Chapter 568: The Battle of Padang
After Liu Yi met Guan Yu, he returned to Dongting Lake Xinzhou, and then took the girls to Qu'a to prepare for going to sea.
Regarding the recovery of Yizhou and Hanzhong, Liu Yi was actually a little worried in his heart, but he thought that he had more important things to do. Moreover, in many wars, Liu Yi felt that it was indeed inappropriate for him to participate in everything. Now, it's just in the territory of Dahan, fighting behind closed doors. If these generals under his command are not even, how can they rest assured that they will take the army of the Han Dynasty to the world map in the future?
You must know that in this era, there is no telephone, no radio, and it is absolutely impossible to let yourself know so quickly what the situation will encounter and what the battle situation will be after the armies go on their own expeditions. Everything has to be decided by the big ones and solve the problem.
Now in the Han Dynasty, the only people who can pose a threat to the New Han Dynasty are Cao Cao in Yizhou, Hanzhong and the Central Plains. At this time, how long will it take to not let the generals under him hone and hone their skills?
With the current national strength of the New Han Dynasty, even if it loses one or two battles, it is within a bearable range, and there is no need to be too nervous. Even if the generals below do not achieve the strategic goals they want, they don't have to affect the overall situation, it's a big deal, after Liu Yi comes back from Nanyang, he will raise troops to fight again.
However, Liu Yi didn't know that Zhang Fei's hundreds of thousands of military horses were facing a crisis in Badong City. Because Liu Yi didn't expect that those rattan armor soldiers would really be able to tread water like flat ground, so unreasonable and directly from the turbulent Yangtze River to break through the barrage defense line on the Yangtze River outside Badong City, they would be killed directly under Badong City by Liu Bei and his army.
But fortunately, Patong City is not too big. However, it originally had a relatively complete city wall, especially when Yan Yan persuaded the defenders of Padang City to surrender. Therefore, the city of Patong did not suffer any damage. Intact. In addition, after seizing Badong City, Zhang Fei planned to lead the army to continue to march to Yizhou, but in the direction of Yizhou, the passes were layered, making it difficult for the Xinhan army to move forward, and it was unable to open the situation for a while, in order to guard against the counterattack of the Yizhou army. During this time, targeted reinforcement and elevation of Padang City were added. Therefore, even if Liu Bei led the army to kill the city of Badong, he would not be able to capture the city of Badong with thick walls in a short period of time.
In front of Badong City, Liu Bei planned to take down Badong City first, drive the New Han army led by Zhang Fei back to Zigui County, and even hoped that the New Han army could be driven to the Yiling area, and his Yizhou army took advantage of the situation to seize the Yiling area. In this way, this is equivalent to opening the door for the Yizhou army to dominate the world. You can also completely block the New Han Army from the country, and you no longer have to worry about being threatened by the New Han Army.
Of course, Liu Bei now. He still didn't think about revealing his identity to Zhang Fei, and he didn't think about persuading Zhang Fei to return to his side. This is mainly in Liu Bei's heart. He also has a bit of a competitive mentality.
That, Liu Bei since he started the army. He and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, two brothers, although they have been coming. They all regard him as the eldest brother and respect him. However, in addition to having the name of a Han clan relative, Liu Bei used this name wherever he went, and many times, his role seemed to be inferior to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
In particular, all the rumors in the world are about Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's martial arts, but they don't think that he Liu Bei is amazing. More often, the people of the world are concerned about Guan Yu and Zhang Fei instead of him Liu Bei.
Even if you take the thing that the world talked about in the Tiger Prison Pass and the three British battles against Lu Bu, the world will not think that he Liu Bei is so great. will only talk about the bravery of Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, and he Liu Bei is just using the martial arts and prestige of the two righteous brothers to gain fame. More people will say that if Liu Bei hadn't rushed Baba forward to help the so-called "war", I'm afraid that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei would have been able to kill Lu Bu in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, so there would have been no accidents later.
Some gossip will naturally reach Liu Bei's ears. On the surface, Liu Bei didn't seem to think that there would be anything like the rumors in the world, but in Liu Bei's heart, he was unconvinced.
Therefore, now Liu Bei wants Zhang Fei to see it, even if there is no Zhang Fei and Guan Yu brothers to assist him, he Liu Bei can still make a world. Without their help, you can still get a solid ground for development.
Liu Bei thought so, thinking of waiting for him to completely take Yizhou as his own and officially divide one side. reveal his identity to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei again, so that it will be easier to persuade Guan Yu and Zhang Fei when the time comes, and let them help them fight the world.
Therefore, Liu Bei held that he now had an army of 200,000 or 300,000 here, and saw that it would definitely be difficult for the New Han Army to send more reinforcements for a while, so he immediately ordered the military horses below to launch a fierce attack on Badong City day and night.
For a time, in this mountain city on all sides and on the edge of the Yangtze River, every day shouted to kill the heavens, and launched a crazy siege battle.
The fierce battle broke the silence of this mountain city, and the screams were terrible.
At this time, Zhang Fei, Huang Zu, Long Ge, and Yan Yan were all a little fortunate in their hearts, because the tens of thousands of Yizhou troops who surrendered to Badong City were sent to Zigui County by Zhang Fei in the name of reorganization, and some military horses were transferred from Zigui to Badong City. Otherwise, if there are tens of thousands of Yizhou troops in Badong City and tens of thousands of New Han troops in Badong City, I am afraid that Badong City will be self-defeating in the face of the attack of the Yizhou army.
Because, the small number of soldiers of the former Yizhou Army who were still left in Padang City, as well as several soldiers, had they ever seen being attacked by enemy troops far beyond their own horses? A few days after the siege of the city, they panicked and secretly planned to open the city gate to lure the Yizhou army into the city.
If it weren't for the fact that after Zhang Fei and other generals took over Badong City, they never scratched the people and appeased the aborigines of Badong City, Qiu did not commit any crimes, but did many things that were beneficial to the people of Padang City. This made the people of Badong City quite supportive of the New Han Army. Under the governance of the New Han Army, the people in the city felt the sincerity of the New Han Army. I saw the hope that they would be able to live a better life. In this way, the New Han Army and the aborigines of Badong City. It soon became a state of military and civilian family.
Therefore, when some of the former Yizhou army secretly discussed against the New Han Army. was noticed by the people of Badong City, and reported to Zhang Fei and Yan Yan in time, so that they could stop the rebellious Yuan Yizhou army in time.
This day is the tenth day after Liu Yi left Badong City, counting from Liu Bei leading the Yizhou army to Badong City, the Yizhou army has been killing Badong City for eight days, of which, there are six days, which are constantly attacking Badong City.
Of course. Zhang Fei, Yan Yan and other generals are not all passive defensive, Zhang Fei has led the army out of the city many times to rush and kill, at least once a day.
Well, the current situation in Patong City, this is the case. The Yizhou army fought along the Yangtze River from the west to Badong City, almost occupying the Yangtze River basin north of Badong City. Then, to the west of Padang City, was the camp of the Yizhou Army. South. It is also the main direction of attack of the Yizhou Army. But to the east of Padang City, there is a mountain pass to Zigui County. Liu Bei tried to lead his army to bypass Badong City several times and directly attack the Shankou Pass heading to the southeast, but Zhang Fei led his army out of the city to stop his army and kill him. undermined Liu Bei's intentions.
In addition, the Yizhou army wants to attack and kill from the Yangtze River waterway all the way downstream. It's not too easy, because of the Yangtze River basin more than 100 miles downstream. The water flow is extremely fast, that is, the Three Gorges area of the Yangtze River. On both sides of the Yangtze River, the soldiers of the New Han Army have now been replaced to guard the town, and the two armies on the river bank can completely attack the ships of the Yizhou Army that are going down the river.
Or, you can use vine armor soldiers to kill all the way. But really, it's not possible. That's right, the rattan armor soldiers wear rattan armor, cross the water like stepping on the ground, and, in close combat, it seems that they can really be invulnerable. However, this is definitely not absolute.
Liu Yi did not see the barbarian vine armor soldiers in the water at the scene, if Liu Yi saw it at the scene, then Liu Yi would definitely be relieved.
It is said that crossing the water is like stepping on the ground, in fact, it is just that the rattan armor on the barbarian rattan armor soldiers is specially woven rattan armor, which is quite lightweight, worn on the body, when in the water, it is equivalent to the life jacket of later generations, which greatly enhances the buoyancy of the human body in the water. This is not the case.
In the water, the rattan armor soldiers still have to swim like swimming, they have to maintain their body balance well, and they have to use their hands and feet to paddle together to keep their body balanced, so that they can fight in the water.
In this way, it is conceivable that if it is in a fast-flowing area, it is still so easy for them to maintain the balance of their bodies? They were drifted all the way by the river for more than 100 miles, Mo said that they were only wearing rattan armor, even if it was a real life jacket, they were also washed by them, not drowned in the river, and were also hit by the collision and made their heads bleed to death.
What's more, the barbarian rattan armor soldiers are not really invulnerable, this Liu Yi has already proved with his own hands. The reason why they are invulnerable, one is that those rattan armors are indeed quite tough, and ordinary slashing attacks really can't cut through their rattan armor for a while. The second is these rattan armor, which are not as hard as the armor made of steel, and the enemy slashes at it with a knife, and the cut is forced. And those rattan armors have a certain degree of flexibility and are not very strong, so if they are cut with a knife and are not forced, then how can they cut through the rattan armor worn by the barbarian soldiers? And in the blink of an eye, the vine armor soldiers can slash their opponents.
The loss of the New Han Army was mainly due to the unfamiliarity with the characteristics of the rattan armor soldiers.
However, with the familiarization, the New Han Army has now basically understood the characteristics of the barbarian rattan armor soldiers, and when they fight against them again, they will no longer suffer that kind of loss.
Now, the soldiers of the New Han Army have summed up several ways to deal with the rattan armor soldiers.
One of the most important points is that soldiers with swords should not be slashed directly at the body of the vine armor soldiers. Because if you cut and kill directly, you really can't hurt those vine armor soldiers, but you will be exposed and killed by the other party. Therefore, if a sword soldier is fighting against a vine armor soldier, do not aim to kill the opponent, but protect yourself from being killed by him. Then, look for an opportunity to cut the rattan armor on the rattan armor soldiers.
This is right, against the rattan armor soldiers, you can't cut hard, you can only use cutting, the sword is cut on those Teng armor, the rattan armor on the vine armor soldiers will be completely destroyed, showing an empty door, and if you want to kill them, it will be easy.
In addition, against the vine armor soldiers, you have to use gravity, if you hit them with gravity, even if you can't kill them directly, you can definitely shock them or even knock them away. The rattan armor on their bodies is elastic, and if gravity hits them, it seems that they have a hard time standing firmly.
In addition to these, many ways to deal with the rattan armor soldiers have also been summed up.
Because of this, Zhang Fei dared to lead his army out of the city with confidence and stop the Yizhou army that wanted to attack the southeast mountain pass.
This day was the tenth day after Liu Yi left.
The Yizhou army went through another day of attack, and of course, when the sun set on the western mountain, they could only retreat in vain.
Zhang Fei took the wet towel handed over by his own soldiers and wiped his black face, which was splashed with the blood of the siege soldiers of Yizhou, which made him really uncomfortable.
On this day, the Yizhou army obviously strengthened the attack, and the city wall in the south of the city was actually killed by the Yizhou army for the first three times. This Zhang Fei couldn't pull out his hand today to lead the army out of the city and kill for a while.
"General Zhang Fei, the enemy army has retreated." Long Ge, who guarded the east of Badong City, had the least pressure, because the Yizhou army was not the main attack on the east of the city, so he walked to Zhang Fei's side and secretly stuffed a small pot of wine for Zhang Fei.
"Hehe, it's still Brother Longge, you know that our old black is good for this bite. Be careful not to let Liu Ba's sour literati know. Zhang Fei hid the wine in his arms and glanced around.
Liu Yi specially explained that Liu Ba and the Ma brothers wanted to restrict Zhang Fei from drinking, which made Zhang Fei a little afraid of these literati and strategists.
"Don't worry, no one knows." After Long Ge finished speaking, he took out a note from his bosom and handed it to Zhang Fei and said, "Brother Zhang, have you found an arrow with a note from the arrow shot from the city?" My people found out about this, and said that they asked you to go out of the city tonight, and the payment was made by the governor of Yizhou. ”
"Oh? Ask me to go out of town tonight? Zhang Fei was a little stunned and took the note to take a look, and handed the note back to Long Ge with a clear expression: "Hehe, it's really him, I guess I can't attack it for a long time, and I want to talk to me." ”
"Is that him? Who? Long Ge naturally didn't know the inside story, because Liu Yi only told Zhang Fei alone, and didn't say it to anyone else, of course, Liu Ba knew, but he wouldn't talk nonsense.
Zhang Fei could see at a glance that it was Liu Bei's handwriting, so he knew it in his heart.
"You'll find out later, for now, let's not talk about it for now. Well, let's go, go wash it first, make it a little fresher, and then go see him and see what he can say. Zhang Fei didn't explain to Long Ge, turned his head and went down the city tower. (To be continued......)