Chapter 70: Piercing the Armor

On October 10, the main force of the Jingzhou Army appeared in the sight of the Wu army.

In the winter, the morning fog has not dissipated, and Tian Xin on the Rong car is holding the guardrail with one hand and Fang Tian's halberd in the other, turning his head from time to time to look around, and the visibility is only a mile.

Micheng is more than 20 miles away from Maicheng, and it is also 20 miles away from Xu Sheng's camp.

In the distance, there are often light horses galloping, and only gray and black outlines can be seen, and it is impossible to distinguish between friend and foe.

At this moment, even the scout light cavalry who spies on the periphery of the military situation can't tell too much, advancing layer by layer, reporting layer by layer, and expelling when they encounter enemy cavalry.

Tian Xinrong's chariot was flanked by his troops, and behind him were four chariots, on which war drums were arranged, and the drummers beat the drums, and the whole army marched neatly.

In the distance, there was a long trumpet sound one after another, and Tian Xin asked Pang Lin, who was following him: "Brother Shiheng, can the Junhou Department force the Zhangshui River on schedule?" ”

Pang Lin shook his head slightly: "The people of Fangling Mountain are not fake, but they can become an army. Whether it will succeed or not, it is still unknown. ”

Guan Yu would lead his headquarters and Nanxiang soldiers to cross the Zhangshui to attack Maicheng, but he kept the secret of how to cross the cold Zhangshui.

Although the Zhangshui is not very large, it is not possible to quickly build a pontoon bridge to pass through.

Even if there is a Fangling soldier Deng Fu on the west bank of Zhangshui to lead the army to respond, a pontoon bridge can be built under Sun Quan's nose...... Somewhat unrealistic.

At this moment, about fifty miles upstream of Maicheng, Zhang Township.

Deng Fu, the guard of Fangling County, has arrived here on a night march, and more than half of the 2,000 people have fallen behind, and now in addition to Deng Fu and more than a dozen military officials, other sergeants or temporarily recruited mountain people and Jing Man are carrying wood and stone to build a dam.

Downstream, the fog was dispelled by the sunlight, and Tian Xin's five thousand tiger tooth army appeared in Xu Sheng's sight.

Xu Sheng climbed high and looked, but saw that Tian Xin left more than 1,000 people in a formation two miles away, but he personally led 4,000 people around Donkey City to the southwest, and the two wings of troops accelerated and expanded during the march.

Soon Tian Xin's battle flag appeared on the east bank of Zhangshui, was observed by Mai Cheng, and Sun Quan saw it with his own eyes.

By the Zhangshui River, Tian Xin stood in formation.

More than 30 ox carts and nearly 100 wheelbarrows began to unload the materials carried by them, and a lookout and command tower was set up on the spot.

Tian Xin observed the battalions of the Wu army in his line of sight, and saw that there was no sign of gathering troops to fight in the field.

Ten miles downstream, Lu Xun led more than ten horsemen to watch the battle, and at this time, it was already possible to see Yu Ban's battle flag appear behind Tian Xin, and behind Yu Ban was Guan Ping's battle flag of the Long Xiang Army.

"The Jingzhou army is brave and strong, this is an invitation to war."

Lu Xun raised his whip and pointed at Xu Sheng's camp: "Later, the Supreme will order our army to cooperate with Xu Wenxiang to attack Tian Xin to rub his sharp energy." The five battalions in the east were ordered, each with 500 troops, led by Li Yitong, to stand up and wait for the opportunity to participate in the battle. Each battalion is defending the armament for battle, and another 3,000 will be rotated before noon. ”

At Tianxin's position, wheelbarrows loaded with sacks full of dirt, sand and gravel rushed to the riverbank to dump them.

"General Jianzhong?"

Tian Xin saw the Wu army on the west bank moving towards the opposite bank, and said to the military officials around him: "It is the Wu army's military archers who are coming, and the whole army should pay attention to avoiding arrows and consuming the enemy's strength and arrows." ”

"Stand in the shed!"

"Teams form up to avoid arrows!"

The soldiers of Guanzhong set up a shield array on the shore, and in front of the shield array, a box cart was arranged to block the arrows, and there was a gap between the box cars, and there were still armored sergeants pushing carts forward and dumping earth and stones. Sacks and sacks of earth and rocks rolled down the embankment, soaked and blackened downstream.

Sun Quan took a chariot to set up a formation at the east gate of Maicheng, and the tiger soldiers were distributed left and right under the car, and the scouts drove back and forth to report the military situation.

The important news was reported by Zhuge Jin to Sun Quan personally: "Supreme, the right protector army has sent Li Yi to lead an army of 3,000 and request to attack Tian Xin's main formation. Xu Wenxiang has repeatedly raised the flag to invite the battle, is it permissible? ”

There was a slight hesitation, after all, Li Yi was sent to Lu Xun by himself, and Sun Quan's tone was solemn: "You can send troops." ”

The messenger gave the order, and another messenger rushed in, and a military report was sent to Zhuge Jin: "Zhong Sima, the flow of Zhangshui has decreased, about half a foot lower than yesterday. ”

At about eleven o'clock in the morning, Tian Xin had been in formation for nearly two hours, Xu Sheng and Lu Xun each sent partial troops to fight, but Guan Ping also divided 2,000 troops to support from the flank.

Tian Xin had already hid behind two bamboo sheds to avoid arrows, and said to the more than 20 military officials huddled together in front of him: "Xu Sheng wrote his name in Jiangdong with courage, and Sun Quan regarded Xu Sheng as Zhang Liao's second. Xu Sheng will divide the partial army to attack, and the Long Xiang army will also divide the partial army to cooperate with our army's flanking attack; If Xu Sheng leads the main force to fight, the Long Xiang army will attack with all its might. Therefore, the northern garrison does not need to worry, and can attack and kill it. ”

The eight military officials in charge of blocking Xu Sheng met Tian Xin's gaze and agreed.

Tian Xin looked at another fake battalion governor who was in charge of filling in the river: "Once there is a battle, don't be stingy with arrows, you can divide your troops to help defend the north." ”

At this time, the 3,000 armed archers on the opposite bank launched rounds of small-scale salvos through the fence and wooden plank protection.

Luo Tong maintained the energy of the martial archers, and was about to wait for the north and south to attack, and Tian Xin changed the formation to meet the battle with a rapid rain of arrows, and the killing effect was bound to be significant at that time.

It's just that his hopes were disappointed, and Tian Xin led a thousand people to quickly retreat east and take a hundred steps to the south to stand in formation, out of the range of Luo Tong's martial archers.

On the west bank of the intersection of Fushui and Zhangshui, Gan Ning led more than 1,000 people out of the camp to line up, he was in a bright red robe today, covered with a collar of patent leather armor, and gilded bells hung on both sides of his waist.

Half an hour later, after a long time, I didn't see the partial division sent by Xu Sheng attacking, and Li Yi in the south couldn't hold it back, and raised his sword: "Kill Tian Xin, Wanhu Hou!" ”

"Kill Tian Shin! Wan Hu Hou! ”

The 3,000 officers of the headquarters shouted in unison and shouted in unison, the drums beat, and the whole army moved forward.

The drums sounded in Tian Xin's array, and the thousands of people in the headquarters stepped on the drums and marched in unison, but there were two military chariots in front of Tian Xin's formation that slowly went first, and the drum carts followed behind.

From a distance, Sun Quan stood on his feet and watched, his right arm clenched into a fist in his sleeve.

At this time, Zhuge Jin walked lightly to the front of the car: "Supreme, Zhangshui is less than two feet deep, and less than one zhang and five feet wide. Guan Yu built a dam upstream to intercept the water, and the Green Turban Army sought battle. ”

Sun Quan raised his left hand to press the sword and waved it gently, Zhuge Jin glanced at Sun Quan's side face, and then stepped back to convey the order to attack.

As far as his eyes could see, the two armies were about to fight.

"Draw the bow!"

"Raise your shield to avoid arrows!"

"Rush!"

The military officials behind Tian Xin shouted loudly, and the drums also became urgent, and the two military chariots in front of him took the lead in accelerating, and the sergeants in heavy armor on the carts were firmly tied to the chariots, whipping the horses with all their might, and in the blink of an eye, they collided with the Wu army array, disrupting the shield array.

The front row of swords, shields, spears and halberds on both sides charged in unison, the difference was that the Wu army crossbowmen stood in place and threw them, and the crossbowmen behind Tian Xin followed the charge.

Only a round of arrow rain fell, Tian Xin led Wang Zhi and Tian Ji to take the lead in fighting with Wu Jun, Wang Zhi and Tian Ji raised their shields to protect Tian Xin's left and right, Tian Xin stepped on a halberd and slashed out, and the crescent side branch that accumulated potential energy was obliquely slashed on the left shoulder of Wu Jun in front of him, like cutting a watermelon from top to bottom.

Immediately, a large group of hot white gas burst out, and the fluttering and splashing blood stained the 'Tiger Tooth General Tian' battle flag behind Tian Xin.

Such a powerful blow was shocking, and Wu Jun, who paid attention to Tian Xin's battle flag, was all shocked and trembled.

The drums behind Tian Xin were even louder, and the drummers were frightened after Li Yi's formation, and the drums were immediately uneven, scattered and weak.

Immediately, Tian Xin strode forward and swept away the halberd of the Wu army's hundred generals, easily squeezed to death in the chest, and struggled to provoke this person to smash at several Wu soldiers on the opposite side, and suddenly the front was spacious.

He strode forward along this gap, and the Heavenly Halberd in his hand slashed vigorously, and no one could stop him.

Whether it was weapons, shields, armor, heads, or torsos, they were all vulnerable in front of the side branches of Fang Tianji's crescent moon, and they were all cut in two.

Tian Ji and Wang Zhi on his side were deeply encouraged, wielding shields and swords to slash and slash, and the soldiers behind him were all vying for the lead, and the Wu army was overwhelmed along the way.

In just three minutes of engagement, Tian Xin led his troops to chisel through the battle line of the Wu army, and what appeared in front of him was an array of crossbowmen with only a dozen steps, as well as Li Yi, the general of Jianyi Zhonglang.

The Wu army's crossbowmen scattered in a hurry, Li Yi couldn't stop drinking, jumped off the chariot and led more than 500 people to fight with halberds, desperately stabbing out a halberd.

Tian Xin stabbed with him, and because of his great strength, he slightly shook Li Yi's halberd, and successfully pierced Li Yi's sternum with a halberd.

Li Yi abandoned the halberd in pain, Tian Xin gritted his teeth and raised Li Yi with bare eyes, and let Li Yi be provoked to struggle, and watched for the soldiers of the two armies.

In this formation, Luo Qiong looked at his heart and cheered: "Cai!" ”

"Color!"

"Color!"

In the forbidden formation, the Huya army in front of him applauded, and the Longxiang army on his side applauded, and not long after his headquarters was infected by friendly troops, Yu Ban was surrounded by cheers around him.

More than 3,000 people sent by Xu Sheng also just rushed to the main formation of the Huya Army, and they were immediately shaken in the shouts of the Cheering Mountain, and then they were attacked by more than 1,000 people of the Longxiang Army.

On the west bank, Sun Quan was already expressionless, and his slightly dark blue eyes were like ice.