Chapter 1005: As fast as the wind
Xian Yufu received the first military report from Longmen Ferry on the evening of the first day.
However, the military report only mentioned that the Shu captives attacked the ferry.
As for the final battle situation, it was not mentioned.
This sudden situation made Xian Yufu almost unable to bear it and immediately sent reinforcements.
But when he looked towards the other side, he had to resist this impulse.
The reason is very simple. According to the spies' reports, Feng Thief in Fenglingdu seems to be making strange movements and his traces are uncertain.
Looking at these two pieces of news together, Xian Yufu couldn't help but sneer in his heart:
This plan of the Shu captives is just to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao. They want to attack Pubanjin and signal to attack Longmendu. How can I be fooled?
No matter what the Shu captives do, just keep an eye on Feng Thief, and there will be nothing wrong!
That’s right.
What Xian Yufu didn't know was that Feng rarely led battles in person unless he had no choice.
After all, he now has to consider issues from an overall perspective and is a strategy maker rather than a tactical executor.
Not to mention, the Battle of Xiaoguan that made Feng a famous general, he just stood on the stage and acted as a mascot.
The real operator who used inferior troops to fight against Cao Da Sima without falling behind, and finally lured Cao Da Sima to reveal his flaw, and then suddenly dealt a fatal blow to Cao Da Sima, was General Guan Da at the Longmen Ferry.
It can be said that Xian Yufu kept an eye on Feng Thief and failed to send reinforcements to Longmen Ferry in time, leaving the defenders at Longmen Ferry to face General Guan alone, causing him to miss the last chance to save the situation in Guanzhong.
After spending the night with some anxiety, Xian Yufu breathed a sigh of relief when he received the military report from Longmen Ferry again early the next morning.
The military newspaper made it clear that although the ferry was attacked by thieves, the Shu captives were not allowed to succeed. At the same time, they also promised that the Shu captives on the riverbank would be driven into the river today.
The only thing that made him a little uneasy was that the Shu captives occupied a small area west of Hexi.
In order to avoid accidents, Xian Yufu finally decided to send 3,000 reinforcements to Longmen Ferry.
He also sent out fast horses and told the guards at Longmen Ferry to find a way to drive the Shu captives back to the river as soon as possible.
In fact, without Xian Yufu’s instructions, the guard at Longmendu wanted to do it yesterday—but failed to do so.
The reason is also very simple.
The Shulu's sneak attack caught the defenders at the ferry off guard. After a period of chaos, the Shulu had occupied a river beach.
By the time he first organized defense, stabilized the morale of the army, then reorganized the entire army, and finally prepared to organize a counterattack, it was getting late.
Although the last two temporarily organized counterattacks did not drive the more than a thousand Shu captives on the river beach into the river.
But in his opinion, this small number of people was not enough to pose a great threat to the ferry. At most, they could only take advantage of a sneak attack.
After all, he has nearly ten thousand people in his hands. With such a huge advantage and a favorable geographical location, how can one Shu captive defeat ten of them?
This is not flat land, but a river beach. If the armored ghost rumored by the Shu captives rides here, it will be punished by death.
So that night, the ferry guard who slept in his clothes slept peacefully.
Then at dawn the next day, he was shaken awake by a guard with a frightened look on his face:
“General, no good, something big happened outside!”
“What happened?”
The guard had just been shaken awake, and he grunted as he didn't react for a moment.
“Shu captives…”
“What’s wrong with the Shu captives!”
The word "Shu captives" is the best stimulus. The ferry guard suddenly jumped up.
The guard's face looked a little pale:
“General, it’s better to go and have a look.”
The ferry guard suddenly felt bad. He picked up his sword and hurried out, rushing up to the observation tower.
Three pontoon bridges across the river suddenly appeared in his eyes.
The pontoon rises and falls with the waves of the river, like three roaring dragons.
“Impossible, absolutely impossible!”
The ferry guard was trembling all over, his face was pale without a trace of blood, and he subconsciously refused to believe what he saw with his eyes.
Overnight, just overnight, the Shu captives built three pontoon bridges for war horses to pass. How did they do it?
“How do they work at night? Can all of them see at night?”
As we all know, soldiers who can fight at night are considered to be the most elite and powerful generals in the army.
No other reason, because there are many soldiers in the army who cannot see anything at night, which is commonly known as blindfolded eyes.
So every time there is a big battle or some unexpected incident, the soldiers are under too much pressure, so they must pay special attention to the camp roar at night.
Once there is a camp roar or even a bombing of the camp, the soldiers will be like headless flies, running around with their heads covered, ready to be slaughtered.
One very important reason is that they cannot see and are prone to panic.
“Crazy, Shulu must be crazy!”
The ferry guard murmured.
Strong soldiers and generals who can see at night can be regarded as valuable combat power in the army wherever they are placed.
In addition to training on weekdays, they would not be willing to let them expend any more energy.
It doesn't matter if other soldiers don't have enough to eat, they must ensure that they have enough to eat.
Not only must they be well fed, but they must also eat much better than ordinary soldiers.
The Shu captives opposite actually let them work at night. Isn't this crazy?
Thinking of this, the ferry guard suddenly became excited:
Three large pontoon bridges were built overnight. How many elite soldiers in the Shu army must be able to see at night?
So...the opposite side is actually the main force of the Shu captives?
“Come, come quickly!”
“General?”
“Hurry, send someone to send a message to General Xianyu, ask him to send reinforcements immediately, and tell the general that Longmen Crossing is the main force of Shu’s army! Go quickly!”
“Woo woo woo…”
The guard general of the Wei army's ferry had just finished giving orders when the sound of horns suddenly sounded in the Han army's simple camp on the river beach.
An elite soldier of the Han army carefully poured the last piece of candy into his mouth, squinted his eyes, chewed it carefully several times, and then swallowed it.
Then stand up and stretch out your arms.
The soldiers who had been waiting aside quickly took their armor and began to help the elite soldiers put on their armor.
“Follow me for a moment, don’t rush to the front, pay attention to my movements and listen to my orders clearly.”
The Jingzu looks like he is only in his thirties. The war is about to begin, and his eyes are extremely dull.
Obviously, this is the kind of composure that has been experienced after being rolled between life and death countless times.
"Um."
The young soldier who helped put on the armor quickly responded.
Maybe he was a little nervous, and his fingers were trembling a little. He buttoned the armor buttons several times before buttoning them.
The elite soldier seemed to feel the young soldier’s emotions. He did not look back and said warmly:
“Don’t be nervous, the thieves on the other side can’t beat us. I think back then, when Feng Junhou took me out of Nanxiang, he was younger than you are now!”
As he said this, he seemed to be a little bit sad, "In just the blink of an eye, I followed the prince to conquer the north and south for more than ten years."
He patted the fine iron armor on his body and laughed again, "We didn't have such good armor back then. Why didn't we still beat the Wei thieves like cowardless rats?"
“Woo woo woo…”
The horn sounded for the second time.
"Walk!"
The elite soldier patted the sword on his waist, picked up the halberd, and led his men towards the gathering point.
The big flag with the word "Guan" whistled in the wind at the highest point of the camp.
General Guan stood at the top with a calm face.
The soldiers below began to run in small steps. At the front of the queue, the tall pillars were already arranged.
The Wei army's ferry guard, who had been staring at the pontoon bridge, only then noticed that the Shu captives had begun to form a formation on the river beach, and seemed to be preparing to attack.
He looked at the big flag with the word "Guan" by the river and swallowed hard.
Since the fall of Bingzhou, I don’t know where the news came from, saying that there were four fierce thieves from Feng Linshan under Feng Thief’s command.
In the battle at the street pavilion, he was as motionless as a mountain and blocked General Zhang.
The Battle of Guanzhong was as fast as the wind and swept through the two states of Bingsi.
Obviously there are nearly 10,000 troops on hand, but the Wei army guard is still pounding in his heart.
Without him, the handsome flag of the Shu captives would put too much pressure on people.
It is as fast as the wind...
In our own army, before they even had time to eat their breakfast, the Shu captives had already attacked. It was really as fast as the wind.
The sound of horns sounded on the third pass, but seeing the Han army shouting and making a sound, they began to move forward.
Different from hurriedly crossing the river yesterday, today's Han army marched in formation.
Although the siege equipment such as ladders and rams are somewhat crude, the Wei army at the ferry crossing is only a camp and not a real city.
However, the Wei army had an advantageous location. The array of crossbows and crossbows at different heights, especially the crossbowmen on the archery tower, were so high up that even the big posts could not stop the rain of arrows.
In the process of rushing towards the Wei army camp, Han army officers and soldiers kept falling down screaming.
“Boom!”
The big frame hit the antlers of the deer.
"Step aside!"
The car was pushed out and hit hard.
…
The antlers swayed but did not fall.
On the other hand, the Wei troops who were guarding behind the antlers shouted in unison and stabbed at them with spears and halberds, making it impossible for the Han troops to free their hands and feet to destroy them.
Some Han soldiers even got too close, and without warning, they were stabbed directly into the door.
Hearing a scream, the Han soldiers covered their faces, staggered back and fell down.
"boom!"
However, because the antlers and fences that were destroyed by the Han army yesterday, even if they were repaired in a hurry, they were not as strong as other places.
These places happened to be the main attack directions of the Han army.
The car collided with the car again, and the antlers made a tooth-piercing squeaking sound.
A sturdy Han soldier shouted:
"follow me!"
Several people held up large canals and rushed forward with all their strength.
“Boom!”
The antlers finally fell apart.
"superior!"
Following behind, the elite soldiers wearing fine iron armor could no longer hold back any longer. They shouted in unison and rushed in from this corner.
The spear thrust over.
After a dull impact, the thick armor blocked the sharp tip of the spear.
The elite soldiers of the Han army hiding in the armor also grunted.
The powerful impact made him feel a bit sweet in his throat, a wave of dizziness came to his head, and the halberd in his hand actually fell to the ground.
He bit his tongue and tried to keep himself awake. At the same time, he subconsciously pulled out the sword from his waist and slashed forward fiercely.
The Wei soldiers on the opposite side only felt a light touch in their hands, and the spear was cut off by their opponent.
Looking up, a pair of blood-red eyes stared at him closely, making his heart tremble.
Relying on the protection of their armor, the elite soldiers of the Han army rushed forward with their swords raised desperately.
Someone in the Wei army wanted to cover his comrades, so he stabbed them with a spear, hoping to drive away the elite soldiers of the Han army.
There is also a halberd coming from the side...
“Shua!”
The sword slashed down and cut through the armor of the Wei soldiers, causing blood to flow like a fountain.
The Bailian Zhanma Dao, regarded as a precious sword by the Wei people, was actually a standing weapon of the elite soldiers of the Han army.
The crushing of weapons is so unreasonable.
It was just that because the elite soldier of the Han army advanced too far without the cover of his comrades, several spears came at him again and set him up.
The Han soldier spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground, his life or death unknown.
“Go to hell!”
Seeing the Wei soldiers rushing over to block the gap, the Han soldiers behind who couldn't squeeze in suddenly took out their hand crossbows.
“Buzz!”
Hand crossbows are just like small toys compared to the powerful crossbows in the army.
But when shot at such a close distance, the lethality cannot be underestimated. In addition, there was such a dense crowd, and some people were shot over on the spot.
“Come to your mother!”
Many Wei soldiers cursed in their hearts.
I don’t know where Shulu came from with so many weird things.
You can actually shoot a crossbow when you are fighting in front of them?
Is it a human being?
Is this something humans do?
Do you understand the rules?
Do you talk about martial ethics?
Relying on the hand crossbow, the gap was forcibly widened, and more and more elite soldiers poured in.
“Three-three formations!”
With enough people, a small formation can be formed.
The Liangzhou Army’s strong grassroots organizational capabilities are perfectly reflected in this small group battle.
Although the Wei army continued to charge forward, the elite soldiers of the Han army who broke out of the gap formed a small formation on their own, like rocks in the stormy waves, standing still and holding on to the gap.
There was no interference from the Wei army around the gap, and more and more Han troops worked together to start destroying the antlers.
More importantly, General Guan sent the crossbowmen over as quickly as possible to try to suppress the Wei army's rescue speed.
The guard general of Wei Jun's ferry had noticed this scene a long time ago. The weather was quite cool, and he was sweating on his forehead.
"It's as fast as the wind...It's as fast as the wind..."
The Guan thieves indeed have the elite main force of the Shu captives in their hands!
“Come here, send out another battalion!”
“No!”
A soldier hurried over with his people and personally led the army to charge forward.
Unexpectedly, he had just crossed the fence when several crossbow arrows were shot at him as if they had eyes.
Although before he rushed up, he had already noticed that this was the coverage area of Shulu's crossbows, which was intended to cover the opponent's flanks.
But relying on the armor on his body, he was not afraid at all.
“Peng!”
“Peng!”
…
After rushing a few steps, Zub Bo's body was shaken, and he felt that all his strength was suddenly drained away.
His eyes widened in disbelief, and he wanted to look down, but he dropped his head and fell down.
“Don’t believe in evil?”
A certain sniper crossbowman not far away took advantage of the chaos and retreated to the rear. He grunted and then put the heavy crossbow in his hand on the ground.
Then he stepped on the ring on the crossbow with his feet, used his hands and feet together, and coordinated with his waist strength. Using all his strength, he opened the heavy crossbow and took out a long and heavy armor-breaking crossbow arrow and loaded it on it.
An armor-breaking crossbow arrow can penetrate the thief's armor—at least a considerable part of it.
The disadvantage is that the shooting range is not as far as that of ordinary crossbows.
Developed by Hanyang Manufacturing Bureau and manufactured by Hanzhong Metallurgical Co., Ltd., it needs to be combined with a special heavy crossbow to exert its maximum power. The two can form a set.
It is very expensive and belongs to the wealthy equipment.
The crossbow proficiency is exclusive and ordinary people are not qualified to use it.
The sniper crossbowman spent a lot of effort loading the crossbow, and then wandered around again, scanning the battlefield with his sharp eyes again, looking for valuable targets.
(End of this chapter)