Chapter 315 Han Xin
With the King of Wei personally taking charge, the Wei army reacted very quickly. When they found that the Chongling soldiers were forcing their ferry several miles east of the floating bridge, they immediately dispatched their troops. Hundreds of light crossbowmen arrived at the earliest and stood in several rows on the shore, aiming the crossbows at the river, swimming like crucian carp and shooting.
There is no moon tonight, but there is no worry about no light source. The campfires of thousands of troops on both sides reflect the red sky. The flames ignited by the fire boats hit the floating bridge illuminated the river. The Wei River waved like a bronze mirror.
The rounds of volleys made the Chongling soldiers' boards full of arrows. The soldiers in front raised Wu Kui's large shield and heard a muffled sound. The crossbow arrows were strong and even pierced the shields, nailing the Chongling soldiers' hands on their heads. However, they were so painful that they still held the shields and did not retreat. The blood flowed down their wrists. Some were also led by the crossbow arrows and staggered backwards and fell into the water. Some were even hit by the yellow crossbow, and the ship's side was broken and sank directly.
The vanguard troops had a total of 2,000 soldiers. On the way to cross the river, more than a hundred soldiers were killed and killed one after another. The river water was red, and the light-fitting half-sinking half-floating in the water, while the iron armor sank the people and armor to the bottom of the river.
However, due to the distance and wind direction, some arrows no longer had their strength when they arrived, and were blown by the wind and fell down in a crooked manner. They were just right, and Liu Ji reached out and held it high, which made the soldiers in the boat excited.
"Champion Hou, Cai!"
Liu Ji was the number one general under Liu Bosheng's command. In the Battle of Little Chang'an, he fought ahead and broke through the siege, so he was not annihilated by Yan You's entire army. In the Battle of Tanghe, he was brave enough to fight Dou Rong to run away with his head.
Later, he captured several counties and captured Luyang Pass. He was not afraid of Wang Xun's 100,000 troops. Afterwards, he was defeated by Chen and was brave enough to win the three armies. Even though he had always spoken rudely to Liu Xuan many times, he was still reluctantly named the "Champion Marquis" by Emperor Gengshi, who wanted to encourage Liu Bosheng to enter the pass.
Guanjun County is in Nanyang, but Liu Ji's heart is always on the battlefield.
There were many casualties across the river, but the next one was the most difficult one. It was difficult for the boat to rush to the shore in one breath. The Chongling soldiers who arrived first jumped down and walked forward in a row. The river water was not over the knees and the bottom of the river was muddy. It was very difficult to step on it in one step.
They had deliberately bypassed the walls and fortifications constructed by the Wei army on the other side of the pontoon bridge, but they still had to attack the river bank more than meter above the riverbed. The slope was not large, but it was enough to give the Wei army the advantage of geographical advantages. In addition to the hundreds of light crossbowmen, thousands of Wei soldiers and Dutch Eredivisie arrived from the camp. The spearmen had hurriedly formed a formation and fought with the Chongling soldiers who were landing on the shore.
The Chongling soldiers rushed forward suddenly. If there was a new army opposite, they might be defeated at once. However, this group of people was not a militia and Yueqi camp that was defeated by Lai She, but a "old soldier" who rose up in Hongmen with the fifth reunion. In the Jin and Hedong, their wars have expanded their confidence, and the training they took time to cooperate was quite impressive. The art of killing has matured. The life of the Chongling soldiers is constantly consumed on the river bank, and every time they breathe, people are pouring into the mud.
But the Wei soldiers would also be hooked and pulled down by enemies who were also familiar with the battle formation with a halberd, and a ring of swords fell down immediately on their heads, resulting in their lives and even chopped their heads.
Liu Ji did not rush to charge, but stared at the enemy. Seeing that the opponent had been pressing on the river bank in order to thicken the front line, the time was almost over, and immediately shouted:
"Throw the halberd!"
The crossbow is not easy to maintain and consumes a lot. In addition, the good crossbows in the Guanzhong Armament were all swept away by the fifth reunion, Liu Bosheng's army lacked long-range shooting weapons. When encountering a charge, Liu Ji then replaced it with a short halberd, which was also easy to cast.
The front row of shield sword hands raised the shield high above their heads to resist the spears and the rising and falling spears of the Wei soldiers. More than a hundred Chongling soldiers rushed forward with crossbow arrows and threw out the short halberd of Bu character in their hands!
Although there were some shields in the Ghost Spear formation, the front spearmen were still severely injured. They might not die if they resisted with thick armor. However, severe pain is indispensable. Those who were hit on their arms and thighs could only abandon the spear and retreat, so that the robe could reach its position.
Not only the short halberds were thrown up, but also the head of Wei Bing's death robe, which was sprinkled with blood and threw it up. At night, the Wei Bing thought it was a hidden weapon, and it was only after stabbing it or blocking it with a shield. They had thought it was wrong. They had fought many battles, but for the first time they saw such a fierce army, they were angry and scared.
Anger made them speed up the assassination in their hands, fearing that Wei Bing began to yell and dispel their fear.
The Chongling soldiers on the opposite side have never encountered such a tough opponent. They are struggling with difficulty. They are also dominated by two emotions. They are shouting and scolding, and the louder the scolding sounds. The battle is gone, and they are in a state of freedom.
"kill!"
Taking advantage of these chaos, Liu Ji shouted loudly and personally led the reserve team to rush up from the weak enemy array and was smashed by short halberds.
Several spears on the other side stabbed him, but Liu Ji ignored them. He took the thick armor and was forced to take two strokes. However, he kept on his hands. He aimed at the places where the opponent's armor could not protect. He knocked down three of them three swords and the blade stuck in the bones and rolled them up. He picked up the long halberd on the ground, stabbed the two of them, and then used them horizontally, pressing against three or five people close to him, and pushed them back with his own strength!
The Chongling soldiers followed closely and climbed the river bank one after another, fighting together.
In terms of combat experience, Chongling raised an army for more than a year, and participated in the war more than once, and was slightly better; in terms of sharp armor and soldiers, the fifth reunion emptyed the Xinchao arsenal and swept away all the craftsmen, making the Wei soldiers superior; in terms of morale, one side was the killing of the Mang Rebel Army, full of confidence in winning one after another, and firmly followed the King of Wei, while the other side was the brave and brave army of the Han army was unwilling to let the people down, and admired Liu Bosheng, but was slightly frustrated after the long-term settlement of Weinan, and both sides played a chess and met the opponent.
But the Chongling soldiers who rushed to the river bank were soon hit by a head-on attack, and there was also a reserve team on the opposite side, who had been preparing for a long time and joined the battlefield at the most critical moment.
This is a real army of battles. The shield hand holds a card and advances. The spearhead waves behind the shield to open the way. The archer can shoot arrows upwards while walking, and holds a swordsman to chop any approaching enemy, and cooperate with the same.
They gradually moved forward like an iron hedgehog, becoming a rock that stabilized the front. The Chongling soldiers were defeated when they encountered each other. They were slightly squeezed open a crack of the front and began to slowly push back. The leader was a short man with a very brave figure.
Like Liu Ji, this person was covered in blood. He didn't know whether it was his or someone else's. After only two breaths, Liu Ji saw him stabbed a Chongling soldier with a long knife and chopped over another one. Although he had a spear on his left shoulder, he didn't blink and stabbed the enemy to death without blinking.
Seeing the tribe brothers who had followed him for a long time die, Liu Ji was anxious and angry. Both sides were approaching, and the most elite team was about to collide. Liu Ji raised the bloody Buzi Ji and let out another roar.
"Who is the general of Wei?"
His voice was drowned in the screams, and the other party disdained to answer, so he raised the cold knife in his hand and slashed another person in response.
This is the Marquis of Shangyan and Zheng Tong under the command of the King of Wei.
These hundreds of people were the dead soldiers camps formed by Zheng Tong after the Battle of Longshouqu. In the battle of Hedong, he marched for more than a hundred miles a day and night, and killed him near Anyi. He was so scared that Wang Xun's old man abandoned the city and left.
Liu Ji was the bravest army among the Chongling soldiers, and Zheng Tong was also the bravest army among the Wei army and did not allow others to let others go!
The forward's fierce attack was blocked by Zheng Tong. Seeing that the Chongling soldiers' offensive was about to appear declining, a huge drum beat was ringing several miles away from the west. Even Zheng Tong couldn't help but turn his head and look there.
Liu Ji burst into laughter.
General Zhu Tian uses troops, and if it is weak, it is solid, and if it is solid, it is weak. Every attack is real. If you don’t take precautions for every wave of “strong attacks”, you will definitely suffer a great loss, and it is also to lay the groundwork for the real blows in the future!
There were more than one place for the forced ferry. The Zapai Army tried to cross the Wei River by rowing back and reusing small boats and sampans to support Liu Ji. Even Liu Bosheng brought the only remaining ones beside him, the last two thousand Chongling soldiers, to the stage in person!
Unlike Liu Ji, who was responsible for attracting the main force of the Wei army, Liu Bosheng had only one goal:
"Where is Wang Lun of Wei!"
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If it were not for the fire ships rushing from the upstream, the attack on Liu Bosheng's side west of the pontoon bridge was much smoother than Liu Ji, who attracted a large number of Wei troops.
His feet finally stepped onto the land on the north bank and walked forward firmly. Chongling soldiers surrounded him and opened the road to repel the "scattered" enemy troops here. When they climbed the river bank, the brightly lit Xiliu Camp was four miles away from the north.
Logically speaking, the elite troops under the Five Luns, who followed him to raise troops in Hongmen, released 5,000 in Hedong, distributed 5,000 to Tongyuan for Jingdan, and sent 5,000 to stay in Liyang and Zhengguoqu Army Warehouse, with 25,000 remaining.
Ten thousand is given to ten thousand, ten thousand is given to the Central Wei Bridge dozens of miles east, ten thousand is given to Xiao Geng, and five thousand is given to Xiliuying, and five thousand is taken by his side, and the central dispatch is arranged.
At noon today, after Di Wulun and Geng Yan met, he sent him to take thousands of troops away. When the Zhongwei Bridge was fighting, he sent two thousand out, with all the plans, and there were still tens of thousands left in the Xiliu Camp.
But after the war started, at least five thousand soldiers were sent to the east to block Liu Ji. After this not-so-complex addition and subtraction method, if it is not considered to be followed by the military and civilians, there are still four or five thousand soldiers left under the Fifth Reun, who are now listed outside the Xiliu Camp, that is the number of people Liu Bosheng needs to deal with.
"Cen Peng, this is my only 10% chance of winning in your mouth!"
When Liu Bosheng thought that relying on Liu Ji to attract most of the Wei soldiers, he personally sent his troops across the Wei River to kill him, which was the closest chance to win!
The four or five thousand Wei soldiers were the last reserve team of the fifth reunion. They held torches and formed a sea of fire. The sweaty foreheads were covered with yellow turbans. They stood quietly in the melee at night, as if they were waiting for Liu Bosheng to step on the shore, just like the confident order of the fifth reunion:
"Let him go ashore and fight."
Wu Lun did not rush to drive the Chongling soldiers into the water, but instead ordered the three armies to prepare for the situation. Under his command, he slowly separated from the large formation into a small formation that responded to the battle, and set up a Yanyue Formation facing Liu Bosheng, which was "very leisurely". This was night, and it would be unimaginable if it was two months ago.
The Chongling soldiers fought against two, and one question was placed in front of Liu Bo: Should I wait for half an hour or even an hour to occupy the river bank and let more than 10,000 miscellaneous troops from the rear come one after another, or would I rush over in one go?
This is a critical choice. Waiting will allow the fifth reunion to calmly transfer the troops from Liu Ji to come back, and Wan Xiu will even rush to help.
And the attack is undoubtedly another gambling!
"attack!"
The opportunity was not missed. The gambling dog Liu Bosheng made a decision. The Yan Han flag pointed in front of the wind. With his order, the last Chongling soldiers began to slap their swords and shields and walked forward.
However, as the two arrays get closer, a fire dragon appears in the west.
They came quickly, as fast as the wind. The leading young general was Geng Yan who took three or four thousand people to "chase Lai She" half a day ago!
According to the plan of the fifth reunion, he went around ten miles north of Xiliu Camp to allow the soldiers to rest. At the beginning of the battle, he killed the generals and rushed straight to the flanks of Chongling soldiers.
It is indeed a pity that Wu Lun didn't let him catch the little bird of Lai She, but with Liu Bosheng, Xiao Geng was no longer sleepy.
He was like the head of a fire snake, with a bright look in his eyes: "Liu Bosheng, you and I will be with you, face the four!"
His brother Geng Guo followed closely behind, panting at the Chongling soldiers trapped on the narrow river bank by Di Wulun and them, muttering: "I thought my brother would have to wait a little longer before he could fight Liu Bosheng and the King of Wei to fight hard."
"I'm confused, wouldn't I want to trap King Wei in a dangerous place?"
The second brother Geng Shu gave the third brother a fierce look: "Brother is just using military forces, not real Han Xin."
"My family will not learn from Han Xin!"
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ps: Chapter 2 ends this plot at 23:00.
Chapter completed!