In fact, there are two roads to go from Luoyang to Nanyang. One road goes through Yingchuan, and the other does not go through Yingchuan. Wang Yi did not listen to Yan You's opinion and insisted on taking the Yingchuan road. Of course, there are also
His reason.
The Han army that entered Yingchuan was only 20,000 strong. If we exclude the casualties, it would not even be 20,000. And the army under Wang Yi's command totaled 430,000. The strength of the Han army was still less than a fraction of his.
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The strength of the two sides can no longer be described as a huge difference, but a difference of more than twenty times. The gap in strength between the two sides is so huge that they are no longer on the same level.
Under such circumstances, Wang Yi was asked to bypass Yingchuan and take another road. To him, this was simply an insult to his life. Could he give Yan You a good look?
Wang Yi did not adopt Yan You's advice and ordered his army to go south to Yingchuan. He first defeated the Han army in Yingchuan, and then went west to Nanyang to wipe out all the Han army and the Han emperor Liu Xuan.
With over 10,000 people, it is boundless; with over 100,000 people, it reaches the sky; an army of more than 400,000 people is called a million people, and its scale can be imagined.
There were more than 100,000 former troops who marched out from Luoyang first.
Although these more than 100,000 reckless troops are called the front army, they are internally divided into the front army, the middle army, and the rear army. Even among the front army, there are also thousands of vanguard troops.
The army of more than 400,000 was too numerous to march in a swarm, and had to be set off in groups one after another.
The leading troops of the Mang army have already entered Yangcheng in Yingchuan, and there are still tens of thousands of rear troops stationed in Luoyang. It can be seen that the scale of this army is so large that Wang Yi uses it to describe it as swallowing mountains and rivers.
Too much.
Yangcheng is located on the north bank of Yingshui and is also one of the important docks for crossing Yingshui. After the Mang army entered Yangcheng, they requisitioned all the ships in Yangcheng and the surrounding areas.
In the past few days, there has been no traffic on the Yingshui River. Ships of all sizes have been going back and forth, transporting the Mang army and their supplies, grain and grass to the south bank of Yingshui in batches.
The first to cross Yingshui was naturally the vanguard of the Mang army. This army of thousands of people was led by Mang generals Song Yi and Wang Lian.
Song Yi and Wang Lian were originally generals under Grand Master Wang Kuang, and were old enemies of the Red Eyebrow Army.
This time Wang Mang made up his mind to destroy the Han army in Nanyang. All the soldiers under Wang Kuang were temporarily requisitioned by Wang Yi and Wang Xun. Song Yi and Wang Lian made great achievements in battle and were appointed as pioneer officers by Wang Yi.
After crossing Yingshui, Song Yi and Wang Lian led thousands of vanguard troops and attacked Yangguan where Liu Xiu was.
Although Yangguan is not big, it is just a small pass in a small area, but its terrain is steep, with one side facing mountains and the other side facing water. It is because there is such a pass sandwiched between mountains and rivers that it is uniquely endowed, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Song Yi and Wang Lian arrived outside Yangguan City and looked around. Although Yangguan was small, the attacking party could not attack from all sides. They could only attack one side, either by attacking from the north or from the south.
After fighting against the Red Eyebrow Army for so long, Song Yi and Wang Lian have become experienced old foxes. Just looking at the terrain of Yangguan, they can judge that one man can pass it and ten thousand people cannot open it.
If you attack the city by force, the casualties will be hard to estimate.
Under normal circumstances, they had traveled a long distance and when they arrived at Yangguan, they should rest for a day and set up camp before fighting again the next day.
However, Wang Yi, who was in charge of the central army, did not pay attention to the Han army at all. He believed that as soon as his army passed by, the Han army he encountered would be gone.
Knowing that our coach was very happy with his victory, if Wang Yi knew that they did not attack the city immediately after arriving at Yangguan, but took a day's rest, it is estimated that even if they succeeded in conquering Yangguan, Wang Yi would be unhappy, and there was no telling what would happen next. Wear some shoes for them both!
Song Yi and Wang Lian figured out that instead of setting up camp and resting, they might as well just start fighting!
The two of them did not recklessly order the entire army to attack. Instead, they sent out their men to attack the enemy and scold the enemy, hoping to provoke the Yangguan defenders to come out and fight face to face outside the city.
The tactics used by the Han army in Yangdi were now used by the Mang army on the Han army. There were hundreds of Mang soldiers, led by a captain, standing outside Yangguan City, yanking their necks and yelling curses.
What are the traitors, rebels, traitors, traitors, and thieves? From Liu Xiu to Liu Yan, from Liu Yan to Liu Xuan, they have been scolded from generation to generation. They have almost scolded the ancestors of the Liu family all over again. .
Standing on the city wall, Zhu You, Gai Yan, Fu Jun, Wang Ba and others all looked livid, gnashing their teeth and clenching their fists as they looked at the ruthless troops shouting at each other outside the city.
Zhu You couldn't help it anymore, turned around and said to Liu Xiu: "My lord, please allow your subordinates to leave the city and fight the enemy!"
Liu Xiu is not afraid of scolding by reckless soldiers. No matter how harsh or unpleasant your scolding is, to me, it doesn't hurt, but it will definitely affect the morale of the lieutenants.
He glanced at Zhu You, then at his indignant soldiers, gently rubbed the jade plaque around his waist with his fingers, and said: "Ayou is the only one who goes into battle. It seems that some people are alone."
Hearing this, Gai Yan, Fu Jun, and Wang Ba all bowed their hands and saluted, and said in unison: "My lord, please prepare the final general to go to battle!"
Liu Xiu turned to look at the spy on the other side and asked, "Who is the vanguard of this reckless army?"
The spy leader quickly bowed his hands and saluted, saying, "Reporting to my lord, it's Song Yi and General Wang Lian!"
"Song Yi and Wang Lian are both generals under Wang Kuang. They have fought countless times with the Red Eyebrow Army, and they are all experienced veterans!"
Liu Xiu murmured something, then he smiled leisurely and said: "Order two hundred troops. Let's go out of the city to meet these two!"
"My lord is also leaving the city?" Zhu You and others were all shocked and looked at Liu Xiu in surprise.
Liu Xiu shrugged with a relaxed expression and said, "What are you afraid of? If we can't defeat him, we'll just turn around and go back to the city!"
The Mang army was shouting curses outside the city when they suddenly saw the north gate of Yangguan open and a Han army rushed out from the city.
The reckless soldiers who were scolding the formation were startled and turned around to run away. However, if they looked closely, they almost became angry. The Han army that rushed out from Yangguan City only numbered about two hundred people. They didn't have these scoldings. There are so many people in the formation!
Seeing this, the reckless soldiers who were scolding the formation stopped running away. A camp commander urged his horse to run forward for a certain distance and shouted loudly to the Han army on the opposite side: "Who is coming? Tell me your name!"
Hearing that no one on the other side said anything, the village chief urged his horse to run for some distance and shouted: "My general has a good life. If you are a traitor, if you are obedient and captured, you will have a way to survive. If you resist to the end, the chickens and dogs will be killed." Do not stay……"
Before he could finish his words, he heard two sounds in a row, and an arrow with carved feathers fell from the sky, hitting him right in the chest. The village chief's shouts stopped abruptly, and he shook his horse a few times before falling headfirst. Lying motionless on the ground.
When the captain looked at it, he screamed in anger, picked up an iron spear from the victory hook, urged his horse out of the queue, and shouted: "What kind of skill is it for rebels to hurt people with secret arrows? Who shoots arrows and comes out to take them?"
die!"
It was Fu Jun who killed the commander of the Mang army with an arrow. Hearing the other party's shouting, he turned to look at Liu Xiu and said, "Princess?"
Liu Xiu nodded and said, "Ziwei, be more careful!"
"This is your order!" As he spoke, Fu Jun urged his horse and rushed towards the captain on the opposite side. Fu Jun was not only good at shooting arrows from a distance, but his melee skills were also strong. With a long halberd,
He is brave in killing and unstoppable.
Seeing that the man who fired the cold arrow came out to challenge, the captain clamped his feet on the horse's belly and faced Fu Jun. The horses on both sides moved in opposite directions and soon came into contact with each other.
The school captain gave a loud shout and stabbed out a spear first, directly to Fu Jun's chest. Fu Jun raised the halberd outwards, and heard a clang. The iron spear was bounced high. Before the opponent could close the spear, he
The halberd in his hand swept forward again.
Snap! The halberd pole struck the captain on the chest, knocking him backwards from his horse and falling to the ground with a muffled thud.
The captain fell dizzy, his chest felt tight, and he spit out blood. Before he could catch his breath, Fu Jun, who was riding forward, stabbed him in the chest with a halberd.
Poof! The tip of the halberd poked out from behind the captain, who screamed in agony and then died. When the reckless soldiers on the other side saw this, their hair stood on end with fright. They dared not linger, so they turned around and ran back one by one.
Song Yi and Wang Lian, who were watching the battle from behind, were furious, but they were also secretly surprised. Who was this general of the Han army? Not only was his archery accurate, but his martial arts skills were also amazing!
The two looked at each other, and Wang Lian said in a concentrated voice: "General Song, I'm going to fight him!"
Song Yi and Wang Lian were both good at fighting, but relatively speaking, the former was better at strategizing and running the army, while the latter was better at charging into battle.
Hearing that Wang Lian planned to go to war, Song Yi pondered for a moment and reminded him seriously: "This man has good martial arts skills and outstanding archery skills. He is by no means an ordinary person. General Wang must not underestimate the enemy!"
Wang Lian nodded, smiled, and said proudly: "Don't worry, General Song, I'll be right back!"
Wang Lian, who had long been accustomed to fighting against the Red Eyebrow Army, really didn't take the Han Army seriously.
The Han army totaled only tens of thousands of people, but the Red Eyebrow Army could easily send out tens of thousands, tens of thousands or two hundred thousand troops. Compared with the Red Eyebrow Army, the Han Army here was just making a fuss.
Wang Lian's weapon was a long spear. He rode his horse to the front of the two armies' formation, looked at Fu Jun on the opposite side, took a look, then pointed his pistol at Fu Jun and shouted: "Come and give me your name!"
"Han Military Colonel, Fu Jun!"
Captain! Wang Lian let out a laugh, shook the spear in his hand, and said: "Nobody! Go back and let Liu Xiu come out to fight me!"
"If you want to fight my lord, you must first pass me, Fu Jun!" Fu Jun's face was expressionless, and he just held the halberd in his hand horizontally.
"If you are looking for death, I will help you!" Wang Lian urged the horse on his crotch and ran straight towards Fu Jun with his gun.
It seemed that his shot was aimed straight at Fu Jun's face, but when the tip of the gun was about to hit Fu Jun, it suddenly moved down and stabbed him hard in the lower abdomen.
This sudden change of moves was really hard to guard against. Fu Jun was also secretly frightened, this man's marksmanship was not simple.
He flicked the tail of his halberd outward, and the spear that stabbed his lower abdomen was deflected. When the two horses were crossing each other, Wang Lian hit Fu Jun directly in the ribs with the tail of his spear.
Fu Jun used his halberd to block again. When the horses from both sides had passed each other, Wang Lian suddenly made another move with his carbine, stabbing Fu Jun in the back.
The three moves used by Wang Lian are called "Three Spears to Cross the Horse". They are also the three most pure and most skillful moves he uses. When fighting against enemies, few people can escape unscathed by his three spears.
. But today, he encountered an exception.
When Wang Lian's spear was about to pierce Fu Jun's back of the heart, the latter suddenly fell forward and heard a swish sound, and the spear whizzed past Fu Jun's spine.