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Chapter 712 The Dead End (2)

The Amu Darya River in the Surhan River Valley is not too wide, only about eighty feet, but the water flow is very fast and choppy, and the deepest part of the water is at least five feet. It is yellowish-brown in color. At first glance, it looks like a reduced scale of the Yellow River. The difference is that there are many dangerous shoals and canyons in the upper reaches of the Amu Darya River, but most of the lower reaches are shoals, which have not been navigable since ancient times. He doesn't like river fish, so there is no such thing as fishing boats or ferries. Undoubtedly, the boat-building skills can only be described as extremely poor. As for the rowing skills, it is even worse. Nearly a hundred small boats Just after getting into the water, before rowing far, several ships capsized and fell into the waves. The soldiers on the ship fell into the river like dumplings. After struggling a few times in the big waves, they were killed. The turbulent river was completely swallowed up, and the shriek of the dying cry was really creepy.

"Pad, keep paddling, don't stop!"

Because Mustafa Ibnyan fell into a coma before the battle yesterday, Amuhe escaped the punishment of losing the battle, but as the saying goes, he escaped the first day of the junior high school, but not the fifteenth day. Last night, Amuhe was killed After being called to the tent of the Chinese army, after a round of scolding, the burden of leading the troops to cross the river this morning fell on him without accident. The poor Amu River is a horse warrior, and he has never been in the water in his life. Needless to say, when the boat moved, my heart jumped, my hands were tightly grasped on the side of the boat, and when I saw a boat capsized beside me, I was even more nervous, and the hands that were holding onto the side of the boat showed white marks , but the responsibility is in the body, no matter how afraid he is, he has to pretend to be calm, and roared tremblingly.

Row, row again, not to mention that the Amu River has already issued a death order, even if it has not, it has already entered the torrent, and the officers and soldiers of the big food can only wave the wooden pulp in their hands as much as possible in order to save their lives, of course , this technology, then it is really not flattering, no, many small boats set off together, but when they reached the middle of the river, the formation was already in chaos. Due to collisions or improper operation, nearly ten small boats capsized Falling into the river, all the soldiers and luggage on board were undoubtedly buried in the torrent, and the rest were too chaotic, swept by the flood and drifted downstream. After a whole lot of tossing, Finally, nearly half of the small boats arrived on the other side. Of the thousand soldiers before departure, there were only less than five hundred left on the other side. However, the character of the Amu River exploded. Nothing.

"Quick, quick, you guys go and look around, and you, hurry up, set up stakes, quick!"

As soon as his feet set foot on the land, Amuhe felt a sense of steadfastness in his heart. He didn't care about the army's shock just now, and shouted out loudly, and sent people to check the enemy's situation again. He ordered the army to quickly unload the military supplies on the small boat, and at the same time, he did not forget to order the nailing down of the wooden stakes needed to erect the rope bridge, so he was too busy to touch the ground.

The Dashi army is not good at water, but they still have the ability to build bridges, and the plan is very thorough. There are more than [-] small boats tied with long ropes behind them, one end is tied to the stern, and the other end is pulled in the hands of the soldiers on the bank. You only need to untie the ropes at the back of the boat, and after the piles stand up in rows, you can tie a bolt to the piles, and then lay wooden boards on the rope bridges, and several suspension bridges can be built. At that time, the army can cross the river And passing is no longer a dream.

"Ohh Ohh ohh……"

Dreams are undoubtedly beautiful, but it is a pity that this kind of beauty is just a colorful soap bubble, which is very fragile. Even though the smoke and dust were billowing, a large group of officers and soldiers of the Tang army were rushing forward on horseback.

"Quickly, line up along the river and prepare to meet the enemy!"

When he saw the smoke and dust in the distance, although he had already expected that the Tang army would have an ambush in all likelihood, seeing this, Amuhe's heart couldn't help tightening up, and he didn't dare to be careless in the slightest. No matter what, he roared wildly, ordering all the troops under his command to stop the bridge building project immediately.

Before the Dashi army crossed the river this time, they had already expected that there would be an ambush by the Tang army on the other side of the river. Shields and other weapons and equipment, hearing the roar of the Amu River so anxiously at this time, how dare they be careless, they put down their work one after another, rushed to the small boat carrying the weapons, and hurriedly unloaded the weapons and equipment. After getting down, he hurriedly put on clothes, and finally set up a formation to meet the enemy before the Tang army rushed forward, but there were nearly [-] food troops standing in five rows. Rows of waist-high shields stood like a wall, followed by two rows of swordsmen, and then two rows of archers. All the officers and soldiers were wearing chain mail, and the formation was tight. A bit like the posture of the ancient Roman infantry regiment.

Of course, the formation of the Great Food Army is only similar in shape but much worse in spirit. After all, the formation of the Great Food Army is copied from the Eastern Roman Empire, and the Eastern Front troops are even more imitative. I bought some copycats from the western front troops. Compared with the infantry regiments of the ancient Roman Empire, their defense capabilities are quite different. However, they are still quite effective in defending against the light cavalry raids. Not to mention, the eastern front troops have never been disrupted by the tribal troops along the eastern front. As for the effect of using it against the cavalry of the Tang army, it will have to be tested and known later.

"The whole army stops, the army dismounts, and the cavalry hold their ground!"

The valley where Tang Jun was located was four miles away from the river bank in a straight line, and it was farther away from where the Great Food Army landed, but it was not far, and the total distance was less than five miles. As far as the galloping horses were concerned, it was only a little more than a quarter of an hour. They soon appeared at a distance of less than [-] steps from the Great Food Army formation. Xiao Sanlang, deputy commander of the Western Expeditionary Army, seeing that the Great Food Army was already prepared, Xiao Sanlang did not drive the troops to attack directly, but stopped the troops and calmly gave the general order.

Xiao Sanlang's army is not too many, there is only one battalion of the army and 1000 cavalry, but the total force is more than twice that of the big food army that crossed the river. After the formation is done, it is much more spectacular than the Great Food Army, but seeing the army in front, standing in three rows, more than [-] spears pointing directly at the Great Food Army formation, the muzzles of the black holes are full of murderous intentions, and a thousand The cavalry soldiers sat firmly on their horsebacks, holding their hands on the hilts of their sabers. Although they were speechless, a murderous aura shot up into the sky and went straight to the sky.

"attack!"

Once the formation was lined up, Xiao Sanlang didn't hesitate at all, and with a wave of his hand, he gave the order extremely coldly.

"Dong dong dong..."

With a general order, the drummers on both sides of each company immediately sounded the marching drums, and the Tang Army, which stood in three rows, began to press forward. Although the speed was not very fast, the momentum was amazing, and the neat steps shook the ground. , Amidst the flying sand and soil, murderous intent rose suddenly.

"The shield array holds up, the archers are ready!"

During yesterday's battle, Amuhe's troops had already suffered enough from muskets. Seeing more than [-] Tang troops pressing forward with their guns, some disturbances broke out in the formation. Seeing this, Amuhe couldn't help but He gave the order without roaring, even if the order had no practical meaning at all. After all, the distance between the two sides was still three hundred steps away, and the bow and arrow in the hands of the Great Food Army had a pathetic range of more than fifty steps. It is impossible to threaten the Tang army's formation, but anyway, an order is an order. Although it is useless, it can still play a role in stabilizing the army's morale.

250 paces, 150 paces, 120 paces, [-] paces... Tang Jun didn't even pay attention to how the food army was on full alert, advancing unhurriedly until the distance from the food army was only about [-] paces At the beginning, the drum beat suddenly changed, and the Tang army who was walking forward stopped "shua". Following the orders of the company commanders, three rows of Tang army officers and soldiers began a shooting performance.

"Bah, ah, ah..."

Facing the food army standing still not far away, the officers and soldiers of the Tang army would not be polite at all. Amidst bursts of gunshots, bullets shot towards the food army like a pouring rain. Poor The Dashi Army was caught off guard, and was immediately beaten into chaos. The scimitar was useless, the bow and arrow were just for display, and the chain mail couldn't provide much protection at all. If you protect your feet, you can't protect your head. In the face of Tang Jun's offensive, it is inevitable that there will be heavy casualties.

"Rush, rush for me, kill!"

Seeing that standing in line can only be passively beaten, after a long time, the whole army is destined to be wiped out, Amuhe immediately became anxious, roared, and drove his troops forward without hesitation, trying to Come to a hand-to-hand combat with Tang Jun.

Amuhe's reaction was quick, but it was a pity that he was speeding up to his death. With Tang Jun's rate of fire, not to mention that the Dashi Army only galloped on two legs, even if they rode their horses, they would not even think about firing. He charged towards the formation of the Tang army under the interception of the curtain. If he did not order the attack, he could barely hold on for a little longer, but this charge immediately caused a sharp increase in casualties, and all the officers and soldiers who dared to move forward were shot and killed. On the spot, even the main general, Amu River, failed to escape death, and was shot into a sieve by random guns, but some people with more nimble thoughts fell to the ground in time, and escaped the sweep of the bullets. Before even a cup of tea, the food army formation was gone. All the officers and soldiers either lay dead on the ground, or lay on the ground with their heads tightly hugged like ostriches. So far, the food army crossing the river has completely disappeared declared doom.

(End of this chapter)