Chapter 319: Passive
At the head of Ye County, Guan Yu looked westward, and his vision was full of slowly rolling mist, and he couldn't see anything clearly.
If it's fast, it's two hours, if it's slow, it's three hours, and by noon, the fog will be half or completely gone.
Out of some concern, Guan Yu summoned Pei Jun to order: "Feng Xian, you personally go to His Majesty's camp and urge the battalion soldiers to strictly guard against the surprise attack of thieves and light soldiers." Until the fog clears, the large camp and the surrounding small camps are not allowed to accept messengers. ”
"Yes! Obey the fatwa. ”
Pei Jun gave up his hand, and a colleague on one side had already written an official document, signed it by Guan Yu after printing, and handed it over to Pei Jun.
"Decree Yun County, don't let it go today, and appease the people on the spot."
"Tell the patrol sergeants everywhere to be vigilant if they encounter armed people. If they refuse to disarm or resist containment, they will be arrested on the spot and charged with thieves and other crimes! ”
Guan Yu gave orders one after another, waiting for the arrival of the Wei army.
As long as the Wei army dares to cross the river and wants to go back, it will not be so simple.
When the fog clears, it is the time when the enemy separates life and death.
Not long after, Zhang Liao's head after makeup was sent to Ye County, and Zhang Liao's body had been sent to Ye County for storage, so he would be buried together with the head after the incident, and he might be buried with Xu Huang.
Guan Yu personally inspected and confirmed that it was Zhang Liao himself, and then summoned Xue Rong to instruct: "Spread the head of each battalion to boost morale, and never let the thief army take away Zhang Wenyuan's head." ”
"Yes, the last general will obey!"
Xue Rong responded to the order, took Zhang Liao's head with both hands, put it into a wooden barrel, and led more than 100 healthy horsemen to rush to the northwest, first preaching to Sun Lang's camp at Lishui Bridge.
After the fog cleared, Zhang Liao's head could reach 10,000 elite soldiers.
Kunyang West City Tower, Zhang Fei watched the battle here, and after half an hour of fighting, a small force of the Wei army had already crossed the pontoon bridge to the south bank, and from time to time encountered the Han army's reconnaissance and cavalry.
The first to arrive on the south bank was the elite of the Wei army, Zhang Xiong, the son of Zhang He, led more than 300 soldiers to cross the river easily, and then lost the contact with the rear banner, drum and trumpet, according to the military order to the southeast attack, where Liu Bei's camp was located.
Zhang Xiong is between Lixian and Kunyang, and between the two bridges in the east and west, and the bank of the river is not fortified for more than 30 miles...... The Han army did not have sufficient troops to arrange a defensive line, but only relied on the bridge and the city to form two defensive strongholds.
to the east is Kunyang, Dongjunshui Bridge; to the west is Lixian and Xijunshui Bridge; This is the first line of defense that Zhang Fei is responsible for.
If the Wei army wants to break through, let it break through, and the Han army can rely on the camp and the city to hold on.
The second line of defense was in Lishui Bridge and Yexian, and was guarded by Guan Yu.
If the Wei army still wants to break through and intersperse, then let the interspersed be good, and then there is Liu Bei's camp at the intersection of Jingyu Chi Road and Wan Yu Chi Road.
The Wei army's superiority in strength was certainly able to divide the battlefield and isolate and encircle all units of the Han army...... If the Wei army can't quickly break through the Han army camp and break through it, then the various departments of the Wei army can't be coherently opened, which is equivalent to the Wei army being cut off by the Han army as a whole!
The deeper the Wei army penetrated into Liu Bei's camp, the further dispersed and diluted the strength advantage would be...... The deeper they went, the more tired the Wei army became, and the impact of the attack would be much lower.
With such a large battlefield scope, the Han army still has to be divided into four command units: Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Yu Fan...... How could the Wei army command effectively?
Zhang Xiong couldn't control it so much, the order given to him by his boss was to attack Liu Bei's camp, and the boss's boss was Zhang He, and Zhang He also gave him such a task.
Not only Zhang Xiong, but the only order of the Wei army that crossed the river from here was to advance and advance again, mainly to surround Liu Bei's camp.
In the morning fog with a visibility of more than 30 steps, more than 100 horsemen of Xue Rong had just left the Yuchuan camp and galloped towards Kunyang, and the sound of horses' hooves was loud and sound, which was noticed by Zhang Xiong.
More than 300 Wei soldiers crouched on the ground, waiting quietly with strong bows and crossbows.
The first thing that appeared in Zhang Xiong's sight was more than ten horsemen exploring the road and scattering horses, the two sides noticed each other, and the Han cavalry was also startled, and they turned around to the west.
"Captain? Whether to shoot an arrow or not! ”
"Don't do it without permission!"
Zhang Xiong hurriedly scolded, he lay on the ground, so that the observation range was farther, and he could more clearly sense the movement of the knights of the brigade.
His eyes were wide, and more than 300 strong bows and crossbows shot at close range, which could be miraculous against huge knights.
But the crossbowman only has one chance, and if he can't defeat the knight, the knight rushes in front of him and tramples on all four hooves, which can cause great damage in an instant.
With three hundred bows and crossbows ready to fire, he has the confidence to confront the Han cavalry.
If it had been launched just now and killed and injured the Han army to explore the path and scatter the cavalry, then the Han knight brigade that followed the scattered cavalry would definitely take advantage of the situation to charge...... You may be able to block it, but you will also suffer huge losses from the repeated collisions of the Han cavalry, and you will have no sense of security, and you will not be able to show your more useful side.
Fighting with the opposite Han cavalry is definitely a loss, so it is better to disperse.
After waiting for a dozen breaths and seeing that the Han knights were really far away, Zhang Xiong joined another group of more than 200 Wei soldiers and continued to advance.
For example, three or five hundred people, seven or eight hundred people moved in groups of Wei army war regiments one after another.
Outside Kunyang City, the Han army camp on the south bank of the Junshui Bridge was commanded by Tian Yu.
Filled with fog, the Wei army gave up throwing lime powder...... With the production efficiency of the Wei army, it may be that the lime powder reserves of the Wei army have been exhausted.
Tian Pengzu was unlucky, he was shot through the palm of his hand by a stray arrow, retreated from the front line, and told about the battle situation when passing through the big tent of the Chinese army, and his shocked face did not retreat: "Father, the thief is already crazy. When the children came, there were many officials in the thief army, and they couldn't advance or retreat, and they were squeezed down and frozen into zombies, which was very terrifying! ”
Some of them can't bear it, and they want to stop talking.
Tian Yu's face was always calm, and Tian Pengzu swallowed the words in his throat after being entangled for a moment.
Now we can't pity the lives of the Wei soldiers, we can't slow down the counterattack with bows and crossbows, and we can't open camps to accept surrenders.
The Wei army, which launched a general attack, would have at least 150,000 people forcibly crossing the river, and the two strongholds of the Han army in the east and west of the periphery combined were only more than 30,000 people, and they could not control the scene at all.
Now you have to take responsibility for the lives of your own officials, and you have to think about the ultimate victory.
At the east bridge of the water, the chariot of the guard Zhu Shuo stood at the north bridge, and the Wei soldiers were driven across the bridge to fight with the Han army camp south of the bridge, or around the Han army camp to the two wings, such as mercury pouring out.
The fog also obscures the vision, otherwise this kind of Wei Army's zero marching corps, which is separated from the brigade and has no flank protection, will not be able to stop the organized and purposeful expulsion and siege of the Han army.
It's easy to cross the river, maybe you can't get the scheduled plan?
As one of Cao Pi's close friends, Zhu Shuo had no choice.
Too many people have a choice, but they don't have a choice for themselves, Wu Zhen, and Sima Yi, maybe Chen Qun has a choice...... But Chen Qun dares to choose?
Watching one after another Wei troops cross the water from bridges and pontoon bridges, go to the south bank to fight and fight, and are engulfed by the morning fog, the last bit of emotion on Zhu Shuo's face is gone.
Now I can only fight to the end and gamble on a chance.
If they retreat, the Han army will not think of their own goodness, but will only mock their own incompetence...... Only by beating the Han army painfully can there be room for surrender negotiations.
But the slightly white morning mist is like a monster that swallows people, and the Wei army is engulfed one after another, and I don't know when it will be a head.
When the individual is in the collective, he is blindly obedient, and his thinking is suppressed.
The Wei soldiers went forward one after another, crossed the riverbank positions abandoned by the Han army, and strode forward into the depths.
There were robes and friendly troops on the front and back, as if the battle was getting smoother and smoother, and the Wei army was getting smoother and smoother under the protection and shelter of the morning fog.
Cao Zhang and the selected 3,000 horsemen were still enjoying breakfast, slaughtering the oxen and donkeys in the army, and continuing to eat with an open stomach, waiting for the opportunity to attack.
At the West Bridge of the Water Valley, Yu Chuan warned the second and third sons who were following him: "According to Chen Gong's account, Cao Zhen wants to surround the point and send reinforcements to force Duke Wei and Duke Song to rescue His Majesty." After all, it is just to encircle Wei to save Zhao, avoid the real and make it false, and attack me must be saved, which is similar to the battle of Guiling. ”
"After the fog clears, show Zhang Wenyuan's head, and the thief army will collapse by itself!"
Yu Fu hid behind the battlements and spoke patiently, looking overhead from time to time, as if the Wei army's thunderbolt might throw stone pills on his head at any time.
Usually, you can observe the trajectory of Shimaru and dodge it in advance, but now you can't see the trajectory clearly, and you can't guess, so you can only cover your head and bet on luck.
This is the case for the own side, and the same is true for the Wei army, and there is no way to observe the stones and stone pills thrown by the Han army.
The Han army's bows and crossbows relied on the barracks, and the Wei troops who crossed the river shot and suffered significant casualties.
Through the fog, you can also see the Wei army on the pontoon bridge on the river, and many people can no longer climb up when they fall on the pontoon, and they freeze together with the pontoon.
On the other side of the bridge, Cao Hong had already replaced Zhang He and continued to urge the follow-up Wei army to force the crossing of the river, while Zhang He had already penetrated to the south bank, gathered his troops with the sound of drums, and advanced towards the Lishui Bridge.
At this point, he was passive everywhere, and was beaten by the Han army, which made Zhang He very uncomfortable, just like the battle of Guandu...... It's not as good as the battle of Guandu.
Even today's decisive battle is a dying struggle that the Han army had to launch under the persecution.
This made Zhang He worried, but he always looked calm and concealed his joy and anger.
He looked like he was playing a big chess game with foresight to stabilize the mood of the surrounding military officials.