Chapter 17 The Iron Chain
Kasakatsu, Gaoshun Daying. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"General, this is the information that the lord just sent." A trapped-camp leader walked into the tent and handed a letter to Gao Shun.
"How's the ship going?" Gao Shun took the letter and asked as he unfolded it.
Just as Zhang He wanted to cross the river at the beginning and was blocked by Gao Shun in Pubanjin with 800 traps, now Gao Shun wants to cross the river, how to cross it has become a problem, Gao Gan sent troops to occupy all the ferries in the West River and Shangdang area, although the soldiers and horses of the trapping camp are elite, but the foot combat can be invincible, once the water is launched, it is no different from Zhang He's soldiers and horses at the beginning.
"There are hundreds of ships prepared, but the soldiers are not used to water warfare, and it may not be easy to break through the ferry with this." The Trap Camp Leader smiled bitterly.
Gao Shun nodded, during this time, he also used a lot of methods, but water warfare is not as good as land warfare, this is not Gao Shun's area of expertise, several fierce battles, lost a lot of manpower, and even trapped the camp in person and failed to grab a base area, unable to gain a firm foothold on the other side, water warfare, whoever goes into the water will suffer.
Of course, it is also possible to take a detour, but in that case, not only will the supply line be lengthened, but also there will be many passes, and it is easy to delay the fighter plane in time!
"In fact, if we wait for another month, the river will freeze, and the river will no longer be an obstacle for our army." The subordinate suggested.
"January?" Gao Shun shook his head: "Time is not enough, we must attack the West River as soon as possible and echo with the lord!" Otherwise, the lord will be a lone army. ”
"Great!" Looking at the contents of the letter, Gao Shun suddenly said excitedly.
"General, what's the joy?" The commander looked at Gao Shun in surprise and wondered.
"The lord has captured Taiyuan, and ordered Wenyuan to cross the river from Hanyang and land on the shore, at this time, the lord has no worries, and the senior cadres have also become a turtle in the urn." Gao Shun is a little cheerful, the current situation, Gao Gan blocked almost all the ferries along the river, and gave full play to the advantages of geographical advantages, that is, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and other famous generals, who were also restricted by this river, and Gao Gan himself is also quite capable, and now he can be in a high position, although there is a kinship, but Gao Gan's own talent is also quite good, at least in defense, do not leak.
"General, will the senior cadres run?" The commander looked at Gao Shun suspiciously.
"He can't run, and he can't run." Gao Shun said with a smile, although Gao Gan was isolated by Lu Bu at the moment, his own strength was still quite strong, not like Zhang He and Fu Zhu who were trapped in a city, Gao Gan sat on the Xihe River and Shangdang two counties, even if there was no Yuan Shao's support, it could be regarded as a small prince all the way, 30,000 troops, Gao Gan was completely able to support himself, if he ran away, he would really become a lonely army.
"Now, only after Wen Yuan crosses the river, he will fight down from the upstream and transfer the main force of Gao Gan, and we will have an opportunity to take advantage of it." Gao Shun said thoughtfully.
Fighting a war is like this, as long as a gap is torn, the original seemingly perfect defense will be destroyed step by step with the continuous tearing of this gap, Gao Gan must want to fill the gap, but he is facing the pressure of Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, either of them, Gao Gan is not sure to deal with it, not to mention that the two of them will shoot at the same time, they will inevitably take care of one and lose the other, resulting in the collapse of the defense line step by step, and finally the defense line can only be contracted to defend.
Thinking of this, Gao Shun stood up: "Since this is the case, let's add another fire to Gao Gan!" ”
"General, please command." The commander's face was grim, and he hurriedly bowed down to receive the order.
"I have already thought before that the reason why our army loses every water battle is because people have an unstable foothold on the warship, and the ship will be swayed from side to side by the impact of the current on the water surface, and the officers and men of our army are not accustomed to water warfare, all because of this!" Gao Shun thought about the thoughts that suddenly sprung up in his heart, and sneered at the corner of his mouth: "I can order someone to train a hundred warships into one, ten or twenty ships in a row, connected by iron cables and wooden planks in the middle, to make a big boat, so that the impact of the current is not enough to make the hull of the ship sway, and the officers and men of our army can also walk on the ground on the water!" With the width of the river, our army only needs to cross more than ten zhang to reach the opposite bank, and use the 'big boat' as the river bank to launch an attack on the enemy's crossing, and it will definitely be able to fight down! ”
During this time, Gao Shun has been pondering how to break the enemy, strengthen his water combat capabilities, training the navy is obviously impossible, there is not so long for Gao Shun to prepare, so Gao Shun can only change his thinking, find a way to avoid his shortcomings in water warfare, before the commander said that waiting for a month after the river sailors, you can cross the river, wake up Gao Shun, the river is frozen, it is equivalent to treating the entire river as land, although he is not so capable, but he has a hundred ships, if they are connected, they are connected into a huge ' Land', will the problem be solved soon?
"The general is wise!" The Commander's eyes lit up, and he bowed down and smiled.
"Go and do it, within three days, this iron lock will be done, our army will take this opportunity to attack the West River in one fell swoop, but we can't let Wenyuan be beautiful!" Gao Shun nodded, although he is tied with Zhang Liao and has been friends for many years, but in his heart, he may not have the heart of competition, there is no first in literature, no second in martial arts, friendship is friendship, but at this time, Gao Shun is not exempt from vulgarity.
"Whoa!"
With Gao Shun's order, the entire barracks of nine thousand soldiers began to get busy, every day in and out of the Pubanjin ferry, connecting the warships together, and then pounced on the planks, fixed by the blacksmith, now under the rule of Lu Bu, the most important thing is the blacksmith, the craftsman these craftsmen, not to mention Lu Bu's craftsman camp, those craftsmen who can be called masters, with the continuous improvement of the treatment of craftsmen, Yongliang territory has also become a blessed land for craftsmen, under the promotion of Lu Bu, each of the independent army, will specially convene some craftsmen, It was also much more convenient at the moment, with the help and design of these professionals, in three days, a hundred ships of different sizes were trained into one, and from the opposite shore, it looked like a floating land.
On the other side of the Yellow River, Gao Gan has led his men and horses to deal with Zhang Liao, and is responsible for guarding against Gao Shun is Gao Gan's general Guo Yuan, who is a cousin with Zhong Xuan, with a strong personality, familiar with military books, and skilled in martial arts, and is the only general under Gao Gan who can take charge alone.
Guo Yuan asked people to build a three-zhang high lookout next to the ferry, standing on the lookout, the movement on the opposite side can be seen at a glance, when watching the huge 'boat' sail out of the ferry, full of soldiers will lean towards this side, Guo Yuan's face changed.
"Quick, inform the soldiers and horses of the ferries to assemble here! Light the wolf smoke! "Even if there is no water war, Guo Yuan can see the power of this big ship, and to a large extent, the unfavorable factors of water war have been reduced to the maximum.
"Trebuchet, smash me!" Flying from the top of the watchtower, Guo Yuan looked at Gao Shun's huge warship was about to touch the shore, and on the giant mac that was ten feet long and wide, an elite soldier stared at him, his eyes were fixed, and he shouted loudly.
On the ferry, two trebuchets made a piercing muffled sound, and as the machine rotated, two stone projectiles were thrown across a parabola in the air and fell fiercely on the warship.
The warship was too big, and two stone bullets couldn't sink the warship at all, Gao Shunhu's eyes shone with fine light, and he said sharply: "Don't stop, keep going!" ”
Although the catapult threat is great, it is troublesome to equip, and it is only a moment of effort, and the warship has already approached the ferry.
"Shoot the arrows!" Gao Shun and Guo Yuan ordered almost at the same time, and in an instant, tens of thousands of arrows were fired at the ferry and the boat, and a dense rain of arrows converged in the air, and many arrow clusters were knocked down, but more arrow clusters tore through the void and fell towards the camps of both sides.
"Shield!" Gao Shun shouted coldly, there were already soldiers who raised the wooden shield in their hands above their heads, looking from above, the entire big ship was covered by dense wooden shields in an instant, and the dense arrow rain fell, except for some unlucky soldiers who were shot through the gap by the arrow cluster, a rain of arrows did not bring too many casualties to Gao Shun at all, but it was Guo Yuan's side, because Gao Shun's troops rushed up before and could not form an effective blow at all, and did not prepare a shield, and screamed again and again for a while, and fell down.
"Trapped! Landing! "The boat docked along the shore, Gao Shun personally wore a strong and stubborn one, led the trapping camp, raised the shield, stepped on the foot, smashed the ship's board, and the shield in his hand broke into the crowd by this inertia, behind him, the trapped camp fighters who had long been ready to go were holding the shield one by one, and forced the enemy on the shore to push in, and a steel knife slid along the edge of the shield, and the blood of **** continued to gush out from between the shields.
"Stop them! Block it for me! Guo Yuan held a steel gun and ran back and forth on the ferry, pointing a steel gun at the east and west, trying to force the trapped camp back.
"Target, enemy rear, release arrows!" Gao Shun took the trapped camp to nail it to the ferry like a nail, seeing that there were more and more Yuan troops around, he hurriedly beckoned the archers on the ship to release arrows to the enemy formation, and at the same time, rows of pikemen squeezed onto the ferry under the cover of the trapped camp soldiers, and a cold spear drilled out along the gap in the shield, in an instant, the pressure on Gao Shun was greatly reduced, and in a roar, he stepped on the enemy's corpse, advancing step by step, the narrow ferry could not accommodate too many people at all, although Guo Yuan's soldiers and horses continued to converge, But the forces gathered at the ferry were being pressed out little by little.
"Stop!" Halfway through the advance, seeing that the enemy army was about to be squeezed out, Gao Shun suddenly ordered to stop the march, just let the archers keep firing arrows to the rear, and at the same time make a difficult appearance and Guo Yuan's army on the ferry. (To be continued.) )