Chapter 8 Crossing the River

The two sides of the entire Qiu Qiu water were in chaos, and the Xianbei dialect, the Chinese dialect, the sound of the neighing of war horses, the sound of armor hitting each other, the sound of shouting and scolding, the sound of cheering, and the sound of desperate fighting, were all intertwined with each other...... This is the confusion that night battles are bound to cause. You must know that although the Xianbei people were once panicked by Gongsun Xun approaching so quickly, after all, they had the advantage of troops, so they really didn't expect the other party to dare to raid overnight, so they became more and more unprepared after the battle began.

However, despite the movement of the two armies, the only place where the two armies fought to the death was the permanent pontoon bridge erected on the water of revenge, and the attention of both sides was almost entirely focused on that place.

In other words, on a bridge, whether it is a pontoon bridge or something else, its narrow terrain is destined to have only hand-to-hand combat! And in hand-to-hand combat, the Han army armor in double-layer iron armor is undoubtedly even more unstoppable.

I saw that under the reflection of countless torches, the Han soldiers were all holding swords and shields, bending down and bowing, and the formation was tight but not chaotic. In stark contrast, the Xianbei people who responded to the battle in a hurry, they were all messy and panicked, not to mention, what was even worse was that these people mostly held spears, and they couldn't use them at close range. It is often seen that these Xianbei people stabbed at the Han army with a spear but to no avail, and then before they could stab the second spear, they were directly blocked by the Han army's shield, and finally either the short knife was pierced out of the shield crack, or the whole person was simply pushed off the pontoon bridge.

Of course, the most conspicuous thing is that out of the formation, charging in front of the Bohai Gao Heng, this person is extremely brave, he holds a round iron shield in one hand, and wields a short spear in the other hand, taking advantage of his short stature, moving left and right, dodging back and forth, from time to time a spear can finish off a Xianbei warrior, and then lead the crowd forward a few steps......

The so-called generals are brave and strong, under the leadership of this person, the two hundred Han troops are in a strong formation, shouting and fighting all the way, and moving forward bravely. Although the number of Xianbei people on the opposite side was extremely large, they were actually pushed back by this Han army along the pontoon bridge, and the royal court nobles on the north bank of the revenge water were shocked to dispatch troops again and again, and more Xianbei warriors were concentrated on the north side of the pontoon bridge. On the other side, when the Han army saw that Gao Heng was so brave and his comrades were so strong, they were also more and more excited, and they shouted and cheered!

Gongsun Xun sat on a small slope, seeing this person so brave, but he was also full of emotion, and then he thought about it...... This ranger leader from the Bohai Sea is already so good, but I don't know what Le Jin, one of the five good generals who also has a 'short body' but can 'repeatedly take the lead', looks like? And what does Gao Shun, who led 700 soldiers, known as 1,000 people, charge into battle?

There are so many heroes in the world!

In other words, my mother always let herself live in troubled times...... However, how can it be considered complete, and how can it be perfect?

At the very least, you can't put your life in the hands of others like this today, right? And want to hold their own destiny...... To put it mildly, in the face of so many heroes and such a chaotic world, if you don't have and show the ability to shake the world, are you really qualified to hold your own destiny?

It's just that it's ridiculous that he lived 20 years old, and he actually reached today's desperate situation, so he gave birth to the pride and determination to shake the situation in the world...... Hopefully it's not too late!

Of course, this emotion is only Gongsun Xun's personal thoughts, in fact, he doesn't know that as early as the original Lu Longsai, he has inadvertently completely changed the situation in the world, but he has never realized it.

If you think about it carefully, you can understand what is the identity of Ke Zique, who died in the first battle of Lulongsai that day?

He is the Xianbei Lord in the middle of the country, and he is the leader of the three Xianbei under Tanshi Huai...... Such a character, because of a night raid, because of Gongsun Xun's arrow, because of the confused order of a small Chinese Xianbei tribe leader, was cut off in a daze.

And then what?

And then something gets out of hand.

Ke Zhique died, but Ke Zhibu was still the largest tribe in the central Xianbei, so his young nephew Ke Zitan took over as the lord of the central region;

And because of his first ascension to the throne, in order to stabilize the hearts of the people, Ke Zitan, a young and incompetent tribal leader, speculatively set off an invasion of Liaoxi;

It was also because of the death of Ke Zique, so the original Liaoxi Taishou and Gongsun Zhan's father-in-law were quickly transferred to Shanggu County, while Gongsun Xun's father-in-law Zhao Bao took office alone, and then sent someone to pick up his mother......

Under the mistakes of the two sides, this is the kind of war that happened!

At this time, Gongsun Xun actually jumped out to stir up the situation again, not to mention that Lord Xianbei in Central China was killed again, and even more so that the powerful Xianbei in Central China was injured by the five tuberculosis and seven wounds!

In fact, Gongsun Xun may not know about it in his life...... If it weren't for his previous activity outside Lu Longsai and Liucheng, then according to the original historical progress, this battle of Tanshi Huai could calmly eat all the three-way armies with only hard power, forcing the main general of the three roads to lead only a few dozen horsemen to walk away in embarrassment.

And after the war, in order to retaliate against the Han army, there will be another invasion of Liaoxi, and that time, although the Han army still won, Gongsun Xun's grandmother-in-law, mother-in-law, and his wife Zhao Yun, who did not pass the door, all died neatly. In the end, Zhao Bao also gave up his official position and died of depression after returning home for more than a year.

But all of this, as early as a few years ago outside of Louronse, was completely reversed by his desperate arrow.

When Gongsun Xun decided to work hard before, he once said to a few henchmen that Tanshi Huai had underestimated himself, and in fact, he himself had always underestimated himself!

"Shaojun!" Suddenly, Han Dang's voice called Gongsun Xun, who was losing his mind, back from his wandering thoughts. "Gao Heng has crossed the bridge!"

When Gongsun Xun heard this, he immediately looked at the pontoon bridge over there...... Sure enough, that Bohai Gao Xuanqing did not disappoint him, and with two hundred armor soldiers and bravery, he actually pushed directly to the other side of the pontoon bridge in one go.

However, this was only the case, because after crossing the bridge, the battlefield area expanded rapidly, and the numerical superiority of the Xianbei people was immediately apparent. And although Gao Heng and his subordinates still advanced left and right, and were extremely brave, they only managed to form a circle of the armor regiment they brought over, and tried their best to support it.

And this kind of support also seems to be somewhat dangerous, because the Xianbei people, who are experienced in warfare, quickly discovered a way to deal with these armored Han troops, the bow and arrow are easy to be injured by mistake at night, and the combination of heavy armor and shield is really lethal unless it is extremely lucky. However, throwing a spear at close range can avoid this kind of accidental injury, and it will produce some effective damage.

After all, there are too many enemy troops, and it is not bad for 200 people to hold this situation...... They need reinforcements.

In the dark night, Gongsun Xun no longer hesitated when he saw this, but suddenly got up: "In this case, the righteous follow me across the river!" ”

"Shaojun." Han Dang was shocked when he heard this. "You can give the order, we have few troops on the other side of the river, it's too dangerous!"

Lu Fan and the others on the side were also frightened.

However, before they could speak, they heard the Gongsun Xun laugh and said, "Yigong, don't you think it's not dangerous here?" Our army has entered the land of death, and it is time for everyone to follow Gao Xuanqing's example, fight to the death, and seek a way to live! The eldest husband was born in the world, how can he sit back and watch his subordinates work hard, and survive across the river? ”

Han Dang and the others were speechless.

"Besides." Gongsun Xunfu held the other party's arm again. "Isn't there still a righteous father for you here? On that day, you and I shook hands in Liaoxi, and we should be rich and noble in this life, but we should have thought that we should also die and live together. ”

When Han Dang heard this, he no longer stopped him, but immediately knelt on one leg: "In this case, please Shaojun must follow behind me, if you live, please Shaojun live, if you die, please let Han Dang die first!" ”

"Good!" Gongsun Xun didn't help the other party, but turned back to explain to Lu Fan and the others. "If I succeed in crossing the river, Ziheng and Demou should not hesitate to immediately urge the whole army to cross the river together. At that time, Ziheng led the Wuhuan Tu cavalry, the material officer, and the accompanying subordinates to go first, and De Mou led the Han army soldiers to suppress the formation. After crossing the river, the former immediately took advantage of the chaos to set fire, while Demou tried to break through the enemy behind the bridge...... And if they succeed, and the enemy army generally collapses, and the royal court is on fire, do not have any love for it, and do not seek others, but pack up the troops around them and flee to the east as previously said...... Ladies and gentlemen, we will meet in the lower reaches of the Vengeance Water. ”

"Whoa!" From Lu Fan down, Cheng Pu, Cheng Lian, Wei Yue and others all bowed down.

"Let's go!" After that, Gongsun Xun held up Han Dang with one hand and went down the slope with the knife with the other.

When the generals and many sergeants behind him saw Gongsun Xun leaving, they were all speechless, but they just turned around and packed up their armor, knives, and horses.

On the other side, after Gongsun Xun and Han Dang came to the dark place to meet the more than 100 Yanmen Yicong, they did not go to the pontoon bridge to support, but took off their armor, leaned over and led the war horse, tried to keep their voices down, and came to a shoal upstream of the pontoon......

That's right, Gongsun Xun didn't expect to break through the revenge water from the front from the beginning, and Gao Heng's troops were also responsible for attracting the attention of Xianbei people from the beginning!

Of course, in terms of the combat strength of the Han army at this time, it doesn't matter what bait is or not, after Gongsun Xun and Han Dang cross the river in this wave, when they stabilize the beachhead, they must hurry over to rescue the two hundred armor soldiers, otherwise it will be difficult to break the enemy!

"Is this it?" After Gongsun Xun put the armor on the war horse, he tentatively put his feet into the water, but as soon as he entered the water, he couldn't help but slip under his feet with the stimulation of the cold river water, and he had to be supported by Yi Cong behind him.

"This is it." Han Dang, who was in front, stood behind him in the water before turning back and answering. "We drove a few horses across the river, and they all passed through here, and then we had people hold the horses by the necks and sneak along, making sure that this was a shallow beach that could barely cross the river."

"Let's go, then." Gongsun Xun no longer hesitated when he heard this. "Take advantage of the fact that the Xianbei people are attracted by Gaoheng, and quickly cross the river!"

"Whoa!"

However, when it is said to be a shallow, in fact, the deepest part is barely above the chest, and there are stones and mud underneath, even if the horses are held up, even if the horses are connected by ropes in front and back, forming a strange and alternative pontoon bridge, but it is also extremely slippery to walk, and it is possible to lose balance if you are unstable...... In this case, if the enemy army has dozens of people on the opposite bank with bows and shots, and then dozens of people with spears standing on the opposite bank to intercept them, I am afraid that one will die one by one, and a hundred will be filled with a hundred!

All in all, this journey was extremely difficult, and from time to time someone slipped directly with a muffled snort, in this case, although most of them were able to climb the horses to stand up with the help of the front and back, but the horses were inevitably strangled and painful, and they neighed directly, which made everyone frightened.

In even more extreme cases, one of the horses suddenly became overwhelmed when he was halfway through, overturned with the weapons and armor on his back, and even threw a sergeant downstream and disappeared. In the end, the sergeants in front and behind immediately made a decision, waved their knives to cut the ropes, and immediately killed the horse that was still struggling, and spared the horse's corpse, so that they could barely make the trip!

However, no matter how thrilling the process was, Han Dang was the leader, and Gongsun Xun was second, but this wave of people finally sneaked through the revenge water and reluctantly came to the other side to catch their breath. However, the luck of the Han army came to an end here, because before they could put on their armor and build a position, a group of passing Xianbei people discovered this sneak attack and shouted loudly in panic!

In this case, Gongsun Xun and the others, who had already come to the other side of the river, no longer had any scruples, and they didn't even have time to put on their armor, so they jumped up directly and fought hard to meet the enemy!

At this time, at the pontoon bridge hundreds of steps downstream, Gao Heng, who had not seen support for a long time, was even a little desperate!

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Will cross, all the generals are striving to be the first, since they begged to be the first to climb and invite Taizu to sit in Henan, Taizu asked sharply: 'Fighting in battle, how can the husband live across the river?' In other words, he used a suspicious army to disturb the enemy on the bridge, and led the army to secretly make a pontoon bridge with horses and ropes, and then crossed the horse with his own hand. After crossing, Taizu did not have time to put on the armor, and then the Shenwu prancing horse burst into formation, and the generals watched it across the river, all of them were excited, and they rushed into the water. β€”The Book of Old Swallows, Vol. 1. Emperor Taizu Wu Benji

PS: Mom and Dad are going to Japan to play...... I videotaped with them for hours today...... I didn't have time to fill the word count...... I'm sorry.