Chapter 38: The River Bridge
In the north of Luoyang, Mengjin crosses the left near, there is a huge pontoon bridge connecting both sides of the river, and it is the main road of the north and south since ancient times. In the Jin Dynasty, Du pre-took Mengjindu to cross the terrain dangerously, and began to build a pontoon bridge here, which is known as the river bridge.
During the rebellion of the Erzhu clan, the river bridge was destroyed in the war for a time, and then rebuilt.
On the north bank of the river bridge, there are Heyang City and Beizhong City towering a few miles away, and the south bank is close to the waterfront bridge to build a fort, and it is said that the river bridge is a city stopper. These three fort cities are called the three cities of the river bridge, the three legs stand together, echo each other, to control the river bridge, block the big river moat.
At this moment, in the city fortress of Heqiao, it is Liu Gui who leads his troops to garrison, and not far from the south is Hou Jing's big village. As for Gao Aocao's department, it is naturally a little farther away, probably in the west corner.
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On July 13, the weather changed greatly, sweeping away the sunny and dry heat for many days, and the sky and the earth were suddenly overcast and hazy, and the vision was extremely poor.
Early in the morning, there was a majestic drum beat resounding through the four fields, and it was the western army attacking from the south to the north. Hearing only the sound of drums, it is known that it is all over the mountains and fields, and the army is huge.
It is said that after Hou Jing and the other troops retreated, the siege of Kim Yong Cheng was immediately resolved, and Duguxin and Yang Zhong ushered in Pei Guo's victorious division. Needless to say, with Pei Guo as the commander, they formed an army.
Pei Guo discovered that the eastern army near the river bridge was powerful, and although it was a big blow to the power of Mo Duolou's loan, it was still steady and steady, and it was not easy to advance. Wait for a few days, until the Yuwentai army came from the south, and the two troops were combined, and the momentum was extremely huge, and then they advanced to the north, and at this moment they were close to the river bridge.
Naturally, the Eastern Army had also detected the movements of the Western Army. At this time, Hou Jing's whole army went out of the camp, leaning on the big river with its back, connecting the mountains in the south, and lining up a huge military array. Gao Aocao also led his troops out and echoed not far away. As for Liu Gui, firstly, there are not many soldiers and horses in his troops, and secondly, Hou Jing has taken care of him, and he must not lose the Heqiao City Fortress no matter what, plus he is really afraid of meeting Gao Aocao in his heart, so he made up his mind, but he didn't want to go out of the city.
The sky and the earth are cloudy, and there is a fog and haze across the locks, and the two sides can't distinguish the reality of the other party, only knowing that the enemy and us are all in a huge army, stretching all the way along the riverbank, I don't know how many miles.
Here in the Western Army, Yuwentai and Pei Guo formed the Central Army, supplemented by the general He Basheng, the general of Anton, the general of Andong, Nian Xian, and the brave general Wei Biao; On the left flank is the partner of Zhennan General Zhao Gui and Zhenjun General Da Xiwu; On the right flank were the Wei general Duguxin and the former general Yang Zhong, who ran out of Kim Yong City. The last to make the rear army was the Zhenbei general Li Hu's department, and the later general Yuwen Hu also shouted together when Yuwentai passed through Shaanzhou, in order to strengthen the momentum, at this time Xi was Li Hu's deputy.
Although he could not clearly observe the current situation due to the weather, judging from the previous reports, the strength of the Western Army this time was greater than that of the Eastern Army, not to mention that not long ago, Pei Guoxian also destroyed Mo Duolou's first army, so Yuwentai became more and more determined.
Since the east and west Wei are divided into two, Yuwentai has always taught Gao Huan to press and fight, and has always been the defensive side, and has been aggrieved for several years, winning the two battles of Xiaoguan and Shayuan one after another. Therefore, before the battle, Yuwentai couldn't wait, ordered the flag to wave, and hurriedly launched a large army to attack.
Andong General Yifeng and Pingdong General Nian Xian are the forwards, one left and one right to kill first. There were easterners and soldiers to meet them, and they fought as a group.
Tumbling and rolling, it has been fighting for most of the hour, and the two sides are tugging at each other, as if they are not winning or losing.
He Batsheng, known as the first fierce general of the Western Army, couldn't stand it, and led the army to rush out with a loud roar. Sure enough, he was brave and unmatched, and under the continuous advance, the eastern army's formation was slightly chaotic.
Hou Jing's confidant Wang Xiangui saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly led his troops to come to the aid and caught He Batsheng.
Rao is like this, and the Eastern Army Wuzi can't support it. In a hurry, Wang Xiangui personally stepped forward to compete with He Batsheng. However, his skills were not as good as others, Wang Xiangui and He Ba couldn't win a few battles, and they felt numb in their hands and feet, knowing that they were invincible, so they hurriedly pulled their horses and fled westward. He Batsheng laughed and chased after him.
The morale of the forward of the Western Army was greatly boosted, and he shouted and followed Yifeng and Nianxian to stride forward. The Eastern Army could not resist and retreated in defeat after defeat.
Later, Yuwentai saw it, and his arrogance was abrupt, and he immediately raised his arms and shouted: "Breaking the enemy and making meritorious contributions is right now!" Come with me, everyone! After shouting, he actually clamped his legs violently, urging the black horse to rush out in person!
This time it can scare Pei Guo on his side, and it is too late to stop it. Helpless, Pei Guo had to chase after him, not leaving Yuwentai.
The army behind him was naturally shouting from the mountains and the sea, and they would go forward with a single shot.
If according to Yuwentai's thoughts, the East Thief is not superior in strength, and the striker has already lost, coupled with his own fierce attack, then how can Hou Cripple resist the enemy? It's probably going to collapse the whole army...
When he rushed out of Lixu and estimated that he was approaching Hou Jing's main formation, there was a sudden "whoosh" in the dense fog, and the sound of crossbow arrows was endless. Hearing the screams on both sides, Yuwentai was shocked, and when he opened his eyes, he didn't know how many soldiers of the Western Army were shot by crossbow arrows, and fell to the ground.
It turned out that Hou Jing also knew that the western army was powerful and might be difficult to defeat the enemy, so he deliberately collected a large number of crossbows from all over the place, and requisitioned craftsmen to make bows and arrows.
It is also cloudy and foggy today, and the western army can't see the situation clearly, so it will definitely not be guarded. Hou Jing was overjoyed, so he ordered the shooters to hide in the formation and not fire a single arrow. He also sent the striker to show weakness and lead the western army to throw himself into the net, only then did he suddenly attack the killer--- seeing more than 10,000 crossbow arrows shot out together, and it was said to be endless, such as weaving a huge net in mid-air, under the hood, half of the sky was covered. If you want the western army to advance in a hurry, how can you stop it without raising a shield or forming a defensive formation?
Sure enough, under the successive victories of the Western Army, they already had the heart of underestimating the enemy, and they fell into Hou Jing's "trap". The feather arrows were too dense, and the Western army, which was caught off guard, was shot on their backs, and the losses were not heavy. Not only that, I'm afraid that even Hou Jing himself never expected that the thief leader Yu Wentai was also too arrogant, and he actually urged the horse to rush over, and this time he was bitter.
With a "whoosh", an arrow slashed through Yu Wentai's ear, shaking his eardrums.
About an inch short, the arrow will pass through the skull! Yuwentai's face turned pale in shock, and his heart shook. Only then did he shout "luck", and another arrow broke through the air, and a blow of "呑" penetrated into the chest of the black horse under the crotch!
In the midst of the screams, the horses fell to the ground and died. Yu Wentai roared, jumped down one step ahead, rolled on the ground several times in a row, and even the helmet was taught to fall and fly, and then stopped his figure.
Thanks to this, Yuwentai finally didn't fall and was injured, but he had to make a gray face, and the bun on his head was also scattered, and he looked at how embarrassed he was.