Chapter 811: Forcibly crossing the water
After arranging the retreat of the vanguard army, Hua An and Wang San walked out of the Chinese army's tent and went straight to the high platform on the bank of Yishui.
Standing on a high platform that is three feet high, Hua An and his subordinates looked down at the tens of thousands of soldiers under the stage, and they were very happy.
The tens of thousands of soldiers of the forward army under the stage, according to the formation of the moon formation, formed a neat formation to meet Hua'an's review.
"Your Majesty, the three lines of our army are all ready to attack at any time." General Chen Poyu reported loudly.
Because the Qiyue Array is a powerful combat formation based on chariots, shields, spears, and bows and crossbows, the soldiers are all composed of charioteers under the command of Chen Poyu and Chen Anhu, and the generals who directly command this army of soldiers and horses are naturally Chen Poyu and Chen Anhu.
Hua An nodded with satisfaction, looked at Chen Poyu, and said loudly: "Tonight, whether you can break through the Yan army's Yishui defense line in one battle depends on General Chen, rest assured, this king has sent all the warships of Shuizhai to escort you, once the moon array can't withstand the impact of the Yan cavalry, you can immediately retreat to the south bank, and you can't be strong." ”
For Hua'an's kind concern, Chen Poyu and Chen Zhanhu were not happy, they felt that Hua'an's statement was a distrust of them, and they all confidently believed that the small Yishui defense line could not stop the attack of the Moon Formation no matter what.
"Your Majesty, the last general will personally lead the vanguard to launch an attack tonight, and he will definitely break through the Yishui direction of the Yan army." Chen Poyu said loudly.
"Your Majesty, if our army can't break through the Yan army's Yishui defense line tonight. The last general is willing to be a military commander. Chen Zhenhu's statement was even more resolute.
Obviously, they had already decided that they would definitely achieve a great victory in breaking through the Yan army's Yishui defense line, and they were willing to pay any price for it.
Wang Meng, Deng Qiang and other generals also believed that Chen Poyu and Chen Anhu could achieve complete victory.
At this time, the generals of the Jin army were all immersed in an atmosphere of extreme self-confidence, such a situation was actually very dangerous, after all, the proud army was bound to defeat for thousands of years. Immutable truths.
Seeing that the subordinates are full of confidence. Hua An was naturally immersed in a confident atmosphere, and ordered loudly: "Chen Poyu, Chen Anhu, the two of you immediately lead the vanguard army and launch an attack on the north bank of Yishui. Hua An ordered loudly.
"Yes. The king. Chen Poyu and Chen Zhanhu responded loudly. And immediately turned around and ran down the high platform. Subsequently, he led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command to many positions on the shore of the south bank of Yishui. Start quickly building a pontoon.
The soldiers responsible for building the pontoon bridge of the Jin army have carried out strict training, and the construction materials prepared in advance are also very sufficient, for this reason, the speed of building the pontoon bridge is extremely fast, and in a short period of time, the pontoon bridge was built to the opposite bank of Yishui.
As soon as the pontoon bridge was built, Chen Poyu and Chen Zhenhu led their soldiers and horses to cross Yishui from the pontoon bridge and go to the north bank of Yishui to form the Qiyue Formation.
The speed at which the Jin army built the pontoon bridge was extremely fast, but at the same time, the vigilance of the Yan army was also very high, and when the Jin army's pontoon bridge had not yet reached the north bank of Yishui, the Yan army's sentry had already discovered the Jin army's attempt, and immediately reported to Murong Ke, the commander of the Yan army.
Murong Ke had just rested when he heard that the Jin army had begun to build a pontoon bridge, and he was taken aback, and immediately dispatched his troops and horses to attack the Jin army that had just crossed Yishui and had not yet gained a stable foothold.
"Fourth brother, the Jin army has attacked." When Murong Ba heard the news, he immediately rushed into Murong Ke's Chinese army tent.
Murong Ke put on his clothes, took Murong Ba out of the big tent of the Chinese army, and went straight to the high platform of the camp, looking down on the entire Yishui defense line.
"General, the soldiers and horses of the Jin army have begun to cross the river, and the cavalry of our army has attacked." A Yan army general rushed to the high platform and reported loudly.
Murong Ke nodded, looked at the generals beside him, and said: "The Jin army crossed Yishui to launch an attack, and it is bound to rely on the Moon Formation to resist our army's counterattack, and the strength of our cavalry is simply not enough to break the Jin Army's Moon Formation, only by using the conical chariot can we break through the strong defense of the Jin army's Moon Formation in one fell swoop, and pass the order to let the cone-shaped chariot troops set off immediately, and be sure to defeat the Jin army's Moon Formation." ”
"Yes, General." A subordinate general shouted the order, and then rushed down the high platform to give the order.
"Fourth brother, the last time the Jin army broke the army under the command of Uncle Ping on the north bank of Zhangshui, it relied on the Moon Formation, and now our army has a powerful conical chariot, which will definitely be able to break the Jin Army's Moon Formation." Murong Ba said confidently.
Murong Ke nodded, looked up in the direction of Yishui, and observed the battle situation on the shore of Yishui.
At this time, in many positions on the north bank of Yishui, the vanguard of the Jin army had already landed on the shore and immediately formed a powerful Qiyue array, preparing to stabilize the beachhead and respond to the subsequent main army crossing Yishui.
Just when the vanguard of the Jin army had just finished forming the Qiyue Array, a large number of cavalry from the Yan State had already killed from the direction of the big camp and immediately launched a fierce attack on the Jin army's Qiyue Formation.
The soldiers of the Jin army relied on the Qiyue Formation to resist the impact of the Yan cavalry, and used various weapons to kill and injure a large number of Yan soldiers, so that the Yan cavalry suffered heavy losses, so that they had to retreat slightly.
Seeing that the main cavalry of the Yan State was really unable to break through the strong defense of the Qiyue Array, and had to retreat back, Chen Poyu and Chen Xuhu, who organized the attack, were very happy, and immediately ordered the follow-up soldiers and horses to speed up the crossing of the river, and gradually expand the scale of the Qiyue Formation, preparing to immediately attack the main cavalry of the Yan State when the soldiers and horses crossing the Yishui reached a certain scale.
Hua An and his subordinate generals, who stood on the high platform on the south bank of Yishui, were greatly satisfied when they saw that the large-scale attack of the Yan cavalry was completely defeated by the Jin army's Qiyue array, and believed that with the continuous investment of follow-up soldiers and horses, it was completely possible to completely break through the main cavalry of Yan State, so as to break through the Yishui defense line that the Yan army had painstakingly managed.
"Your Majesty, the cavalry of the Yan Kingdom really can't break through our army's Qiyue formation, it seems that the two generals, Chen Poyu and Chen Xuanhu, are going to make a contribution." Wang San said excitedly.
Hearing this, Hua An smiled, and said softly: "It seems that this king was too worried before, and the main cavalry of the Yan Kingdom did not have the ability to break through our army's moon formation!" After speaking, a smug smile appeared on his face.
However, just when Hua'an and his subordinates were triumphant and thought that they could break through the Yan army's Yishui defense line tonight, the Yan army's secret weapon, the conical chariot, slowly drove towards the Jin army's Qiyue formation.
The huge frontal baffle and the terrifying conical attack head formed an unstoppable momentum, and nearly thirty Yan army soldiers pushed a cone-shaped chariot with all their might, and quickly rushed towards the Jin army's Qiyue array.
Dozens of cone-shaped chariots attacked at the same time, forming a fairly large-scale assault team, which caused a lot of pressure on the Jin army officers and soldiers in the Qiyue array.
"Look, general, what is that?" One of the generals pointed to the conical chariot that was rushing towards him and said in horror.
Chen Poyu looked up at Yan Jun's conical chariot, and immediately frowned, he had never seen this kind of weapon, so he naturally didn't understand what the conical chariot was, but by feeling, he knew that the power of the conical chariot was very huge, posing a huge threat to the charioteers under his command.
"Big brother, Yan Jun's weapon looks very powerful! I am afraid that it will have a great impact on our army's chariots, and our army must immediately strengthen the Yueyue Formation, so as not to be broken through by the Yan army. Chen Zhanhu looked at Chen Poyu and said loudly.
Chen Poyu nodded, and immediately ordered: "Shield hand, immediately resist the chariot, and the crossbowman immediately release the arrow." ”
Under Chen Poyu's order, the shield bearers under his command immediately pressed the shield against the wheel of the heavy chariot and used their whole body against the shield to strengthen the defense of the Qiyue Array, while the crossbowmen inside the formation immediately released arrows and fired fiercely at the attacking soldiers and horses of the Yan army.
The huge baffle at the front end of the Yan Army's conical chariot was instantly filled with arrows shot by the Jin Army's crossbowmen, and the Yan Army soldiers behind the baffle almost did not receive any damage, and rushed over more quickly.
In order to resist the impact of the conical chariot as much as possible, the pikemen and crossbowmen inside the Moon Array all bent their bodies and used their body strength to resist the back of the shield hand.
"Click, click......" The conical chariot of the Yan army slammed heavily into the heavy chariot of the Jin army's moon array, and smashed the heavy chariot of the Jin army, and the huge body of the car directly rushed into the Jin army's moon array, thus achieving a frontal breakthrough against the moon array.
Seeing that the Moon Array was shattered by the conical chariot of the Yan Army, Chen Poyu and the soldiers under his command were a little incredulous, and at the same time, Hua An, who was standing on the south bank of Yishui, and his generals were also stunned.
However, Murong Ke, who was standing on the high platform of the Yan army's camp, showed a satisfied smile, and immediately lit a fire and ordered the main cavalry under his command to attack the Jin State Forward Legion, which had already broken through the Yue Formation.
"Kill ......" Under Murong Ke's order, the main cavalry of the Yan State immediately launched an attack on the Jin army that crossed Yishui.
"Big brother, our army has already broken through the Moon Formation, and it seems that it is unable to resist the impact of the main cavalry of the Yan Army." Chen Xiaohu looked at Chen Poyu and said loudly.
Chen Poyu felt helpless, but he was really unwilling to return like this, after all, he originally planned to break through the Yishui defense line of Yan Kingdom in one battle, but now he has suffered such a setback, and the gap in his heart is too big.
Standing on the high platform on the south bank of Yishui, Hua An and his subordinate generals also felt incredible and regretted such a dramatic change in the battle situation.
"Wang, I really didn't expect that our army's Qiyue array was broken by the Yan army like this, and now the forward soldiers and horses on the north bank of our army are at a disadvantage, so we should evacuate immediately, otherwise, there is a danger of annihilation." Wang San said loudly. (To be continued......)