Nearly 30,000 Wei troops crossed Longshan via Fanxukou and marched toward Jieting in a mighty manner.
Ten miles away from the Han army's garrison point on the road, they landed in the camp to rest and recover from the exhaustion from the rapid march. More than ten teams of scouts and rangers fanned out of the camp to inquire about the movements of the Han army.
One of them, about ten riders, went straight along the Longguan Road.
If you look down from the sky, you can still see the formation of this scout, with a person in the middle faintly guarding it.
I saw that he was over sixty years old, his beard and hair were dyed white by the years, and his face was covered with dense wrinkles and ridges. However, his body sitting upright on the horse was as stable as a mountain, and his eyes were bright and clear.
When people see it, they can't help but praise him for being strong and strong.
He is Zhang He, the only remaining member of the "good generals of the time, five sons are the first" during the Wei Wu and Cao Cao period.
But when he stopped his horse on a gentle slope and looked at the camp where the Han army had fallen in the distance, there was a hint of worry in his eyes.
The Han army's defenses were too perfect.
A hundred steps in front of the camp on the block road, there are countless rocks, iron caltrops, pits and other roadblocks, criss-crossing and chaotically distributed. In front of the camp, there are two deep and wide trenches.
Not to mention that the cavalry cannot gallop, even the infantry charge has difficulty moving quickly.
If you want to attack the Han army's camp, you have to brave the Han army's crossbows and clear these roadblocks.
It requires at least two thousand lives, right?
Among them, it also included using the corpses of these clearing soldiers to fill the gully in front of the camp.
Zhang He looked at the camp constructed horizontally with WISCO vehicles and made silent calculations in his mind.
When I looked far ahead and saw a large banner embroidered with the Chinese character "Han", hunting in the wind, my heart suddenly tightened.
No matter how many soldiers are sent out, an army only has one big banner!
Because of the great banner, it is the glory that only the commander can have, and the other flags are called general flags!
Zhuge Liang, the prime minister who went against Shu, actually led his troops to guard this road!?
Or is it just pretending to be mysterious?
Zhang He frowned, squinted his eyes, and silently counted in his mind the amount of smoke from the Han camp under the setting sun.
Calculating the number of soldiers based on the amount of smoke from cooking is a must-have common sense for generals.
Zhang He, who has experienced hundreds of battles, is naturally no stranger to this.
Therefore, he was also vaguely convinced that the commander-in-chief here might really be the Prime Minister Zhuge Liang who rebelled against Shu!
After all, Nishu, which was already in decline, seemed to have no generals who could command no less than 20,000 troops.
Naturally, it does not rule out that the Han army here is composed of two or three troops.
However this is unlikely.
When deciding on a decisive moment, it is most taboo to send orders out of many places.
In particular, in the Han army camp, except for the big banner, there was only a banner embroidered with "Conquer the Central Plains" on the side, and there were no other general flags.
well.
If Zhuge Liang, who is against Shu, is here, I am afraid our army will suffer many casualties.
Sighing quietly in his heart, Zhang He turned his horse's head and slowly returned to his camp.
Although he had been stationed outside for a long time and did not participate in the decision-making of the Luoyang temple, he had also heard the words of Prime Minister Zhuge Liang who was against Shu and won people's hearts.
Moreover, no matter how big or small everything is against Shu, Zhuge Liang will definitely decide it.
If he personally faced the battle here, how could the soldiers under his command not take the lead bravely, or die on their heels?
After returning to the camp, he sent a messenger to Xi County in Youfufeng to inform Cao Zhen, the general of Wei who decided the battle.
It's not that he's timid.
But he brought 28,000 soldiers this time, and because he was rushing to help in a hurry, he did not bring the thunderbolt chariots, big yellow crossbows and other siege weapons that slowed down the speed, so he sent people to ask Cao Zhen to urge the baggage to come quickly.
The attacking side has no geographical advantage.
Faced with no less than 20,000 Han troops guarding the road, even if he killed all his soldiers, he might not be able to break through the road.
However, no matter how difficult it is, he will attack regardless of casualties!
Having led his army through almost every inch of land in the northwest, he knew Longyou very well.
If you can't break through the Longguan Road, you can go around the more rugged Xiaoguan Road or the Weishui River Valley, where it will be even harder to break through.
Not to mention, before leading his army here, Cao Zhen had whispered: "Jun Yi, if we can defeat the Shu army on Longguan Road within one month, we will allow the subsequent generals of the Wei Dynasty to enter Longyou, even if you have these soldiers under your command."
Despite all the losses in battle, our army can still celebrate!"
Cao Zhen, who worked hard with the soldiers every time he went on an expedition and often took his family's wealth and distributed it to the soldiers, was able to say words that did not care about the lives of the soldiers, which shows the significance of the capture of Longguandao to this battle.
He himself also understands it well.
Liangzhou has always been in turmoil, so it is difficult to expect them to support Longyou.
There were not many troops stationed in Longyou, and many Di tribes from Wudu were settled there.
If the reinforcements cannot enter Longyou in time and people's hearts are in turmoil, Guo Huai in Shanggui County cannot be defended.
If Shanggui County is lost, the unchecked anti-Shu army will pile up all its troops on the three passages to wait for work and contain the danger. Even if Luoyang mobilizes another 100,000 troops, it will be in vain.
The next day, morning dawned, and the morning sun dyed Longguan Road red with its rays of rays.
In Cao Jun's camp, the thunderous war drums made the world tremble and reverberated continuously in the mountain road.
The banners were flying, and Cao's troops from all departments filed out of the camp one after another with the sound of whistles.
However, the mountain path is not wide.
More than 20,000 Cao's troops formed a formation that stretched for several miles.
The first four soldiers and horses, all wearing two layers of armor, had no sharp blades and only carried shields, and they marched towards the Han army camp step by step like a rainbow.
They were all soldiers who were recruited by Zhang He with heavy rewards and sacrificed their lives to clear the roadblocks.
If all the roadblocks in front of the Han army's camp can be cleared, regardless of whether they are dead or alive, they will be beheaded for two levels of merit, and will be rewarded with thousands of dollars and ten pieces of silk.
If they return without success, they will all be considered deserters and beheaded!
Military orders are like mountains.
Such a general's order to survive in death made all the four Wei soldiers red-eyed.
As soon as the sound of war drums urged them forward, they put wooden shields across their necks and chests, roared and rushed forward, pulling up iron caltrops with their bare hands, and pushing rocks on their shoulders to fill the pits.
At the same time, the three square formations behind them, under the orders of the various military officers, shot out countless arrows, turned into dark clouds, covered the sky and the sun, and fell into the Han army's camp.
The war, without a prelude, could not wait to play the march of dying human lives.
Relying on the front row of Han troops sheltered by the Wuhan Iron and Steel chariots, the shouts of generals and subordinates at all levels also continued.
The large oar soldiers raised their shields to protect the strong slaves from the sudden rain of arrows, allowing them to focus on harvesting the lives of Cao's army.
Under the banner of the Han army, the prime minister stood on a high throne.
As far as the eye can see, the dark clouds of arrows are constantly rising from Cao's army array; there are also Cao's soldiers who are desperately rushing to clear the roadblocks, constantly wailing and screaming.
As for those who lay prone on the ground, they were pushed into pits or ravines by the robes.
Use the corpses to lay a solid foundation for the march against the Wei Dynasty.
Black arrow clouds, red blood, colorful sunshine, and the pale remains of the snow on the mountains on both sides intertwine and shine in the narrow mountain road. The harsh sound of arrows breaking through the air, the screams of people before they die, and the deafening war drums
, and the wanton and violent roar of the early spring wind in the northwest dominates the world.
The prime minister stands with his hands behind his back, his clothes are as white as snow, and his face is neither sad nor happy.
But there was a feeling of emotion in my heart.
In the Battle of Hanzhong in the past, when the late Emperor Liu Bei learned that Huang Zhong had killed Xia Houyuan on the battlefield, he said with emotion, "If you deserve to be the leader, what's wrong with using this?" and asserted that Zhang He was a better soldier than Xia Houyuan.
Now, as soon as Zhang Hefu led his troops to the battle, he decisively ignored the casualties of the soldiers, which shows that the late emperor knew people well.
Because the two sides were fighting in a street pavilion, all they were fighting for was time.
As far as the Han army is concerned, as long as it is delayed until the Guo Huai tribe in Shanggui City is exhausted and all the army can be used to guard it, then Longyou will be owned by the Han. As for the Cao army, as long as Zhang He's tribe penetrates the road from Guanzhong to Longyou
, the endless stream of Wei troops can make the Han Dynasty not dare to gamble on the fate of the country and retreat on their own.
Of course.
The prime minister also knew that the opponent's general was Zhang He.
Not only is the general flag with the word "Zhang" flying across the way, but also because in today's Wei Dynasty, among the generals who can command tens of thousands of troops, only one of them has the surname Zhang.
"Prime Minister, I think that with the Wei army's tactics, the roadblocks will be cleared within two days."
Guan Xing, who was standing under the banner, said this to the prime minister gently.
He was the only general authorized by the Prime Minister to watch the battle under the banner.
"The words of An Guo, otherwise."
Hearing this, the Prime Minister tilted his head slightly and showed a smile, "The next day, our army will have to fight against the Wei Dynasty at hand-to-hand combat."
Um?
Guan Xing raised his eyebrows slightly and lowered his head in thought.
After a while, he realized something and said, "Prime Minister, are you referring to Zhang He, the bandit general, who will send troops to clear the roadblocks day and night?"
"Of course!"
He stroked his beard happily, and the Prime Minister nodded and smiled, "That Zhang He has been on the march for decades, he is a good general of the time! As soon as he arrived, he attacked regardless of casualties, and he did not waste day and night. If we delay for one more day, I will
The army will have a better chance of victory. Anguo must remember that when he leads the army alone in the future, he must cut off his troops as soon as possible. Don't let the war situation fall into an irreversible situation because of a moment's hesitation."
"No! Please remember the Prime Minister's instructions."
Immediately, Guan Xing bowed and spoke respectfully.
When he stood up again, he regarded himself as Zhang He across from him, put himself in his shoes and thought carefully about the Prime Minister's plan.
Well, the Prime Minister asked more than 10,000 people to guard the Wuhan Iron and Steel chariot formation in front, and the rest of the soldiers are now about fifty steps behind, building new fortifications.
It's like an urn city built inside a city.
It is a camp similar to the shape of "concave". The two sides of the front are equipped with steel chariots, and the horses and deer antlers form a barrier. It is thickened diagonally towards the middle, and large oars and spear soldiers are arranged in sequence. In the middle, there are
Two teams of shield soldiers lined up directly in front, guarding the crossbow array behind.
The large banners and golden drum and horn orders were also arranged behind the strong crossbow array.
Looking down from the sky, the entire camp looks like an eagle with its wings spread out.
The advantage of this formation is that when the enemy attacks, the road will become narrower and narrower, which can cause stampedes due to crowding. After all, both sides will attack with spears, and the attacking soldiers will not dare to stay at all.
Moreover, both the general and the central army's banner are placed in the enemy's field of vision, which will act as a decoy to make them rush through the crossbow formation regardless of their own safety.
After all, when the two armies are fighting fiercely, if the main general is killed or the central army's banner is chopped down, the victory of the war is guaranteed.
At first, Guan Xing thought that the prime minister had ordered the fortifications to be built again, but he felt that the reinforcements from the Wei Dynasty came very quickly and did not have enough time to complete the repairs. Therefore, he had to rely on the horizontal formation of Wuhan Iron and Steel chariots in front to delay and build while defending!
Now, after the Prime Minister mentioned it, we know that building fortifications again has a profound meaning!
The prime minister’s plan is to steal the morale of Cao’s army!
Most of the people in this world are ordinary people after all.
When faced with a sure victory, one will be delighted; when faced with setbacks, one will also become depressed.
The prime minister's idea was to let Cao's army abandon the Wuhan Iron and Steel chariot formation in front after several consecutive hard battles, giving them the illusion of an imminent victory and boosting their morale.
Then, when their emotions are high, use a strong camp to shatter their expectations and let them experience the frustration of falling from the top of the mountain into the abyss!
Fighting requires courage.
Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted!
This kind of instant change will make people desperate!
Even heartbroken!
Faced with the collapse of the morale of his soldiers, Zhang He had no choice but to retire and reorganize, or he had no choice but to retreat these soldiers and call in other sergeants.
Regardless of the choice, for the Han Dynasty, it bought time for Wu Yi and other troops to capture Shanggui County.
If Niwei delays too long at this point in time, then Longyou will belong to the Han Dynasty!
Moreover, when Guan Xing thought about it carefully, he also thought of another detail.
The Han army did not need to worry about whether their own soldiers would be self-defeating if they retreated hastily from the battlefield and caused a complete rout of the entire army.
If the Prime Minister personally comes to supervise the battle, which soldier's morale will collapse?
When the sun is at midday, it moves, when the moon is full, it wanes, and the same goes for the human heart.
The Prime Minister is truly a god!
After thinking about it carefully, the admiration in my heart filled up in an instant.
In particular, the Prime Minister has thought carefully about the dangers of this formation.
Well, this formation can be defended but not attacked. While the formation makes it difficult for the enemy to break through, it also gives up the opportunity for our own side to catch up and kill the enemy while the enemy is being driven back by crossbows.
However, the Prime Minister had no intention of pursuing him.
The only thing we need to worry about is the crossbow formation in the middle, which must not be broken by the enemy!
Otherwise, luring the enemy will actually provide the enemy with an opportunity to kill the general and seize the flag!
Therefore, the Prime Minister ordered people to dig a trench in front of the new camp and also dug a huge pit in the middle.
And the crossbow array in the middle is very unusual.
It is a crossbow made just last year by the Han Dynasty, named "Yuanrong Crossbow".
It has a range of only fifty steps, is large and heavy, and is inconvenient to move. It requires three soldiers to operate, and can only be used to defend cities or fortresses.
However, this crossbow can fire ten arrows at a time!
Within fifty steps, not to mention armored soldiers, even war horses were shot dead on the spot!
The reason why he is so sure is that the prime minister, who has always been cautious, even used more than a hundred war horses to conduct experiments in Hanzhong.
Guan Xing still remembers that Zhao Guang, who was riding the horse at that time, looked at him from the side with a look of pain on his face.
In fact, the original intention of the Han Dynasty in creating the Yuan Rong Crossbow was to restrain Cao Wei's many cavalry.
But now it coincides with the meeting, and it is first used to guard the street pavilion.
Thinking about this, Guan Xing was even a little impatient, waiting for the counter-Wei army to attack the inner camp.
