Chapter 68: Crossing the River
When Zhang Jie was standing at the riverside ferry, but he didn't expect Gongsun Zhan to be at the ferry, Zhang Jie shouted loudly: Brother Bogui, don't come unharmed!
Gongsun Zan heard Zhang Jie shouting at him, and also responded loudly: "Brother Shimin Xian is not good to stay in Yecheng and come to attack me as my brother in Youzhou, what is good?"
Zhang Jie shouted: No, no, with your grandson Bogui in Youzhou, I can't sleep well! Why don't Brother Bogui go to Yecheng to accompany me? How about I defend Youzhou for you?
Gongsun Zhan said: Thank you Shimin Xian Brother, if you have the opportunity, you will lead the troops to Yecheng, and you will definitely invite Xian Brother to come to Youbeiping as a guest. Zhang Jie knew that it was boring to talk like this, and was about to leave, but suddenly remembered that Liu Bei was a classmate and friend of Gongsun Zhan.
shouted: Brother Bogui, Xuande Gong said that you forcibly occupied his wife, so he left You don't know if it's true? Gongsun Zhan was furious, Zhang Shimin, what nonsense are you talking about, I am a classmate and friend of Xuan Denai, how can you sow discord?
Zhang Jie said: I see, no wonder Xuande said that the Bogui brothers and his wife are as beautiful as flowers, and he has admired them for a long time! Zhang Jie, what nonsense are you talking about. Zhang Jiedao: It's nothing, I just want to meet my sister-in-law.
Gongsun Chan was furious. And then gone. Zhang Jie wanted to talk nonsense to provoke him, so that Gongsun Chan would lose his mind, and then go out of the city to fight, it seems that Gongsun Chan is not fooled! Jia Xudianwei stood behind and snickered. Jia Xu said: Does the lord want to provoke Gongsun Zhan? Zhang Jie said: Gongsun Chan doesn't seem to be fooled! Last time, I asked someone to send him a woman's clothes, which didn't anger him, it seems that Gongsun Chan is still a king who can bend and stretch.
Wenhe: Let's talk about how we cross the river? Jia Xu said: The upper reaches of this thistle water are not deep, and it is very simple to cut wood to make a pontoon bridge, but first order General Zhang He to lead people to build a pontoon bridge upstream, and then cross the river, and surround the defenders on the other side of the river. Zhang Jie said, good!
Later, he called Zhang He Juyi and said: You two will lead the troops upstream to build a pontoon bridge. Promise! Zhang Jie now gave Ju Yi a strong crossbowman, just because he wanted to learn from Yuan Shao in history and let Ju Yi take the first place to be a strong crossbowman. With more than 20,000 Zhang Heju Yi crossing the river to outflank, Gongsun Zhan will definitely retreat from the city, and Zhang Jie's army can be direct
The pontoon bridge was built to cross the river, and the flow rate of the thistle water was not fast, which was very suitable for building a pontoon bridge.
On the same day, Zhang Heju Yi led people to build a pontoon bridge nearly 60 miles upstream, Zhang Hexuan took advantage of the moonlight to build a pontoon bridge at night, and Gongsun Zhan's cavalry expedition found that there were more pontoon bridges upstream the next morning.
At this time, Zhang He's army was organizing to cross the river, and Gongsun Zan received that Zhang Jie sent troops upstream to smuggle and immediately led his troops to rob and kill, and wanted to attack half-crossing, but he received a notice from the cavalry to see the Jizhou army crossing the river, and then sent troops back and forth for nearly 100 miles, and it took a morning to arrive.
At this time, Ju Yi's 5,000 strong crossbowmen had already crossed the river for a long time, and nearly half of Zhang He's troops had already crossed the river, and Gongsun Zhan sent the general Yan Gang, who was also a little timid when he saw that so many enemy troops had crossed the river. He brought 5,000 cavalry, mainly because the cavalry was fast, but he didn't expect it to be late, but if he didn't take advantage of the opportunity that the enemy had just crossed the river and some hadn't crossed over, he wouldn't have this opportunity to rush and kill.
So Yan Gang yelled! Kill, the cavalry charge is like a mountain and a sea, the general infantry will tremble when they see it, Ju Yi is also a little worried, because there is no rejection of horses in front, and the Gongsun army is too fast, but it can only rely on shields and strong crossbows. Ju Yi shouted! Shoot! Thousands of crossbow arrows were shot at Gongsun Zhan's cavalry, poof, poof, poof, and one or two hundred were killed and wounded on the spot.
Many people and horses shot into hedgehogs, because the venue is not good, Ju Yi is also anxious, many people in the back can only watch the front fighting, and the brothers in the back can't help, the venue is too small, Yan Gang also found out about this, yelling and charging! If the cavalry approached the crossbowman, it was a slaughter, and Ju Yi knew this, of course, so he could only rely on the large shield against the front rows. The ground was full of dead bodies and horse corpses, blocking the cavalry charge behind, only a small number of cavalry could get close to the front shield, but there were too many crossbow arrows behind, as soon as the cavalry stopped, the rider who lost his maneuver immediately became a hedgehog.
I have to say that Gongsun Zhan's cavalry is very experienced, many riders climb on horseback to charge, when a few cavalry rush up and cut down two people with a saber, as soon as the shield falls to the ground, the gap opens.
Seeing a few horsebacks rushing in, Yan Gang saw Daxi in the back, urged hard, Ju Yike was in a hurry, he personally went up to take a knife to slash and kill, and Zhang Hebu also began to charge into the cavalry, the battlefield was completely chaotic, and finally the crossbowmen did not dare to let go of the arrows, for fear of hurting their own people, they all threw away their bows and crossbows and drew knives and rushed up, if it was in an open place, this kind of infantry fighting cavalry is looking for death, but now there are too many Jizhou troops, Yan Gang has few people, the cavalry has all stopped, and the original is not separated, and finally many cavalry are dismounted and killed, losing mobility on the horse, It's easy to get a pikeman stabbed to death.
Deputy General Yan Gang said: General, retreat quickly, we are all blocked together, if we can't disperse, the cavalry will lose its power, there are too many Jizhou troops, if they are outflanked to the back, we will be all finished.
Yan Gang also knew, but he was unwilling, and finally retreated with a shout. Gongsun Zhan's cavalry also followed the example of the Hu people, blowing the horn, and as soon as the horn sounded, they began to retreat. Soon, the back one ran away. The chaotic battle in front of us is all over.
In the end, Yan Gang fled back with more than 2,000 horsemen, half of them died, and Ju Yi Zhang He was not so good that the strong crossbow soldiers suffered thousands of casualties, and Zhang He's troops also suffered more than 1,000 casualties in the melee.
Ju Yi saw Zhang He and said: Fortunately, it was a pontoon bridge erected at night, otherwise it would be over if a bridge was discovered.
Zhang He said: Hey, it's a mistake, we should do a good job of defending our positions after crossing the river, and it shouldn't be so slow, I didn't expect Gongsun Chan to send troops so quickly, I'm sorry for the lord's trust! The casualties were too great.
Although Ju Yi is unruly, he still admires Zhang He, if Zhang He hadn't rushed into the cavalry team to fight just now, making Yan Gang's cavalry lose their mobile ability, it would be really difficult to say whether he would have won or lost. Ju Yidao: This battle has nothing to do with Jun Yi, it is a certain light enemy, a certain strong crossbowmen should do more to resist the horse before crossing the river, after crossing the river should put out the glaive array, do a good job of dealing with the position of riding horses, but unfortunately I only think about the trouble of marching with the rejection of the horse, I didn't expect the Gongsun Chan cavalry to come so quickly, I will ask the lord for the guilt, and the Jun Yi does not have to take the responsibility on himself.
Zhang Hedao: What now? Seeing corpses all over the ground, thousands of dead horses lying on the ground, and the ground was full of blood, it was simply Shura's hell. Ju Yidao: Let's bury the bodies of my brothers first. Bury Gongsun Zhan's soldiers and horses, don't have a plague.
Zhang He said: We have a long way to feed, it's a pity that so many dead horses are thrown away, when the military food is eaten, although the horse meat is not delicious, but it is better than a hungry stomach, those seriously injured war horses are also killed, now the weather is not too hot, it should not be broken. Ju Yi also nodded in approval.