In the early morning of August Yiwei, the Shu army and the Han army officially started a tug-of-war. Although he had already made up his mind to fight for the pontoon bridge, Liu Fan did not intend to start the battle from here, but tried to involve the Han army from other fronts. Attention.
It was a provocation at the beginning. Taking advantage of the unknown weather conditions, the Shu army entered the north bank of the Qingyi River with two large boats. Before the anchors could be fixed, the gangway was precariously erected on the beach, and the heavily armed Shu army officers and soldiers arrived. The crowd was like a torrent flying down, and even worse, people were lowered directly from the deck into the shallow water with ropes. Within a short time, more than 4,000 Shu soldiers had settled on the river bank, and under the leadership of Zhang Ren, they were heading towards the river. The Han army's camp launched an attack.
Although the Han army had already set up sentries in the camp, it was the first time they fought against the enemy in such a situation, so everyone had no experience. By the time the Han army reacted, the Shu army had already pulled out the outermost antlers and was waiting for them to organize their attack. The good formation launched a counterattack against the Shu army, but the Shu army had no intention of entangled and turned back to the tidal flat.
The Han soldiers prepared to pursue them, but when they were about to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Shu people, arrows suddenly shot out from the ships like locusts. The Han soldiers were suppressed for a time and were unable to lift their heads. The Shu soldiers took advantage of the situation and used their knives to charge randomly among the Han soldiers. Some casualties were caused. Then, without waiting for the follow-up support of the Han army, the Shu people climbed back onto the building boat and left safely.
This attack was quite effective and boosted the morale of the already depressed Shu people. However, two days later, the Shu army repeated its old tricks and tried to harass the Han camp with buildings and ships. However, when they entered the Qingyi River again, the Han army was on the tidal flat. There was a stone cart already standing by the side. Just as the Shu people were about to disembark, the Han army fired stones at the same time.
Nearly a hundred flying stones flew through the air, causing an unimaginable sound of breaking through the air, followed by a series of loud banging noises. Some stones hit the hull of the ship, knocking out the side of the Shu Army ship with terrifying shocks. Cracks and breaches, some stones fell into the crowd, and flesh and blood splashed around like mud. No one survived.
Zhang Ren tried to command his soldiers to rush forward and destroy the group of stone-producing chariots, but he ran into the Han army who was waiting in front of the chariot formation. The two sides fought head-on, but the Shu people still fell into a disadvantage. They waited for the stone-producing chariots to fight for the second round, and the third round After the flying stones, the Shu army lost all fighting spirit. Even the huge building ship was somewhat unable to support it due to the damage to the side. Some flying stones even penetrated the lower plate of a building ship, and the river water The water was poured inward, and at one point the ship showed signs of turning right.
Zhang Ren had no choice but to order the leak to be plugged and the vanguard to withdraw. However, it was easy to advance but difficult to retreat. When the Han army saw the Shu army retreating, they immediately sent their cavalry in pursuit and captured many stragglers outside the arrow range of the building ships. They were captured. The Shu people did not dare to get off the boat to rescue them, so they could only reluctantly turn the bow of the boat and return to the Shu camp. The Han army was able to regain a firm foothold by the river.
After several attempts, the Shu army still could not gain much advantage, so Liu Fan changed his strategy and ordered Gan Ning and others to form a provocation in front of the Han army camp. He especially said to Gan Ning: "When we faced the Liang people, Xing Ba you and Lu Bu were on the wrong horse, and you wounded him for a time, and then became famous in the northern region. Today Chen Chong comes again with Liang people. Don't you want to be famous all over the world again?"
Gan Ning was dressed in brocade clothes and silver bells, as he had been dressed in the seventh year of Yanxing. He led about ten cavalry to the Han army camp. Many of the Xifu army had participated in the Battle of Luogu. When they met
They recognized his identity and started talking one after another: "Isn't that the Jinfan thief who bravely championed the three armies back then? Back then, there was no one enemy in Lanmei Valley. Who should we send to fight?"
The message was quickly reported to Chen Chong. When Chen Chong heard that it was Gan Ning's challenge, he was a little confused for a moment. He thought that it was Xu Huang who came to rescue the siege, but now that Xu Huang has passed away, who should be sent to stop him? After a moment, he couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.
, turned to call Ma Chao and said: "There is a fighting general among the Shu people who came to call for formation in front of our army. You are already the commander of an army, so you should find someone else. However, this person is indeed somewhat resistant to fighting. Apart from you,
I'm afraid there is no one else who can beat me. Are you willing to fight?"
Hearing this, Ma Chao was greatly impressed, and smiled and replied: "Since it is the Prime Minister's order, how dare Ma Chao refuse?" After saying that, he put on the Mingguang armor painted silver and put on a special iron-faced hood in front of everyone.
Under the figure, a three-foot-long red tassel hung down from the top of his head. Under the warm autumn sunshine, he looked dazzling and heroic. Then he put two long swords on his waist and carried another long sword.
He slightly bowed his hand to Chen Chong, immediately turned over and mounted his maroon horse, and headed out of the camp.
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Ma Chao has been famous for his bravery in Longshang since he was fifteen years old. Today, he has long been recognized as the number one in the battle formation in Xifu. Now when the Han army saw Ma Chao wearing armor and riding out of the camp, they cheered with thunder, and the sky above the deep forest in the river valley suddenly rose.
The birds were flying under the clouds, and the forest leaves in the Mid-Autumn Festival were also swaying and rustling down. The Shu people outside the camp also changed their expressions, knowing that the one who came to challenge must be a very important figure in the Han army.<
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After riding his horse and standing on the grass in front of the camp, Ma Chao looked at Gan Ning's attire while leaning on his long robe. He couldn't help but laugh and said: "They say that the land in Sichuan is rich in resources and rich families, but why are you dressed like a child? Don't you know Mu Hou?
And the word crown?" After saying that, the servants behind him also started laughing.
Gan Ning was the most arrogant in his life. Hearing Ma Chao's ridicule, his face turned red immediately. The knights around him couldn't bear it anymore. They stepped on the pedals and raised their reins to fight, but Gan Ning gently raised his hand.
To stop them from taking action, he waved his long spear full of bells in a circle. Ma Chao saw silver light flashing and bells tinkling in the air. Then Gan Ning pointed at Ma Chao with the tip of his spear and said, "Blind man, today I must
I'll cut off your scalp and make you a slave to the public!"
Having said that, he whipped his whip angrily and galloped towards Ma Chao. In the blink of an eye, he flew within the range of the arrow. Then he quickly picked up the horse bow with his left hand, and naturally pulled out an armor-piercing arrow with his right finger. It was completely visible to ordinary people.
At an unknown speed, he put the arrow tail on the bowstring. Just as his mount was running wildly, he had already pulled the bow open, and the arrow missed instantly.
The movement of firing the arrow was so smooth that the usual sound of vibrating strings could not be heard in the air. Ma Chao saw a cold light shining in front of his eyes. He knew that he had encountered a powerful enemy, but he did not panic and rushed here.
The moment he lost his life, he quickly swung his head in the direction of where the arrow came from, and the onlookers couldn't help but exclaimed. When they looked back, they discovered that Ma Chao had held the arrow horizontally with his teeth! It's incredible, if you say
Gan Ning's archery skills had reached perfection, and Ma Chao's technique of catching the arrow was so miraculous that even Gan Ning, the archer, was stunned for a moment.
At this moment, Ma Chao spat out the arrow shaft on the ground, then rubbed his cheeks, as if it was nothing more than a trivial matter on the battlefield, then casually waved his whip and held his head to greet Gan Ning. Only then did the two officially fight, with Ma Chao taking the lead.
Then, the pick of the stick was stabbed at Gan Ning's neck from the side. Gan Ning raised his head, and then used the stick to push away the tip of Ma Chao's stick. He then used the stick to draw a semicircle and used the force to hit Ma Chao's waist.
.Ma Chao turned slightly to dodge Gan Ning's swipe, and then the two quickly separated.
All this only happened in a short period of time when two horses crossed each other, but the two men had already fought back and forth for two rounds. From the perspective of the soldiers watching from a distance on both sides, they could not see clearly what the two men were doing, and could only hear the sound of the pole.
The sound of constant collisions. Look at the two horses not far away, and then push the horses to charge back again. As they get closer, they push the horses faster, as if they want to use the momentum of the horses to pierce their opponents to the ground. Just when the two horses are about to
At the moment of the collision, everyone's hearts were in their throats, but this time there was silence, and the two of them moved away from each other in a tacit understanding.
On the green grass, after running for more than 20 steps, a red horse slowly turned its head and stood still, while the other horse did not stop, turned its head and rushed towards the opponent again.
Halfway through the journey, suddenly, the horse that had been standing suddenly jumped up, and the horse's hoof kicked forward violently, hitting the neck of Gan Ning's horse.
Everyone present only heard a very clear sound of kacha, and they knew that the neck bone of the white horse had been broken when Gan Ning sat down. Sure enough, just as Ma Chao stood up again, the white horse struggled to run a few more steps while carrying Gan Ning.
, but soon fell to the ground, wailing softly and waiting for death. Gan Ning had to dismount, draw his sword, and face Ma Chao on foot.
Seeing that the general's challenge was unfavorable, the knights who were watching quickly tried to come forward to rescue him. Someone drew a heavy arrow in the distance and aimed at Ma Chao to shoot first. Unexpectedly, Ma Chao had noticed it and fell behind the opponent when he raised his bow.
, actually fired the arrow before the man, and the arrow pierced through the man's mouth like a flying kite, nailing the opponent to the ground in an instant.
Under such circumstances, there was still a horseman rushing towards Ma Chao with a knife. He rode his horse in an arc to behind Ma Chao, intending to stab Ma Chao's junior. Unexpectedly, Ma Chao seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, and suddenly thrust his left hand behind him, just in time.
He grabbed the visitor's pole. Shu Qi suddenly felt that the pole seemed to be clamped by iron pincers and could not move even an inch. In panic, he dropped the pole and went to pull out the short knife from his waist, but it was too late. p>
Bystanders saw that the two horses were standing side by side, but Ma Chao dropped the pole, grabbed the hand of the Shu man holding the sword, and dragged him to the ground like a chicken. Then he decisively drew out his sword and threw it down casually.
Killing this man by piercing his chest, and looking at his expression, it is as simple as killing a chicken and rabbit.
But the Shu man's death still saved Gan Ning. Just when Ma Chao was killing people, the Shu man's horse ran towards Gan Ning. Gan Ning was able to mount his horse and sit up again to face Ma Chao. Gan Ning did not fight with Ma Chao again.
In terms of fighting, there is not much difference in martial arts between the two, but as far as equestrian skills are concerned, the horse that has been riding horses since childhood and has been riding in Longyou for twenty years is far better than Gan who has been riding boats all year round and is famous as a water bandit in Sichuan.
Ning. So he looked at Ma Chao for a while, first said "good" twice, and then said: "See you on the battlefield tomorrow", then turned around and left in a hurry.
After Ma Chao won this victory, he leisurely rode his horse to return to Chen Chong. The Han soldiers on the side saw that he was covered in silver under the sun. After the bloody battle, he was not stained by any blood. He looked like a god. They couldn't help but admire him greatly and cheered.