North Bank of Jinshui River
Fang Jie looked at the team on the opposite side with a different meaning flashed in his eyes, maybe even he didn't know it, every time the battle was coming, he would have such eyes flashing, and the excitement in his heart was getting stronger and stronger. clear up. Unbeknownst to him either, he was used to living in war.
Seeing the mobilization of a large group of troops from Dingyuan City, the Nanyan defenders from Qingyuan City also rushed out of the city. Judging from their quick response, one can infer that the people of Nanyan must have been very cautious during the past ten days. Fang Jiefang made a five-day agreement, which made the whole Qingyuan City tense up.
These days, the Nanyan defenders in Qingyuan City have never removed their armor, and they never leave their weapons at hand when they sleep. In their opinion, the behavior of those hateful black flag troops who come to harass them every night is disgusting, but although Knowing that every time it was a bluff, he still had to get up immediately and prepare to fight.
In this way, the tens of thousands of Nanyan troops in Qingyuan City have been extremely sleepy these days.
Fu Zhengnan, the city lord of Qingyuan City, wished he could dig out Fang Jie's heart and have a drink. He even wanted to ask the experts around him to assassinate Fang Jie, but he didn't dare, because if the experts around him were damaged in Dingyuan City, Then when he was about to face an assassination next time, he could only wait for death.
So he knew that the Black Banner Army was just harassing, but he had to be on guard. So he obviously wanted to kill Fang Jie, but he could only endure it.
The city lord of Nanyan is like a governor of the Sui Dynasty. To be precise, he exercises the same rights as a governor and a general of Wei. But Nanyan is too small, so such a powerful man doesn't actually have many troops in his hands. A flat commercial road can support millions of troops, but a large city in Nanyan can support 30,000 troops to the extreme.
It's not that Fu Zhengnan never thought about giving up Jinshui River and sticking to Qingyuan City.
But he didn't want to give up the opportunity for the enemy to cross the river. From Dingyuan City to Qingyuan City, there was only such a dangerous area as the Jinshui River. Said it was too comfortable. Another advantage of guarding the Jinshui River, and the most important thing, is that Fu Zhengnan should destroy as many siege equipment as possible of the Black Banner Army.
It is not difficult for people and horses to cross the river, but if the siege equipment can't cross the river, so what if all the black flag troops go south? To capture such a huge city as Qingyuan City, you need to look at the giant siege equipment. This is the focus of Nanyan's army's defense.
Fu Zhengnan's younger brother, Fu Zhengming, led 10,000 troops out of Qingyuan City, and basically brought all the equipment that could be used in the city. The people of Nanyan knew that the Black Banner Army was well-equipped, and Fang Jie's family history was simply a history of plundering. He kept plundering and threatening, so his army was short of almost everything.
But to plunder to such a frenzied level, there is no common people who hate him.
Fu Zhengming knew how heavy the burden was on his shoulders. After losing the cannon, he had no chance to sneak attack and kill Fang Xie, so they could only rely on the Jinshui River and the tall walls of Qingyuan City to stop Fang Xie.
And Fang Jie seemed to be waiting for their arrival.
A ballista was pushed up one by one, across the river, the archers and ballistas of the two armies lined up one by one, which made people feel palpitating. The narrowest part of the Jinshui River is only a dozen meters away, and the expression on the opponent's face can be clearly seen across the river. At this distance, the ballista and bow and arrow can exert their greatest power.
Even in the widest part of the river, the ballista can send the heavy crossbow to the other side of the river.
Therefore, both sides knew from the beginning that once the war started, there would be no temptation, but a fist-to-body fight.
"General!"
Chen Dingnan came up quickly and said: "Already in formation, just waiting for the general's order!"
"Um."
Fang Jie nodded, turned around and walked up to the high platform built earlier in the morning. On the high platform stood a huge war drum. On the war drum, a huge red writhing dragon was depicted, hideous in the clouds.
"When I led the troops to the south, I said that any trouble between us Sui people is our own family business, and no one else is allowed to interfere. If the people of Nanyan dare to enter the Pingshang Road, plunder the people and kill innocent people, they should know that sooner or later it will be worse than debt. You have to pay it back! Today, you are all creditors of the Nanyan people, use the knives in your hands and your killing intent to make Nanyan pay back everything you owe!"
"Not only will we take back ours, but we will also double theirs!"
Fang Jie’s morale-boosting shouts seemed a bit nondescript, and there seemed to be no solemn atmosphere. The soldiers listened to him attentively, and some were amused.
"war!"
Fang Jie shouted: "There is always only one goal, and that is to defeat the enemy! Then take everything from the enemy, so have you seen those Nanyan people on the other side of the river? The knives, shields, hard bows in their hands, Feather Arrow! The leather armor on their bodies, their ballista, all fucking belong to us!"
"It's all fucking ours!"
Someone followed and shouted, which soon spread to the entire army.
"Go!"
Fang Jie pointed to the south bank of the river and said, "Defeat them, turn them into paupers!"
"Aww!"
I don't know who imitated the wolf's cry and roared a few times, which immediately caused a howl of wolves.
"Nanyan people! Wait for us to go and strip your clothes off!"
This kind of shouting sounded like a rogue, but also a bit tough. The soldiers of the Nanyan Army on the south bank of the river looked at each other, and suddenly realized that what they were facing might not be an invincible army, but a group of invincible beasts.
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"Ballista!"
The general of the Black Banner Army raised the flag high, and then swung it down violently: "Let it go!"
More than one hundred crossbow carts brought from Yongzhou opened a line on the north bank of the river, and more than one hundred heavy crossbows blasted towards the south bank of the river like angry dragons flying away. The target of the first round of strikes was not enemy soldiers , but the enemy's defensive equipment! The ballista of the Nanyan army, which was obviously 70% less in number, was destroyed by a round of pouring. In front of the imposing black flag army, their resistance seemed so weak.
It's like a girl who was pushed down, even though she struggled, she couldn't stop the violence of the big man.
Luo Yao had built a huge military fortress in Yongzhou, and the number of ballistas made people shudder. The battle of crossing the river has been a competition of dual-defense long-range weapons from the very beginning. When the quality is almost the same, the decisive factor is the quantity. The Nanyan army is also well-equipped. After all, the troops in the hands of the city lords are basically their private soldiers. In order to enhance the combat effectiveness of their troops, the city lords are not stingy.
However, the limitation is that their financial and material resources are not enough to support too large an army.
The heavy crossbows fired by the two sides flew straight across the river, tearing the slightly moist air and smashing into the opponent's position. The twisting sound of the ballista and the wailing of the soldiers merged into one. Facing this bloody scene, the soldiers of the Black Banner Army showed an impatient desire, while the Nanyan people were almost all in vain. Face.
Murong was ashamed of the army that invaded Pingshang Road in the Southern Yan and Northern Expeditions. It had nothing to do with Fu Zhengnan and the others' private soldiers in the hands of the city lords. Even if the city lords were unable to assemble some troops later, most of them were recruited. . The Nanyan army has not experienced a real fight for many years.
The Black Banner Army, on the other hand, came here bloody all the way.
What kind of army can be called elite
The first point is whether you can put away your fear.
After about four salvos, most of the ballistas of the Nanyan army were destroyed, and even the arrow formations of the archers were smashed to pieces. Although the Black Banner Army also lost some, it was relatively light. In the face of opponents weaker than themselves, the Black Banner Army has never shown mercy.
When the ballista of the Nanyan army misfired, the ballista of the Black Banner Army poured out heavy crossbows even more recklessly!
More than a hundred ballistas continued to show their power, forcing the Nanyan army to retreat to the south bank of the river. The range of the ballista was more than 500 steps. The Nanyan army, which had lost their heavy weapons, seemed to have no other choice but to retreat. There is a way. But Fu Zhengming knew that once they retreated, the Black Banner Army would immediately set up a pontoon bridge to cross the river, and after a group of troops came to stabilize the river bank, the siege equipment they were looking at began to be transported over.
At that time, leading the troops out of the city by oneself would lose any meaning.
"Hold it!"
Fu Zhengnan hid behind a huge shield and shouted loudly: "Shield bearer, hold on! Stabilize the formation! Wait for my order, the enemy starts to build a pontoon bridge, and the archers immediately shoot their arrows!"
His shout seemed so small on the south bank of the river.
"It's our turn!"
General Qin Yuan of the Infantry Army was promoted by Fang Jie after he regained Pingshang Dao. He used to be a special general of the southern frontier army, and there were eight or nine hundred elite frontier troops under his command. Now, Fang Jie gave him fifteen thousand soldiers. The feeling of being reused and trusted made Qin Yuan feel a fire in his heart, a fire that he had to express himself.
He can't let people underestimate him, and he knows that if he wants to go further, he must make achievements.
Qin Yuan didn't wear armor at all, so he even took off his shirt at this time, revealing his strong tendons with his bare arms. He held a horizontal knife in his hand and pointed to the south bank: "Kill me, you will be my brothers! If you If you see me backing away, cut me from behind! If I see you backing away, I will slash at you too! If you can’t kill me, I will take you to commit suicide and apologize!”
"kill!"
The sturdy frontier soldiers led those former county soldiers and rushed into the river shouting. The first group of people who rushed down were all tied with ropes to prevent being washed away by the river. They carried the pontoon bridge that had been built to the river. Forward. At this time, the archers of the Nanyan army began to fight back under the rain of arrows.
One after another, the soldiers fell into the river and were covered with water, and the blood soon stained a large area of water red.
"Archer!"
Chen Dingnan shouted loudly: "Shoot the arrows! Overturn the Nanyan people's arrow array! The brothers are crossing the river. If you shoot more arrows, they will be spared!"
Feather arrows poured towards the opposite bank like a torrential rain, so dense that they collided in the air.
The shirtless crowd with knives rushed into the river one by one, and the floating bridge began to move to the south bank.
"Don't let them come here!"
Fu Zhengming roared hoarsely, but the words behind him were shattered by a shocking drumbeat.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The war drums were beating again and again, and on the high platform, the young man in black swung the drumsticks, every blow was so heavy.
"Show off my military power! Mighty everywhere!"
"Black Banner Army!"
Qin Yuan was the first to rush to the south bank of the river on the pontoon bridge: "Kill!"
"kill!"
The soldiers of the Black Banner Army stepped on the pontoon bridge and rushed across the river bank. At first, eight out of ten people who passed by were killed in the crowd of Nanyan Army, but soon, their comrades took their place. Gradually expand the controlled area. How could the roughness of the blood path cut out by one knife after another be comparable
The battlefield has always been... the vicious side bullying the weak.