Chapter 557: Occupying the Ferry
As soon as a touch of fish belly white fell on the horizon, five or six muffled blasts were heard. Following the sound, the artillery shells fell into the Jin Army's barracks at the ferry, and there was a burst of exclamation. Before the Jin Army in the barracks could react, there was another cannon shot.
Zhang Chi held a steel knife in his hand and looked at the military camp in front of him that was beaten to pieces by shells. There were two to three hundred Jin troops inside running around, screaming loudly, not knowing what was going on. Some had no time to put on their clothes, while others had already
I'm dressed neatly, but I still don't know what to do.
The sky was getting brighter and brighter, and the Song Army appeared in the distance. Some Jin Jun exclaimed: "Oh, it turns out that the Song Army is here! What kind of magic is this!"
While shouting randomly, the Jin army began to form a team and came towards this direction.
Zhang Chi shouted sternly: "Kill over and seize the ferry! Today's battle is up to us!"
After saying that, he rushed out first.
A thousand Song troops followed closely and faced the remaining more than a hundred Jin troops. After a fierce fighting, all the Jin troops fell on the battlefield.
At the top of the city in Shaanzhou, I was also alarmed by the sound of cannons. I hurriedly put on my clothes and walked up to the top of the city.
Looking at the black smoke outside the city and the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke, Ba Li quickly said: "What happened? The Song army is coming to kill?"
A general said: "Back to Lang Jun, it's the Song army! But they didn't attack the city, but captured the ferry outside the city. They thought they wanted to cross the Yellow River."
After hearing this, Ba Lisu immediately knew something was wrong and said: "Pinglu County in the north is our retreat, we must not fall into the hands of the Song army! Uluhei, immediately lead two thousand soldiers and horses out of the city and take back the ferry!"
Uluru Heigao on one side claimed that he was the one and went down the city wall to order troops.
When they arrived at the ferry, Mao Balang immediately led the boatmen to inspect the ferries tied to the river. Most of them were decayed and needed to be repaired. There were still eight boats that were intact and could cross the river immediately.
Zhang Chi heard this and said to Zheng Pingyan, the commander on the left: "Time is urgent. You lead a battalion and cross the river first. If the Jin army comes to attack, just hold the ferry. Mao Balang said that there is a ferry in Maojin Village opposite, and we will meet later.
The crossing is getting faster and faster.”
Zheng Pingyan promised. He immediately ordered the former military camp and crossed the river with him.
Everything was packed up. Mao Balang said to Zhang Chi: "Zhi, it's not easy to cross the river here, and you have to risk your life every time. Since ancient times, people from Maojin Village have been ferrying the ferry here. Others can't do it.
.In the past two years, there have been occasional strong liquor sellers nearby. I heard that they are sold from Ruzhou. It’s cold now. Can everyone have a bowl of strong liquor to strengthen their courage?"
Zhang Chi said loudly to Li Bin, the secretary: "Bring the strong liquor immediately, and each of the stern workers will have a bowl!"
Li Bin said yes, and soon he took out two jars, poured them into small bowls, and were held by the soldiers.
Mao Balang led all the boatmen and passed in front of these soldiers. Each of them had a bowl of wine and poured it straight into his stomach. It fell straight into his stomach like a ball of raging fire. Everyone felt hot and hot. They followed behind Mao Balang.
, strode onto the ferry.
Uluru ordered a thousand soldiers and walked out of the east gate. He walked around the horse and was about to line up when he heard several muffled noises. Before he could react, iron bullets hit the crowd. One iron bullet went through five or six people.
The soldier then hit the horse's face, causing a small section of the horse's face to collapse.
After the cannon was fired, the sound of cannon continued from behind. All the Jin soldiers who passed around the horse were hit with missing arms and legs, and were either injured or disabled.
Uluhei himself had never shot before. An iron bullet hit his left arm, and half of his arm flew out.
Ba Lisu was horrified when he saw it on the city. He could see clearly from a high place that the Song army was arrayed two hundred steps away, and these cannons were so powerful. The Song army sealed the city gate with artillery, and the Jin army did not come out at all.
No. As soon as they rounded the horse's face, they were immediately bombarded.
Uluru Hei, who had lost an arm, was heartbroken and hurriedly walked around the horse's face and returned to the city. He climbed up the city wall and faced Ba Lisu and said: "Lang Jun, I don't know what kind of monster the Song army outside is using. As soon as we move out
As soon as we met, iron bullets were fired. The soldiers were either dead or injured, so how could they get out of the city?"
Ba Lisu said in a deep voice: "Don't panic. I think the Song army used weapons like bed crossbows, which are just a lot more convenient. They guarded the city gate, so we had to lower the city. But it's just dawn, and if we lower the city we will be attacked by the Song Dynasty."
The army attacked. We had to wait until night before sending people out of the city."
The Uluru gangster said: "The Song army's iron bullets are so powerful that they can even knock down a horse's face. Judging from my humble position, I'm afraid the city wall can't stop them."
"I understand." Ba Lisu's face turned very dark. "You are seriously injured, so you'd better go down to heal first. I have my own strategy to deal with the enemy here!"
Uluhei promised, said goodbye and left.
Ba Lisu looked at the Song army outside the city with a dark face, thinking of ways to deal with it.
The Jin army only had a few dozen troops stationed in Pinglu County. When they saw the movement on the other side, they all gathered at the ferry. Seeing the ferry approaching, they fired randomly with bows and arrows. However, the Jin army's bows were weak, and they couldn't shoot when they saw the ferry was not far from the shore.
Zheng Pingyan looked at Jin Jun on the shore and estimated the distance. The water surface looked calm, but in fact the flow was very fast and the boat was bumpy. Moreover, the distance on the water surface looked very different from the distance on the land, so it was difficult to estimate accurately.
As they got closer to the shore, Zheng Pingyan said to Mao Balang who was at the helm: "I have to wind up the crossbow here, brother, take care of it."
Mao Balang laughed loudly and said: "General, just do your best, I will keep things stable here!"
Zheng Pingyan nodded and ordered the crossbowman on the boat to take out the crossbow and string it with his feet on the boat. Looking about thirty steps away from the shore, he shouted: "Fire the arrow!"
The Song troops on the boat fired their powerful crossbows, and a dozen Jin troops on the shore were hit by arrows and fell to the ground.
Generally speaking, the infantry of the Song Dynasty used ten bows, and the cavalry used eight bows. The bows of the Jin Dynasty were weak, the infantry used eight bows, and the cavalry was even weaker. But this does not mean that the power of the bow is small if the bow is small. The arrows of the Jin Army are heavy.
, the damage caused is also greater. However, the range is short, generally no more than ten steps. Compared with the crossbows of the Song Army, it is far behind.
The Song army fired crossbows on the boat, and the Jin army could only retreat. Soon more than 20 corpses were left on the shore, and they watched helplessly as the Song army boarded the shore.
After setting foot on the shore, Zheng Pingyan breathed a sigh of relief. Holding a waist knife in his hand, he said to his subordinates: "There are only more than thirty people left in the Jin army, and the overall situation has been decided. Qian Dutou, Li Dutou, you two will lead the troops and follow me."
Come forward and destroy the Jin army. Song Dutou, lead your men to help the boatman organize the ferry!"
All three of them agreed together.
The more than thirty Jin troops, when they were at their peak, could chase down one or two thousand Song troops. But at this time, facing Wang Xiaoye's two hundred men, they had no power to fight back. After two rounds of crossbows, Zheng
Pingyan led his men forward and eliminated them all.
Zhang Chi held a telescope on the other side and kept watching Zheng Pingyan's movements. Seeing that he had eliminated the Jin army, he stood firm and took a breath.
Chapter completed!