Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 753
At this time, this embankment has completely become a Shura slaughterhouse!
The entire embankment is not too thick, not more than ten feet wide, only the place where the arrow tower stands is still open.At this time, on the embankment, there were more super large crossbow bolts that had penetrated deep into the soil and were several feet long. These crossbow bolts more or less penetrated the corpses of some slave soldiers.There are already a lot of corpses accumulated on the entire embankment, and most of the soldiers died from the shooting of arrows, and arrows of different lengths were inserted crookedly on these corpses.

Not only the dikes are like this, the waters on both sides of the dikes are also full of floating corpses.At this time, only the soldiers on the arrow towers were able to survive on the embankment, and they were all suppressed by the arrows on the Lianfang ship and the new battleship that entered the front, so they dared not probe.

At this time, only more than a quarter of an hour had passed since the official start of the war. Because they were worried that once the Nanren boats broke through here, it would be more difficult to contain, so Taobao had previously ordered to stick to it.Then another scout came to report, so he diverted his attention to arrange many military affairs.In this very short period of time, the battle on the embankment has been like this. It cannot be called war at all, it is simply massacre!

This dam directly blocking the river has swallowed the lives of nearly [-] slaves in such a short period of time!Those ruthless southerners, taking advantage of the complex battlefield environment, shot and killed a wave of soldiers and then stopped, waiting for the follow-up reinforcements to refill the battle formation, and then another round of arrow rain!

At this time, the flames had gradually faded, and the slave soldiers farther away might not be able to see the brutality of this battle, but those soldiers who were on standby for reinforcements nearby had already been terrified of being killed. Driven away, no one dared to approach the dam again.And some of the slave soldiers who survived in the arrow tower were all heartbroken at this time, and they didn't dare to face such a fierce attack by the Huainan army. They could only pray to the sky that they would be able to escape.

On the other hand, on the side of the southerners, Lianfang Hengchen has already occupied half of the river, and there are battleship wings on the left and right. The soldiers stand on the deck and line up to shoot. There are almost no casualties.

Seeing this scene, Taobao gasped, let alone those ordinary soldiers.These soldiers may have repeatedly defeated their opponents in the Central Plains and are invincible vertically and horizontally, but they have little experience in real water warfare.Including Taobao, even though they had tried their best to imagine that the combat power of the Nanren navy was not weak, they never expected that they would be so strong!
The casualties of more than 2000 people made them realize the fact that the combat effectiveness of the Southern Navy was beyond their imagination.And the real water battle is not as simple as just putting boards in the river and then fighting against each other.The long-range ordnance equipped on the Nanren boat is not inferior to some strong fortresses on land, and the boat itself is surrounded by water, and its defense capability is much stronger than that of the fortress.The slave army was useless in boats and ships, so they could not pose a direct threat to the Huainan army itself at all.

"Get out of here..."

Tao Leopard's complexion fluctuated under the even weaker light of the fire. After a moment of silence, he squeezed out this sentence between his teeth.He also said similar words during the day, but his mood was completely different. During the day, he was trapped in the conservative style of play of the southerners, and wanted to lure his army to go deeper through false defense.But now it was a hard fight to no avail and was forced to evacuate.

Until now, Taobao realized that many of the previous ideas were still too underestimating the enemy.Just looking at the combat power shown by the Southern Navy, even if he resisted with all his strength, he would be a little bit overwhelmed. The idea of ​​showing the enemy's weakness to lure and annihilate him before is really ridiculous when he thinks about it now.Weakness is really weak, there is no need to put on a show.The southerners were conservative before, and now they are aggressively attacking, and they are definitely not tempted by it. Most of them are tactical arrangements of their own choice.

The Nanren moved slowly during the day, and only launched a fierce attack at night. After seeing the current battle situation, Taobao gradually gained insight.

The flow of water from the north to the south is a general trend of geography. Although the Rushui channel has been in disrepair for a long time, because the upstream terrain is higher than the Huai River, the water still flows into the Huai River.Previously, Taobao dug ditches near Rukou to divert the flow of Rushui, which caused the Huaihe River to flow backwards at the intersection of Rushui and Huaihe Rivers.The two streams are offset in the Rushui River near the Huai River, because the currents can only spread to both banks, forming a rather large tidal flat.

At the same time, most of the sediment carried in the upstream Rushui flow was deposited in the river channel near Rushui because there was no flow of water flow, which made the river bottom even higher and the water flow shallower, making navigation extremely difficult. Difference.

Yesterday, when the Huainan army went out, they did not advance quickly. Instead, they stopped in this section of the water flow, repaired and removed the silt, and made the Ru River flow downstream. Although it didn't take long, the water condition finally improved.This kind of practice is not out of cowardice, but to dredge the waterway for more boats to enter Rushui.

Although Taobao is a veteran general, his knowledge of water warfare and the use of river networks are not as good as that of the southerners, so he didn't realize the intentions of the southerners until this moment.In fact, the dispatch of Nanren's boats to remove silt was already a signal of a major offensive. It is ridiculous that Taobao was worried that the blocking force would overwhelm the Nanren's courage to attack, and he would continue to withdraw without strengthening the interception!

After realizing this, Taobao felt complicated. This time he seemed to have tried his best, but he was still led by the nose. He thought that the arrangement to lure the enemy was exactly what the Nanren wanted.If the waterway at Rukou is firmly guarded and the southerners are not given a chance to dredge it, the southerners will not dare to go deep even though they are full of boats.

But it's too late to think about these things now. Although the combat power of the Nanren Navy exceeded his imagination, it has finally penetrated deep into the Ru River, weakening its ability to support the mainstream of the Huai River.I only hope that King Zhongshan will be able to cross over smoothly. Once a large number of Chinese troops land on the south bank of the Huai River, they will directly threaten Nanren Shouchun's main formation.At that time, the navy along the way must be in a dilemma, and it is impossible to maintain the current vigor.

However, Tao Leopard is still a little nervous after all. The combat performance of the Southerners is different before and after. It is obvious that they are preserving their strength in the confrontation in the past few days. Inside.Thinking about it this way, the large number of boats leaving the town seems to be tempting King Zhongshan to attack south.

The initiative has always been in the hands of the southerners. If their boats did not choose to go deep into Rushui, Zhongshan King would not dare to move rashly.Now that the attack is suddenly launched, could it be that some important arrangement has been arranged?

Thinking about it this way, it is difficult for Taobao to remain optimistic about Shihu's battle across the Huaihe River.Dang even summoned his own soldiers and ordered to report the news quickly, so that the king of Zhongshan should not underestimate the enemy.As for the speculation about the intentions of the southerners, he did not explain too much, fearing that this would dispel King Zhongshan's fighting spirit.If the king of Zhongshan does not mobilize, then the southern naval army that is advancing this time will be fully borne by him, and there will be a recalcitrant army in the land of Xuanhu.

Here on the embankment, it is difficult to defend.The display of such a strong combat power by the southerners directly disintegrated the fighting spirit of the nearby soldiers. If it weren't for the dark night and dim light at this time, the psychological impact on the army would undoubtedly be even greater.

So when Taobao gave the order, the [-] army soldiers who were still gathering near the bank withdrew in an instant, and their actions were several times faster than when they were assembled.For a while, there were few slave soldiers near the embankment.No, there are still some, all trapped in the arrow tower on the embankment, crying for mercy and calling for help.But soon, Taobao no longer needed to worry about the lives of these soldiers.

After the slave soldiers withdrew from here, the huge Lianfang ship in Jiang Xin's heart moved again.Several fighting ships pulled and towed, turning the hull around. During this process, the Nanren fighting ships continued to shoot at the embankment, blocking reinforcements and restricting the movement of the surviving people on the arrow tower.

When the big ship turned around, it also resolved a doubt in Taobao's mind, that is, this big ship has more offensive weapons on one side, and there are many soldiers standing, why can't the ship tilt?Now that the big ship turned around, Tao Bao noticed that the hull on the other side was also loaded with many offensive weapons for equal weight.The most conspicuous of these ordnance are the several long logs that were originally hanging outside the hull and not in the current.

At this time, the big ship turned around, and the hull on this side rushed directly to the embankment. The long logs were all pulled up by the long rope pulleys, as if the arms of giants were raised high in the river.

Seeing this scene, Taobao couldn't help but let out a low growl, but the fact did not change due to his wishes. These long logs were pulled almost vertically, and then suddenly moved towards the embankment under Taobao's horrified eyes. Those surviving arrow towers slap away!

boom……

The astonishing loud noise shook the river bank.The arrow tower that was originally standing on the embankment was suddenly broken by this heavy blow!And those survivors of the slave soldiers who gathered in the arrow tower were directly smashed and slapped into a pool of plasma without even realizing it, and as the broken bamboo and wood fragments splashed in all directions, there were no bones left!
Shooting rods use simple mechanical principles. The bigger the mechanism, the greater the power.The poles carried by warships of the size of Lianfang, even the battleships moving on the river will be destroyed by one blow, not to mention that these on the embankment do not have the ability to dodge arrow tower.

So amidst the repeated bangs, those remaining arrow towers were slapped and smashed one by one, and there was no longer a slave soldier alive on the embankment!
"The southern thief is hateful!"

Seeing this scene, Taobao was even more frightened and angry, her temples on both sides twitched frequently, and her canthus almost burst.These elite fighters under his command are all brave soldiers who have fought for a long time, but now they have been massacred without even touching the corner of the enemy's clothes!Even if they are extremely ferocious slaves, if they want to kill someone, they have to slash with a knife and a sword, but these southerners rely on their powerful boats and boats, and if they kill them, they will be a nest, which is extremely tyrannical!
At this moment, Taobao's breathing became short of breath. Although his soldiers pulled him back, his feet were still rooted and he didn't move. He seemed unwilling to give up, and wanted to see how this big ship would pass this place. A dam.

Seeing with his own eyes how powerful the boats and boats of the Southerners are, Taobao was terrified, and made up his mind that once he seized the opportunity, he would kill people and seize the boats at any cost, and take these powerful weapons of water warfare into his own hands.Although the fighting power shown by the southerners is irresistible, there are still many arrangements behind the dam, and the slave army still has the power to stop them. If they can snatch the boat and fight on board, it will be enough to destroy the boat of the southerners. boat advantage.

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