The 3,000 crossbowmen led by Cao Xing squatted on the embankment and waited for battle. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Cao Xing saw that the rebels of the family wanted to destroy the hemp rope under the embankment, and gave an order, three thousand crossbowmen, divided into three groups, on the crossbow, into the crossbow, and sent the crossbow, thousands of crossbows were fired, and the arrows were like a torrential rain, passing over the heads of the auxiliary soldiers who laid the pontoon bridge, crossing the vast water, and shooting to death all the family rebels who tried to approach the spear.

Seeing that the foot soldiers who rushed over to destroy the spear hemp rope suffered heavy casualties, he hurriedly ordered his crossbowmen to return fire, but the crossbows of the rebels could only shoot more than 300 steps, and the crossbow arrows shot fell into the surging water, which could not pose a threat to the 3,000 crossbowmen of the Central Army on the opposite bank.

Frustrated had to let the crossbowmen under his command shoot the central engineer auxiliaries who laid the pontoon bridge, and Zheng Hun had already prepared for this, he let the auxiliaries behind him set up a huge bamboo shield, the shield was made of bamboo, very light, and it was effortless to lift, but it was densely packed with several layers, which could jam the flying arrow feathers in the gaps of the bamboo strips, and suddenly it seemed that the rebels of the family were not shooting arrows to hurt people, but like sending arrows to the central army.

Cao Xing sent hundreds of elite crossbowmen to follow behind the auxiliaries, standing on the pontoon bridge that had not yet been completed, and carried out targeted killings of the crossbowmen of the rebels.

These elite crossbowmen are very skilled in operating the big yellow crossbow, and the big yellow crossbow is standardized and manufactured, and the accuracy is very guaranteed.

Fu Fu had been convinced of Liu Hui's analysis until then, and he thought that Jin Liang had only sent a few thousand men to feint an attack on the Wushi Ferry, and the real brigade was at the Liangshi Ferry downstream. Therefore, he only sent 4,000 people who were not his descendants to block the *** army.

Frustrated that the central army on the other side just fought casually, who knew that the crossbow arrows shot by the three thousand central crossbowmen on the other side were not casual at all, half an hour later. The 4,000 men and horses lost more than a thousand, and the rest were afraid to march down the embankment.

Only then did he realize that Liu Hui's judgment that he thought was correct was not correct at all. Jin Liang must have put the main force on this Wushi ferry and wanted to break through from here.

Frustrated is in a difficult choice, do you want to push all the 6,000 soldiers of the Frustrated family up to block the Central Army?!

Seeing that Jin Liang's central army was so complete and so strong in combat effectiveness, he was ruthless to push these 6,000 soldiers up, and they would all be reimbursed within an hour, if they were reimbursed, even if the family alliance could defeat Jin Liang in the future, there would be no place for the frustrated family in the future court!

Frustrated and thought again. Even if they retreated to Handan or the downstream ferry, the cavalry of the Fu family could not escape the pursuit of the cavalry of the Central Army, and everyone knew that the combat effectiveness of the elite cavalry under the command of the Jinliang Central Army showed more powerful combat power than the Xiliang cavalry in the Battle of Dongdong.

Frustrated suddenly felt that he was fooled by Zheng Tai, originally the frustrated family had a brother frustrated to be the pillar of the court, why did he come forward so unknowingly. Taking 10,000 steps back, even if his own troops are not damaged, the family alliance finally wins, and hundreds of families compete for official positions in the court, can he still let the Fu family achieve greater achievements than his clan brother Fu in the future?!

Frustrated, he looked at the three pontoon bridges that had been successfully built in Fushui and the tens of thousands of extremely fierce officers and soldiers of the Central Army who emerged from behind the embankment. His heart filled with regret that he had never felt before.

Under the light of the torches, he had already seen that the rebel generals on the other side were his righteous brother Fu Fu, and saw that the four thousand men and horses in front of the rebel army had been scattered in a swarm, and the six thousand soldiers of the Fu family were about to suffer from the thunder attack of the Central Army, Fu Zhi couldn't calm down, he hurried to the center of the pontoon bridge, and shouted at Fu Fu: "Liu Hui has fallen into the plan of my lord, the rebel army has gone, third brother, you are still too late to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and you can still save the family business of our frustrated family, if you are obsessed, our frustrated family will be completely destroyed in your hands, What face do you have to go to your fathers and fathers? ”

Frustration has seen the opposite embankment flashed like a fire dragon like the red rabbit horse, the red rabbit immediately sat on the majestic shore of the flying general, the flying general's eyes were like electricity, staring at himself, the murderous aura exuded from his body, filled this world, although through the vast water, frustration can still feel the suffocating evil breath that suffocates him.

Frustrated with trembling all over, he suddenly understood why his clan brother Frustration would always follow Jin Liang so loyally, he asked Frustration in a trembling voice: "Eldest brother, if I surrender to the third brother, I wonder if General Jin can forgive me and take my life?!" ”

Jin Liang sat on the red rabbit horse, separated by a wide stream of water, the shouting and killing on the battlefield and the rumbling sound of the surging water did not affect his hearing, he heard the frustrated horror and worry, so he laughed loudly: "If you can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, then the past is not to blame!" ”

Jin Liang's past is not to blame, that is, like the Hedong Wei family, all the family soldiers are sent to be county soldiers, and then the county soldiers are transferred to help the family guard the dock fort.

Frustrated General looked at Frustration suspiciously: "Big brother, can you trust it?!" ”

Seeing that he was frustrated and questioned his lord, he raised his head and shouted: "Third brother, if the general is a man of no faith, how can I serve him, if you surrender sincerely, you will strangle all the other rebels!" ”

Frustrated didn't have time to hesitate anymore, he immediately made a decision and asked the 6,000 soldiers of the Frustrated family to work with the Central Army to strangle all the soldiers of the other family in the middle.

Zheng Hun took advantage of this time to build two more pontoon bridges, and the wide five pontoon bridges successfully transported 50,000 horses and horses across the water.

Jin Liang instigated the red rabbit horse to cross the pontoon bridge, knelt down in front of the horse with a frustrated plop, and said in a trembling voice: "The sinner is frustrated, listen to Zheng Tai's traitorous rumors, participate in the rebellion, the crime is extremely evil, please send the hussar general!" ”

Jin Liang motioned to the frustrated general to help him up and said: "Frustrated, you follow Zheng Tai's rebel rebellion, this general is unwilling to forgive you, look at your brother's face, for the sake of your timely abandonment of darkness and light, forgive your sins for the time being, if you can lead the central army to capture Handan and capture Zheng Tai's rebels, this general will definitely go to the court, restore your frustrated family's property and have another reward." ”

Frustrated, he thanked him, and then said with a panicked face: "General, the last general is incompetent, and he failed to completely annihilate the rebels, so that a rebel general escaped!" ”

Jin Liang looked to the east, and a lone rider was fleeing in a hurry to the ferry port downstream of Fushui.

Zhao Yun carried a bright silver spear and instigated the white dragon to immediately step forward and ask, "General, do you want the last general to rush and kill that person?" ”

Jin Liang shook his head lightly, and said with a smile: "I just want him to report to Liu Hui, so that we can deal with Liu Hui." ”

After a few days of rest, Jin Liang's 50,000 elite men and horses quickly swept the Wushi Ferry like a fierce tiger in the mountains, and cleaned the battlefield of this ferry in half an hour.

Guo Jia rode on a white horse, followed behind Jin Liang, and asked with a smile: "Lord, aren't you worried that Liu Hui will give up rescuing Zheng Tai and turn to Xiangyang?" ”

Jin Liang laughed and said: "With General Ben's understanding of Liu Hui, he is a person with a sense of the overall situation, he knows what Zheng Tai means to the family alliance, as long as Zheng Tai dies, the family alliance will immediately collapse, Liu Hui He does not dare to give up rescuing Zheng Tai, so he is in the trap we set for him." ”

Jin Liang said, pointing to the official in front of him: "Why don't we wait for Liu Hui here!" ”

Guo Jia looked around, both sides of the official road are high dirt slopes, the slopes are overgrown with thorns and weeds, there are more than one person high, 50,000 central troops are scattered on both sides, Liu Hui, who is eager to rescue Handan, will not be defended, and said with a smile: "This is where Liu Hui is buried." ”

Before that, Jin Liang sent Wu Anguo to lead 5,000 field guards to protect the middle ferry to prevent the rebels placed by Liu Hui from crossing the river.

Jin Liang also sent Zhang Ren to lead 15,000 field guards to guard the Liangqi ferry.

In order to prevent Liu Hui from seeing through Tian Feng's strategy, Jin Liang asked Zhang Ren to put on his own banner, and asked his nephew Lu Peng, who was somewhat similar to himself, to wear an armor robe that was somewhat similar to his own outfit, carrying a green dragon halberd that was somewhat similar to the stone dragon broadsword, and then riding a jujube red horse that was somewhat similar to the red rabbit horse, walking around the camp and showing off his might.

Liu Hui set up ambushes on both sides of the official road north of the Liangqi ferry, and then observed the Central Army on the other side by the hazy moonlight, and vaguely saw a figure on the opposite bank, a red horse halberd, he guessed that the person must be Jin Liang, and the place where Jin Liang was must be the main force of the Central Army, and this time he was really right.

Liu Hui was secretly happy in his heart, this time he dispatched 100,000 horses to ambush Jin Liang's 50,000 horses, and he would definitely be able to capture or kill Jin Liang alive.

Thinking about it like this, Liu Hui felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and he was almost about to fall asleep, so he hurriedly asked Tian Yudao beside him, "What time is it?" ”

Tian Yu was also dazed, looking up at the sky, and saw that the bright moon had begun to slope westward: "Well, it seems to be the third watch." ”

Liu Hui stood on the hillside and looked at the other side, and the camp of the Central Army was dark and silent.

Liu Hui suddenly felt a little shocked, could it be that he had misjudged this time.

As soon as the clouds in Liu Hui's heart rose, he saw some torches flickering in the camp of the Central Army, and a large group of people began to rush towards the ferry.

It's just that the Central Army has very little experience in rushing to cross the big river, and they put a boat in the water, as if they forgot to fix the cable on the shore, and the boat washed away along the turbulent river, that is, the boat was put away, but those soldiers were clumsy, and it took a long time to connect the two boats together, and nearly an hour had passed since the two pontoon bridges were successfully built.

In order not to make Jin Liang suspicious, Liu Hui specially placed 5,000 old and weak remnants on the shore to prevent the central army from crossing the river, so that the play could be more like.

Liu Hui saw anxiously, I don't know if the combat strength of the Central Army is too weak, or the combat strength of the 5,000 old and weak remnants is too strong, the vanguard of the Central Army has been repeatedly repelled by the 5,000 old and weak remnants, and after more than an hour, the Central Army is stunned and can't get through the water, let alone run into their own ambush circle.

Liu Hui suddenly felt a trace of panic, could it be that he had guessed wrong, he began to sit restlessly like a trapped beast, pacing back and forth.

At this moment, from the direction of the Wushi Ferry in the upper reaches of the Fushui River, a person rode alone and rushed over, shouting as he ran: "Deputy Alliance Master, it's not good!" Jin Liang has crossed the river! Jin Liang has crossed the river! ”

Liu Hui suddenly felt his head buzzing, the Venus in front of him was shaking, and he almost fell to the ground, Tian Yu, who was following him, was quick to hold Liu Hui, and Liu Hui was able to stand firmly.

Liu Hui asked the trusted general who reported the news in a trembling voice: "The water at the Wushi ferry is turbulent, how did Jin Liang rush to cross the crossing?" ”

The general lamented: "There are ten crossbows in the Jin Liang army, shooting spears, and thick ropes are tied to the spears, connecting the two banks, and the central army will release the boats, and those thick ropes will stop the boats, and lay wooden planks on them, and in less than an hour, they will build a pontoon bridge!" ”

Liu Hui said abruptly: "Where is the frustration? His 10,000 horses can't stop it?! ”

The general was Liu Hui's confidant placed in the frustrated army, and he lamented: "The distance between the two sides of the Wushi ferry is less than 400 steps, and the big yellow crossbow of the Central Army can shoot 500 steps, and the Central Army dispatched 3,000 crossbowmen to cover their auxiliaries to lay pontoon bridges, and our army went to prevent many of them from being killed by the strong crossbows of the Central Army." Frustrated to see that the general trend of the allies has gone, and Frustrated Feed's brother Frustrated in front of the two armies skillfully moved his tongue, and in a few words he persuaded Frustrated Feed, Frustrated Feed led 6,000 people and horses of the Frustrated family to fight back on the spot, and killed our 4,000 men and horses, only the last general broke out of the siege and came to report the news! ”

Liu Hui said in a trembling voice: "Did Jin Liang's men and horses attack?!" ”

The general spat out a mouthful of blood and said in a wailing voice, "Deputy Alliance Leader." After Jin Liang's 50,000 horses crossed the river, they went to Handan without stopping! ”

"Not good!" Liu Hui shouted: "Zheng Gong is in Handan! Our family in the world is gathered together thanks to Zheng Gong. He is the leader of our alliance to ask for gold, if Handan is broken by Jin Liang, Zheng Gong is captured and killed by Jin Liang. Our alliance will be torn apart, and there will be no more enemies of today! We're going to hurry back! Return! ”

Tian Yu persuaded on the side: "There are still 20,000 horses in Handan, and Jin Liang can't attack it in a short time." It is better for us to take advantage of the time when Jin Liang attacked Handan, forcibly cross the water, and attack Xiangyang, if we take Xiangyang down and take the Queen Mother and the families of the generals of the Central Army in our hands, Jin Liang will break through Handan. Nor can it change the general trend. ”

Liu Hui glared at Tian Yu coldly and said: "Jin Liang left 30,000 elite soldiers in Xiangyang, and 20,000 county and county soldiers to defend the city, and Jin Liang's generals Gao Shun, Xu Rong, and Wei Yan led 50,000 horses to arrive in Xiangyang in a few days. ”

Tian Yu sighed and said, "Then it seems that the only way to return to Handan City is to return quickly!" ”

On Mayday, although it was not so cold, the 100,000 rebels lay on the dirt for more than three hours. When they heard that Jin Liang had forcibly crossed the water at the upstream Wushi Ferry and approached Handan City, their 100,000 rebels had no choice but to rush to Handan. The military spirit couldn't help but be frustrated, and everyone was happy.

After the subtle propaganda of the Jinliang Central Army in the last seven or eight months, most of the tenant farmers and slaves in Jizhou and Bingzhou have realized that their family has been oppressed by the family for generations is not destined, it is not reasonable, and it can be changed, although Zheng Tai is good at fooling, but most of the 100,000 rebels are from tenant slaves, and there are not even thirty percent of the low-level soldiers who are sincerely willing to work for the family, they are now just suppressed and numb to move forward according to the habits of obedience in the past. But deep down, they all have the urge to slash the family brother who was riding on their necks and to the ground with a backhand.

Liu Hui glanced back at the soldiers of the rebels of the family, everyone's eyes were empty and numb, and the resentment and hatred in the eyes of many people made him feel shocked, he couldn't help but sigh, the family's unpopularity can be seen, but as a brother of the family, he naturally will not waver in his determination to tear Jin Liang for the joys, sorrows and sorrows of these mud legs.

Tian Yu also saw that something was wrong, he whispered to Liu Hui: "There are still more than 20,000 county soldiers in Handan City, those county soldiers were originally trained and led by veterans who retreated from the Jinliang Central Army, and the Central Army has a deep influence in those county soldiers, we used thunder action to kill the generals above the captain, but those county soldiers have been affected by the lies of the Central Army, and the military spirit is probably even more unstable than those of us, Handan is not guaranteed! ”

Liu Hui also knew that after Gao Ran and Lu Chong took Xiangyang, Jin Liang's 20,000 elite horsemen returned to Xiangyang from the Bishui camp in one day and one night, and Jin Liang stood alone in front of Xiangyang City and made an impassioned speech, which made most of the 20,000 horses under Gao Ran's command defect, and Gao Ran's thousands of cronies died without a place to be buried, Xiangyang easily fell into the hands of Jin Liang, and Yang Biao, Zheng Tai, and Bian Rang finally agitated the civil strife in Xiangyang that was destroyed by Jin Liang.

Liu Hui sighed and said: "You are right to be worried, although Jin Liang is a barbaric martial artist from the Hanmen Shu clan, it is undeniable that he is very popular with the army, and he is very prestigious in Jizhou in the Central Army. ”

In this way, because they were worried that Handan would be taken lightly by Jin Liang, Liu Hui and Tian Yu quickened the pace of their march, and they sent people to inform the 10,000 rebels at the ferry in the middle to arrive in Handan early to rescue Zheng Tai.

Liu Hui moved again at this time, and had been thrown away forty miles by the Jinliang Central Army, Liu Hui also knew this distance, he wanted to catch up early, so he urgently urged the 100,000 rebels to march to Handan, and he also specially ordered those generals at all levels who were born in the family to be killed if they encountered laziness. (To be continued.) )