Dynasty Conquest

Chapter 25 The Battle of Crossing the River
"Quick! Quick! Speed ​​up!"

At the Wuzhen Ferry, Xiao Zhan ran back and forth, urging the Xingtu soldiers carrying large and small bags.

In the Qinghe River, hundreds of fishing boats are ready to go across the river. In the dense fog in the early morning, crossing the river is even more dangerous.

But now time is running out. According to the report from the scouts, a dynasty army is coming straight to Wuzhen, leaving Lin Chuan and the others with little time.

Each fishing boat can carry up to five Xingtu fighters, so a maximum of 800 people can be transported across the river at one time. It will take at least half a day for all the Xingtu fighters to cross the river smoothly.

Lin Chuan stood on the bottom of the slope next to the ferry, looking at the opposite bank shrouded in thick fog, with a worried look on his face.

"My lord, the first batch of people to cross the river are ready and ready to go at any time." Sith walked towards Lin Chuan quickly and reported.

After Lin Chuan killed many soldiers who violated military discipline through the thunderous means last night, everyone used to worship Lin Chuan in terms of combat power, but now apart from worship, they also have deep fear I don't dare to offend Lin Chuan's majesty, which is exactly what Lin Chuan wants.

Lin Chuan carefully warned: "We don't know anything about the Qinghe province on the other side. After you lead the first batch of soldiers ashore, you must quickly establish a defense line to ensure that the follow-up troops cross the river. At the same time, send scouts to find out the enemy's situation."

"Promise to complete the task." Sith saluted Lin Chuan with a standard military salute.

"Go." Lin Chuan waved his hand.

Lin Chuan still trusts the Sith. Firstly, the Sith is not weak in combat power. Secondly, the two of them were brothers sleeping in a tent when they were in the imperial mausoleum. There is no problem with their loyalty.

After Sis boarded the boat, more than a hundred fishing boats carrying more than 800 Xingtu soldiers slowly left the ferry and headed for the opposite bank. After a while, they had disappeared into the thick fog.

In the thick fog, Sith's fishing boat was driving at the forefront, and Sith's sharp eyes were fixed on the approaching shore.

Accompanied by a slight collision sound, the fishing boat crashed into the shoal. Sith knew that he had reached the shore, and holding the saber in his hand tightly, he flipped off the fishing boat and jumped into the knee-high ice water, immediately splashing a large amount of water.

Like Sith, the Xingtu soldiers on the other fishing boats also jumped off the fishing boats like dumplings that fell into the water and rushed towards the shore.

"The 100th team goes to the left to guard, the 200th team goes to the right to guard, and the rest build a defense line on the spot, hurry up!" Sith shouted at the Xingtu soldiers who had already landed while running.

Soon, more than 800 Xingtu fighters were divided into three arrows and rushed towards their respective predetermined locations.

The fishing boats that unloaded the Xingtu soldiers returned one after another and rowed towards Wuzhen.

Sith recruited the ten-man leader of the scout team who followed the first batch of crossing the river and ordered: "You bring someone to find out if there is a dynasty army nearby, hurry up."

The ten-man leader quickly summoned his scouts and disappeared from Sith's sight.

At this moment, on the beachhead, the Xingtu soldiers are digging trenches vigorously and quickly establishing a line of defense.

Soon, the leader of the ten scouts had already rushed back.

"My lord, a large number of imperial troops are rushing here from two miles away!" The ten men were out of breath, their faces covered with beads of sweat.

Sith's face turned cold, and he asked, "How many people are there?!"

The head of ten replied: "At least one banner battalion"

"Expand the scope of investigation, I want to know if there are other dynasty troops."

The ten leaders of "Nuo" paid a military salute and left quickly.

Just last night when Lin Chuan and others attacked Wuzhen, the fishermen on the west bank of the Qinghe River saw the sound of killing in Wuzhen, and hurriedly packed up their things and fled.

The [-]th Swordsman Battalion of the Qinghe Defense Army was stationed [-] miles away. After learning about the situation in Wuzhen on the other side from the fishermen, the commander of the [-]th Swordsman Battalion quickly sent someone to report to his commander.

Knowing that Xing Tujun might cross the river from Wuzhen and enter Qinghe Province, the garrison in charge of the western security of Qinghe Province did not dare to neglect, and quickly reported to the higher authorities.

However, the commander of the garrison regiment was not too stupid, so he ordered the Tenth Swordsman Battalion to move quickly to the bank of the Qing River to prevent the Xingtu Army from crossing the river.

The Tenth Swordsman Battalion is a light infantry battalion, with only 3000 people. The commander of the regiment, but they are weak, has transferred a thousand-man bow and arrow team, three thousand-man stabbing teams, and a thousand-man heavy armor team to reinforce. Also on the way right now.

The first to arrive on the east bank of the Qing River were the [-] garrison soldiers from the Tenth Swordsman Battalion. They came in a hurry and saw that the Xingtu soldiers had landed, and the commander of the Swordsman Battalion changed his face.

Seeing that there were only a few hundred Xingtu fighters arriving at the shore, the commander of the Swordsman Battalion hastily ordered an attack.

"Kill them and drive them to Qinghe to feed the fish!"

Three thousand garrison soldiers raised their broadswords to hide and kill them, but the Xingtu soldiers had already established a simple line of defense on the beach.

"Shield!" Sith yelled.

More than 100 Xingtu soldiers with shields quickly stepped forward and erected square shields in front of the trench.

At this moment, Qinghe garrison soldiers with broad swords also rushed up screaming. Caught off guard, many fell into the trench and were stabbed to death on the spot, screaming.

Under the trench, it has long been filled with sharpened wooden thorns.

"Kill it! Kill it!" The commander of the Swordsman Battalion shouted with a livid face, holding his broadsword high.

The soldiers of the Swordsman Battalion jumped up, jumped over the ditch filled with spikes, and rushed to the front of the Xingtu soldiers' defense line.

Although they crossed the trench, the shield wall connected by the swordsmen blocked the way.

Just as they were about to break through the shield wall with brute force, Sith's cold voice sounded from behind the shield wall.

"Stab!" As Sith's voice sounded, the solid shield wall suddenly came to one side, and hundreds of lances stabbed out suddenly. With the puffing sound, blood spattered, and the sword soldiers who were close to the shield wall were immediately pierced by the lances. chest.

"receive!"

The spears retreated in unison, bringing up a rain of blood, and hundreds of sword soldiers fell to the ground.

After two consecutive rounds of stabbing, the corpses of the swordsmen in front of the shield wall had piled up one upon another, forming a hill.

The Qinghe garrison, as an armed force to maintain the province's law and order, usually suppresses bandits and catches thieves most of the time. Where has it experienced fighting in battle? Seeing that the comrades who rushed up quickly turned into corpses, some sword soldiers had a mental breakdown and threw Dropped the broadsword and retreated howling.

"Kill!" Seeing that the sword soldiers were blocked, Sith leaped out with more than a hundred Xingtu warriors holding sabers, and rushed towards the sword soldiers.

The Xing Tu soldiers in black military uniforms rushed into the formation of sword soldiers with a ferocious expression, and immediately raised blood mist, like wolves entering a flock of sheep, plowing the formation of sword soldiers out of the blood troughs.

The usually pampered swordsmen were completely stunned at this moment. Under the swords of the Xingtu warriors, they were constantly slaughtered, and the blood stained the armor of the Sith.

"Ah, run quickly."

"They are demons, run away!"

Facing the fierce offensive of the Xingtu soldiers, the collapsed swordsmen cried and howled, turned and ran away, and their commanders were also pale at the moment, and were set up by the guards to escape.

Three thousand sword soldiers came aggressively, and fled in embarrassment after leaving behind thousands of corpses.

"Stop chasing!" Seeing the Qinghe guards fleeing all over the mountains and plains, Sith stopped the pursuit.

Although the attacking guards were repelled, Sith didn't dare to go too deep. After all, his mission was to ensure that all follow-up troops crossed the Qinghe River.

(End of this chapter)