After strengthening his confidence in taking Wancheng, Zhou Yu led his troops directly through Luyang and killed the capital of Shenguo.

As long as Wancheng can be conquered, Luyang is bound to surrender without a fight, if you can't take Wancheng, and the Wei army is attacking behind it, you have to give up taking Luyang, in this case, it is better to ignore Luyang directly, and put the focus of the destruction of the Shen Kingdom in Wancheng.

The vanguard general was served by Guan Ying, leading 4,000 shield soldiers in the front, 2,000 archers second, 2,000 spearmen in the end, and 2,000 cavalry cruising on the flanks, marching at full speed along the post road towards Wancheng in a neat and orderly manner.

Before King Wuling of Zhao, the heavy warbands of various countries were dominated by chariots, but the Zhao State ruled by Zhao Yong was harassed by the ethnic minorities in the north, such as Linhu, Lou Fu, and Lidi, who were mainly cavalry, coming and going like the wind, plundering the people, and the residents on the border of Zhao suffered greatly.

Zhao Yong also sent Lian Po, Li Mu and others to take turns to lead troops to the border to crusade against the Hu people, but the bulky chariot could not catch up with the Hu people.

Zhao Yong racked his brains and thought hard about the best way to deal with the Hu people, and decided to abandon the bulky chariots and follow the example of the Hu people to form a cavalry unit. He also reformed his clothing, changing the wide-sleeved robe into a light and fast combat uniform like the Hu people, which quickly improved the military strength of the Zhao State.

Since the "Hu Fu Cavalry Shooting", the military strength of Zhao has increased greatly, Li Mu and Lian Po have broken the Hu people on the northern border and captured a large number of horses, so that the cavalry of Zhao has developed rapidly, growing to about 40,000, almost the highest in the world.

Seeing that Zhao's cavalry was in the limelight, various countries followed suit and formed cavalry, while chariots were gradually eliminated because of their high cost and clumsy actions, and countries no longer focused on development.

After Fang Li formed the Tang Kingdom, he even directly gave up the manufacture of chariots, only built some grain wagons for transporting baggage, and put other materials on the manufacture of weapons and armor, as the so-called "good steel is used on the blade".

Guan Ying led 10,000 cavalry in front, and Zhou Yu led an army of 30,000 to follow, starry and night, killing Ben Wancheng at the fastest speed.

In the evening of the next day, 40,000 Tang troops arrived at the north bank of the river in Xi'e County, as long as they crossed the water and passed through the county town of Xi'e, they could march to the city of Wanxian for another 70 miles.

"Report to General Guan, the Shen army has been found on the south bank of the river!" Scout Pegasus reports to the baby.

It was the second half of the first month, but the weather was still cold, and the ice on the surface of the river was still thick, enough to carry the army across the hundred-foot-wide water.

"Appeal ......"

Guan Ying reined in the reins by the river, looked at the opposite side, and saw that there was indeed a team of about five or six thousand people waiting on the south bank of the river.

The banner of the word "Jiang" hunts in the wind, and one of its female generals carries a white jade halberd, with two red red red feathers on her head, wearing a silver chain armor and a red cloak, showing off her might in the north wind, and her heroic posture is cool.

"Yo-he...... It seems that Shen Guo really has no one left, and he actually sent a woman into battle? One of the lieutenants beside the baby let out a contemptuous laugh.

"Hugh is going to underestimate women!" Baby irrigation is a reminder.

After learning of Fang Li's defeat in Taigu County the day before yesterday, Zhou Yu and the generals had an in-depth discussion of the military strength of Shen State, and learned from the local population that Jiang Huan's most relied on right-hand man was his "one son, one daughter and one nephew".

Jiang Huan's eldest son, Jiang Batian, has already shown his skills, and he can shake Zhao Yun and Dian Wei head-on; And Jiang Huan's nephew Jiang Kui's force is not under Zhang Liao and Baby, so it can be seen that Jiang Huan's daughter Jiang Cuiping is not in vain.

"Even if this Jiang Cuiping doesn't let her eyebrows, but she only has five or six thousand soldiers and horses, does she want to block our army in the north of the water?"

A general named Liao Yi shook his head and laughed, "Women are really big-chested and brainless, if it is changed to other seasons, the water is surging, she may be able to line up in the water." Now that the river is frozen three feet on the surface, our army is walking on the ground, what is her confidence in stopping our army? ”

Guan Ying was also a little puzzled, but Fang Fang didn't dare to be careless from the experience of Taigu's defeat, and instructed Liao Yi: "You first take a thousand people to the river to make a feint and see what tricks this woman plays?" ”

"Whoa!"

Liao Yi agreed, urged Ma Tige, led five hundred shield soldiers and five hundred crossbowmen to jump off the river bank, stepped on the ice and killed the other bank, "My Tang Xiongshi is edicted to beg for thieves, why don't the Shen army surrender quickly?" ”

Jiang Cuiping immediately went to the south bank of the water, made a move with the white jade halberd in his hand, and said coquettishly: "The whole army opens the bow, listen to my order and shoot again!" ”

"Kill!"

Liao Yi took the lead, leading 500 shield soldiers in front and 500 archers behind, and slaughtered to the opposite bank with the help of horns and drums behind him.

With a "poof", cracks appeared on the surface of the river, and two Tang soldiers sank under their feet and fell into the icy water. He choked on a few mouthfuls of water during the struggle, and was immediately swept away by the surging river.

"It's not good, the Shen army has destroyed the ice, retreat quickly!" Liao Yi suddenly had an epiphany and hurriedly shouted.

As more than 1,000 Tang troops approached, dense cracks began to appear on the surface of the river, and there was a "squeak" sound everywhere, and I saw that one by one was crumbling.

It turned out that the Shen army destroyed the ice on the river surface in advance, and then covered it with frost and snow, and recovered after a day of freezing, and the mystery could not be seen in the distance, but the solidity was not as good as before.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Seeing the Tang army's plan, Jiang Cuiping made a move with a spear, and ordered the Shen army to fire arrows in unison. The only regret is that the number of Tang troops on the river is too small to be inflicted heavy losses.

For a time, the Shen army on the south bank of the river fired thousands of arrows, falling from the sky like dense flying locusts, enveloping more than 1,000 Tang troops on the river.

These poor Tang soldiers had to avoid the rain of arrows on their heads, but also beware of the ice breaking under their feet, and for a while, they couldn't take care of their heads, and they died under the random arrows, and countless people fell into the water. The 1,000 Tang soldiers only retreated more than 200 people, and even Liao Yi, the general who rushed to the front, was killed by random arrows.

Before the two armies could clash, they lost more than 700 people, which made Guan Ying furious, and waved his army to march downstream along the river: "With Ben General crossing the river downstream, I don't believe that the Shen army can destroy the entire river." After Lao Tzu crosses the river, he will have to kill him and leave no piece of armor! ”

Under the leadership of Guan Ying, more than 9,000 Tang troops advanced down the river, while Jiang Cuiping led the Shen army on the other side of the river.

While the two armies were moving forward, they scolded each other across the water and fired at each other across the river, causing casualties to each other.

"Niece, we have taken advantage, the main force of the Tang Army is close at hand, I don't think we should continue to entangle. After all, the Tang army is strong, and our army still quickly retreats to Wancheng to defend it, which is the best policy. ”

Jiang Huan's brother Jiang You looked at the dust in the distance on the north bank of the river, and tried his best to persuade Jiang Cuiping to collect his troops and return to Wancheng, "You see that the north is dusty, it should be the army led by Zhou Yu that is approaching." ”

Jiang Cuiping snorted coldly, with a look of arrogance on her handsome face, and said disapprehantly: "I think General Tang is all rice bags and wine bags, and he can't even get over the water, it's not too late to wait for his niece to kill him and then retreat!" Even if these Tang troops can't be annihilated, they can drag the Tang army for a while and create conditions for the Wei army to attack the Tang State. ”

Seeing that Jiang Cuiping did not listen to the advice, Jiang You had no choice but to continue to follow the team and shoot at each other with the Tang army on the north bank, and the two armies walked more than ten miles eastward, still chattering and scolding each other.

"Oh, this Jiang Cuiping's temper is really hot, it's a pity that he has no brains!"

Zhou Yu laughed out loud after receiving the battle report, and ordered the scout to inform Guan Ying to continue to drag the Shen army led by Jiang Cuiping.

He also ordered Ma Dai to lead 4,000 cavalry to march upstream along the river, find a section of the river that had not been destroyed, cross the river, and quickly rush to Jiang Cuiping's retreat road to set up an ambush and intercept him.

"Whoa!"

Ma Dai agreed, and led 4,000 cavalry to advance upstream along the north bank of the river.

Looking at the rumbling war horses, Zhou Yu sighed: "It's a pity that I don't have too many war horses in Datang, so far there are only more than 10,000 war horses in the country, otherwise why can't you sweep the Shen Kingdom?" ”

The water came from the west, turned a corner in Xi'e County and headed south.

Ma Dai led the cavalry to go upstream along the north bank of the river for more than ten miles, and after making sure that the river was intact, he quickly crossed the river, and under the guidance of the guide, rushed to the Green Snake Ridge to set up an ambush to intercept and kill the retreating Shen army.

Zhou Yu and Cao Xing led the rest of the army to follow the horse's hooves across the water, and rushed to Wancheng with great fanfare, deliberately attracting the attention of the Shen army scouts.

"Report to the son-in-law, Zhou Yu has led the Tang army to cross the river from the upper reaches of the river, and is currently marching towards Wancheng!" The scouts of the Shen army quickly reported the news to Jiang Cuiping.

"The people of the Tang Kingdom are really despicable, they don't dare to face the battle head-on, but they divide their troops to attack, it's really not the husband's doing!" Jiang Cui held her breath and trembled, and scolded.

But there are only 8,000 defenders and 2,000 county soldiers in Wancheng, and at this moment, she brought out 5,000 people, and there are only 3,000 regular troops and 2,000 county soldiers left in the city.

Jiang You kept shaking his head and sighing along the way, blaming himself for not persuading Jiang Cuiping to send troops: "It's just that I didn't stop my niece from sending troops, if Zhou Yu blocked the team outside, I'm afraid that Wancheng will not be protected, what face do I have to meet my brother?" ”

The five thousand Shen troops turned around and retreated in the direction of Wancheng in a hurry, the only thing that made Jiang Cuiping happy was that this road was closer than the post road in Xi'e County that Zhou Yu took, and he should be able to return one step earlier.

"Haha...... Why did this girl withdraw her troops? If you continue to scold, Lao Tzu will have to scold him out of feelings! ”

Guan Ying laughed loudly on the north bank of the river, led more than 9,000 Tang troops to quickly cross the river, tightly biting the tail of the Shen army, and chased after him.

In the evening, Jiang Cuiping led 5,000 Shen troops to retreat to the vicinity of Green Snake Ridge, and ordered the whole army to rest for a short time to catch their breath. Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves was loud, and a cavalry of about 4,000 was killed from the oblique stab, and the Shen army was in chaos.

"Brainless Jiang Cuiping is leaving, Ma Dai has been waiting here for a long time!"

In the chaotic army, Ma Dai took the lead in dancing the sword, and led the tidal wave of the Tang Army's iron cavalry to sweep over, and directly took Jiang Cuiping head-on.