Chapter 253 The first battle of the street pavilion
The reason why Feng Zhou chose Chen Shi and Wang Ping instead of others was because these two were the kind of generals who were conscientious and hard-working and never complained.
Both of them are middle-level commanders who are conscientious in their duties and well-behaved in the military. Even if their superiors' orders put them in deep danger or alone, they will execute them without question. They are models of loyal soldiers and are liked by all their superiors.
Type is also a must-have type of person.
The two of them did not appear to be outstanding in terms of bravery or intelligence, which shows that they are not wizards, but ordinary soldiers. They are inconspicuous but indispensable people.
After Feng Zhou left, Ma Di whispered to Zhuge Liang: "In the past, Emperor Xiaowen went to Xiliu Camp to work for the army. Zhou Yafu said: 'The army heard the commander's orders but not the emperor's edicts.' Now the emperor enters the military camp at will and arranges military affairs at will. I'm afraid of the influence.
The authority of the coach.”
Zhuge Liang shook his goose feather fan, glanced at Ma Su, and said with a smile: "The art of war is cloudy, it is a combination of virtuality and reality, virtuality and reality. Your Majesty is so brave and brave that there are few in the world. Therefore, you have stopped fighting for the street pavilion. Your Majesty's vision is precise.
He is better than an ordinary veteran, so God bless the man. Young Chang, you have to know that soldiers have no permanent momentum, water has no permanent shape, and nothing remains unchanged. This is true for reading the Art of War, and it is also true for other things."
Ma Su listened and retreated.
But when Feng Zhou and Chen Shi were talking about it, Wang Ping led 15,000 troops to the street pavilion and looked at the terrain. Chen Shi smiled and said, "This is a remote place in the mountains, and the Wei soldiers are afraid of coming easily!" Wang Ping said: "
Although the Wei soldiers did not dare to come, they went to the stronghold at the main entrance of the five routes, but ordered the sergeants to cut down trees and build fences for a long-term plan."
Chen Shi nodded in agreement. After sealing the boat, he arranged for the army to cut down trees, carry soil and pour water. In just two days, he built an earthen city on the road and on the mountain.
In addition, Chen Shi also built a small military camp three miles in front of Tucheng, and arranged for Huben Zhonglang General Gou Fu to lead two thousand elite troops to guard it in a leaning position.
Feng Zhou saw that although Chen Shi had an ordinary vision, he was also conscientious and conscientious in his duties. He was indeed an indispensable person in the army. No wonder he achieved a high position.
At this time, he, Wang Ping, Wu Tong, Zhang Wen and others went up to the mountain south of the city to lurk. Seeing the strong earth city from a distance, they laughed and said: "General Chen is in charge of building the city. Even if there are 100,000 thieves, they can't get through."
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Wang Ping and others nodded in agreement, admiring Feng Zhou's ability to understand people.
Another day later, suddenly there was smoke billowing on the Longxi Road, horses' hooves rumbled, and thousands of troops came to kill them. It was the Wei army that had arrived.
I have to say that Wei Jun arrived very quickly!
Because since receiving the news of Cao Pi's arrival in Chang'an, Feng Zhou led his army to Jieting. He had a huge time advantage on the inside, while Zhang was 1,200 miles away from Chang'an to Jieting.
Therefore, the Han army arrived only four days in advance, which is enough to show that Zhang's long-distance attack was extremely fast.
After the army galloped thousands of miles, it still maintained its murderous aura, which is enough to demonstrate Zhang's ability to command troops.
Wei Jun came so quickly!
Zhang's vanguard general Lu Jian took the lead and led 10,000 cavalry to clear the way and fight out from Zhang's camp. It would only take two hours at most to reach the outside of the Sanli Xiaozhai camp. At this time, Jufu summoned the entire army.
, held a pre-war mobilization meeting. Facing two thousand Han soldiers, they held their arms and held their spears, and shouted fiercely: "Brothers, the Wei soldiers have arrived! General Chen has an order, asking us to fight and retreat, relying on favorable terrain.
, we must defeat the first wave of Wei army’s attack, and my man will make great contributions in this battle!”
Two thousand elite soldiers raised their spears high and shouted, "To make great achievements, we will do it in this battle! To make great achievements, we will do it in this battle!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The sound of the Wei army's horse hoofs was getting closer and closer. Amid the billowing dust, even Zhang's general's banner was already in sight.
"Put your guns up and line up!"
Following Jufu's roar, the Han army quickly formed a spear formation, forming a steel forest like a neat forest, and marched towards the Wei army.
Since Feng Zhou defeated Xu Huang with a square formation of spears, defeated Cao Zhen, and defeated the Soochow army in Jingzhou, this formation that can reflect a strong army has been popularized among the Han army, because this formation is really simple and clear.
Zhuge Liang's Bagua formation is much simpler. Many generals know that they are no match for Zhuge Liang, so they practice this formation during military training.
Lu Jian did not expect that the Han army, which was at a numerical disadvantage, would dare to counterattack. He immediately waved the flag and the whole army accelerated, and immediately collided with a spear formation composed of two thousand elite soldiers from Jufu. There were loud shouts of killing and clashes of swords and guns.
The sound immediately echoed in the narrow battlefield of Longxi Road.
The shouts, the sounds of fighting, and the sounds of weapons touching each other all merged into a roaring chorus. Everyone's eyes were red with blood, and without taking a step back, they desperately stabbed each other with the spears in their hands, and slashed at each other with the long knives in their hands.
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On the narrow battlefield, thousands of troops and horses were trampling on the sand and dust, and clouds of yellow mist rose up throughout the battlefield. Jufu and Lu Jian were hundreds of feet apart, each standing on a high place, standing still and looking at each other.
There are more than ten strong soldiers around each person raising iron shields to block the incoming crossbow arrows for their respective masters. The soldiers below fight with the enemy, shooting arrows and slashing with swords, fighting to the death without retreating. They are killed in the light of swords and spears.
The sound shook the sky.
The fierce battle lasted for more than half an hour, with nearly 10,000 Wei troops taking turns to attack. Jufu's 2,000 elite soldiers had suffered casualties of more than 300 to 400, and they also killed more than a thousand Wei troops.
Feng Zhou looked from the top of the mountain and saw corpses strewn on the ancient road. Horses with no saddles on them were galloping in all directions. However, the arrows fired by the enemy soldiers were still powerful. Seeing that the enemy soldiers were attacking particularly fiercely in the northeast corner, the defenders gradually resisted.
Unable to stop himself, a general in Jufu became very anxious and asked: "General, the enemy is strong, should we retreat?"
Ju Fu's eyes were like eagles, and he looked at the enemy soldiers on the opposite side without blinking an eye. He said in a low voice: "How can we retreat? Once we retreat, it will be chaos!"
"Is that a signal to General Chen in the city to ask for reinforcements?" the general continued to ask.
Ju Fu shook his head and said, "There's no point in attacking. This battlefield is so narrow. They won't be able to form a formation when they come. They can't replace us."
After he finished speaking, he slammed his spear and shouted: "The only option is to fight to the death!"
"Fight to the death! Fight to the death!"
The Han soldiers were already red-eyed and shouted one after another.
"The resistance of the Shu army is so strong!" Lu Jian couldn't help but sigh.
In the territory of Wei State, Ji Han was not allowed to be called by his name. They all called him Shu State, Shu Army, Shu Lord and so on.
"General, our army has just arrived, and the enemy is waiting for work. It is inevitable that their morale will be high. It is better to retreat temporarily and wait for the general on the right to unite the army to arrive and destroy them in one go." A general suggested.
Seeing that the enemy was too strong, if these two thousand people were completely wiped out, Lu Jian's army would probably be crippled.
Thinking of this, he nodded and said: "Ming Jin withdraws his troops!"
The Wei army's vanguard slowly withdrew from the battlefield, and the Han army naturally did not pursue them.
Because Chen Shi's previous military order to Jufu was to withstand the first wave, inflict maximum damage to the enemy and then retreat to Tucheng.
Here the Han army retreated to Tucheng, and the Wei army also met Zhang Dajun.
After Zhang heard Lu Jian's report, he laughed loudly: "Okay! The Shu army is so brave and not afraid of death, which means we have found their weakness. As long as we capture the street pavilion, we can attack Zhuge Liang's flank and defeat the Shu army."
We gathered together to annihilate them at Longyou. Therefore, the key to victory in this battle lies in this Jieting Tucheng."
"What the general said is absolutely true!" Lu Jian admired him extremely.
"Who is the defender of the earth city opposite?"
"Chen Shi, the general who defeated the invaders of Shu." Lu Jian replied.
"Haha, Chen Shi, you are a man of the mean. When I joined forces with Gongming, we killed him outside the Yangping Pass and his blood flowed into a river. Countless people committed suicide by throwing themselves into the valley. Zhuge Liang sent him here. It was really a wrong choice of man! Our army will attack day and night.
, break it as soon as possible!" Zhang looked at the earthen city in front of the street pavilion from a distance with confident and wise eyes, a cruel smile on his lips.
He thought in his mind: "My son Adou, a village man from Zhuge, this time I have been ordered by the emperor to lead 50,000 cavalry, and I will definitely crush you to pieces! I will accomplish the feat of Zhang Wansi!"