Xiaopingjin is a shoal located in the southeast of Heyangjin, although the terrain is not very wide, but 15,000 people crossed the river in batches, the progress is still very rapid, less than four watchdays, more than 10,000 people have crossed the north bank. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Xu Rong did not wait for 15,000 men and horses to cross the river, according to her arrangement, at this time Gao Shun has probably launched an attack on the defending enemy of Heyangjin, from Xiaopingjin to Heyangjin, the fastest will be more than half an hour, the biggest threat is that the army was attacked by the enemy when it crossed halfway, and now more than 10,000 people have crossed the Yellow River, the danger has disappeared, and next, it is to slowly eat away at Wang Kuang's soldiers and horses.

Xu Rong immediately ordered the Xiliang army to ride 5,000 on foot, as well as the thousands of Sili troops who had just crossed the river, and marched towards Heyangjin at the fastest marching speed, and at the same time she instructed Zhang Liao:

"You lead more than 1,000 troops to stay in Xiaopingjin, wait for everyone to cross the river, and then immediately march to the north of Zhanchengjin in the northwest."

"This ...... Isn't the general going to capture the port of Mengjin? Why did General Rang lead the remaining 5,000 people into the Jinbei Pass of Zhancheng? ”

Zhang Liao was surprised that Xu Rong would value himself as much as Gao Shun, and on the other hand, he was puzzled by Xu Rong's arrangement, so he asked suspiciously.

"Mengjin Port is not more than 10,000 enemies, with the troops that Ben will bring this time, it is enough to win, but as long as Heyangjin is attacked, presumably Wang Kuang will immediately lead his main force from Zhancheng to Heyangjin. The terrain of Zhancheng Road is slightly high, as long as it is rushed before Wang Kuang's army arrives, and the danger is guarded, with the ability of General Zhang, he will definitely be able to defend until the arrival of the main force of our army. ”

“…… The last general commands! ”

Zhang Liao's mind was lively, and he had already sensed Xu Rong's intentions at this time: indeed, there were Gao Shun's 3,000 troops attacking south of Heyangjin, and when General Xu's nearly 10,000-strong brigade arrived, the defenders in Heyangjin would definitely collapse. If he leads the remaining thousands of people to rush to support Heyangjin, it will not have a big impact on the battle situation, it is better to seize the favorable terrain in the north of Jinbei first, and lay a good outpost for the second battle of the army.

So the order was appropriate, Xu Rong led Fan Chou and other Xiliang generals to immediately lead nearly 10,000 foot cavalry to move to Heyangjin.

"General Xu, you have reused the two lower-level generals of the Merge State Army so much, and you have imprisoned Dong Huang privately, I am afraid that Lord Xiangguo will be investigated in the future......"

Fan Chou was a little displeased, he was a veteran in the Xiliang Army, and leaving a general like him alone, Xu Rong repeatedly promoted two little-known juniors, which naturally made him a little unconvinced.

"General Fan, this is a state affair, and I wouldn't dare to regard it as child's play. Now, how can the combat power of the Bingzhou Army and the Sili Army compete with the Liangzhou Army? Therefore, this general took the Liangzhou Army as the absolute main force of the battle, and when he arrived at the battlefield, he hoped that General Fan would go all out and play the prestige of the Liangzhou soldiers and horses! ”

Xu Rong said lightly, but in his words, he greatly promoted Fan Chou and Xiliang Jun. After Fan Chou heard it, he felt very proud, looking at it like this, the general planned to lead the main force to fight these two vicious battles by himself, so it was obvious that he had always been taken by General Xu's side, as well as the brothers of the Xiliang Army, were naturally regarded by General Xu as the absolute main combat force, so he had no resentment.

At this time, the battle to the south of Hayangjin had begun.

Gao Shun was a cautious general, and when the fourth watch arrived, his 3,000 soldiers and horses were all ready, and the throwing stones and bows and crossbows were all aimed at Heyangjin on the north bank of the Yellow River.

"All the army, attack now! Beat the drums! ”

Gao Shun gave an order, and in an instant, he advocated a great work, and the state army fired bows and crossbows in unison, and arrows and stones rained down, but due to the limited range of bows and crossbows, most of the attacks only fell on some fences, fortifications, and ships docked outside the port of Heyangjin.

"Dong Zhuojun has attacked!"

Although only a small part of Wang Kuang's army stationed in Heyang Jin is the main force, and most of the rest are miscellaneous soldiers who are temporarily conscripted into the army, but its main general, Fang Li, is also a long-time battle-hardened army, and he has always been on guard against the Liangzhou army, which has always been famous, and he has already given the order last night and is ready to attack.

According to Fang Li's judgment, after Dong Zhuo's army entered Mengjin Port, he may not launch an attack until all his large troops arrived, although he only had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, but there were 10,000 strong crossbows, and he was deployed along the river, even if the other party came with more soldiers and horses, it could hold out for a long time. He was also worried that Dong Zhuojun would not part ways to attack, but he believed that with the combat style of the Liangzhou Army, this battle would definitely be a frontal assault on Heyangjin with the main force, so he did not plan to divide his troops to garrison several other shallow terrains at this critical juncture.

Fang Li's judgment was indeed subtle and nuanced against the previous Liangzhou Army, but it was a pity that the blind spots in his experience this time made him unlucky: what he met was not the previous Liangzhou Army generals, but Xu Rong, who had just been promoted to Zhonglang General.

Gao Shun's offensive was very fierce, although Fang Li's defense was very tight, but unfortunately most of the soldiers were newly recruited, lack of actual combat experience, hard fighting, the disadvantage came out: although there were many soldiers who were not injured by the bow and crossbow of the Bingzhou army, but when they saw the dense arrow rain like flying locusts flying over, they panicked, and fled in all directions regardless of the formation, and as a result, the front was repeatedly scattered by the panicked soldiers, unable to carry out a strong counterattack towards Gao Shun's troops, although they were on the superior defender, But because of his own chaos, he turned his advantage into a disadvantage.

Gao Shun never expected that as soon as the two sides fought, the soldiers and horses on the opposite side panicked, but it was even better, the order he received was to attack with all his strength, leaving no spare strength, whether the other party was in a chaotic position or an orderly battle, he could only fight and rush.

"The front army crosses the river and continues the attack!"

The stones were quickly exhausted, and the bows and crossbows were almost finished, and Gao Shun ordered the troops at the beachhead to begin to board the boats one after another to prepare to cross the river, and the remaining bows and arrows were handed over to the boarding troops, who continued to fire bows and arrows from the boats to the positions on the opposite bank.

In addition to the combat strength of individual soldiers, the process from the issuance of orders by generals to the execution of orders is also very important, which is enough to affect the entire battle situation. The Bingzhou army is worthy of being no less than the elite troops of the Liangzhou army, the army is well trained, after Gao Shun issued the order for the front army to cross the river, in an instant, most of the front army of more than 1,000 people entered the warship and began to sail towards the north bank.

"Don't panic! Resist me! ”

Fang Li was furious, although Dong Zhuojun's offensive was very fierce, it actually did not cause any injuries to his defending troops, and even the first few rounds of stone-throwing basically did not hurt anyone. However, because the battle broke out too suddenly, the deterrent effect of the rain of arrows and stones was very great, especially on his side, more than sixty or seventy percent of them were recruits, and the originally cautious defense line collapsed in an instant, which made him hang his head.

No matter how angry Fang Li was, most of those recruits had originally enlisted only for the sake of their stomachs, and now when they saw such a fierce battle scene, the troops on the other side of the river were fierce and vicious. Although not a single enemy had yet come ashore, they were already in a state of panic, and many of them had lost the strength to pick up their weapons and fight.

"Pass my orders! If there are those who retreat from the battle, slash! ”

Fang Li was furious, and immediately ordered the prison soldiers to hold sharp knives and axes one by one, and as soon as they saw that some sergeants wanted to flee backwards, they would kill them. Soon, before the Bingzhou army had crossed the river, Fang Li's army killed itself, and the deserters in the front row were beheaded one by one, blood was splashed, and soon a dead body was piled up at the Heyangjin Ferry.

"The surname Fang, you are so vicious!"

"Brothers, the surname Fang doesn't treat us as human beings, everyone fights with them!"

Seeing a large number of soldiers fall at their own hands, many recruits on the front line turned from fear to anger and began to attack the prison team set up by Fang Li. If it goes on like this, the enemy has not yet been killed, and his own people are about to be killed, so won't he become the laughing stock of the world?

Fang Li was finally a general with some ability, and seeing that the situation was unfavorable, he immediately ordered:

"The front army retreats back and changes guards with the rear army!"

Most of the more than 2,000 people in the rear army were Taishan's elite soldiers brought by Wang Kuang, and when Fang Li's order was followed, the recruits who were originally in the front of the chaos finally stopped their anger and saved their lives, and they immediately evacuated to the rear.

More than 2,000 crossbowmen immediately took over the defensive line of this group of recruits, although most of the fortifications had been destroyed by the crossbows and slings of the Bingzhou army at this time, but fortunately, most of the Bingzhou army was still in the river at this time, and it was impossible to launch a more fierce offensive against the beachhead of Heyangjin except for archery.

"Shoot me the arrows!"

The situation finally changed, and after the Taishan soldiers took over the defensive line, they immediately launched a fierce counterattack on the Bingzhou army that was crossing the river, and a large number of crossbow arrows were fired at the Bingzhou army in the warship. Under the ferocious offensive of the Taishan soldiers, Gao Shun's front army suddenly suffered heavy losses, the warship at the forefront was shot into a honeycomb, most of the soldiers inside were hit by several arrows, fell into the Yellow River, just in the blink of an eye, at least more than 100 people fell into the water and died, and the blood of the soldiers even stained the river surface that was not wide.

"Chinese army, hurry up! The rear army prepares giant crossbows and stone throws! ”

Gao Shun stood on the shore of Mengjin Port, nervously watching the development of the war, from the beginning of the war to the present, nearly an hour has passed, the original attack was very smooth, but now after the Taishan soldiers changed their defenses, the pressure on the front army has obviously increased, and if they continue to fight like this, more than 1,000 people in front will soon be killed and wounded.

Fortunately, Gao Shun was properly dispatched, and the preparation was relatively sufficient, and the slings and bows that had been exhausted had been replenished at this time, and launched a new round of attacks on the position of Taishan soldiers again.

At this time, more than 1,000 people of the Chinese army also entered the warship, rushed to the position of the front army from the rear, and after the two converged, they fired bows and arrows towards the bank of Heyangjin, and for a while, they fought with Taishan soldiers on a par with each other.

At the same time, Fang Li is also at the top of the high-rise building in the middle of Heyangjin and closely watching the battle situation on both sides of the strait, due to the narrow field of vision, the sky is not transparent at this time, he can't see how many soldiers and horses on the other side, but he can vaguely see the flags on the opposite side, and the offensive is also very fierce, it is conceivable that there are at least tens of thousands of Dong Zhuo's troops on the other side, and there are more and more soldiers and horses crossing the river, he can't help but shed a cold sweat: if he continues to fight like this, he may not be able to defeat the elite of his two thousand Taishan soldiers, The first battle just now had already taught him how unbearable the combat power of the thousands of recruits he had left here was.

Now the only chance to win is to wait until Lord Wang Kuang's more than 10,000 main forces arrive, fortunately, when the other party just launched an offensive, for the sake of prudence, he has already ordered the scouts to rush back to Zhancheng to inform Lord Wang Kuang and let him immediately send troops to rescue. It can be inferred from the distance that the headquarters of Lord Wang Kuang went south from Zhancheng, and it took about two and a half hours to reach Heyangjin, from the battle to the present, more than an hour has passed, and hundreds of people have been lost on their side, but most of them are recruits just now, and the Taishan soldiers have suffered very little because they have been behind at the beginning, as long as they rely on the Taishan soldiers of more than 2,000 people to defend the riverbank, and after an hour or so, when the headquarters of Lord Wang Kuang arrives, he can win the battle.

Gao Shun was also secretly distressed at this time: there were actually only 3,000 people on his side, and now most of the soldiers had already landed on the ship, and the losses of the front army were not small, at least hundreds of people were killed. Although the defenders of Heyangjin panicked at first, as soon as the Taishan soldiers came, the advantage immediately appeared, and if it continued like this, he was afraid that the three thousand people would be completely wiped out, and at this time, the slings and giant crossbows in the rear formation had all been exhausted, and the rear army was about to start boarding the ship to fight.

There is already a trace of fish belly white on the horizon, and it is almost Pingdan. In other words, more than an hour and a half have passed since Gao Shun launched the battle, and he launched a fierce attack on more than 10,000 people on the opposite bank position with 3,000 troops. Now that the war has been going on, the fierce momentum at the beginning has almost dissipated, and the situation is very unfavorable, which makes Gao Shun, who has always been calm on weekdays, break out in a cold sweat.

Fang Li nervously stared at the river beach that was in a fierce battle at this time, as long as it was supported for a while, it would definitely be able to hold it! The losses of Taishan's soldiers are not large, with the strength of more than 2,000 people, it is not a problem to temporarily hold Heyangjin, because the terrain here is narrow and dangerous, even if Dong Zhuojun has many horses, it will not be able to expand.

And yet, at this very moment-

"Newspaper!! General, there is a troop of soldiers and horses in the southeast of Heyangjin! ”

"What!?"

Could it be that Dong Zhuojun crossed the river from somewhere else? Fang Li was suddenly shocked.