"Trouble!"

The generals around him smiled happily, but Gongsun Xun looked at the Yellow Turban Army on the south bank of the Hutuo River, but couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Of course, he didn't feel troubled because the war was going well on Zhang Chun's side...... As the commander of the first army, he is responsible for the entire battle situation and the lives of 70,000 or 80,000 Han troops, and Gongsun Xun is not shameless to this extent.

In fact, what this general with facial features lamented was the hidden worry of the war situation.

The two wings were clearly divided, the battle went smoothly, the Han army had the advantage, and whether it was what these heralds said or everyone could clearly find from a distance observing the banner, the Han army had indeed secured the beachhead.

However, this does not mean that the strategic objective has been achieved.

What is the fundamental purpose of the forcible crossing of the fortifications? It is not to erect a fortress for the sake of erecting a fortress, but to attract enemy forces and dispatch the enemy's formation, so as to create a perfect anvil for the Han cavalry.

But the problem now is that Gongsun Xun immediately saw clearly on the riverside that when the main forces of the Han army on both wings had gained a firm foothold, the tens of thousands of people in the main force of the Yellow Turban Army opposite him were simply immovable.

If they don't move, it means that there will always be a strong strategic reserve to deal with the arrival of the 10,000 cavalry; It also means that the forces on both flanks of the Yellow Turban Army are still sufficient, enough to cope with the situation, at least when the two Han army units can only rely on ferries to replenish their troops, they can maintain the pressure and do not need to ask for help.

Such a result may still be able to win after the arrival of the cavalry...... After all, Lou Zibo's words are still very reasonable, there is a strong city behind them, and when the cavalry is overwhelming, they are likely to lose the desire to fight and choose to retreat.

However, a retreat that has been damaged and chaotic on the whole line has been hit by a major blow, and a retreat that is only attacked on the flanks and is safe under the cover of the large forces of the Chinese army are two completely different concepts!

And if Zhang Bao, who was directly opposite, could always calm down, then once he calmly led the army back to the city, it was likely that Xiaquyang would become a fortified city that was impossible to capture by conventional military means!

Even if he was prepared to delay perfunctorily in his heart, Gongsun Xun still didn't like the situation of getting out of control...... Even if he has to besiege the city for a long time in the future, he only wants to besiege a city that he can capture at any time, not a fortified city that he really wants to make up his mind but has no choice but can't do it!

It's a bad feeling.

The two wings continued to shout and kill, and the Han army continued to use ferries to transport reinforcements ashore, and the good news was constantly passed to the Chinese army with the ferry...... It's nothing more than that Guo Taishou's department captured a certain base, and then Zhang Taishou's department killed a certain handsome.

Gradually, however, the frequency of such victories decreased markedly, probably due to the expansion of the beachheads on both flanks and the stretching of the battle front. Soon, some people with military experience also noticed something.

"The Yellow Turban Thief's combat power is improving rapidly!" Lou Gui stepped forward to Gongsun Xun's side with a little anxiety, and then said in a low voice. "The Yellow Turban Thieves on the other side of the river are still not moving?"

"yes." Gongsun Xun replied as usual. "When the army first started in February, the thieves had already been mobilized into a mess, and now they actually know how to leave reserves to deal with the cavalry...... After a few months of battling, I learned a lot. ”

Lou Gui frowned slightly and said: "Not only here, the battle between the two wings is gradually stalemate, and it can be seen that the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Thieves are also not what they used to be. ”

"It's more ordinary." Gongsun Xun sighed. "Is it the same thing to fight for the first time and a soldier who fought three or five times? Isn't it the same thing to have never seen a corpse with a severed limb and a soldier who has killed someone? In my opinion, compared with the progress of the lower-level soldiers, the weakness of their generation is probably still in the thieves above...... It's just that now you can't tease them as easily as you do with the boys. ”

Lou Zibo bowed his head slowly, but immediately smiled with relief: "No matter what, whether the thief sergeant has improved in combat strength, or the leader of the thief army has learned something, it is still generally inferior to our army." When the cavalry arrived, I don't believe they would be able to hold on, it was just that there were more or fewer people who fled! ”

Gongsun Xun also smiled, but he didn't want to.

The sun is gradually turning westward, and everyone in the Chinese army is still facing off with the commander Gongsun Xun and the opposite general Zhang Bao, but everyone's thoughts are on the floating corpse floating down from the upstream...... Among them, of course, there are more people with yellow scarves on their heads, but from time to time there will still be some Han army corpses and even wounded, and at this time, there will naturally be Chinese soldiers with crossbows and crossbows on the opposite side of the boat into the river to salvage and rescue.

"General!"

However, just when the minds of the Chinese army officers were gradually paralyzed, and the Chinese army brigade behind them was also resting to the point of boredom, a horse suddenly galloped along the river bank, and rolled off the horse directly in front of the Chinese army, but it was a henchman sent by Guo Dian's department, who couldn't help shouting when he saw Gongsun Xun's umbrella cover from afar. "My family king, please send reinforcements, this is a temporary request document that he printed on the battlefield."

Everyone in the Chinese army was shocked.

Lu Fan didn't dare to delay, so he stepped forward to take the letter directly, and then sent it to Gongsun Xun while opening it.

On the other side, the guard sent a letter, exhausted, and sat directly on the ground gasping for breath, not forgetting to wipe his face with his hands...... His body was three points of sweat, three parts of river water, three points of blood and one point of sludge, and at this time, it became more and more fierce that the battle situation there.

Seeing this, Changshan Xiang Feng Xin couldn't hold back again, and actually asked in public: "But Guo Fujun is worried about the battle situation?" ”

"Not really!" The guard was asked, and quickly straightened up on the ground and spoke. "Although there are many Yellow Turban thieves, they are not our opponents, and Guo Taishou is fighting with a white blade, so our army is still victorious. It's just that now the battle circle is getting bigger and bigger, but the thieves are still surrounding, seeing that our army is slow to break the siege, so my family wants to secondment the Chinese army ferry, so as to facilitate the Captain Zong behind him to send reinforcements quickly. ”

"I see." Not only Feng Xin, but everyone in the Chinese army breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, this is where one of the major problems of the forced crossing operation lies - the ferry ships are insufficient, and the speed of sending troops is limited.

It must be known that the Hutuo River is not a big river like the Yellow River, there is no golden embankment, and there is no special ferry. On weekdays, when the water is not strong, suitable spots can usually be found between counties, and pontoon bridges can be easily erected to serve as a route to and fro, so there are not so many boats on the whole river to search.

In fact, the place opposite Gongsun Xun and Zhang Bao used to be where the pontoon bridge crossed the river from Xiaquyang to the north was located, but it was directly demolished when Zhang Bao withdrew to Henan. Later, the Han army set up camp here and tried to cross the river from here, but it was also blocked by the Yellow Turban Thief Litu Mountain, which was not for no reason...... After all, the place where the pontoon bridge is built is always the narrowest place, and the shallows on both sides of the bank are also compacted, which is just right for forced crossing.

Back in front of him, Gongsun Xun glanced at the battlefield documents that Guo Dian hastily sent, but shook his head lightly in the expectant eyes of everyone: "I won't write any more documents, go back and tell your family Guo Jun, according to the agreement, our cavalry will come from the downstream in about half an hour, that is, from the east, and Guo Jun is on the west side, so it is useless to increase troops at this time...... Therefore, the ferry of the Chinese army has another use for me! ”

The guard was disappointed, but had nothing to say, so he hurried away.

However, the surrounding officers were relieved to hear this...... Gongsun Xun's intention is obviously to support the downstream, that is, Zhang Chun and Cheng Pu all the way.

In doing so, Yu Gong was more beneficial to the cavalry from the east; In private, that Cheng Pu is the private person of the general in the five senses, and it is natural to give credit to his department.

Sure enough, Gongsun Xun waited until Guo Dian's guards left in a hurry, did not panic, turned around and ordered to his side: "Let Cheng Demou immediately gather the elite of Gao Suqing's department and send them to the other side, the cavalry is coming sooner or later, don't leave it alone!" ”

Several white horses set off immediately.

Lou Gui and Xi Zhong glanced at each other, and then it was still Lou Gui who stepped forward and suggested: "Junhou, our cavalry should have rested downstream, if you want to end this battle very quickly, you might as well quickly use the flag language to urge them to send troops...... After all, it seems that Zhang Bao and his Chinese army will not move. ”

Hearing this, Gongsun Xun couldn't help but look back at the condescending banner of the Digong General on the earth mountain on the other side, he knew that as Lou Zibo said, there must be about 30,000 of the most elite Yellow Turban Army behind that earth mountain and that banner, and the main force of the Yellow Turban Army stood still, just as there were more than 20,000 Han troops behind him who sat on the ground and rested for most of the day.

However, will Gongsun Xun let this battle of forcible crossing end in such an unclear, unclear, or even innocuous 'victory'?

Let Zhang Bao preserve the elite and most of the strength, and retreat to the city to defend calmly?

Guo Dian was at his age, and he personally carried a knife to fight with the Yellow Turban Army, and even Zhang Chun was able to grit his teeth and rise up in a desperate situation, and crossed the river with anger, and his grandson Xun was so perfunctory?

As soon as he thought of this, Gongsun Xun sneered, turned back to face the north, but his face was solemn, and he suddenly shouted at the location of the Chinese army and asked: "Where are the soldiers and horses of Hejian Country?" ”

"Hejian soldier Cao Peng, fake Sima Dongzhou Wang Meng visited the general, please ask the general to order!" Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then one of them hurriedly flashed out a big salute to pay respects, but it was the leader of the reinforcements sent by the Hejian Kingdom after the chaos.

"Sima Wang." Gongsun Xun asked awe-inspiringly. "I checked the roster the day before yesterday and saw that there was a song in your department that was all halberders?!"

"Exactly!" Wang Meng hurriedly replied. "Youzhou Turquoise Bow Cavalry, Jizhou Long Spear Strength Crossbow, I have always had the habit of using halberds and big guns, this time the war started, the Minister of State was ordered to act cheaply, so he sent a local arsenal, specially recruited and formed a song of halberd soldiers, a song of spearmen, two song crossbow soldiers, two song of large shield soldiers, a total of 1,200 elites, plus 1,000 material officers, 2,000 Ding Zhuang...... Although it is a little less than other counties, its combat power and equipment are extremely strong! ”

"Call all the fake marquis of your tribe!" Of course, Gongsun Xun didn't bother to pay attention to the matter of how many soldiers Hejian had produced.

Whether it is everyone around or Wang Meng, it is known that Gongsun Xun is going to select the elite and make the last impact for the arrival of the cavalry, so no one dares to slack off...... It's just that Wang Meng is quite excited, and the others are quite envious, and I don't know how the soldiers in Hejian fell into the eyes of the generals with five senses.

After a while, more than a dozen so-called 'fake song chiefs' came with armor and bowed down collectively on the river beach.

"Which is the halberd soldier?" The battle was compact, and Gongsun Xun didn't bother to cover it up at all. "Where is Zhang Jaw and Zhang Jun in Hejian County?"

One of them was startled, and then immediately raised his head, revealing a delicate face in his twenties under his hood: "Hejian opens his jaw and listens to orders!" ”

"Not bad!" Gongsun Xun rode on the horse, condescending, and was quite satisfied when he saw the other party's dignified appearance. "Let me ask you, can your 'Euphorbia' fight?"

Where can Zhang Jaw talk nonsense, and immediately replied: "I am willing to be the general's forerunner!" ”

"Okay, then I'm going to entrust my life and death to you." Gongsun Xun couldn't help laughing. "Sima Wang, immediately dispatch your subordinates...... As long as there are 1,200 elite soldiers, no material officers, the shield soldiers will cross the river to open up the battlefield first, and then the crossbowmen will cover, so that this Zhang Junqi will lead the three-curved spear and halberd forward, and give me how far and as far as I can break through! ”

Wang Meng and Zhang Jaw were both overjoyed.

However, Wang Meng was excited and had to ask: "Dare to ask the general, does our army start from here?" Where will you go, will you go downstream to join forces with the elite of Captain Cheng's department? ”

"Why go far?" Gongsun Xun didn't turn his head back, but just pulled out his knife and pointed back. "Then he crossed the river here, and I went straight to Zhang Bao on the top of the earth mountain...... Let's go! ”

Everyone changed color for a while, but where could they hesitate in the military formation? Therefore, Wang Meng, Zhang Jaw and the rest of the Hejian officers got up together and went to the back to greet the soldiers and horses, but there was no joy on their faces, and the surrounding generals had complicated expressions.

The opening of a third battlefield will undoubtedly greatly disrupt the deployment of the Yellow Turban Army, so that the role of cavalry can be further brought into play...... But there is no doubt that although it is very easy to cross the river here, there are not only dirt mountains in front of you, but also tens of thousands of thieves behind the earth mountains, and if you are not careful, you will be crushed in the area under the earth mountain to the front of the river beach, and then suffer heavy casualties.

It is better not to fight for such an opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

Of course, when the matter came, there was no way to retreat from the Hejian State Department, whether it was Wang Meng, Zhang Jaw, or other officers, they all sternly urged and encouraged loudly, and in less than half an hour, they had already assembled on the river beach, and boarded the ship in order of battle!

The military drums in the Han army were loud, and in the commotion of the Yellow Turban Army on the other side of the river, hundreds of boats and boats were launched in unison!

At this time, Guo Dian had just received a report from his guards, when he heard movement in the distance, climbed the base to look at each other, and saw the movement of the Chinese army from afar, he couldn't help but sigh...... The other party's handling in this way is indeed more important than blindly asking for reinforcements.

It was Xu Zhan, who was already exhausted downstream, and after barely killing one person, he couldn't help but climb up and look at each other. And when he found that not only the Chinese army suddenly sent troops directly to Zhang Baowai, but also Cheng Pu behind him also sent his extremely elite Gao Shun Division, this person exhaled a long breath, and then laughed relative to Zhang Chun, who was wearing a filial piety robe in the military formation...... It seems that the two of them barely escaped from the danger of this battle.

However, the pressure on the two wings of the Han army was suddenly relaxed, and the Hejian soldiers in the middle army encountered the expected bitter battle as soon as they landed ashore!

First of all, as everyone imagined, Zhang Bao was condescending on the earth mountain, and when he came up, he dispatched a large number of crossbowmen to come forward and fire a volley...... Think about it, after breaking half of Hebei, where will the general of Rendi Gong be short of crossbows?

The Han army that landed on the shore came violently, and most of the officers had iron armor, and many of the non-commissioned officers had leather armor, but in addition to the shield soldiers, many people were nailed to death on the spot directly on the boat and beachhead. Even the shield soldiers who went ashore first were not so comfortable, they raised their shields and rushed into the crossbow formation, but they were approached by the crossbows, directly pierced through the thick iron shield, and died directly, the most terrible people were even nailed together by the crossbow arrows and people with shields, and they wailed directly to the end, and were chopped to death by random knives.

This situation was not stopped until the spear and halberd soldiers behind him barely lined up in formation and rushed forward. However, by this time the two hundred shieldmen had died fifty or sixty; two hundred halberds, four hundred spears and seventy or eighty; Four hundred crossbowmen also died forty or fifty.

And that doesn't mean the tide of battle is better here...... Soon after the crossbowmen dispersed, without waiting for the Hejian soldiers to set up their positions, Zhang Bao gave orders repeatedly, and the most elite hand-to-hand combat around him was dispatched one after another, fighting to the death to block the Han army, in order to prevent the latter from approaching the extremely critical earth mountain.

In all fairness, the Hejian soldiers were tragic, but such an urgent dispatch didn't show that the Yellow Turban Army was also panicked and confused by the other party's sudden black tiger-like attack.

Zhang Jaw is a person who understands, and he can also see the panic on the other side, knowing that there is no problem with the scheduling arrangement of the middle-aged general, and it can even be called wonderful...... However, with so many casualties, they are all the children of Hejian, and most of the cavalrymen who will make great contributions will be the body of the general with the facial features, how can he not respond in his heart?

But what about diaphragm? You have to work hard first according to the military order, right?

Just when he was about to grit his teeth and order an assault, suddenly, the drums on the side of the Hutuo River behind him were loud again, and on the dirt mountain in front of him, and even the Yellow Turban Army in front of him was at a loss......

Zhang Jaw was so puzzled that he couldn't help but look back, and then he was actually stirred by the scene on the other side of the river.

It turned out that this place was quite narrow, and while the soldiers in the river were struggling to gain a foothold, this wave of boats had returned to the north bank to receive the next wave of reinforcements...... However, the next wave of people who boarded the ship were all leading the white horses!

On the first ship, a familiar set of umbrella covers was placed directly on the bow, and on the next ship, the scepter representing the Son of Heaven was also on the bow, and the white horse flag fluttered in the wind on the third ship.

It's not just that Zhang Jaw was stunned for a while, but Guo Dian, Zhang Chun, Cheng Pu, and Zong Yuan, so that everyone in the Han Army and the Yellow Turban Army on both sides of the strait suddenly understood at this time - the commander of the Han Army, the general of the five officials, the commander of the festival, and the Marquis of Liangxiang, Sun Xun, actually crossed the river in person when there were only 1,000 people in front of him, and wanted to take Zhang Bao directly in person!

Zhang Jaw suddenly turned his head and exhaled deeply, but he no longer hesitated, only to see him throw down the spear in his hand, directly draw his sword, and shout an order, asking his halberd soldiers to move forward with all their might, regardless of it, and went straight to the place where the earth mountain was only three hundred steps away.

———————I'm the dividing line straight ahead—————

"Zhang Hezi is handsome, and the people in the river are also. At the end of the Han Dynasty, he was recruited for the Yellow Turban, a fake military marquis, and belonged to Taizu. ”

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