Chapter 82: A Late Surprise

On the south bank of the river, a convoy transporting materials suddenly stopped.

In the distance, the sound of horses' hooves sounded.

Soon, the cavalry got closer and closer.

The sergeants, Ding Zhuang, and drivers in the car shouted and dispersed one after another.

The cavalry rushed forward, split into two wings, and outflanked in a roundabout.

On the riverside wilderness, arrows fell like rain, and blood flew.

It only took a few moments for thousands of horsemen to slaughter the entire convoy of nearly 1,000 soldiers and civilians.

A moment later, the fire rose into the sky, and all kinds of materials transported from Luoyang burned and burned.

The cavalry rushed north again.

Heyang Nancheng has gotten the news, but it's still very chaotic.

The people fled one after another, and hid in the rough earthen enclosure, watching in horror at the sudden arrival of the enemy horsemen.

Most of the adult males were sent to the north bank of the river to fight, and those who remained on the south bank at this time were either elderly or teenagers.

But they're not easy to mess with.

If you encounter a large group of cavalry in the field, you must be frightened, and you have nothing to say about running around. But they would hide behind earthen walls or wooden fences, surrounded by relatives, and their courage could not help but increase, and they all held wooden spears, hunting bows, wood knives, wooden rafts and other instruments, and nervously watched the enemy horses circling outside, ready to fight desperately.

The cavalry roamed around, besieged and killed a group of civilians who had not had time to retreat, seized some supplies, and then did not know what to do.

Concentrate on breaking down some earthen enclosures, of course, this can be done, but is it worth it?

It is impossible for them to stop like the homeless handsome, coerce Ding Zhuang, and develop like a snowball, it will take time, and they don't have time.

Shile's banner came from far and near, and soon came to the south bank of Mengjin.

He rolled over and dismounted, surrounded by the generals, and carefully examined the ahead.

The southern city of Ha Duong stands to the west of the ferry, close to the post road.

After all, this is a city, not a gate, and it will not allow the post road to pass directly through the city. But it is so close that it can still be regarded as cutting off the post road - shooting arrows and sending crossbows from the top of the city can completely stop traffic.

"You can send a fine horseman, go far away, pass through the field, and reach the bridgehead." The peach leopard pointed ahead with a horsewhip and said: "There are miles from the north of the city to the head of the bridge, and the fine cavalry will be killed, and the Jin people will not dare to go out of the city, or they can seize the pontoon bridge." ”

"No." Lu Ming objected: "The rangers returned, there were hundreds of strong people at the bridgehead, and there were many horses and heavy carts, and they couldn't rush over directly. ”

"It's just a few hundred fields, and the sons and daughters can dismount and fight, and they can be defeated. Kui An has already brought people over, you can watch it. ”

"What's the use of burning the pontoon? As long as they can't take Nancheng, they can spend more time and spend more money and food, and they can rebuild it. ”

"I see that they are uncomfortable, what's wrong? Kill Brother Zhang Yue, I want to take revenge now. ”

"Enough!" Shile rebuked.

The crowd immediately shut up.

Schler continued to look into the distance.

The killing on the north bank of the river gradually faded away, which made him a little worried.

On the way here, he received news that Shao Xun led his troops eastward to attack the camp of Shamati. After gathering the men and horses and rushing over, they found that the battle had already begun, but now they don't know how far the battle has been.

If the King of Bohai wins, then his side will step up the offensive.

If the King of Bohai fails, then withdraw.

Very clear thinking, no doubts. After all, he couldn't fly across the Yellow River from Mengjin to join the King of Bohai - the bridge hadn't been built yet.

Now he needs to judge how the North Shore is playing.

"Come up with me and see." Schler got on his horse again and galloped forward, the generals following one after another.

Between the southern city of Heyang and the bridgehead, the battle is going on.

Kui An picked hundreds of people who were good at archery, dismounted and held a bow to shoot, and shot the hundreds of Ding Zhuang gathered at the head of the bridge so that they could not raise their heads, and when Shile arrived, they were almost scattered.

Nancheng sent some Ding Zhuang, who could shoot arrows, out of the city, but was quickly beaten and fled, almost letting the cavalry chase him and seize the city gate. Since then, they have not been able to hold out, guarding this almost meaningless turtle shell - if the defending soldiers dare not go out of the city to fight, the role of the city will be greatly reduced, and it will become a simple "storage point" for materials and soldiers.

Shile barely paid attention to the battlefield, only staring at the north shore.

What the hell is going on over there?

"General." Kui An rode back and saluted from afar.

Behind him, the defenders at the bridgehead had completely dispersed, and the crowd fled in the direction of Zhongyun City.

There weren't many people in Zhongyun City, and they even dismantled a few boats near Hezhu to disconnect the pontoon bridge so that it wouldn't be taken by Shile.

The rout fled to the edge of the pontoon, looked at the disconnected pontoon bridge in front of them, and cried and screamed.

Zhongyun City found the few small boats and crossed them one by one.

On the south bridge, the Huns rushed over with firewood and grass, and then poured fire oil on it and ignited it.

The sound of "crackling" gradually sounded, thick smoke rose into the sky, and the Heyang South Bridge, which took months to build, was already doomed.

Zhongyun City sent people to take a boat to dismantle the bridge, and try to recover some pontoons that had not yet been affected by the fire, but it could not change the overall situation.

The Hun cavalry deliberately waited on the south bank for a while.

The gate of Heyang Nancheng was always closed, and the remaining sergeants, like quails, did not dare to fight, and watched the pontoon bridge burned down.

From beginning to end, Shiler did not stop.

And this attitude of not stopping has actually explained his inner tendency: I tried my best, and what the King of Bohai did had nothing to do with me.

With this fire, it is impossible for the north shore not to be seen.

Shao Thief transferred all the usable Ding Zhuang to the north bank, if they know that the south bank was attacked, the army's morale must be turbulent, and under the low morale, it is difficult to say whether they can break through the camp of the King of Bohai - there is a high probability that they can hold out until the reinforcements arrive.

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Shile lingered near the ferry for a while, then mounted his horse and roared away with his cavalry to see if he could make a little more money.

Trade-offs, since Shao Thief has made a trade-off, then I will smash the part you gave up.

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When Shile led his troops to attack the south bank, the battle on the north bank had basically ended, and it had entered the stage of chasing the dead and chasing the north.

Liu Fu did not run far.

Escorted by thousands of cavalry, he wandered in the distance.

After a long time, several generals were assigned to take more than 3,000 horsemen to meet the rout.

Several people looked at each other, but they were unwilling.

In the event of a big defeat, who still has the heart to work for others?

After a moment of stalemate, someone finally sighed and set out with his headquarters.

Someone took the lead, and the other two also led the way.

Or the classic longitudinal cavalry encirclement.

The cavalry of the Jin army fought repeatedly and was in tatters, but still sent more than 1,000 horsemen to entangle with the Hun cavalry.

The Huns scattered in all directions, avoiding head-on contact with the Jin cavalry, and specifically looking for gaps to drill, taking advantage of the slightly faster speed to kill the Jin army's foot soldiers who were pursuing the remnants of the enemy.

This trick still works.

The Jin army's foot soldiers immediately stopped in place and formed a formation to defend against the enemy.

The Huns routed the army as if they had been amnestied, threw away everything they could, and ran away.

But the effect was not particularly good, because soon a group of Hun rangers was intercepted and beaten badly.

Intercepting them was another Jin cavalry, who gave up the scattered Hun foot soldiers, turned their heads and rushed straight from behind, and rushed three or four hundred Hun cavalry to pieces.

As I said earlier, no matter how many Hun infantry you killed, you can't hurt Liu Han, because these are all servant soldiers, and they are basically Jin people. After you kill a batch, they recruit another batch, and they can't kill as many as they want.

If you want to make the Huns feel pain, you still have to do cavalry.

Even if it is not the Xiongnu headquarters that is killed, but the miscellaneous Hu cavalry that surrenders to the Xiongnu, it is meaningful.

The cavalry of the two sides fought back and forth, entangled for a long time, and in the evening, finally ended with the Huns being defeated and withdrawing at night.

The Jin cavalry went back and changed horses and continued the pursuit.

This time their target was changed to infantry.

Although it was already night, and the danger was greatly increased, Wang Que'er gave an order to gather as much as possible to pursue him within thirty miles, so as not to be attacked by the Hun rangers in the dark night, when they had the upper hand.

Shao Xun rode his horse to the top of the river embankment.

It was dark, but the fire on the pontoon bridge had not yet been extinguished.

Clearly, the South Bank was attacked.

After Wang Qi'er asked for instructions, he ordered the transfer of all the black army and 2,000 Ding Zhuang back to the south bank to stabilize the position there.

The war in the north is over, and there is no need for so many people.

"We still have to recruit cavalry." Shao Xun smiled freely and said, "Don't take care of one or the other." ”

Cai Cheng thoughtfully.

He has been with Shao Xun for a long time and knows a lot of things.

In his opinion, is the Liu Han court very good? It's just half a pound and eight taels with Jin Ting.

Is Liu Han strong? Maybe stronger than Chen Gong, but only limited.

Can Liu Han's army fight? I can fight a lot more than before, but it's still not enough to fight.

But why did they develop so well?

There is only one reason, there are so many cavalry, so many that your infantry is far less than the number of cavalry.

Although the Hun cavalry can't defeat the silver spear army in the front, people can choose not to fight, run around, and intercept your back road. The only thing that can limit them is the logistical factor.

How difficult it is to use infantry to defeat the "country of the bow".

"Don't talk about these bad things." Shao Xun said: "Today, we have taken a key step in breaking the Huns, capturing and beheading nearly 15,000 people, and capturing the camp of Shamadi. What to do next, can you know in order to age? ”

"The South Bridge was burned, and it will take time to restore it first." Cai Cheng said.

"What else?" Shao Xun asked.

"Set up camp and garrison to stop the Hun army."

"Not bad." Shao Xun said: "Next it's my turn to stick here, but I don't know if the Huns will come." ”

Cai Cheng didn't mention building the city, which is right.

The south bridge has been destroyed, and the masters, servants, materials and tools on the south bank cannot be transported. After all, there are only so many ships, and it is necessary to ensure the supply of the army on the north shore, so it is impossible to have much spare power to undertake other transportation tasks. After supporting a few people, some craftsmen and servants came over to lay the foundation of Beicheng first.

As for the location of the North City, it has actually been decided a long time ago: one mile north of the Long Causeway.

The Three Cities of Heyang are not something that Shao Xun pushes, in fact, this is a project of the imperial court. It's just that Shao Xun was very interested in this, and took over halfway under Wang Yan's persuasion.

His ambitions are very big.

Based on the three cities of Heyang, the northern expedition to Hanoi was carried out, and then one of the two routes of Shangdang or Yiguan was chosen to attack the core area of Liu Han.

This step is not easy, and it has not yet been taken - the Huns may come to besiege him, and there are still Shile and Wang Mi on the south bank who have not been expelled.

War after war is endless.

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