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Chapter 1061

"嗖嗖嗖" Suddenly, there were eight crossbow arrows mixed with the arrows, and the arrows were as thick and long as spears, and the soldiers of the Song army who had just jumped off the boat were strung together into candied haws. The powerful impact knocked them flying and fell into the river.

The heart-piercing screams and the impact on the visual nerves made the soldiers of the Song Army around them all terrified. The momentum of the landing just now was also mercilessly hit. a meal.

It is impossible to build tall city walls for the river defense fortifications. Many large and small forts have been built on the banks of this easy-to-land river, and these forts are connected by low stone barriers and earth dams.

The Qian army and the Xie Cong army knew that this could not stop the Song army from landing at all. Therefore, when a large number of Song troops landed ashore, the Qian army and the Xie Cong army used a large number of arrows and crossbow arrows to carry out several rounds of blocking, causing a lot of casualties to the Song army. , After attacking their momentum, under the command of General Qianjun, a large number of Qianjun and Xie Congjun rushed out from behind the stone base and earth dam to meet the Song army hand-to-hand, and fought fiercely on this river beach.

Bows and arrows don't work anymore, shooting arrows indiscriminately can easily injure Paozhe brothers by mistake. At this time, you can only kill the enemy with sharp weapons in your hands. The Qian and Song Dynasties are fighting together, and the light is not bright.

The Jiang Defense landing battle lasted from late at night to dawn. The Song Army dispatched more than 900 people, and the Gan Army dispatched [-] people. Countless people were hacked and killed.

In the early morning, the morning mist on the river gradually dissipated, and the river beach was covered with a dense layer of corpses. Countless arrows and sharp knives were stuck on the river beach and the corpses, and a Song army flag slanted on a corpse was shot. Arrows shot countless holes.

Neither the Gan army nor the Song army expected that this landing battle would be so fierce. The general in charge of this river bank defense line is Qianfu Changding. He has 1000 Qianjun and 2000 Congjun troops under him.

Most of the two thousand association troops were adapted from the private soldiers of the powerful landlords. Although these people are fierce, they have no organization and discipline, and there is no tactical coordination at all. Fighting depends on individual bravery, and the overall combat effectiveness is not only better than that of the Gan army. It's too far away, even Song Jun can't compare.

After more than an hour of fighting after the start of the landing battle, these allied troops reorganized from powerful landlords and private soldiers could no longer hold on. If Ding hadn't sent his own army to suppress the formation one by one, the Song army might have given them up. Beaten.

The battle lasted all night, not only did all the troops of the [-] Association sent out die in the battle, but all the cadres were also wiped out and lost their ranks.

The commander of the Song Army was Tan Jin, who was also a general from a poor background. He had followed Yanzhi and Tan Daoji several times in the Northern Expedition, and was promoted to the position of general with his military exploits. This is really rare in this age of family background.

A group of more than [-] troops landed, with a total of more than [-] fishing boats. Each fishing boat carried a force of one, and there were six boatmen. In order to prevent the fishing boats from being captured by the dry army, Tan Jin Before ordering the landing, an order was given to the boatmen. Once all the soldiers of the Song Army who landed were sent to the river bank, these ships would all return.

On the one hand, it is to keep the ship, and on the other hand, it is to cut off the escape route of the more than a thousand people, so that they can only charge desperately, and they can only die in the battle if they do not occupy the river bank defense line. This is also the largest force that can be invested at one time. .

What Tan Jin didn't expect was that the battle lasted all night, and the thousand or so people he sent not only died in the battle, but also failed to break through the defense line of the dry army.

More than a thousand people were killed in one night, and no one returned alive. This battle was extremely tragic no matter how you look at it. If there were such a large number of casualties every day, even the tens of thousands of horses prepared by the Song Army would not be able to withstand the consumption for a long time. .

This tragic landing battle on the beach was beyond expectations for both the Qian army and the top Song army. After arriving in Xiakou, even Xiao Bin was shocked that the dry army fought so tenaciously in the defensive battle.

After Zhao Junsheng received the news report, he rushed to the river bank defense line where the battle was fought. Liu Gun, who was in charge of the overall river bank defense, was notified and hurried over to meet Zhao Junsheng on the river embankment.

"Your Majesty, last night the Song Army first carried out a sneak attack and feigned attack on the river bank fifteen miles downstream with a small number of troops in an attempt to attract our army's attention, but launched a fierce offensive on this river bank an hour later. The maximum force that can be deployed is more than a thousand people!"

"It's a good move! Let's go to the river beach!" Zhao Junsheng got off his horse and went to the river bank fortifications.

Liu Gun immediately walked to the front to lead the way.

When Zhao Junsheng and others walked to the edge of the river beach, a large number of soldiers of the Confederacy Army were clearing the river beach under the command of officers, generals and schools, corpses were being carried away, and arrows, weapons, shields, and tattered flags on the river beach were being removed one by one. Collect them, classify them and transport them to the fortifications.

After a whole night, the river beach turned dark brown, which was caused by the change of color after the blood was stained red, and the strong smell of blood continued to blow with the river wind.

Ding Ding, who was in charge of commanding the defense of the river, quickly ran over to meet Zhao Junsheng. At Zhao Junsheng's request, Ding introduced in detail the process of resisting the Song army's landing on the beach last night.

Zhao Junsheng looked at the open river beach after listening, and asked: "Is there no good way to warn at night? You can only find out when the enemy ship approaches the shore?"

Clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, our army has no experience in this field before."

Zhao Junsheng looked at Liu Dang again, and Liu Dang saluted and said, "Your Majesty, the last general was not from a naval army. I really don't know much about this, and even the Song Army does not have rich experience in river bank defense. After all, whether it is the Northern Wei Dynasty Or the war between our dynasty and the Song Dynasty has been carried out in the Heluo Qingzhou area before, and there is almost no chance of landing and river bank defense, so "

Zhao Junsheng knew that Liu Gun and Ding were telling the truth. Neither the Song army nor the Qian army had corresponding combat experience in the beach landing battle and river bank defense battle. It is also unrealistic to formulate a complete set of defensive wording in the country, and it can only be accumulated bit by bit.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Junsheng pointed to the river and asked, "Can we arrange some small boats on the river and light them with lights? In this way, as long as the Song Army ships approach, they will be spotted by the guard post."

Ding replied: "Your Majesty, we have thought about using this method to give an early warning, and we have also tried it, but the wind on the river is strong, and there are many times when the wind blows, and there are few times when there is no wind, it is almost impossible to light the lamp. Blow it out, even if it is covered with a lamp, the lampshade must not be without air holes, especially in this season, when there is almost no windless time on the river.”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said: "Since there is no way to arrange lights on the river to warn ships, we should collect dry firewood and light them on the shore every night; in addition, the construction of defense facilities still has the problem of defensive blind spots, so find a way to solve them." This problem! Inevitably, build this river beach defense line into a triangle, with the bottom vacant to give them space to go ashore. Once the Song army lands, they will not only be hit by arrows from the front, but also bows and arrows from both sides. , no matter which side he faces, one or both sides will always be exposed to our army's bows and arrows!"

While talking, Zhao Junsheng drew a defense map with a scabbard on the beach.

"Understood, Your Majesty's fortification map is excellent! Ding, immediately after breakfast, organize the soldiers to rebuild according to the map drawn by Your Majesty. It must be completed before dark!"

"promise!"

Liu Gun then ordered the messengers around him: "Go and order the Jiangfang in Jiangxia City and the Jiangfang defense area fifteen miles downstream, and let them also organize manpower to start rebuilding immediately and complete it as soon as possible!"

In the morning, when Ding was organizing the civilian husbands and the soldiers of the Union Army to rebuild the fortifications, this situation was discovered by the observation ship deployed by the Song Army on the river, and the observation post immediately returned to the other side to report the news to Tan Jin.

After Tan Jin asked Xiao Bin for instructions, he quickly organized the fleet and troops to attack this upstream fortification again.

This time it was not a sneak attack, but a beachhead landing in a fair and square way.

The Song army fleet was far away from the Qianjun Jiang defense fortifications on the river, and began to fire large crossbow arrows at the Qianjun on the big ship. The thick crossbow arrows roared son, the terrifying sound and lethality made the defense being rebuilt The civilian men who worked on the fortifications fled in fear, and the soldiers of the Gan Army and the Allied Army quickly took up their weapons and entered the combat position to meet the enemy.

Ding, the commander of the Qian army, was furious. He ordered the river bank to defend the heavy weapons to launch a powerful counterattack. The bed crossbows on the bunkers and stone fortresses began to show their power. First, several waves of crossbow arrows were fired, and the ships of the Song army were greatly damaged. .

Immediately afterwards, the trebuchet on the river fortification projected huge stone bombs one after another, and the whistling stone bombs hit the water with huge splashes, scaring the soldiers on the Song Army warships into panic, and squatted down one by one with their heads in their arms. Dodging, there are always a few stone bullets hitting the Song Army warship, and there is a loud sound for a while, followed by a violent vibration that makes the Song Army soldiers who are wearing it turn their backs, countless sawdust spikes splashed and caused many soldiers to be injured. The unlucky ghost was hit directly by the stone bullet and died tragically on the spot.

The stone wagons on the top of the river fortifications also started to get angry, and groups of broken stones rained down on the Song Army warships on the river. Although these broken stones and stones were much smaller than the stone bullets, they were in large numbers. , The density is high, and because the projection distance is long and high, the lethality and damage area caused by it are much larger than that of stone bullets. This guy is like a shotgun, hitting a large area.

The Song army couldn't hold it anymore, and the generals on the big ships immediately shouted: "Retreat, retreat quickly!"

The boatmen rowed back immediately after receiving the order. After several rounds of stone bombs and gravel, the Song army suffered heavy casualties and finally escaped from the attack range of the Qianjun catapults and stone carts.

General Tan Jin of the Song Army immediately sent someone to count the casualties. Through the counting, it was found that not many people died, but as many as 200 people were injured and lost their combat effectiveness.

Chapter 1062 The First Water Battle

After Tan Jin got the casualty report, he was so distressed that he was killed by the trebuchets, stone carts and bed crossbows of the Gan army before the official attack. Fortunately, he retreated in time, otherwise the casualties would have been even greater.

But Tan Jin was not willing to give up this attack just like that. You must know that it was not a simple matter for him to organize an attack and get Xiao Bin's permission.

Tan Jin quickly reorganized his offensive. This time, he did not let the large warships enter the range of the long-range weapons of the Qianjun Jiangfang. Instead, he ordered all the large warships to put down the small boats, and then scattered and landed quickly after being fully loaded with soldiers.

After being attacked by the stone bullets and gravel from the Gan army just now, the soldiers of the Song army also learned to be smart. They did not dare to gather the boats together and rush to the river bank. Instead, they dispersed all according to Tan Jin's instructions. The speed of the ship docking, but at least it can reduce the probability of being attacked by stone bombs and gravel.

"General, there are too many catapults, catapults, and bed crossbows in the army. Even if they land in such a scattered manner, the casualties of the soldiers will be great!" the deputy general said to Tan Jin.

Tan Jin said, "There is no other way. They are the defenders. The defenders occupying the direction of the river bank have a natural advantage and can set up weapons of great destruction such as trebuchets and stone carts. Our warships can only set up bed crossbows at most! But Don't worry too much, casualties are inevitable, but the stone bombs, gravel and crossbow arrows prepared by the dry army are limited, and they cannot carry out unlimited long-range strikes!"

"Also, pass on the order to keep the warships at a distance and disperse as much as possible. After a while, when the dry army's stone bullets and gravel are fired less, our warships will lean over to provide long-distance support to the soldiers who landed!"

The lieutenant clasped his fists and answered, "Of course!"

After the Song Army mobilized a large number of fishing boats and small sampans, the Gan Army and the Xie Cong Army started to fire stone bombs and gravel again under the order of Wending. The sampan was smashed and overturned, some fishing boats were smashed with big holes, leaked and sank, and many Song soldiers were smashed to death.

The crossbow arrows came one by one, some of which could kill several people at once, and some of the crossbow arrows pierced the bottom of the ship, causing the Song army on board to rush to plug the loophole.

Although the catapults, stone carts and bed crossbows of the Qian army caused a lot of casualties to the attacking Song army, the Song army rushed to the shore in fishing boats and small sampans, and a large number of Song troops jumped off the boat and put on their armor. Rush to the river bank defense line.

The newly rebuilt river bank defense facilities have not yet been completed. After several rounds of shooting with bows and crossbows by the Gan army and the Xie Cong army, a large number of soldiers rushed behind the fortifications and rushed to the Song army who had already landed under the order of Wending. The melee on the river beach began.

After this group of Song troops landed, the Song army warships began to move closer to the shore, and began to provide long-distance support with large crossbow arrows, attacking the bed crossbows, stone carts and catapults on the fortifications of the Qian army's river bank. The heavy equipment immediately counterattacked the Song army ships.