Chapter 233: A small victory
After a series of setbacks in the first battle, Zhang Zhaoda didn't just forget it, on the second day, he mobilized more warships and armies, without any fancy fighting methods, and there was no so-called combat methods, just like that, rampage, fill in with human lives! For two days, round after round of attacks had been unleashed on this defensive line, which was only a few miles long......
On the river, the first line of defense of the Zhou army had just been rebuilt and was quickly pushed down, the Zhou army formed a small formation, blocked the gap, erected shields, raised bows and crossbows, and frantically shot at the Chen warships that came from the river, in their shouts and roars, the Zhou soldiers and soldiers rushed forward in an orderly manner, so dense that they could hardly see the queue, and then struggled to stretch their bows and pull the bowstrings, and another round of arrow rain was thrown out, before it rained, these bows and arrows were restored to their accuracy, but the Chen people were very cunning, they not only reinforced the shield on the edge of the ship, It is also a thin net made of cooked cowhide, each hole is no more than the size of a copper coin, the strength of the bow and arrow is greatly reduced, it is difficult to hurt the Chen army behind at all, every time the Zhou army begins to react collectively, when the bow is fired back, these Chen soldiers will hide behind this, while waiting for the rain of arrows of the Zhou army to pass, while winding up to prepare for the next attack......
Before the Zhou army had time to rise a sense of powerlessness, the cowhide net was opened, and dozens of bed crossbows were greeted at the same time, the iron arrows shot vertically and horizontally, and the dense bow and arrow strikes followed, when the Zhou army was tired of coping, the Chen army went into the water, and hundreds of Chen troops withstood the rain of arrows sent by the Zhou army, raised the shield forward, brandished a long knife and collided with the Zhou army, the scene was once very tragic......
And such a scene, in the past two days has been as high as eight times, after a round of attacks by the Zhou army, the second round and the third round will follow in the next half a day, this kind of oil tactics can be said to be taboo in the past, but in the current situation, it is the only way to break the situation, Chen Guo spared no life, Chen Jun rushed forward without fear of death, at the last moment, the forefront of the Zhou army finally declared its collapse, desperately squeezed backwards, I don't know how many people, how many soldiers pushed each other, trampled on each other, The archers were scattered all over the place, and some people fell into the mud from the top of the wall in a panic, surrounded by rout troops running with shouts, Chen Jun put the rope on a wooden stake, and pulled it back violently, the tall wall fell in response, and the surging crowd rushed in the direction of the rout......
At this point, the situation seems irreparable. Above the watchtower, Lu Teng and his deputy Gao Lin are looking into the distance by the railing, trying to observe the battle situation in front, starting from the first round of attacks launched by Chen Guo this morning, Gao Lin's fists are clenched, as estimated, struggling to support for a few days, under the absolute strength of the opposite side, the Zhou army's front finally collapsed, the Chen army did not give the Zhou army time to breathe at all, almost the same moment when the Zhou army was shaken on the whole line, in an instant, the Chen army went ashore in a hula, and the elite of the Zhou army on the front line was defeated and fled.
Gao Lin's fist clenched and loosened, and then clenched again, his palms were already full of sweat, he subconsciously looked back at the coach Lu Teng, and saw that the old man was still calmly watching the battle on the side, as if it was not the soldiers and horses under his command but the Chen army that collapsed in front of him.
Gao Lin arched his hand towards Lu Teng, and said with difficulty: "General, the first fence has been broken, it seems that soon the other fences will be lost, and the last general thinks that the riverside is afraid that it will not be able to hold it......"
Lu Teng glanced at him and said, "Zhang Zhaoda reacted very quickly, and he was ruthless enough, if he was afraid of that casualty, it is estimated that he would have to wait until the beginning of spring next year if he wants to fight here." Gao Lin asked, "What about ...... Do you want to keep it? He didn't have this kind of intention in his heart, Zhang Zhaoda on the other side was like a madman when he used his troops, he didn't care about the soldiers at all, and took his life to fill the obstacles in front of him, so how could Zhou Jun be Chen Jun's opponent? When Lu Teng, Gao Lin and others formulated such a battle plan, the original plan was to fight a protracted war of attrition with Zhang Zhaoda, when the Chen army crossed the river, it was already close to winter, and then a few days later, when the heavy snow came in the middle of winter, Zhang Zhaoda had to retreat if he did not retreat, and the 100,000 army would not be able to come up at least in the spring of next year, and if he was lucky, he could even drag it out for more than half a year. But Zhang Zhaoda's style of play, such a direct strength to directly crush the past, really makes people have nothing to say and nothing to do.
Lu Teng's face couldn't see the disappointment of the abacus at all, and he calmly ordered:
"Zhang Zhaoda is determined to spend the winter in Jiangling, the old man can't just be so cheap for him, even if he loses, the old man will tear off a piece of meat on him! Order the four major heavy armor battalions stationed in the north of the shore, 3,000 soldiers, all of them put on armor and go into battle! Kill Chen Jun for me!
At the same time, the order went down, the main gate of the Chinese army camp was not allowed to be opened, and the city tower was guarded, and the major battalions were ordered to send an adjutant general to come out, collect the rout, stabilize the order, and fight back! Gao Lin ......" Lu Teng's eyes swept towards him, and he said lightly but firmly: "Old man, please ask you." ”
Gao Lin was shocked, didn't say more, arched his hands, strode forward, and turned to leave. Under the watchtower, there was a drum sound that shook the heavens and the earth, the battle armor rumbled, countless soldiers wearing iron armor, or holding heavy shields and axes, or holding steel spears and spears rushed to the side doors on both sides of the camp, in the outer room only a wall away from them, the Chen army pursued and killed the Zhou army, the second line of defense was captured almost effortlessly, the Chen army was like a rainbow, the Zhou army seemed to be a pile of dust, and it could be blown away with a light breath.
War is like this, under the situation of disparity in strength, as long as you can win the first battle, the rest is not to worry about, you can take it in one go! Lu Teng looked at the one-sided situation below, his eagle-like sharp gaze scanning the vivid faces as far as his eyes could reach, panic, excitement, bloodthirsty, angry, and sad...... And so on, thousands of faces, thousands of emotions were displayed in front of him, and he was as indifferent as a statue, so many soldiers with sharp blades were like ants in his eyes. All beings are like the tide, and he is a reef standing immovable in the tide, "Zhang Zhaoda, do you think you have won?" There was a fierce light in Lu Teng's eyes, and it disappeared.
With the sound of war drums beating again, the Chen army finally found that something was wrong, the Chen army in front of the camp not only did not retreat, but put on a posture of fighting to the death, there were Zhou army generals with their own soldiers in a large wave of hasty flight to collect the rout, the rout soldiers finally maintained order, slowly moved to the rear, and gradually formed a broken battle ......formation, densely clad in iron armor of the Zhou army poured out from the camp, collided with Chen Jun, and instantly turned on their backs!
Zhang Zhaoda was only a hundred steps away from the river bank, and the battle situation on the shore that was instantly reversed was naturally taken into his eyes, and he sighed: "Lu Teng is Lu Teng in the end, last time, I brought 50,000 armor and 2,000 warships to besiege Jiangling, Yuwenzhi's several reinforcements were defeated by the old man, and Lu Teng was surrounded by a lone army, the old man thought that victory was close at hand, but Lu Teng not only did not have timidity, but opened the city gate widely, and personally led thousands of heavy armor to fight against our army, and our army was defeated. Our army plans to dig up the Longchuan Ningbang embankment again, divert water to irrigate the city, and it is this Lu Teng, who led the armor to fight a decisive battle with our army at the west embankment, and defeated our army again, our army's great plan fell short, this time with him, the old man will never make such a mistake......"
Several lieutenants around him turned their heads to look around, countless soldiers in armor and spears went to the river bank from the warship, maroon surging on the shore, as if spreading to the ...... of the flames of the fire, on the battlefield ahead, Chen Jun was blocked by the Zhou army armor under the third camp, and was struggling to support, Chen Jun's armor soldiers came one after another, the two wild currents slapped together, and the two sides fought chaotically.
Lu Teng and Zhang Zhaoda commanded fierce generals, and Chen Guo's fierce generals Cheng Wenji and Xiao Maha each led a team of strong soldiers to rush and kill in the formation. Xiao Maha waved an iron lance, tiger and tiger, swinging a posture of sweeping thousands of troops, the iron lance swept over a Zhou general, that Zhou general's brain suddenly burst out, flying out, the soldiers guarded on the left and right, rushed to kill on the side, and after Xiao Maha tore a hole, he drilled into the ...... like a locust
Cheng Wenji's long knife had already been broken, he lifted the chain hammer hanging on his waist, rampaged, the chain hammer gently brushed over, and the person's body flew out like a straw, slammed to the ground, shattered his skull and neck bones, and died too long ago to die anymore, and then he vacated a small piece of open space on his side, and the corpses were all over the field, where was there a war? Even when cutting wheat, there is no such ferocious and domineering as him.
Gao Lin and other generals of the Zhou army also had to go into battle to meet the battle, rushing to the front, but the disadvantage was already difficult to resist. Lu Teng's hand, originally expected to be able to hit Zhang Zhaoda by surprise and force Chen Jun back to the river again, who would have thought that Zhang Zhaoda had made sufficient preparations early, and also responded with thousands of armor soldiers, and once again pressed Lu Teng with the general momentum, Lu Teng had already been defeated, and the situation was very clear. Above the watchtower, Lu Teng took a deep breath and ordered: "The remaining two battalions of soldiers and horses of the Chinese army will go out to entangle the Chen army and buy time for the army...... The rest of the armies, slowly retreat! ”
"It's so easy to take in the old man? It's a pity that the old man is going to withdraw......" He turned around and left, this piece of defense that he originally planned to use to block Chen Guo had already failed, and the overall retreat of the Zhou army was only a few days. Zhang Zhaoda quickly issued an order, "Within three days, capture this barrier, and within two days, capture Yidu County, the army will build a camp relying on the city, the front army of 30,000 troops will be stationed on the north bank, and the rest of the armies will return to Jingzhou!" ”
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"Barracks military regulations, self-theft, no matter how much, behead! Trespass the people, adulterer the children, take the women into the camp, behead! Talking in vain about yin and yang, witches, ghosts and gods, and slashing! Shocked for no reason, shout and run, slash! More shop lost waiting, made a night loss, and was good at his fire, slashed! ……”
"The fourth outpost, go to Tujiatun to collect 400,000 stone of grain! ……”
The iron armor rumbled, and the military horses neighed.
In November of the second year of Wuping in the Northern Qi Dynasty, there were frequent sounds of troop and horse mobilization in Hezhou, Rubei, Zhongchuan, Yangcheng, Zhengzhou, Guangzhou and other prefectures and counties, and there were such strange signs in Fenzhou, Luoyang, and even Jinzhou Road, and a large number of armor soldiers were transferred south to Hedong. On the 24th, the general Gao Changgong beat the drum and gathered the generals, sent troops south, and 40,000 troops passed through Funiu Mountain and attacked Zheyang!