Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 175 The First Battle

"Everyone, prepare to meet the enemy!"

Duan Hongchen shouted loudly, and immediately all the cavalry stopped their fellows, gathered together, took out the light crossbow specially equipped for the cavalry, and stood in a row on the river bank.

On the other side of the river, three boats rowed past. The soldiers on the boat were just about to jump off and destroy the boat, but they saw several horsemen rushing not far away. The enemy soldiers are coming!
It was too late to scuttle.

Light crossbow ready!Cut the cord!
From the riverside to the embankment, there is a section of slope. As long as the cavalry launches an impact, the operation to destroy the ship will fail this time.Some of them held light crossbows to defend against the cavalry, while others cut the ropes that tied the boat, and the boat slowly came out with the current.

The ropes of the boat on this side have all been cut off, and the soldiers have retreated to their boats, but the few cavalry are still not moving, as if they are hesitating for something.

"Hey, retreat!" The people who crossed the river were just about to retreat, but they saw hundreds of archers appearing from the bank, and the rain of arrows poured down the sky involuntarily.

Of the 30 people who crossed the river, only two came back.The rest of the people were buried into the sea with the water of the Yalu River, just like the stars at night, peacefully on the sea.

Fortunately, the opposite ship is useless to the enemy.Duan Hongchen turned around and asked everyone to continue preparing fortifications.

Across the river:
"Okay, okay, we've seized the ferry, I didn't expect the Bohai people on the opposite side to be so quick..." Gao Feng breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself, this feat was too easy.

A waiter said with a bitter face: "Second Lord, this is not considered to be seizing the ferry..."

"Why? Is there anyone else at this ferry?"

"No, no, there is no more here. The key is that there are still people on the opposite side. It is useless to occupy this side..."

Waiter, pawn.

Gao Feng was so angry that he yelled wow, first he beat his head and face to his subordinates, and then quickly told his subordinates to cut down trees and build rafts to prepare for the forced crossing.

"I said, why did the eldest brother give me such a good credit, so he was playing with me?" Gao Feng muttered in a low voice.

The people next to him watched, how did you survive until now, you stupid boy.

"No, I have to let my mother go to the old man Gao Yuan's ear to blow some air, and let Gao Chan boy give me the position of marshal..." Gao Feng's heart is like a child.

Most of the people in the army are inclined to Gao Chan, and if compared with the three brothers, Gao Chan's ability and character are much higher.The only regret is that Gao Chan's mother is no longer here.

The other side of the river was in a hurry to prepare the raft to cross. Duan Hongchen noticed it and estimated the number of people on the other side.Based on his experience, he felt that the person opposite should not exceed five thousand.As long as the [-] infantry behind him come, they can hold on firmly.It's time to race against the clock again.

When repelling the Xi clan cavalry last time, Duan Hongchen saw the great advantage of the crossbow array.That is high precision and long range, so he hastened to make a lot of them.It turns out that those inferior products have also been replaced a lot.The current Bohai infantry is equipped with a strong crossbow.

The effective killing range of the crossbow can reach more than 380 steps, and the real shooting range can reach 7.5 steps.But when it got to that place, it was really the end of the battle.Even if it is three hundred steps, one step is about 200 meters, and three hundred steps is more than [-] meters.

How long is the Yalu River?
At the ferry, the water flow is slow, so the water surface is relatively wide, about 600 meters.In other words, Duan Hongchen's soldiers can cover one-third of the surface of the river.

It's the same as dealing with cavalry, and easier than dealing with cavalry.Because the speed of the ship is far slower than that of the cavalry, it can be covered by crossbow arrows for a longer time.

In addition, Duan Hongchen also has a big killer in his hand-the ten-door bed crossbow.

Strictly speaking, it is not a bed crossbow.The bed crossbow made by Duan Hongchen is just an enlarged crossbow used by soldiers.

The two-meter-long crossbow bolts, just these crossbow bolts, were loaded into ten carts, and Longquan Mansion was still rushing to make them, and they were transported one after another.When operating this kind of bed crossbow, two people are required to carry it, two people to load the crossbow, and one person to aim.

One arrow, 400 meters away, can shoot through a wall, the wall of a ship, and of course it can also be shot through with one arrow.

The rafts for crossing the river are tied together with more than a dozen logs. When crossing by force, each raft is loaded with dozens of people. Each person on both sides holds a paddle, the person in front holds a shield, and the person behind holds a knife. Offensive and defensive Meng Chong ship.The advantage lies in the fast production speed. It only takes an hour for a raft to go from logging to launching.The speed is fast, and the river can be crossed on a large scale. Gao Feng also looked at Duan Hongchen and the others on the opposite side, and felt that there were only a few hundred people.If 5000 people are launched into the water, even if the casualties are greater, the opponent can be easily taken down.

Five thousand people work together, one hundred sheets per hour.He went into the water for a trial run, and selected three thousand soldiers who could stand firmly on the raft, and prepared to cross by force.

At this time, in Gao Feng's eyes, there were still only a few hundred people on the other side of him, and they would be defeated in one blow.

Gao Feng smiled triumphantly: "Gao Chan, Gao Chan, can such a small river stop me?"

After testing the water, order to cross the river!
The generals are relatively experienced. In order to reduce the time spent staying within the enemy's range, they need to save energy.So go slowly at first, and then speed up when you get close to the opposite bank.

Duan Hongchen looked at the hundreds of rafts rushing over the river, his heart was not calm, his breathing became short of breath, and he glanced behind the embankment from the corner of his eyes.Behind the embankment, the five thousand infantry who had just rushed over were ambushing. They lowered their heads and held their breath.

The crossbow in his hand was already ready to roar.

Just teach them back and forth.

The boat was approaching, and when it crossed two-thirds of the river, it suddenly accelerated, rushing to the shore like a dragon boat race.Duan Hongchen asked the hundreds of cavalry who arrived first to shoot arrows with crossbows.The other party just paused, and found that the number of people on Duan Hongchen's side was no longer increasing, and rowed more vigorously.

When it was close to a quarter of the river's width, five thousand infantrymen ran out neatly.

Three rows of arrows!

Five thousand crossbows spit out murderous sharp arrows tirelessly like machines.

The Goguryeo people were dumbfounded, watching the arrows rain down.The person in front of the raft was okay, with a shield blocking it.But the knife hand behind suffered a disaster.

The river water instantly turned red.

Withdrawing, it was too late, and rushing, it was just a sheep entering the tiger's mouth.

Of the 3000 people on the Goguryeo raft, there were only more than a thousand swordsmen, and the rest of the shields and paddlers had no combat effectiveness at all.

A round of arrows went down, most of the swordsmen suffered, and the rest of them almost collapsed.

Run away, even if you want to die.Those 1000 people who keep shooting arrows in front of them are all devils!With such a will to escape, all the soldiers took rafts and swam, and even [-] people escaped back.

Gao Feng has a stern look, the first battle, Duan Hongchen wins!Annihilate 2000 people!

Eat this big boring loss,
Gao Feng's generals refused to listen to his forced crossing, and had to wait for the army to come before going forward.Gao Feng had no choice but to order the village to build and mobilize ships.Although it is not convenient for large-scale ferry boats to go up and down the river, there are still some fishermen.A flat boat is better than a makeshift raft.

When the battle report was passed to Gao Chan, he smiled slightly, and said in his heart: This king of Bohai killed two thousand of my elite soldiers without making a sound, and defeated thousands of cavalry of the Xi tribe without any effort. The ferry is his territory. Can your little wife pass easily?
However, what method did the King of Bohai use to repel the forced crossing?

Gao Chan didn't believe his younger brother, but he believed in the fighting power of Goguryeo soldiers.Gao Chan also arrived at the shore, and after inquiring, he found out that it was the strong crossbow that played the role, so he couldn't help frowning.

Goguryeo was short-handed and couldn't rush to the other side, because he had no good way to deal with the strong crossbow.

So they set up camp and made a long-term plan.

On Duan Hongchen's side, a water village was also set up.Not only fences are arranged on the shore, but also the arrow towers and village walls are raised to the water surface, like the stilted buildings of the Miao people.The advantage of this is that it can strengthen the defense depth and control a larger area of ​​water.The water village is like a fortress, with the posture of painting the river as a wall, and no one can open it.

Duan Hongchen sent out cavalry to patrol up and down the river bank, and at night additional people were sent to closely monitor the water village to prevent the Goguryeo people from taking advantage of the darkness to detour and sneak attack.It's a pity that Duan Hongchen can't draw his hand to attack now.

Jiang Shui Taotao, people on both sides, you can't do anything to me, and I can't do anything to you, just stick to each other like this.

Inside Longquan Mansion, Bohai Palace.These days, apart from seeing Princess Baoqilan once when the Xi Clan ambassador came, the rest of the time, she didn't even see Princess Baoqilan's maid.

A few days ago, the ambassador of the Xi clan wanted to make peace with Bohai, but was temporarily rejected by Xu Qing with the reason that "the son stays behind, so it is inconvenient to do foreign affairs".After that, there was no more sound, and a few days later, Ambassador Xi took the mission away with satisfaction, because the peace treaty between the two countries was signed.And the next day, Bohai, as a friendly neighbor, also sent a mission to visit the Xi people.

In this mission, there are Xu Qi, Xu Qing and Huang Shimei who pretend to be servants.

Xu Qing is going to the Dahe family.

It is too dangerous to go to the Dahe family. If you can't figure it out, you will be in a world of life and death. Originally, Xu Qing wanted to go alone, but Huang Shimei choked him tightly and insisted on going with him.

At that time, persuasion did not work, Xu Qing became angry, picked Huang Shimei up, put her on her lap, spanked her buttocks and cursed:

"Bitch, don't you listen to what men say?"

"Brother Xu, I will go if you hit me. They handed you over to me before leaving. I can't let them down."

They, of course, refer to Xun Xueer and Xiaoyue.

"No, no matter what you say, I can't let you go..." Xu Qing turned from anger to gentle words: "Shimei, it's too dangerous to go there, you have to be obedient and take Xu Qi..."

"Oh! Yes, Xu Qi..." Huang Shimei reluctantly got off Xu Qing's lap and ran out.After a while, a delicate voice came: "Smelly Xu Qing, how dare you leave me behind!"

At this moment, Xu Qing said in her heart: "It's over." Xu Qing never said "no" under the lips of the two women.

Glancing at Huang Shimei, she smiled cutely, walked to Xu Qing's side, and whispered in Xu Qing's ear: "Brother Xu, you have to remember that no matter what danger we encounter, our family must be together Face it. You are not allowed to play prestige alone..."

"Naughty……"

"Do you want to fight again? Come on, come on, come on..."

"Xu Qi is still there..."

"Xu Qi, it's none of your business, go out..."

(End of this chapter)