Chapter 33: The Fierce Battle of Fengchuan (Part I)

Fengchuan is a small county in Fengzhou...... The west is only less than two miles away from Heshui, the southwest is the drum mountain, this drum mountain, just a low soil bun mountain, the terrain is not precipitous, the mountain is lush, the trees are flourishing, the south side of the mountain is the Xunjiang River. //. 78 No pop-up window Update fast // About ten miles east of Fengchuan, it is Fengzhou, an important town in the northwest of the Han Kingdom.

Ma Guangmeng commanded the army to pursue the Han army, and after less than a mile, he saw that the Xunjiang River, where the original big ships could travel side by side with about ten ships, was squeezed by the mountains on both sides of the river, like a belt, and became relatively narrow. And it became narrower and narrower, and in the narrowest place, the big ships of the Chu army could barely walk side by side.

The ancients once said: One husband should be closed, and ten thousand people should not be opened. The Xunjiang River in this section of the river has such potential, if the Han army crosses their building ship on the river, one building boat is enough to hold the entire Xun River. The army that can fight against the Han army's building ships is only the first two ships, and no matter how many people he has in the Chu army, there is no place for it.

It's a pity that the generals of the Han army seemed to have been beaten by the Chu army just now, and they were a little timid, so they only cared about fleeing south, and since they entered the Fengchuan section, they no longer have the courage to fight.

Ma Guangmeng is in the Chinese army, looking at both sides, the two sides of the Xunjiang River are not first-class mountains, but a rich forest, the shore is overgrown with water and grass, I don't know what kind of species, some are more than one meter higher than sleep. Ma Guangmeng's heart couldn't help but jump, and there was a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart.

The corners of his mouth chuckled, but he thought carefully about the arrangement of this march again. There must be an ambush in this Fengchuan, and if you want to repel the ambush, only Xu Wei and Qian Qing are enough, but the reason why Fengzhou is vulnerable to attack is that in addition to the tall city walls and sufficient military food, the strong naval division of this Fengzhou is also one of the reasons. Under this Fengzhou city, although the Xunjiang River is open, it is only 12 large boats displayed side by side. This is simply not enough to give full play to the numerical superiority of the Chu army. In the absence of numerical superiority, it is very difficult to completely defeat the Fengzhou Water Division.

In the face of the ambush of the Han army in Fengchuan, if the Chu army is defeated and flees north against the river, then out of the Fengchuan section, the army will not have any threat to the navy. If you want to completely defeat the Chu army's naval division and expand the fruits of victory, then Pan Chongche will inevitably pursue the Han army's naval division. This undoubtedly gave the Chu army a chance, a chance to completely defeat the Fengzhou Water Division.

In ancient times, the communication ability was extremely poor, and the situation of the battle on land in a waterway war like this may not be immediately reported to the naval army. In other words, even if Xu Wei and Qian Qing defeated the ambush of Fengchuan, the Han army sailors on the Xun River may not know, and even if they knew, in the face of such a good opportunity to completely defeat the Chu army's sailors, the Han army generals would not give up easily.

It was based on this consideration that Ma Guangmeng resolutely ordered that the plan should be calculated. Ma Guangmeng thought about it, whether it was the speed of his own march or the simultaneous advance of the two armies by water, his plan should be seamless. But why does it always feel a little wrong after arriving in Fengchuan?

The sun is shining, the breeze is caressing, and the river is sparkling. A flash of light, inadvertently reflected to the contemplative Ma Guangmeng, illuminating his eyes, he hurriedly looked at the green hills on the shore. This place is quite close to the shore, and you can faintly see the green branches and leaves on the shore swaying in the wind, and the green waves are rippling. He seemed to think of something, and quickly shifted his gaze to the shore, there should be a lot of ambush soldiers hidden in the green mountains and green trees. Kindness? His heart suddenly moved, and then he looked closer, and the aquatic plants by the river were so luxuriant, and under the breeze, he just shook it casually.

Although the wind speed in the breeze is not large, the branches of the green trees on the shore are still shaking, why the fine aquatic plants by the river are only gently shaking twice, and there is no big movement. Wrong? Ma Guang woke up suddenly, didn't he say that the narrowest river in the Fengchuan section was more than 100 meters wide? But at present, there can only be two large ships in parallel, and it seems that it is only about fifty meters wide. This...... Under the cover of this aquatic weed, I'm afraid it's the sailor of the Han army, right?

Ma Guangmeng hurriedly asked the person to ask the lookout, how many people are there in the naval army of our army entering the section of Zefengchuan? After a while, news was received that more than 15,000 people had come after them.

Ma Guang suddenly gave the order: "Wave the flag, order the army to pause, where the river is wider, change the formation, the big boat is in the center, and the small boat is outside." Ordered the rear army to go ashore immediately and kill Ben in the direction of Fengzhou. Ma Guangmeng couldn't help but secretly scold Pan Chongche for his evil intentions, when the Chu army made a plan, he just thought that Pan Chongche would send the army to ambush on both sides of the strait, so that if the big ship was outside, the ability to withstand it would be stronger, and the ability to attack the shore would also be strong. But I didn't expect that this bastard was still ambushing a naval army, and this naval army would not be a fireboat, right? If it is really a fireship, it is difficult for the big ship to move outside, and if it catches fire, it affects morale and disrupts the formation, then it is difficult to predict the outcome of the battle.

Chen Daxin, the deputy general who pressed the formation in the back, was strange, according to the plan, it should be after all the Chu troops entered Fengchuan, and then directly landed on the south bank to attack the ambush troops, why did he give the order now? It's just that Ma Guangmeng's military orders are like mountains, and he hesitated in his heart, but he still hurriedly commanded the Chu army, which had not yet been stranded at the mouth of the Heshui River, abandoned the south bank of the ship, and went directly to Fengzhou to kill. He Jingzhen and Cui Honglian, who were charging ahead, couldn't figure out what Ma Guangmeng meant, why did the marshal get to the front of the battle, but changed the battle plan?

"There are ambushes!"

When he hesitated to command the fleet to adjust, the war drums on both sides of the Xun River continued to sound, and rockets and crossbows flew through the sky like meteors, shooting straight at the Chu army. He was really shocked, what is going on, this Han army is too anxious, the Chu army has not completely entered Fengchuan? The sound of drums shook the heavens and the earth, but fortunately, the Chu army had already prepared, and in response to these attacks from the shore, they either raised their shields or used brooms to put out the fire. The Chu army was well-founded and not panicked, but the officers and generals secretly admired the horse light coming violently,

He really wanted to command a part of the naval army to land and fight on the south bank. I heard a sergeant suddenly shouting: "Oh my God, the Xunjiang River has moved!" ”

He Jingzhen hurriedly looked at the south bank, and the aquatic plants, aquatic plants and trees on the south bank actually moved by themselves, which was definitely not a wind blowing trees and shaking grass, but a real movement.

"General, there is an ambush of the Han army's warships on the bank of the Xun River!" The lookout shouted from the lookout.

He Jingzhen looked over again, but saw that in the swaying of the aquatic plants on the shore, more than 20 small boats of the Han army appeared in the middle, and the nearby boats were full of aquatic plants, but the distant boats were tied with things like tree branches.

He Jingzhen's heart had just settled down, when he saw that these Han ships' ships suddenly caught fire and rushed over thoughtlessly. Is it strange that he is not handsome to change the formation? This is the enemy's fireship. On the south shore were fireships, but on the north shore were the warships of the Han army. For a time, the battle started in the entire section of the river in the Fengchuan section, the northern half of the river, the two armies fought in one place, the bows of the ships were staggered, there were advances and retreats, there were enemies in me, and there were enemies in me. Bows and arrows are not only shot from the front of oneself, but perhaps from behind, the enemy's sword will also be shot. Killing, only by constantly killing, can you keep yourself safe, can you prove your existence, and can you live better. There were quite a few people from both armies, jumping onto each other's boats and fighting. In the southern half of the river, the fire was soaring, and the Chu army drove this big ship to the river to think hard, and turned the hull of the ship in the move, staggered out of the gap, let the Chu army boat kill, and organized the advance of the Han army's fireboats, especially so, there are still many Chu army ships, which were loaded by the fireboats and caught fire. For a while, the flames were soaring, and the Chu army was in a hurry. He was really like thunder, dealing with the cold arrows shot from the shore while commanding the sergeants to control the fire, but he secretly sighed in his heart, and said in his heart: Fortunately, the Han army has no ships to kill now, otherwise today, on the Xun River, we may inevitably be defeated.

Ma Guangmeng's mind was heavy: the periphery of the Chu army is a big ship, inconvenient to move, this fire ship is all small boats, there are a large number of them, and they rely on the wind, the speed is fast, such as light is just to prevent the fire boat, and it is just to extinguish the fire, but on the south bank, there are still a lot of ambush soldiers, shooting cold arrows, under the two-pronged approach, the situation of the Chu army is difficult.

At this time, Ma Guangmeng gritted his steel teeth, pulled out his long sword, and ordered: "Order the big ship of the Nanjiang River to no longer dodge, and rush directly to the south bank, kill to the shore, and join our army's sneak attack army." "Since it is not easy to avoid, then simply rush directly to the south bank, anyway, the Xun River is not wide, and the ships that are on fire can rush to the shore before they are burned, as long as they go ashore, the casualties of the sergeants will be much less.

On the Xun River, the flames soared to the sky, and in the northwest of the Drumming Mountain, Xu Wei and Qian Qing finally arrived with an army of 20,000. Xu Wei hurriedly ordered Qian Qing to lead 10,000 people to rush and kill the Fengzhou ambush near Xunbang Drum Mountain, and he himself took another 10,000 people to kill Fengchuan County. There are not many troops in Fengzhou, and there are probably less than 3,000 people on the north bank to set up ambushes, and Qian Qing's 10,000 people are enough to deal with.

At the same time, Chen Da'an's army also came to the south bank of the Xun River and began to attack the ambush on the south bank. These ambushes were suddenly attacked, and in desperation, they had to turn over and deal with the Chu army coming up from the shore, and the lethality of the Chu army in the river was greatly reduced. The ambush soldiers on the south bank were even worse, these people were suffering from the enemy on their backs, and they couldn't help but deal with Chen Da'an, and they also had to deal with the Chu army that abandoned the ship and went ashore.

The Han army on land couldn't hold it anymore. On the Xun River, the war changed again, in the face of the fireboat on the south bank, Ma Guangmeng broke his wrist, let the big ship on fire, wander around and hit the fireboat, and finally forced the fireboat to the south bank, and could not do harm. But these fifteen big ships just watched them burn out. In the northern half of the river, without the support of ambushes on the shore, the pressure on the camouflaged sailors increased greatly, and they could not afford it.

At this moment, the horn sounded, and a Fengzhou naval army watching the play went out again, went up the river, and joined the battlefield.