Chapter 807: A good start
Zhang Cheng leaned on the desk and rubbed his sour eyebrows, resisting wave after wave of tiredness. The afternoon sun shone on his body, warm, and it was easy to make people sleepy, and Zhang Cheng didn't dare to disarm all night in order to prevent Wei Ba from launching a surprise attack at the time, and he stayed up until now, his eyelids were already as heavy as a mountain, and he was basked by this warm sun, and his sleepiness hit him in bursts, like the waves of the East China Sea.
Unconsciously, Zhang Cheng seemed to hear the sound of the waves, booming, soft and rhythmic waves, Zhang Cheng's nervous nerves slowly relaxed, as if returning to his childhood, following his brother, hiding from his father, running to the East China Sea to swim and play, haunting the sea, enjoying the fun of freedom.
The face of the elder brother of "Nakaji ......" emerged from the waves and smiled. Zhang Cheng waved his arms, slapped the waves, and swam hard, and suddenly, his brother's face melted like a puff of smoke, and when the smoke dissipated, another smiling face was revealed, but it was not the dead brother, but ...... Wei Ba.
Zhang Cheng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly found that there had been a change on the sea, the sea breeze was howling, the waves were tumbling, rolling up one wave after another, surging overwhelmingly. The original soft sound of the waves also became deafening, as if thousands of horses were galloping and thousands of armies were roaring.
"Ahh At this time, the guard opened the door of the tent and broke in, and said urgently: "General, the enemy is attacking!" ”
Zhang Cheng listened to it, and it was not the sound of the waves, but the sound of shouting and killing, although it was still a little faint, but it was very real. He didn't dare to slack off, rushed out of the big tent, rushed to the command platform of the Chinese army, and looked far away. I couldn't help but gasp.
The smoke and dust rose from the east and west and north directions of the camp, and it was obvious that there was a large army approaching rapidly, in front of the smoke and dust, several fast horses were galloping, and the knight on horseback was almost lying on the horseback, and the war horse had already vacated with four hooves, running with all his might, and the knight still kept waving the horsewhip, hoping that the war horse would run faster. Although their faces are not visible, their panic can be seen in their operations.
Zhang Cheng knows. That's the scout he arranged outside. Like him, he didn't sleep all night, probably when he was inquiring about news in the field, he couldn't resist the sleepiness and hid in a corner and dozed off. Wait until the enemy army is about to be in front of you before you are awakened.
Wei Ba is scheming. I didn't even want to let go of this opportunity. Take advantage of the most difficult time for our army to launch a surprise attack.
Zhang Cheng secretly complained to himself and hurriedly issued a combat order. The rumbling of war drums broke the calm of the camp. A moment later. Countless soldiers of the Wu army rushed out of the tent and lined up around the camp, some rushed to the barracks, some rushed to the barracks, and some rushed to the barracks, clenched the halberd in their hands, and pulled out the bows and crossbows in their hands.
These are the elite of the Wu army, the action is very fast, but Zhang Cheng is still not satisfied, these soldiers are too tired, from last night until now, people do not unarm, horses do not unsaddle, coupled with mental tension, has made them have no quick reaction in the past, although they have entered the combat position, the spirit has not been adjusted to the best state, the neat formation reveals a scattered.
The enemy came in such a hurry that he didn't even have time to get out of the camp, and now he could only rely on the barracks around the camp. While looking at the surrounding situation, Zhang Cheng asked the guards to ride out of the camp and call the police to Yiyang, which was five miles away.
Wei Ba rode on a snow-white Xiliang war horse, and the helmet and daqi trembled slightly with the ups and downs of the war horse, fluttering in the wind. His demeanor was very calm, looking at the Wu army camp in the distance, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, with a hint of pride.
He knew that Zhang Cheng and his subordinates' seven thousand Wu troops were very sleepy now, and they didn't have a good rest for a night plus half a day, and then they were basked by the afternoon sun, normal people would be drowsy, even if they were well-trained, their combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced. What's more, he also has an absolutely superior force, 60,000 against 7,000, and he knows the outcome of this battle without fighting.
Wei Ba was not in a hurry, and commanded the army in an orderly manner. Of the 40,000 troops around him, only 10,000 were the standing soldiers with the strongest combat effectiveness, and the rest were reserves. The purpose of this battle was not only to eat Zhang Cheng's troops outside Yiyang City, but also to familiarize the reserve soldiers with the battlefield.
A soldier who has never been on the battlefield is a newcomer no matter how well he is trained.
Heisha and Flying Fox have each led more than 10,000 men and horses to rush between Zhang Cheng and Yiyang, their task is to cut off Zhang Cheng's back road, and at the same time block the reinforcements from Yiyang - if there are reinforcements coming, the task is more arduous, so the ones assigned to them are all real elites. The 60,000-strong army surrounded Zhang Cheng, and what was needed was to maintain absolute superiority in troops and deploy them calmly. It would be great if Sun Deng could be lured out of Yiyang City.
The two sides were five hundred steps apart, the formation of the Shu Han army began to change, one by one the shield carts were pushed to the front of the formation, and a thick giant shield two people high were erected, a row of sword and shield hands, two rows of halberd hands, and two rows of crossbowmen were waiting behind the shield car.
The two sides got closer and closer, and the distance was about two hundred paces, and the Wu army began to shoot, and the strong bow with a range of more than two hundred steps shot a sharp arrow, and pounced on the Shu Han army that was marching. The Shu Han army was unmoved, carefully hiding behind the giant shield, and continued to move forward, without even looking up at the arrows flying in the sky.
Wu Jun's arrow shot at the giant shield, and there was a sound, but it failed to shoot through.
The two sides were one hundred and fifty paces apart, the Shu Han army stopped advancing, lined up the defensive formation, pushed up one by one, fixed the position, adjusted the direction, and the crossbowmen began to shoot.
A dark cloud jumped out of the position of the Shu Han army and rushed towards the position of the Wu army in the distance. Compared with Wu Jun's previous shots, their shots came more violently and more urgently, like a violent storm, like lightning and thunder, compared to Wu Jun's previous shots, which were just a drizzle.
Most of the Wu army's bows and crossbows have a range of about 100 paces, and at such a distance, the vast majority of crossbowmen cannot play a role, and only those strong bows with a range of about 200 paces are meaningful. In the face of the frantic shooting of the Shu Han army, they were very helpless, so they could only hide under the shield as much as possible, so as not to be injured by the dense rain of arrows.
The momentum of the Wu army was suppressed at once, and countless arrows were shot on the camp fence, with a clang, and more arrows crossed the camp fence and shot into depth, and the Wu soldiers who lined up behind the camp gate couldn't raise their heads. The arrows hit their shields like fried beans, merging into a frightening one.
We all know that the Zhennan general Wei Ba is rich and has obvious advantages in armaments, and now he has finally experienced it himself, just by this extraordinarily dense rain of arrows, you can imagine how thick his strength is.
After suppressing the counterattack of the Wu army, the Shu Han army began to change formations again, and the crossbow carts behind passed through the gap between the crossbow carts in front and lined up thirty steps forward. After fixing, the shooting cover began, and then another batch of crossbow vehicles crossed the formation, approaching thirty paces again, and after several turns, the position of the Shu Han army was forced to the front of the Wu army's camp fence and entered the range of the Wu army.
The Wu army began to counterattack, but their counterattack was very weak, in front of the crossbow cars continuously fired by the Shu Han army, the arrows they fired were too sparse to be countered at all, and if they were not careful, they were in danger of being shot. In the crossbow fire, they were completely suppressed.
Zhang Cheng was shocked. He had long heard that Wei Ba's arrow array was powerful, and he had made full preparations for this, equipped with half the number of crossbowmen than the regular number, hoping to have a chance to compete with Wei Ba in this regard. But now that the two sides are fighting, he knows that he is wrong, let alone increase by half, even if it is doubled, he doesn't want to draw with Wei Ba in the crossbow shooting. The ballista continued to shoot, almost without stopping, as if it was a monster hiding countless arrows, a repeater could be worth at least ten crossbowmen, not to mention that the arrows shot by some of the ballista were so powerful, three points stronger than the waist crossbow, which was not at all possible with human power.
Zhang Cheng looked back, behind him, the Shu Han army was killing from the northeast and northeast, they were not in a hurry to attack, but listed the defensive formation, obviously preparing to cut off their own back road, and at the same time block the reinforcements from Yiyang. Zhang Cheng felt that the situation was a little bad, Wei Ba discharged such a formation, clearly to annihilate this Wu army and make a good start.
On his left side was Zishui, where Wei Ba did not arrange for men and horses, but Zhang Cheng believed that Wei Ba would not give him a chance to wade into the water and escape. With such a huge disparity in strength, Wei Ba didn't need to pay attention to the ancient precept of encircling Sanque Yi, and he could annihilate him all.
Thinking of this, Zhang Cheng became a little nervous, should he break through while the rear formation was not completely closed? When they have completed the encirclement, it will be difficult to break through. However, this is the first battle of Han and Wu, if it is defeated before the battle, it will be a great damage to the morale of the Wu army, and it is difficult to say whether Yiyang can be defended next.
Just when Zhang Cheng hesitated, the Shu Han army, which had fully occupied the advantage of the arrow array, launched a new attack, and a large number of foot soldiers rushed out from between the crossbow carts and pounced on the camp gate of the Wu army. Rushing to the front was a row of heavily armored warriors, who were not afraid of the Wu army's bow and crossbow, and walked leisurely, approaching the Wu army's camp step by step, and when they arrived at the camp gate, they waved the sharp axe in their hands and smashed open the camp gate in a few strokes.
The soldiers of the Wu army outside the camp gate looked at this group of monsters, and suddenly thought of a long-standing saying: Wei Ba has an elite infantry under his command, everyone is heavily armoured, and he dances with a long knife in his hand. The group of heavy armor warriors in front of him was clearly like this.
"Kill!" Wang Shuang raised the long knife in his hand and snorted softly. He was used to the fear in Wu Jun's eyes, and he didn't feel proud at all, just a faint loneliness.
"Kill!" The heavily armored warriors roared in unison, wielding long knives, and lunged forward.
The long knives flew up, and the two Wu soldiers raised their shields and spears in their hands, trying to stop them. The long knife suddenly fell, smashing the shield with one knife, and cutting off the spear with another knife, the long knife castrated non-stop, flying and dancing, splitting the two stupid Wu soldiers in half.
Blood flew out, and the corpses of the two Wu soldiers fell to the ground with a bang, and the heavy armor soldiers didn't even look at them, stepping on their corpses, like a wall...... (To be continued......)