Chapter 79: Escaping Death Zhang Yide
After Zhang Ju left, Wuyan followed the order, took the chariots and boats, and went downstream to pretend to cross the river to lure the attention of the Han army and create conditions for the main force to break through.
The Han army soon noticed, and Guan Yu, who personally patrolled the river that day, immediately organized an interception as usual.
Zhang Fei's patrol cavalry also quickly received the report and followed on the north shore.
The two sides quickly entered the battle, but it didn't take long for Guan Yu to discover the anomaly: the size of the enemy army seemed to be considerable, and the shouts and fires of both sides were very fierce. But the thunder was heavy and the rain was small, and there was no real action to cross the river and attack.
But they did not retreat, even if they could not cross the river, they still shouted and clamoured there, and the drummers changed batch after batch. After fighting across the river for more than an hour, the rebels suffered more than 100 casualties at most.
After fighting, there was finally a herald in the upstream direction to report the military situation: "Guan Sima, in the direction of Yongnu County, thousands of Wuhuan cavalry were found to be advancing west along the river, and it may be that Zhang Ju led the main force to abandon the chariot battle and transfer the baggage." The commander asked Sima to make his own decision, and if he could determine that the frontal enemy army was a bluff to lure the enemy, he could cross the river and pursue and seize the enemy's baggage. ”
"What? It turned out that Zhang Ju ran away! After Guan Yu received the battle report from Liu Bei upstream, he suddenly realized.
No wonder there seemed to be only two or three thousand people here, and the enemy camp and baggage in the distance did not seem to move.
He immediately summed it up with Zhang Fei, and when Zhang Fei heard that there were hundreds of millions of loot in the camp opposite, he suddenly wanted to go up even more recklessly:
"Second brother, since the eldest brother said that we can judge for ourselves, let's cross the river and attack it immediately!"
Guan Yu: "Third brother! Even so, don't be reckless! In this case, I will divide some boats to ferry your cavalry, and the rest of the ships will still be close to the opposite shore to form a crossbow formation, so as to prevent the enemy from attacking you halfway. The loot is small, you must not venture after crossing the river, and do not leave the range of the cover of the naval army's bow and crossbow for the time being! ”
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"The Han army actually dared to take the initiative to cross the river?" Uyan on the other side of the river was also very surprised when he saw this scene.
He suddenly felt a little remorseful, he knew that this would lure the enemy across the river and fight a fair land battle, why didn't Zhang Ju think of pretending to divide his troops to show weakness before?
If Zhang Ju was still here now, wouldn't he be able to reverse and destroy Zhang Fei with a half-cross attack!
Unfortunately, reality does not allow for assumptions.
In accordance with Zhang Ju's instructions, he directly burned the property in the camp after containing enough time, and then retreated immediately while the gap between Pan Feng and Lu Yi behind him had not yet been closed;
Or just rely on these two or three thousand people, and try to fight with Zhang Fei's 1,000 cavalry?
After thinking about it, Wu Yansi's unwillingness and recklessness as a Hu person finally gained the upper hand slightly.
I was avoided by the enemy across the river for half a month, and I couldn't cross the river, and I couldn't shoot at each other, so I was aggrieved! If you don't try to get out of this bird's breath, you won't be able to sleep well when you leave.
"All the troops are in formation! Get ready to charge with a cavalry! When Zhang Fei has just arrived on the south bank and has not yet lined up, rush up for me! The Han cavalry is only one-third of us, and it is not our Wuhuan warrior's opponent to fight tough battles! Uyan shouted for orders.
"Victory!" And these Wuhuan cavalry are really very high morale, obviously the whole army wants to fight a final battle to vent their anger, and they were suffocated before.
However, Zhang Fei listened to Guan Yu's advice, and when he first crossed the river, his posture was very steady, and he lined up close to the river bank first, and there was a warship crossbow array next to him to cover him.
But no matter what, Wuyan finally caught the fighter plane in a large-scale hand-to-hand battle with the Han cavalry!
"Kill!" The bloodthirsty energy that had been held back for half a month was released with the charge again and again.
"Yanren Zhang Fei is here, and the thief is going to be rampant!" Zhang Fei saw that there were only three or four hundred people around him standing in a stable formation, so he decisively led them to meet them first to buy time for the rear formation.
"Everyone follow me, cone formation! The enemy army is scattered and the formation is not thick, we will kill them and let the second brother release the arrows! Zhang Fei rushed while whispering to the soldiers around him, and at the same time brandished a snake spear to make a gesture of formation, asking the flag captain holding the tooth flag next to him to wave the order.
I have to say that Zhang Fei was still a little reckless strategically when he was young, but his sense of smell at the tactical and formation levels was already very good, which may be a natural potential for a famous general.
He knew that if his side was in a mess with the enemy, it would be difficult for the crossbowmen to exert their firepower. The crossbow has a straight trajectory, not as high as the parabola of the bow, and is most afraid of accidentally injuring allies in a strangulation.
Therefore, the cavalry should concentrate their forces, kill through the enemy's formation a little, and then kill back after a detour.
The two armies received the enemy, and Zhang Fei first used his signature roar as usual to make the enemy vanguard who was about to meet in short arms, so that he was dizzy and his eyes were full of gold stars.
He stabbed several people with his own hands, and the soldiers next to him also succeeded one after another, quickly stabilizing morale and tearing a small hole.
However, the morale of the Wuhuan cavalry was not deterred by this casualty in the slightest! They are still not afraid of death, obviously angry by the situation of being aggrieved for half a month.
When a person is extremely angry, he may not be able to burst out with the martial art of killing a tiger, but he must have the courage to slide and shovel.
After killing seven or eight people in a row, Zhang Fei felt the increasing pressure from the front, and couldn't help but be surprised: he had fought with his eldest brother for three years, and he had never seen the morale of the enemy army decline at all after he killed so many people in a row.
There is no way, Zhang Fei is only twenty-three years old, and what he encountered before was either the Yellow Turban Army, or Zhang Chun and the Wuhuan Difficult King, these are not strong opponents with explosive morale. This aspect of psychological quality can only be accumulated through time and battlefield experience.
After killing more than a dozen people, Zhang Fei was already in a slight cold sweat, and was almost stabbed by an enemy cavalryman - at that time, he relied on the length advantage of the snake spear, confident that he could stab the opponent, and was sure that he could kill the enemy first.
Who knew that the last moment that guy was stabbed by him, he actually threw the weapon over, making it clear that he wanted to drag his back before he died, Zhang Fei hurriedly dodged, and was also hit by the gun in the shoulder.
This world is very realistic, and a famous general with strong martial arts will be exhausted at most if he kills hundreds of people like Xiang Yu, and it is impossible to really have 10,000 enemies.
Fortunately, Zhang Fei finally succeeded in leading the team to kill behind the enemy, and his mentality was more mature and calm.
Relying on the time that Zhang Fei had gained, the follow-up 678 cavalry also all went ashore and lined up.
Even Guan Yu couldn't help but go ashore to supervise the formation in person, and ordered these cavalry to spread out on both flanks, so as not to block the angle of the arrows fired by the navy.
When Zhang Fei came back from behind the Wuhuan cavalry again, Wu Yan had already realized that he could not swallow this well-founded and steady Han cavalry in anger.
In just two battles, at least three or four hundred corpses and wailing wounded soldiers were left on the ground, which can not be described as tragic. The exchange ratio between the two sides turned out to be about the same.
After holding back his grievances for half a month, Wu Yan also realized that his "extreme anger" had subsided, and the morale of the real war of attrition might not be so high.
And he also wants to leave a useful body, go to be the "Qingzhou Thorn History", escape to the Taishan Mountains to rob the property of the erosive yellow scarf, how can he really wipe out his family.
Taking advantage of the second charge, the two sides reopened their distance, and Uyan decisively ordered a retreat!
Thousands of Wuhuan cavalry immediately retreated in the direction of the main camp.
The cavalry of the Han army finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhang Fei immediately ordered the 800 cavalry who had been formed to wait and slowly follow - there were 1,000 people in the pre-war formation, and more than 100 were killed and wounded just now.
However, at this time, an accident happened unintentionally.
The Wuhuan cavalry galloped slowly, and some of the stragglers were quickly chased and killed by Zhang Fei, and then the Han cavalry discovered the abnormality:
"Look! The corpses of those Wuhuan soldiers have gold and silver on them! ”
"The saddles of these dead horses are covered with fine silk!"
"This horse is carrying dozens of pounds of copper coins! No wonder I couldn't run fast just now. ”
"There must have been a lot of money on those dead bodies just now!"
Zhang Fei's subordinates dismounted one after another to touch the corpses and loot the loot.
"Third brother! Hurry up and restrain the subordinates from dismounting and taking property without permission! The rebels haven't retreated yet! Those who dismount without permission will be killed! Guan Yu, who was relatively proficient in the art of war, watched from behind and hurriedly rushed up to warn.
Guan Yu saw that two cavalrymen were particularly disagreeable, not only robbing property, but even drawing swords and fighting among themselves, so he had to immediately kill these two cavalrymen of his own side to correct the military method, and only then did he stop the chaos in the rear team a little.
Chief Wuyan had already opened a distance of two or three miles, and when he saw that the pursuers behind him actually dismounted and began to snatch property in chaos, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and he didn't care about hurrying back to the camp to set fire, and was tempted by the results of the battle to turn around and rush over.
The conscience of heaven and earth, with Wuyan's IQ, he couldn't think of the profound strategy of "baiting the enemy", which only Han strategists can understand, completely because his deployment secretly hid the property in the camp in advance so that he could retreat, and the result was crooked.
"Array! Array! The crossbowmen who came ashore were in close formation! Front row axe shield soldier shield! Cavalry assemble on both flanks! Guan Yu is like a mainstay, desperately restraining the team.
But there were still some cavalry under Zhang Fei's command, which were bumped into by the enemy who turned back to cover the killing before they had time to mount their horses. Zhang Fei deeply hated himself for not governing the army strictly, and led a hundred cavalry guards to fight desperately to block the front, trying to atone for his crimes and redeem the defeat.
Guan Yu saw that Zhang Fei was overwhelmed by the chaotic army, and cold sweat was pouring down his face, but he still insisted on letting his subordinates maintain order and advance in layers, and not to mess up the formation.
After a chaotic battle to the death, as the Han army gradually gathered together, Wuyan calmed down, paid hundreds of casualties, and had to choose to retreat.
After all, the Han army has four or five thousand people, and Wuyan only has two thousand people, and the advantage of the Wuhuan light cavalry lies in mobility, not in a grinding battle, as long as the Han army is not chaotic, it will not be able to take advantage of any consumption.
Uyan led the team to retreat quickly to the camp, then set a fire and immediately fled south.
At this moment, Guan Yu also knew that Wu Yan must have the idea of "destroy it if you can't get it", and burned the property that could not be taken away. But he didn't have time to take care of these things personally, so he just asked the remaining cavalry to hurry over to put out the fire and grab some supplies.
Guan Yu himself personally led dozens of personal soldiers to search on the battlefield.
"Third brother! Third brother! ”
"Second brother, I'm here, cough cough, help me move the horse away, it's too heavy......" Zhang Fei groaned with blood on his face,
Guan Yu was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly went over and moved the dead Zhang Fei's war horse with a few soldiers. Zhang Fei was only hit by an arrow in the shoulder, and was stabbed and knocked down his horse, crushing under the horse's corpse.
Fortunately, the enemy did not pay special attention to him in the chaos, and a few people who tried to mend the knife were also cleaned up by Zhang Fei lying down. As for the blood on his face, it was actually all from the enemy and the war horse.
It is very dangerous to be swept down by the chaotic army after being baitted by the enemy, and a general like Wen Chou will be unfortunate because of this.
Fortunately, Zhang Fei is stronger than Wen Chou, and Guan Yu helped him rectify military discipline and save the scene in time, so there was no big problem. Lying in bed for two months to recuperate is almost the same. (Rib pressure fracture, so it takes that long)
"Third brother! How many times has Big Brother told you! Soldiers training should not only seek the courage of flesh and blood, nor can they be whipped by their mood or dislike, and rewards and punishments must be set by law! If you had ruled the army as I did, and had decreed and forbidden, would you have suffered such a setback today because of the greed of the soldiers? Look at how many people died! ”
After the battle, the number of people counted, the thousand Han cavalry lost a total of 400 people today-
There were many head-to-head battles just now, and it took so long to kill and wound more than 100 people. Later, he was confused by the enemy's plan and trampled by the enemy's return charge, and more than 200 people died at once.
"Second brother! I was wrong! I will definitely listen to you and my eldest brother next time, strictly govern the army in accordance with military law, rectify military discipline, and no longer reward and punish according to good or bad mood! Zhang Fei was heartbroken and swore a curse.
Guan Yu sighed: "That's it, let's not talk about this for now, come on, carry Zhang Sima down to recuperate from his injuries." ”
I hope that I can grow up by escaping death once at a young age.
Zhang Fei was carried by the military medical officer to the nearest camp abandoned by the enemy army to treat his wounds.
Soon a cavalry marquis came back to report to Guan Yu: "Sima, the fire in the enemy camp has been completely extinguished, five or six thousand ox carts have been captured, the donkey carts have not yet been counted, and about twenty percent of the materials have been burned, how to deal with it?" ”
Guan Yu: "Hurry up and catch all of them on the ship and transport them to the north shore!" ”
Guan Yu also knew Liu Bei and Li Suyong's strategy, so he knew that Wu Yan had left in such a hurry, and it must have been the Jizhou soldiers behind him who were about to close the siege.
If you don't snatch all the materials away quickly, you will suffer a big loss if you are seen by your peers in Jizhou.