Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 1017 The First Day

At dawn the next day, a large group of barbarian soldiers appeared on the other side of the river.

But they did not launch an attack immediately. Instead, they stopped on the other side of the river, shouting strangely to provoke the Ming army, while waiting for the follow-up troops.

They danced by the river and even went down to the river to cross the river, trying to mess up the mentality of the Ming army.

As a result, the sharpshooters of the Ming army killed several clowns one after another. They did not dare to approach the river bank easily and waited honestly in a safe area.

As the sun rose and the fog dispersed, the number of barbarians on the other side reached tens of thousands. The mountains and plains are filled with all kinds of barbarian soldiers.

They either wrapped their heads with blue cloth or wore their hair loose and barefoot. Some wore single large earrings, some wore nose rings, and some had large painted faces. They were obviously from many different tribes.

A group of leaders-looking people quarreled for a long time by the river, and the barbarians finally launched an attack.

At the head of the battle were the barbarian soldiers with disheveled hair and bare feet. They held up a six- or seven-foot-long three-pronged boring machine and rushed onto the stone bridge with howls.

Halfway through the charge, the Ming army blocked their way by setting up a barrage of horses on the bridge.

Now that the Ming army is depleted of troops, they have to send troops out of the city to stop them. It is obviously to buy time to rush to transport autumn grain.

"Yes." The leaders nodded one after another. When they met, they made it very clear that the goal of this uprising was to capture Kunming City and make the chieftain leaders throughout Yunnan rebel together.

The chieftain opposite was extremely anxious. Seeing that it was almost noon, and they were still poking and poking me like they were playing house, the leader of the Black Barbarians, Yang Ju, anxiously said to the leaders: "This won't work. The Ming army obviously wants to delay time. Let's wait and see. It plays into their hands."

The bridge was densely packed with the follow-up troops of the barbarians. Those in front could not open the passage, so they could only wait behind them.

The barbarian soldiers were not willing to risk their lives to clear the bridge, so the two sides stabbed each other for a long time through a piece of deer wood. It was very lively to see you coming and going, but the casualties on both sides were very limited. Not many people were killed in total.

The purpose of the Ming army was to hold on for three days, not to destroy the enemy, so they were naturally happy to see this situation.

The Ming army would not give them a chance to clean up easily. The archers and gunmen placed on the bridge and on both sides of the bridge kept aiming and shooting, knocking down one after another the barbarians who rushed near Juma. .

However, the spearmen of the Ming army were not meant to kill the enemy. Their task was to protect Luchai with their spears. Under their obstruction, the barbarian soldiers were killed as soon as they made a move, and there was no way to clean up Luchai.

The two sides separated the deer and wood and stabbed each other with spears and tridents.

The barbarian soldiers tried to use the three-pronged boring machine to push the Juma away, but the lower end of the Juma was pinned down by large rocks used by the Ming army. How could they push it away for a while?

At this time, almost an hour had passed.

But this Juma is just an appetizer, there is a deer firewood behind it, and behind the deer firewood, there are Ming troops armed with eight-foot spears standing ready.

It wasn't until another group of barbarians holding wooden shields rushed up to support them and blocked the hail of bullets for them. The barbarians with disheveled hair and bare feet were able to push the big rocks into the water one by one, and finally pushed the Juma into the water.

Of course they couldn't let the Ming army succeed. Without the autumn grain, the Ming army would not be able to stay in Yunnan, let alone Kunming City.

But if the Ming army rushes to transport autumn grain into the city, and there is sufficient food, it will be difficult for them to capture Kunming City.

So they decisively offered money to withdraw their troops. When the barbarians attacked again in the afternoon, the Ming army saw that they had changed their tactics——

Some strong barbarians carried several thick logs and, under the cover of shields, charged towards Luchai!

The Ming army hurriedly used bows, arrows and fire guns to stop them, but these barbarian soldiers were actually wearing armor. Although it was only rattan armor and leather armor, their protection was greatly improved. They finally rushed to Luchai despite the firepower of the Ming army!

When the thick log hit hard, the makeshift wooden fence collapsed and shattered.

The barbarian soldiers carrying logs all died under the spears of the Ming army...

But their sacrifice was worth it. The barbarians who followed behind them excitedly swarmed towards the Ming army, holding swords, guns and clubs.

The soldiers of the Ming army did not panic at all, but retreated a few feet and reorganized their formation. The shield soldiers blocked the enemy in front, the spear soldiers killed the enemy in the back, and the archers and gunmen were still on both sides of the bridge to provide continuous fire support.

The two sides fought fiercely on the seven-foot-wide bridge. The barbarian soldiers rushed and fought fiercely, but the Ming army soldiers refused to give an inch. Both sides were furious, waving their weapons and frantically greeting each other. Soldiers were dying in battle every moment...

But the old problem still exists. The scope of the fighting between the two sides is limited to the front line where the troops are in close contact. The barbarians at the back are still watching the fun...

This kind of local fierce fighting was naturally beneficial to the Ming army, but the numerical advantage of the barbarians was still unable to be used. As a result, they failed to break through the bridge guarded by the Ming army until dark, and had to retreat again.

The soldiers of the Ming army also breathed a sigh of relief and rested on the spot, eating some dry food and regaining their strength.

Yu Min was also exhausted. Although the narrow bridge can't accommodate many troops, he has been watching the battle from behind today and has not gone into battle at all, but he has not been idle for a moment, and has been digging trenches with his hoe.

At the end of the day, he and his colleagues dug a deep ditch nearly two miles long, and both dug out waist-deep water.

The soldiers were so dirty and tired that they turned into mud monkeys. When the officers called for a break, they all collapsed beside the trench, without even the strength to lift their arms.

"Is this the end of the day?" However, everyone was quite happy and said one after another: "If we stay like this for three days, what's so difficult about it?"

"I can defend it for ten days!" a soldier boasted.

"You can dig ten ditches!" All the soldiers burst into laughter, and the overall atmosphere was still very optimistic.

Qi Xiang couldn't be optimistic. He knew that today the enemy's head had not turned around for a while. Seeing them guarding the bridge, they just wanted to seize the bridge. As a result, their strength advantage could not be used, and a day was wasted.

But they will surely realize that there is more to crossing the river than just taking one path over the bridge. Once they turn the corner, the real test comes.

At this time, he saw the barbarian soldiers starting to cut down bamboos from the nearby mountains and drag them to the shore, and he knew that they finally thought of building a raft to cross the river.

"When they are almost done, I will lead people to rush over and destroy them all!" Lu Qianhu said coldly.

"It's useless. You can't destroy it as quickly as others can build it up." Qi Xiang shook his head and said, "It's better to save your energy and strengthen the fortifications."

"Alas." Lu Qianhu responded. After a while, the soldiers, who had just eaten some dry food and rested for a while, began to get busy again.

(End of this chapter)