Chapter 119: On the banks of the Weishui River, Dragons Fight and Tigers Fight【2】
In the fifth month of summer, Xinsi day.
After the envoys of the Wei army who went to declare war returned to camp, Sima Yi began his offensive deployment.
In the camp of the Wei army commander, all the generals gathered at this moment.
All the generals were sitting on the Hu beds, waiting for the general Sima Yi to issue the marching order.
Sima Yi, who was wearing iron armor with long sleeves and holding a sword in his hand, was staring at the march map on the table in the tent. After thinking over his march plan in his mind, he began to issue orders.
"General Zhang He listens to the order. I order you to lead 30,000 soldiers. According to the case, force the Shu army to the side camp and attack and destroy the troops of Shu general Wang Ping."
"As you command!"
Zhang He's eyes were shining brightly at this moment. He strode forward and took the command arrow. He had been waiting for the day of the decisive battle for a long time, so he seemed a little excited.
"General Guo Huai listens to the order. I order you to lead 10,000 infantry and cavalry to serve as the backbone of the army and support all armies at any time."
"The general will get the order!"
Guo Huai understood that because of his stable character, it was perfect for Sima Yi to arrange for him to serve as the backbone of the army.
"Master Sima, Sima Zhao listens to the order. I order you two to lead five thousand cavalry each to protect the left and right wings of our army."
"Got the order!"
The two brothers, Sima Shi and Sima Zhao, took the command arrow from their father and without any delay, immediately left the camp to mobilize their troops.
"General Xiahou Ba listens to the order. I order you to lead 10,000 cavalry troops as the vanguard to tear through the Shu army's infantry forward formation."
"No!" Xiahou Ba, the burly general with a beard and beard, took the command arrow without saying a word and took over the most dangerous task.
"This commander personally leads an army of 40,000, and is in the center to support all directions. All officers and soldiers of the army, set off!"
After issuing the military order, Sima Yi grabbed the sword on his desk, walked out of the commander's tent with Xiahou Ba, and went to mobilize his troops.
This General Xiahouba was the second son of the late veteran general Xiahouyuan, the cousin of Xiahou Shang, the Marquis of Changling, and the uncle of Xiahouxuan, the Marquis of Changling.
It is said that Xiahou Yuan's sons all have great talents, and four of them, Xiahou Ba, Xiahou Wei, Xiahou Hui, Xia Houhe, are also known as the "Four Heroes of Xiahou".
Among the four, Xiahou Ba is famous for his bravery, so it is appropriate for him to be the vanguard.
On the south bank of the Wei River, a few miles north of the Shu army's stronghold of Lucheng, was the place where the two sides agreed to fight.
Along the Weishui River, the summer wind is fierce.
The armies of Wei and Shu faced each other here.
In the north, south of the Weishui River, the flag of the Wei Dynasty with gold characters on a black background is flying. The military formation of all the soldiers in black armor is the Wei army camp led by General Sima Yi. Cao Wei's soldiers were chased by the Shu army on the banks of the Weishui River a few days ago.
, lost face, and General Fei Yao and four thousand of his comrades were killed in the Shanggui camp. At this moment, everyone was in high spirits and wished they could immediately rush into the Shu Han army and kill him personally in retaliation.
This bloody feud.
To the south, to the north of Lu City, the red flaming Han military flags were flying in the array. The entire army was wearing red armor and red scarves. They were the elite soldiers of the Shu Han led by Zhuge Kongming, the Marquis of Wuxiang, the Prime Minister of Shu, and the Nanzhong soldiers.
The barbarians had successfully annihilated Fei Yao in the Shanggui camp of the Wei army a few days ago, and were chasing Sima Yi on the bank of the Wei River in a panic, so they were full of confidence at this moment, and they had always believed that Prime Minister Zhuge Liang would definitely lead them.
Go north to Guanzhong, return to the old capital, and recover the Han Dynasty.
Since Wei and Shu were feuding countries, the generals of both sides did not talk to each other before the battle, but quietly waited for the opportunity to send troops to attack.
Sima Yi is waiting.
He was waiting for the sun to move to an angle where it was no longer dazzling, so that the soldiers would not lose their combat effectiveness due to the glare of the sun.
Zhuge Liang is also waiting.
What he was waiting for was the decline in the morale of the Wei army. Since the Wei army in black armor was standing facing the sun at this time, he wanted to wait until the Wei army was exhausted and exhausted before launching an attack.
The soldiers on both sides held the hilts of their swords, drew their bows without firing, and just looked at each other from a distance. Although the sun was shining and it was extremely hot, both sides of the battle were well-trained soldiers who had experienced hundreds of battles. Therefore, on the entire battlefield, at this moment
There was not even a trace of noise. All the soldiers stood quietly under the scorching sun. At this moment, their eyes were like torches, staring at the enemy in the distance. At the same time, they also listened carefully to whether there were any golden drum orders in their own army, so as to
Take action at any time.
The sun finally sets.
Sima Yi poked his head out from under the cool tent, looked at the sky, and found that the sunlight was no longer dazzling. He nodded, only to hear the clang of the armor on his body, and chopped the flag in his hand, shouting loudly
road:
"The whole army obeys the order and attacks the enemy's position!"
"Kill!" The thunderous cry suddenly erupted in an instant, and the Wei army, like a black tide, surged towards the Shu army camp like a black tide.
"charge!"
After seeing the commander Zhuge Liang's order, the messengers on the elevated ground in the middle camp of the Shu army waved the waving flags in their hands. In an instant, the Shu army's formation was like a sudden burst of flames, rushing towards the opposite side with great speed and blazing.
Then the Wei army spread over.
If someone stands high enough at this moment, they can find that the Shu army's military formation looks strange.
It is not like a general military formation, consisting of a forward, two wings, a rear base, and a central army.
It is composed of three columns. The three columns run through the head and tail of the entire military formation, and whether it is front or rear, it will have three troops attacking or defending at the same time.
As soon as Xiahou Ba made contact with the opponent, he realized something was wrong. There seemed to be three forward troops on the opposite side, and each one was extremely fierce.
Soon, Xiahou Ba discovered that his forward formation seemed to have been washed to pieces and was out of formation. He had never seen such a style of play before, so he didn't know how to respond at this time!
The Shu army general in the vanguard was holding a long sword and was invincible.
Xiahou Ba was no stranger to this person. His name was Wei Yan, whose cousin was Wen Chang. He had fought with him many times, but he had not gotten any advantage. What's more, besides Wei Wen Chang, there were two other Shu who were charging hard.
Army general.
Xiahou Ba knew that he was no match for the Shu army's forward, but he also understood that he must not retreat. If the forward fled, then the entire army would be doomed, so he had to hold on!
Sima Division and Sima Zhao on the two wings had just fought against the Shu troops. It didn't take long before they felt a little at a loss. Due to the strange formation of the Shu army, their flank troops were directly entangled with part of the forward Xiahou Ba's troops, and the formation was overwhelmed.
It's chaotic, and I can't effectively direct it at all.
Sima Yi, who was in the central army, saw that the situation was not good, and immediately sent 20,000 central army troops to rescue Xiahou Ba's forward, and also sent thousands of people from Guo Huai's rear army to rescue the two wings.
But what Sima Yi didn't expect was that the three powerful troops of the Shu army were like three sharp swords. Their momentum had already divided his team into three pieces, and his left and right wings and forwards had also been divided and torn apart.
At this time, no matter how many people you send to support the front, you can't change the situation of the battle.
In fact, Sima Yi made a mistake at the beginning, which was to wait for the sun to shift. Although this made the sun no longer dazzling, he ignored one thing, that is, after the soldiers were exposed to the sun, the original sharp morale
It has dropped a lot, and Wei Jun's advantage has been reduced by most. In addition, his old-fashioned formation cannot resist the opponent's novel array. Therefore, Wei Jun has actually lost this time.
"Pass my general's order!"
Sima Yi also realized this, so now he wants to lead the Chinese army to withdraw from the battlefield before the opponent has completely broken through the forward defense line:
"Order Xiahou Ba to lead the vanguard to cut off the rear. Our rear army will become the front army and evacuate quickly!"
Although Sima Yi thought of escaping in time, he was still a step too slow.
Before the messengers he sent could reach Xiahou Ba, they saw Xiahou Ba leading the remnants of less than a thousand troops to retreat hastily.
"Quick! Go and tell the coach that the forward has been broken and ask the coach to evacuate quickly!"
Xiahou Ba, who was covered in blood, was retreating while shouting hysterically.
When the messenger saw this, he was immediately startled. He immediately turned his horse's head and retreated towards the direction of the Chinese army.
At this moment, the Shu army was like a ball of flame with three fronts, fiercely devouring the fleeing Wei army.
In Sima Yi's heart, he felt both regret and luck at the moment. What he regretted was that he did not calm down after all and chose to fight with the Shu army. What he was lucky about was that he only used one-third of his troops instead of letting all the main forces advance.
Come to a decisive battle.
The Shu army's side camp was also shouting to kill Zhentian.
Zhang Hezheng led 30,000 Wei troops who were bent on revenge, and fought a bloody battle with the "Wu Dang Flying Army" in Nanzhong led by Shu general Wang Ping.
Wudang means unstoppable. It means unstoppable.
The Wudang Feijun was a force formed from the brave men of the foreign tribes in Nanzhong after Zhuge Kongming, the Prime Minister of Shu, pacified Nanzhong. Although the whole army only had 5,000 people, their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.
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Coupled with the powerful bows, crossbows and poisonous arrows and poisonous arrows they used, it was even more difficult to resist.
Even though the Wei army was as powerful as a rainbow at the moment, they were still suppressed by this incompetent flying army and were unable to breathe.
"Report! General, the general was defeated in Lucheng!"
A Wei army scout, who had discarded his helmet and armor and had blood on his face, rushed into the formation and rushed in front of Zhang He.
Zhang He, who was fighting desperately, had an unbelievable expression on his face after hearing these words.
Then, he roared towards the sky. Zhang He understood that since the main force was defeated, there was no point in holding on no matter how long he held on.
"withdraw!"
After Zhang He roared angrily and desperately, he brandished the iron spear in his hand, turned around on his horse, charged, and began to personally cover the retreat of the large army towards the north.
This war finally ended like this.
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Everyone in the Wei army's commander's tent was covered in blood, dejected and silent.
"How much did our army lose?"
Sima Yi held the silk in his hand and wiped the blood and dust on his gorgeous iron armor calmly and calmly.
"General Qi, our army... just the low-level officers, more than 3,000 people were killed in battle. In addition, our army... 5,000 mysterious armor soldiers were killed, and more than 3,000 high-quality horn crossbows were lost..."
After cleaning the battlefield, the general reported the incident and burst into tears.
"Why are you crying!"
Sima Yi banged his head heavily on the desk and said sternly:
"Victory and defeat are common matters for military strategists. From now on, our army must put defense first and must not fight hastily. Gentlemen, do you hear this clearly?"
"I obey my orders!"
After this battle, all the generals in the camp were frightened and frightened by the fighting power of the Shu army. Therefore, they had no objections to Sima Yi's strategy of retreating.