22, the edge of the edge of the narrow road
Li Le was cautious by nature, and soon discovered the abnormality of the Xiliang army on the other side.
In the lower reaches of this section of Fenshui, after entering the dry season, shallow water areas will gradually appear, and people who are familiar with the hydrology of Fenshui can wade across the river relatively easily.
Li Le also believed that with the elite and daring of the Xiliang army on the other side, he would not be unexpected, so although he had shot back the Xiliang cavalry who wanted to smuggle in, in his heart, he had never dared to take it lightly, and he felt that the attack of the Xiliang army would never be so simple.
Looking at the Xiliang army on the opposite bank with bright torches and the sound of drums shaking the sky, Li Le originally thought that this was the Xiliang army on the other side of the river preparing for the next attack, but unfortunately the Xiliang army on the other bank was thunderous and rainy after all.
But this only made Li Le's heart even more uneasy.
Therefore, as soon as he heard the sound of the horn of warning in the upper reaches, and learned that the main force of the Xiliang Army was using the boat to force the upper reaches of the Fenshui River, Li Le hurriedly left half of the Baibo soldiers and other soldiers and horses to defend the Xiliang Army on the opposite bank to suspend the attack on crossing the river in this lower reach, and he personally led 2,000 Baibo veterans, together with Ding Zhuang of the 3,000 ordinary Baibo army, to speed up and come upstream.
The 5,000 horsemen ran on the road, but unfortunately before they reached the combat zone upstream, there was a fast horse report from the upstream defenders, and the upstream Baibo army defenders had successfully repelled the sneak attack of the Xiliang army, and the Xiliang army saw that the attack was unfavorable, and turned around the boat and retreated to the east bank of Fenshui.
The defensive battle went unexpectedly smoothly, which suddenly made Li Le a little more confused in his heart.
The Xiliang army on the other side of the river has been aggressive since the beginning, and its posture of wanting to force the crossing can be described as aggressive, but when the matter is approaching, why did it become so cowardly, and as soon as the resistance of its own defenders was resisted, it took the initiative to withdraw from the battle and returned to the other side.
If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!
Li Le smelled a hint of danger, although he was not an old thief in the Baibo army, but he was originally a strong man in Linfen, Hedong, because the Baibo army was powerful and dominated the northeast of the river, so he simply joined Guo Tai's command.
Although he didn't have much experience in the war, he was exposed to it and maneuvered in many ways in the Baibo army, but Li Le also developed a cautious character.
"But there are other defenders who have found signs of an attack by the Xiliang army on the other side?"
Li Le anxiously asked the cavalry who came to report the information, but unfortunately the answer he got was not what he wanted, and the Baibo defenders elsewhere along the coast did not find any signs of crossing the river from the Xiliang army on the other bank.
Li Le rode on horseback, his face gloomy, silently thinking about the strange battle situation in front of him.
In the face of this section of Fenshui in Linfen, because the Xiliang army on the other side requisitioned a lot of boats, they could first choose the weak point of the Baibo defenders' defense, and then carry out a river-crossing attack.
At present, in the upper reaches have found the Xiliang army to cross the river, and in the downstream has repelled the cavalry troops of the Xiliang army, it can be said that the two strange soldiers of the Xiliang army crossing the river have been defused by the Baibo army that is strictly defended, if the Xiliang army is still likely to continue to attack, then the location of the river crossing can only be the middle of the river.
In the middle reaches of this section, the river surface is wider than the upstream, and the water flow is more turbulent than the upstream, and the water environment is complex, it is really not the first choice for crossing the river.
Therefore, the middle reaches of the White Polish Army were not an important point of defense, and the White Polish Army, which was deployed along the river, intensively deployed more troops in the upper and lower reaches of this section of Fenshui, and as for the middle reaches of that section of the water environment with a complex environment, they only regularly sent troops and horses to patrol.
Thinking of this, Li Le's face became even more ugly, and he looked back at the road behind him in silence.
At present, almost all the soldiers and horses on the west bank have been attracted to the upper and middle reaches, if at this time, the Xiliang army on the opposite bank has a group of soldiers and horses, the soldiers are dangerous, and they wade across the river from the middle reach, then it is very possible to smoothly mobilize the soldiers and horses of Xi'an, and successfully cross the river.
"Go, follow me!"
Li Le, who reacted, was like a demon, turned his horse around, and hurried on the way back and forth, and the other horsemen were also surprised by the abnormal behavior of their own Qu Shuai, but looking at Li Le's rushing appearance, they were afraid that their Qu Shuai would lose, and these white wave soldiers and horses also hurried up.
This line of people and horses who suddenly turned around, looked at it from a distance at night, like an upside-down fire dragon, and suddenly a divine dragon swung its tail, turned its head and tail, and went straight to the Fenshui that had passed not long ago.
At this time, it happened to be the moment when Xu Huang, who was smuggled from the middle reach, followed the shallow area and set foot on the west bank of Fenshui.
There were still 700 soldiers behind them who did not cross the Fenshui, and Xu Huang, who organized the soldiers and horses to cross the river, was still soaked in the river at this time, wading through the water with difficulty, and suddenly saw a fire dragon going and returning, from far to near, along the bank of the middle reaches, patrolling, Xu Huang's face couldn't help but change color instantly.
"Quick, the soldiers behind speed up!"
Xu Huang conveyed the order to the soldiers in front of him and behind him, and then one after another, and continued to convey it like this, and in the end, the speed of this chaotic river dragon hidden in the night also increased more and more.
"Whoa—"
The movement of the soldiers speeding up and wading through the water was not small, and the sharp sound of the hammer sounded quickly, Xu Huang knew that this was a warning signal from the soldiers who had already crossed the river, they had been discovered by the white wave thieves who had suddenly turned around, and they were about to face an encounter.
"Quick, quick!"
Xu Huang could only shout loudly, while speeding up his heavy steps in the water, and using his physical actions to boost morale.
Although there are many river reeds and swamps on the banks of this section of Fenshui, which is not conducive to the simultaneous deployment of a large number of soldiers and horses, the 300 soldiers who crossed the river in advance have already occupied a favorable position in advance, which can block the white wave thieves who are coming for a while.
But after all, they are few in number, and wading across the river has also cost them a lot of strength, and many of them have just recovered their strength, re-armor and arms, if the follow-up soldiers can not arrive in time to support, then they are likely to be driven down the river by the large number of white wave thieves, then tonight's plan to cross the river will end in failure.
The military situation is like fire, and it must be fought for in an instant.
This emergency situation was the same for the White Polish army who came in a hurry.
After Li Le found that the Xiliang army had crossed the river and landed, he was anxious, and immediately ordered the Bai Bo soldiers under his command to launch an attack, but the geographical environment of this riverbank is complicated, and there are many river reeds and swamps on both sides.
Rapid, violent collision and fighting in that narrow area unfolded, the Xiliang soldiers who were waiting for the enemy stood up with their shields and waited for them, not giving an inch, and fought with the menacing white wave thieves, although the formation was slightly impulsive by the white wave thieves who followed one after another, but these three hundred Xiliang soldiers were also selected elite, and the fighting spirit was tenacious, although the situation was unfavorable, they did not collapse immediately, but struggled to support the front, and insisted on waiting for the support of the soldiers who came ashore in the future.
"Quick, keep rushing, knock their shield array away for me, and drive them all into the water for me!"
Li Le, who was standing in front of him to supervise the battle, saw that the Bai Bo soldiers in front of him were not able to quickly capture the shield array temporarily laid by the Xiliang army that had just come ashore, he suddenly became red-eyed, and shouted hysterically to come forward to attack, and sent the elite troops from his family up, and at the same time ordered the few archers around him to quickly shoot arrows at the water surface near the west bank.
"Whoosh-"
A series of arrows fell from the sky to the water, and an unlucky soldier next to Xu Huang was immediately hit by an arrow, and fell into the water with a scream, and the messy splash hit Xu Huang's resolute face at will.
Looking at the firelight, the arrows on the shore continued to fire, and the screams of the soldiers and arrows were constantly heard around them, and among the chaotic arrows, there were also several rockets, which carried a ball of flame and drew a dazzling trace in the air, and then fell mercilessly into the soldiers who were struggling to wade into the water, bringing up pieces of blood.
The closer they got to the shore, the more threatening the chaotic arrows of the white wave thieves on the shore became, and even if the soldiers who waded through the river sacrificed their speed and raised their shields to protect their heads, they were still easily shot by arrows from both sides, and the more soldiers were hit by arrows.
Xu Huang, who was in it, could feel the change in the situation around him, the river around him became muddy, it was the chaotic footsteps of the soldiers wading across the river to stir the river mud at the bottom of the water, and the river water was also mixed with a strong smell of blood, Xu Huang knew that it was the soldiers of his own department who were constantly bleeding.
At this time, Xu Huang saw the faces of the soldiers around him clearly by the fleeting light of a rocket that fell beside him, many of them were already pale, their eyes were flustered, obviously, this kind of passive beating in the dark night had begun to weaken the morale of the army.
"Order, speed up. If there is one in the army who does not enter, the captain will kill him; If there is a person who does not enter, even the chief will kill him; If there is a person who does not enter, the team will kill him. The overseer will draw his sword behind, and if anyone is slow to advance, he will cut them all. There is advance and no retreat, there is death and no life, rush! ”
When Xu Huang crossed the river, at the end of the queue to cross the river, a team of overseers and soldiers were arranged, at such an urgent juncture, Xu Huang could not give up this painstaking plan to cross the river for more than half a month because of the death of some soldiers, he stepped forward bravely, accelerated past the soldiers in front of him, and shouted loudly, so that his orders could be conveyed to all directions of the night.
"There is no advance or retreat, there is death and no life, rush!"
Inspired by Xu Huang's courage to move forward, the soldiers around him all stepped forward, shouting to fight with the river, charging forward, and with them, the morale of the soldiers who were not threatened by the arrows in the follow-up was also greatly boosted, and they followed the pace of the soldiers in front of them, pulling their legs and bringing water.
As a result, Bai Boshi, who was still shooting arrows on the shore, was horrified to discover such a scene: under the illumination of rockets, a Xiliang army that was braving arrows in the dark night and enduring the cold river water was desperately rushing to the shore. And behind them, the shouts of the soldiers were like thunder, shaking the four fields, and I don't know how many soldiers and horses are wading through the water to force the crossing.
"Kill the thief! Kill the thief! ”
After Xu Huang, who braved the stray arrows, rushed ashore, with a knife in one hand and a shield in the other, he directly abandoned the excess burdens on his body, and even before he had time to put on his armor, he led the soldiers who went ashore and shouted, rushing towards the white wave thief from the oblique thorn.
Seeing that Xu Huang was a Sima Zhizun and personally donated his armor to fight, the other soldiers who followed behind him were not only afraid that he would be in danger, but also inspired by him, they also rushed forward, crossed his body, and rushed into the chaotic formation of the white wave thief, slashing with their swords, setting off a rain of blood in the sky.
The original 300 soldiers who went ashore first and struggled to support are now only more than 200 people who can fight, but after they saw the figure of Xu Huang charging in front of them in the firelight, their morale was also greatly boosted, and they burst out with amazing combat power, repelling the attacking white wave thieves again and again, and in turn pushing the shield array, turning defense into offense, and attacking the white wave thieves.
At this time, the morale of the Baibo army, which was overwhelming, began to decline, but it was pressed back by the Xiliang army, and even stood behind and was limited to the terrain, and the ordinary Baibo soldiers who were not able to fight also panicked, thinking that in the dark night, there were already a large number of Xiliang troops who had crossed the Fenshui, and the offensive launched was so fierce that even the Baibo soldiers in front could not resist it.
"Don't panic, I'll take the rest of it!"
Li Le used a hoarse voice to try to salvage the reversal of the battle, but soon his command voice attracted Xu Huang, who burst into the formation.
As soon as Li Le's words fell, he saw a big man with a sword and shield leading people to rush towards him, and after crashing into a white boshi pawn along the way, the momentum of the charge on his body was far from slowing down, but pressing towards him step by step.
"Ahh
As soon as the other party approached, the big knife in his hand was already with a fierce wind, and the head was cut down, at this critical juncture, the soldiers around Li Le were also fighting with the Xiliang army, and none of the soldiers took the initiative to resist for him, and Li Le, who had a strong desire to survive, could only grit his back molars and personally resist the enemy, he shouted, and also raised his knife to carry the head of the knife.
"Bell!"
With a violent sound of gold and iron, Li Le only felt that a firelight flashed in front of him, and then the tiger's mouth in his hand was in severe pain, and the ring knife he was holding also took off his hand and flew out. And the big man who was blocked from this knife, but the big knife in his hand was still in his hand, he was silent, but the movement in his hand was not slow, and he slashed down with a knife on the head.
"Ahh
Although Li Le's voice was louder, it no longer had the power of the voice he had when he was brave before, his shout was mixed with panic and panic, he could only deviate from his body, trying to dodge this fatal knife, but unfortunately the knife came too fast, he couldn't completely dodge it, although he was not hit in the head, but the fierce blade still removed one of his arms.
"Ahhh
Li Le shouted in pain, instinctively holding down the wound that kept spurting blood columns, but his eyes were already black and blurred, and vaguely, he only saw that there was a third knife, which was slashing down on his head with the momentum of thunder······