Chapter 90: The Blood of the Han River (6)
Wen Yang was unwilling to fight this battle, he was not Sima's loyal dog, but he had no choice, after surrendering, Sima Zhao later treated him well, and he could only work for Sima's life.
At this time, Wen Yang felt that there was an inexplicable crisis now, according to the available information, his 40,000 battle army, although not all of them were elites of a hundred battles, but the Han army should not be either, and the gap between the individual combat strength of the two sides should not be large.
According to the intelligence, the number of your own army is more than double that of the Han army, even if you fight at night, this difference in number is enough to make up for a small gap in combat power!
In the night, Wen Yang barely saw the 20,000 Han troops, after crossing the river, they did not venture into the army, but under the command of the banner of the Guanzi, and rushed to the bank of the Han River before the Wei cavalry came to attack, with their backs against the Han River, forming a hard formation composed of multiple spears and crossbows, as solid as a mountain.
This is also beyond his understanding of the Han army, which used to be offensive instead of defensive, and the Wei army was often defensive; At this time, Chen Qian, who was in charge of the Chinese army, was also a little confused.
"Dashuai!" A rider galloped up and shouted from afar.
"The Han army brigade has bypassed, and the general of my family begged the marshal to give some support!"
Chen Qian, who watched the entire battle situation in the moonlight on the rammed earth heights of Jiangtai, and knew the entire battlefield well, instinctively wanted to agree, but just as he was about to speak, there was a sudden commotion on his side, and some cronies and guards took the initiative to drag him at this time.
Chen Qian looked at the guard's fingers, and then began to sweat on his forehead, because at this time, the camp that had been abandoned suddenly burst into flames, and a big flag was erected at this time, and this Han army did not know when it had already appeared, like a hidden tiger staring at his back.
After hesitating for a moment, Chen Qian replied to the guard: "Tell General Wen that I will give him two more cavalry camp guards, and I have no cavalry here, but tell him that he doesn't have to care about casualties, let him personally lead the army, and chisel into the Han army's big array with me, and drive the Han army down the river!" ”
Although there are some pontoon bridges on the Han River, but if the Han army retreats, it must also take the risk of walking on the river, although the weather is cold at this time, but how thick is the ice of the Han River, can you let the army trek again, no one knows, the Han army trekked to come, it has already taken a risk, and again, maybe the ice will break, and then these Han troops will be buried in the belly of the fish!
Of course, when the war comes now, there is no point in calculating, it is just a matter of fighting with lives, equipment, horses, and bravery, but no matter what, generals are always an extremely important part of this, at least they have the final say on how to fight this breath.
Thanks to Guan Yi's suggestion and Yang Yi's strategy of dividing and dispatching troops, more than 20,000 people in the Wei army have been lured to go dozens of miles upstream, including most of the Wei army's cavalry, so at this time, the Wei army is inferior to the Han army in terms of mobility.
Although Wen Yang now seems to be a diehard loyalist of the Sima family, this is a last resort choice, at that time Cao Wei was already in the hands of the Sima family, and the Wen family was originally a poor family, relying on the same townsmen as the Cao family, so that they could be loved.
If you want to glorify the lintel, you can only take refuge in the Sima family, and in order to appease the old Cao Wei clan, the Sima family treats the Wenyang brothers well, and Wenyang's ability is also extraordinary, so it can be reused!
And this kind of favor and reuse, in Wen Yang's view, is not considered to be favoritism and reuse, after all, now he is a general and a miscellaneous general, and he can't even lead troops in peacetime.
How can this be regarded as a favorite, even if he makes meritorious service, he is devoured, he has not been promoted for many years, and the title of Marquis of Guannei cannot appease him; With his experience in the army, it's not that he doesn't understand the military law of the Wei army, nor that he hasn't fought hard in the previous war, and he knows that if he wins this battle, his own merits are not as good as the number of Chen Qian's eleven commanders in the back, let alone Sima Yan in the city!
Therefore, at this time, in the face of the military order conveyed by Chen Qian, and the fresh reinforcements of more than 1,000 people from the two battalions and guards, this brave general who was not brave was a little hesitant at this time.
He suddenly didn't want to fight anymore.
There are many reasons for this, and all of them are simple...... For example, the owner of the Guan Zi banner in front of him is the son of Guan Hou back then, Guan Hou Zhiwei, as we all know, the tiger father has no dog son, these days, and the Wei army, this Xiao Guan general, is also more victorious and less defeated, he is a little stunned;
For another example, when the army gathered here before, Sima Yan deliberately abandoned him when he selected the elite to attack and kill the Quartet to obtain military merits, and he couldn't help but feel a little resentful; For example, these days, in order to prepare for the founding of the country, everyone knows it, but what makes it difficult for Wenyang to accept is that those mediocre people can easily be awarded the title of prince, and with his merits and ability, he is still only a mere marquis, so the resentment is even heavier!
In a word, whether it is for power or not to bury his talents, he doesn't really want to fight hard, at least he doesn't want to fight for his life!
However, the Wei army has strict military discipline, since Chen Qian has personally ordered him to personally lead the troops into the Han army, then he can only personally lead the troops into it, because his family background and his background are not as good as Chen Qian, the loyal dog of the Sima clan!
"Come with me, kill me with me!" Suddenly, after some messy thoughts turned in his mind, Wen Yang still resolutely raised his gauntlet and raised his voice to cheer up: "Gentlemen, I am invincible today!"
The two newly supported battalion guards behind him and Wen Yang's own core camp guards also shook their heads when they heard this, and they worked hard, Wen Yang still has some cronies, these days, with Sima Yan's hunting war so far, he has not avoided the arrows and demonstrated his martial bravery, and it is still easy to win the respect of the middle and lower Wei army!
Immediately, Wen Yang had already gathered five or six thousand people, all of whom were new forces, and they were also the largest mobile troops he could organize on the battlefield in a short period of time at this time, and began to line up in a tight formation - the heavy cavalry moved forward, clamping the spears, and the cavalry without vests automatically moved backwards, with bows and arrows in hand, and followed behind the front army, slowly moving to the side and rear, as if to open up the distance and make room for the charge.
The dense Wei cavalry began to flow on a large scale, and the horse armor, armor, spear tips, bows and arrows began to shine with a chilling light in the faint moonlight.
Even before the charge began, the Wei army itself had begun to unconsciously rush in adrenaline, and began to cheer up the whole army, hoping that the enemy might not be able to resist fear at this time, and might worry about the battle situation, and then be rushed away; This is an instinctive imagination based on the experience of war.
In many cases, the victory or defeat of the battle is between this rush, and then the whole army presses it, and then it is just a matter of slashing and killing.
Everyone knows how terrible the hard chisel of the armor ride is!
"Guan Shuai!"
In the middle camp of the Han army, Meng Ben, who had been looking at the battle situation all the time, couldn't help but look at Guan Yi at this time: "Let me lead people to rush a wave, and I will definitely be able to pull these Wei thieves!" ”
The Han army also had cavalry, which was about the same in quantity as the Wei army at this time, but there was a gap in quality, most of them were ponies and ponies, because the elite cavalry was taken away by Luo Shang at this time.
Guan Yi, who was dressed tightly and was riding on a horse at this time, didn't care about taking the jerky, chewing slowly, Wen Yan didn't go to see the battlefield at all, nor did he look at Meng Ben, but slowly shook his head: "It's not time yet, and wait!" ”
Meng Ben immediately shut up, but Zhang Muzhi, the captain of the imperial camp on the side, hesitated slightly: "Guan Shuai, this is probably the last chance, once our army is defeated in front of you, I am afraid that the rear will not be able to bear it, and the defeat will be decided...... Why wait? ”
After all, Zhang Muzhi is a close minister of the emperor and the commander of the imperial camp, and the two sides have killed the enemy together, so they have some affection, so Guan Yi told the truth directly:
"Because the Wei army is too urgent...... It's only been how long the war has been going on, and you want to wear it hard? Our army is all weak, and it is not so underestimated by the Wei thief. ”
Whether it was Meng Ben, Zhang Muzhi, or the rest of the generals who had just returned from inspection in other places at this time, they were all stunned when they heard this.
At this time, Guan Yi also took the opportunity to look at the Wei cavalry in front of the brigade that had already begun to distance themselves and then slowly started under the banner of words, and sneered:
"It's great to wear a hard chisel raw, but is it that easy? Once it is chiseled, it is difficult to protect the military formation in front of it, but the Wei army itself will be taken alive with a large piece of meat, and the Wei army is so hasty and regardless of casualties, after losing this pair of cavalry, what mobile strength does the Wei people have? ”
"Not bad." Zhang Muzhi echoed at this time, and said: "As for the fighters, the Han River stretches for twenty miles, and the Wei army has laid countless pontoon bridges on it, as long as the rear army under the command of His Majesty crosses the river in time, the fighters will inevitably be there, and we will resist the front of the Wei army, involving most of the Wei army, we must leave a mobile cavalry army, and we must wait until the necessary time to attack, before it can work!" ”
At this time, no one said that Luo Shang's department, which army was in the middle of nowhere, would arrive sooner or later, and it was time to decide the outcome of the victory, and before that, the victory or defeat was decided, which was naturally better!
Looking at the Wei army brigade that had already run, the generals looked solemn at this time, but they all nodded again and again, it was not the first time they had been on the battlefield, and now the plan was naturally to take into account the overall situation.
The hooves of the Wei army rumbled up, straight to the riverbank, Rao is the commander of Guan Yi's Han army is disciplined, and they can't help but be shocked, but they can only try to tighten the formation under the shouts of the officers, and Meng Ben, who led the cavalry, is desperately leading his more than 2,000 cavalry at this time to open the distance from Guan Yi's banner.
This was not to escape, but to seek space to charge, to recoil back as soon as the Wei army chiseled the formation, and to contain the Wei army's offensive.
Just now, as soon as the Wei army was assembled, Guan Yi, who understood the intentions of the Wei army, realized the seriousness of the matter.
At this time, Jiang Bin's department, where the emperor was located, estimated that it had just arrived at the predetermined position, and it had to march in a hurry, almost rushing to arrive, and at this time there was no strength to assemble and fight, and then form effective support from other places.
The commander of the Wei army is not ignorant of the art of war, and he must have gathered most of them.
Then in Guan Yi's view, the best way to deal with Jiang Bin's department is to hang it out to ensure that the Wei generals are distracted and divide their troops to deal with it; At the same time, the surprise attack army of Luo Shang's department has not yet arrived, so if his own department is really crushed, it will really collapse!
But on the battlefield, this worry is meaningless, just a moment later, through the moonlight, you can see that the text banner suddenly accelerated, and then the Wei cavalry almost like a tiger descending the mountain, with the support of military discipline, morale, combat instinct and blood, with the leadership of their own general, viciously rushed to the Han army on the riverside, and then collided with the infantry of the Han army in front of them with a kind of pottery collision and shattered mentality.
At this time, the Han army of Guan Yi has also tried its best, during the Wei army's charge, the Han army crossbowmen desperately shot at each other with the archers on the opposite side, the arrows on both sides rained down, and the wails were simply covered by the sound of shouting and killing and arrows flying into the air, and the moment the two sides touched, the spearmen were even more rigid like a fence, and saw the dazzling Wei army armor smashing straight towards themselves.
The soldiers in front of them did not move, so they relied on the spirit of blood and courage and faced Wei Cai, although Wei Cai's charge could not be resisted by courage.
In an instant, after the forward troops of both sides collided with each other in a posture that was almost the same end, countless Wei cavalry relied on inertia, almost smashing themselves and their horses into the Han army array, and under the Han army's archers, thousands of bows and crossbows were fired in unison, and the Wei army cavalry had basically reimbursed at least a thousand people, but the follow-up Wei cavalry completely shredded the Han army array in front of them in a state that was almost noisy to silence!
From a distance, it looks like a stream of iron has broken through the embankment.
With this chiseling, the entire battlefield seemed to fall into a brief silence, and there was no doubt that in an instant, everyone came to the conclusion that the Wei army still won the chisel, and the Han army in front of it was still broken through.
As the Han army's regimental formation was completely shattered, the voice instantly returned to the battlefield, and the next moment, everyone looked at the remaining three thousand cavalry Wei army, under the leadership of that text banner, the unscrupulous ravaging and slashing instantly exploded the Han army in formation!
Facing the Han army battle formation that was facing the impact of the Wei army, at this time there was even a stampede on the pontoon bridge behind, and some timid Han soldiers even turned around and fled into the Han water behind them at this time, stepping on the ice, and running backwards, and the supervising team on the ice brazenly waved their knives at this time to stop the rout.
This confrontation was so clear and so shocking that the Overseers took a few steps forward at this time, almost went ashore, and completely blocked those who wanted to flee!
At this time, Guan Yi and Chen Qian, who were in the middle armies on both sides and saw it most clearly, reacted completely differently after being slightly dazed - Guan Yi stood up and laughed loudly; Chen Qian's face turned blue, and at the same time, the knuckles of the fingers that clenched the sword in his hand turned slightly white; At this time, Jiang Bin had already given the order and began to attack and kill the Wei army.
"I'm going to kill this slave with three surnames!" After two full breaths, Chen Qian drew his sword at this time and slashed at the wooden pillar beside him, obviously angry.
The people around looked at each other, and no one commented...... How could it be possible to kill the only front-line pioneer officer in his own family under such circumstances, let alone kill him? Why kill?