Chapter 47: The Battle of the River Bridge (I)

Pei Gai, Xu Yu and Peng Xiao developed and manufactured seven tiger squat cannons, and chose a place outside Chang'an City to train the artillery group, but in fact, it had not been completely trained, so when he went north to the mountain pass to support Tao Kan, he did not call it. It was not long before Xun Guanniang entered Dali that Pei Gai personally ordered the seven artillery groups to leave Chang'an and go north with the artillery, because the battle situation was still unclear - he himself was still surrounded in the city of Haoyang - so he stayed in Dali temporarily.

Chen An guarded Dali and told Xun Guanniang that the guards in the city were complete, so naturally he didn't include the tiger squat cannon. One is that this unit has a special status, and no one can give orders unless Pei Gai personally mobilizes it; Second, even if Chen An can move it, he doesn't understand what this thing is for. Of course, even if you know, the tiger squat cannon is inconvenient to use to defend the city.

Pei Gai led his troops south, and when he camped in the suburbs of Dali, he ordered someone to enter the city to inquire about his wife's safety, and by the way, he transferred the tiger squat cannon out and used it with the army. This time in the west of the river bridge with the Hu army, because the Jin army was new to the city, the foothold was not stable, and the overall battle situation was inferior, so Pei should take a defensive position on the one hand, and use the tiger squat cannon on the other hand.

As a result, the thunder of the "King of War" appeared on the battlefield in the East a full thousand years in advance - although it was only a small tiger squat.

But after all, there are only seven cannons, in fact, one launch, it seems that the cannonballs cover a wide area, and they only knocked down dozens of Hu soldiers. However, the sound was so terrifying that unlike the drums that I was used to, it was almost like thunder, and after the thunder, the first pawn was killed for a moment......

The more ignorant the foolish people, the more instinctive the cowardice will be towards the unknown, and if it is said that eighty percent of Hu Jun's soldiers are fools, it is actually not slander. Except for a small number of Tu Ge and the middle and upper classes of the Xiongnu who could read a few characters, Hu Jun had a high proportion of Chinese blindness, and the written book was an important basis for the dissemination of knowledge. Hu Jun is absolutely lagging behind Pei Jun in this regard.

Besides, the first Hu soldiers are all elite, the shield is solid and the armor is strong, and they dare to rush hard in the face of the rain of arrows and spears - get used to it, where is it so easy to be shot to death or stabbed to death - whoever wants to be strong armor is difficult to use as a tiger squat cannon, and was hit by scattered bullets, the corpse was full of holes, and the death was extremely miserable. The first round of artillery rang out, and the Hu soldiers in front of him fell for a while, and the ones behind were still rushing forward because of inertia, but then they were fired head-on by the Jin soldiers - most of them were carried by Pei's troops.

The second or even the third row of Hu soldiers, the defense is relatively weak, and most of them hold spears, and there is no shield - it has already passed the distance of the bow and arrow, and the frontal shooting, with the first row of blocking, what is the use of a shield? Therefore, the last shot of the Jin people easily put down a batch of them.

Immediately, a drum sounded in the middle of the formation, and the spearmen of their own side began to rush forward; On the other hand, because of the sudden sound of the cannon, the pawn in front of him fell down inexplicably, resulting in the seven directions of the tiger squatting cannon, the pace of the Hu soldiers rushing forward slightly sluggish, the cowardly withdrew, the brave still moved forward, and the formation was immediately chaotic. Therefore, in hand-to-hand combat with knives and spears, the Jin people instantly gained the upper hand and tore apart several gaps in Hu Zhen in a row.

Liu Ji was frightened, and saw that along the gap in the middle, a Jin pawn was very short-handed, jumping forward, and in an instant, he dispersed the Hu soldiers in front of him, and killed him directly. Liu Ji couldn't help but pull his mount, and his face changed greatly.

He was originally a frightened bird, and he was most afraid of encountering this Jin army - it was the hundreds of brave soldiers led by Zhen Suiqin!

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Pei Gai set up a formation west of the river bridge, with the imperial Hu soldiers, originally intended to make Zhen Sui guard the left wing, and Liu Yetang to guard the right wingβ€”both of them served as military assistants, and now their positions in the Jin army were second only to Pei Gaiβ€”who wanted Zhen Sui but refused to refuse.

The key is that Pei should put on a circular formation, focusing on defense, and extremely wrong with Zhen Sui's appetite. Zhen Sui said, I am good at attacking but not good at defending, commanding one wing, this is slaughtering chickens with a cattle-killing knife-" The last general, please lead the soldiers under his command, follow the side of the metropolitan governor, look for an opportunity to go straight into the Hu array, and go to cut the flag!" ”

If you are purely defensive, there is no chance of winning, and you can always be both offensive and defensive, so you can dominate the battle formation - when attacking, you need a tenacious garrison to protect the rear or flank, and when you defend, you need to have a strong assault force that can launch a counterattack at any time - so Pei Gai also felt that what Zhen Sui said was reasonable, so he ordered Dong Biao to guard the left flank and allow Zhen to follow his side.

Who wants Zhen Sui to still express his dissatisfaction: "Under the command of the Metropolitan Governor, how can it be more than a battalion of 'strong winds'?" ”

Dong Biao is the "Governor of the Right Battalion of Lifeng", can't this big battle be handed over to the "Lifeng" battalion to fight, right?

Pei Gai glared at him: "The army has its own plan, if you dare to talk nonsense again, you will be guilty of rebelling with the army, fork out of the tent, and whip a whip!" ”

But although he said this, he also knew that what Zhen Sui said was not unreasonable. Pei Jun has a strong sense of competition among the battalions, although this is a good thing, but if he is not good at guiding, he is afraid that it will go to the opposite side. The ranking of the "Lifeng Battalion" ranks first among all the battalions, but Liu Yetang's "good fighters have no outstanding merits", and his record is not as good as Zhen Sui or even Lu He, so if he can't share the credit with other families, I'm afraid he will become the target of public criticism. So he turned to Lu Yan and ordered him to protect the left flank.

Zhen Sui's words are fighting for Lu Yan, after all, the two have known each other for the longest time, and they have both been the king's directors, Zhen Sui also feels that he has made too many enemies recently, so he wants to take the opportunity to sell Lu Yan a little better, don't push his old friends to his hostility. Who wanted him to be triumphant and look at Lu Yan, but Lu Yan deliberately turned his face away and didn't look at him at all.

When it came time to fight, in fact, the cannon sounded in front of the battle, not only Hu Bing was frightened, but most of the Jin soldiers also heard it for the first time, and they were somewhat frightened - if it was not Hu Bing who was artillery, but them, it was estimated that it would be just as bad to deal with. Seeing this, Pei Gai ordered Zhen to lead his troops to launch a charge to boost the morale of his army and lead the Jin army to stride forward.

Zhen Sui was exactly what he deserved, even if he led the five hundred ...... he had worked so hard to train Now there are less than 400 healthy soldiers, and they went straight into the Hu formation, along the gap opened by the tiger squat cannon and the strong crossbow, and marched forward bravely, heading straight for Liu Ji. Liu Ji commanded the soldiers to rush forward, and at the same time, under the escort of the troops, he rode his horse slowly, but when he suddenly saw Zhen rushing forward, he couldn't help but be surprised, and instinctively took the reins of the horse and stopped the mount.

On the battle array, the general's every move often affects the courage of the soldiers around him, Liu Ji kept returning, he stopped, the atmosphere of surprise and fear, like ripples, began to spread in the Hu army. Zhen Sui rushed even more urgently, looking at the horse that was approaching Liu Ji.

At the critical moment, a Hu general galloped out from the flank, holding a spear in his hand, blocking in front of Zhen Sui, and shouted: "Lu Songduo is here, Zhen Sui is willing to fight?!" ”

Zhen Sui was excited when he saw that Hu was coming in the way, but when he heard his name, he had no impression - Lu Songduo was the captain of Hu Han Pingqiang, and he was also a famous general, but this time Liu Cang came with a whole of soldiers from all over the country, and a large group of generals and ministers under his command, in comparison, the captain of Pingqiang was not on the list, how could Zhen Sui be impatient to remember his name? Whatever the heart says, dogs and cats dare to block the road, and they underestimate General Zhen of the Ru family!

Without saying a word, he wanted to use his left hand shield to block the spear, and then his right hand knife continued to advance and split the chest. Who wants the shield and spear to intersect, with a "click", the enemy spear was only deflected by about three inches, and it could be slanted over Zhen Sui's shoulder. He couldn't help but let out a "huh", and said in his heart that this beard has two brushes, and his strength is not small.

Lu Songduo was also shocked, and secretly said that this guy really deserved his reputation, and his ability was not under Chen An! Seeing that Zhen Sui stabbed straight at his chest and abdomen with the knife in his right hand, he hurriedly exerted his strength with his arms and fell over the tail of the spear. Whoever wanted Zhen to change his move in an instant, the long knife pressed downward, and slashed Lu Songduo's left leg.

- You are riding on a horse, the master is on foot, the head is not easy to cut, and the chest is too far, I might as well cut your legs and feet, anyway, as long as you cut off the horse, you must be a dead word!

Lu Songduo screamed, and almost fell off his horse in pain, and hurriedly slammed the horse's belly with his right leg, and he controlled the art of mastery, and the mount immediately jumped out of the spur. Zhen followed up with the second stab, and was reflexively stabbed by Lu Songduo with a spear shaft, which could be blocked.

Zhen Suixin said that this Hu is very brave, it is expected that he should not be an unknown general, do I want to chase it? Don't look at Lu Songduo riding a horse, when the battle is chaotic, the foot and horse are mixed, he may not be able to run fast, he should be able to catch up. With such a hesitation, Liu Ji saw that Lu Song retreated with one more move, and the secret way was not good, so he hurriedly turned the horse's head, and then fled in the wilderness.

The middle of the Hu army was completely chaotic, but fortunately, several partial generals wielded swords and slashed the defeated soldiers, and ordered to restrain the troops, which temporarily stopped the collapse of the whole army.

Liu Ya on the left and Wang Teng on the right, seeing this, hurriedly shrank to the center to save Liu Ji. Seeing this, Pei Gai immediately ordered the sergeants to wave their flags and change formations, so that Liu Yetang and Lu Yan marched left and right to fight the Hu army.

The Hu army is a cone-shaped formation, and the Jin division is a circular formation, although the attack and defense are different, but the same center is forward, and the two wings are retracted, when Liu Ji and Pei Gai collide head-on, the two wings have not yet touched, and even the farthest distance has reached dozens of steps. As a result, the tip of Liu Ji's cone was almost smoothed out by Zhen Sui's charge, and the left and right wings were forced to shrink to save it; The Jin army took the opportunity to come out with both wings, and its width was wider than that of the Hu army, and it became a trap.

Besides, Liu Ji panicked for a while, escaped from the land of half an arrow, and then came to his senses - what am I running, is it so dangerous? I thought that on that day near Dali, the two armies encountered, and the number was similar, and I rushed forward without leaving the camp to stand up, only to be defeated by Zhen Suiyi-its momentum was very different from today; And Liu Ya also suffered bad luck before noon, he dispatched troops and horses in time, turned from attack to defense, but surrounded Zhen Sui in the heart, and almost couldn't get out......

I'm a dignified descendant of Emperor Guangwen, isn't it as good as Liu Ya?!

His own subordinates, and more elite than Liu Ya, will definitely be able to block Zhen Sui, no matter what, the other party is not Zhang Wenyuan - not across the horse but on foot, at least the mobility is much worse - and my ability to argue in the battle array, how can it be under Sun Zhongmou?

To say that most of Liu Yuan's descendants are familiar with bow horses, and the world is undecided, they are often appointed as teachers, and their combat experience is not comparable to that of ordinary nobles. It's just that Liu Ji has been tired of ointment and fat in recent years, and he has eaten too fat, and the fat content and the size of his bile have developed inversely...... In the past, it was okay to be defeated, but since he was defeated by Zhen Sui for a while the day before yesterday, he left a psychological shadow, and when he saw Zhen Sui, he instinctively trembled a little in his legs.

Fortunately, he came to his senses just in time to hastily stop his mount and turn around. Seeing that the front formation had begun to disperse, it was difficult to stop, and the left and right flanks of the Jin people also came forward to press, and they couldn't help but be shocked and ashamed, and hurriedly shouted: "Quickly give the order, order the cavalry to go up!" ”

There are a lot of cavalry in the Hu army, but when facing the Jin people's strong formation, it is not a good strategy to send out the cavalry at the beginning. Therefore, Liu Ji divided the cavalry into three parts, one after the Chinese army, and the remaining two to support the left and right wings.

I didn't expect to rely on cavalry to save my life now. To tell the truth, even if the cavalry of the Chinese army presses, I am afraid that it will be difficult to stop the rout, and can only try to block the charge of the frontal Jin people, so as to win a respite for themselves to gather the defeated troops and reorganize the ranks. The key is the cavalry on the left and right flanks, which are advancing at this moment, which can block the two wings of the Jin people - otherwise our army will be surrounded by outnumbered troops, which is really a shame!

Sure enough, the cavalry of the Hu army galloped out on both wings, pretending to plunder the Jin division, and when they crossed the Jin formation, they also rode and shot each other. Liu Yetang's formation was very strong, and his troops were also full of resilience, and he was not chaotic, but he only stopped slightly and mobilized archers to shoot at him; In contrast, Lu Yan was in a hurry to attack the Hu formation, and the formation ran relatively loosely, and he was disturbed by the Hu cavalry, and he was obviously a little caught off guard.

Seeing that the Chinese army had stopped the defeat and did not have to go to the rescue in person, he immediately turned to attack Lu Yan. This Hu Jun is like a big hand, at first it contracted inward, as if he retracted his elbow and clenched his fist, but at this moment, he instantly waved his arm and opened his fist, turning into a hand knife, which went straight to Lu Yan's weakness.

The Jin array was in chaos, the Hu army was approaching, Lu Yan knew that it was not good, so he hurriedly galloped to the front of the formation, shouting and commanding the soldiers to complete the column. He was originally born in the Wang Dao Division, and he was quite good at dancing knives and guns, and shooting arrows across horses, and as for the command of the battle array, he was the same as the other battalion governors except Liu Yetang, and they were all temporarily learned; In the following years, he switched to the north and south, accumulated experience, and his level continued to rise, but he was still 108,000 miles away from the Circle Melting Realm.

In particular, Lu Yan's command lacks clear style characteristics, and he is not as good as Liu Yetang, not as good as Liu Yetang, not as good as Zhen Sui, and not as good as Lu He in terms of being able to endure hard fighting...... He's just average.

At this time, the flank was disturbed by Hu Qi, and Wang Teng led his troops to rush in front, if it was Liu Yetang, he would be able to restrain the soldiers and organize the column in time; If it is Zhen Sui and hedges against the hostile, it may not fall behind; As for Lu He, the danger of the gutter back then was far greater than this, this little setback is a fart!

However, Lu Yan was inevitably a little flustered, so Wang Teng led Hu Bing straight forward, forcing his formation back more than ten steps. Seeing this, Pei Gai hurriedly sent Yao Yizhong to lead hundreds of troops to the left flank for reinforcements......

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