Chapter 39: The Battle of the Yellow Turbans (3)
Ji Ling was furious, a thief on the other side actually dared to scold himself, how could he bear it, but there was a river between the two armies, he really didn't dare to rush over directly, he had to get his troops over, although the other party was ready, but the number was not much, only two thousand, there were five thousand people on his side, the Yellow Turban Army was just a group of thieves, the equipment and training were very poor, and the combat effectiveness was not comparable to his regular army at all, thinking of this, Ji Ling shouted: " Attack with all your might, take them down! ”
The 5,000 Nanyang troops shouted in unison and began to rush from the riverbed and pontoon bridge to the opposite bank. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Dian Wei looked coldly at the enemy troops who were rushing over, he didn't give the order at the first time, the Yellow Turban Army was equipped with a limited number of bows and arrows, and the power was not as good as the equipment of the official army, so releasing arrows too early could not achieve good results.
"Burn the pontoon!"
Dian Wei shouted, and the soldiers who had been ready quickly lit the hay spread on the pontoon, and in an instant, the pontoon bridge on the south bank began to burn, because the pontoon bridge was close to the water, so it was difficult to be burned, but the fire easily burned the support cable on the pontoon.
At this time, hundreds of people from the Nanyang army poured onto the pontoon bridge, and the soldiers saw that the other party had lit a fire, and they all panicked, and the people in front wanted to retreat, but the people behind did not know the situation in front, and continued to rush to the bridge, and the pontoon bridge became a pot of porridge.
"Don't mess around, quickly get off the bridge!"
One of the tooth generals tried to stop the chaos, but the next moment, the overwhelmed pontoon bridge broke in half from the middle, and hundreds of soldiers all fell into the water, fortunately, the river was not very deep at this time, so they only choked on a few mouthfuls of water, and their lives were not in danger.
Ji Ling took the lead, and rushed towards the opposite side, his goal was only one, that is, the opponent's main general, the enemy general with a dark face, he must cut him under the horse with his own hands, otherwise he would not be reconciled!
"Lead me!"
Dian Wei hadn't done anything with anyone for a long time, and at this time he also felt that the battle intent in his chest was about to overflow, so he simply went to meet this bearded man for a while!
"The thief will leave and see how I take your head!"
Seeing that Dian Wei did not rush in his direction after riding the war horse, but ran downstream along Rushui, and Ji Ling immediately followed.
Dian Wei glanced back, and when he saw that the other party had really caught up, he couldn't help but show a smug smile.
The horse under Ji Ling's seat was fast, and Dian Wei was riding an old horse, so it was slightly inferior in speed, but in a moment, Ji Ling chased after him from behind.
At the same time, the Nanyang army that was swimming in the Rushui had crossed the middle of the river and was about to reach the south bank, and the archers of the Yellow Turban Army began to fire arrows intensively at the opposing soldiers under the order of the deputy general, and the Nanyang army suffered a lot of casualties in an instant, and they had to retreat some distance, and waited until the shield soldiers behind them stepped forward before continuing to advance.
The Nanyang army has 5,000 people, of which there are only 1,000 cavalry, and most of the rest are infantry, so their shield is a giant shield, this kind of shield is very effective when dealing with bows and arrows, even the bows and arrows equipped by the officers and soldiers cannot shoot through it, and the simple bows and arrows equipped by the Yellow Turban Army are naturally helpless to take it.
However, this kind of giant shield is very heavy, a shield is more than 20 pounds heavy, the outside is covered with a layer of iron, the inside is made of jujube wood, very hard, but in the river, these giant shields have become a huge burden on the shield soldiers, jujube wood will absorb water in the water, so the shield began to get heavier and heavier, and the area of the shield is very large, and the impact of the river is also very large, the soldiers hold the shield, every step is very difficult.
Dian Wei saw that Ji Ling had been lured away, and the Nanyang army was also blocked in the river and could not go ashore temporarily, so he turned his horse's head with confidence and prepared to meet Ji Ling.
Ji Ling is the number one fierce general under Yuan Shu, and his martial arts level belongs to the first-rate generals, but there is still a certain gap between him and generals like Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, so from the perspective of strength on paper, Ji Ling can't beat Dian Wei.
In Ji Ling's hand is a three-pointed two-edged knife weighing fifty-three catties, and sometimes he also uses a giant axe weighing fifty catties, while in Dian Wei's hand is a two-rod iron halberd, each weighing forty catties, and Lu Bu's Fang Tian painting halberd, Dian Wei's is a crescent halberd, only one side has a crescent moon, no twigs.
The so-called one inch long and one inch strong, Dian Wei's weapons are relatively short, and they do not have an advantage in horse warfare, so the first thirty moves of the two can be described as equal, and Ji Ling even has a slight advantage.
However, after thirty moves, Dian Wei's move speed did not decrease, and the power increased, Ji Ling was a little struggling, he thought at first that the generals in the Yellow Turban Army did not have any powerful characters, whether it was Gong Du or Liu Pi, he had fought each other, these two were not his opponents, and today it was neither Gong Du nor Liu Bi, so he didn't pay attention to it, but it was such an ugly enemy general, since he had such a powerful martial arts, which made Ji Ling very surprised.
Ji Ling was distracted, Dian Wei immediately seized the opportunity, and he shouted: "Go! ”
A halberd waved, only to take Ji Ling's face door, Ji Ling was taken aback, and hurriedly raised a three-pointed two-edged knife to stop this halberd, but Dian Wei's other halberd had already stabbed from the bottom to the top, Ji Ling didn't have time to resist back, he could only dodge back an inch, the halberd cut through his breastplate, revealing the placket gown inside him, Ji Ling was so frightened that he didn't dare to continue to fight, he pulled out the horse and fled, Dian Wei's crotch was an old horse, after forty or fifty rounds of fighting, he was already out of horsepower, and he was already foaming at the mouth, At this time, he had the heart to chase, but the old horse had no choice but to give up, and Ji Ling was lucky to pick up a life.
At this time, the unitary hour had passed, and the Yellow Turban Army quickly lit three beacon fires, and the fire was several feet high, and it could be seen clearly from six or seven miles away.
The Nanyang army had rushed to the south bank at this time, but when they saw that the other party had given up the counterattack, they turned around and retreated, and the Nanyang army suddenly let out a cheer, they obviously thought that the enemy army was beaten away by themselves.
But before they could finish their happiness, they heard a rumbling sound, as if thousands of troops and horses were running, and the soldiers of the Nanyang Army looked at each other, not knowing what was happening, but then they were so frightened that their faces turned pale and their breathing accelerated, because a huge wall of water was rushing towards them!