepared was erected, and the height was very suitable, just enough to climb to the top of the city.

Zhang Le's Wudang Flying Army was in charge of the first wave of battle. Although it was a little inconvenient for this mountain division to take a boat, their tiger-wolf nature was undoubtedly revealed when they arrived at Xiaopingjin Pass.For an ordinary army, it is almost unimaginable to take a ladder on a ship to attack a city, but for the Wudang Flying Army, it is not difficult at all.

Many soldiers of the Wudang Flying Army didn't need to climb the ladder at all. They directly used the hook and flying claws, threw them on the top of the city, and then pulled the rope, and jumped to the top of the city in three or two steps. The speed of their movements was astonishing. .

Zhu Zhen was hiding under a battlement, and barely survived the bombing. A gunpowder bomb exploded only three or four feet away from him. The huge shock wave threw Zhu Zhen several feet away, and a piece of shrapnel directly stuck in the ground. Fortunately, the shrapnel penetrated a bit higher, otherwise, Zhu Zhen would have left a big hole in his head.

Zhu Zhen was so frightened that he was scared out of his wits at the time, he crawled under the doorway and didn't dare to show his face again. Now that the artillery fire stopped, Zhu Zhen dared to stand up.

The scene in front of me can be described as shocking. There are bloody corpses everywhere. Almost none of the catapults and bed crossbows are undamaged. The impregnable Xiaopingjin Pass was almost reduced to ruins at this moment.

Zhu Zhen's ears are buzzing now, there are stars in his eyes, the city is full of gunpowder smoke, the Jin army is wounded and mourned everywhere.

Zhu Zhen walked on the pass city in a daze, a feeling of despair spread in his heart.At this time, the shouts of the Shu army came from the city, and Zhu Zhen realized that the artillery fire of the Shu army had stopped to facilitate the infantry attacking the city.

He hastily ordered the Jin soldiers to assemble and prepare for battle, but a round of firearm attacks by the Shu army caused heavy casualties to the Jin army. Many people were not killed, but were also maimed. Having lost his combat effectiveness, Zhu Zhen called up the army again at this time, and Liao Liao responded.

Wudang Feijun's movements were quite agile, and in just a few breaths, many soldiers climbed to the top of the city.

Zhu Zhen had no other choice but to lead a small number of Jin soldiers to resist, trying to block the rushing Shu army back.

But it was like a flood that burst a dike. Although it had just breached, the unstoppable torrent was already unstoppable, and Zhu Zhen's final counterattack was nothing more than a mantis' arm.

Wudang Flying Army is far superior to the Jin Army in terms of combat power and morale. At this moment, they are like tigers on the mountain and dragons out of the water. Jin soldiers rushed over.

The morale of the Jin soldiers was sluggish. Obviously they hadn't woken up from the nightmare of being hit by the Shu army's firearms. All of them were downcast and had no fighting spirit.

This kind of battle showed a one-sided situation from the very beginning. Although the Shu army who had just rushed up was obviously at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, they had already overwhelmed the Jin soldiers in terms of momentum and clearly occupied the upper hand. When there were too many Wudang flying troops rushing to Guancheng, the Jin army was completely defeated and completely defeated.

Zhu Zhen couldn't resist the enemy, he could only retreat steadily. Zhu Zhen now has a deep understanding of what it means to be defeated like a mountain.The imperial court ordered him to hold on for half a day, but Zhu Zhen only fought for more than an hour, and he couldn't hold it anymore. If Xiaopingjin Pass finally fell, Zhu Zhen would be deeply afraid of his own head.

It seemed that this head was destined to no longer belong to him, either on the battlefield or on the execution ground.

Zhu Zhen really didn't want to die, the shrapnel almost killed him just now, it felt really uncomfortable to go around the ghost gate, Zhu Zhen was forced to give up Guancheng, and retreated towards the inner city of Xiaopingjin Pass, he secretly Pray that Meng Jin's reinforcements will come soon, now Meng Jin's reinforcements are his savior, if they don't show up, Zhu Zhen will really fall into the eternal hell.

(End of this chapter)