Chapter Ninety-Six: Gathering Momentum
The hustle and bustle of the war and the fighting scared away the birds, the combat routine of the Shu army was obviously different from the Central Plains soldiers and horses, after a strong charge and was finally repelled by Wei Yan's strong bow and crossbow, Yan Yan left hundreds of corpses, and decisively took people to begin to retreat between the mountains and forests on both sides, the mountains and forests were a good obstacle to the strong bows and crossbows of the Guanzhong soldiers, and Wei Yan did not go too deep. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The Shu army all over the mountains, if you really kill it, it is the elite of Guanzhong who is brave and good at fighting, in the case of being occupied by the other party, I am afraid that there is only the part of being abused, the so-called art of war, in fact, is to promote the strengths and avoid the weaknesses, draw out the enemy's shortcomings, and use their own strengths to bully people.
In the Guanzhong army, in addition to the hussar battalion who are proficient in various terrain operations, there are not many troops who are good at mountain warfare, in the case of uncertainty, Wei Yan is obviously more willing to lure the other party out of the mountain, and then annihilate with a strong crossbow, if you are in close combat, although you also have an advantage, but it is a little unwise to rush into the forest, the biggest strength of the Guanzhong crossbow arrow is the range, entering the mountains and forests will undoubtedly weaken the range to a great extent, but the bow and arrow of Yan Yan's troops can play a great advantage in this mountain and forest.
Don't forget, the Shu people are good at shooting, and they are trained in this group of mountains, and the crossbow arrows of the Guanzhong Army are more particular about group attacks, and they don't care much about the quasi-head, if Wei Yan really rushes in with confidence, I'm afraid the result will only be pressed and beaten by Yan Yan, as the leading general, Wei Yan will naturally not do this kind of stupid thing of using his own shortcomings to fight with people's parents.
After several provocations, seeing that Yan Yan was stubbornly defending, Wei Yan almost burned it, but fortunately it was organized by Deng Xian in time, although it is a good time to set fire to it in autumn, but Shuzhong is different from the outside, if this fire is really boiled, not to mention how innocent they died, they themselves have to be trapped.
"Then shoot me into the woods, until the arrows run out!" was teased by Yan Yan a few times, Wei Yan was also a little angry in his heart, but he had no choice, the other party's rogue style of running into the mountains without agreeing really stumped him.
The three thousand elites quickly lined up at the bottom of the mountain, and under the command of Wei Yan, they began to shoot covering the mountain, and wherever anyone came up, they would use an area as the target of the attack to carry out covering shooting, since the other party was a scoundrel, let them see what the real scoundrel was.
A Dianjiang soldier quietly raised his head, ready to take advantage of the height advantage, to put an arrow here, however, as soon as he came up, he heard a muffled sound, countless arrow clusters spread around him, tree trunks, the ground and even many mountain rocks, all of them were filled with arrow clusters, the soldier who took the lead, including his own team, seven or eight of the ten people were nailed to the ground by the cold arrow clusters.
Within a range of two hundred steps, even Teng Dun could not block the attack of the crossbow in Guanzhong, and the dense cluster of arrows made the surrounding Dianjiang soldiers feel cold in their hearts, how rich is the army in this pass, so they can throw arrows on the mountain without money.
"General, this ......" Yan Yan's side, a partial general smiled bitterly and looked at the Guanzhong army pouring arrows and rain into the mountains and forests, under the other party's local tyrant-style play, it was difficult for them to even raise their heads.
"Tatsubi!" Wei Yan used a clairvoyant mirror to constantly observe the direction of the enemy, looking for a suitable place to release arrows, although there are some losers, but they cannot be blindly defeated, at least find some places that can effectively kill and injure the enemy and are suitable for shooting.
With Wei Yan's order, three thousand crossbow arrows broke through the air, and on the mountain, before Yan Yan could answer his subordinates' words, he felt a tingling in his scalp, and instinctively ducked behind the tree.
"Bang~" "Poof~"
An arrow cluster directly pierced Yan Yan's shoulder blade, blood continued to seep out, Yan Yan grinned in pain, snorted, swung his sword to cut off the arrow cluster, turned his head and said, "Withdraw first...... Uh......"
When he turned around, he found that the partial general was nailed to the ground by at least a dozen arrow clusters, and then looked around, one of his own personal guards also fell to the ground, and he couldn't help but be angry, and hurriedly waved his hand to signal his subordinates to send a signal, so that the troops on the other side took the opportunity to attack from behind the enemy.
"Kill!"
After receiving the signal, the Dianjiang soldiers who had retreated to the opposite mountain forest quickly rushed out of the mountains and forests and launched a charge against Wei Yan's troops from behind.
Is Ken finally coming out?
A sneer appeared on the corner of Wei Yan's mouth, and he shouted loudly: "All the soldiers alternately cover and retreat!" ”
did not go to meet the attack, because once Wei Yan did that, it was equivalent to leaving the back to Yan Yan's troops, under the attack from both sides, plus the defense of Teng Dun, it was easy for the other party to rush through his own range and engage in hand-to-hand combat, causing unnecessary damage, which was absolutely not advocated in the Guanzhong army.
"Not good!" Yan Yan saw that Wei Yan's troops did not advance but retreated, so he understood Wei Yan's plan, and secretly scolded Wei Yan for being cunning, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to stop the pursuit, and if they continued to pursue, it would be equivalent to being hit by the other party as a target.
"Collect the troops!" Yan Yan waved the command flag to the valley below to signal retreat, and at the same time began to lead the soldiers and horses to take the initiative to retreat, today I finally saw the power of the strong crossbow in Guanzhong, but at least in this Shu land, relying on the favorable terrain, Yan Yan is still somewhat sure, as long as Wei Yan dares to catch up, he has a way to close the distance between the two sides, and then have a close battle!
However, Wei Yan only chased for about a mile, and when he saw that the other party was retreating without chaos, he did not continue to pursue blindly, but began to clean up the battlefield.
"General, it seems that it is unlikely that you want to attack Dianjiang by surprise." Deng Xian came to Wei Yan's side and had a new understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Guanzhong Army, but even if the Guanzhong Army had the advantage of a strong bow and crossbow, it was still difficult to capture the well-manned Dianjiang City with this.
"Collect the troops, go down to the village, wait for the army to come, send someone to cut down these trees around me, it's too much of an eyesore!" Wei Yan nodded, the confrontation just now can only be regarded as a test between the two sides, just like Deng Xian said, this old guy does have a few catties of ability, plus he is familiar with the terrain and the advantage of troops, he is not afraid to fight in the wild, Wei Yan is not afraid, but judging from the topography of the Dianjiang River, the advantage of the bow and crossbow can not be played much here, just stuck in the place where the col and the Dianjiang River touch, no matter how far his range is, but it can be used on the battlefield, just a distance of more than a hundred steps, the opponent's bow and arrow can also shoot over, and forcibly attack, It will only make the elite under his command useless consumption, it is better to wait for Pang Tong's army to arrive before attacking.
"In addition to this road, is there any other way to enter Jiangzhou?" Wei Yan looked at the map and asked with some distress, the terrain in Shuzhong is sometimes really embarrassing, even if there is a military advantage, it is useless, often a mountain range can protect a large area.
"I'm afraid that I will have to go around more than 600 miles, or go over the mountains." Deng Xian smiled bitterly and shook his head, it is obviously unrealistic to bypass more than six hundred miles, and the situation over there may not be much better than here, it is also easy to defend and difficult to attack, of course, from another level, it is not easy for Zhuge Liang to fight.
As for going over the mountains, it is obviously not realistic, and the weight of grain and grass is a difficult problem to solve.
"Let's let Shiyuan have a headache." Wei Yan shook his head, if the mountain road is opened, the two sides can consider sending a small group of elite troops to bypass and fight, but if you really want to enter Jiangzhou, you have to rely on the confrontation on the frontal battlefield, as long as you break through the Dianjiang, according to the map, although after the Dianjiang, there are still many hills, but at least it is no longer the main vein of Daba Mountain, and it will be much easier to fight than now.
A simple tentative battle, can not explain anything, the next is the aftermath of the work, and Yan Yan counted the losses after returning to Dianjiang, and was distressed to find that the eight thousand soldiers and horses brought out had lost nearly two thousand people, and the damage caused to the other party was very little, such a huge proportion of battle losses made Yan Yan except for secretly scolding Wei Yan for being timid and not daring to fight with him, it didn't make any sense, and he didn't even care about the injuries on his body and wrote a battle report for people to send to Jiangzhou.
The power of Guanzhong's strong bow and crossbow, this time, he has a deep experience, facing Zhuge Liang's Jingzhou army before, Yan Yan still has the confidence to fight a dozen, even if the opponent has many soldiers, but relying on the terrain, Yan Yan is not afraid, the two sides are on the same level, the Jingzhou army is more powerful, and it is also limited.
Originally, a Guanzhong army was like this, until this moment of confrontation, Yan Yan realized that he was wrong, compared with the Guanzhong army, the level of the Jingzhou army is like the gap between children and adults, if Wei Yan brought not 3,000, but 30,000 soldiers and horses, even if the troops are enough, Yan Yan doesn't know if he is sure to hold this pad river city.
After sending someone to deliver the letter, Yan Yan changed his mind and asked Lang Zhong to give him medicine, while recruiting a general who had fled back from Chengdu.
"How many soldiers and horses have entered Shu this time?" This is what Yan Yan cares about the most, if the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong are equipped with that kind of strong bows and crossbows, then there is no need to fight this battle.
"There are only 6,000 people, and I heard that they were transferred from Hanzhong." The general bowed and replied, "But ......."
"But what?" Yan Yan, who was originally relieved to hear that the other party only had 6,000 people, heard that the general's words changed, and his heart couldn't help but mention it again, for fear that the other party would break out another unfavorable news.
"However, the soldiers and horses in Langzhong and Chengdu have all surrendered, and these 6,000 soldiers and horses in Guanzhong actually attacked Shuzhong without a battle at all, and now in their hands, in addition to these 6,000 soldiers and horses, there are 130,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Langzhong." The general bowed.
I don't know why, hearing this news, Yan Yan breathed a sigh of relief, if the other party came to be such an elite as Wei Yan's department, don't say 130,000, even if it is half, Yan Yan has an urge to immediately disarm and return to the field, then there is really no way to fight.
In the next few days, neither Yan Yan nor Wei Yan moved again after that temptation, Wei Yan built a camp, but Yan Yan was constantly strengthening the defenses of Dianjiang and the surrounding Dianjiang, both sides were silently waiting, waiting for an upcoming big battle. (To be continued.) )