Chapter 244: The Battle for the Street Pavilion (4)
On the second day of the first month of November, when Sima Yong entered Chang'an City. On the side of Longxi, Mao Jiong and Yang Ji under the command of Zhang Yi's detachment led the Wudang Fei Army to fight a battle with the small army sent by Wenhu to investigate.
In this battle, the advantages of the Wudang Flying Army being good at climbing mountains and mountains and interspersing behind enemy lines were vividly displayed. Wen Hu's detachment of 3,000 people was ambushed in the undulating loess hills, and was beaten in a terrible way. In the end, only more than 1,000 people managed to return to the street pavilion.
On the fifth day of November, Hu Fen's main force arrived at Jieting. On the sixth day of the first month, Jiang Wei's main force followed. At the same time, Zhang Yi's detachment also appeared in the street pavilion in a bright light.
"Where are the imperial reinforcements now?"
"The subordinate received news in Chang'an fifteen days ago that the imperial court's reinforcements were about to leave Luoyang."
"Soon?" Hearing this, Hu Fen almost fainted: "What are the people in the court doing?" In the entire 150,000 Chinese army in Luoyang, isn't there a part of them ready to set off at any time? The military situation is like fire! ”
Seeing that the people below didn't speak, Hu Fen waved his hand irritably: "When did the envoy we sent out recently leave?" ”
"General Huizhenxi. After the general came to the street pavilion on October 30, he sent an envoy to calculate the schedule, and he was still on the way. ”
"Hey, Jin Cao has already informed the imperial court that Xishu has a method of flying pigeons and communication. But the wastes in the court actually said that this was a rumor! If we really have this method, how can we be so unresponsive and beaten everywhere on this battlefield?! That's it, Xuan Si, and sent ten more messengers to Chang'an in two batches to report the emergency. I can only stay here for a month at most, and after a month, the reinforcements from the imperial court will not come back, and the street pavilion will be gone! ”
"No! The subordinates will arrange it immediately. ”
"Well, next, let's talk about the defense ...... of this street pavilion."
"Boom! Bang! Bang! ”
"What is this sound? Why is it so noisy? ”
"Report ~~~ General Zhenxi, all the officials. Shu thieves have begun to attack the village! The enemy set up trebuchets on two hills next to Jieting Town, and began to throw fire bombs at our camp! ”
"Huh?!"
…….
"Trebuchet A counterweight complete!"
"Completion of B!"
"C......"
"It's all there, launch!"
At this time, on the hills on both sides of Jieting Town, dozens of huge counterweight trebuchets roared in unison. The huge potential energy took off with the same huge fire oil bomb, and then smashed into the camp of the Jin army with huge inertia. In less than an hour, the huge camp of the entire Jin army was already full of fire points of different scales.
"Hey, change it. Ling Zun was really wronged back then. Standing on the top of the hill where Ma Tan set up camp back then, Zhang Yi patted Ma Guo's shoulder heavily: "In the past, when the prime minister was on the Northern Expedition, I was still a young official in his twenties. Hearing the news that Ling Zun had lost the street pavilion, he was really angry, and said a lot of excessive things to your Ma family. But today, it seems that if Ling Zun didn't go up the mountain at the beginning, then he would have encountered the same situation as Hu Fen today. Hey, what is it, only the person concerned can know the hardships of all this, and it is difficult for others to figure out the truth of the matter. ”
Ma Guo was already in tears at this time.
Zhang Yi's detachment actually arrived near Jieting earlier than Wenhu's detachment. However, in order to prevent Hu Fen's main force from fleeing west due to taking the street pavilion too early, he has been staying four or five miles away from the street pavilion and not moving.
Of course, in the past four or five days, Zhang Yi's detachment did not do nothing. Its main job is to create various accessories for counterweight trebuchets. After Hu Fen's main force entered the street pavilion, Zhang Yi's team quickly went up the mountain and assembled, and then a thunderous blow fell on Hu Fen's head.
In 234 AD, Zhuge Liang made the fifth Northern Expedition with desperate determination. 100,000 Shu Han troops were stationed on the south bank of Weishui and confronted the 200,000 Wei troops on the north bank. At that time, both sides broke away from the strong walls and relied on their own camps for defense.
The defense of this camp is weaker than that of the city, but Zhuge Liang did everything possible to ** Sima Yi came out to fight with him in the field, but he never had the idea of attacking the Wei army camp - no matter how weak the camp is, it has a certain defensive ability on the one hand. But the most important thing is that Sima Yi's troops are twice as strong as Zhuge Liang's. In the field, relying on the commander's superb command skills, there is still hope for winning more with less. But take half of the people and force the fortifications of others...... In ancient and modern times, there are not many such moves, and there are even fewer successful ones.
So Hu Fen's thinking fell into a misunderstanding from the beginning: he had so many fewer soldiers than Jiang Wei, and it was quite difficult to find a strong city to hold onto. Not to mention the town without walls, such as Jieting, it can only be a place where temporary camps are built as fortifications.
And the location of the street pavilion is also very special. Its east side is Longshan, surrounded by a circle of loess hills and hills. The street pavilion is located on a flat land between Longshan and the surrounding hills - it is this that ensures that the street pavilion is a traffic artery.
But with such a terrain, you can't simply camp on the road!
Of course, it was wrong for Ma Tan to go up to the mountain and camp back then, but even if he camped on the road, it was only a delay of defeat for a few days. In a word: the gap in national strength determines the number of soldiers, and unless the defender occupies the absolute geographical advantage of Guan Yi in Yang'an Pass a few years ago, the weakness of its own troops will eventually become the key to the success or failure of the war.
Now, Shu Han's strength is close to twice that of Hu Fen's troops, and it occupies a favorable position, and because of the traverser, he also has a counterweight trebuchet that organically combines the principle of pulley and lever in advance - so Jiang Wei, Zhang Yi and others are not afraid of Hu Fenjin entering the street pavilion at all - how can you hold it?
"It's urgent! General Zhenxi, the street pavilion is completely impossible to defend! Taking advantage of the fact that the encirclement of the Shu army has not yet been completely completed, please make a decision as soon as possible and lead the cavalry to rush out! The last general is willing to be the vanguard and open a bloody road for the general! ”
"The courage of Ciqian, I believe in it!" Hu Fen didn't have any long exams at all, and immediately agreed to Wen Yang's proposal: "But, where is this killing going?" ”
"If the general breaks through to the east at this time, Ji Wei has already found out that there is a complete detachment of Shu thieves in the southeast of Jieting, and he has been waiting here for a long time. At the same time, this unit is a native of Nanzhong, and is good at crossing mountains and mountains. With this force blocking the way, even if we break through the encirclement and enter Longshan, we will not be able to escape bad luck. The second is that the last general asked the general to use Shiyuan's Jincheng proposal at this moment. ”
"Hey, I knew I wouldn't be so tossed, I worked so hard to pull so much baggage to the street pavilion. As a result, in less than a day, all baggage will be abandoned and withdrawn westward...... Let's go, Xuan Si, immediately ordered the whole army to carry dry food and water bladders as much as possible, and a moment later, the whole army broke through! ”
Hu Fen didn't mean to blame Wang Shen at all at this time, because it had no practical meaning. As for Wang Shen, of course, he was extremely ashamed at this time, so the orders were given quickly and well. Soon, the Longxi Army reassembled.
"Ciqian, please!"
"Hahahaha~~ Please rest assured! Today's me is better than Lu Bu! Wenyang team, attack! ”
"Huh~~~!"
The route of the Wenyang team's attack was not accurately calculated in advance - internal and external news was cut off, and God knows which general's troops the Shu army outside was? Anyway, the goal of this side is to fight westward, and it will be a one-size-fits-all cut if it collides with any Shu army. Besides, isn't it the same in front of any Shu general in front of Wen Ciqian?
"The Jin army rushed out? So fast? Tiger Infantry Army, hurry up and line up! Crossbow team, shoot! ”
After Wen Yang rushed out, directly opposite was the troops of Liu Min, a veteran of Shu Han. Although Liu Min quickly gave a relatively correct order, what he had to face was not a normal human at all!
Among the crossbow arrows flying in the sky, Wen Yang took the lead, the spear and iron whip in his hand danced rapidly, and none of the crossbow arrows could shoot at him and his war horse. Behind him, although there were countless Jin cavalry who fell from their horses, they felt that the main general always charged ahead, and the follow-up Jin cavalry still rushed forward one after another.
"The crossbowmen retreat! Divide the left and right wings and retreat behind the Tiger Infantry Army! ”
"Hahahaha~~~ me for so long, I want to leave, it's not so easy!" With this long laugh, the war horse, which was already galloping faster, increased its speed again incredibly, and Wen Yang rushed into the retreating crossbowmen team at lightning speed, and the spear swept fiercely, and several Shu Han crossbowmen were suddenly in different places.
"The whole army obeys the order! Don't be the head, go forward! ”
"Oh~~~! Indomitable! ”
Tearing apart the sequence of the Shu Han crossbow formation, the war horse continued to move forward rapidly with Wen Yang in his arms. Ahead, the Han army's Hubu army had just completed the formation. All the shields have been closely connected, and the countless spear heads above the shields have also been flattened, and in the winter noon sun, thousands of spear heads emit a dazzling light!
"Humph! Death to those who stand in my way! With this roar, Wen Yang lifted the reins in his left hand, and the war horse under his crotch jumped high and jumped directly onto the shield array. At the same time, the spear in his right hand turned into a stab, the three heads disappeared, and the blood rushed to the sky at the broken neck!
The first line of defense that the Tiger Bu Army had just formed had broken a hole.
But Wen Yang didn't stop at all, and after the war horse landed, the iron whip in his left hand forced back a few spears that were close to him, and continued to urge the war horse to gallop forward. And behind him, countless Jin cavalry bravely rushed into the infantry formation of the Han army along the gap opened by their own commander!
"Hiss~~~ In the past, I heard that Wen Ciqian rushed back and forth in the hundreds of thousands of troops in Huainan, and I also said that someone attached the legend of General Zilong to him. Today, it seems that it really lives up to its reputation! Left and right, quickly form a triple formation to block this guy. Sound the horn and ask the general for help! ”
"Hahaha~~~~ What a bunch of local chickens and dogs! Brothers, again, don't be headed, go forward! ”
"Huh~~~!"
Seeing Wen Yang rushing forward unstoppably, getting closer and closer to his own general's flag, Liu Min's personal guards panicked: "General, the enemy general is fierce and difficult to resist, please retreat quickly." ”
"Bastard! There are generals who died in battle, and there are no generals who escaped from battle. Well, speaking of which, I know how to slow down this guy. Liu Min, who had made up his mind, stood up and yelled at Wen Yang: "The enemy general is Wen Ciqian, and Liu Min, the general of the Han Dynasty, is here, can he dare to come to fight?" ”
"Huh~~~! Isn't the old man trying to slow me down? But it really doesn't take too much time to kill you! With a contemptuous sound, the war horse under Wen Yang's crotch accelerated again and rushed towards Liu Min at high speed!
"Formation! Protect to join the army! Liu Min's personal guards quickly divided into two parts, one was fearless to rush towards Wenyang, and the other quickly surrounded Liu Min.
But!
A blade was thrown out of Wen Yang's hand abruptly, and the ultra-high speed even brought a burst of breaking sound. It was Wen Yang who threw the iron whip in his left hand with all his might!
In an instant, the iron whip hit Liu Min's head. Then Liu Min's head exploded like a watermelon.
"Qian Jun Wenyu, kill Shu general Liu Min!"
"Wan Sheng! Wansheng!! Victory !! ”