The generals around him were smiling happily, but Gongsun Xun looked at the formation of the Yellow Turban Army on the south bank of the Hutuo River and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Of course, he was not in trouble because the war on Zhang Chun's side went smoothly... As the commander-in-chief of an army, he was responsible for the entire battle situation and the lives of 70,000 to 80,000 Han troops. Gongsun Xun was not so shameless.
In fact, it was the hidden worries of the war situation that this handsome general was feeling.
The two wings were clear. The battle was going smoothly and the Han army had the upper hand. Moreover, whether it was what these messengers said or everyone observing the flags from a distance, it was clear and unmistakable that the Han army had indeed established a beachhead position, and ships on both sides were still transporting.
Reinforcements are coming.
However, this does not mean that the strategic purpose has been achieved.
What is the fundamental purpose of forcibly crossing and erecting a fortress? It is not to erect a fortress for the sake of erecting a fortress, but to attract the enemy's troops and arrange the deployment of the enemy's troops, thereby creating a perfect anvil for the Han cavalry to make the final decision.
But the problem now is that Gongsun Xun immediately saw clearly from the riverside that while the main force of the Han army on the two wings had already established a firm foothold, the main force of tens of thousands of Yellow Turban Army troops opposite him was completely motionless.
If they don't move, it means that there will always be a strong strategic reserve to deal with the arrival of the 10,000 cavalry; it also means that the strength of the two wings of the Yellow Turban Army is still sufficient, enough to cope with the situation, at least in the two Han armies.
The troops were able to maintain the pressure even though they could only rely on ferry boats to replenish their troops, and there was no need to call for reinforcements.
Such a result may still lead to victory after the cavalry arrives... After all, Lou Zibo's words are still very reasonable. There is a strong city behind them. When the cavalry comes in overwhelming numbers, they are likely to lose their desire to fight.
, choose to retreat.
However, there are two completely different concepts between a chaotic retreat after being hit by a major blow and damage to the entire front, and a safe retreat under the cover of a large Chinese army after being attacked only on the flank!
And if Zhang Bao, who is directly opposite him, has remained calm, then the outcome of this battle is likely to be the collapse of one wing of the Yellow Turban Army, but he himself will calmly lead the army to cover the remaining troops and return to the city... By then, the Hutuo River will go south
Quyang may become a fortified city that is impossible to capture by conventional military means!
It's exactly the same as Guangzong's.
How should I put it? Even though he was prepared to delay it, Gongsun Xun still didn't like the situation of losing control... Even if he had to besiege the city for a long time in the future, he only wanted to besiege a city that he could capture at any time, and
It’s not a fortified city where you really want to make up your mind but you can’t do anything about it!
Because this feeling is very bad.
The shouts of killing continued from both sides, and the Han army continued to use ferries to transport reinforcements ashore with the sound of drums. Good news was also continuously delivered to the Chinese army with the passing of ferries... It was nothing more than that Governor Guo's troops had captured a certain
The base was built, and then Prefect Zhang's troops killed a certain young commander.
But gradually, probably due to the expansion of the beachheads on both wings and the pulling of the battle lines, the frequency of such victories dropped significantly. So soon, some people with military experience also noticed certain problems.
"The combat power of the Yellow Turban Thieves has improved rapidly!" Lou Gui stepped forward to Gongsun Xun's side with some anxiety, and then lowered his voice and said, "The Yellow Turban Thief Army on the other side still remains motionless?"
"Yes." Gongsun Xun replied with a normal expression. "When the army first started in February, the thieves had already been mobilized into a mess, but now they actually know how to leave a reserve team to deal with the cavalry... Confrontation
In just a few months, I learned a lot.”
Lou Gui frowned slightly and said: "Not just here, the fighting on the two wings is gradually becoming stalemate. It can be seen that the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Thieves are not what they used to be."
"This is more common." Gongsun Xun sighed. "Are soldiers who fought for the first time and soldiers who fought three or five battles the same thing? Are soldiers who have never seen corpses with severed limbs and soldiers who have killed people the same thing?
?In my opinion, compared to the progress of the lower-level soldiers, the weakness of that generation is probably the thieves and generals on this mountain...but even they can't play with them as easily as they can with children."
Lou Zibo nodded slowly, but then he smiled with relief: "No matter what, whether the soldiers' combat power has improved or the leader has learned something, they are still generally not as good as our army. When the cavalry arrives, I don't believe them.
The ability to hold on is just a matter of whether there are more or less people escaping!"
Gongsun Xun also smiled, but remained silent.
As the sun gradually turns to the west, everyone in the Chinese army is still facing off with the commander Gongsun Xun and the Digong general Zhang Bao on the opposite side. However, everyone's minds are focused on the floating corpses floating down from the upper stream... Among them, of course, the head
There were more people wrapped in yellow turbans, but from time to time there would still be corpses or even wounded soldiers of the Han army. At this time, there would naturally be soldiers from the Chinese army, carrying crossbows and crossbows on the opposite side, sailing into the river to salvage and rescue them.
"General!"
However, just when the minds of the Chinese officers were gradually becoming paralyzed, and the Chinese brigade behind them was resting until they were bored, a horse suddenly galloped along the river bank and rolled off its horse directly in front of the Chinese army. It was Guo Dian's subordinate.
A confidant guard arrived. He saw Gongsun Xun's umbrella cover in the distance and couldn't help shouting. "My Lord, please send reinforcements. This is a temporary request document he printed on the battlefield."
Everyone in the Chinese army was shocked.
Lu Fan did not dare to delay, so he got off his horse and took the letter, then opened it and delivered it to Gongsun Xun.
On the other side, the guard was exhausted after delivering the letter. He sat on the ground and panted heavily. He didn't forget to wipe his face with his hands... His body was composed of three parts sweat, three parts river water, and three parts blood.
A piece of sludge, done like this at this time, makes it look more and more intense that the battle there is getting fiercer.
Seeing this, Feng Xin, the Prime Minister of Changshan, couldn't hold it back again, and actually asked in public: "But the war situation in Guo Mansion is worrying?"
"That's not true!" When the guard was asked, he quickly straightened his back on the ground and said. "Although there are many yellow scarf thieves, they are not our opponents, and Governor Guo is fighting in front with his bare blade, so our army is still
Victory. However, now that the battle circle is getting bigger and bigger, the thieves are still surrounding them continuously. Seeing that our army is still unable to break the siege, my family wants to second the Chinese army's ferry to facilitate the sect captain behind him.
Send more reinforcements quickly."
"That's it." Not only Feng Xin, but everyone in the Chinese army breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, this is a major problem in the forced crossing operation - there are insufficient ferries and the speed of delivering troops is limited.
It should be noted that the Hutuo River is not a big river like the Yellow River. It does not have a golden embankment or a special ferry. On weekdays, when the water is not strong, counties and counties can usually find suitable locations to easily set up pontoon bridges to serve as travel paths, so the entire river is
There simply aren't that many ships to collect.
In fact, the place where Gongsun Xun and Zhang Bao confronted each other used to be the pontoon bridge across the river from Xiaquyang to the north, but it was directly demolished when Zhang Bao withdrew to Henan. Later, the Han army set up camp here.
It was not without reason that we tried to cross the river from here, but were blocked by mountains built by the Yellow Turban bandits... After all, the place where the pontoon bridge was built was always the narrowest place, and the shoals on both sides were also compacted, making it suitable for forced crossing.
Back in front of him, Gongsun Xun glanced at the battlefield documents that Guo Dian had hurriedly sent, but shook his head slightly in the expectant eyes of everyone, and then said without changing his expression: "I won't write documents anymore. Go back and tell your family Guo.
Sir, according to the agreement, our cavalry will come from the lower reaches, that is, from the east, in about half an hour, and Mr. Guo is on the west side. It is of no use to increase troops at this time... Therefore, the Chinese army's ferry
I have another use!"
The guard was quite disappointed, but had nothing to say, so he could only obey the order and leave.
However, the surrounding officers felt relieved after hearing this... Gongsun Xun's intention was obviously to support the downstream, that is, Zhang Chun and Cheng Pu's way.
For public purposes, doing this would be more beneficial to the cavalry coming from the east; for private purposes, since Cheng Pu was the private citizen of General Wu Guanzhong, it was natural for him to give credit to his troops.
Sure enough, Gongsun Xun waited until Guo Dian's guards left in a hurry. He didn't panic. He just turned to his side and calmly ordered: "Let Cheng Demou gather the elite troops of Gao Suqing immediately and send them across to the other side. The cavalry will arrive sooner or later. Don't leave any troops behind."
Hands on!"
Several white horse righteous men set off immediately.
Lou Gui and Xi Zhong looked at each other, and then it was Lou Gui who stepped forward and suggested: "Your Majesty, our cavalry should have rested downstream. If you want to end this battle quickly, you might as well use the semaphore to urge
They sent troops...after all, it seems that Zhang Bao and his Chinese army will not move."
Hearing this, Gongsun Xun couldn't help but look back at the banner of General Digong on the mountain on the other side. He knew that, just as Lou Zibo said, behind that mountain and that banner there must be about 30,000 of the most elite main force of the Yellow Turban Army.
Not moving, it was as if there were more than 20,000 Han troops behind him sitting on the ground and resting for most of the day.
In such a situation, it seems that the only option is to 'sit back and wait for victory'.
However, would Gongsun Xun let this battle of forced crossing end with such an unclear, unclear, or even insignificant 'victory'?
Let Zhang Bao preserve his elite and most of his strength and retreat to the city to defend it calmly?
When Guo Dian was so young, he personally carried a sword and fought against the Yellow Turban Army. Even Zhang Chun was able to grit his teeth and cross the river in a desperate situation. How could Gongsun Xun be so perfunctory?
As soon as he thought of this, Gongsun Xun sneered, turned back to face the north, but his face suddenly became solemn, and he shouted directly to the location of the Chinese army and asked: "Where are the soldiers and horses of the Hejian Kingdom?"
"Hejian soldiers Cao Yu, pretending to be Sima Dongzhou Wang Meng to pay homage to the general, ask for the general's orders!" Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then one of them hurriedly came out to pay homage, but it was the leader of the reinforcements sent by the Hejian Kingdom after the chaos.
"Wang Sima." Gongsun Xun asked solemnly. "I checked the roster the day before yesterday and saw that one of your troops was actually a halberdier?"
"Exactly!" Wang Meng quickly replied. "Youzhou sent out sudden cavalry and bow cavalry, Jizhou sent out long spears and powerful crossbows. Our Hejian soldiers have always been accustomed to using long halberds and big spears. This time the war broke out, and the prime minister was ordered to do something expedient, so he
The local arsenal was specially recruited to form one group of halberd soldiers, two groups of spearmen, two groups of crossbowmen, and one group of large shield soldiers, a total of 1,200 elites, plus a thousand officers, and two thousand strong men... Although it is smaller than other counties
The country is slightly smaller, but its combat power and equipment are extremely strong!"
"Then call all the fake military lords in your tribe!" Gongsun Xun, of course, didn't bother to pay attention to how many soldiers the Hejian Kingdom sent out.
Everyone around him, including Wang Meng, knew that Gongsun Xun was going to select elite troops to make the final impact for the arrival of the cavalry, so no one dared to neglect... It’s just that Wang Meng was quite excited, and others were quite envious. I wonder what the Hejian soldiers were doing. It just caught the eyes of the general with great facial features.
A moment later, a dozen so-called "false song leaders" arrived one after another wearing armor and bowed collectively on the river beach.
"Who is the leader of the halberd soldiers?" The battle was so tight that Gongsun Xun didn't even bother to cover up. "I've seen the roster. Where is Zhang Jia and Zhang Junyi in Hejian County?"
One of them was suddenly startled, and then immediately raised his head, revealing a handsome face in his twenties from under his pocket: "Hejian opens his jaw and listens to the order!"
"Not bad!" Gongsun Xun was riding on a horse, condescending, and was quite satisfied to see the other party's appearance. "Let me ask you, can your 'Euphorbian Warrior' fight?"
There was no way he could talk nonsense, so he immediately answered with his hands raised: "I would like to serve as the general's vanguard!"
"Okay, then I will entrust my life and death to you, the pioneer." Gongsun Xun couldn't help laughing. "Wang Sima, immediately dispatch your troops... As long as there are 1,200 elite soldiers, no talented officers, shield soldiers first Cross the river to open up a battlefield, and then the crossbowmen will cover it. Let Zhang Junyi lead the three-curved spear and halberd to charge forward, and let me charge as far as I can without leaving any force behind!"
Wang Meng was as overjoyed as Zhang Jia, but he quickly raised his chest in assurance.
However, Wang Meng was so excited that he had to ask one more question: "May I ask the general, are our troops setting off from here? Where are they going? Is it to go downstream to join forces with the elite troops under Cheng Xiaowei?"
"Why sacrifice the near for the far?" Gongsun Xun didn't look back, he just drew his sword and pointed back. "Cross the river here, and take Zhang Bao directly from the mountain with me... Set off quickly!"
Everyone changed their colors for a moment, but who could hesitate in the military formation? Therefore, Wang Meng, Zhang Jia and other Hejian officers all stood up and went to the back to greet the soldiers and horses, but their faces were no longer happy, but the expressions of the surrounding generals were expressionless. Gets complicated.
Opening a third battlefield will undoubtedly greatly disrupt the Yellow Turban Army's troop deployment, allowing the cavalry to further play its role... But there is also no doubt that although it is very easy to cross the river here, there are not only earth mountains but also earth mountains in front of it. With the tens of thousands of rebel troops behind them, if they were not careful, they would be crushed in the area from the foot of the mountain to the river beach, and suffer heavy casualties.
It's better not to fight for such an opportunity to make meritorious deeds.
Of course, when things came to a head, the troops of the Hejian Kingdom had no way to retreat. Whether it was Wang Meng, Zhang Zha or other officers, they all sternly urged and encouraged loudly, and in less than half a quarter of an hour, they had already assembled on the river beach. , and boarding is completed in accordance with the combat order!
As a result, the Han army's central army suddenly beat the drums loudly, and the Yellow Turban army on the other side of the river finally couldn't contain the commotion, and hundreds of boats launched at once!
At this time, Guo Dian had just received the report from his guards, and he heard the movement in the distance. He climbed up to the base and looked at each other. He saw the movement of the Chinese army in the distance and couldn't help but sigh... The other party's handling of it was indeed more strategic than his blind request for reinforcements. Three flavors.
Even Xu Zhan, who was already exhausted from the lower reaches, couldn't help but climb up to look at each other after trying to kill one person. But when he discovered that not only the Chinese army suddenly sent troops towards Zhang Baobei, but also Cheng Pu behind him also sent his elite When the entire Gao Shun team arrived, the man couldn't help but let out a long breath, and then laughed at Zhang Chun, who was wearing a mourning robe in the military formation... It seemed that the battle formation was in danger, and the two of them could not help but sigh. He barely escaped.
However, the pressure of the Han troops on both wings suddenly relaxed, and the Hejian soldiers in the central army encountered the hard battle they expected as soon as they landed ashore!
First of all, just as everyone imagined, Zhang Bao was already prepared on the mountain. When he came up, he dispatched a large number of crossbowmen to fire volleys... Think about it, after destroying half of Hebei, how could General Di Gong lack the strength of his crossbows?
Woolen cloth?
The Han army that landed on the beach came in a fierce manner. Most of the officers had iron armor and most of the soldiers had leather armor. But except for the shield soldiers, they were helpless in the face of the overwhelming crossbows. Many people were directly on the ship, and the beach was completely blocked.
He was nailed to death on the spot. The shield soldiers who came ashore first did not feel so comfortable. They had no way to retreat, so they could only rush into the crossbow formation with their shields raised, but they were fired by powerful crossbows, which directly penetrated the thick iron shield.
, those who died on the spot were fine, but the most terrifying ones were even nailed together with their shields by crossbow arrows, and fell to the ground wailing, and then were hacked to death by random knives.
This situation was not stopped until the spearmen and halberdier soldiers behind them reluctantly formed a formation and rushed forward. However, at this time, the two hundred large shield soldiers were fifty or sixty dead; the two hundred euphorbias and the four hundred spearmen were gone.
Seventy or eighty; four hundred crossbowmen also died forty or fifty.
Moreover, this does not mean that the situation of the battle here has improved... Soon after the crossbow soldiers dispersed, before the Hejian soldiers could get into position, Zhang Bao quickly ordered repeatedly, and the most elite hand-to-hand combat troops around him were dispatched one after another, spears
There was no shortage of swords and shields, and they fought tooth and nail to stop the Han army, in order to prevent the latter from getting close to that crucial mountain.
To be fair, the Hejian soldiers were indeed brutal, but such urgent dispatching did not mean that the Yellow Turban Army was also panicked and in chaos by the opponent's sudden blow like a black tiger tearing out the heart?
Zhang Zha is a sensible person, and he also saw the panic on the other side, and knew that there was nothing wrong with the arrangement of the commander with five senses, and it was even perfect... However, there were so many casualties, but they were all descendants of Hejian.
However, most of the cavalrymen who would make great achievements later were those of the generals with good facial features. How could he, who was always well-educated and sensible, not feel at ease?
But what about the response? At this time, I’m afraid we have to follow the military orders and fight the enemy with all our strength, right?
Just when Zhang Jaw was about to grit his teeth and order an assault, suddenly, the drums on the Hutuo River side behind him were loud again. The mountains in front of them and even the Yellow Turban Army in front of them were all at a loss. They were obviously shaken. Zhang Jaw could see that
Clearly, a person who had been sitting under the banner of Huang Tian on the Tushan Mountain stood up in panic and almost fell down. Even a few people in the surrounding area were staring at the north bank of the Hutuo River in shock...
He opened his jaw in confusion and couldn't help but look back, and then he was also moved by the scene on the other side of the river.
It turns out that this place is quite narrow. Just as the soldiers on the river were trying to gain a foothold, this wave of boats had already returned to the north bank to pick up the next wave of reinforcements... However, the next wave of people who boarded the boats were all unexpectedly alone.
Lead the white horse to the boat!
On the first ship, a familiar set of umbrellas were placed directly on the bow. On the next ship, the scepter representing the emperor was also placed on the bow, and the white horse flag was high on the third ship.
Lift it up and keep fluttering in the wind.
Not only did Zhang Jia wake up for a moment, but also Guo Dian, Zhang Chun, Cheng Pu, Zong Yuan, and even the Han troops on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and everyone in the Yellow Turban Army suddenly understood at this time - the commander-in-chief of the Han army, General Wu Guanzhonglang
, Chijie, Liangxiang Hou Gongsun Xun, actually crossed the river in person with only a thousand people in front, and wanted to take Zhang Bao face to face!
Zhang Jaw suddenly turned around, took a deep breath, but no longer hesitated. He dropped the spear in his hand, directly drew his sword and shouted an order, asking his Euphorbia soldiers to move forward with all their might, no matter what.
Go straight to the earth mountain which is only 300 steps away.
——————I am the dividing line that goes straight forward————
"Zhang He, courtesy name Junyi, was from Hejian Miao. At the end of the Han Dynasty, he enlisted in the Yellow Turbans and became a fake military prince, belonging to Taizu. He attacked Quyang and crossed Hutuo. He led two hundred halberd soldiers as the vanguard and crossed the river first. From then on
Known to everyone." - "Jiu Yan Shu". Volume 71. Biography No. 21
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