Chapter 802: "·War of the Bridge·Up"

The difference between friendship and love is that friendship means two people and the world, but love means that two people are the world.
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The fine iron bridge is not a spacious deck, and the six white cavalry who ride side by side charge easily broke through the first five lines of defense of the defensive infantry; nearly 20 people were lined up in a row of defensive infantry, and there were hundreds of them after the battle. The soldiers died instantly.
Compared to the intermediate infantry who were trampled into mud by enemy cavalry, the infantry standing on both sides of the bridge had no chance to react, and they were rushed into the Xingyue River by the rampant horseshoes and washed away by the turbulent water.
The fierce blow of the Zhengbaiqi cavalry did not defeat the defensive will of the defending soldiers. They still stuck on the bridge and cut their weapons towards the enemy cavalry who gradually lost their speed advantage; at the same time, the defending troops The archer's shooting did not stop either.
Facts have proved that the narrow bridge in the combat area is neither suitable for ordinary infantry defensive operations nor for large-scale cavalry rushing; the Zhengbaiqi cavalry who cannot quickly defeat the defending infantry, lost their mobility, and immediately fell into contact with the defending infantry Fight hard.
The weapons used by the Zhengbaiqi cavalry are bows and scimitars. In melee combat, bows and scimitars that are difficult to play and the limited range of scimitars are not as simple and efficient as the long swords in the hands of the defending infantry.
However, the cavalry of Zhengbaiqi sitting on the battlefield’s predominantly offensive is more advantageous than the arduous infantry of the defending infantry. However, the presence of the war horse is not necessarily an advantage. The defending archers continue to shoot arrows The impact on the warhorse is very great.
Many of the cavalry soldiers who could not reach the frontal battle line in a moment and a half, and the number of casualties has been rising under the attack of the archers of the defending archers; but, before and after are the battles of the friendly forces, making them in a state of adversity. situation.
The brave and fierce cavalry of the white flag may be able to withstand the arrow rain of the defending archers under the temptation of wealth; but the horses under their seats do not have this ability, especially those injured horses, they are even restless. Ran wildly on the bridge.
An already narrow bridge can accommodate up to six horses advancing side by side. Now there are injured horses ramming on the bridge, and the formation of other cavalry will be disrupted. In fact, the two positive white flags on the bridge, It has long been a mess.
Even if there is no continuous arrow rain attack by the defending archers, it is difficult to control the cavalry who are injured and crazy horses, from time to time they will squeeze their comrades into the Xingyue River; Of the Zhengbaiqi cavalry.
After more than ten minutes of unsuccessful assault, the two full-blown cavalry of the Zhengbaiqi cavalry, less than 300 cavalry were still fighting on the bridge and the battle was getting weaker; among the 300-plus cavalry who died in the battle, More than two hundred cavalrymen died in the river, not in battle.
The five hundred guard infantry who were desperately defending had fewer than two hundred soldiers at this time, but they successfully guarded the bridge port, and with the assistance of the archer behind them, they slowly began to occupy the combat initiative and maintained A defensive counterattack with ease.
The death of more than three hundred cavalry is an acceptable loss to the leaders of the Zhengbaiqi, who each have five cows and fifteen hundred cavalry; the bridge battles that can never be opened, but only want to plunder property The leaders of the team retreated.
Fighting with the imperial defenders has never been the purpose of the Jurchen tribes. Their purpose of invading the south is merely to plunder property; if their own losses are too heavy, then the property they plundered can't be retained. After all, the competition on the grassland is still very fierce .
There are three bridges on the Xingyue River. Not only the imperial army stationed in Besançon province, but also the Jurchen tribe cavalry who occupied Longchamp province also know; since this bridge can not be hard to attack, then choose the other two bridges Use it as an offensive channel.
The first leader who made such a proposal immediately received the support of the other two leaders. If he wanted to get through the bridge in one go, seeing that the other three leaders did not want to continue their offensive, they had to deal with the other three. All the leaders withdrew their troops together to find another bridge.
After the Zhengbaiqi cavalry fighting the bridge sounded a trumpet symbolizing the retreat, the decisive Zhengbaiqi cavalry quickly retreated and retreated; the long-fighted defending infantry were exhausted. There is no idea of ​​chasing.
After nearly half an hour of fighting, the attacking and defending sides lost more than 300 soldiers each. Until the Zhengbaiqi cavalry slowly withdrew from the battlefield, the cavalry sent by the bridge defenders before the battle could not reach the main force station fifty miles away.
"General, the second bridge defender urgently reported: Half an hour ago, about six thousand Zhengbaiqi cavalrymen appeared on their north shore!"
Bai Feng, who was inspecting the training of the soldiers in the 58th Army Corps Barracks, heard Lukurus’ report and turned around to order Steve around him: "Steve, you will immediately call the heads of the legions. My military account discusses military affairs!"
"Nuo!" Steve, who understood the seriousness of the matter, hurried away.
"Lucurus, you will immediately mobilize the four Royal Spearmen and eight Spartan heavy infantry under your command, and then the three Cretan archers from Wink's Command will form three advance troops. Immediately support the defenders stationed on the three bridges."
"promise!"
"Goto Kiji, you immediately led your soldiers to the second bridge under attack at full speed; up to half an hour after the advance troops arrived at the bridge, you must lead the army to the second bridge to ensure that the second bridge is foolproof! "
"promise!"
After issuing three orders in succession, Bai Feng turned his face toward the barracks of the personal guard where his military account was located. The outbreak of war in advance made Bai Feng caught off guard and also produced a strong sense of crisis.
The Xingyue River, with only three fine iron bridges, is a natural barrier against the southern invasion of the Jurchen tribe in Besançon; as long as the control of these three bridges is in their own hands, Bai Feng has the initiative to control the war and gradually defeat Hundred thousand and eight banner cavalry who occupied Longxiang province.
If the three bridges on the Xingyue River fail, then the flat terrain of Besançon will become a battlefield for thousands of flag cavalry; the infantry army of your own, although not necessarily losing the war, is certain. Will fall into a passive.
The reason why Bai Feng did not send heavy troops to handle the three bridges is that on the one hand, the cold winter in the north has not completely passed, and the Jurchen tribe should not be able to wage war in the winter. On the other hand, he wants to seize the time and improve the strength of the various legions. Fighting power.
Unexpectedly, such a deployment actually gave the Jurchen tribe an opportunity; but at this time, it was judged whether the Jurchen tribe made every effort to launch a southward invasion, or whether the current battle was just the sole action of Zheng Baiqi himself. early.
Bai Feng, who couldn't figure out the true intentions of the Jurchen tribe, had to implement his counterattack plan in advance to deal with the Jurchen tribe's sudden south invasion; the five standing legions that were not ready for war, Bai Feng had to put them into battle in advance.
As for the Lance Corps, which had no time for the head of the Corps, Leonida’s Spartan Corps will temporarily fight under the name of the Lance Corps; the Lance Corps, which has almost no combat power, will be left by Bai Feng to stay at the barracks.
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