Under the city of Tanzhou in Chu State, the Langzhou army stuck to the camp every day and never attacked, while the Tanzhou army held the defensive line tightly and never attacked, and the two sides tacitly maintained a situation of peaceful confrontation.

However, history is a joke, and the inadvertent attempts of some "little people" can suddenly speed up the process of history -- on October 5, the ninth day of the siege of Tanzhou City, the "peaceful" situation suddenly changed.

The breakthrough of the change was the Jinjiang Yangliuqiao once mentioned by Peng Shiwei, the commander of the Tanzhou strong crossbow, but it was the Langzhou army that launched a sharp attack, and the leader was not the general of the tribal army who occupied the main body of the Langzhou infantry army, but the nominal commander-in-chief - He Jingzhen, the commander of the infantry army.

The Jin River originates in the Yuelu Mountains in the west of Tanzhou, flows all the way to the east into the Xiangjiang River, and the rushing Jin River separates the west bank of the Xiangjiang River into Xiangyin in the north and Xiangxi in the south. When the Jin River reaches the middle section, it is just like reaching the waist of the human body, suddenly shrinking left and right, and the river distance narrows, and the only stone arch bridge on the Jin River channel - Yangliu Bridge has been built here.

At this time, the commander of the Tanzhou infantry army led Han Li to lead 3,000 infantry to camp at Yangliu Bridge.

Han Li is also a long-time battle-hardened person, in addition to dedicating 500 people to guard the three commonly used ferries along the Jin River, and patrolling along the line day and night to prevent the Langzhou army from crossing the river by boat raid, he divided the remaining 2,500 people into three pieces in the north, middle and south, and stationed them according to the bridge: 500 people were stationed on the north side of the bridge, and the large camp was in a semicircle, tightly guarding the north bridgehead of Yangliu Bridge; another 1,800 men were stationed on the south side of the bridge as a rear response and support;

On the bridge, the remaining 200 people patrolled the Yangliu bridge deck day and night, and at the first time removed the southern half of the bridge on both sides of the guardrail and most of the bridge deck, the narrowest part of the road left only for two people to pass side by side, next to the big tree trunk temporarily paved on the stone arch of the bridge, clearly told the Langzhou army: You better not attack, as long as you attack, I will fight the soldiers on the north bank do not want, the rest of the men and horses will do their best to demolish the bridge, and block you in the north of the river!

Han Li's move can not be described as ruthless, the general of the Langzhou Army on the north bank of the Jin River, Zhilu Dao Ma Xixu, has another big move, naturally he doesn't want to sacrifice senselessly, and has no intention of attacking, but He Jingzhen, the commander of the infantry army, doesn't think so.

The strength of the Lang and Tan armies is about the same, and the naval army is still at a disadvantage, in case there is a problem with the internal should as Ma Xixu said, in the face of the deep water fortified city, the Langzhou army may have to retreat again and admit defeat.

After thinking about it for a long time, He Jingzhen thought of the surprise attack plan that Lin Feng used one after another, and after thinking about it, he found Lei Hui, a deputy general in the army who was known for his military force, and gave detailed instructions. After Lei Hui secretly prepared, he quietly led two of his subordinates out of the army late yesterday night.

After breakfast on October 5, He Jingzhen coaxed all the tribal troops out of the camp and lined up on the grounds of a feint, and commanded the army to set up a very strange formation:

5,000 soldiers were selected in the middle, and all the roads were opened with large shields in front, and the Tanzhou military camp at the north end of the bridge was surrounded by regiments; A thousand soldiers on the left and right sides, all armed with bows and arrows, went down to the river and lined up, raising their arrows to face the embankment on the opposite bank less than 100 meters away.

As soon as the Langzhou army moved, the Tanzhou army naturally moved when they heard the alarm, and all the people pulled out. All the 500 soldiers north of the bridge stood behind the camp, with shields and guns, and they were on guard; The 200 soldiers on the bridge deck immediately worked together to move the trunks of the large trees on the bridge deck that had been temporarily used as bridges to the south bank, and made the posture of completely destroying the bridge at any time; The 1,800 soldiers on the south bank also lined up at the south end of the bridge.

Han Li was slightly chubby, bald, and laughed like a Maitreya Buddha. He rode a horse and stood on the wide embankment of the river, looking far away, looking at the strange formation on the opposite side in bewilderment.

After looking at it for a while, he turned to a gorgeously dressed scholar beside him and said with a smile: "Ma Jianjun, do you say this He Jing is really funny?" Aren't you afraid that I'll completely destroy the bridge? Do those people still want to shoot us back with arrows? ”

The prison soldier surnamed Ma didn't seem to be able to deal with the horse under his crotch, he kept twisting his body, and replied with a smile in his mouth: "General Han's formation can be attacked and retreated, He Jingzhen is just afraid that he is also sick and takes medicine in a hurry, right?" ”

While the two were talking and laughing, three drums sounded in the Langzhou army, and the archers on both sides shouted in unison and shot the arrows in their hands.

The arrows that covered the sky and the sun were all fired sideways at the soldiers on the bridge deck, but because they were attacking high with a low attack, the arrows basically hit the stone railings on both sides of the bridge and the shields above the defenders of the bridge deck, only to return to the sound of continuous arrows from north to south, like a torrential rain.

Han Li laughed out loud and said loudly: "Was this old He driven crazy by Ma Xixu? Isn't this Lang Fei arrow? ”

The Ma Jian Army and the left and right generals also laughed loudly.

After three rounds of arrows, the attack of the Langzhou army immediately stopped, and a narrow passage was split in the middle of the shield array of the Langzhou army on the north bank.

He Jingzhen, who was over fifty years old, had long hair in his hands, smiled, and shouted: "Brother Zhao Yu, can you come out?" ”

Zhao Yu is the captain of the Tanzhou Army stationed in the north of Yangliuqiao.

Hearing the shouting formation, Zhao Yu, who was in his early thirties, ordered someone to move the camp gate, rode out, and replied loudly: "General He, don't come to harm?" ”

He Jingzhen laughed, jumped off the horse, walked forward quickly, and said with a smile: "Zhao Yu, the old man remembers the first time I saw you, you are still a defender in Tanzhou City, I haven't seen you for three years, you have really come to the fore!" ”

Just over a year ago, the Langzhou Army and the Tanzhou Army both belonged to the Chu Army, and the generals who were familiar with each other were really gone.

Zhao Yu also jumped off the horse, and said with embarrassment: "General Xie Lu Xie He still remembers the villain. It's a pity that now you and I belong to the north and the south, and Zhao Yu is really helpless to take the liberty of fighting against General He! ”

He Jingzhen's face was solemn, he pointed to the south of the bridge, and said solemnly: "Zhao Yu, you don't need me to find out, you must know that you and these five hundred brothers have become Han Li's outcasts, right?" ”

Zhao Yu's face was red, his teeth were gritted, and he nodded and said, "Zhao Yu knows how to go!" But for the sake of the generals, they will obey the orders and do their duty faithfully. Zhao Yu also thanked General He for his grace not to kill! ”

This is the truth, if He Jingzhen attacked regardless of it, Zhao Yu's five hundred people would have been chopped to pieces by the seven thousand wolf-like Langzhou army!

"I don't attack, but I also pity you as a talent, and we belong to the same Chu State, and it is ridiculous to kill each other. But there is one thing that I want to say clearly today! He Jingzhen took two steps forward again, approached Zhao Yu, and said in a deep voice, "Zhong, there are many kinds, but you are just stupid and loyal!"

If Han Li just wanted to stop us, wouldn't it be over if he directly demolished the Yangliu Bridge, why did he work so hard? His mind is very easy to guess, isn't he just thinking that if my Langzhou army is defeated, he can quickly cross the bridge and pursue him? However, even for this purpose, he Han Li could have asked Xu Qiong for some ships to transport troops across the river, but he chose to ignore your life or death, and treated you as outcasts, which made me feel very worthless for you! ”

He Jingzhen asked in a fierce voice, and Zhao Yu was ashamed, ashamed and angry, shaking his head again and again, speechless.

The more He Jingzhen spoke, the louder he became, and when he said this, he took a long breath, tried his best to lower his voice, pointed in the direction of Tanzhou City, and roared: "What makes me feel worthless for you the most is that you are here to work hard for the country, and there are already people in Tanzhou City who have sold you all for their own personal desires and for their own glory and wealth!" Don't talk about you, Han Li, and all the defenders of Tanzhou City, the civil and military forces in the city, and hundreds of thousands of people, you are already outcasts! ”

Hearing He Jingzhen's words, Zhao Yu was so shocked that he took two steps back, and his face was full of horror.

He Jingzhen said that after the worst, his face was full of sad and wanted to cry, this is the naked tragedy of the Chu State, the Ma brothers killed each other, acted recklessly, lured wolves into the house, regarded the world as a plaything, and regarded the people as dogs, he was in the bureau as a general, how could he not feel helpless and sad.

"Alright, let's not talk about those troubles! You can definitely see with your own eyes how the city of Tanzhou was destroyed! I just want to tell you today that it is easy for our army to take Yangliu Bridge, and the reason why I say so many words is just that I hope you will stop making senseless resistance, and take the lives of five hundred good men of my Chu State in vain! ”

Speaking of this, He Jingzhen's right hand was raised high, paused slightly, and suddenly slashed hard.

"Whoosh", a terrible sound of arrows rushed up from behind the Langzhou army's shield array, and the eyes of all the soldiers in the north and south of Yangliu Bridge were attracted by the arrow.