The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 460
When Li Shimin entered Luoyang City, Yang Shanhui had also launched the battle of crossing the river. The point of not crossing the river was not Shanxian County, which was facing Liu Hongji, but Mengjin Ferry on the opposite bank of Heyang City. The spectacular scene of thousands of boats before, but It was just a tactical deception of the Tang army. In fact, they were all empty ships, and the Sui army had already moved to Heyang City.

In the evening, more than 600 warships and merchant ships sailed close to the north bank and arrived at Heyang. Now they are fully loaded with [-] Sui soldiers, [-] slave soldiers and tens of thousands of war horses.

The Tang army also deployed [-] troops, [-] crossbowmen and [-] cavalry at the Mengjin Ferry. The leader was Zhang Gongjin, a general under Li Shimin's command. Li Shimin led his own army to defend against the enemy.

"Stop the Sui army and prevent the enemy from going ashore."

On the south bank of the Yellow River, the flames soared into the sky, lighting up the night as if it were day.

When the warship of the Sui army slowly approached the shore, the Tang army on the shore fired random arrows, and a dense rain of arrows shot at the warship, mixed with countless rockets.But at night, the river was windy, and the arrows were all fluttering, and very few arrows hit the warship.

The Sui army on the warship also launched a fierce counterattack, and powerful platoon crossbows frantically displayed their might.Crossed arrows flying like spears in the air, the momentum is frightening, piercing Tang Jun's shield, piercing the Tang Jun's armor, penetrating the human body, and nailing him to the ground, the soldiers who were not yet dead screamed Struggling, the scene was very tragic.

"Puff puff!"

The crazy arrows kept harvesting Tang Jun's life, causing the crossbowmen on the shore to fall in pieces.

Under the light of their own torches, the [-] crossbowmen of the Tang army were like little girls stripped naked, lonely and with nowhere to hide.

The solid shield did not help Tang Jun escape from the shadow of the nightmare. Those five-foot-long sharp arrows bombarded the shield fiercely with violent force. The shield could withstand continuous shooting from a single crossbow, but it was unable to stop this terrifying attack. Sharp arrows, many shields shattered directly, even if there were no sharp arrows piercing the shields, it was enough to kill Tang Jun behind the shields.

Mengjindu was immediately spread by the flames of war, and the icy clusters of arrows were like locusts raging over and over again towards the south bank of the Yellow River. Even though the Tang army was protected by shields, there were still icy clusters of arrows breaking through the defense of the shields from time to time, and blood had gathered on the river bank , making the ground muddy.

"General, the Sui army's crossbow is too powerful, we can't stop it at all, let's retreat!" A small school rushed up and begged Zhang Gongjin.

"Can't retreat!" Zhang Gongjin's eyes were a little red, and she almost killed the small school with a single shot. Who would have thought that the crossbow arrows of the Sui army were so terrifying, and it was ridiculous to attack the camp, and they were still attacking the ferry crossing with [-] soldiers. However, the bloody fact was before his eyes. The other party didn't even get off the boat, but just used a strong bow and crossbow to completely suppress the ferry, leaving Zhang Gongjin helpless.

Several soldiers stepped forward with their shields in hand, but before they even saw what the warship looked like, they were pierced through by more than a dozen huge arrow shafts with shields attached.

"Damn it!" Zhang Gongjin's eyes were a little red, and it was the first time in his combat career that he was beaten so aggrieved.

"Put up the shield for me, and the archers will fight back!" Zhang Gongjin once again tried to suppress the opponent with bows and arrows.

Dozens of shields gathered in front of him, and the archer drew the bowstring again, adjusted the angle to the maximum, and shot the arrow in his hand, but unfortunately, the arrow that pierced through the air disappeared before it was within range of the opponent. Losing their strength, they fell powerlessly into the river, proving once again that they had nothing to do with each other other than being passively beaten. Although it was impossible for the warships to rush ashore, the terrifying crossbow of the Sui Army completely blew up the opponent in terms of range and strength. .

For Zhang Gongjin, this is a tragic story. Even though he is talented, but his attack distance is not as good as that of his opponent, he can only watch the arrows shot by his own army in vain, and stand helplessly in front of the opponent. Falling down, the arrows falling powerlessly seemed to be mocking silently.

"Send some more people down and block the ferry for me!" Although angry, Zhang Gongjin told Zhang Gongjin rationally that the ferry could no longer be guarded.

"Bang bang bang~"

The shield shattered continuously, and the bodies of the soldiers were pierced. Regardless of the power of the crossbow arrows or the use of these weapons, the enemy has obviously undergone rigorous training. No matter the accuracy or the interval between each arrow, they are very particular. Being able to maximize the power of the crossbow arrows in their hands, the ferry defenders were suppressed again.

"General, if we continue to fight like this, the ferry has not yet been breached, and our brother may be defeated!" The deputy general looked at Zhang Gongjin helplessly. He suspected that the Sui army deliberately slowed down the speed of breaking through the ferry. Huge arrows consume their vitality
Zhang Gongjin also understood this truth, and simply said: "Give up the ferry to the Sui army, retreat half a mile to deploy defenses, and let the cavalry prepare to defeat the enemy."

"Here!" Several lieutenants agreed, and began to retreat with their men and horses against their shields. The ferry, which was already filled with blood, suddenly became empty.

Yang Shanhui watched the battle closely from a large ship. He had seen [-] cavalry lined up outside the ferry, obviously preparing to launch an attack on the Sui army who landed.

"Three thousand slave soldiers first."

Yang Shanhui gave an order, and the main ship was marked with lanterns, and the two warships carrying slave soldiers docked first. Three thousand slave soldiers held sabers and shields, went ashore facing the arrows, and began to line up to attack the Tang army. .

"Shoot the arrows!" Zhang Gongjin frowned slightly when she saw the chaotic formation of the enemy army. It wasn't that the opponent was so powerful. On the contrary, these troops looked so weak that they couldn't even maintain the basic formation, so they just yelled wildly Attacked.

"Om~"

A rain of arrows fell, and a large number of slave soldiers were killed by the arrows like mowing grass.

"Archers, suppress!" In the rear, the warship slowly approached the shore, and the elite archers stepped off. At this time, they also launched an attack. The crossbow began to rain arrows on the Tang army, so that the Tang army's archer defenders could not kill the slaves recklessly. soldier.

what happened?

Zhang Gongjin dialed the incoming arrows, and looked at the archers who appeared behind the opponent. These troops were more than a few grades stronger than the charging troops, and the army formation was strict. What's more, these people didn't care about the front. The soldiers died and died, just pouring arrows at the Tang army, and let the army in front fall down in pieces under the wanton blows of their own archers. A Tang army soldier shot an arrow, and before he had time to shoot another arrow, a crossbow arrow pierced through the air. shot through his chest.

An enemy soldier took advantage of this gap to kill the Tang army's archers. Zhang Gongjin clearly felt that this soldier had a crazy fighting spirit, and almost threw himself into the dense forest of guns.

Suicide?

Zhang Gongjin was a little confused, what happened to the Sui army?

"Quick, press down!" Zhang Gongjin angrily commanded the soldiers to launch an attack without thinking about it. Although these Sui soldiers were disorganized, they were all fearless of death.

"Hurry up, Mo Daoshou go up!" Yang Shan saw that the slave soldiers had attracted the cavalry of the Tang army, and immediately commanded two thousand Mo Daoshou to go up.

"The slave soldiers in front dare to retreat, and they will be killed without mercy." Yang Shanhui said fiercely.

"These are Turkic people!" At this moment, a general walked up to Zhang Gongjin and said with a wry smile: "The real Sui army is in the rear, and they didn't come up at all. When our army is exhausted, those elites will attack, these thousands of people"

"Hiss!" Zhang Gongjin couldn't help gasping for air: "The Sui army is so ruthless!"

"Yang Tong engaged in the slave trade. He bought people from various forces outside the region, and then made the Turks, Western Regions, and Goguryeo people under his rule slaves. These people either built roads or were used as death squads, Yang Tong. They don’t care about the lives and deaths of these people at all, when Xue Wanjun sent more than 8 Turkic people to death in one breath, 3000 people here are really nothing.”

Zhang Gongjin nodded. She thought it was an exaggeration before, but this time it really opened her eyes.

"General, what should we do?"

The lieutenant general asked, this is the first time he has encountered such a crazy army. These people have become so numb that they don't care about their own life and death. As for the death of Pao Ze, it can't affect them at all.

Zhang Gongjin saw that the Sui army had landed in the rear, and resolutely ordered: "All cavalry go out, and kill the slave soldiers first."

Five thousand cavalrymen suddenly mobilized, roaring and launched an attack on the slave soldiers. Amidst the screams of the slave soldiers' screams and despair, the bloody flowers of blood looked extremely dazzling in this world.

But when they killed the scattered slave soldiers, the Modao Army had already killed the Tang Army cavalry.

The Mo Dao army was wearing heavy armor, and they were not afraid of the Tang army's arrows. Wherever they passed, the soldiers and horses were smashed, the swords were shining, and they were invincible.

Amidst the screams of the mountains and tsunami, the Sui army had already landed one after another, pouring in like a torrent of steel, sharp arrows flashing with icy awns shot up from the ground, tearing the air, bringing a chilling feeling. The cold breath mercilessly harvested Tang Jun's life.

"General, get out."

All the generals shouted anxiously. Although Zhang Gongjin was unwilling, the two thousand heavy armored infantry killed his cavalry and suffered heavy losses. The whole army was on the verge of being defeated. Leading horses to land one after another.Knowing that there is nothing to be done, if it is too late, the whole army may have to confess here. As a last resort, I had to order: "The whole army retreats."

The two sides did not stagger too much, and the Tang army was able to quickly withdraw from the battlefield.

Since there was no main force of the Tang army to participate in the battle, the battle of Mengjindu was a very small battle. Its role was only to delay the landing of the Sui army for a little time, and it could not prevent the landing of this main force at all.

Following Zhang Gongjin's retreat to the south, the Sui army began to land in a mighty way. Before Zhang Gongjin left, he ordered someone to light a beacon on a beacon tower one mile away, and transmitted the information that the main force of the Sui army had appeared at Mengjindu to Luoyang...

(End of this chapter)