Chapter 512 The Great Battle of Bishui Pass (I)
The thousand-year-old Bishui Pass is also located between Luoyang and Xingyang, but unlike the Valley of Hundred Flowers, this Bishui Pass is an important passage from Xingyang to Luoyang! Since they are going to attack Luoyang, for Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, this Bishui Pass is an important checkpoint that must be attacked first! It is precisely because of this that Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande sent the generals Wang Fubao and Zhang Gongjin respectively, and the soldiers and horses sent were as high as 70,000 troops! But even so, this army was not as powerful as Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande imagined, but was trapped in Bishui Pass from the beginning!
In front of the Bishui Pass, Wang Fubao and Zhang Gongjin both focused their eyes on the Bishui Pass in front, in addition to the large number of "Liang" military flags, there is a more eye-catching flag, that is, the towering "Pei" military flag. Although the "Pei" military flag is not big, it is very eye-catching in the eyes of the two!
Wang Fubao frowned tightly, and said in a deep voice: "I have long heard that Pei Renji was a wise general under Zhang Xutuo at the beginning, but I have not had the opportunity to see his skills on the battlefield before!" I can see it today, Pei Renji's name is really true! ”
Zhang Gongjin also nodded in agreement, Zhang Gongjin cannot be regarded as a descendant of Wang Shichong, he followed Wang Shichong after Wang Shichong left Jiangdu. The strategy of Zhang Gongjin www.biquge.info very good, compared to most of the generals under Wang Shichong who are masters of Xiaoyaomen, although Zhang Gongjin is not good at martial arts, he is far better than those masters in marching and fighting! Because of this, in such a short period of time, Zhang Gongjin has been reused by Wang Shichong.
Zhang Gongjin also raised his head and looked at the Bishui Pass in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "According to my observation, the defenders of Bishui Pass should be no less than 30,000!" In addition, the Bishui Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is even more difficult for our 70,000 horses to break through the Bishui Pass! Especially with veterans like Bae In-ki! I'm afraid it's hard to win this battle! Zhang Gongjin also didn't expect that in the face of the combined forces of the Zheng army and the Xia army, which had an advantage in numbers, the Liang army would choose to take the initiative to meet the enemy! I originally thought that there were not many defenders in Bishui Pass, but I didn't want to touch a nail!
Although Zhang Gongjin is a military general, he is more like a Confucian general, and he is not very willing to take risks when he is not sure. Contrary to Zhang Gongjin, Wang Fubao is a fierce general! Hearing Zhang Gongjin's words, instead of flinching, he raised his head and shouted: "I don't like to hear General Zhang's words!" When it comes to war, who can say that it will be won? How can there be a reason to think that you have lost before you fight! A certain was ordered by King Xia to attack Luoyang, and now he hasn't even seen Luoyang, so is he going to retreat? If General Zhang doesn't dare, he can go back! The generals of King Xia's subordinates have no retreats! ”
Wang Fubao's words were categorical, Zhang Gongjin was also stunned by Wang Fubao's words, hesitated, and didn't open his mouth again, this time the people who came to attack Bishui Pass were all Dou Jiande's soldiers and horses, Wang Fubao insisted on attacking, and he couldn't do anything with Wang Fubao. And Wang Fubao only glanced at Zhang Gongjin, then directly pulled out the big knife on his waist and shouted angrily: "The whole army obeys the order!" Attack me! ”
With Wang Fubao's order, the 70,000 troops shouted angrily in unison, and began to take neat steps and rushed towards the water pass! Of course, although Wang Fubao is brave, but he is not brainless, in the face of this thousand-year-old pass, Wang Fubao did not rush to kill without a plan! Under his command, the army was immediately divided into three phalanxes, which were listed on the left, center and right! The siege weapons such as catapults, rushing cars, and ladders that had been prepared long ago were also put up one by one! These catapults and punching carts were taken from Xingyang! Soon, a boulder was sent out from the Xia army's military formation, drawing an arc in the air and smashing heavily on the city wall!
"Hold on! Be careful to dodge! At the Bishui Pass, Pei Xingyan held a double hammer and shouted in a deep voice, commanding the Liang army to avoid those boulders falling from the sky! And behind him, his father Bae Renji stood proudly on the platform, staring closely at the outside of the city! The empty sleeve of his right arm fluttered in the wind, but it did not damage Pei Renji's proud momentum!
At this moment, a boulder was catapulted into the air and fell down in an arc towards the gate, and the target position was pointing to the platform where Pei Renji was standing! In the face of the boulder flying over, the soldiers on the left and right were also hurriedly guarding Pei Renji's side, but Pei Renji, on the other hand, was not afraid, and he didn't even mean to move! Immediately afterwards, I saw a shadow flashing, and I saw that Pei Xingyan suddenly rushed to Pei Renji, his eyes flashed red, and he heard Pei Xingyan roar, and the half-** boulder was actually smashed by Pei Xingyan with a hammer!
After smashing the boulders, and letting those gravels splash on him, Pei Xingyan turned around, the tiger's body was shocked, and he shouted at Pei Renji: "Dad! Let's start attacking too! ”
Even Xingyang has five or six catapults, and Bishui Pass is a fortress in Guanzhong, so how can there be no sharp weapons to guard the pass? There are at least twenty catapults parked in the pass, as well as fifty giant crossbows! These guards are equipped with the strong city walls of Bishui Pass, so that there is a dangerous pass that cannot be opened!
Hearing Pei Xingyan's words, Pei Renji stared at the gate tightly, shook his head, and said, "Don't worry! The enemy's catapults don't pose much of a threat to us! Our goal is to defend the water pass! It's not the best time to go against them! Hold! ”
Pei Renji said so, Pei Xingyan no longer insisted, if it was said that he was charging into battle, Pei Xingyan would not give in, but in command of the march, his father would still be better! Pei Xingyan just commanded the soldiers to continue to avoid those boulders that fell from the sky! Sure enough, as Pei Renji said, in the face of these simple catapult attacks, as long as they dodge in time, these boulders will not cause much damage to the defenders at all!
Soon, Wang Fubao, who was outside the pass, seemed to realize this, and began to let the three-way soldiers and horses attack the Bishui Pass under the cover of the catapult! And seeing the three-way soldiers and horses approaching the Bishui Pass step by step, Pei Renji, who had been closely watching the movement outside the pass, suddenly waved with his only hand and shouted: "Bring up the catapult and the giant crossbow!" ”
Different from Yanmen Pass, the closing of this Bishui Pass is particularly spacious, and after all the catapults and giant crossbows are all put down, there are still a lot of vacant places! After seeing that the catapult and the giant crossbow were ready, Pei Renji glanced outside the gate again, Xia Jun had also newly entered the gate and was only less than five hundred steps away! The corners of Pei Renji's mouth hooked, revealing a sneer, and shouted: "Catapult!" Launch them all! ”
With this order, the soldiers next to the twenty catapults released the valves at the same time! Immediately afterwards, countless boulders flew out from the gate and smashed directly into the Xia Army's military array! Pei Renji is right, if he used a catapult to counterattack at the beginning, with the position of the Xia army at that time, at most, he could only knock down the forward position of the Xia army! And now, the boulders all hit the center of the Xia army's military formation! The falling boulders and the flying stones immediately caused heavy losses to the Xia army! This ** blow down, at least more than 200 casualties!
The catapult on his side smashed for a few rounds without hurting anyone, but the other party just smashed one round, causing so many casualties to his army! Wang Fubao saw that it was angry and rushed to the crown, and directly shouted: "Chong! Rush! Rush me! Catapults are not allowed to stop! Rush them all! ”
Zhang Gongjin, who was beside Wang Fubao, couldn't help but shake his head secretly, although this Wang Fubao was brave, but after all, he was born as a bandit, and he had not received formal training as a general, and he only knew the use of catapults roughly! This kind of use of bombardment only brings out less than half of the role of catapults at most! However, although Zhang Gongjin knew where Wang Fubao's mistake was, he hesitated, but he still did not speak. Before coming, Wang Shichong specially explained to Zhang Gongjin that this time he would go to Luoyang, and when necessary, he could let Dou Jiande's soldiers and horses lose a little more! After all, Dou Jiande's strength is much stronger than Wang Shichong, if he can successfully deplete Dou Jiande's troops, Wang Shichong can also take the initiative in the future game!
Without Zhang Gongjin's help, Wang Fubao completely relied on brute strength to command the army to attack towards Bishui Pass! And after the Bishui Gate, followed by the catapult attack, the giant crossbow bows leaning against the female wall also exerted their power! The giant crossbow is actually a big crossbow, and the crossbow arrows placed on it are all one person long, and it takes at least three soldiers to open the giant crossbow! And with Pei Renji's another order, the fifty giant crossbow bows were launched at the same time, and the long crossbow arrows flew into the military formation of the Xia army outside the gate in a blink of an eye! Each crossbow arrow pierced the bodies of several soldiers, and even one crossbow arrow pierced the bodies of ten Xia soldiers before stopping!
This giant crossbow and catapult fired at the same time, and immediately caused a lot of casualties to the Xia army outside the pass! Of course, the Xia army outside the gate is not just beaten and doesn't fight back! The five or six catapults continued to launch boulders under Wang Fubao's order, and now they are full of a lot of city-defending equipment, people can run, but these huge city-guarding equipment can't run away, and a few ** down, there are also a lot of equipment smashed by boulders! In this regard, no matter how powerful Pei Renji is, he is powerless, and if he wants to fight a war without any casualties and losses, it is a fool's dream, no matter how powerful a general is, he can only reduce his losses! Seeing that Xia Jun was about to rush to the gate under the cover of the catapult, Pei Renji's eyes flashed, and he soon shouted: "Giant crossbow bow retreat!" Catapults continue to attack! Baby! Lead the archers! ”