Chapter Ninety-Seven: Confrontation

When Zhuge Liang learned that the battle that took place outside the Dianjiang River, and Yan Yan was wounded, he finally couldn't continue to stay in Jiangzhou to deal with government affairs in every detail, Wei Yan used practical actions to explain to him what is called the speed of soldiers, Chengdu has been taken by Pang Tong to the present, it is only more than a month, Wei Yan's vanguard army has arrived in Dianjiang, there is no time for him to continue to digest Bajun, the opponent is Pang Tong, Fa Zheng plus Wei Yan, Zhuge Liang can no longer continue to sit in the rear, waiting for the news of the front line, must personally sit on the front line, As for Jiangzhou, although it is not very reassuring, it can only be taken care of by others. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

There are not too many people available to him now, especially Zhuge Liang's vision of employing people is a little high, and Ma Jian has also been sent by him to plot against the Chengdu family, but Ma Liang's ability in internal affairs is also good, he wants to control the overall situation, but the side effect of Zhuge Liang's strong ability is that people who can't reach a certain level are uncomfortable to use, and they always feel that the other party will do something wrong, entrusting Jiangzhou to Ma Liang is actually a way that has no way for Zhuge Liang.

After all, in the other party's camp, there is a Fa Zheng who likes to solve problems outside the battlefield as much as he does, and Zhuge Liang is very worried about which step Ma Liang will take wrong and eventually lead to the failure of the great cause of Shu.

After re-instructing himself about the next many things, Zhuge Liang took Zhang Fei and Shamoke, the prince of Wuxi invited by Ma Liang, to march to Dianjiang with 50,000 soldiers and horses, and it took three days before arriving at Dianjiang.

Yan Yan's injury is not too serious, but he is old, and the recovery of his injury is much slower, Zhang Fei is rare this time without ridicule, after all, the strength of the Guanzhong army's bow and crossbow is that even his second brother has to be defeated.

"Kong Ming, it's better to take advantage of the fact that the other party's main force has not arrived, and give this Wei Yan to the end first!" Zhang Fei thought about wanting to go out to fight with Wei Yan, when they were in the Tiger Prison Pass, the two actually met, but the commander of the Jingzhou Army at that time was Cai Mao, the two met, but they didn't fight much, and when they heard that they were old opponents, they were naturally a little itchy.

"If I give you 5,000 soldiers and horses, how will you break him?" Zhuge Liang looked at Zhang Fei and did not refuse, but asked rhetorically.

"Lure him out to fight, I think the vine shield of the Shu army is good, it is better than the wooden shield, and it may be able to block the crossbow arrows of the Guanzhong army." Zhang Fei thought for a while.

"This ......" Yan Yan shook his head with a wry smile on the side and said: "The general doesn't know, the vine shield can still be blocked two hundred steps away, but if it is within two hundred steps, even the vine shield can't block the power of the crossbow." ”

"Then add another layer, anyway, the rattan shield is light, and it won't add much weight to stacking the two rattan shields together." Zhang Fei said without thinking.

Zhuge Liang was about to shake his head, suddenly slightly stunned, turned his head to look at Zhang Fei, and suddenly smiled, all along, the Kwantung Army against Lu Bu's troops, the biggest problem is that as long as Lu Bu's army has room to maneuver, it is never willing to fight the enemy in close combat, and the power of the Guanzhong crossbow arrow is very strong in both range and penetration, ordinary wooden shields cannot be stopped at all, and thicker shields are meaningless to make, seriously hindering the speed of marching.

Many times, the more complex the problem, often the simpler the mind of the person, the easier it is to think, the defense of the vine shield is more than the wooden shield, but the texture is very light, indeed even if you add another layer, it will not have much impact on the soldiers, but the defense is equal to the superposition of double, so that not to mention the complete prevention, but the damage that the Guanzhong army bow and crossbow can cause will be doubled.

"What are you laughing at?" Zhang Fei looked at Zhuge Liang in confusion.

"It's nothing, then according to Yide's will, allocate 5,000 elite soldiers to go to the drowning battle, if you can break the Wei Yan camp, you will be credited with your first merit!" Zhuge Liang shook his head, if he could weaken the power of the opponent's bow and crossbow, with Zhang Fei's ability, he might not lose too much to Wei Yan.

"Command!" When Zhang Fei heard this, the corners of his mouth grinned, and after solemnly clasping his fist to Zhuge Liang, he took the talisman and went to transfer troops.

"It's a pity." Yan Yan looked at the direction Zhang Fei left, shook his head and sighed.

"Why did the old general sigh? But what's wrong? Zhuge Liang looked at Yan Yan puzzled.

"That's not it, but what General Zhang said before is that it reminds the last general of the barbarians in the land of Nanzhong, I heard that there is a kind of rattan armor, which is soaked in tung oil for many years, invulnerable, and does not sink into the water. Yan Yan sighed.

"Tung oil soaking? If it is attacked by fire, there will be no piece of armor left. Zhuge Liang frowned, but he immediately thought of the drawbacks.

"Yes, although this armor is invulnerable and unsinkable in water, it is only afraid of fire attacks." Yan Yan nodded and smiled: "But if you can get the help of this armor, take it as a miracle soldier, and you can get miraculous results!" ”

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he nodded silently, if that rattan armor is really so powerful, if he takes it as a miracle soldier, he can reap miraculous results.

"But I don't know where I can get this rattan armor?" Zhuge Liang looked at Yan Yan curiously and asked.

"This last general doesn't know, the people of the Southern Barbarians rarely interact with our Han people, so they have to rumor, whether it is true, the last general is not clear." Yan Yan smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Zhuge Liang couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he heard this, but he kept this matter in mind, Shamoke was the son of the Wuxi Barbarian King, and he might be able to get some information.

After Zhang Fei obtained the talisman from Zhuge Liang, he gathered 5,000 elite soldiers, transferred craftsmen to stack the rattan shields together overnight, and made a thousand thickened versions of the rattan shields.

"Zhang Fei?" Wei Yan got the report of his subordinates, and he couldn't help but be a little puzzled when he heard this, he naturally knew that Zhang Fei was a fierce man who had fought with Lu Bu, but the decisive battle on the battlefield was different from the fighting generals in front of the battle, could it be that Zhuge Liang had already come up with a strategy to crack the crossbow, otherwise how could he dare to let Zhang Fei come to drown with only 5,000 soldiers and horses?

"Yes, this person is too rude, and he will be scolded in every way." The general nodded and smiled bitterly.

"Heh~" Wei Yan put on his battle armor, took the big knife sent by the guards, and said with a sneer: "Then let me see, then Zhuge Liang came up with He Qice to break my arrow array!" Soldiers out of the camp! ”

"Whoa!"

With Wei Yan's order, the three thousand soldiers had already assembled less than half a pillar of incense.

"Out of the camp!" Wei Yan waved his hand, the gate was wide open, and he quickly left the camp with three thousand elite soldiers, looking at Zhang Fei's soldiers and horses in the distance, Wei Yan couldn't help but sneer: "The eight thousand soldiers and horses of the veteran generals in Shu were still killed by us, and today Zhang Fei only brought five thousand people out of the camp. ”

"Whoa!" A group of soldiers exhaled and opened their voices, and the aura of killing instantly diffused.

"Wei Yanxiao'er, do you dare to come out and fight with the third master?" Zhang Fei held the Zhangba snake spear, came to the front of the two armies, glanced at the formation of the Guanzhong army, and sighed in his heart that the Guanzhong army was fierce At the same time, he jumped forward and invited Wei Yan to fight.

"Hey~" Wei Yan sneered, didn't talk nonsense, and waved his hand directly, and in an instant, hundreds of sharp arrows rushed towards Zhang Fei.

"Despicable villain, guts bandit!" It was also a loss that Zhang Fei was far away, and his martial arts were exquisite, and the Zhangba snake spear danced in a circle, and all the arrows that were shot in front of him were scattered, and at the same time he rode his horse back, roaring angrily: "Soldiers, kill me!" ”

"Kill~" The Jingzhou soldiers in the front row quickly raised their rattan shields and killed towards Wei Yan's camp.

"Reckless!" Seeing this, Wei Yan sneered disdainfully, although he regretted that there was no wave of arrows to shoot Zhang Fei to death, but when he saw the other party's soldiers rushing straight up like this, he couldn't help but feel contempt, this is no different from sending him to death.

"Shoot the arrows!" did not release the arrows immediately, but after the other party entered the range of two hundred steps, he began to order, he fought with Yan Yan before, and he also knew something about this rattan shield, two hundred steps away, it was difficult for the arrow cluster to penetrate these rattan shields, but within two hundred steps, then wait to be mowed.

"Buzz~"

Ten thousand arrows were fired in unison, one by one the cold arrows tore through the air, and they had been shot in an instant, and in the continuous muffled sound, Wei Yan's brows were furrowed, and the arrows failed to penetrate the opponent's vine shield, although they also caused casualties, but it was too far from the imaginary scene of mowing grass and harvesting people's heads.

"Drum cheers!" Seeing that his method worked, Zhang Fei couldn't help but roar excitedly, and in the rumbling war drums, seeing that the vine shield had indeed blocked the opponent's arrow cluster, the Jingzhou army couldn't help but have a big boost in morale, and the speed was a little faster.

"Keep shooting!" Wei Yan said in a deep voice.

The crossbow continued to shoot out, and there were constantly unlucky soldiers who fell to the ground with arrows, but the soldiers in the rear quickly picked up the rattan shield and continued to move forward, just in case, Zhang Fei was not two rattan shields superimposed, but three rattan shields were superimposed together, even if they were within a range of fifty steps, the crossbow arrows of the Guanzhong army still failed to penetrate the rattan shield.

Wei Yan is now backed by the barracks, there is no way to retreat, looking at the Jingzhou soldiers who rushed up, Wei Yan couldn't help but snort coldly, and shouted: "Abandon the crossbow, take out the knife, and tell these Jingzhou locals that even if there are no crossbow arrows, they are still a rabble!" ”

"Kill!" Seeing that the other party rushed to the front, the morale of the Guanzhong army did not weaken in the slightest, and quickly threw away the bow and crossbow in his hand, and pulled out the sword of the horse, with Wei Yan's loud shout, the three thousand soldiers roared and killed the Jingzhou army, and the two soldiers and horses collided together like two torrents in front of the camp.

"Poof~" I saw that the elite under Wei Yan's command quickly pulled away from each other, three or five people formed a small group, and they seemed to fight separately from each other, but faintly echoed each other, a Jingzhou soldier rushed up with a shield, and before he could swing a knife, his arm was chopped off, followed by a horse sword quickly slashed through the throat of the other party, and someone snatched the rattan shield from his hand, and followed him forward.

Blood began to permeate in front of this military camp, and the imaginary situation of breaking through the bamboo also did not appear in Zhang Fei's eyes, after the Guanzhong army put aside the bow and crossbow, the morale did not drop in the slightest, but was extremely fierce, the two soldiers and horses collided in one place, faintly, but their five thousand soldiers had a sign of being divided. (To be continued.) )