Chapter 79 Zhang Fei who died once
After Zhang Ju left, Wu Yan followed the order and took the carriage and ships downstream to pretend to cross the river, luring the attention of the Han army and creating conditions for the main force to break through.
The Han army soon noticed that Guan Yu, who was patrolling the river in person that day, immediately organized the interception according to the regular arrangement.
Zhang Fei's patrol cavalry also quickly received the report and followed him on the north bank.
The two sides quickly entered the battle, but not long after, Guan Yu discovered an abnormality: the scale of the enemy seemed considerable, and the shouts and shooting between the two sides were very fierce. However, the thunder was loud and the rain was small, and there was no real strong attack on crossing the river.
But they retreated but did not retreat. Even if they could not cross the river, they were still shouting and shouting there, and the drumming soldiers changed batch after batch. After more than an hour of fighting across the river, the rebels died or injured at most.
As he fought, there were finally another messenger to inform the military situation in the upstream direction: "When thousands of Wuhuan cavalry were found in Guan Sima and Yongnu County, they were advancing westward along the river. It might be that Zhang Ju led the main force to give up the chariot and control the baggage. The commander asked Sima to slap the office by himself. If he could confirm that the enemy was a bluffing enemy force, he could cross the river to pursue and seize the enemy's baggage."
"What? It turns out that Zhang Ju ran away!" Guan Yu suddenly realized after receiving the battle report from Liu Bei from the upstream.
No wonder there seemed to be only two or three thousand people here, and the enemy camp and baggage in the distance seemed to be moving.
He immediately made a discussion with Zhang Fei. When Zhang Fei heard that there were spoils worth hundreds of millions of yuan in the camp opposite, he immediately wanted to go up even more:
"Second brother, since we say we can judge for ourselves, let's cross the river and attack immediately!"
Guan Yu: "Third brother! Even so, don't be reckless! Let's do this, I will divide some boats to ferry your cavalry, and the rest of the ships will still approach the other shore to form a crossbow formation to prevent the enemy from attacking you halfway. The spoils are small, so you must not advance after crossing the river, and do not leave the coverage of the navy's crossbow for the time being!"
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"How dare the Han army cross the river?" Wuyan, on the other side of the river, was also very surprised when he saw this scene.
He suddenly felt a little regretful. If he had known this would have been able to lure the enemy across the river and fight fairly, why didn't Zhang Ju think about pretending to divide his troops and show weakness before?
If Zhang Ju was still here now, wouldn’t he beating Zhang Fei in half?
Unfortunately, reality cannot tolerate assumptions.
After all, he followed Zhang Ju's instructions and restrained enough time and directly burned the property in the camp, and then retreated immediately before the gap between Pan Feng and Tuo Yi was encircled;
Or just relying on these two or three thousand people to try to fight Zhang Fei’s 1,000 cavalrymen?
After Wu Yan thought about it, his unwillingness and recklessness as a Hu person finally gained a little advantage.
I was avoided by the enemy's troops across the river for half a month. I couldn't cross the river, and I couldn't shoot at the same time. I was so frustrated! I didn't try this bird's breath and couldn't sleep well even if I left.
"The whole army is in line! Prepare to charge by cavalry and shooting! When Zhang Fei just arrived at the south bank and was not yet arranged, rush forward for me! Only one-third of the Han cavalry, and when fighting tough battles, we are not the opponents of our Wuhuan warriors!" Wu Yan shouted and ordered.
"I will definitely win!" And these Wuhuan cavalry were really very motivated. It was obvious that the whole army wanted to fight the last battle and exerted their anger. They were so suffocated before.
However, after listening to Guan Yu's suggestion, Zhang Fei was very steadily when he first crossed the river. He was lined up close to the river bank, and there was a warship crossbow formation next to him.
But no matter what, Wuyan finally caught a large-scale fight against the Han cavalry!
"Kill!" The bloodthirsty spirit that had been held in for half a month was released with the charges again and again.
"Zhang Fei, a man from Yan, is here, don't be arrogant!" Zhang Fei saw that only three or four hundred people around him stood firm in the formation, and decisively took them to meet him first to buy time for the rear formation.
"Everyone follows me, and the cone formation rushes! The enemy's scattered formation is not thick. Let's kill them and let the second brother shoot arrows!" Zhang Fei rushed forward, while whispering to the personal soldiers beside him. At the same time, he waved the snake spear and gestured the formation, and asked the flag captain who was holding the tooth flag beside him to shake the flag and give the order.
I have to say that Zhang Fei was a little reckless when he was young, but his tactics and formation sense were already very good. This may be the potential of a natural celebrity.
He knew that if his side was in a group with the enemy, it would be difficult for the crossbow soldiers to exert their firepower. The ballistics of the crossbow were straight and not as high as the parabola of the bow. He was most afraid of accidentally hurting his friendly troops during strangulation.
Therefore, the cavalry must concentrate their forces, kill through the enemy formation a little, and go back to the back.
As the two armies met with the enemy, Zhang Fei used his signature roar to roar, roaring the enemy vanguard who was about to fight against each other, and turned his head toward the stars.
He stabbed several people with his own hands, and the personal soldiers next to him succeeded one after another. He quickly stabilized his morale and tore a small hole.
However, the morale of the Wuhuan cavalry was not scared away by such casualties at all! They were still fearless and were obviously furious by the depressed situation in the past half month.
When people are extremely angry, they may not be able to burst out with their skills in killing tigers, but they must have the courage to slide the shovel.
After killing seven or eight people in a row, Zhang Fei felt the pressure on the front and was surprised: after fighting with his elder brother for three years, he had never seen the morale of the enemy not declined at all after he killed so many people.
There is no way, Zhang Fei is only twenty-three years old, and he met either the Yellow Turban Army or the King of Wuhuan Nanqiao. These are not strong enemies with a strong morale. His psychological qualities in this aspect can only be accumulated through time and battlefield experience.
After reaching a dozen people, Zhang Fei was already a little cold sweating and almost stabbed by an enemy cavalry. At that time, he relied on the length advantage of the snake spear and was confident that he could kill the enemy first.
Unexpectedly, the last moment that guy was stabbed by him, he actually threw his weapon over, clearly trying to drag a cushion before his death. Zhang Fei quickly dodged and was hit by the gun on the shoulder.
This world is very realistic. At most, famous generals with high martial arts skills will be exhausted by killing hundreds of people like Xiang Yu. It is impossible for them to have a real enemy of ten thousand people.
Fortunately, Zhang Fei finally managed to lead the team to kill behind the enemy, and his mentality became more mature and calmer.
With the time Zhang Fei had won, all the subsequent six, seven and eight cavalrymen also came ashore and formed a formation.
Even Guan Yu couldn't help but go ashore to supervise the formation himself, and ordered the cavalry to spread out on both wings to not block the angle of the navy's arrows from the front.
When Zhang Fei came back from behind the Wuhuan cavalry again, Wu Yan realized that he could not swallow the Han cavalry who had a solid foundation for advance and retreat.
In just two short battles, at least three or four hundred corpses and wailing wounded soldiers were left on the ground, which was tragic. The exchange ratio between the two sides was almost the same.
After silenced for half a month, Wu Yan also realized that his "extreme anger" state had subsided. If he really fought the war of attrition, he might not have such high morale.
Moreover, he had to stay a useful person, become the "Governor of Qingzhou" and fled to the mountainous areas of Taishan to rob property. How could he really destroy his family's assets?
Taking advantage of the second charge, both sides opened up the distance again, Wuyan decisively ordered a retreat!
Thousands of Wuhuan cavalry immediately retreated to the direction of the camp.
The Han cavalry finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhang Fei immediately ordered the 800 cavalry who had already been organized to keep up with the troops to follow slowly - there were 1,000 people in the pre-war organization, and more than 100 were killed or injured just now.
However, at this moment, an accident of accidentally planting willows happened.
The Wuhuan cavalry ran slowly, and some of them fell behind were quickly killed by Zhang Fei, and the cavalry of the Han army discovered an abnormality:
"Look! The corpses of the Wuhuan soldiers had gold and silver objects on them!"
"The saddles of these dead horses are covered with silk!"
"This horse carries dozens of kilograms of copper coins! No wonder it didn't run fast just now."
"The dead bodies must have had a lot of money on them just now!"
Zhang Fei's troops dismounted and touched the corpse and plundered the spoils.
"Third brother! Please restrain the troops from dismounting and taking property without dismounting! The rebels have not retreated yet! Those who dismount without authorization will be killed!" Guan Yu, who is relatively well versed in military tactics, looked at him from behind and rushed to warn him.
When Guan Yu saw that there were two cavalrymen who were particularly inappropriate. They not only robbed property, but also drew their swords and fought internally. He had to make a quick decision to kill the two cavalrymen with the military method to slightly stop the chaos in the rear team.
Chief Wuyan had already set a distance of two or three miles, but when he saw the pursuers behind him dismounted and began to snatch property in chaos, he was overjoyed. He didn't bother to go back to the camp and set fire. He was tempted by the results of the battle and rushed back to rush over.
The conscience of heaven and earth, with Wu Yan's IQ, he could not have imagined that "bad enemy" and other advanced strategies that Han scholars knew were understood. It was entirely because his deployment privately harbored property in the camp in advance to retreat, and the result was a coincidence.
"Arrange! Array! The crossbowmen who were on the shore were closely arranged! The front row of axes and shields set up shields! The cavalry gathered toward the two wings!" Guan Yu was like a mainstay, desperately restraining the team.
But there were still some cavalry under Zhang Fei's command, who were hit by the enemy who turned around and killed before they could get on the horse. Zhang Fei deeply hated his lack of strict governance of the army, and led the guards of hundreds of cavalry to fight to the forefront, trying to atone for the sins and save the defeat.
Seeing that Zhang Fei was flooded by the rioters, Guan Yu's face was covered in cold sweat, but he still insisted on keeping the troops in order and advancing in layers, so as not to mess up the situation.
After a chaotic death battle, as the Han army gradually gathered together, Wu Yan calmed down and suffered hundreds of casualties, and had to choose to retreat.
After all, the Han army had four or five thousand people, and Wuyan only had two thousand people. The advantage of the Wuhuan Light Cavalry was mobility, rather than grinding meat to fight to the death. As long as the Han army formed a formation without being in chaos, it would not be possible to gain any advantage if it was consumed.
Wuyan led his team to retreat to the camp quickly, then set off a fire, and immediately fled south.
At this moment, Guan Yu also knew that Wu Yan must have been trying to "destroy if you can't get it" and burned the untooked property. But he had no time to take care of these things himself, and just asked the remaining cavalry to go to put out the fire and rob some supplies.
Guan Yu personally led dozens of personal soldiers to search on the battlefield.
"Third brother! Third brother!"
"Second brother, I'm here, cough cough, help me move the horse away, it's too heavy..." Zhang Fei moaned with blood on his face,
Guan Yu was overjoyed when he heard the sound, and hurried over and moved the dead Zhang Fei's war horse away with a few soldiers. Zhang Fei was only hit by an arrow on his shoulder, and was sprinted down by someone and crushed his horse under the corpse.
Fortunately, the enemy did not pay special attention to him in the chaos, and some of the people who tried to finish the fight were also cleaned up by Zhang Fei. As for the blood on his face, they were actually from the enemy and the war horse.
It is very dangerous to be defeated by the rioters after being trapped in the enemy's plan. Generals like Wen Chou will be unfortunate because of this.
Fortunately, Zhang Fei is better than Wen Chou, and Guan Yu helped him rectify military discipline and save the situation in time. Finally, it was nothing serious. He was almost injured after lying in bed for two months. (The ribs were broken, so it took so long)
"Third brother! How many times have you told you! You can't just seek the courage of blood and energy in your training, and you can't control your soldiers based on your mood and likes and dislikes. There must be a fixed method for rewards and punishments! If you govern the army like me and enforce the orders, will you suffer this setback today because your soldiers are greedy for property? Look at how many people have died!"
After the war, the number of people was counted, and the number of Han cavalry lost a total of 400 people today.
I had a head-on battle just now, and more than 100 casualties were killed or injured for so long. Later, I was chaotic by the enemy's plan, and the enemy returned and trampled on me, and more than 200 died in one go.
"Second brother! I'm wrong! I will listen to you and my elder brother next time, strictly govern the army according to military laws, rectify military discipline, and no longer reward or punishment based on good or bad mood!" Zhang Fei was heartbroken and swore.
Guan Yu sighed: "Forget it, let's not talk about this for now. Come on, carry Sima Zhang down to recover from his injuries."
I hope I can survive once at a young age and make progress.
Zhang Fei was carried by the military Chinese medicine doctors to a nearby camp where the enemy had abandoned him to treat the wound.
Soon a cavalry marquis came back to report to Guan Yu: "Sima, all the fires in the enemy camp have been put out. Five or six thousand ox carts have been seized. Donkey carts have not been counted yet. About 20% of the materials have been burned. How to deal with them?"
Guan Yu: "Come on the boat quickly and transport it to the north shore!"
Guan Yu also knew the strategy of Liu Bei and Li Suyong, so he knew that Wu Yan was leaving so hasty, so it must be that the Jizhou soldiers behind him were about to surround him.
If you don’t snatch all the supplies quickly, you will suffer a great loss if you meet with fellow Jizhou.
Chapter completed!