On the city of Pengmo, a short period of tranquility was ushered in.

Some of the tired guards sat down, and some simply spread their hands and feet and lay down on the ground. Two teams of people, one team carried boiling hot water for the soldiers; A team carried away the wounded soldiers, and the dead were temporarily piled up in a pit in the city, and the wounded were healed.

Sun Sheng, Zhou Ci and others surrounded Zhou An along the city wall. Zhou An personally caressed him, hanged himself and asked about the wounded, and wrapped wounds and dressings for the soldiers who were slightly injured and did not go to the front line. Zhou An has led troops for many years, and the soldiers who are currently defending the city are all his old subordinates, and his prestige in them is very high. Wherever he passed, whether wounded or resting, the colonels and soldiers stood up one after another and saluted him.

In the Shu army outside the city, the drums are continuous, and when you look at them from the city, you can see that their soldiers and horses are moving.

The reserve in the southeast was divided into half of the men, about more than 1,000 people, under the guidance of the military flag, is heading in the direction of the east of the city, obviously about to join the battle, these are the top soldiers in the siege of Shu, all of them are armored soldiers.

Seeing this, Zhou An motioned to the nearby soldiers to sit down and rest, in preparation for the next fierce battle, and then generously exerted, pressed his sword and said to the soldiers: "Three years ago, on the order of Yu Xiao's expedition to the west, I led you and others to attack Jiangyang. At the right time, Shu is also a crowd, and Jiangyang will finally conquer it for us! The prestige of our Jingzhou soldiers has already shocked Shuzhong! I hope you don't fall into the hands of you and me! I and you should encourage you! ”

Jiangyang is a county in Shudi, bordering Bazhou in the east and Qianwei in the west.

This time Huan Menghua Shu, it is from Bazhou, through Jiangyang, and then to Qianwei County.

"Yu Xiao Zhengxi", talking about Yu Zhe. Because Yu Zhe and his brother both served as generals of Zhengxi, the people of the time called him "Xiao Zhengxi", or "Xiao Yu". The Yu Zhe brothers have been in Jingzhou for a long time, and they all have the ambition of destroying Hu Di in the north and Bashu in the west, but because the focus of their strategy is Wei, Qin and other countries in the north, they have not launched a large-scale war against Shuzhong, but they have also sent troops to attack Shu several times. Zhou An's "attack on Jiangyang" battle is the best result of the second Yu's use of troops in Shu several times.

The soldiers agreed with a bang.

Zhou An and Sun Sheng and others came to the top of the city tower, climbed high to look out, and discussed the matter of defending the city.

Sun Sheng was worried, and said: "The three attacks of Shu Yu have been repelled by us, I see that their casualties are not small, but they still do not retreat, and now they are even more transferred, it is clear that they are going to launch a bigger offensive!" Although the morale of our department is still usable, why is it outnumbered, dare to ask the general, can there be a good way to defend against the enemy? ”

Zhou An said: "I have few soldiers and no reinforcements, so I want to raise a crowd to attack." If he doesn't raise a crowd, I really have no good plan; Now that we are all raised, our army will win! ”

"What did the general say about this?"

"The horses in the city can get more than 100, waiting for its armor to attack the city, I will send the brave pawn to drive the horse out of the north gate, take advantage of its surprise, slam its southeast formation, and defeat Yi'er! Li Lu, the commander of Shu, is in the southeast formation, as long as this formation is broken, the hearts of the captives will inevitably disperse. I will open the city gate again, lead the troops to battle, and echo the inside and outside of the daring horseman, and I can break it! ”

Zhou An's strategy is a bit risky, but at present, there is really no other good way.

Sun Sheng looked at the sky, it was almost noon.

He muttered: "Estimating the distance, Ming Gong should have led his troops to Chengdu, and now he may have fought with the Shu soldiers." I don't know what the war is like? ”

……

Chengdu South, Di Bridge.

The Jingzhou soldiers and the Shu soldiers fought in a melee.

Huan Meng and Yuan Ziqiao's intention of "falling into the middle of the battle" before the war has not been realized for a long time, and the Shu soldiers are in the middle of the battle, which is extremely strong.

The front columns are all the soldiers, such as the shield of the wall is erected on the ground, the bow and crossbow are fired from behind, and the Jingzhou soldiers have repeatedly attacked, but they cannot be broken.

One blow of strength, then decline, three and exhaustion.

Before and after, three or four waves of offsets were blocked, and the morale of the Jingzhou soldiers was not as good as at the beginning, and gradually began to decline.

The cavalry of the left formation of the Shu soldiers was dispatched, the hooves of the horses were galloping, and the ground was shaken.

Mao Husheng drew his sword and fought hard, and the hundreds of Jingzhou horsemen assigned to him met the attack.

Shu does not produce good horses, and there are not many people who are good at riding and archery because the number of Shu horsemen is large, but when it comes to combat power, it is not as good as the Jingzhou cavalry that fights with the Hu people in the north all the year round.

Two cavalry hedges.

Most of the Shu cavalry are light cavalry, and the Jingzhou cavalry are all armored cavalry.

As soon as the fight was completed, the offensive of the Shu cavalry was suppressed.

A member of the Jingzhou cavalry rotated the horse, led more than ten elite cavalry, and stirred back and forth in the formation of the Shu cavalry. The Shu cavalry who dared to intercept him were all stabbed to death and defeated by him. Invincible for a while.

Huan Meng saw it from afar, and the advisor left and right: "Who is this?" ”

Cheng Wuji was on the side and replied: "Bi Zhu Taoye." ”

Zhu Tao is a well-known general in the Jingzhou cavalry.

One person suggested and said: "Ming Gong, you can take advantage of the momentum of my cavalry and the morale of the army, raise all the soldiers and horses, and then attack the middle of the Shu captive!" ”

Huan Meng looked at it, and it was Xie Zhi who spoke.

Huan Meng thought so, and immediately ordered, ordered the whole army to press, and led his own formation, and also joined the battle.

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Under the city of Pengmo.

The Shu general Li Lu's dispatch of troops has been completed, and another fierce offensive has been launched.

Looking down from a high place, but seeing Peng Mo east, west, south, outside the three city walls, the Shu soldiers are like the tide, or lifting bamboo baskets, or pushing and hitting the city car, or supporting the cloud ladder, crossing the moat, the sky is full of black pressure on the head, shouting and killing and drums to curb the clouds.

The more than 1,000 newly transferred Shu soldiers rushed to the front of the front.

The armor can already defend against some arrows, and these Shu soldiers and armor soldiers still have shields, and no matter how many arrows rain down on the city, they can't stop them from approaching. The afternoon sun shone brightly, and the light reflected on their armor was reflected in the eyes of Zhou An and other defenders at the head of the city.

Sun Sheng said anxiously: "General, you can send the dead out of the city and rush to the southeast formation!" ”

Zhou An looked at the Shu soldier formation in the southeast of the city, saw that its banner was standing and the formation was not chaotic, and said: "Don't worry. ”

Zhou Chu shook off the soldiers who were supporting him, took a bow and arrow in his hand, and used all his strength to release arrows outside the city. He used a strong bow, and the penetration of the arrows was strong, and it shot like lightning to one of the Shu soldiers' armor and hit him in the leg. The soldier fell suddenly. The defenders of the city cheered. Zhou Chu held down the battlement, struggled to stand firm, and shouted: "I will live and die with this city, and I will not let the monarchs die alone!" ”

The morale of the defenders was greatly boosted, and the soldiers operated various equipment to defend the city, waiting for the Shu soldiers to climb the city.

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Chengdu South, Di Bridge.

The Shu soldiers lined up with their backs to the river, and there was no way to retreat, but only to fight to the death, stubbornly resisting the attack of the Jingzhou soldiers pressed by the whole army.

In the face of the impenetrable shield position, under the attack of the arrows of the Shu soldiers like a rainstorm, the formation in front of the Jingzhou soldiers became more and more chaotic.

A thought crossed Huan Meng's mind: "There are still few soldiers!" ”

It doesn't take too much, if there are five more armor soldiers, I'm afraid this Shu array in front of me will have already been broken.

The Shu soldiers who are still passing on the bridge are gradually becoming scarce, and almost all the Shu soldiers on the other side have passed through this bridge and supplemented the Shu array here. With the support of a large number of living forces, the Shu generals sent about four or five thousand men from the right to attack the left flank of the Jingzhou soldiers while stabilizing their positions.

Now the situation on the entire battlefield is: the cavalry supervised by Mao Husheng and the Shu cavalry are advancing and retreating in the open area of the right flank; The main force of the Jingzhou soldiers of Huan Meng, Yuan Ziqiao and other pro-governors fought fiercely in the middle of the battle with the Shu soldiers. But it was when Huanmeng's left flank was empty, and the Shu soldiers of four or five thousand people chose the timing of the attack very well, and before they could get closer, the formation of the Jingzhou soldiers had already wavered.

Huan Meng knew that the matter was urgent, so he galloped forward, until the place where the front line was fighting, he stopped, and ordered Cheng Wuji: "Hold my sword, quickly go to the battle in the battle, dare to retreat, cut!" The mount suddenly raised its front legs and hissed uneasily. Fortunately, Huan Meng reacted quickly and grabbed the reins in time, so he didn't fall off the horse. When I looked at it, it turned out to be a strong arrow of the Shu soldiers, and it shot in front of the horse.

Cheng Wuji agreed, took Huan Meng's waist sword, and immediately drove to the place where the battle was raging, and supervised the battle with Yuan Ziqiao.

Huan Meng's gaze swept over the staff and generals around him one by one, and finally fell on Gong Hu, who joined the army.

In addition to Yuan Ziqiao, Mao Husheng, and Sun Sheng, the most courageous and strategic, that is, Gong Hu.

Huan Meng said: "With thousands of soldiers, protect the left wing for me!" ”

Gong Hu received the order, and without saying a word, he led his troops to the left flank to resist the thousands of Shu soldiers who came to attack.

……

Under the city of Pengmo.

The Shu soldiers erected ladders on the east, south, and west sides of the city, and at about the same time, they began to climb the city wall together.

Zhou An stared closely at the main formation of Li Lu, the Shu general in the southeast.

Until there were three or three Shu soldiers and warriors rushing to the city, and finally saw a commotion in Li Lu's main array.

Around the gate of the north gate of the city, the horses of the whole city have already been concentrated here, and from the reserve team and guards, a hundred dead soldiers were selected, each sitting on the side of the horse, waiting for Zhou An's order.

Zhou An's order arrived.

The city gate opened, and first several horsemen hugged a bright helmet and bright armor, pretending to be Zhou An's knight out of the city, pretending to flee to the north.

The reason why the Shu general Li Lu surrounded Sanque Yi and left the northern city wall without fighting was to break the military morale of the guards and leave them a seemingly escapeable passage.

Seeing the few cavalry fleeing northward, Li Lu was overjoyed, and immediately sent all the remaining cavalry from his own formation and ordered him to pursue. He originally had more than 2,000 infantry and cavalry in his own formation, and more than 1,000 armor soldiers had been divided before, and now he had hundreds of cavalry, and there were only a few hundred people left.

In the doorway of the north city gate, the dead soldiers got on their horses together, and the hundred horsemen galloped out of the city, went straight to the southeast of the city, and shouted to kill.

……

Chengdu South, Di Bridge.

A horse left the battlefield on the left flank, passed through the main formation of the Jingzhou soldiers, arrived at Huanmeng's military flag, found Huanmeng, and reported in a hurry: "Gong joined the army and died!" ”

Since entering Shu, no matter what kind of situation he encounters, whether he wins or loses, Huan Meng has always been calm, and his expression finally changed at this time. Xie Zhi, who has always been dissolute, also changed his expression.

Xie Zhi was shocked: "Gong joined the army and died? ”

The knight who came to report the news was also a wingman of the Huanmeng Military Government, and he said in a panic: "Yes." ”

Xie Zhi looked at the stalemate in front of him, and looked at the left side of the formation, and faintly heard the Shu soldiers attacking the left flank of the army, shouting and killing one after another, obviously the morale was very high, he turned to look at Huan Meng, and said: "Ming Gong, don't do anything!" It is advisable to withdraw for the time being. ”

Huan Meng's face was cloudy, and he was really unwilling to retreat like this.

This time he attacked Chengdu, he listened to Yuan Ziqiao's advice, the whole army only brought three days of food, if he retreated, it was not a "temporary retreat", but could only withdraw all the way to Pengmo.

But the problem is that Peng Mo was besieged by the Shu soldiers, and now he is still in the hands of Zhou An, Sun Sheng, etc., and he still doesn't know. In other words, if Peng Mo has been lost, that is, the baggage has been completely lost, then it is not a "temporary withdrawal", but may be completely wiped out.

But if you don't withdraw, will it work?

Gong Hu was killed in battle, the left flank was in danger, and once the left flank was broken through by the Shu soldiers, the Jingzhou soldiers would be in danger of being surrounded and attacked. At that time, it is not "possible" that the whole army will be wiped out in the future, but "inevitablely" that the whole army will be wiped out today.

Huan Meng made a difficult choice, and he said in his heart: "When the judgment continues, it will be chaotic!" "Summons the order," sound the drums, withdraw the troops! ”

The drummers of the Chinese army beat the drums of war.

The drums beat rapidly, revealing the sound of killing.

Huan Meng listened to it, but was shocked to realize that it was not the drum of retreat, this drum sound was actually the sound of attack!

But because of nervousness and fear, the old official struck the wrong syllable of the drum.

Huan Meng was shocked.

……

Under the city of Pengmo.

The dead soldiers of the hundred cavalry guards, like the eagle catching rabbits, with an indomitable momentum, rushed into the Shu army formation in the southeast of the city.

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Chengdu South, Di Bridge.

The drums are moving, and the sound is moving.

Yuan Ziqiao, who was on the front line, galloped his horse, fought with his sword, and ordered: "If you attack my left wing, if the left wing is broken, we will all die." If you want to survive, you must first break through the middle battle! General Anxi and Jingzhou Assassin Shi Huan's relatives braved the arrows, and your generation still didn't fight to the death? ”

Cheng Wuji held Huanmeng's sword, guarded the front position, and shouted: "Huan Gong's military order, those who dare to retreat, behead!" ”

So the soldiers of Jingzhou lifted the morale of the army, went forward one after another, and attacked the middle of the Shu soldiers.

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Under the city of Pengmo.

The soldiers of the Shu general Li Lu's own formation could not resist the charge of the dead soldiers and hundreds of cavalry, and fled in all directions.

Zhou An opened the south gate of the city, and led more than 200 soldiers with Zhou Ci and others to raise their shields to kill.

Echoing inside and outside, the Shu soldiers besieging the city were defeated.

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Chengdu South, Di Bridge.

Where did the Shu soldiers think that the Jingzhou soldiers, who were already on the offensive, would be able to regain their strength and rush into battle again?

Thinking that the Jingzhou soldiers have been attacking the battle for half a day, the Jingzhou soldiers are tired, and the Shu soldiers are already tired.

At this time, whoever can grit his teeth and persevere, will win.

The formation of the Shu soldiers was broken through the first line, and then, Cheng Wuji, Yuan Ziqiao and others rushed forward, and the Jingzhou soldiers quickly expanded their results. The more than 100 Jingzhou elite horsemen who Huan Meng spared but did not kill, were not afraid of death, and crashed into the formation of Shu soldiers first. The Shu soldiers were defeated in battle.

After the Shu formation, the river water, the formation is chaotic, there is no way back, trampling on each other, and there are thousands of people who fall into the river. The Shu soldiers who were close to the bridge couldn't take care of anything, and ran desperately to the bridge, crowding and trying to escape along the bridge, and more than a thousand people fell from the bridge.

The middle battle has been broken, and the left and right flanks of the Shu soldiers have no fighting spirit and have retreated.

Zhu Tao and other Jingzhou generals took advantage of the situation to counterattack and chased them out more than ten miles away.

The victory came too suddenly, and Huan Meng was like in a dream.

This change in the battlefield situation was also something that Xie Zhi never expected, and when he was stunned for a long time, he couldn't help but sigh: "This destiny is also!" ”

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