Chapter 554: Truce
On the other side of the bridge, the first team rushed to the ice with explosive bags. Most of the shells shot were blocked by the bridge, but they were shot by the Jurchens on the bridge. The Jurchens' bows and arrows were extremely accurate. Although the soldiers had armor to protect themselves, the Jurchens' bows and arrows were specifically aimed at the cheeks and necks of these brothers, and almost every arrow was shot.
The first batch of brothers suffered all losses without any suspense.
The second group of brothers stepped onto the ice again. This time they used shields to cover their heads and faces.
However, the enemy immediately used fire-carrying bows and arrows to shoot explosive packs under the soldiers' armpits.
As one explosive pack after another was ignited, brothers after another were blown into pieces in the explosion.
Qian Qiancheng watched his brothers sacrifice one after another, but in vain. His blood filled his eyes.
In the end, it was decided to launch an assault on the front of the artillery fire.
Although artillery fire can cause accidental injury to his brothers, artillery fire can also suppress the Jurchens on the bridge.
The artillery soldiers, with tears in their eyes, took out all his skills and tried their best to aim at the enemy and shoot.
Finally, after being accidentally injured 30 brothers, 10 of them were killed by the enemy, finally 10 brothers rushed into the bridge hole in the middle of the bridge.
However, new problems arise, explosives are piled on the piers, and the effect may not be very good.
The 10 brothers nodded silently to each other, then they set up the Arhat. The five people on the top raised the explosive bag high and pasted it under the bridge deck.
Without bold words, they silently ignited the explosive pack.
With a loud bang, the cross-sea bridge was finally blown up and collapsed in the thick smoke and fire.
The Jurchens across the bridge were completely desperate.
On the ice surface of the strait, the Mongols were still charging forward one after another. The ice surfaces that were blown up will freeze again in this extremely cold weather in just a quarter of an hour.
They could only stop the Mongols' attack, but they could not stop their progress.
The originally slippery war horses, which were frozen on the ice due to layers of corpses of companions, became stepping stones that they could easily pass through.
Their bows and arrows are definitely not inferior to those of the Jurchens. Although their accuracy is worse, they are more successful.
After rushing across the center line, thousands of feather arrows shot overwhelmed. Although the brothers in Dongjiang Town who were standing on the shore were protected by armor, they were always shot.
There were huge casualties in the team. However, the soldiers faced the heavy rain bows and arrows and death, and no one retreated. They still loaded and fired calmly.
In a short while, the soldiers were surrounded by dense bows and arrows. The white feathers on the bows and arrows were like reeds on the river beach, floating densely.
The cannons continued to roar, but they were no longer as dense as before, because the barrel was overheated. Some cannons had to stop firing to avoid explosions.
However, at this moment, the Jurchens' positions suddenly sounded the roar of cannons. One after another, roaring projectiles flew over the heads of the Mongolians in the charge and landed on the positions of the soldiers in Dongjiang Town.
The solid projectile hit the frozen land, jumped up, rushed into the formation of soldiers, and took away the lives of brothers.
One projectile after another, every time you bounce, you will reap the life of a brother.
At the same time, behind Zhao Xing's team, there was also a sound of hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey he
Turning back, it was the overwhelming crowd of people. Four people carried a cannon on their shoulder poles and rushed to the position.
A new cannon has arrived.
"Ming Shouyi."
"Teacher."
"Organize a batch of artillery fire to bombard the enemy's artillery positions on the opposite enemy and blow them up."
Gong Shou looked at the distance at a glance, feeling a little embarrassed: "The enemy's artillery position is more than 5 miles away from us, which exceeds the shooting distance of our artillery now."
"What should I do?"
"We have to wait for a while, and our strong cannon will come up later."
The new cannons joined the battle, and the overwhelming artillery fire finally repelled the crazy charge of the Mongols.
The battlefield in full swing finally fell silent. Both sides adjusted and breathed, preparing for the next battle.
The civilians came up, the militias came up, and the twenty thousand reserves came up.
But the enemy's Shenji Camp also came up.
The troops of both sides have arrived, and Huang Taiji's sneak attack has gone bankrupt.
What follows will be a real head-on battle.
Huang Taiji has 70,000 elite troops.
Zhao Xing has 20,000 soldiers.
This is an asymmetry in terms of number of people.
However, Zhao Xing has advanced weapons and equipment, and is backed by his base.
There will be a continuous output of weapons and ammunition, and a continuous stream of militia will join.
Zhao Xing saw that on the other side, there were at least 10,000 musketeers and started to complete the team.
Although their muskets are rough, they are still mostly messile guns, but their threat is also huge.
The most test of people's will, the famous tactic of muskets - queuing and shooting, is about to be launched.
Zhao Xing would not do such a stupid thing.
The reason why there was a war scene in Europe where the muskets were standing opposite each other was not that Europeans were stubborn or Europeans were stupid, because that was a requirement for musket performance.
If they were lying on the ground and shooting, they would not be able to load gunpowder and lead at the muzzle. At the same time, they did not have the concept of trenches yet. So the soldiers could only stand and line up to shoot them.
He immediately ordered all the militias not to participate in the war, and immediately built fortifications on his own coastal highlands.
It was snowy and the land was frozen as hard as iron, so the people lit bunch of bonfires. They did not cook the land for heating, but instead roasted it.
Then, using this small oscillation place as a point, we began to dig the object. With the continuous efforts of the militia and the people, a trench slowly formed. The digging soil was piled opposite the trench, and then immediately poured cold water on it. In a blink of an eye, it turned into a long and strong wall comparable to steel. The wall was extending and finally extended to the northernmost end of the island.
The soldiers jumped behind the long wall, put the musket on the top of the wall, and pointed directly to the opposite side.
Huang Taiji, who was standing on the river bank with a thousand-mile eyes carefully observing the enemy situation, faced the rapidly spreading trenches, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Because although the enemy's long wall is strong, it is not high. The speeding horse can pass by with just one leap.
Although their musket team shrank behind the ice wall, they also left the coast and allowed the musket to shoot back.
This created opportunities for the warriors to cross that ice strait.
Looking at the increasing number of troops on the other side, the sneak attack failed. But only half of it failed. Because Huang Taiji clearly saw that the reinforcements from the other side were only the people and some workers. Their formal army was still frozen on the Liaodong Peninsula by the heavy snow.
As for the enemies in the Tieshan behind him, Huang Taiji wanted them to come out for reinforcements. In this way, as long as the infantry walked out of the Tieshan City in the wind, snow and mud, they would be the meat on their chopping board.
Chapter completed!