About ten miles due west of Beipi, the Zhang River flows quietly through here. On both sides of the silent river, there is also a vast expanse of reed swamps. As if affected by the sound of fighting in the distance, the reed tops sway slightly in the air.
, but the deer did not notice it, but continued to drink water in the bush.
At this time, several human figures emerged from the reeds on the right bank, making partridge-like calls into the air. They looked anxiously towards the opposite bank, causing the deer to peek curiously. At this time, there were also about ten people on the left bank.
He got out of the screen and asked the other side: "Are they from General Zixiao?"
The right bank replied loudly: "Yes, General Zixiao first sent two thousand people as the vanguard and asked us to build the pontoon. They will arrive soon. Where did you hide the boat?"
The left bank was overjoyed when he heard this, so he put up a small tiger-head flag and said to the right bank: "Follow our flag. When we stop, let some people swim over first. There are planks on both sides."
With the boat, string them together with a rope and tie them together, and you can come over."
So a small yellow flag began to shuttle among the reeds. They walked west for about a few hundred steps and stopped at a place where the reeds were particularly prosperous. It turned out that there were about a hundred ships laying horizontally here.
It was covered with reeds. This place is more than five miles away from the Han army's flank. Although it is not far from the battlefield, it is still some distance from Cao Jun's headquarters. Therefore, no one is checking here, and Cao Jun cannot be found here.
Changes in places.
The soldiers who built the bridge cleared all the reeds and pushed the boats one by one into the mud. The boats were heavy and heavy, and they soon became tired. However, someone urged: "Hurry up, time waits for no one."
, if we delay it for a long time, we will all end up dead." So this group of people got busy again.
In order to save trouble, these prepared ships were equipped with iron rings at the bow and stern. All the soldiers needed to do was to connect all the ships from end to end with ropes, then tie them to the prepared wooden piles, and then lay them on the ships.
Planks. These things were done very quickly. It only took them about half an hour. The boats stopped unnecessary shaking like cattle being led by the nose, and lined up in the river. The soldiers were like ants again.
Put down wooden planks on a piece of land, and the pontoon can be used by people.
At this time, about two hours had passed since the fighting, and the sky had already passed noon. Liu Bei wanted to look up to confirm the time, but he only saw a gray sky, and the sky was completely covered by the dust of the battlefield.
This made Liu Bei a little anxious. Since the first year of Yanxing, Liu Bei has rarely fought in battles on horseback, but he still has the habit of watching the battle from the front line, which can not only boost morale, but also control the situation of the battle. But this
When they started fighting on horseback, the terrain was extremely narrow and blocked by reeds. As a result, Liu Bei was unable to reach the front of the formation. He could only repeatedly move his troops forward to observe the formation and report back to the enemy.
He had long heard the news that Guan Yu had rushed to Cao Cao's main formation, and he thought that victory was imminent. However, Cao Cao's army was like a bowstring made of beef tendon. It was obviously stretched to the extreme, but it still did not collapse. What came next was
, On the contrary, news of the death of generals on both wings continued, and Zhang Yang, who was the vanguard, was also unable to support himself. Liu Bei drew his sword angrily and said: "Even in the decisive battle with the Liang thief in Chang'an, I have never suffered such damage. Could it be that the Cao thief still won?"
Is it possible to be a thief in the cold?"
He made up his mind and named Zhang Fei, Taishi Ci, Liu Mi, and Wang Sheng, and ordered them to lead ten thousand more elite men forward, while the forward Zhang Yang withdrew to rest.
Just when Zhang Fei led his troops to fight and the military formation had just changed. To the northwest of the Han army, a thunderous drum sound suddenly sounded, interspersed with several heavy and translucent trumpet sounds, and it was dim in the distance.
The sky is gradually covered with a layer of dust and mist like yellow gauze. Anyone familiar with war knows that this is the scene that accompanies knights galloping on their horses.
The army arrayed here is the Yingchuan Army, and its leader is Pan Xu, the governor of Yingchuan. Although they are arrayed here to prepare for war, they actually know that the Yingchuan Army is the weakest among the Han armies. If they want to compete with
The thieves fought hard, but most of them were no match. Therefore, Liu Bei did not let them come forward to fight to the death. He just told them to clean up the battlefield and other matters when the battle was over. Now that they knew there was no need to fight hard, the mentality of the Yingchuan army was naturally relaxed. Cao Ren
When the leader charged, their formation was loose and in vain.
Pan Xu did not respond to the command in time. Cao Ren's forward heavy cavalry only braved two scattered rains of arrows before they were in front of the Yingchuan soldiers. It was like a sharp knife cutting through cheese. The knights' first charge actually penetrated through it.
The Yingchuan army suddenly arrived at Huang Zhong, the prefect of Donghai.
The Eastern Navy did not expect that the Yingchuan Army was so cowardly and retreated so quickly. They could only look at the approaching iron cavalry in surprise. Some people exclaimed: "Where did this iron beast come from!"
The iron beast at the front swung its halberd to the left and right to stab the ground, and swung left and right to block the ground and shot down the arrows that flew like rain. Even the Han army was moved and admired when they saw it. It made people write.
At this point, their names had to be recorded to show their bravery. They are general Yan Liang, euphorbia soldiers Peng An, Zhou Gu, knight commander Zhang Qing, Zou Yi, Gongsun Xiu, they are called.
Fortunately, Huang Zhong had already reacted and ordered the infantry on the left to stand ready. He fired arrows at these people, and then used halberds to hook their iron armors. Finally, these people slowed down their momentum and fought with the Han army.
Hard fighting.
In the crowd, Huang Zhong repeatedly fired cold arrows at the exposed cavalry. Not long after, Zhang Qing and Shi Sheng were both seriously injured. An arrow penetrated through the gap in Zhang Qing's neck and got stuck in the cartilage of his throat.
Above. Zhang Qing was hugging the horse with his neck sideways, unable to make a sound. Even if he swallowed his saliva, he was in severe pain.
Shishi was not shot through by arrows originally, but they broke out too far forward and were surrounded by infantry dozens of times more numerous. Shishi was on the far flank and had to face the largest number of Han soldiers, so he was surrounded
Huang Zhong ran repeatedly, and his mount fell into the mud. The Han soldiers took the opportunity to rush up and stab him with long halberds, and hooked the chain mail draped around his neck and shoulders with the hook of the halberd. Only then did Huang Zhong
He was able to fire the arrow and hit the foot bell of Shichang. Shichun resisted desperately and waited until Yan Liang came over, then pulled him out of the mud pit and took him to the cavalry center to rest for a while.
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Although Huang Zhong initially stabilized the situation, the collapse of the Yingchuan army could not be saved. Cao Ren's infantry gradually surrounded him. Famous Hebei generals such as Wen Chou, Zhang He, Gao Lan, etc. also joined the battle and attacked Huang Zhong's area with all their strength.
The naval situation suddenly became critical.
At this time, Liu Bei also learned about the extremely unfavorable situation on the left wing. He couldn't help but become very anxious. This was the critical moment of the decisive battle. However, the flank was attacked by the sudden appearance of enemy troops. Who could he send to assist Huang Zhong? On the right wing?
Zhang Xian, the governor of Xuzhou, was originally the best candidate, but the Hanoi Army, the Hongnong Army, and the Pei State Army were separated between Zhang Xian's tribe and Huang Zhong's tribe. If he were to be transferred here, I'm afraid the Eastern Navy would have been defeated, but if the Hanoi Army were to be like this
Several troops went to help win the battle, but Liu Bei really had no confidence. He thought: If these troops were defeated, the whole army might be defeated, and the defeat of this battle would be a foregone conclusion.
But who should be transferred? Xu Shu on the side saw Liu Bei's problem, so he stepped forward and said: "Ming Gong, although the three armies are weak, it is difficult to win against the enemy, but as long as they are handled properly, it is not difficult to be undefeated. For example, Meng Ming Gong
If you don’t give up, I can supervise Pei and Hongnong to stop the bandits’ attack.”
When Liu Bei heard that Xu Shu asked for a battle, he immediately felt relieved. He nodded and said, "With Yuan Zhi plundering the formation for me, what else do I have to worry about?" He immediately ordered Tuoba Pigu and Tuoba Liwei brothers to escort Xu Shu and let him
Go to the left wing to lead the battle.
However, not long after Xu Shu left, Army Commander Ma Mengda was still very worried and said to Liu Bei: "Although Xu Jun is a disciple of the Dragon Head, he has rarely practiced combat in his life. He is a first-class figure like Xiao He and Zhang Liang. Why did the Ming Dynasty let him supervise the army?"
Cao's army has been fighting to the death, obviously hoping for this bandit attack, and there must be quite a few elites among them. However, Xu Jun is a scholar and lacks prestige, so it is difficult to convince everyone, and it is even more difficult to defend against the enemy!"
Liu Bei didn't care about anything else, but when he heard Meng Da say that Xu Shu's prestige was insufficient, he felt it was reasonable and asked, "What's the plan for Zidu?"
Meng Da said: "Now that the Cao thieves are facing a decisive battle, it is difficult for our army to deploy. It is obviously not a good idea to continue to fight with them. The thieves' reinforcements are coming from the side. Although they are strong, they are located in the plains. Our army can easily defeat all the troops in the north."
Turning the attack into defense, then massing troops, launching a counterattack from the side, and defeating the rebel reinforcements, how can the Cao thieves persist? They will die in the water!"
Liu Bei was very moved and asked Fa Zheng for his opinion. Fa Zheng sneered at this in his heart, but he and Meng Da had been close friends since childhood and did not want to refute him face to face, so he said tactfully: "This plan is indeed good.
But our army has been fighting for a long time, and our soldiers are all exhausted. It would be a bit difficult to force them to move north and move to the side."
Liu Bei stroked his chin and nodded and said, "I think so too." But he then added, "It is not advisable to mobilize most of the troops to fight against the enemy, but it is enough to call Yide and others back." Everyone also felt that it was reasonable, so
Liu Bei then sent troops to convey orders to the north, ordering Zhang Fei's troops who were rushing to assist Zhang Yang to turn to the west and assist Xu Shu's troops.
However, Liu Bei did not expect that Zhang Yang's troops on the front line were exhausted, and he was counting on Zhang Fei's troops to come to help ease the situation. When he heard that there were no reinforcements in the rear, the morale of the Shangdang army collapsed. Cao Cao noticed that the offensive at the front was greatly weakened,
Immediately order Cao Hong to lead the last tiger and leopard cavalry into the formation.
Zhang Yang's troops were scattered by this blow, and he himself was cut into pieces by Cao Jun. A knight from Cao Jun guessed his identity when he saw that he had a gold belt around his waist and his armor was full of arrow feathers but not penetrated.
Extraordinary, so he rode up to catch up with him, grabbed his belt, and pulled Zhang Yang onto his own horse.
Zhang Yang struggled hard and raised his hands to free the enemy soldier. The two men struggled on the horse and fell to the ground together. Unexpectedly, Zhang Yang's armor was too heavy and it was difficult to get up after falling, so he was held down by the Cao soldier.
The Cao soldier then took off his iron armor and struck Zhang Yang hard on the face.
After Zhang Yang's face was covered with blood and he became unconscious, the man got up to look for a weapon. He found that he had lost his knife during the fight, and only the bow in his bow bag was still there. He put the bow string around Zhang Yang's neck and strangled him alive.