Chapter 224 The sky and the earth are red and the Han generals stand erect
Not long after tens of thousands of crossbow arrows were aimed at the thousands of Wei troops, following Mi Yang's order, thousands of crossbow arrows first covered the sky and the sun from Mi Yang's bank, and then aimed at the surviving Wei troops in the Han River.
Prick it hard.
In this era, except for occupying the commanding heights, or except for some superb archers, most of them did not have any fixed-point sniping, and most of them were projectiles.
Or the accuracy of the projectile is not high, but under the projectile, the strength of the arrow is sufficient.
In addition, as long as the arrows fired are dense enough, the lethality will not be low.
Under the influence of Cao Ren's banner, most of the surviving Wei troops on the Han River moved closer to Cao Ren's location.
When people are afraid, they will always subconsciously rush towards a place where they trust and feel safe.
This is the place where Cao Ren's encyclopedia is located.
But now it is a hot summer, and the fire above the Han River is burning, causing the Wei army on the Han River to feel extremely stuffy.
Under such circumstances, when they rushed to Cao Ren's place, they took off their armor one after another. They wanted to take a breath in the hot space.
But it was this move that made the arrows thrown by thousands of Han troops even more lethal.
When thousands of tributary arrows fell into the bodies of the Wei army above the Han River, they instantly caused bursts of wailing.
After one round of shooting, hundreds of Wei soldiers were shot down.
Before the Wei troops on the Han River could react, thousands of Han troops on the other side of Mi Yang also fired arrows in their hands.
So not long after, thousands of arrows roared in, claiming the lives of many Wei soldiers.
In the Han River, the Wei army rushed to the water where Cao Ren was, and more and more corpses of the Wei army gradually floated on the water.
When the corpses of the Wei soldiers were drifting down the river, they hit the reed raft that had been covered in fire.
Due to the influence of kerosene, the side of Wei Jun's body floating on the water was gradually covered by fire.
Flames are ruthless, they don't care whether you are dead or not, they will just burn everything they can touch.
When the scene of many corpses of Wei soldiers being burned by fire on the water fell into the eyes of the surviving Wei soldiers on the Han River, the look of fear in their eyes became deeper and deeper.
The flame dancing on the corpses of their comrades was like the devil's smile, calling them to die.
What does it mean to have no bones left?
This is.
This terrifying scene scared many Wei troops from approaching Cao Ren's location.
Of course, this terrifying scene also fell into the eyes of Cao Ren and other Wei generals, as well as the thousands of Wei troops who had gathered around Cao Ren.
Seeing this scene, thousands of Wei soldiers felt nothing but incomparable fear and timidity. Only Cao Ren and other Wei generals noticed Mi Yang's deep malice.
Mi Yang is forcing them to go ashore!
Although most of the tens of thousands of arrows just came towards Cao Ren, Cao Ren and the other Wei generals did not suffer much damage because of the desperate guards of his own bodyguards.
But Mi Yang's move was not to directly shoot Cao Ren and others to death, because the stray arrows were stray arrows after all, and it was difficult to hit Cao Ren and others who were guarded by shields.
Moreover, Cao Ren and other Wei generals were all wearing fine armor, so even if they were hit by a few stray arrows, they would not suffer much damage.
Mi Yang had two purposes for doing this. One was to disrupt the command system of tens of thousands of Wei troops.
The reason why Mi Yang used reed fire rafts to attack the Wei army's fleet was to disrupt the Wei army's command system.
No matter how fierce the flames are, after all, there is a wide area above the Han River, not a closed space.
Under such circumstances, it is impossible to burn all tens of thousands of Wei troops to death.
Therefore, the most direct effect of the sudden and ferocious flames was to disrupt the Wei army's fleet formation and make them fearful, thus causing their command system to collapse.
Historically, during the Battle of Shiting, the Wei army numbered 100,000, while the Wu army numbered 90,000.
The reason why 100,000 Wei troops were beaten by 90,000 Wu troops was howling like ghosts and wolves, a very important point is that the Wei troops were ambushed.
The command system of the 100,000-strong Wei army was in chaos due to fear. Otherwise, if there were to be a head-on confrontation, even if the Wu army could win, they would still have to shed a layer of their skin in the end.
Today Mi Yang's reed fire attack is both an ambush and a fire attack, both of which are taboos for the army.
So once it happened, the Wei army fell into chaos instantly.
Only when the Wei army falls into chaos is the prerequisite for defeating the Wei army.
Just now Mi Yang ordered the Han soldiers on the shore to fire arrows in order to prevent the Wei army from organizing into an organic formation.
Cao Ren has great prestige among the Wei army. If his behavior of recruiting soldiers is ignored, then perhaps more and more Wei soldiers will gather around Cao Ren in the near future.
In that case, it would not be conducive to Mi Yang's next plan.
Sure enough, under the threat of tens of thousands of Han army arrows, no matter how hard Cao Ren tried to recruit the Wei army, he would not dare to have any more Wei troops near him.
Mi Yang's other purpose was to force Cao Ren to go ashore.
Mi Yang guessed that Cao Ren recruited the Wei army in order to break out from the rear.
Cao Ren knew that since Mi Yang would set up this trap, he would definitely ambush the Wei army on their retreat.
That's why Cao Ren continued to recruit Wei troops, thinking of using his numerical advantage to force a breakout.
But now, blocked by Mi Yang's thousands of arrows, Cao Ren could no longer recruit Wei troops to his side.
In addition, due to the delay just now, many burning reed rafts have spread all over the Han River, completely cutting off Cao Ren's retreat.
At this time, Cao Ren had only one way, which was to lead thousands of Wei troops ashore to fight the Han army.
There is still a glimmer of hope.
The reed fire attack strategy created good prerequisites for Mi Yang to defeat the Wei army.
But whether they can completely defeat tens of thousands of Wei troops and create greater results depends on the command quality of the generals on both sides.
Soon after, the fire gradually spread to the thousands of Wei warships around Cao Ren.
Feeling the hot temperature under their feet, all the Wei generals around Cao Ren looked at him anxiously.
The fire has arrived, and after Mi Yang released a round of arrows just now, the Han troops on both sides of the strait are releasing arrows alternately.
The Wei troops around them fell one by one, and they were all dying. They hoped that Cao Ren could find a way to save them and escape.
Different from the time when they came with high spirits and thoughts of becoming the Marquis of Ten Thousand Houses, all the Wei generals and soldiers now have only one very humble request, under the threat of the flames all around them, and that is to survive.
As the backbone of all Wei armies, Cao Ren suddenly felt great pressure.
He saw Mi Yang's intention, but no matter how much Cao Ren didn't want to act according to Mi Yang's intention, according to the current situation, going ashore was the only way for him and the thousands of Wei troops around him to survive.
Cao Ren looked at the thousands of Han troops on the shore.
He thought that Mi Yang originally had only ten thousand troops, but just now he noticed that there were thousands of Han troops running towards this place.
But the thousands of Han troops have not arrived yet. If he can quickly defeat the thousands of Han troops in Mi Yang on the shore, then there is still a way to survive.
Just now, Cao Ren's first reaction was to break out from the rear because he considered that the Wei army was demoralized and could not fight head-on with the thousands of Han troops on the shore.
But now he has no choice.
At least going ashore can block the rain of arrows from the Han army.
So Cao Ren made a quick decision and immediately ordered the nearly three thousand Wei troops who had gathered around him to quickly sail toward the shore where Mi Yang was.
When Mi Yang on the shore saw Cao Ren leading thousands of Wei troops towards his location, a smile appeared on Mi Yang's face.
He is worthy of being a "general of heaven and man", and he still has courage.
After Cao Ren's order was issued, the nearly three thousand Wei troops rowed the boat under their feet out of their trust in Cao Ren and their desire for life.
The speed of Wei Jun's boat was getting faster and faster, almost as fast as walking on a barge.
Seeing this, Mi Yang ordered the Han troops on both sides of the strait to stop shooting arrows. With thousands of Wei troops moving quickly, the arrow rain attack had little effect.
Whether we can expand the results to the maximum next depends on the duel on the shore.
Seeing thousands of Wei troops getting closer and closer, Ding Feng and Zhang Yi generals beside Mi Yang looked at Mi Yang one after another.
Seeing that the generals around him were looking at him, Mi Yang replied calmly: "It's time to kill the enemy and capture the thieves. Why should you have any doubts?"
As soon as Mi Yang finished speaking, bloodthirsty light appeared on the faces of Ding Feng and Zhang Yi.
They drew out the long knives from their waists one after another, and then commanded the Han army behind them to march towards the shore in military formation.
Soon after, hundreds of Wei army warships, the only ones still in organic form, finally came ashore.
Under the command of Cao Ren and other Wei generals, hundreds of leading Wei troops, led by Wei general Niu Jin, took the lead in landing ashore.
But not long before hundreds of Wei troops landed ashore, they were surrounded by Han troops on the shore and strangled.
The scenes of hundreds of Wei troops dying frequently made the Wei troops who had not yet had time to land turn pale and frightened, and their landing speed suddenly slowed down.
After seeing this, Cao Ren was furious.
He raised the sword in his hand, roared angrily, and wanted to jump off the boat and kill the Han army directly.
However, his actions were stopped by deputy general Chang Diao, who dissuaded him and said: "The thieves are so powerful that they are unstoppable, and the general must not attack them lightly!"
But Cao Ren ignored him. He threw away Chang Diao's obstruction, jumped off the boat with a big sword in his hand, and killed the Han army on the shore.
The boat Cao Ren was on was already close to the shore, so after he jumped off the boat, it didn't take long for him to rush into the siege of the Han army with a sword in hand.
When Cao Ren entered the Han army's formation, swords flew from his hands. Every time he took a step forward, one of the Han soldiers beside him fell.
Cao Ren's heroic charge and heroic attack greatly inspired the morale of thousands of Wei troops.
When they saw that the superior Cao Ren was so brave and not afraid of death, they naturally had no reason to be afraid.
So Chang Diao, Xia Houshang, Zhuge Qian, Wang Shuang and other Wei generals led thousands of Wei troops to the shore and fought with thousands of Han troops.
There were only 5,000 Han troops on the shore, which was not much different from the nearly 3,000 Wei troops.
In addition, the morale of nearly three thousand Wei troops increased greatly under Cao Ren's encouragement.
So on the shore, the two sides were fighting so hard that it was difficult to tell the winner.
This made Cao Ren and other Wei generals more and more hopeful.
Cao Ren commanded nearly three thousand Wei troops to fight towards Mi Yang's location not far away. Now Mi Yang's location was his only hope of breaking the situation.
Zhang Yi, Ding Feng and other Mi Yang generals were aware of the Wei army's actions, and they continued to direct the Han army to encircle them. Nearly three thousand Wei troops were blocked on the river bank.
For a time, the shouts of fighting between the two armies sounded on the river bank, and the Han army and the Wei army fell alternately.
After Mi Yang realized Cao Ren's intention, he didn't panic at all.
Since he dared to put thousands of Wei troops ashore, he was naturally fully prepared.
He still has nearly 30,000 troops in his hands that have not been used. He has never fought such a rich battle!
Mi Yang raised the banner in his hand high. After the banner representing the highest order was erected, bursts of high-pitched drums and countless shouts of death suddenly sounded in the forest behind Mi Yang.
Subsequently, many Han troops hidden in the mountains and forests came out one after another under the command of Zhang Nan, Fukuang, Cheng Ji, Zhang Bao, Zhao Tong and other Han generals.
This sudden scene frightened thousands of Wei troops on the shore.
Cao Ren almost spit out blood.
Looking at the Han troops rushing out of the mountains and forests, there were at least tens of thousands of them.
Where did Mi Yang suddenly have so many soldiers and horses!
Cao Ren looked at the tens of thousands of Han troops rushing towards this place, and his heart fell into a cold state.
Cao Ren couldn't help but look up to the sky and sighed: "Today I know Sun Quan's sorrow."
Who can bear to give you hope only to have it destroyed so quickly?
Even Cao Ren, a famous general who had experienced hundreds of battles, was like this, not to mention the thousands of Wei troops!
When the thousands of Wei troops on the shore saw tens of thousands of Han troops wearing crimson uniforms like flames not far away, rushing toward them, the coldness in their hearts was several times stronger than what Cao Ren felt.
Before this expedition, their commanders told them that they would return victorious from this expedition.
But they didn't expect that not even a day after they set off for the expedition, they were all already dead.
As the dazzling crimson flags of the Han army kept approaching in the eyes of thousands of Wei troops, a sense of absurd irony filled their hearts.
Since Cao Pi became emperor, all military flags in the north have been changed to khaki.
Not long ago, these thousands of Wei troops also used crimson flags, and they could also be called Han troops.
But after they gave up the crimson military flag, today's crimson military flag became their reminder.
After tens of thousands of Han troops rushed out of the mountains and forests, the morale of thousands of Wei troops that had finally been raised fell to the bottom in an instant.
It is not terrible to lose the morale of the army. The most terrible thing is that after the lost morale is boosted, it is hit to the bottom again. It is really difficult for gods to save it.
But looking back at the tens of thousands of Han troops led by the Han generals, their morale is as high as a rainbow.
They turned into a torrent of hot blood and rushed towards the thousands of Wei troops in front, and soon engulfed all those thousands of Wei troops.
On the Han River behind thousands of Wei troops, there were countless boiling flames reaching into the sky.
The boiling flames almost distorted the world, and the earth-yellow flags turned into ashes under the burning fire.
This boiling flame originated from the hearts of all those loyal to the Han Dynasty in the world.
Maybe the flame in the heart is very small at first, but as long as someone can stand up and gather these flames, a single spark can eventually start a prairie fire.
Just like now, the heaven and earth around the Han River have been completely rendered in red.
At this moment, between the red sky and the earth, a Han general with a flying hairpin stood proudly.
If the people are still here, who is dead?
(End of chapter)
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