Chengu Township is located about twenty miles north of Jieqiao, probably in the northwest of Linxi County in later generations.
This place is the throat of Dongwu City's southern boundary bridge. Although there are other roads, they require a long detour. Therefore, after Yuan Shang captured Dongwu City, he occupied Chengu.
Yesterday, the Qingzhou Army appeared in Chengu. Yuan Shang sent people to investigate. The enemy's flag was "lead", which was a lead move.
Although Qianzhao was also a general under Liu Bei, he had never had any sense of presence and had no impressive achievements. Therefore, the judge thought that Liu Bei had no skills and had no choice but to send Qianzhao to stop them.
After the two sides met, they did not start a war immediately. Because the Yuan army had already occupied the Chengu Xiangting Pavilion at that time, and built certain fortress defense facilities using the Xiangting Pavilion as a unit, making it difficult to attack by force.
Therefore, it is called Qianzhao, but in fact, after more than 20,000 troops led by Zhang Liao and Dian Wei arrived in Chengu, they first scouted the periphery, preparing to find a breakthrough point.
A confrontation between two armies does not mean that both sides just put their soldiers out to kill each other. If you want to go into battle, you have to see whether the enemy is willing to fight you.
Some people use their camps and fortresses to stall for time, but you can't do anything about them.
The most typical example is Sima Yi. Zhuge Liang used women's clothes to force him to fight, but it was of no use. He deliberately retreated and found other ways to attack by force.
Shen Pei told Yuan Shang not to fight. He believed that Liu Bei must be in a hurry now because Liu Bei's main force was trapped in the south and could not get through, so he wanted to immediately go north to attack them and defeat them one by one.
Therefore, there is no need to fight Liu Bei now. It will take a few days until Yuan Shao and Guo Tu make progress, and then the three parties can communicate and discuss how to advance and start a decisive battle with the enemy.
"As I expected, the number of troops in Liu Bei's camp at this time is at most between 20,000 and 30,000. If we delay for a few more days, the progress on Ming Gong's side will be smoother."
Shen Pei said to Yuan Shang.
"Fine."
Yuan Shang reluctantly agreed.
He had been defeated by the Xuanjia heavy cavalry before, and Liu Bei rescued the defenders of Dongwu City in front of him, which made him suffocate.
Originally, seeing that there were not many enemies, Yuan Shang wanted to fight to the death with Liu Bei's troops to save the face he lost last time. But now the judge's words made sense. In order not to delay his father's important affairs, Yuan Shang had no choice but to agree.
In the afternoon, Xu Chu led 10,000 elite troops out of the camp and headed north. Guo Tu's scouts, who had been scouting for information outside the camp, immediately reported the situation to Guo Tu.
When Guo Tu heard about this, he was overjoyed and said to Shi Huan: "Liu Xuande has fallen into my trap. Hurry, report the letter to Duke Ming immediately. Liu Bei's camp is now empty, so you can attack it with all your strength!"
"only!"
Although Shi Huan didn't know what happened, since Guo Tu was so happy, it must have been a change in fighting intentions, so he immediately took the order.
After Xu Chu arrived, the strength of Zhang Liaodian and Wei's troops was once again strengthened, and the number of troops had reached more than 30,000. After the greatly increased strength, the two men in charge of the matter, Zhang Liaodian and Wei, no longer hesitated and immediately launched a fierce attack on Chen Gu.
The sun was shining brightly in the afternoon, and a tributary branched from clear water flowed around Chengu Township. In the center of the township pavilion was a market town, with a large number of houses on the left and right streets. Surrounding the township pavilion, there were several villages nearby, with hundreds of fertile fields.
There is even a huge manor indicating that there was once a powerful man with a famous surname here.
But after the troubled times, Chen Gu completely declined. Thousands of villagers who originally lived here either fled their homes or died in the troubled times. The plague once prevailed in the village, resulting in lonely graves everywhere in the wilderness and countless weeds in the fields. That vast
The manor has since fallen into decline.
Yuan Shang's army was stationed around the township pavilion and the manor. There were originally some fences on the periphery of the township pavilion, which were used by the army to encircle the roads and surrounding plains, build some simple fortifications, and introduce river water.
Certain defensive capabilities.
But that's the extent of it, because Yuan Shang came to cooperate with Yuan Shao in attacking Liu Bei's camp, but he advanced faster. Except for being sniped once by Liu Bei in Dongwu City, he reached the boundary bridge with almost no obstacles.
Therefore, they had to garrison troops in Chengu Township for a few days and wait for Yuan Shao's order to launch a general offensive before they could take action. Therefore, although the defenses were there, they were very limited and could not stop a large-scale invasion.
After the Qingzhou Army gathered, they immediately began to attack Chengu Township. The army of more than 30,000 people was broken into pieces, and under the leadership of their respective generals, they began to attack Chengu.
At the front was the Dianwei tribe, which entered Chengu Township from the official road of Xiangting with 5,000 men. There were thousands of troops on each side to support them. The soldiers passed through the village, stepped on the fields, and lined up the ditches outside the village.
We built wooden boards to cross the river and slowly headed towards the Xiangting Pavilion.
Yuan Jun's scouts had discovered their movements long ago and quickly reported to Yuan Shang. When they learned that the Qingzhou Army was attacking, Yuan Shang quickly sent people to order all ministries to prepare for battle. At that moment, the ping ping war drums and horns sounded, and Yuan Jun quickly began to organize his troops.
At this time, the Qingzhou Army had just begun to attack, because Yuan Shang had already been on guard against this enemy. In addition, the two sides were four or five miles away, and there were scouts who warned in advance, giving Yuan Army a certain amount of time to react. Therefore, when the Qingzhou Army began to enter the outlying villages,
At that time, Yuan Jun was already ready for battle.
The entire manor seemed to suddenly wake up from the deathly silence. Groups of soldiers emerged from behind the crenellations of the rammed-earth wall, bows unsheathed and swords drawn. There was the sound of clattering armored leaves and anxious and angry urgings everywhere.
There were loud sounds, uniform shouts, short and urgent orders and sharp police whistles, and the whole village pavilion was filled with people coming and going.
Stationed at the outermost edge of the Xiangting Pavilion is Guo Zhaobu. His soldiers live in two villages in the north and south of the township. They are surrounded by fields, ponds and bamboo groves. A small river passes through the bamboo grove. If you walk on the road, you can see it on the right.
There are dense bamboo forests on the riverside, endless fields and scattered houses on the left, and houses scattered under the hills on the other side of the river on the right.
One of these two villages is called Nanlin Village and the other is called Beilin Village. They are named because of the bamboo forests in the creek and the nearby hills. If you want to attack Chengu Township, you must cross this diagonal river and pass through Beilin Village.
Yes, Guo Zhao stationed troops in Nanlin Village, and his command post was set up in Beilin Village, with sentries posted on the small bridge over the river.
When he learned that the Qingzhou Army was coming to attack, Guo Zhao immediately sent a message to his subordinates in Nanlin Village, asking them to immediately retreat to the other side of the river. The river is not very wide, but it is also five or six feet long. It is not that easy to build a wooden bridge.
, it is possible to swim across, but it is easy for a few people to sneak across, but it is more difficult for a large group of people.
Because Guo Zhao has arranged some patrol guards, it is difficult for the large group of people to hide and can be easily discovered. When people are swimming, they are likely to be attacked by arrows, which will be a troublesome thing. Therefore
Guo Zhao was not worried about a surprise attack from behind.
The soldiers stationed in Nanlin Village quickly retreated to the north and guarded the bridgehead. Dianwei's troops marched straight in, quickly occupied Nanlin Village, and began to march toward Beilin Village. The two sides were at war with each other. They had already met on both sides of the river and saw the enemy.
In this chaos, no one paid attention to the small river flowing around the village, and no one could have imagined that there was now a long team divided into three rows, crouching quietly by the river.
On a gentle slope.
Like most of the previous raids he had participated in, Zhang Liao was still at the front of the entire team.
He is now half-crouching and half-kneeling in the weeds. One hand is holding the straight blade hidden in the grass, and the other is resting on the knee of his right leg. His eyes are drooped, his eyes are calm and calm, quiet and calm.
Patiently waiting for the right moment to attack.
The weeds were only knee-high, so he had to hunched over his tall body to barely hide himself. Maintaining this awkward posture made him feel uncomfortable. As time went by, his neck became sore and stiff.
It's just that Zhang Liao didn't dare to move his body, so he could only turn his neck bones slightly, and he immediately heard a subtle clicking sound when the joints rubbed.
A guard on his left poked his waist with his hand. When he turned his head slightly to look, the guard pointed upward.
Zhang Liao glanced at the direction pointed by the personal guard and saw a group of men and horses walking slowly over the slope not far away. They patrolled along the river bank to prevent the Qingzhou Army from swimming in the river.
The Qingshui River is a river that flows vertically to the north. The Huanshui River in the upper reaches first flows eastward, reaches near Wei County, and then flows northward into the Qinghe Kingdom. Therefore, its direction is first from west to east, then from south to north, and finally from the Bohai Sea.
The border area between the country and the Hejian Kingdom flows into the Hutuo River and finally flows into the Bohai Sea.
Therefore, its tributaries extend from both sides of the river to all directions, some flowing from west to east, and some flowing from east to west. There are even tributaries flowing south and north near the upstream Huanshui River, naturally forming some
Smaller water system veins.
The river in Chengu flows from west to east, thus dividing Chengu Township into two halves. The river is dozens of miles long, and there are many fields and villages along its banks, as well as some steep-sloping mountains and forests, and even dense jungles.
It is impossible to patrol so many places, but setting up some tall oars every few miles and sending some to look around can prevent large groups of people from swimming across.
Fortunately, Zhang Liao did not lead many people, only more than a hundred death squads. After crossing the river, he began to slowly approach the bridge in Beilin Village.
When the patrol passed by, he said hello, and the soldiers crouched and followed him into the woods.
At this time, Dian Wei had already begun to attack towards the bridgehead.
But the arrows rained down from the front for free, bringing the forward offensive to a standstill. The soldiers did not dare to rush forward despite the arrows. After all, even a shield was not invincible. It could protect the front, but what about the top of the head?
They are not a heavily armored army like the Trapper Army.
After Dian Wei looked around, he found that the soldiers could hardly attack the small stone bridge with narrow terrain. He said angrily: "Bring me my armor and a big shield!"
"A general must not take risks himself."
"Yes, the general must sit in the rear and command in order to defeat the enemy."
"General, I'm going!"
The lieutenant colonels and commanders of the army gave advice one after another, and some generals also stepped forward to overcome the difficulties.
Dian Wei shouted: "Don't be nagging, I'm here to destroy this place!"
"this......."
"only!"
Seeing that he could not be persuaded, the soldiers had no choice but to obey his instructions.
After a while, soldiers came over carrying armor. It was heavy armor worn by senior generals. Except for the face and a few armor joints, there were few exposed parts.
To be safe, Dian Wei took another wooden shield covered with iron. As mentioned before, there are no pure iron shields. Large shields are basically made of wood, because pure iron shields are too heavy and ordinary soldiers cannot carry them.
From now on, even the trapped troops are nothing more than iron shields.
However, the power of the bows and arrows of the late Han Dynasty was far different from the power of the compound recurve bows of the later Mongolian army. The bows and arrows used by the Mongolian cavalry could shoot through Dian Wei's iron shield and steel armor. The power of the bows and arrows of the Yuan army's soldiers was pitiful and could not shoot at all.
Not to wear.
So as long as you are careful with this set of equipment, except for the bed crossbow, ordinary bows and arrows are completely useless against him.
Dian Wei was fully armed, holding a shield in his left hand, a short halberd in his right hand, and several axes stuck in his waist. He came out of the crowd, and many personal guards followed him also holding shields. Because Qinghe was experiencing spring and summer floods,
The tributary of this small river is also rising, and the water is flowing continuously.
Thousands of Qingzhou troops blocked the bridge head, blocking the bridge head, but no one dared to get close to the bridge deck, because the banks of the bridge head were covered with bamboos and the leaves were dense, making it impossible for Yuan Jun's bows and arrows to shoot. There were no obstacles on the bridge deck.
It's a living target.
"The general is coming, the general is coming."
"Get out of the way, get out of the way."
Surrounded by everyone, Dian Wei came to the bridge. There were three floors inside and three floors outside. Nanlin Village was almost full of the crowded Qingzhou Army. There was a large space at the bridge head. The ground was full of arrows and there were many arrows.
The blood was low. The brothers rushed too hastily before and were forced back by the overwhelming rain of arrows, losing about a hundred men.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The wounded and corpses have been transported to the rear. The entire square kilometer of the bridgehead was crowded by the Qingzhou Army. Dian Wei stood at the bridgehead and watched.
A large number of defensive equipment such as horses, iron caltrops, and antlers were placed on the opposite side of the bridge, and then countless spear and shield men were arrayed.
This is the worst place to defend the bridge. Because the terrain is narrow, a large number of defensive equipment are provided, and countless gun and shield men are placed at the head of the bridge. The tip of the spear is pointed at the bridge head, poking one after another, and there are countless archers behind it.
Huang Zhong, Taishi Ci, and Zang Ba almost rushed over when they attacked Weiqiao. However, when they launched a counterattack at the bridge head, they had to retreat.
If there is another strong general, this kind of place will simply be blocked by one man and cannot be opened by ten thousand men.
Dian Wei's gnarled muscles burst out, he clutched the shield tightly with his left hand, and roared: "I'll charge first, everyone follow me!"
"Roar!"
The soldiers behind him burst out into shocking roars.
After saying that, Dian Wei stepped onto the bridge like a humanoid Gundam, and everyone followed him like ants.
"Fire the arrow!"
Qiaotou Guo Zhao immediately gave the order.
Arrows rained down on his head and face, and Dian Wei shouted: "Chen Liu and Dian Wei are here, who dares to fight with you!"
After saying that, he suddenly launched a charge, and the arrows hit him, making a clanging sound.
Dian Wei?
Guo Zhao was startled, why is Dian Wei here? Isn't he in Weiqiao?
Before he could react, Dian Wei rushed into the crowd like a ferocious beast. The seven or eight gun-shielders at the front holding shields and spears could not withstand his huge force.
Let Dian Wei use his shield to knock him out.
"Quick, hold on, quick!"
Guo Zhao was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and kept shouting at the surrounding soldiers as they rushed towards him.
In a moment of chaos, Zhang Liao, who was swimming in the water, was already close to the bridgehead. He suddenly climbed ashore and charged towards the bridgehead at the entrance of Beilin Village. He shouted angrily: "Zhang Liao of Yanmen is here. Anyone who stands in my way will die!"
After saying that, he rushed into the crowd and slashed left and right with the big knife in his hand, killing five or six people in an instant.
In fact, Guo Zhao had a lot of soldiers, but the terrain at the bridgehead was narrow, so he could only put a few hundred men in. The rest were behind, squeezing and swarming. Zhang Liao came from the flanks and was still more than 200 feet away from the bridgehead. In the middle
They are all Jizhou soldiers.
But no one expected that hundreds of troops suddenly appeared on the flanks. In addition, the bridgehead was breached by Dian Wei. The Qingzhou army behind them filed in and quickly gained a foothold. For a while, the Jizhou army was in chaos and fled in all directions.
Guo Zhao never expected that Dian Wei and Zhang Liao were here. He suddenly broke into a cold sweat and shouted: "It's bad. Duke Ming has fallen into the trap. I must inform Lord Shang immediately."
After saying that, he turned around and ran away. As soon as he ran away, the entire defense line collapsed instantly, like a dike bursting. The soldiers abandoned their armor and fled in all directions.
The front line of Chengu Township was immediately lost.