Chapter Seventy-One: Running Through the Armor II
"Get a win."
"Sidearm quality improved."
Sure enough, weapon enhancements can only be obtained by personally participating in battles, and it is not possible to command battles.
Tian Xin drew his sword and cut off Li Yi's head, wrapped Li Yi's 'Jianyi Zhonglang' battle flag, and threw it to Yan Zhong, the governor of the tribe: "Put this thing away, and pay tribute to Captain Zhan after returning to Jiangling." ”
The surrounding fighting had stopped, and the officers of the station were roughly cleaning the battlefield, from looting the corpses to cutting off the heads of the fallen Wu troops, and driving the prisoners to carry the captured weapons back to their own positions.
Tian Xin's two chariots were damaged, one of the heavily armored royal hands on the chariot had been stabbed to death by Wu Jun's spear halberd, and the other chariot escaped, and after replacing Li Yi's chariot horses, it began to retreat.
When retreating, Lu Xun had gathered more than 300 cavalry to stand in formation, gathered the rout, and looked at each other from afar.
Lu Xun's face was solemn and not depressed, now it was just a disadvantage in the first battle.
The Wu army still has more than 30,000 people on the east road, as long as they hold on to this round of onslaught, the morale of the Jingzhou army will be exhausted, and when the east road army arrives, it will naturally win.
Tian Xin returned to the east side of the formation to rest, and at this time, the formation and the Luo Tong Department on the west bank fired fiercely, and Yu Ban's 2,000 men picked up 200,000 arrows to make the crossbowmen lose their strength.
"General, since the first battle, our army has captured more than 2,300 ranks, beheaded one general, beheaded two lieutenants, and has five hundred and seventy grades."
Luo Qiong came to report, Tian Xin squatted behind the boxcar, and was sitting cross-legged on the ground eating.
From time to time, there are stray arrows that fall around, sparsely.
He eats high-sugar glutinous rice balls, which are kneaded into balls of various types of preserved fruits mixed with brown sugar and glutinous rice, and the glutinous rice balls eaten by the soldiers around him have a slightly lower sugar content. ,
The rest of the battalion soldiers were also eating, and the blood and sweat on their hands did not hinder the meal.
Tian Xin asked, "Where is the army of the prince now?" ”
"I'm crossing the river ten miles to the north, general, the depth of Zhangshui is less than a foot!"
Ten miles to the north, Guan Yu personally led more than 700 cavalry to stand in formation, and the Green Turban Army that was slowly pressed back to form a new formation.
Wu Qi looked at the more than 700 horsemen, then at the more than 30 horsemen around him, and then at the Green Turban Army with all the infantry, and felt bitter in his heart.
Cavalry?
How many years has it been since the Green Turban Army has fought a purely formed cavalry unit?
When he hesitated to measure, Guan Yu saw that the infantry of the Dangkou Army had completed the crossing of the river, so he led more than 700 knights to turn to cross the river, and the horses' hooves trampled on the hard riverbed and raised many splashes.
After Guan Yu left, in front of the Qingjin Army were three thousand Nanxiang soldiers led by Guo Mu, the guard of Nanxiang County.
But on the Yumai Hills of Jingshan behind Guo Mu's array, there were many flags fluttering, and Guo Mu's array pretended to light more than a dozen piles of wolf smoke.
"Xiangyang was flanked by our army and the Wei army, and its Lei Xu, Xiahou Lan, and 8,000 sailors did not dare to move lightly. I expect that there must be a suspicious plan in front of me. ”
"Order the battalions to rush and kill the enemy!"
With Wu Qi's order, the four thousand Green Turban Army under his command advanced in several units, but in the process of advancing, he suddenly found that the black-pressed Jing Barbarian stragglers appeared in the hills behind Guo Mu's formation.
As if endless, the barbarian soldiers with shields and spears had no queue to speak of, each attached to the chieftain, a few dozen small people, many hundreds of people, all over the mountains and fields pressed from the north.
A plum character is very conspicuous, and when Wu Qi reacted, his subordinates had already stepped forward to fight, who dared to easily withdraw his troops at this time and leave his back to the enemy?
The barbarian king Mei Shi rode a very majestic buffalo, the horns of the ox were huge, the arc was also very beautiful, and the symmetry was like a round wheel on the head of the ox.
The docile buffalo was naturally not suitable for combat, but as soon as it appeared on the battlefield, it caused the soldiers of the Jingman tribe to roar and cheer.
When they cheered, they slapped their shields with their knives, or slammed their spears on the ground, shouting and drinking, and dancing with their hands.
"Order the battalions to wait for the opportunity to cross the river!"
Guan Ping showed a look of surprise, and when he gave the order, he immediately changed his horse, and more than 700 knights on his side got on their horses one after another, followed the battle flag of 'General Long Xiang Pass' and rushed to the bank of Zhangshui, calmly crossing the river.
To the east of Maicheng City, Sun Quan looked at Guan Yu's Dangkou army, which was slowly pressing three or four miles to the north, and then looked at the Guan Ping cavalry who were crossing the river in the northeast.
When he hesitated, Zhuge Jin said: "Supreme, Guan Yu is sharp, why don't you avoid the enemy for the time being?" ”
Sun Huan also withdrew from the array of the Wuwei Army and ran to Sun Quanrong's car: "Supreme, the Zhangshui has been exhausted, and the downstream boats are congested in the river. Now it is still passable, but if it is chaotic, it will be blocked. Why don't you temporarily retreat to the west of the frustrated water, and then try to make a good plan? ”
Sun Quan drew his sword and pointed at Sun Huan: "Guan Yu's troops are just tired soldiers, what is there to fear?" ”
Sun Huan is only twenty-one years old, he is already brave and resolute, and he clenched his fists at this moment: "Please also ask the Supreme to build a frustrated water pontoon bridge to be in order." ”
After speaking, Sun Huan turned around and strode away, riding around the array of the Armed Guards, raising his arms and raising his voice to boost morale.
Sun Quan's Tent Circle Army and Tent Army also moved at this moment, going to the flank and rear of the Wuwei Army to fill the defense line, and build a second line of defense for the war.
When Sun Quan quietly waited for Guan Yu to collide with him, Zhuge Jin reported: "Supreme, General Xingba is building a pontoon bridge in Fushui and raising his flag to participate in the war. ”
"How can Xingba fight now?"
Sun Quan asked rhetorically, he was very aware of Gan Ning's current physical condition.
In order to cover Sun Quan's departure from the battlefield in that battle, Ling Tong's own soldiers were all killed, and Ling Tong himself was seriously injured, and he died of illness for more than a year after the war.
Gan Ning, who had a great enmity with Ling Tong, also fought hard, and he was also traumatized.
After all, there are few people like Zhou Tai who have scars and are fine, and Gan Ning is now physically exhausted, and several wounds are pus and bursting that are difficult to stop.
For example, the arrow on Sun Ce's face, although it was only a wound the size of a small thumb, the wound festered and spread...... It's basically the same as disfigurement.
Now Gan Ning, let alone fighting in battle, is a bit of a mood swing, and the wound may collapse again.
Gan Ning was building a pontoon bridge at the moment, and Sun Quan acquiesced after looking at it twice.
After Tian Xin finished eating, he saw Lu Xun gathering troops and horses on both sides of Tuoshui, and asked Pang Lin: "Brother Shiheng, I should cross the river to attack Sun Quan's headquarters and force him to retreat." Or go south to defeat Lu Xun's department? ”
Now attack Sun Quan and defeat Sun Quan's headquarters, then the Wu army will retreat on all fronts, but Lu Xun on both sides of the Tuoshui River downstream has already formed a formation to respond, so it is difficult for the army to chase and kill with brilliant results.
If Lu Xun is defeated first and the passage of the Wu army to return to the warship south is blocked, then after Sun Quan collapses, the main force of the entire Wu army will be completely finished, and there will be no place to run.
But the question is, Sun Quan's formation is tough enough to withstand the onslaught of Guan Yu and Guan Ping?
If Sun Quan withstands this round of onslaught, and Tian Xin leads his troops south to copy the retreat of the Wu army, it will completely liberate Xu Sheng in Donkey City, and he will not be able to attack Guan Ping with his back, and he will also divide his troops to flank Tian Xin.
Tian Xin asked, and Pang Lin calmly replied: "If the general cuts off the way back of the Wu army, he will fight to the death." If he led the elite to cross the river and attack Sun Quan's main formation, Xu Sheng's soldiers would not dare to hold on and would pour out. Although we on the east coast can't defeat Xu Sheng, we can also delay the time and make it impossible to return to help. ”
Luo Qiong also spoke: "General, our army only has the power of one blow. Fight again, exhausted, and I am afraid that I will do nothing. ”
Tian Xin also had concerns: "I'm afraid that after I cross the river, Lu Xun will be dispatched, at that time, there will be Xu Sheng in the north and Lu Xun in the south, and our army may be difficult to support." ”
Pang Lin arched his hand: "The general quickly crosses the river, and Pang will fight to the death to resist Lu Xun's army." ”