Chapter 114: Scarlet Arrow Feather
"Uh......"
Wang Jun supported a Wei soldier whose body was writhing involuntarily and slowly lowered him to the ground.
The severed throat spurted hot blood, and the rich smell of blood escaped in the night sky; The soldier's consciousness gradually dissipated, and his pupils opened wider and wider; The only thing he doesn't regret is that he is not alone on Huangquan Road; Near the gate of the granary, there were guards lying on the ground, and these people were already waiting for him on the road......
There are many guards in Chencang, and the consumption of food is naturally very large, so the granary is the real target of Wang Jun's attack tonight.
In the southeast, northwest, each section of the city wall went up to slash and kill for a while, the main purpose was to cause chaos and divert the attention of the defenders; Although Wang Jun's body surname has reached more than 18 times that of ordinary people, after some tossing, he is tired enough. As a result, the plan to storm the granary, burn and loot became a sneak attack; In terms of explosiveness, Wang Jun has not lost to Ada and Arnold, the two T-850 terminators, but in terms of staying power, Wang Jun is still far behind...... As long as the energy is not exhausted, Ada and Arnold can keep slashing people without stopping.
After killing all the warehouse guards who were keeping vigil, Wang Jun collected all the grain in the warehouse into the space ring; Chencang is an important pass for Wei to attack Shu, and not long ago, there were more than 100,000 soldiers, and the daily consumption of grain was around 60 tons, so a large amount of grain was stored in the Chencang military warehouse; However, more than 1,000 tons of grain actually don't take up much space, and Wang Jun's space ring is still down.
"What!"
In less than half an hour, Cao Zhen, who received the news, sat on the chair stupidly, his eyes were empty; Hao Zhao and Wang Shenger will sit on both sides, equally silent.
The four sides of the city were attacked by people, killing and wounding hundreds, which only made Cao Zhen frown for a while; However, the military rations were looted, and the various departments under his command only had the amount of three days that should be taken away, which was fatal!
Originally, in history, in the spring of 229, Zhuge Liang led tens of thousands of horses to besiege Chencang, and Hao Zhao only brought more than 1,000 horses, which made the old man Zhuge retreat gloomily (Of course, this history is no worse than Wang Jun's crossing of chaos, could it be that Hao Zhao is also a person who crossed?). ); Now Chencang City is bigger, taller, and stronger, and the men and horses defending the city have reached 45,000 horses...... The only weakness is military rations, which are incomparably safe.
Forced requisition of people's food?
Chencang was originally just a small county town, but because of its geographical location, it was used as a military town for Wei to defend Shu; The city was newly built, and the design considered the military more than the people's livelihood, and it was enlarged and heightened under the prestige of the royal army; As an outpost of war, especially when the Wang army changed the trajectory of this world, Chen Cang has long been more army than civilian...... The so-called people in the city are only more than 2,000 households, and most of them are military dependents.
Cao Zhen understands that forcibly requisitioning people's grain cannot solve the fundamental problem; Now, there are only two workarounds.
First, leave a small number of soldiers and horses to hold on, and most of the army leave a ration and evacuate as soon as possible;
Second, let Chang'an in the east support grain and grass, and at the same time let the troops in several counties north of Chencang bring grain back to help.
With the heightened city wall, the enemy can still kill the head of the city inexplicably, which shows that the city wall is not high enough!
It has been confirmed that there is only one enemy who is slaughtering on the castle tower, and the weapons are two large axes...... This is mixed news; The good part is that this shows that the Han army cannot easily climb the city wall in large numbers, only a few super generals can come up, and the method of blocking the city gate should be useful; The bad part is that the soldiers can't stop the enemy generals, which means that once Cao Zhen and the others encounter it, the result will be miserable.
"General, the last general thinks that the enemy general who attacked the city tower and granary at night must be Wang Jun, the main general of the Han army." Hao Zhao expressed his opinion.
"It seems that Wang Jun is not the only one who has entered the city......" Cao Zhen also agreed with this point of view and added his own thoughts.
The last general seconded...... However, is there an internal response in the city? Otherwise, how could so much grain and grass disappear! Wang Sheng was very puzzled about the problem of food.
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Chen Cang categorically can't be lost!
This is a joint decision of Cao Zhen, Hao Zhao, and Wang Sheng; According to this line of thinking, because Wang Jun was able to easily enter the city and the force was amazing, the first plan was naturally rejected; Leaving a small number of soldiers to guard Chencang, without Wang Jun killing them for a few nights, the results speak for themselves; As soon as Chen Cang was lost, the 30,000 Wei troops in the two northern counties became lone troops, and at the same time, the door of Chang'an was opened, and the Han army drove straight in.
That night, several groups of messengers left Chencang during the night; And fire prevention, anti-theft, and anti-Wang Jun have become the main tasks of the Chen Cang defenders.
It's just that more than 1,000 tons of grain, how did Wang Jun move it away in a short period of time?
This problem made Cao Zhen and the three of them pull a lot of beards down, and the city was also turned upside down, but there was still no result.
During the day the next day, the Han army did not make any moves, but the Wei army was not idle; Under the initiation of Hao Zhao, the Wei army pooled their wisdom and efforts, and various preventive measures emerged one by one.
Lanyards and bells aside, domestic cats and dogs were all led to the city tower; The soldiers on duty in the city tower at night, two tithes and one team, fixed points and districts, all equipped with bows and crossbows; A well fence was built on the inner side of the city wall, and crossbowmen were arranged on it to support the guards on the city tower...... The most terrifying thing is that large and small hunting traps have also been carried up to the city tower, and even the guards and soldiers have to be careful when they walk around at night.
After Cao Zhen and the others made arrangements, if Wang Jun didn't have the skill of spiritual perception, it would not be easy to re-enter Chen Cang with just a strong physical affiliation; However, on the second night, the defenders were nervous and guarded for a night, and there was nothing unusual, which was considered to be peaceful.
However, when the sun shone on the earth on the third day, Cao Zhen and the others were stunned to find that Wang Jun and they were gone!
It is unlikely that the king led the army to retreat after plundering the grain in the city; The ancients were not stupid, and the word "encirclement and reinforcement" may not be said, but what did Wang Jun do, Cao Zhen and the others quickly understood, and their faces were pale.
Dispatching troops from the two northern counties to bring grain and grass back to help, Cao Zhen and others have actually entered a gambling game; Xinping County is not big, Cao Zhen put 30,000 horses, it is easy to defend, even if he opens his jaw to attack, he may not be able to please; In the two northern counties of Fufeng County, there are 30,000 horses, which were originally intended to defend Zhang Jaw and lead the troops to the south to encircle Chencang.
Now, Cao Zhen basically gave up the two northern counties, and sent a large number of men and horses and grain and grass back to Chencang, betting that Zhang Jaw would not take the opportunity to go south from the north of Fufeng County; After the merger of forces, Cao Zhen had 75,000 horses, not to mention going out of the city to annihilate the Wang army, at least step by step, forcing the Wang army to retreat There is still some certainty; in the face of such a peerless general, the aggrieved Cao Zhen can no longer be dealt with with with conventional tactics.
In fact, Cao Zhen had already sent several groups of killers in an attempt to kill Wang Jun by beheading; There are many tricks such as those who pretend to take refuge, those who pretend to be ordinary people, and so on, but they fail one by one. Historically, the Wei State used a lot of such methods to deal with the Qianghu, Xiongnu, and Xianbei, and the effect was quite good; Wang Jun...... Just by relying on the surname viewing system, Wang Jun can tell which camp the person belongs to, no matter how Cao Zhen tosses, Wang Jun will kill him.
What to do?
Cao Zhen's head is as big as a fight!
In fact, the problem of grain and grass, whether it is carried by the people and horses in the two northern counties or sent by Chang'an, can be solved; Cao Zhen's 30,000 horses transferred back to the north were more about repelling the Wang army, but now, things have reached the point of no return; If the 30,000 reinforcements are defeated by the Wang army, Chen Cang will be in trouble, can it be said that Chang'an's men and horses will be transferred again?
Don't dare to smoke it!
You must know that the threat to Chang'an is not only a force of Wang Jun, Shu attacked from Hanzhong, and through several plank roads, it can appear between Chencang and Chang'an...... For example, when the remnants of Guan Xing and Zhang Bao escaped, they burned a lot, but this can be repaired.
In case Chang'an is empty, and the Shu army suddenly appears under Chang'an City, Cao Zhen will be even more tragic!
The spies quickly determined the whereabouts of Wang's army, and sure enough, reinforcements from the two northern counties had gone.
Get!
After cleaning up the Dongcheng Gate Cave, Cao Zhen and Wang Sheng hurried out of the city with 35,000 horses and followed the footsteps of Wang Jun, while Hao Zhao took 10,000 horses to guard Chencang.
According to Cao Zhen's idea, as long as he arrived in time, he could form a situation of attacking Wang's army from the north and south with the southbound reinforcements, and perhaps the result would be favorable...... Of course, this is just an idea.
Encirclement for reinforcements?
And that's not all; In fact, Wang Jun is prepared with both hands.
If Cao Zhen does not go out of the city, then Wang Jun really goes to fight the Wei army in the north of Chencang and the two counties in the south; But if Cao Zhen would send an army out of the city, the king's army would fight Cao Zhen; The 9,000 Han army is lurking in the area of a canyon intersection called Shizuitou, all of them are recuperating, waiting for the Wei army to appear.
So, Cao Zhen took 35,000 Wei troops and hurriedly entered the Grand Canyon and rushed north.
"Husband, they're coming......"
Dressed in a heroic uniform, Cao Ying stood on the cliff, looking at the dense Wei army in the canyon below the left, and a faint smile appeared on his face.
"Well, it's finally here...... Be careful yourself. ”
With that, Wang Jun picked up his double axe and began to descend the mountain.
The Suzaku Army of 1,000 female soldiers, with Cao Ying as the main general, is definitely not a vase; All of them were equipped with the Suzaku Longbow, the Suzaku Ring Head Knife, and the Suzaku Dagger, all of which were specially made by craftsmen.
The Vermilion Bird longbow refers to the longbow of the Wang Army, combined with the bow and arrow technology of the Three Kingdoms period, and complements the weaknesses; The bow body is slender and the bowstring is slender, because the soldiers are all female surnames, and the pull cannot be designed too much; There is no yew wood, but there are composite bows, recurve structures and other processes to make up for it, and in this way, the effective range of the Suzaku bow has been increased by 2 times compared to ordinary bows and arrows, reaching 160 meters, and the maximum range has gone to 250 meters, which is a little more powerful than the crossbow of the second stone. Compared with the crossbow, the Vermilion Bird longbow does not require much strength to open the bow, the power of one stone is enough, and it is easy to carry, has a high rate of fire, and is simple to maintain; This is obviously much more cost-effective for the Suzaku Army, which is mainly attacking, than going out with a crossbow, but the training of soldiers must be greatly strengthened.
The Vermilion Bird Ring Head Knife, ring head, narrow body, straight back, long blade, is obtained by refining and quenching, and is more suitable for chopping than the Roman short sword of the royal army; The craftsmen reduced the length of the blade and reduced the thickness of the blade to a total length of only 80 centimeters, while the ring head was designed with a hollowed-out Suzaku pattern; Compared with the ordinary ring-head knife, it appears light and dexterous, in addition to chopping, it can also stab, and it is more suitable for female soldiers whose height and strength are not as good as those of the male surname.
The Suzaku dagger, as the last weapon in hand-to-hand combat, has a single-sided blade, a blood groove, and is 18 cm long; The craftsmen were good at making daggers extremely sharp, but Wang Jun didn't want the female soldiers to be forced to use daggers.
As the boss of the Vermilion Bird Army, Cao Ying was already a first-class general, Cao Ying did not bring a dagger, but equipped two Vermilion Bird Ring Swords; The double knife danced, although it was not as amazing as Wang Jun's double axe, but it was smart and tricky, and once it was close, it was impossible to prevent it.
As the first all-female soldier unit, Cao Ying also spent a lot of effort; Black armor, scarlet head cherry, scarlet cape, scarlet arrow feathers............ This directly reminded Wang Jun of the Red Women's Army, of course, this red is not the other red.
"Buzz!"
Without any warning, 1,001 flying arrows flew into the sky in an instant, and after reaching a high point, they accelerated their fall and headed straight for Cao Zhen and them.
"Enemy attack! …… Cliff on the right! ”
Cao Zhen, who was unprepared, suddenly saw a red figure flashing on the cliff on the right as he went, and as soon as the alarm was raised, Cao Ying's first wave of attacks arrived; Hula, hundreds of Wei troops were hit by arrows and fell a batch, and the screams were terrifying; The terrain of the cliff is dangerous and the position is high, and the Wei army's bows and crossbows cannot shoot to the top of the cliff, so they can only stare dryly.
Send troops to climb directly?
This idea, just take a closer look at the topography of the cliff to know that it is unreliable; In fact, Cao Ying and the others took a lot of effort and detours to climb to the top of this cliff; Those who can go up on the front, except for Wang Jun, Ada, and Arnold, no one else has a role.
Next, the firing speed of 12 arrows in 1 minute of the Vermilion Bird Army made the Wei army very frightened.
They are accustomed to using bows and crossbows, and they are also accustomed to the speed of 1 round per minute; As for the repeater, it is a high-end goods, and it can be widely configured in the army. In fact, even crossbows also have obvious disadvantages, a single crossbow arrow is less powerful than ordinary crossbow arrows of the same level; The advantage is that it can form dense fire coverage in a short time, but it cannot last, and it is very troublesome to wind up again after a round of light; In a long battle, the Zhuge repeater was not even as good as ordinary crossbow arrows.
But right now, the rain of arrows flying down from the cliffs is continuous in waves......
"Shield! Rush over! ”
has come to this point, Cao Zhen is determined to move forward.
However, after only a few minutes, Cao Zhen was annoyed by his decision; The hundred-meter-wide canyon was full of the corpses of the Wei army, and the scarlet arrow feathers all over the ground were like a blood-colored reed.
Tens of thousands of Wei troops were divided into two sections in the canyon, advancing and retreating, like a long snake that had been cut off; It is true that flying arrows cannot penetrate shields, but heavy arrows can, especially when they occupy a geographical location, and their power is even more terrifying; Flying arrows, heavy arrows, and together with the Vermilion Bird Army, 24,000 have been shot, with Wang Jun as the "warehouse supervisor" and Cao Ying as the arrow; The corpses of more than 3,000 Wei soldiers are full of holes, silently expressing the horror of the Vermilion Bird Army, this road is equivalent to the road of death.
Cao Zhen was forced to have no choice but to ask the front army to stop and wait first, while the rear army was ready to send men and horses to find a path up the mountain; Without killing the Han army on the cliff, the Wei army would not be able to pass safely at all.
There is a way and a curse is not a one-way line; Cao Zhen's manpower had not yet been arranged, and the front army encountered the enemy.
Wang Jun, dressed in heavy armor and carrying a giant axe in one hand, blocked the way of the Wei army's forwards; 91 Roman hoplites, also heavily armoured, with a square shield in their left hand and a short sword in their right hand, lined up in the back...... Halberd, this terrain is not suitable; In the rear, Deng Zhi led 8,000 Yulin troops, neatly arrayed, shield men, archers, etc., and the road ahead was obviously impassable.
"Surrender or surrender! Either...... Die! ”
Wang Jun's arrogant voice echoed in the Grand Canyon; Rather than killing all the enemies, the king's army was more eager to take prisoners, which was a shortcut to increasing the number of troops.
When the 45,000 Wei troops were guarding Chencang, they did not choose to go out of the city to fight with the Wang army; Now, there are only 1.5 people in the front army, and in the face of the main force led by Wang Jun, there is no confidence at all.
Not to mention these small soldiers and young generals, Cao Zhen, who is in the rear army, has no confidence; The current situation is obvious, and he has fallen into Wang Jun's trap...... What to do?
"Woo!"
A short and long desolate horn sounded throughout the canyon, and the Han army, with Wang Jun as the vanguard, immediately pressed forward slowly; When Wang Jun reorganized the army, he eliminated the so-called war drums, how good the horns were, light and small, and a whole bunch of large and small war drums, which was a pure waste of manpower and material resources.
"Don't panic! Array! Crossbowmen prepare! ”
The generals of the Wei army's vanguard kept cheering up the soldiers, but their feet were actually weak; The Han army is the first to kill the god king army, who is not afraid?
"Stop!"
The Wei army's standard crossbow arrows are very good, but they are only a little more than a hundred meters away; Wang Jun stood at the edge of the opponent's range and raised his hand to signal the team to pause.
"Bang dang!"
Two huge one-handed axes were randomly thrown to the ground by Wang Jun; One by one, the black whirring "melons" flew into the sky with a roar.
"Don't mess around!" Several generals of the Wei army looked at the flailing queue and shouted loudly.
It's just that how many people will honestly watch the sky and something fly in and not hide?
The Wei soldiers were able to barely maintain the queue, which was already passable.
"Boom! ……”
Wang Jun shamelessly used modern weapons, and high-explosive grenades once again harvested the lives of Wei Jun; The army in other directions cannot be controlled, and casualties are inevitable, but if you lead the team to fight, the casualties can be avoided; Shameless? Wang Jun, as a traverser, is there to manage these things, and it is right to win.
The crossbowmen in the vanguard of the Wei army were completely chaotic, as long as they were not dead or injured, they turned their heads and fled; If you can't fight the Han army, stay where you are and wait to be bombed, no one will want to.
"Kill!"
A large number of Han troops rushed to the front of the Wei army; Before anyone arrived, a wave of crossbow arrows arrived first.
"Ahh ……”
Without the courage to hold out until the moment of the confrontation, the Wei army collapsed; The people in the front naturally want to run backwards, and the people in the middle also want to run backwards...... Only those in the rear are reluctant to run back; Running through the scarlet "Reed Swing", that's a terrible thing!
Chaos, just one word, but on the battlefield, then it must be written with life; The Wei soldiers were divided into two groups and slashed each other, just to seize a way out of life that did not actually exist.
"Mingjin!"
Cao Zhen reluctantly gave the order, and the current situation was out of control; Since the roar of the fight sounded one after another, Cao Zhen knew that the front army was in big trouble, but let himself lead the rear army to press up?
Forget it!
This is the terrain of the canyon, and the 3,000 corpses "overgrown" with arrow feathers in front of Cao Zhen alone make Cao Zhen have no grasp of controlling the situation; If you don't retreat, you may be overwhelmed by the rout in front in a while, and in that case, the rear army will also be in trouble.
not to mention how Cao Zhen led people to run away; The Yulin army in the canyon only slashed for a short time before slowly retreating to a safe position, and the chaotic Wei army slowly regained its senses, especially after the Vermilion Bird Army threw three rounds of arrow feathers again.
The Wei army, which tried to retreat from the road, finally understood the reason why the colleagues behind were unwilling to retreat...... The back road is actually a dead end; Of the more than 1,000 Wei troops who fled by the road, only 2 ran over, and they verified this with their own lives.
The dense scarlet arrow feathers made the Wei army completely desperate.
"I'll say it one last time...... Surrender or die! ”
Wang Jun once again led the Yulin Army to slowly press up, and the murderous aura that rushed to the sky shrouded the remaining more than 10,000 Wei troops.
"Bang! …… Bang dang! ”
The canyon was filled with the sound of weapons falling to the ground; The main general Cao Zhen had already run away with 17,000 people, and the more than 10,000 Wei troops who were in a desperate situation had no interest in fighting to the end. (To be continued.) )