Chapter 05: Fierce Battle
Although Ehu failed to kill Deng Zhong in battle, but after all, it was the first victory, and he gave the Wei soldiers a head start, Guan Yi saw that the morale of the Han army was greatly increased, and he was about to collect the troops and return to the city, but he saw a white-faced and black-haired Wei general next to Deng Ai running straight out, and scolded loudly: "I am the general under Deng Zhengxi, Guan Yi, do you have the courage to fight with me?" ”
Guan Yi laughed, this is because the teacher deceived himself into being young, thinking that he had no real ability, so he challenged him. He had heard a little about the usurpation of his master, who was originally the head of Sima Zhao's General's Mansion, and was known for his scheming, and repeatedly gave advice to Sima Zhao, so he won Sima Zhao's trust.
Before the Wei army attacked Shu, Deng Ai had written a letter of reprimand on the grounds that there had been no cracks in the alliance between Shu and Wu, and there had been no serious internal strife within the Han Dynasty, and Sima Zhao was angry and almost dismissed Deng Ai. Later, Shi usurped the order of Sima Zhao and rushed to Guanzhong, and it took a lot of effort to persuade Deng Ai to accept the plan of the three-way attack on Shu, and then Sima Zhao appointed Shi Usurp as Deng Ai's marching Sima to assist Deng Ai in using troops.
Although Shi Yu is quite strategic, he is irritable and impatient, and rarely has kindness and righteousness with others, so he is very popular among the generals of the Wei army, and Deng Ai is also incompatible with him. Guan Yi knew this, his heart was not afraid, the big knife was raised diagonally in the air, and said loudly: "Nameless people, they dare to speak wildly, if they have the ability, just let the horse come!" ”
Shi Su and Deng Zhong were ambushed by Guan Yi and his troops before, and the two thousand elites were completely damaged, and they had nowhere to vent their depression in their hearts, and now they were robbed by Guan Yi again, and their hearts were even more angry, their eyes were almost spewing fire, and they didn't reply anymore, and they rushed towards Guan Yi with a knife, hoping that a knife would split this milky child who had lost face under the horse, and he would be ashamed of it.
Guan Yi took in the anger of Shi Su, and in the laughter, a big Wan Qing horse under his crotch galloped out and crashed into Shi Su, and the big knife drew a beautiful arc from top to bottom and swung obliquely, which seemed to be unremarkable, but in fact it sealed all the key points of Shi Su, and there was no other way except hard connection.
Shi Su was the master of the general's mansion at the beginning, and now he is the marching Sima, and his hands are naturally not weak, where can he not see the power of Guan Yi's knife, and he didn't have time to think about how Guan Yi could have such martial arts at a young age, so he quickly gathered his mind, collected the knife and turned back to protect his neck.
Both of them use big knives, but Guan Yi uses the ancestral Spring and Autumn Knife Method, which is a collection of past generations to make the knife battle generals, once it is unfolded, the knife shadow is heavy, the snow is flying, like climbing the platform and the small world, and like Ling Bo micro step to watch the fish and enjoy the flowers, what is more wonderful is that when he studied the hard practice of the Spring and Autumn Knife Method, he had worked hard to remove some complicated and fancy changes, and pursued a more direct and effective killing effect.
After more than ten rounds of intersection, the two horses have already felt that Guan Yi's martial arts are much higher than their own, and they suddenly felt timid. However, Guan Yi was constantly attacking, and each knife was like the water of the Yangtze River stretching endlessly, and he couldn't jump out of the attack range of the big knife in his hand in his eagerness.
When he was struggling to support, Shi Su suddenly found that Guan Yi's knife technique seemed to be slightly stagnant, and his chest and abdomen had been completely exposed under his big knife.
However, at the moment when Shi U's big knife was swung, he suddenly found that Guan Yi had already closed the knife to make up for the huge flaw in his chest and abdomen. Rao is he was alert, but the big knife move was already old, and the strength of the stab was no longer enough, and after being gently knocked away by Guan Yi, the blade was flipped sharply and slashed sideways like a lightning light.
"Puff ......" blade swept by, blood shot out from the sky, Shi Sudou's big head had already flown into the air, and the headless body fell off the horse for a long time, and the two horses intersected for exactly thirty rounds at this time.
Deng Ai secretly screamed that it was not good, he didn't expect Guan Yi's martial arts to be so good, and his palms were full of cold sweat under his anger. Although Shi Yu is not his confidant, but this person is Sima Zhao personally appointed to him by Sima Zhao, in other words, Sima Zhao sent to supervise him, and now he has been beheaded by Guan Yi, how can he explain to Sima Zhao?
Just when Deng Ai was frightened, all the Wei soldiers behind him were in an uproar and in a commotion. On the contrary, there was a cheer up and down the Jiangyou Shucheng Pass, and all the Han troops shouted in unison, "General Shenwei, General Shenwei......"
Guan Yi succeeded in one blow, and his heart was full of pride. Although Jiang Youshu is precipitous, but the Han army guarding the pass is only more than 2,000 people, and it is also a long time to sparse the battle formation, although last night in Shimen won a victory, but after all, it is the road of sneak attack, the enemy is not prepared, many sergeants are still worried about the Wei army, for fear of being outnumbered, unable to hold the pass, so the morale is not too high. But as the huge head of the division fell to the ground, the morale of the Han army was ignited again, and the main general did not spare his life, how could the soldiers refuse to move forward?
The two armies face each other, and the charm of the leading generals fighting each other probably lies in this.
Guan Yi's mind turned, the big knife was raised, the tiger eyes slowly glanced at Wei Jun, and said loudly: "Deng Ai, you and the others are now in a desperate situation, Guan can't bear to kill in pain, let you go back today, I hope you can understand the difficulties of the soldiers, and surrender as soon as possible, otherwise see you again in the future, Guan Mou's knife will not be merciful." ”
"Guan Yi'er, you deceive me too much! The three armies obeyed the order, and the killing will pass......"
Deng Ai boasted that he had used soldiers for decades, and there were few opponents in the world, even if he was the * general of the Han Dynasty, Jiang Wei, he had never taken any advantage of him, but now he was repeatedly frustrated in the face of a milky child in his early twenties, and he was tied everywhere, how to make him not angry? Filled with anger, reason was thrown out of the clouds, and with a slight finger of the whip, he urged the Wei soldiers to rush over.
Guan Yi naturally understood Deng Ai's intentions, he wanted to take advantage of the Han army's reinforcements before they arrived, and snatched the Jiangyou Shu in one go, otherwise once he let himself retreat into the city and hold out, thousands of Wei soldiers would be in a desperate situation, lacking food and clothing, and the army would be in turmoil in a few days, and even if Ziya was resurrected Zhang Liang was alive, there would be nothing he could do.
Although the Wei soldiers' impact speed is fast, where can they compare to the blood guard's long-trained and quick response? After Guan Yi gave an order, the blood guards immediately changed the rear team to the front team, and before the Wei soldiers rushed to the city pass, they had already quickly escorted Guan Yi and all withdrew to the pass. Chen Lie looked carefully at the wall, and then ordered the suspension bridge to be pulled up and the city gate closed.
After Guan Yi entered the pass, he immediately went straight to the enemy tower to observe the offensive of the Wei soldiers. Looking down from the wall, the Wei soldiers were divided into ten teams, each team of 500 people, under the urging of Deng Ai, the first team of Wei soldiers chased to the moat on foot, and then removed the horses and antlers, filled the moat, erected a ladder and began a full-scale assault.
It seems that Deng Ai knew that the terrain of Jiangyoushu was dangerous, and he had made full preparations before rushing to the pass, otherwise 5,000 men and horses would not only be unable to attack the pass, but would be congested together and become the target of the Han army.
However, Guan Yi still saw from the rough structure of the ladder that it should have been built by the Wei soldiers who cut down the trees overnight, which shows that although the Wei soldiers crossed the Sky Ridge, the logistics did not keep up, and in addition to these dozens of ladders, even the conventional trebuchets, bed crossbows, rushing cars and siege towers were not seen.
This is undoubtedly a good news for Guan Yi and the guards of the pass, Jiangyou Shutian is dangerous, the west side of the dangerous peak wall stands, straight into the clouds, the north is the Fujiang River that is rushing and tumbling, the water potential is monstrous, the sound booms inside and outside, the wall is in the middle, it is built according to the mountain side, the height is more than five zhang, it is in response to the old saying of "one person guards the pass, and a thousand people dare to pass". Not to mention that the Wei soldiers did not have the necessary equipment to tackle key problems, even if the soldiers and horses were complete, Guan Yi relied on more than 2,000 horses in his hands to defend to the death, and it was even more difficult for the Wei soldiers to break this pass.
Chen Lie held a long knife in his hand, his bronzed cheeks shone with a hint of excitement, and walked to Guan Yi's side and said in a deep voice: "General, the Wei soldiers have come up!" ”
Guan Yi withdrew his gaze from under the wall and turned his head to look at Chen Lie, this is the passion and bloodiness that a soldier should have, once he enters the battlefield, he can glow with a different look from usual, compared to Ma Miao and others, it is actually a world of difference. raised his thick eyebrows, a smile of appreciation appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said, "Let's start!" ”
"No!" Chen Lie bowed slightly, his voice was not high, but it was firm and powerful.
At this time, the Wei soldiers had already begun to climb along the ladder to the wall, and the soldiers guarding the pass did not get the order, so they endured it without moving. Chen Lie swept the Wei army under the wall, a grim smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, the long knife swung forward, and shouted loudly: "Listen to the order, let go of the stone!" ”
"Boom ......"
"Bang ......"
"Oops......"
In an instant, dozens of huge stones were thrown down from the female wall by the Han army guarding the pass in the rain of arrows shot by the Wei soldiers under the city pass, first hitting the body, and then the Wei soldiers made a burst of screams, rolling down the ladder with the stones, and smashing heavily on the ground.
Guan Yi coldly watched the first wave of the contest between the two sides, and secretly lamented the violence and bloodshed of the war in his heart. These stones, each of which weighs thirty or fifty pounds, are smashed from a high place, once they are smashed on the body, they will break their tendons and fractures, and if they fall from the ladder to the ground, they will be seriously injured if they do not die. If you are unlucky, after being hit by a stone, you often fall out of the ladder with the robe behind you, and the flesh and blood are blurred.
In the first wave of attacks, the Wei soldiers lost about 100 people, and the ladder was also smashed by two stones, but they did not even climb half of the city wall. The reason is that the archers of the Wei soldiers did not dare to get too close to the city wall, otherwise the Wei soldiers could improve the hit rate, but they could not avoid becoming the meat target of the Han archers.
As the most powerful elite troops of the Wei State, the Yongliang soldiers were not affected by the failure of the first wave of attacks, and then organized a second wave of attacks.
This time, the Wei soldiers significantly strengthened the protective ability of the siege soldiers, and every Wei soldier who climbed up the ladder was holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, and the speed of climbing up was also significantly faster than in the first wave of attacks. The Wei soldiers who supported the ladder under the city wall were either in groups of three or five, holding their shields above their heads to shield the Han army's feather arrows and stones. Along with it were the Wei archers, who also moved a certain distance and kept the feather arrows within range.
Guan Yi squinted, and he could see the adjustments and changes of Wei Bing clearly. Immediately, the archers were ordered to deal mainly with the Wei archers within range. As for the Wei soldiers who climbed the ladder, in addition to continuing to smash with stones, they also poured down the already hot pine oil soup, and then attacked with rockets.
After boiling, the pine oil poured on the body, which can effectively kill and injure the enemy, and the most important thing is that once it meets the open flame, it will burn immediately, although the Wei soldiers used their shields to withstand the attack of the feather arrows, but they could not stop the pouring of pine oil, many Wei soldiers exposed outside the shield hands and feet were scalded by the pine oil that fell from the sky, and the pain was so painful that they rolled all over the ground, and from time to time they let out bursts of miserable screams.
At the same time, rockets flew down from the city walls, and when they hit the shield, they immediately ignited the pine oil.
Nowadays, although there are also leather-clad iron-clad shields in the regular configuration of the Han and Wei Wu San** teams, they are only used for the pomp and circumstance of the Royal Forbidden Garden, and there are very few of them. Wooden shields are easier to obtain and less expensive than iron shields. The only flaw is that although the wooden shield can also defend itself well against crossbow arrows and spear*stabbing attacks, it lacks sufficient resistance to fire attacks. What's more, Wei Bing's wooden shield was drenched with a layer of extremely flammable pine oil?
In order to avoid being drenched by pine oil, the Wei soldiers scattered and fled when the pine oil was poured down, and the shield of the Wei soldiers was disintegrated by the Han army's pine oil rockets, and then a huge flaw appeared in the uniform attack queue, and the Han army took advantage of this gap to quickly increase the throwing of stones and the attack of bows and arrows. It didn't take long for the casualties of the Wei soldiers to skyrocket, and the second echelon soon lost its ability to attack.
From the time when the Wei soldiers began to attack the city, Guan Yi always stood quietly on the city tower except for occasional orders, and Ehu persuaded several times and refused to move his steps, so in desperation, Ehu had to disperse the eighteen cavalry blood guards, forming a semi-arc encirclement on Guan Yi's side, closely guarding Guan Yi's safety.
Guan Yi knew Ehu's worries, but right now, as the commander, his every move could have a huge impact on the soldiers. The Jiangyou garrison has not fought for a long time, and the combat effectiveness is extremely poor, but the gains and losses of the Jiangyou garrison are related to the survival of the Han Dynasty, Guan Yi must ensure that the soldiers guarding the pass are always full of high morale and determination to win, and in order to do this, he needs to be calm and calm to command the overall situation, but also need him to be able to take the lead, live and die with the soldiers on the front line, and resist the tide of attacks of the Wei army together, there is no other way.
Looking at the dense Wei soldiers under the pass, constantly mobilizing, difficult to get closer to the city wall, and constantly hearing the heart-rending screams and wails from the soldiers on both sides when they were injured or fell down the city wall, Guan Yi's heart fluctuated, if he hadn't predicted that the Wei army would sneak attack Chengdu from the Yinping Trail, Jiang Youshu must have fallen into the hands of Deng Ai at this time. It seems that there is a providence in the underworld, and the sky is endless.
At sunset, when the Wei attack was once again repelled by the guards at the pass, Jiang Youshu gained a brief calm. Guan Yi sat in the middle of the enemy building with a slashing saber in his hand, and he was unaware of the cold wind blowing in winter. Ehu knew that Guan Yi was thinking about the next move of the Wei army, so he stood quietly behind him, not daring to disturb him.
A burst of hurried footsteps came, Chen Lie strode over with the color of fireworks on his face, after an afternoon of fighting, there were a few more bloodshots in his originally sharp eyes, but his spirit was still full, without any decadence.
"General, it's really enjoyable, our army has repelled a total of seven attacks by the Wei army! Now that the sun is about to set, it is estimated that within one or two hours, the Wei army will not attack again, and our army will also take this opportunity to recuperate and replenish its strength. ”
Guan Yi nodded, smiled faintly, and said, "Very good, what about the casualties of the brothers?" ”
"More than 70 people were killed in the battle, and about 200 people were injured, but fortunately, most of them were slightly injured and did not affect the battle!" Chen Lie wiped the smoke and dust on his face, and a trace of regret and sadness flashed in his eyes. But then he raised his head again and said, "But our army has killed at least a thousand Wei soldiers, and their corpses are under the city walls." ”
"How's the Gatekeeper item being consumed?" Guan Yi took Chen Lie's expression into his eyes at all, it seemed that this was a manufacturable material that could sympathize with soldiers, but he didn't know what he had learned.
Chen Lie said with a smile: "This general can rest assured that Jiang Youshu's grain, grass, ordnance and equipment for guarding the customs are sufficient and complete, enough for our army to support for half a year!" ”
Guan Yi nodded, it can be seen that Emperor Zhaolie did attach importance to the defense and garrison of Jiang Youshu back then. As long as there was sufficient material guarantee, he was confident that he would block the Wei soldiers under the Jiangyou garrison and not allow them to enter even a single step. What's more, he believed that as long as he held out for a few more days, the soldiers and horses from the passes such as Fuxian and Mianzhu would rush to reinforcements one after another, and the soldiers and horses from Chengdu would soon rush to the front of the pass. At that time, the Han army would be able to reverse the disadvantage in soldiers in one fell swoop, and gather and annihilate Deng Ai and several thousand other Wei soldiers under the Jiangyou garrison with superior forces.
"Does Vice General Chen have words? Where are you from? Guan Yi looked at the soldiers resting on the edge of the women's wall, and started a routine with Chen Lie.
"The last general grass character is the first, originally from Runan, longer than ...... Longer than Yong'an Palace! Chen Lie hesitated for a moment and whispered, but there was a gloomy look between his eyebrows.
Guan Yi was puzzled in his heart, and he didn't understand why Chen Lie talked about Yong'an Palace, which seemed to have something unspeakable.
"General, don't hide it, the grandfather of the last general is the former governor of Yong'an and the general of Zhengxi, Chen Dao!"
Guan Yi was stunned, he never thought that Chen Lie would be Chen Zhi's grandson, no wonder Chen Lie looked like he wanted to speak when he talked about Yong'an.