Chapter 245: The Battle of the Suburbs (11)
"Uncle Tan is out of the ranks! Now lead your team members and attack the enemy now! ”
I thought that everyone would charge together, but I didn't expect General Guan to only send his own team out of the ranks, and Tan Bochang, who was standing behind Guan Yu, showed a puzzled look on the spot
"General, just, just our team?"
"Hmmm! Your team will be the vanguard, and the army will follow. Uncle Tan, let's go out quickly! Guan Yu replied undoubtedly.
Captain Tan was a centurion in the army, and the team he led was only a hundred people.
After the previous battles, more than 20 of their team were wounded and could not participate in the battle at present, so the actual strength was only about 70 people.
At this moment, hearing that General Guan asked more than seventy people to take the lead as pioneers, Uncle Tan's heart immediately muttered. It is believed that their trip is unlucky, and it is likely that they will not be able to come back once they go.
But as a soldier, you can't disobey military orders!
Even if he was worried, he couldn't run away. After sighing "unlucky", he had to take more than 70 of his subordinates and quickly rushed forward, aiming directly at the Huaxing troops.
As for why Guan Yu acted like this, to put it bluntly, he still wanted to explore the reality of the enemy army.
Knowing the disparity in strength, Huaxing actually gave up his escape and took the initiative to stay in the field to fight with himself!
Such a "stupid" move really made Guan Yu a little unpredictable, and he always felt that the other party was still hiding something.
Therefore, before figuring out the other party's intentions, Guan Yu did not intend to act rashly, so he sent a small team of people to test it, just to see what the other party was planning.
Half a minute later, more than 70 people led by Tan Bochang arrived in front of the enemy formation.
Because they didn't have many troops, and their hearts were relatively weak, no one from top to bottom dared to attack with all their strength, and everyone used their halberds to test from afar, and the battle didn't look fierce at all.
And the Huaxing Army, as always, put on the Fangyuan shield array that they are best at.
Seeing that the other party did not intend to attack hard, Huaxing did not arrange a stab, but only asked the peripheral soldiers to raise their shields and isolate the enemy from the formation.
Seeing that Tan Bochang ran smoothly all the way to the front of the Huaxing Formation and fought with the other party, Guan Yu, who was standing not far away, was a little more steady.
Regarding Huaxing's series of strange actions just now, Guan Yu actually has his own analysis.
In his opinion, if Huaxing really has a "back hand", it is nothing more than the following three
First, there are ambushes nearby;
second, they wanted to use the archers in the city to attack themselves;
Third, there may be a trap nearby.
Let's start with the first ambush.
Judging from the area where they are currently located, it can definitely be called a flat river.
There is no cover within a radius of 100 meters, and the nearest cover is the city gate located about sixty or seventy meters behind Hua Xing.
It would be difficult to be effective if the ambush was placed so far away, so it should be unlikely that the ambush would be an ambush.
Second, let's talk about the range of the archers.
Guan Yu visually observed that the place where the two armies were fighting was at least sixty or seventy meters away from the city gate.
If it is an ordinary military bow, it is difficult to fly so far even if it is fired from the city wall.
Even if a few arrows happen to reach this place, they will have already lost their heads, and when the feathered arrows fall, they will definitely be friend or foe.
So in Guan Yu's opinion, it doesn't seem realistic to use a bow and arrow to launch an ambush at this distance.
With these two points out of the way, only one last trap remains.
This place was originally Huaxing's territory, and it was not difficult to set traps.
In addition, it has been snowing in recent days, and the surface is covered with snow, so it is really difficult to see whether the ground has been tampered with.
Therefore, the possibility of the enemy setting a trap here is quite high.
So before the army moved, Guan Yu first sent Tan Bochang to test it, the purpose of which was to see if the road ahead was safe.
It wasn't until he saw with his own eyes that Tan Bochang led his troops to the opposite side and there was no danger that Guan Yu nodded reassuringly, it seemed that he was too worried about the trap.
Since these three situations have been denied by himself, Guan Yu has nothing to worry about, thinking that the other party is mostly playing tricks.
So, after waiting for more than a minute, Guan Yu finally raised the big knife in his hand and gave the command to charge to the soldiers behind him with his sonorous and powerful words
"The general listens to the order and immediately attacks! Those who take the first level of Huaxing...... 100 taels of silver! Come on! ”
After finishing speaking, he saw that Guan Yu was the first, and in the shouts of everyone, he turned into a green shadow and was the first to rush over.
His eyes are extremely determined, and his face is full of confidence.
It is not difficult to see that Guan Yu is full of confidence in this battle!
However, what everyone didn't expect was that Guan Yu had just run halfway when he heard a sudden boom behind him, as if something had collapsed.
Immediately after, the shouting that had just been loud stopped abruptly!
However, in the blink of an eye, it was replaced by a cry for help like a ghost crying wolf, and Guan Yu was trembling when he heard it, and hurriedly grabbed the reins and looked back.
As a result, Guan Yu was instantly dumbfounded!
The boss, whose face was instantly full of surprise and confusion, and whose mouth was also open, was obviously frightened by the scene in front of him.
Because he glanced at it, he found that the soldiers who had just charged behind him had suddenly "disappeared".
Except for the dozen or so soldiers who followed him closely, the other soldiers didn't know where to run at the moment.
It feels like the world has evaporated, it's incredible!
"W-What the hell is going on? How can a big living person be gone if he can't see it? ”
With this confusion, Guan Yu, who came back to his senses, immediately searched for the traces of the soldiers on the battlefield.
Once he calmed down, Guan Yu quickly discovered the clues.
It turned out that not far behind him, two long pits about three meters deep appeared out of thin air!
On closer inspection, the two deep pits are more than three meters wide and twenty meters long, and they are like two trenches across the battlefield.
In the deep pit, there are also a lot of spikes, once someone falls in, ten will be stabbed.
Even if you are lucky enough to escape the spikes, due to the height problem, ordinary people will not be able to climb out for a while.
And the soldiers who had just "disappeared" actually fell into these two deep pits.
After seeing the scene in front of him, Guan Yu was resentful and painful, but also had a trace of confusion in his eyes.
He really couldn't understand why Hua Xinggang was able to pass safely since there was a trap here?
and Tan Bochang and the others who were in charge of exploring the path, didn't they also pass smoothly?
Even Guan Yu himself didn't fall into the trap when he charged?
Why is it that the trap only starts when the army moves?
Could it be that these traps still have eyes, and they can't recognize people and things?