Chapter 163: Zhang Fei is wilted
Cao Jun rejuvenated again, and the army drove out of Xiangcheng in a mighty way.
After Zhang Liao's reorganization, the morale of Cao's army had been restored, and Zhang Xiu led an army of 100,000 to replenish their troops, which also greatly boosted the morale of Cao's army.
For Cao Jun, the battle with the New Han Army, they felt that it was indeed a shame, and they were killed by the New Han Army and ran all over the ground, throwing away their armor, which made them feel very ashamed.
Now, everyone thinks that when they arrive in Wancheng, they will definitely make the Xinhan army look good, and they must avenge this arrow.
Also, they think that the New Han Army ambushed them like this, it is really nothing, and those who have the ability will set up a big battle, a dignified battle.
Well, sometimes, people's thinking is like this, when they have the advantage of troops, they always want to have a big battle with others, and they don't want to think about it, now, how many troops are in the New Han Army? They now have an army of 250,000, plus an army of 300,000 in Jingzhou, and tens of thousands of Liu Bei's military horses, if they really let them go to Wancheng, then it will be an army of 600,000.
Let the more than 100,000 military horses of the New Han Army and their 600,000 troops set up a position for a fair decisive battle? Hehe, that's already unfair in itself.
However, in the end, if the New Han Army put its bed crossbow and so on on the battlefield, would they dare to rush over in a dignified manner?
Or, the New Han Army transferred all the military horses on various battlefields, set up a formation, and fought with them in a dignified battle, did they still dare to fight?
In general, there is no fairness in war. There is nothing upright to speak of.
But Cao Jun at the moment. Everyone is full of revenge and marches towards Wancheng.
After several days of preparation, the New Han Army has been ready for battle.
With the cooperation of the military and civilians of Wancheng. The spies of the Jingzhou army and the Cao army did not announce any changes in the new Han army in Wancheng, and every day, Wancheng's military horses would go out of the city to fight with the Jingzhou army. Although the casualties on both sides were not large, they did look a bit lively.
Even, Liu Yi really went into battle and fought hundreds of battles with Guan Yu before Wancheng, this battle. Let the sergeants on both sides be eye-opening, the real pinnacle battle, the place where the two generals will meet. was turned over by the murderous aura of the two, and there were traces of murderous aura of swords and guns visible everywhere.
Not only Liu Yi, but also Dian Wei and Xu Zhu all took turns to fight Guan Yu, which made the spies of the Jingzhou Army and Cao Jun think. In the case that Liu Yi and other generals are in Wancheng. It was impossible for them to suddenly leave Wancheng to attack the Cao army that had arrived from Xiangcheng.
Of course, they also believed that after the Cao army was attacked once, they would grow wiser, and even if the New Han army wanted to lead the army to attack the Cao army as they did last time, they were afraid that they would not take any advantage. After all, this time the Cao army who went to Wancheng. There are 50,000 more military horses than last time.
None of them know that the New Han Army is in these days. At night, the bed crossbow was transported out of the city in the dark, and in order to facilitate transportation, the bed crossbow was disassembled and transported.
In fact, what really wanted to avoid the ears and eyes of the Jingzhou army and Cao Jun was just to carry it out from Wancheng to the other side of the Yushui River for dozens of miles, especially when it was transported across the river, and the Jingzhou army could not be discovered. This is also because Guan Yu did not order the Jingzhou army to clear the city defense facilities in the east of Wancheng, and did not allocate the Xinhan military camp facing the river in the east of Wancheng. In this way, in the Yushui River to the east of Wancheng, the upper section of the river is actually in the hands of the New Han Army. Therefore, it is not a problem to carry a bed crossbow across the river.
On the contrary, the Jingzhou army, they had to be more wary of the possibility that the New Han army might attack them from the waterway, but at the junction of the Xiangjiang River and the Yushui River, they secretly formed a 100,000 Jingzhou naval army to block the river surface from the Yangtze River along the Xiangjiang River to Xiangyang, which made the Jingzhou army seem to have blocked the possibility that the Dongting Lake naval army would enter the Xiangjiang River from the Yangtze River to attack Xiangyang. Of course, this is only possible, if the New Han Army really wants to attack Xiangyang, the 100,000 naval army of the Jingzhou Army is not the opponent of the New Han Army. Now, Gan Ning, Huang Zhong and other generals are leading the Dongting Lake naval army in Chibi, waiting for Liu Yi's order. An attack on Gangneung could be launched at any time.
Well, let's not talk about these for the time being, let's say that after the New Han Army transported the bed crossbow across the Yushui River, Zhang Fei would send someone to answer it, and Zhang Fei would lead people to escort the bed crossbow to the ambush battlefield.
I have to say that with Zhang Fei's help, this operation was much more convenient, and Cao Jun's spies would not be aware of the situation.
After Liu Yiyou received that Zhang Xiu led the army to Xiangcheng, he immediately led the army again and quietly left Wancheng and quickly rushed to the ambush battlefield.
Earlier, military horses had already rushed to the battlefield to arrange. After Liu Yi and the generals arrived at the place, the New Han Army was ready.
The bed crossbow that was disassembled and carried has also been assembled.
The only problem is that in these wave-like areas, the range and angle of the bed crossbow are somewhat affected. Especially on the front, if the New Han Army wants to prevent Cao Jun from seeing it from a distance, it must also hide behind that particularly elongated gentle slope as it did last time.
However, the men and horses can be hidden, but the bed crossbow is not easy to arrange there, because in the face of the gentle slope, the firing angle is too narrow, and it is difficult to attack the Cao army above and behind the gentle slope.
For this reason, the New Han army stepped back a little further and mounted the bed crossbow horizontally, that is, the bed crossbow was only mounted on both sides behind the gentle slope, and arrows were fired from both sides to the middle. In this way, it is equivalent to putting down all the Cao troops, allowing the Cao army to climb over this gentle slope, allowing them to enter the killing range of the crossbow arrows on both sides, and attack them from both sides.
Of course, this is just a blockade to prevent Cao's army from breaking through.
In addition, the New Han Army set up bed crossbows on both sides of the official road. It is a gentle area about two miles away from the official road.
Well, it should be explained that the effective killing of the bed crossbow is about two miles, so that the bed crossbow is laid out about two miles away from the roadside, and the arrows are released into the road from two miles away from both sides of the road, which can just cross kill Cao Jun on the open ground about four miles in the middle.
The undulating slope along the official road is as long as it can be directly reached on the official road. Where there are firing angles, bed crossbows are secretly arranged. In this way, it is equivalent to the bed crossbow of the New Han Army. It's not all in one place. On the official road, there will be many dead ends, which cannot be killed by crossbow arrows.
However, there is no need to worry, because of this arrangement, the hiding place of the New Han Army from the official road is two miles away. In this way, it was difficult for Cao Jun to discover the New Han Army for a while. At the same time, between those bed crossbows. and the grass in front of the bed crossbow has already been full of thistles, with these small playthings, even if Cao Jun knows that there are military horses attacking on both sides of the official road. They wanted to rush over and destroy the bed crossbow. The new Han army that attacked and used the bed crossbow would not be able to kill it for a while.
Of course, among the shooting dead ends between the bed crossbows, there will be archers of the New Han Army lurking, and if the Cao army dares to break through from where they are, they will be greeted with bows and arrows.
Such an ambush position along the official road stretched for more than ten miles. If you look down from the sky, it really looks like a cloth bag.
It's a pity that Liu Yi is limited to troops. It is unlikely that more than 100,000 men and horses can encircle and annihilate the Cao army's more than 200,000 troops, especially in the process of Cao's army marching. The queue was elongated, and the Cao army, who could finally enter the cloth bag, was estimated to be only half of the people.
However, after Liu Yi went to the battlefield to observe, he felt that as long as Cao Jun entered the cloth bag, this time, they would not want to escape again.
At the same time, Liu Yi and Dian Wei, Xu Zhu, and Qin Jie, the three generals, personally led 5,000 silver armor heavy cavalry, as well as the Modao battalion and tens of thousands of cavalry, ready to attack the rear army of the Cao army, and crippled the 200,000 Cao army in one fell swoop, so that they could no longer pose a threat to Wancheng.
Moreover, Liu Yi believed that as long as more than 100,000 troops and horses of Cao's army were destroyed at one time this time, then Cao Cao's vitality would inevitably be greatly damaged, and he would no longer dare to provoke the New Han Dynasty lightly. At that time, Cao Cao should not say that he would provoke the New Han Dynasty, what he had to worry about was whether the New Han Army would take advantage of the situation and attack him again.
Today's weather was not good, dark clouds began early in the morning, and at noon, it began to rain lightly.
In fact, spring is the rainy season, and it has already rained a few days ago.
However, the rain made it easier for the New Han Army to hide. The earth seemed to be covered with a layer of fog, so that even in the plains, the line of sight could not be seen too far.
Originally, Cao Jun's march this time was indeed much more cautious than the last one, and their scouts were released several miles away from their army. It stands to reason that as long as the scouts of the Cao army rushed to the area where the New Han army had set up an ambush, they left the official road and looked two or three miles on both sides, and they would inevitably be able to find the New Han army lurking on both sides of the official road.
However, Leo had already considered the situation.
Liu Yi met with Zhang Fei and asked Zhang Fei to stay more than ten miles away from the ambush site, and let Zhang Fei wait for the arrival of Cao Jun with his men.
When he saw Cao Jun's scouts, Zhang Fei received them, or he could take advantage of their unpreparedness and kill them. This depends on the situation, if you meet a guy who has to go to investigate in person, kill them, if they see Zhang Fei waiting for them here, they can rest assured, then forget it, don't startle the snake.
In this way, Cao Jun, who was dressed in rainproof clothes, was led by Zhang Fei into the ambush position of the New Han Army.
In the rainy situation, they saw Zhang Fei waiting for them again, and when Cao Jun arrived at the area that had made them feel humiliated, they really didn't bother to investigate, because they really never thought that the New Han Army would ambush them twice in the same area.
It may be that there is such a possibility that the Cao army has never met from top to bottom, so the Xiahou brothers and Xu Huang and other generals did not lead the army to the front as they did last time, but in the middle of the Cao army's marching column.
Cao Jun, who went ahead first, naturally didn't need Zhang Fei to personally lead them into the ambush site, he stayed and waited for Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Xu Huang, Zhang Xiu and other generals.
In addition to Zhang Xiu, Zhang Fei, the Xiahou brothers and Xu Huang are all old rivals, they know each other, and Zhang Fei deliberately stayed to wait for them.
Well, Zhang Fei is actually a little wilted, he is waiting for the Xiahou brothers and Xu Huang, to see how ugly their faces will be after they are attacked by the New Han Army.
Hehe, this guy, he has always come to see Cao Cao and it is not very pleasing to the eye, and even these generals under Cao Cao's account are not very pleasing to the eye, not to mention that they are still old opponents? Seeing his old opponent panic, it should be a comfort for him, right? Well, he didn't even think about it. When the Cao army was attacked by the New Han Army, in case the Xiahou brothers and Xu Huang and other generals reacted, thinking that it was he, Zhang Fei, and the New Han Army who had cheated them. immediately turned against him Zhang Fei, will Zhang Fei be in danger of killing under their siege?
However, this guy really didn't think too much about it, he just wanted to see the faces of these Cao generals when they were ambushed by the New Han Army.
Cao Jun was still moving forward, and Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Xu Huang and other generals behind him saw that Zhang Fei would actually wait for them here. They were really skeptical for a while.
They suspected that with Zhang Fei's temperament, how could he leave Lushan County and travel dozens of miles to meet them? According to their guesses. They don't seem to have that much face, so Zhang Fei, who has always been not quite on the wrong side of them, will treat them so warmly, right? If it was Guan Yu, it might still be like this, but Zhang Fei. This Zhang Lao Hei. It's good not to be bothered to them.
However, although they were a little suspicious and a little strange, for a while, they didn't expect that they had now entered the ambush position of the New Han Army, and they didn't expect that Zhang Fei, the big old black, would join forces with the New Han Army to plot against them.
It was precisely because Zhang Fei was here that they did not doubt what else would happen in this area.
No matter what strange suspicions are in their hearts, but what they say now is a coalition army. Zhang Fei came here to answer them, which can be explained.
Since Zhang Fei is so face-giving. Naturally, they won't be so much.
Xiahou stepped forward immediately, and said to Zhang Fei from afar: "Haha, Zhang Yide, it's been a long time, this time, we are allies, and the world is really impermanent, it is our honor to fight side by side with you Yide and fight Liu Yi together." Haha......"
"Hey, honored? Hey, maybe. Zhang was ordered by my second brother to let Zhang wait for the generals here in order to prevent you from being attacked by the New Han Army again. Well, that, the Jingzhou army can't do it, we can't even look down on the old black, or your Cao army is good, well-trained, and dare to fight. It's not like the guys in the Jingzhou army who are soft and don't have eggs, and the 300,000 army doesn't dare to rush to the front, otherwise, without your Cao army, we can capture Wancheng. However, it seems that Wancheng still depends on the generals. ”
Although Zhang Fei has a rough temper and seems to be honest, he still has a lot of flowers and intestines in his stomach, he seems to be praising Cao Jun, but in fact he is moving them over. Moreover, the Xiahou brothers and others couldn't hear the taste, and thought that Zhang Fei really looked up to them.
"General Zhang, on this rainy day, why do you come to greet us in person, General? You're so enthusiastic, I'm ashamed to be ashamed. ”
"Haha, it's okay, let's hurry up, our Zhang Laohei has already ordered the sergeant to prepare wine and food in Lushan County, just waiting for the arrival of the generals. Of course, the wine and food of Cao's soldiers are also indispensable. Zhang Fei urged: "Or, let's speed up a little faster and rush to Lushan as much as possible." ”
"This is very good, but if you can eat, you don't need to drink, our Cao army prohibits alcohol, and generals can't drink casually."
"Aha,, that thief...... Oh no, then Prime Minister Cao is too much Taoism, where did the prohibition come from? No, no, for a while, we must not get drunk! Zhang Fei opened his eyes wide and said nonsense, as if he had really prepared wine and food in Lushan.
Zhang Fei urged the generals to move quickly, intending to introduce them into the ambush circle together, and it was best to solve Cao Cao's generals together.
However, the front army of Cao's army had already reached the long gentle slope that stretched on both sides when the New Han army began to attack.
This time, the Xiahou brothers and General Xu Huang did not go ahead, but Li Dian led the army in front.
I don't know why, when Li Pawn led the army to the front of this gentle slope, he had a feeling of horror in his heart.
Under this gentle drizzle, there was a fog all around, and it was not too real to see. Of course, it didn't seem to be anything, it was quiet.
At this time, he was really a little worried, worried that after he led the army up this gentle slope, he would see the New Han army waiting for him.
Just as he was climbing, he subconsciously stopped his horse and waved his hand to let the scout go up and inspect it first.
This is once to the snake bite, ten years afraid of the well rope.
Li Dian's actions made the hearts of the Cao soldiers who came here and were attacked and escaped with their lives tightened.
In the hearts of individual soldiers, they were still praying, praying that nothing would happen, and now, they just wanted to pass through the plain in safety and rush to Wancheng.
More than a dozen scouts, also with vigilance, cautiously walked up to the top of the gentle slope. To be honest, they are really very worried in their hearts, and they are really a little afraid that after this gentle slope, there will be a new Han army standing like a forest.
However, they slowly walked to the top of the slope, looked behind the slope, but did not see the Rulin military horse imagined in their minds.
With a snort, they were all light, and they actually sat on the mud grass at the same time.
Their actions really frightened the thousands of pairs of eyes staring at them behind them, and they thought that there was really a situation, and they suddenly raised their hearts.
However, these scouts immediately noticed that their movements were inappropriate, and quickly got up one by one, waved to the army behind them, and made a gesture that there was no condition after the gentle slope.
The tens of thousands of Cao Jun behind who could see the situation of the gentle slope, saw the gesture of the scouts on the gentle slope, and actually exhaled in unison, and the exhalation of tens of thousands of people, although the voice was small, but together, it was equivalent to initiating a commotion.
It can be seen that Cao Jun really has a psychological shadow for this place (to be continued......