The battle was not as smooth as expected.

In the first hour, the Dragon Roar Cannon and the Tiger Roar Cannon destroyed all the long-range fire points on the other side with their range and firepower advantages.

In competing with the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition Army, the Tatars were obviously overestimating their abilities. They took the lead in firing the artillery to expose their firepower positions. The Dragon Roar Heavy Cannon attacked with flowering bullets. On average, every three shells hit a fire point, knocking off the opponent's artillery fortifications one after another.

Dozens of tiger roar cannons on the three wooden sailboats carried out large-scale indiscriminate attacks on the opposite shore. While destroying the cyclone cannon, they also caused a large amount of damage to the Tartar soldiers on the other shore.

Various flowering bullets were implemented, and artillery shells were continuously poured into the Tartar fortifications on the other side. Rocks fell like rain on the top of the cliff at the opposite ferry, smoke and dust covered the sun, and people were overturned.

After the artillery and cyclone artillery were destroyed, the pontoon bridge on the river continued to extend under the cover of artillery fire. The sporadic Tatar strikes could not stop the construction of the pontoon bridge.

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But the closer the distance, it means that other attack weapons of the Tatars can come in handy. The strong bow of the Tatars can strike at a distance of 150 steps from a high point. The Tatars gathered to form a powerful lethal force within a distance of 300 steps. There are also a large number of catapults and crossbows and other strike weapons. These are the confidence of the Tatars to dare to garrison on the other side.

No matter how fierce the Ming army's artillery was, its ammunition was limited, and the range of bombing was limited. As long as the Ming army dared to cross the river, it would be attacked by large-scale crossbows, arrows, stone catapults, and other medium-range equipment.

In the second hour, the Ming army successfully pushed the pontoon bridge to a range of 200 steps. The Tartar soldiers on the other side seemed to be silent and did not give any obstruction. The pontoon bridge ran forward smoothly, and a large number of small boats carrying wooden rafts and fixed stones rushed to the end of the pontoon bridge to speed up the construction speed. Thousands of Ming soldiers who built the pontoon bridge were busy like ants.

The Tatars on the other side did not trigger the attack and did not take action. This gave the Ming army the illusion that the Tartars had been fooled by artillery fire.

However, in an instant, the Tatars launched a storm-like attack. When the floating bridge extended to seventy or eighty steps from the river bank, various bows, arrows, crossbows, stones and giant crossbows on the other side suddenly attacked, and it seemed like a heavy rain was falling on the river surface.

A large number of crossbow arrows and stones fell within the area near the pontoon bridge. The busy Ming soldiers on the pontoon bridge were densely filled with arrows or hit. The crossbow with a whistling sound bombarded the crossbow arrows as thick as a man on the pontoon bridge, splattering flesh and blood, and slapping wood chips.

Thousands of Tartar archers shot burning grease arrows towards the pontoon bridge. Although these rockets wrapped around the arrows with strips of animal grease-soaked cloth are crude, they are effective rockets. The burning rockets dragged black smoke to cut through the space, and the scene was terrifying and spectacular.

The dense rockets were nailed to the wooden board of the pontoon bridge and quickly ignited a fire. Some Ming soldiers tried to put out the fire, but doing so would only become a living target. More than 100 Ming soldiers crowded at the front of the pontoon bridge were quickly emptied.

The five small boats loaded with wood and stones were also penetrated by huge crossbow arrows. Soon the incoming water overturned the river, and all the soldiers on it fell into the water and struggled.

Under the blow of dense firepower of this scale, all the Ming soldiers within the 150 steps of the pontoon bridge had no chance of avoiding or avoiding it. The pontoon bridge, which took an hour to extend out, quickly collapsed under the flames and attacks.

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The artillery fire rumbled on three wooden sailboats, and a large number of shells poured on the other side, trying to suppress the Tartar soldiers. But after all, dozens of artillery were indeed limited in coverage. On the battlefield spread across the other side, it was impossible for the artillery to completely suppress the other side. The fortifications built by the Tartars were just above the cliff, and it was difficult to destroy them with rocks as a barrier. However, many catapults on the grassland above the cliff were smashed, but they did not have the effect of complete suppression.

Seeing this, Zhang Yanling immediately ordered the soldiers on the pontoon bridge to retreat to a range of 300 steps. In order to prevent the fire from spreading, the pontoon bridge outside the range of the rocket were quickly demolished. When the personnel and the pontoon bridge were all separated from the opponent's fire strike range, the fierce attack of the Tartars gradually stopped.

"What should I do? The Tartars have a strong firepower, but what should I do? Or just use a boat to rush over and attack the other side. There is no need to build a floating bridge." Zhang Lun said anxiously.

Zhang Yanling shook his head and said, "That's not the case. The pontoon bridge is for cavalry and vehicles to cross the river. It must be built. Moreover, even if three large boats and dozens of small boats charge together, they can only cross the river or two thousand people at one time. Do you think you can survive under the attack of such dense firepower of the Tartars? Isn't it to die?"

Zhang Lun said: "What should I do? I can't attack and I can't fight the floating bridge. What should I do?"

Zhang Yanling said: "What's the hurry? It's so easy to break through the natural danger of the Yellow River. How can the Yellow River be used as a barrier for Hetao? Do you really think the Tartars are made of paper? They have some means to mobilize troops for so long. But I, Zhang Yanling, are not a vegetarian."

Zhang Lun said happily: "What? What else do you have?"

Zhang Yanling refused to answer and issued a series of orders.

"The command is to tie all the small boats on the pontoon bridges, lay dry soil on the wooden rafts, and be parked at the end of the pontoon bridge three hundred steps away from the other side of the pontoon bridge."

"The message was to Xu Tai and Wu Hao and others to prepare for the charge. Once the floating bridge is penetrated, they will immediately rush to the top of the cliff on the other side."

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"The order, Chen Shiyi, led a thousand bomb throwers, carried enough grenades and followed the charge. After getting ashore, be sure to open the cliff passage."

"The order for the Bird Gun Battalion and Machine Gun Battalion to follow the charge troops and set up defense lines after going up the cliff to prevent the Tartars from counterattacking."

Everyone responded to the promise and immediately started to take action. The calls of orders continued to rise and fall. The boats on the shore began to lay the logs of the floating bridge. A total of sixteen small boats were all laid in one stick of incense. Then they arrived at the front of the floating bridge and were moored at the front of the floating bridge and stood on standby.

The four foreign troops used swords and shields as the front team and organized the formation. Five thousand suicide squads were arranged on the river beach. Chen Shi led one thousand bombers, each carrying one ammunition basket, with fire slashes in the left hand and golden gourd in the right hand ready. Three hundred bird gunners and five teams equipped with Mrs. Xu's machine gun were at the end.

Zhang Lun didn't know what Zhang Yanling was going to do, so he asked, "Yanling, aren't you going to rush to force yourself? The bridge has not been set up yet, how can you rush to rush to?"

Zhang Yanling said: "Brother Lun, do you follow me on the warship to supervise the battle myself?"

Zhang Lun was stunned, but saw that Zhang Yanling had already striding onto the pontoon bridge with Changshun, Feng Gang and other personal guards. He soon walked to the front of the pontoon bridge and watched him take his men on a wooden sailboat parked under the pontoon bridge.

Zhang Lun thought about it, but he didn't have the courage to follow. He didn't have to go ahead and fight desperately, and the crossbow arrows were not eye-catching.

Zhang Yanling got on a wooden sailboat and looked up at the wind direction of the flags on the mast. It was the southeast wind, and the wind was not strong, but that was enough.

"Send the order, all artillery fire, replace it with white phosphorus smoke bombs. The angle is fifty-five, the direction is thirty degrees southeast of the pontoon bridge, and the distance is six hundred steps away. Prepare!" Zhang Yanling ordered loudly.

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The gunners on the three wooden sailboats acted quickly, all sub-cannons were filled with white phosphorus smoke bombs, the muzzle was rotated, and the orientation was adjusted, and they were ready for launch.

"Damn all the smoke bombs in the shortest time and release them!" Zhang Yanling shouted loudly.

Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom! The tiger roar cannon made continuous loud roars, resounding across the river.

The shells roared out, and the next moment, balls of white smoke burst out from the air in front of the cliff on the other side of the shore, and there was a shiny fire burning in the smoke, like lightning spreading in the clouds.

It was the flames of white phosphorus splashing in the air. This combustion would burst out with a large amount of white smoke and dust. This is the characteristic of the white phosphorus smoke bomb. In an instant, a huge smoke screen formed in the air, like a pile of white clouds emerged from the sky between a cliff and a river.

The artillery fire continued, and the tiger roared and the cannon fired quickly. The smoke in the air became thicker with the roar and explosion. The southeast wind blew slightly, and the smoke moved across, as if it opened a heavy curtain between the cliff and the river surface, blocking the sights of both the enemy and us.

Almost in an instant, the Tatars and the Ming army began to take action. The Ming army boat, which was ready to go, began to move forward quickly, and the action of building a floating bridge began. Immediately afterwards, rockets on the top of the cliff on the other side also roared, and crossbow stones passed through the smoke screen and smashed towards the river like a storm.

Someone was killed or injured, a wooden raft boat caught fire, and a giant crossbow penetrated the body...

But this time, the Ming soldiers' actions of building a floating bridge did not stop and retreat because they knew that the Tartars could not see them. Although the opponent's attack was fierce, they obviously shot randomly and could only shoot arrows based on their feelings and directions. They were obviously lacking in accuracy.

Many catapult stones and crossbows shot out of crossbows dozens of steps away from the floating bridge area, and there is no threat at all except splashing water. In this case, being shot can only be considered a bad luck.

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The wooden rafts on the boat were covered with a layer of dry soil, and the rockets could not ignite. The wooden rafts had been laid long ago, and they could be fixed after they were in place. The floating bridge was built at a fast speed and continued to extend forward.

At the same time, the smoke bombs were still exploding, and there was no sign of the curtain being pulled open. A large amount of smoke was constantly blown by the wind, ensuring long-term isolation of sight. The Tatars were blinded, facing the white mist in front of them, all they could do was to keep shooting the bows and arrows in their hands into the smoke, which seemed to give them a sense of security.

Half an hour later, when the Ming army's shells were replaced with flowering bullets and large iron balls began to roar on the top of the cliff, from the gradually fading fog, the Tatars saw countless Ming army rushing across the river from the floating bridge, and some of them had already climbed to the river beach below.

They had to blaze artillery fire to shoot arrows at the Ming army on the river beach below. The Ming army held up a shield, regardless of casualties, shouted loudly and rushed along the pass to the cliff-top grassland.

After a stick of incense, Xu Tai led the way, holding a shield in one hand and a spear in the other hand and rushed to the top of the cliff with the first three hundred swords and shields.

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