Chapter 2 is like the abyss, the fifteenth section of March, Hongnong County. The Northern Xinjiang Army launched an all-out attack on Hongnong County.

Relying on its absolute superiority in numbers, the Northern Frontier Army attacked Hongnong County from six directions at the same time from west to east.

Although the northern army in the six directions of Fenglingdu, Hucheng, Hongnongcheng, Caoyangting, Maojindu, and Dayangcheng was fully prepared, in the face of the overwhelming attack of the northern army, they were panicked for a while, and they asked Niu Fu for help.

Prior to this, Dong Zhuo and the generals of the Northern Army discussed defensive strategies many times. There are 50,000 main forces of the Northern Xinjiang Army in Hedong and 100,000 Tuntian soldiers, and if Li Hong throws all these 150,000 people into the attack, Hongnong will definitely be lost.

However, considering the shortage of food and salary for the army in northern Xinjiang, Li Hong's main purpose was to capture Luoyang City, and Dong Zhuo had publicly threatened to burn Luoyang jade many times, so Li Hong would definitely throw a mouse trap and dare not risk the destruction of Kyoto to trap Dong Zhuo.

Therefore, Dong Zhuo and the generals of the Northern Army agreed that Li Hong would invest a maximum of 30,000 to 40,000 troops to attack a certain part of Hongnong County, and then threaten Guanzhong from the direction of Pubanjin with another 10,000 to 20,000 troops in order to force Dong Zhuo to withdraw from Luoyang.

It was from these points that Dong Zhuo was very confident that Li Hong would definitely attack Hongnong City with heavy troops.

The territory of Hongnong County is mostly steep and high mountains, and the galloping road is built along the Yellow River, passing through several cities, but it does not pass through Hongnong City.

Hongnong City is located on the bank of the Yellow River, about 50 miles from the Chidao that connects Chang'an and Luoyang. As long as the Northern Frontier Army captures Hongnong City, Chidao will be seriously threatened, and at this time, Dong Zhuo can only quickly withdraw from Luoyang while Chidao is not blocked.

If the Northern Frontier Army attacked other places, the Chi Road would be cut off immediately, so that it would not be able to scare Dong Zhuo away, reduce its own casualties, and keep Luoyang safe and sound.

Dong Zhuo arranged heavy troops in Hongnong City, and asked Niu Fu to lead 5,000 men and horses to garrison the galloping road south of Hongnong City in order to support at any time.

But judging from the current attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army, the estimates of Dong Zhuo and the generals of the Northern Army were all wrong. Li Hong seems to have mobilized 150,000 troops from Hedong to launch an attack at the same time, and he had the posture of killing Dong Zhuo at the cost of burning jade.

Niu Fu wanted to tell Dong Zhuo about it, but Jia Xu waved his hand to stop him,

"Don't worry, in my opinion, this is all Li Hong's feint, and the real main attack has not yet begun." In order to ensure Hongnong's safety, Dong Zhuo transferred Jia Xu, the commander of the school, to Niu Fu's account, and asked Dong Yue to replace Jia Xu in Tongguan.

Jia Xu carefully analyzed the urgent reports of generals everywhere to Niu Fu,

"In the past three days, the Northern Frontier Army has started attacks from six directions, but judging from the strength and number of attacks, they are all feints. The spring ploughing and spring harvest in Hedong are about to begin, and Li Hong will definitely not recruit Tuntian soldiers. For Li Hong, the grain in Hedong is as important as Luoyang, and he will not give up any of them. ”

"Now our soldiers are disillusioned when they see the black panther battle flag of the hussar general, and they are terrified when they hear the shouts of the Northern Army, and the prestige of the Northern Army has been lost to these people. The lord immediately wrote everywhere urgently, ordering them to guard strictly, and whoever let the Northern Xinjiang army cross the river would take his head to see the Taishi. Niu Fu trusted Jia Xu very much, and after listening to Jia Xu's analysis, he suddenly felt much more at ease.

"Brother Wenhe, then you say, where is the direction of Li Hong's attack?"

"Hongnong City." Jia Xu said with great certainty,

"It must be in Hongshu City." Early in the morning, Caoyang Pavilion. The sky was hazy, and a thick layer of mist floated on the surface of the river.

The soldiers of the Northern Army stationed on the river embankment fought fiercely for three days in a row, and they were very tired and still asleep in their dreams. Sentinels in twos and threes, armed with weapons, wandered the blood-stained riverbank.

A sill ship suddenly burst out of the morning mist. (The sill ship, a heavily armed ship with double-deck plates on both sides and above, was an important ship of the Han Army's naval division.)

A sentry on the embankment pointed to the incoming boat in surprise and said, "So early today? It's not dawn yet. ”

"It's the same if you come early or late, and it's all death anyway." The other soldier rubbed his cold hands together and yawned lazily,

"Guess how many times the Northern Frontier Army is going to attack today? Is it the same as yesterday, three times in the morning and three times in the afternoon? ”

"Seven times." The soldier laughed,

"It's early today, it must have been seven times."

"Drumming...... ...... drums" Army Sima Yanghong was sleepy-eyed, stood on the embankment and raised his hands and shouted: "Get up, get up for me, prepare to meet the ......"

"Crossbowmen, queues, queues......" A rapid and fierce war drum broke the silence of He'an in an instant, followed by the shouts of the officers, the scolding of the soldiers, and the clashing of weapons.

Under the command of their respective officers and various battle flags, the soldiers of the Northern Army slowly walked to their respective combat positions.

Yang Hong was very dissatisfied with the laziness of the soldiers, he cursed loudly, and then turned to look at the river.

On the surface of the river, there is not a lone sill boat, but dozens of sill boats, followed by a group of Mengchong and Chima of different sizes, these boats are like ghosts, suddenly rushing out of the morning mist, the momentum is amazing.

(The long and narrow warship that storms the enemy ship is called.)

"Meng Chong", the fast boat as fast as a galloping horse called

"Red Horse". Yang Hong's face changed greatly, and he involuntarily screamed at the top of his throat,

"Ask for help, ask for help immediately...... Caoyang Pavilion is forty miles away from Hongnong City, and fifty miles away from Niufu's big camp.

Niu Fu considered that the three places could support each other, and the focus of defense here was Hongnong City, so he only arranged for 2,000 northern troops to be stationed in Caoyang Pavilion.

In the past three days of the war, the Northern Xinjiang Army's attack on Hongnong City was relatively fierce, and the attack on Cao Yangting was much sparse, which made people feel that the Northern Xinjiang Army's attack on Cao Yang Pavilion seemed to be to cope with errands and contain troops.

Who would have thought that Cao Yangting would be the main direction of attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

"Look, my lord, the ship...... Many boats ...... "The heralds did not rush away, but pointed to the river and cried out in fear.

Yang Hong turned around again, his expression even more shocked. Immediately behind the assault ships were a group of black-pressed boats, numbering in the hundreds, all of which were armoured soldiers of the Northern Frontier.

Yang Hong turned around violently and ran like crazy,

"Brothers, bloody battle, bloody battle, bloody battle today...... the soldiers of the Northern Army were frightened, and everyone was in danger.

Guo Xun held a halberd in his hand, stood firmly at the bow of the ship, looking at the chaotic Northern Army on the other side, with a sneer on his face.

"Drumming ......"

The drumbeat of "Ballista ready ......" was earth-shattering, tearing through the hazy sky in an instant. Fifty sill ships lined up.

The ship's long shield is like a wall, the guns are like a forest, and in the center of the deck are two ballistae with open mouths.

Fifty sill ships, a hundred ballistas, were pushed to the front of the deck to the thunderous drums of war. Yang Hong looked at the ship that was getting closer and closer, and his heart became more and more frightened.

The Northern Xinjiang Army can defeat the iron cavalry of the Huns and Xianbei people, and can sweep the desert, and its strength is certainly not something that our original Xiyuan Army can resist.

Today is probably more auspicious, and this life is going to be lost here. After a few days of fighting, I always thought that the Northern Frontier Army was nothing more than that.

Today, it seems that I have been deceived. He looked back at the soldiers behind him. The soldiers were also frightened by the sudden appearance of the Northern Xinjiang army, and their expressions were extremely nervous.

Yang Hong calmed down and slowly raised the battle knife in his hand. Can't I run if I can't beat it?

"Release the arrow......" long arrows are like clouds, whistling. Guo Xun staggered to the center of the deck with a halberd, raised his head and shouted: "Let go...... Arrow ......"

"Boom...... Boom..."The roar of the ballista was like a series of earth-shattering thunder, and it resounded through the sky in an instant. The arrows rained down, sharp and dense.

Long arrows are shot at the shield

"Knock...... Knock ......" sound is thrilling.

"Woo ......" A long arrow grazed Guo Xun's helmet and roared, nailing it into the deck. Guo Xun was just about to open his mouth to scold, when another long arrow shot at him.

Guo Xun shrank his neck suddenly, his body flashed, and it happened that the ship shook violently, Guo Xun stood unsteadily, and fell headlong on the deck.

Guo Xun was so angry that he scolded viciously, tilted his head and shouted: "Order Meng Chong and Chima, rush up immediately, rush up ......"

"Ballistas, they're firing ballistas." Yang Hong screamed hysterically in the deafening roar,

"Raise your shield...... Raise the shield quickly...... "The shield soldiers have already erected their shields, and the crossbowmen have also retreated behind the shield soldiers in time, but the power of the ballista is too great, and the soldiers of the Northern Army watched as the dense crossbow arrows shot through Yang Hong's small shield and shot through Yang Hong's armor, and the huge impact of the crossbow arrows knocked Yang Hong, who opened his mouth and shouted wildly, into the air and flew up.

"Whew...... Shout...... ......"Countless bolts pierced through the shield, pierced through the shieldmen, and then burrowed into the archers' bodies with a rain of blood.

The shieldmen fell silently, and the archers fell to the ground, rolling and howling miserably.

At this time, the archers of the Northern Frontier Army were already standing on the rickety sill boats and began to shoot unscrupulously at the shore.

Countless long arrows continued to shoot up into the sky, quickly forming a huge black cloud. The Northern Army suffered heavy blows, suffered heavy casualties for a time, and the formation was in chaos.

Commander Chu Meng appeared in the rear of the army at the right time,

"Drumming...... Stabilize the array and stop the Northern Frontier Army. Meng Chong and Chima hit the shore one after another, and the soldiers of Northern Xinjiang jumped off the warship one after another, holding their shields and shouting forward.

"Kill, kill......" The boat approached the shore, Guo Xun took the lead, took the lead and jumped into the waist-deep icy river, and called up,

"Brothers, go, go, follow me to kill the past and take the Caoyang Pavilion ......" up and down the river embankment, the sound of killing suddenly shook the sky, and flesh and blood flew sideways.

The Northern Army was condescending, and the number of people was superior, and the Northern Xinjiang Army was suppressed on the river beach, with extremely heavy casualties.

Guo Xun was so brave that he killed seventeen people in a row, and led his soldiers to advance thirty steps in a row, and finally rushed to the river embankment.

When the trough boat arrived on the shore, hundreds of officers and men of the Northern Xinjiang Army successfully landed, and the rolling flow of people swarmed up the sea with a overwhelming trend.

The northern army could not resist and was defeated one after another, and then Chu Meng was killed by stray arrows in the process of retreating, and the northern army immediately lost its command and was defeated.

At noon, the general rushed to the jade, and Li Wei Zhonglang crossed the river with Huaxiong. Jade looked at the bustling crowd on the ferry, and said to Yang Hua beside him with a smile: "Ask, you have made the first contribution in this battle." Without these warships, it would be difficult for us to easily occupy Caoyang Pavilion. Yang Hua blushed and smiled shyly.

As early as November last year, Li Hong followed Yang Hua's advice and leased a large number of boats and boatmen from merchants who operated Cao Yun in Hedong.

Because the Yellow River was frozen, these ships were dragged ashore, so Li Hong took advantage of this opportunity to quietly transport the boats to Caoshan.

Cao Mountain is twenty miles away from the Yellow River, and on the other side is Caoyang Pavilion. Yang Hua was in charge of raising the boats for the army to cross the river.

He spent the whole winter inviting thousands of craftsmen from Hedong to temporarily convert some of the boats into sill boats, Mengchong and Chima.

For river-crossing attacks, the use of warships can effectively reduce the casualties of soldiers. Li Hong praised Yang Hua several times for this.

"It's a pity that there is a little less, otherwise we would have suffered fewer casualties." Hua Xiong said bitterly,

"It would be nice if there were a building boat."

"Is there a boat in the east of the river?" Jade asked. Hua said,

"Hedong Wei Valve, Du Valve, Jujia Xu Ling and Lizhong all have building boats, but considering that the building ships are too big to hide, the general gave up."

"How many people can be carried in the largest building boat in Hedong?" Jade asked,

"I remember that when Emperor Xiaowu inspected northern Xinjiang, he took a building boat that could carry more than 2,000 people. It's been hundreds of years since the time of Emperor Xiaowu, and this building should be getting bigger and bigger, right? ”

"I heard that it can only hold more than 1,000 people." Yang Hua said,

"The building ships of the Hedong Gate Lords mainly transport goods in the Gyeonggi area, and they will not be built too big. There are many famous shipbuilders in Yangzhou Wu County and Huiji County, and the building ships they build can carry more than 3,000 people at most. Jade and Hua Xiong let out exclamations at the same time.

"When the First Emperor of the Great Qin, he sent the generals Tu Sui and Zhao Tuo to lead a fleet composed of buildings to attack the Chu State, and for this war, the First Emperor also specially formed a fleet that could transport 500,000 stone of grain." Jade said,

"When Emperor Xiaowu was in power, in order to expand his territory in the south, he also built a Han naval army, with 2,000 warships and 200,000 soldiers." Jade Shi looked at the two of them and said with great emotion: "When will we be able to rebuild the glory of these ancestors, and also build a huge sailor, and also have thousands of ships, and then we will also go to lay a big territory." Liang Baiwu and Guo Xun came in a hurry.

"Where has the Forward Battalion arrived?" Jade asked.

"It's been pushed forward for ten miles." Guo Xun replied,

"If your lordship permits, I can take the forward battalion to the city of Hongnong at dusk." Jade shook his head,

"Ten miles further, stop and encamp. Can there be any signs of reinforcements from Niu Fu's army? ”

"The scout reported that Niu Fu was not moving, and there was no sign of reinforcement of Hongnong City for the time being." Liang Baiwu said: "Are we fighting Niufu or Hongnongcheng? ”

"In this attack on Luoyang, the commander of the three forward armies is General Zhang Yan, so this matter will be decided after General Zhang Yan and General Yang Feng cross the river." Jade smiled,

"Don't worry, Hongnong City must be beaten, but we have to wait for Yang Chun to come with a stone-throwing cart, otherwise the cost of our siege is too great to come." Jump to