Although the Wei River is also a very important river in the north, as the first tributary of the Yellow River that nourishes the Guanzhong Plain, her status is actually not much worse than the main stream of the Yellow River, but in terms of actual width and depth, there are too many rivers in the south that can easily defeat her.

Now that it has entered the dry season, the river is naturally narrow, and the water level is low and shallow.

But this narrow river presents a completely different scene on both banks.

Hell on one side, and on the other side, although it cannot be said to be heaven, it is absolutely beautiful compared to the other side.

The two armies faced each other across the river.

An entirely cavalry force covered in black-brown blood, a sign that a major battle had just ended.

On the other side was a mixed infantry regiment consisting of pikemen and crossbowmen. They were all dressed in black clothes and black armor, and their faces were expressionless, like a pile of living clay sculptures, with war intent and killing intent, which made people have the illusion that they were not facing the army, but a copper wall, and the copper wall was also covered with spikes like thistles, which was extremely lethal.

It's just that this momentum has no effect on the cavalry army on the other side of the river, because everyone can see that behind the infantry corps is a battlefield that has not been completely cleaned. The battlefield was littered with the corpses of the dead and lonely wandering horses - there were no corpses of the living, and although time was pressing, Zhang Liao still managed to squeeze out some time to simply clean up the battlefield.

Of course, since it is simple, it is naturally impossible to be too careful, and it is impossible to loot all the loot.

"General, it looks like they're thinking about something, and they haven't even started wading across the river for so long."

"Well, it's a bit weird. Although it is not very advantageous for the enemy to attack halfway, the enemy's strength is far superior to ours. Crossbowmen are also very strong and can give enough support in the rear...... So why didn't the other party cross the river? ”

The two sides have been facing each other on both sides of the Wei River for a long time, and after the previous battle, Zhang Liao actually has a preliminary and general understanding of the enemy's combat effectiveness and fighting style, and it can be regarded as basically completing the predetermined goal, so to speak, if it is not for the purpose of receiving Huaxiong's troops. Zhang Liao already had the intention of withdrawing to Zheng County.

After all, if he Zhang Wenyuan was just a reckless man, he would have died in the hands of those Hu people who surrounded him in the grassland when he was young, instead of becoming a "hungry wolf" that terrified both the northern part of Yanmen and the northern grasslands.

However, when he noticed that the enemy army was also in this situation of advancing and not advancing, retreating and not retreating, his intuition as a general told him that there must be a problem in this, and perhaps it would be a big problem.

After all, there are only two possible reasons why the enemy troops are here to bask in the sun - waiting for orders from their superiors, or not daring to cross the river because of the situation, as for waiting for reinforcements or something. With the enemy's combat effectiveness, such a number is enough for the enemy army to have a greater confidence in a battle with Zhang Liao's troops, even if because of the natural disadvantage of the infantry to the cavalry, it is impossible to achieve a big victory such as total annihilation in this open terrain, but it is enough to defeat Zhang Liao's troops and save the face of their light cavalry troops defeated by Zhang Liao's troops.

Even with the addition of Hua Xiong's troops, the troops in front of them, which are as hard as hard bones, still have more than a fifty percent chance of winning - this is somewhat increasing the enemy's morale and destroying his own prestige, but the other party mentioned by Li Meng will even adopt a strategy. Even if it was a simple plan, it at least proved the fact that the enemy army really did not have many shortcomings. In this kind of head-to-head matchup. When the enemy commander has no brains, the enemy army with strong enough hard power is indeed more advantageous.

What's more, in just half a day, Zhang Liao's troops had lost nearly 1,000 cavalry, nearly one-third of the number, nearly half of which was of course the result of the original siege of Li Meng's division, but the cavalry duel that ended before was equally tragic.

Even if Zhang Liao's troops were only damaged in that battle, there were only more than 500 horsemen. However, the remaining soldiers were basically wounded, and they all experienced a lot of attrition on their bodies, and they were undoubtedly at a disadvantage compared to the other side.

Moreover, this is still according to the enemy's only general body, if you look at it as a non-human, Zhang Liao really doesn't know what the upper limit of the enemy's body is. If there is another group of infinite inhumans, then the disadvantage of one's own side will be even greater.

Thinking of the battle that had just ended, even though he knew that the other party was inhuman, Zhang Liao had to give two thumbs up to his fighting will and fighting spirit.

Even though Zhang Liao found a weakness that the enemy could take advantage of, even though the soldiers who were originally on their horses were constantly knocked off their horses, but those soldiers did not panic because of this, and the light cavalry who were still not knocked off their horses still picked up the crossbow machines in their hands, and did not see the slightest fluctuation, as if the soldiers who were knocked off their horses were not as steady as their robes and shot one crossbow arrow after another, and because it was almost at a very short distance, Both the hit rate and the lethality far exceed the long-range shots.

It's quite a bit like the feeling of fighting bayonets with tanks that a certain fighting race likes to do in war.

Of course, this is not the most incredible place for Zhang Liao and the soldiers of the Bingzhou Army, in fact, even those enemy light cavalry who don't seem to be able to fight in close quarters can shoot arrows without changing their faces even with swords and guns, and their calmness is enough to make everyone admire, but the soldiers of the Bingzhou Army feel that they can do it if they kill red-eyed.

But if they are knocked off their horses, then their first choice is definitely to shake their heads first to sober up, and at the same time pay attention to their surroundings so that they do not get chopped into meat by the hooves of horses that come from nowhere. Or roll a few laps to the place where there is no shaking at the first moment, trying to get away from the horse's hooves, which are more terrible than swords.

Anyway, he won't be like those absolutely inhuman guys of the enemy army, even if he falls off his horse, he will hold the crossbow machine and take the opportunity to shoot at the soldiers of the state army, with a tragic attitude of "even if I die, I can definitely pull you on your back".

At the beginning of the battle, there were not many such cases, and perhaps the light cavalry did not expect that they would encounter an army capable of using melee weapons on horseback - in fact, if it were not for the popularity of bilateral stirrups, more than two-thirds of Li Shushi's cavalry force might not have been as good as these enemy light cavalry, which could gallop freely without relying on stirrups.

Of course, what the world lacks most is the "if" that can be realized.

So the enemy soldiers didn't struggle with questions like "why they could do it", but quickly adapted to the unfavorable situation, and then the soldiers' actions became more and more crazy. There is even no shortage of guys who give up their weapons, give up their hips, and jump up to save the soldiers of the state army who plan to come to a complete death.

If all the soldiers of the enemy army had such a crazy will to fight, Zhang Liao did not feel that his side had any possibility of victory.

Unless you have a numerical advantage several times that of the opponent, it is possible to make up for this gap in will to fight.

But now, the other party hesitated in front of a shallow river. This cannot but be quite curious.

What the hell are those guys on the other side of the river thinking?

If you just stand there basking in the sun, it really looks like a group of neatly arranged soldier figurines.

Finally, the enemy on the opposite side finally didn't make Zhang Liao wait too long, and the characters who looked like heralds rushing from a distance quickly entered the enemy's middle army, and then quickly left, and then, the army was once again "resurrected" from the dead silence.

"Are you waiting for orders from above? No, it shouldn't be that simple. ”

Although the light cavalry that looked like a herald solved some of the doubts in Zhang Liao's heart. But looking at the cautious appearance of the opposing soldier when he was about to wade into the water, which did not match the crazy fighting posture before, he still felt that the mystery had not been completely solved.

However, the other party finally took action, and even if there was any mystery, it would be revealed immediately.

The other party's actions are really extremely cautious.

In order to prevent the harassment of the troops crossing the river, the enemy crossbowmen poured their ammunition on the other side of the river as if they did not want money, and the round after round of crossbow firing made the other side of the river almost turn the other side of the river into a world of "arrow forest", and those soldiers who crossed the river seemed cautious when they first came into contact with the river. But as soon as the body enters the river, it immediately moves forward quickly. It was as if someone behind him was holding a weapon to force them, and he seemed very anxious.

Such a table is even more confusing.

If he was just cautious, Zhang Liao didn't necessarily have much doubt on his side, after all, even if he had a considerable advantage in the face of the enemy, he couldn't ignore it, it would only put him in danger.

However, the fact that the enemy who was extremely normal before going down the river was not so normal after going down the river is really suspicious. Even if this is the place where Zhang Liao's troops chose to cross the river, but while riding a horse, they are completely foot soldiers, and the situation they have to face will definitely be slightly different, and it is likely to cause unnecessary losses.

So even if you don't send someone to investigate. At least after entering the water, you should be as careful as you were just now.

Of course, it is also possible that the other party has already known enough about the waterways here and can rest assured that they can swim boldly, but it is still the same problem just now, and the contrast between the front and back is too great, so people really have to wonder if there is anything wrong with it.

If something goes wrong, it must be a demon.

"Li Meng, send a signal!"

"Yes, General!"

About a third of the enemy's soldiers had crossed the Wei River and were gathering on the bank, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with it, but Zhang Liao still decided to attack immediately, not giving the other side a chance to breathe.

This is not because you want to have a "half-crossing attack" as it is said in the Art of War, of course, it is also in line with the Art of War, but the main reason is not that the enemy army has not yet been completely arrayed, after all, with the enemy's super personal combat strength and stronger will to fight, even if they fight separately, it is also difficult to be defeated.

What really made Zhang Liao make up his mind was that most of the crossbowmen pressed by the opponent in the rear had already entered the river at this time, and judging from the appearance of the opponent when he crossed the river before, the enemy's crossbowmen obviously would not use the bows and crossbows in their hands in the water, but would move quickly to the shore with their heads shut.

This has created a temporary gap in the firepower of the local long-range coverage strike, and without the covering strike of the crossbowmen that Zhang Liao is most afraid of, at least Zhang Liao's troops can take advantage of the situation to launch a wave of impact, even if they will not achieve too much success, they can also rely on the speed advantage of the cavalry to retreat to a safer distance before the enemy crossbowmen react.

Incidentally. It can also test whether there is really anything wrong with the enemy, and verify whether there is something wrong with Zhang Liao's intuition of the warrior - at least in many previous battles, such intuition has always been a very important helper for Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao's troops moved again, and this time they were accompanied by Hua Xiong, who was ambushed in an area that was not too far away, with the speed of cavalry. It won't even take more than an hour to get here.

Zhang Liao's actions were really unexpected by the enemy, they did not expect that the enemy who was at a disadvantage would attack again, even if their current state was not out of the best time, but the enemy was able to accurately grasp this rare gap and not be deterred by their strength and made the most correct decision, which is indeed admirable.

For ordinary soldiers, they may not know whether Zhang Liao's move is worthy of admiration, the only thing they know is that at the moment when they are at the most unstable, the enemy army seems to rush over without hesitation.

Even the most determined troops. There was also a slight commotion at this time.

Perhaps, some of them thought of the flying general who had defeated them several times.

"Huh?!"

Feeling the touch from the tip of the long knife to his palm and brain, Zhang Liao couldn't help but let out a sound of surprise.

Because there was no threat of bows and crossbows, even if there was still a dense "forest of arrows" on the ground, they could not resist the heroic soldiers of the Bingzhou army, and they did not choose to directly collide with the opposing soldiers, which had proved to be a rather stupid idea in previous battles. Although the enemy does not appear to be much different from them in height, they far outnumber them in strength and weight. It seems that all of them are strong men, and of course the tonnage is also a top five strong.

Therefore, under the leadership of Zhang Liao, the cavalry of the Bingzhou Army, with their excellent riding skills, gently swept in front of the enemy's unstable position, like sharp scimitars to avoid heavy encirclement and defense, and swept lightly in the weakest place. Not only will the blade of the scimitar not be damaged, but it will also be able to inflict maximum damage on the enemy.

Yes, this time Zhang Liao also did not use the cavalry bow they were equipped with, because this kind of attack method that disrupts the enemy's formation is not only useless to the opponent in front of him, but may also allow the opponent to adapt to his own attack intensity. And then from the shaking that was not very strict in the first place, it was restored to a normal state.

From dealing with the opponent's light cavalry units to the enemy infantry that has not yet been fully arrayed, Zhang Liao has always adhered to the attitude of "taking advantage of your illness to kill you", and if he does not move, he must deal the opponent's greatest blow, and never give the opponent time to react.

However, the result of this attack still surprised Zhang Liao, and even surprised him far more than he was happy.

It's not that the enemy took out any weapons or combat conditions that made Zhang Liao feel more terrifying, but that the results of this attack were far more than he thought before, and the Predator, who was originally as hard as iron, looked as if he had suddenly turned into paper paste in this round of attacks, and more than 300 people fell under Zhang Liao's only one attack.

You must know that just now, they were still relatively abundant, and when they grasped the enemy's weakness and could take advantage of it, they also paid a huge price to barely solve the light cavalry force of more than 1,000 people.

But this time, it was just one impact, and the damage caused was one-third of the previous victory.

When did the enemy army become so weak, or were they originally paper tigers?!

"This, how is this possible."

And the one who was even more straight-eyed and dull-eyed than Zhang Liao was naturally Li Meng, who had a tragic hand-to-hand ♂ fight with the other party just now, because he was so stunned that he even made a bad appearance of looking at his hands in a daze on the battlefield.

If it weren't for Zhang Liao's personal guards who stabbed him with their hands and helped him resist a spear that stabbed him, perhaps even if Li Meng didn't die on the battlefield immediately, he would definitely become a rolling gourd, and maybe he would have been chopped into minced meat.

Maybe it will be wrapped up by the town of Guanxi and given to Lu Tishi, but it is not necessarily.

However, on the battlefield, you can't think too much, since you find that there are loopholes to exploit, there are advantages to take advantage of, and both sides are fighting for life and death, how can you put the other party to death, it is naturally impossible to give up this great opportunity. Even though the enemy's will to fight and spirit are worthy of respect, the more respectable the opponent is, the more he must take advantage of this opportunity to stifle him.

Otherwise, when the other party comes back to his senses, then the unlucky one should be the state army.

So from Zhang Liao downwards, everyone fought bravely to be the first, especially those soldiers who escaped with Li Meng, and everyone had red eyes and almost wanted to breathe fire in their mouths, wanting to avenge their lost robes.

Although the enemy army resisted desperately, and more and more soldiers went ashore, especially the crossbowmen who did not have time to line up after coming ashore and opened their bows and arrows to shoot at the Bingzhou army, but this could not stop the Bingzhou army that had broken out.

Not to mention that the soldiers of Zhang Liao's department did not wait long, Hua Xiong appeared on the edge of the battlefield with the cavalry, and moved towards the center of the battlefield at high speed, obviously it would not take long for the two detachments of the state army to converge.

At that time, the flawed enemy army could not resist the merger army with a new force to join.

Even now they still have a certain advantage in the number of soldiers. (To be continued......)