Chapter 113: Smoke
Two hours later, with the arrival of the other two battalions of the Huya Army led by Luo Qiong, the four battalions of the Huya Army crossed the two tributaries and appeared in the north of the Xu Huang camp.
The first battalion was on guard, and each battalion and team sat on the ground, lit a fire on the spot, fetched water, ate, and rested.
Xu Huang's camp is located in the confluence and turning of the two tributaries of Lishui, the northwest, south, and northeast are Lishui, while Tian Xin's troops are on the bank of the Lishui River in the northwest, and on the way back to the northeast are two cavalry battalions led by Ma Dai.
Zhang Baodu led two cavalry battalions to face Xu Huang across the water, and cut off the missing Xu Shang's headquarters from here on the way back.
In the direction of Liyang, Xu Zuo led two thousand sailors to march lightly.
In the camp, Xu Huang leaned on the six-foot-high earthen wall and looked at Tian Xin to the north, where Tian Xin sat by the fire in armor and barbecued Hu cakes, serving hot soup to eat.
The four battalions are clearly organized, three battalions are resting and recuperating, and one battalion is ready for battle; Ma Dai on both sides of the Northeast Li River is still divided into cavalry formations, with more than 100 cavalry per formation, like a pack of wolves crouching and waiting for fighters.
"Yunchang's son-in-law has Li Guang's style."
Xu Huang sighed with emotion and instructed Sima Gaoqian beside him: "Our army camp is strong, leading water into Hao, far above the blocked sun." In the middle of the night, he attacked the fortified position, his morale was drained and he was tired and sleepy, at that time our army ambushed troops on both sides, and the attack on three sides would definitely break the enemy. ”
Tian Xin talked with Sima Xie Jing, the battalion supervisors Lin Luozhu, Mo Chong, Du Yi, and the four battalion governors of Erxiu: "Ma Dai assisted our army in cutting 3,000 bundles of reeds, and there is no need to pity this thing, fill all its trenches. ”
"I will lead the three battalions to attack the fortification, and the second show will stay in the camp to rest and slow down, no matter what the battle situation is, you will crucify this place and defend my back."
The second show surrendered to the order, and Tian Xin looked at Xie Jing again: "Sima led Du Yi's first battalion to feint. ”
These two people responded, Tian Xin's eyes wandered between Lin Luozhu and Mo Chong, who were eager to try, and fell on Lin Luozhu: "The middle camp will take the lead and fill in the enemy's camp trenches." ”
Lin Luozhu generously agreed, Mo Chong wrote disappointment on his face, he was a fierce person.
Tian Xin is not worried about letting Mo Chong do meticulous work, and if Mo Chong does it, it will definitely cause unnecessary casualties on his side.
At two o'clock, when the sun was no longer dazzling, Tian Xin got up and hugged his waist drum and gently beat the drum, and the drummers from near and far got up to beat the drum.
In the sound of drums, Du Yi and Lin Luozhu pushed the wheelbarrow boxcar slowly, in addition to the bamboo shed, there were stacked reed bundles, each bundle of reeds was about 100 catties.
There were also reeds tied into larger bundles, almost shoulder-high, pushed and rolled directly by the sergeant.
Ma Dai followed Ma Chao from Rong when he was a teenager, and fought large and small battles for 20 years and has rich experience.
Before Tian Xin could make corresponding preparations, Ma Dai took the knights of his department to harvest the reeds.
On the west bank of the tributary of the Lishui River, Wen Hou and Yin Hua looked at the Huya Army that began to attack, and their expressions were unnatural.
Tian Xin was so bold, he didn't defend himself when it was dark, but wanted to press Xu Huang to beat him...... Xu Huang is easy to deal with?
At this time, Zhang Bao separated the battalion of cavalry sent by Guan Ping to meet the south, and Xu Zuo led two thousand lightly armed naval army bowmen and crossbowmen to march against the blocked water, alerting to the possible Wei ambush in the reeds of Wanghuating.
As his vision gradually darkened, Xu Shang could only watch as Xu Zuo's lightly armed two thousand crossbowmen passed quickly in front of him.
They are only three or four miles apart, and they are now killed, Xu Zuo and his people can escape to the west bank of the blocked water, which has been dammed and intercepted anyway.
But once it is revealed, it is still a discrete formation of charging and attacking...... It would be devastating to flank the flanks with nearly a thousand horsemen.
As for keeping in formation and launching a charge...... If there is this military discipline and training, Xu Shang would have led people out to kill him, so why bother squatting here to feed mosquitoes?
As the Huya army approached the camp for thirty paces, the crossbowmen in the camp fired alternately, and the arrows rained down.
In front of hoplites, bows and arrows will always only have the ability to harass, and their damage will be limited.
In the middle camp sequence, Li Ji held a shield in front of him, and kept passing the sergeants who fell from the arrows during the march.
The big oar in his hand vibrated one after another, and Li Ji's heart trembled, and he could only grit his teeth and step on the drum.
Bundles of reeds were pushed down and filled the trenches outside the camp, and the boxcars and large oars of the Huya Army stood ten steps away from the camp, and the two sides fired arrows intensively in the dark vision.
The bows and crossbows were fired at each other, and they kept throwing torches of various materials filled with boiling oil at each other, and the torches swirled, scattering fireworks to provide each other with a line of sight, and then picked up the torches that fell beside them and threw them back.
At five o'clock, Xu Zuo led two thousand crossbowmen of the navy army to the west bank of the Lishui tributary and lined up to rest.
Xu Zuo galloped across the river from the upper reaches to Tian Xin's main formation: "Junhou, when will our army join the war?" ”
"Half an hour later, I led the armor to assault the enemy formation, and Chengzhen's troops fired arrows, so I didn't have to worry about the enemy and me! The arrows were shot out, and Chengzhen gathered the crowd to defend themselves and defend against the Wei army ambush! ”
"Yes, the prince cherishes it!"
Xu Zuo turned on his horse and crossed the river to return to his own formation to convey combat instructions.
After the shield formation of the Chinese army, the sergeants pushed the green bamboo in groups of two or three people, and pushed the green bamboo seven or eight zhang long to the camp trench, and under the green bamboo was the suspended and piled up reed bundles.
These bundles of reeds were used as support to ensure that slippery sergeants would not fall into the water of the trench pool.
The water in this trench is not only flowing river water, but also a lot of domestic wastewater, which can be regarded as a sewage channel.
And the more the army gathers, the more dependent it is on the water transportation capacity of the river, and also on the water source.
Therefore, if an outbreak of the epidemic occurs in one battalion upstream, it can quickly spread through the river to the battalions.
After the sun sank and disappeared, Tian Xin raised his hand to hang the mask on his face, held the Fang Tian halberd high in his hand, and led more than 800 people to slowly approach Xu Huang's camp.
The area of the battle was filled with smoke and fire, and it was no longer clear that the flags of the enemy and the enemy could not be seen, only the figures were crowded.
Ma Dai watched the battle closely, clenched the horsewhip in his right hand, and said with emotion: "The Huya Army is fighting to the death, it is really a vicious battle that has never been seen in his life!" ”
Let his eyes be fixed on the north gate of the camp, where there is no trench, there is a ground three or four zhang wide, as long as Tian Xin can break through the gate, he dares to rush into the camp with the cavalry.
The large and small officers of the Huya Army shouted and commanded, and did not show weakness in firing at the defenders.
Xu Huang raised a shield to watch the battle, and could only see the Huya Army battle line shrouded in smoke and fire more than a dozen steps away.
You can even see that the opponent's shield array is replaced, and after the large oar full of arrows is withdrawn, the arrows on it are pulled out and reflected back.
Some of the arrows were fired repeatedly by both sides, and they were broken and broken.
Xu Huang, who was still holding three battalions of reserves in his hand, was not panicked at all, and carefully observed the morale of the Huya Army on all fronts.
"Cast!"
Mo Chong waved his sword and roared, more than 100 sergeants pulled the rope and shook it, and the poisonous smoke balls woven with straw mixed with horse manure crossed the night sky and landed in the camp more than 30 steps away, and some of them fell outside the camp.
The defenders' bows and crossbows counterattacked, followed by two rounds of more than 200 poisonous smoke balls thrown into the barracks.
The fireworks were pervasive, and there was no need for Tian Xin to shout, and the drummers of the whole army hurriedly beat the waist drum.
The drums were beating, up to Sima Xie Jing, and then to generals like Li Ji, and the big and small officials rushed to the camp with shouts.
This is exactly the time!
Xu Zuo screamed: "Hair! Arrows! ”
During the charge, Tian Xin stepped extremely fast, stepped on the Qingzhu pontoon bridge with both arms, picked up Fang Tian's halberd and slashed it fiercely, and the arm-thick fence in front of him broke in response.
Not only him, but also the big and small Huya soldiers rushed to make contributions everywhere, and in an instant, no less than twenty people broke through the fence with Tian Xin, or crossed and broke into the earthen barrier in one step, or rolled into the earthen barrier in front of their bodies.
The next moment, more than 100 people rushed in after him.
The next moment, nearly two hundred people followed the front team and submerged into the choking poisonous smoke, the fireworks were filled, Tian Xin brandished Fang Tianhalberd and slashed all the figures shaking in his sight.
Rush out of the area covered with horse manure and poisonous smoke, and quickly take a breath of air that is still slightly choking.
He turned his head to look around, and saw that the Wei army, which was already waiting for his life, came up in a formation to pounce, but collided with the fleeing crossbowmen.
Xu Huang was escorted back to the camp by his own soldiers, his heartbeat accelerated as if he had returned to his youth, and his heart was beating like never before, full of vitality!
He coughed dryly, and saw a dense rain of arrows falling everywhere above his head, and the Huya army that had burst into the camp picked up torches and lit them everywhere, and the fire was shining.
Seeing that the fire was from the north, the crossbowmen of Xu Zuo's naval army shifted direction, and more arrows fell on Xu Huang and the reserve array, and the defenders in the camp became more and more confused.