Chapter 91: Wei River Annihilation Battle (1)
Woo--! Woo--! Woo--!
One trumpet after another resounded across the west bank of the Wey.
After the horn sounded, the phalanx of the Third Army on the West Bank immediately moved!
Looking at the Britannia Imperial Army that started to move on the other side, Allen murmured: "Has it started..."
Afterwards, Allen turned his head and said to Er behind him: "Send the order, let the crossbowmen get ready! After hearing my order, start shooting!"
"yes!"
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The 20,000 soldiers of the 3rd Army moved very quickly, and soon, some soldiers fell into the cold water of the Wei River.
The weather is already relatively cold now, so the water in the Wei River is also unusually cold.
Every soldier who fell into the Wei River shivered involuntarily after his feet were soaked in the Wei River.
But fortunately, the water level of the Wei River is very low now, the lowest point reaches the human ankle, and the deepest part only reaches the human knee, so the soldiers can bear it.
Therefore, the soldiers of the 3rd Army endured the icy river water and rushed towards the Carolingian Kingdom Army on the opposite bank!
Soon, thousands of soldiers had already entered the Wei River.
At this time, Su Cheng also rode his horse into the Weihe River, and went to the front to direct the soldiers of the 3rd Army to cross the river.
And the soldiers responsible for carrying the "handsome flag" naturally followed closely behind Su Cheng, the commander of the whole army.
The 20,000 soldiers of the 3rd Army naturally recognized what the "handsome flag" looked like, and they also knew what it meant that the "handsome flag" was by their side.
The soldiers of the 3rd Army cheered up at the thought that the commander of the whole army rushed to the front line with him.
The coach is also rushing to the forefront, who dares to neglect?
Therefore, the morale of the 20,000 soldiers of the 3rd Army soared and they struggled to cross the river.
Allen on the east bank, after seeing the "handsome flag" of the Britannia Imperial Army moving with the soldiers, said in a tone of praise: "I didn't expect that the Britannia Army's Commander, you are quite kind. He actually went to the front line of the battlefield to command the troops. If the current commander of the Britannia Army is really replaced by the new knight named Su Cheng, I will I really want to meet him, this kind of courage is really rare."
However, appreciation is appreciation, and the battle must be fought well.
Seeing that the soldiers of the Britannia Army had just rushed to the middle of the Wei River, Allen immediately ordered:
"Let the arrow!"
After receiving Allen's order to release arrows, all the crossbowmen in the Carolingian Kingdom acted quickly.
The sound of the bowstring returning from a tense state to a relaxed state resounded on the east bank of the Wei River.
Arrows and crossbow arrows like a torrential rain slammed into the soldiers of the Britannia Empire who had just rushed to the middle of the Wei River.
The 20,000 troops crossing the river immediately burst into screams and groans.
The high-speed arrows and crossbow bolts carried huge energy, and slammed into the bodies of the soldiers of the 3rd Army one after another, causing the brains, blood and other liquids to form a mist, and fell on the surrounding compatriots. on their faces, on their armor.
Accompanied by screams and groans, one after another splashed up, blooming in mid-air into one after another bewitching red flowers made of blood.
These bewitching red flowers fell back to the river surface. The originally clear river water was polluted by these red flowers, and the entire river surface turned into a strange pink.
The crossbowmen of the Carolingian Kingdom on the east bank released arrow rain wave after wave, and the dense arrow rain firmly enveloped the 3rd Army.
Facing the enemy's arrow attack, Su Cheng immediately ordered:
"Fight back! Shoot arrows!"
The two sides began to exchange shots.
But because there were only 20,000 troops crossing the river, most of these 20,000 were infantry, and only a small part of them were crossbowmen, so the concentration of arrows was far inferior to the tens of thousands on the other side. Crossbowmen.
In addition, the crossbowmen of the 3rd Army were all soaked in water,
The mobility and flexibility in the water deteriorated. For these reasons, the Britannia Army was gradually suppressed.
More and more soldiers of the 3rd Army were shot and shot down. The blood has dyed the Wei River bright red. It is no longer possible to tell where the river is and where the blood is.
Under the attack of this fierce arrow rain, the Britannia army's crossing attack was frustrated, the speed was greatly slowed down, and every step forward had to pay great casualties.
Quite a few of the crossbowmen of the Carolingian Kingdom Army on the opposite bank were projectiles. That is to say, not only the soldiers of the 3rd Army rushing to the front would be attacked, but even those in the middle or behind would be attacked. It is also possible to be shot by a thrown arrow.
Therefore, Su Cheng, who is in the center of the Third Army, is not absolutely safe.
At this time, Alan had already tightly grasped her black ax and gun, and entered a state of concentration, tightly sticking to Su Cheng's side, guarding the surroundings, lest any arrow hit Su Cheng.
Alan swung his gun several times to block the arrow that almost hit Su Cheng.
However, there is always a gap in the hundred secrets. Even if Alan is already in a state of concentration, on this chaotic battlefield, all kinds of chaotic sounds interfere with Alan's five senses, so there are still people who don't notice the arrows. when.
Just now, an arrow escaped Alan's perception and flew past Su Cheng's cheek!
Alan and Deng Jiaer were so frightened that they almost fell off their horses.
However, when the arrow flew past Su Cheng's cheek, Su Cheng didn't even blink his eyes, and still observed the current battle situation expressionlessly.
The commander of the 3rd Army next to Su Cheng was stunned.
After seeing an arrow flying past Su Cheng's cheek without Su Cheng blinking, the commander of the 3rd Army shouted in his heart:
Are you still human? ! Just now, an arrow was shot right in your face! If this arrow had been bent a little earlier, it could have shot your head off! Why can you be so calm? Don't you blink your eyes?
After witnessing this terrifying scene with his own eyes, the way the commander of the 3rd Army looked at Su Cheng changed immediately.
Become in awe and respect.
In his mind, Su Cheng was already like a monster.
"Brother! You should retreat to a place farther away one after another! This place is not very safe anymore!" Alan said anxiously with an ax and gun in his hand, "This place is really too dangerous. You were lucky just now! That arrow is crooked After a while, it passed close to your face! Maybe you won't have such good luck later!"
"Yes! Sir!" Deng Jiaer also said at this time, "You are now the commander of the entire army! If something happens to you, the blow to the morale of the entire army will be devastating!"
After hearing Alan and Deng Jiaer's dissuasion from Su Cheng, the commander of the 3rd Army also reacted immediately, saying:
"Yes! Commander, your two subordinates are right! You should retreat a little bit first! It's not safe here anymore! Please retreat to the end of the third army!"
The commander of the 3rd Army doesn’t want anything to happen to Su Cheng now. A coach has already died before. If another one dies now, he really doesn’t know who to push to be the new coach. , I can only withdraw my troops and return home sadly.
However, Su Cheng ignored Alan and the others, but continued to observe the current battle situation expressionlessly, ignoring the arrows passing around him.
After a while, when the 3rd Army who was crossing the river had suffered thousands of casualties, and the soldiers had reached almost two-thirds of the Wei River, Su Cheng shouted:
"Retreat! Let the soldiers of the 3rd Army retreat to the west bank of the Wei River!"