Chapter 547

Hutuo River should be one of the largest rivers in Binzhou. Its origin is in the northeast of Yanmen county. The river section presents a hook shape. Yanmen County, Dingxiang County, Zhongshan County, Changshan County, Boling County, Hejian county and Bohai county are all within its scope of access and have always been connected to the Bohai Sea.

The Han army was not only in the sea, but also made good use of the river system in the mainland. Ran minsuo led his troops to use the Hutuo River to advance by water. The marching speed of the infantry army did not slow down the riding army.

Dingxiang, the new capital of Shijie Zhao, is located not far from the Hutuo River. The first fleet of the Han army appeared.

When the Han Army fleet appeared in the Hutuo reach of Dingxiang, Shi Hu sent a large number of archers to the Bank of the river. Although nearly 30000 archers did not organize an arrow array, the scene of ten thousand arrows firing at the same time really blocked the sun for a time.

Li Kuang stood on the flagship and looked at the huge scene on the shore. Shi Jie and Zhao Jun would not arrange any formations. They just piled up in a pile, but 30000 archers were shocked enough to shoot arrows at the same time. What's more funny is that there was no arrow to hit even a shipboard of the Han army.

Shijie Zhao now has no water army. Their water army was completely destroyed in Jizhou, and the cycle of shipbuilding for today's technology and productivity is not short. Even if Shi Hu abducted a considerable number of craftsmen, it could not save the near fire from the far water. There was no way to rebuild a fleet at all. If there were fewer warships, it was just to send vegetables to the Han fleet.

"The king has agreed to the general's strategy." Wei junchi looked at Shi Jie Zhao Jun, who was constantly shooting arrows on the bank, and could not see what the mood was: "we are now in the shogunate of the Hussars general."

Ran min's shogunate of the Hussars general was established, and Li Tan's shogunate of the North expedition was cancelled at the first time. It is only the first step for the central side to place the original shogunate of the North expedition to the shogunate of the Hussars general. It has been determined that the shogunate of the East expedition will also be included in the sequence of the shogunate of the Hussars general.

Ran min, the general of the hussars, was undoubtedly the commander of the shogunate. Li Tan, as the first deputy commander, was appointed by Xie an, who was urgently transferred from Guanzhong, and the marching Sima was assigned to Xie AI.

The action of the center makes everyone on the northern front battlefield have a more direct and intuitive concept. Xie an takes the military post of general xizhonglang and concurrently holds the post of commander-in-chief of the shogunate of the Hussars general. Xie AI also holds the post of commander-in-chief of the shogunate as a civil official of the imperial Shi Zhongcheng, which is equivalent to the fact that the specifications of the shogunate of the Hussars general are in line with the reality and the importance shown by the center.

The main force of the Han Army that made the approaching maneuver was stationed on the South Bank of the Hutuo River 50 miles away from Dingxiang. It is more than 70 li away from Guangmu, nearly 100 li away from the border of Changshan County, and less than 200 li away from the southwest. It is the original shogunate sequence of Li Tan's Northern Expedition general.

At present, the troops led by Li Tan are still besieging Jinyang and Quyang. Compared with before, it is a little tepid. The difference is that the troops in charge of attacking the city have launched the battle of climbing the city.

"The general of the Northern Expedition threw a lot of sandbags with a riprap truck. It took him half a month to concentrate on the south wall and pile up mounds that could allow soldiers to charge up." Wei junchi said admiringly: "just one charge will kill the wall and soon into the city."

In fact, the troops sent by Li Tan into the city did not mean that Jinyang was lost. As the defender of Jinyang City, Li Tu tenaciously organized the interception. The south city of Jinyang became a battlefield. There were many buildings and complex streets in the city. The fighting between the two armies began with the competition for each house, and the casualties on both sides were not low.

The Han Army fleet on the Hutuo River was preparing for a long-range attack. It was that the bed crossbow on each warship was equipped with a crossbow that was thicker than a long gun. After a hasty war drum was sounded, the soldier operating the bed crossbow hit the trigger with a wooden mallet. After a huge "instigation", there was the bang of the bed crossbow bow string, and countless harsh sounds roared in the air, After a period of leap, the launched crossbow lost its kinetic energy and fell down, with crimson blood and sad screams.

Thirty thousand Shi Jie and Zhao Jun also launched two rounds of volley. All 60000 arrows were still floating on the river. The number gathered to cover some river sections. The arrows floating on the water had been recycled by small boats put down by Han warships.

Shi Hu came to the scene in person, but he didn't make a flag. He was very angry that his archers couldn't reach the Han Army's warship. He executed three ten thousand captains on the spot without reason, and some people nearby were also unlucky.

"The maximum range is 280 steps." Zhang Mao said very carefully, "the number should be about 60. Each enemy warship is about two bed crossbows."

Zhang Mao was originally an assassin of Youzhou. Shi Hu gave Youzhou to Murong Yanguo. His official position as an assassin of Youzhou was not dismissed, and then he was given the title of joining the army.

"The firing range is nearly 60 steps longer than that of the Jin army's bed crossbow!" Shi Hu's face was full of gloom. He glanced at the palace maid who was trembling to fan the wind. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the Han Army fleet that was already turning around: "it has a range of nearly 100 steps more than our bed crossbow."

Of course, Shijie Zhao state will make bed crossbow, which is one of the benefits brought by ruling the Central Plains. The shape is modeled on the eight horse crossbow of the Jin army. Some differences in technology and parts lead to backwardness in quality. The farthest range is generally between 180 and 200 steps.

Not only the bed crossbow, but also the strong crossbow can be made by Shijie Zhao, but the quality is also backward. For a long time, Shijie Zhao army has rarely equipped the bed crossbow or strong crossbow. It is not only the relationship of backward quality, but also the factor of weak national strength.

Looking at the Han Army boats on the river picking up arrows, Shi Hu regretted that the test fire before the volley had long been confirmed to be out of reach. The next two rounds of Volley were purely to show momentum, but there were no 60000 arrows at once. It was absolutely false to say that he was not distressed.

Now Shijie Zhao is no longer the country that rules the Central Plains. It retreats to places like Bingzhou and Shuozhou where birds don't shit. The financial resources are very empty for the Hu people. The key is to draw materials. How many qualified arrows and arrows are 60000 arrows!

The Han Army's bed crossbow riding and shooting was issued again. The scale of a round of 60 crossbows was a little too small for 30000 people. It could only cause hundreds of deaths and injuries, but the movement was too big. It would also be extremely angry with Shi Jie Zhao Jun, who could only be beaten but could not fight back.

Bed crossbows have never been used solely to cause many deaths and injuries. Most of the time, they are used to attack the morale of the enemy. Rarely, hundreds of bed crossbows can be gathered, and thousands of bed crossbows can be used in one place, which has never happened in history.

Li Kuang came with the fleet, just to show off their strength. After they completed the turn around, they slowly reduced their speed in the sound of war drums.

"Organize the shield wall to protect your majesty!"

A rush of bangs sounded in the fleet on the river, and the dense black spots of more than 20 warships rose to the sky. It was a strong crossbow soldier who fired crossbows and arrows.

The longest range of the strong crossbow of the Han army was 450 steps. In the early days of fighting with Shijie Zhao army, the size of the Han army was much smaller than that of Shijie Zhao army. The Han army formed a death arrow array with strong crossbow, strong bow and crossbow, and taught Shijie cavalry how to be a man again and again.

Shi Hu pushed away to make an arrow like Zhang Huozhu, Zhang Mao, Shen Bian and others. Their position was more than 600 steps away from the Han warship. How could they be shot. He not only pushed away the loyal officials, but also took out the war sword from his waist and chopped several palace maids. He kicked several ministers. It can be seen that he was really angry to the extreme.

Each volley of the Han Army on the river is about 1000 crossbows and arrows. The coverage area is too large. It must be loose, but the casualties can be far more than the bed crossbow. Shi Jie archers on the river bank lose a lot. At the same time, chickens fly and dogs jump.

Several palace maids who were killed were there. Shi Jie's ministers who were kicked by Shi Hu didn't even dare to howl. They stayed in the center for a long time and knew the cruelty of Shi Hu very much. In recent years, Shi Jie Zhao has changed from a powerful overlord of the Central Plains to a small country forced to live in a corner. Although Shi Hu intended to avoid the edge of the Han Army, the feeling in his heart is really unspeakable.

Shi Hu is also old. His long-term indulgence in women's sex has long collapsed. He is no longer the overlord who can get on the horse dance gun. Some reasons for his character are even worse after his body collapsed. According to modern medical common sense, he has long-term high blood pressure, physical weakness, and frequent pain in his brain. He will also have fainting symptoms, strong weakness and love for power from time to time, It makes this man's cruelty more unbearable.

At present, according to the Western calendar, it is 347 A.D. in history, the stone tiger died in 349 A.D. at the age of 54.

"Your majesty!!!"

A burst of exclamation broke out when the stone tiger kicked people but fell down. The stone tiger who fell heavily on the ground was obviously dizzy and confused, and even turned his eyes, frightening the people around him.

Li Kuang happened to catch the chaos somewhere on the shore. He said to Wei junchi, "our range is not that far."

Obviously, the range of the strong crossbow of the Han army is the farthest in the world, but it is not exaggerated to more than 600 steps. Then something that the Han Army did not know must have happened.

Wei junchi is looking at the orderly withdrawal of Shi Jie and Zhao Jun from the shore. If he doesn't praise, he is a strong opponent, which is hypocritical. He looked in the direction pointed out by Li Kuang. The chaos there was very obvious. Without any banner, he couldn't guess that it was Shi Hu's accident.

Shijie Zhao Jun, who can only be shot passively on the shore, was already retreating in an orderly manner, and the Han fleet on the river also began to set sail by Yang Fan. Suddenly, bursts of howls appeared at a low frequency, and then Shijie Zhao Jun, who was retreating, stopped. I don't know who ordered him to approach the shore again.

Li Kuang looked at Shi Jie Zhao Jun who had gone back and forth relatively blankly.

The returned Shijie Zhao Jun was about two or three thousand people. They howled and rushed to the river and rushed into the water without stopping. Their figures fluttered in the river. They all worked hard to swim close to the Han Army warships.

"Look, those guys are completely crazy." Wei junchi was also very confused. He looked at many Shi Jie and Zhao Jun who were fluttering in the water and swam half way and sank directly: "should we shoot some important people?"

Although Shi Hu only fainted but didn't really faint, the senior officials on Shi Jie's side were really completely crazy. Everything was just because the Shi Hu who was carried into the carriage had a distorted face and couldn't speak. In short, Shi Hu had a stroke.

People with high blood pressure are prone to stroke. Emotional excitement and anger attack will definitely have a stroke. It was Shi Hu's good luck that didn't attack before.

"Should it be?" Li Kuang's mood was completely mobilized: "let those guys get closer and stimulate the Hu Lu on the shore."

Shi Jie and Zhao Jun, who had launched two or three thousand years ago, were not close to the Han warship. Within a hundred steps, there were less than 1500 fluttering figures left. Their speed was OK at the beginning. After swimming about a hundred steps, they formed a great gap and kept no more than 50 people in the first echelon.

The Han Army on the warship did not feel nervous. With the permission of their superiors, most soldiers commented on those figures fluttering in the water, and even made a lot of noise on purpose to make fun of them.

At least 30000 pairs of eyes were watching at the scene. At this time, no one thought much about why the Han Army didn't shoot arrows. At first, Shi Jie soldiers swam within ten steps of the Han Army's warship, and Shi Jie Zhao Jun on the shore began to cheer. The Han soldiers on the warship were actually cheering.

The Hu people have ruled the Central Plains for decades. As long as they are willing to learn, they can learn to swim. The difference is just how water-based they are. Shi Jie soldiers who can approach the Han Army's warships for the first time should not only be good at water-based, but also be brave enough. They are not afraid of death and dare to die. They underestimate the Han army. If they don't shoot an arrow, they are angry and have the will to bite the Han army even if they die.

"No, don't shoot. I'll get the harpoon." Li Mi is a simple and honest middle-aged man. He really ran to get a folded harpoon and straightened it with the help of paoze: "stabbing is much more fun than shooting."

The first Shijie soldier who approached the Han warship within five steps actually couldn't hold on. He swam in a heavy and floating attitude, and his speed was not much faster than the tortoise. The longest time he sank was more than ten breaths. When he floated again, he gasped heavily. His face was whiter than snow, his eyes were full of blood, and his lips were almost purple.

The Han Army's warship deck is generally more than one and a half feet out of the water. In fact, Shi Jie soldiers have swam to the bottom. Most of their weapons have sunk to the bottom of the river. They are basically bare handed. At most, they can only hammer the boat board and bite something too slippery.

Shi Jie, a senior official who sent soldiers, was a brain crippled act under rage and fear, completely to vent his anger.

Li mi found that he couldn't play with the harpoon for nearly four feet alone, so he shouted paoze for help. They worked together to control the harpoon to tilt down, shouted trumpets, and laughed at the miserable Shijie soldie