Chapter 800: The Battle of Luoshui (14)
In the astonished gaze of the people, a silver light appeared from the line where heaven and earth intersected, and as the thunder became brighter and closer. Kan Ze's face turned white all of a sudden, and he shouted in a hissing voice: "All the troops retreat to the shore, quickly." ”
No one reacted, especially those heavy infantry who were still stuck in the mud at the bottom of the river, almost unable to move, how could they say retreat. Just when they were confused, the silver light in the distance had flashed in front of them like a thunderbolt.
The first thing that catches your eye is a ten-meter-high wall of water, which crashes like a mountain and a sea. Behind the wall of water, there are huge waves that stretch for dozens of feet, one after another, sandwiched with countless branches and leaves, and the corpses of some small beasts can be vaguely seen rolling in them, as for fish, shrimp, crabs and mussels, there are countless others.
The subordinates of the Hou of Hefei were all frightened, and the troops farther away from the river bank did not care about maintaining any formation, and scattered like frightened ducks, but those who were close to Luoshui were not so lucky, they could only look at the wall of water with frightened eyes, and pushed it over with a devastating momentum, and slammed into the front companion.
Some people are swept up by the waves and drift with the waves at the top of the waves, and some people are pressed at the bottom of the waves, struggling to float to the surface to breathe, but more people are like mud marbles that children often play with, and they don't know where to bounce when they are gently flicked by the water wall. The cries and cries for help were endless, and the miserable white and blood-red filled the eyes, as if the end had come.
It wasn't until after the flood peak that the Hou of Hefei came back to his senses and commanded loudly to save people. In just a moment, all the hoplites in the river had disappeared without a trace, and most of the archers and sword and shield soldiers on the shore had also been swept away, leaving only a mess in their place.
Hefei Hou was so angry that his eyes were red, these heavy armored infantry were all brought together by him with great difficulty, and those thousands of heavy armor alone could almost buy one or two county seats, but now they were gently washed away by a flood, how could it not make him feel painful. The Marquis of Hefei almost lost his mind at once, and shouted: "The whole army crosses the river, it is impossible for them to launch another water attack, we will kill it immediately and avenge the dead and wounded brothers." ”
These 200,000 troops set out from Ruzhou, and they were really complacent and thought that they could set Luoyang with one drum, but they didn't expect to break the cavalry in the first battle, and they were burned by Zhao Yunchong's camp, and now they are also washed away by the flood. Although there are some people who retreat, but more of them are as angry as the Marquis of Hefei, thinking that they have inexplicably suffered so many defeats before they have exerted their strength, which is really not a crime of war, and they just want to find the culprit and fight to the death, which is better than suffering this breath of bird anger in vain.
As the orders of the Marquis of Hefei continued to be issued, the phalanxes of all troops accelerated the pace of advance, and each used its own means to cross the river. Originally, Luoshui was only flooded to the chest, but after this heavy flood, the river surface opened up a lot, but the water depth was only up to the chin, and there were no such bulky roles as heavy infantry in the remaining troops, so the speed of crossing the river was much faster.
This water attack was originally proposed by Qiu Ming, Huangfu Song proposed it, and Cheng Yu and Chen Gong planned together, so it had such power. However, although 30,000 or 40,000 people were wiped out at once, visually the opponent's troops did not seem to have decreased much, but they were still shouting like chicken blood to cross the river first, which made them a little unexpected.
Zhou Tai waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and send a message to Yuan Tan and ask him to release another wave of water." ”
Chen Gong said with a straight face: "This wave has been stored for several days, and I don't know when it will be when to accumulate another wave, where can it come in handy?" But Youping, what about the Luoshui Turtle that was good? ”
Zhou Tai said with a bitter face: "I am so wise and martial, a good young man, you really can't bear to let me play a turtle?" ”
Cheng Yu shook his head and said: "Originally, according to our assumption, if the turtle was hidden in the water after the big flood, the Marquis of Hefei would never dare to cross the river easily. Alas, now that the enemy's military heart is available, our numbers are too small, I am afraid that we will not be able to stop them. ”
Koji Yi smiled: "What are you afraid of? With these two dirt mountains, a certain family has crossbow arrows in their hands, 10,000 come, and 10,000 die. ”
Tian Feng shook his head at the same time: "No, your five hundred people are too few, even if you can destroy 10,000, the enemy army is far more than 10,000, and the morale is high, enough to be one enemy ten." While they are still crossing the river, let's get back into the city as soon as possible and find a way. ”
Koji Yi looked into the river, only to see that the crowds were crowded, and the knives and halberds were thick, dense like thorns everywhere. His heart was also a little hairy: "You're right, let's go." ”
With the halberd as the vanguard and the first battalion as the rearguard, Tyumen and his party quickly retreated towards Luoyang City. Although many of the troops of the Marquis of Hefei had already landed on the south bank, the number of cavalry was small, and he was worried that Tyumen had other tricks, so he only took care of cleaning up the soaked armor of the whole team and did not come to chase him.
Qiu Ming ran to the Ping City Gate first, only to see that the city gate was closed, and the honor guard of the Son of Heaven appeared on the city wall. Although the Kaiyang Gate was not closed and locked, and the suspension bridge was not lowered, it could be seen from the cracks in the door that many people were fighting each other with weapons, and from time to time some people screamed and fell. ,
At this time, a blood-stained soldier flashed out of the door and shouted at Zhang He: "General enter the city quickly, otherwise these thieves and birds will close the door and harm you." ”
Only then did Qiu Ming realize that the person in front of him was the team of auxiliaries that Cheng Yu had arranged to return to the city first. He was still a little surprised, and a general flew out of the city and shouted: "The dog thief is blocking the gate here, do you have to sacrifice the city to rebellion?" With that, he raised his sword and cut the auxiliary in half from head to shoulder.
Zhang He's eyes immediately turned red, and he was about to rush out of Pegasus, Qiu Ming had already recognized the person as Sun Hua, the middle man of the Yulin Forest, and said angrily: "General Sun said that he was rebellious, but I was also included in it?" ”
Sun Hua snorted from his nose: "Are you rebellious, you have the Son of Heaven and the ministers to judge, but since you have already left the city, you should fight bravely outside the city to kill the enemy, and you will rest until you die, why do you still want to enter the city to drag us down?" ”
Qiu Ming was furious, knowing that Yuan Shu must be making trouble behind his back, he raised his whip and pointed at Sun Hua and said, "Who will take this fang with me?" ”
Before the words fell, Dian Wei Weiyan rushed out at the same time, Zhang He's horse was slow, and he was so anxious that he shouted in the back: "Ling Ming, Wen Chang, leave this person to me." ”
Sun Hua didn't know what was going on, and when he saw Dian Wei rushing closer, he actually raised his knife to greet him, only to hear the sound of the big knife flying out of his hand and inserting it into the bluestone crack above the city gate, still making a buzzing sound. Sun Hua's hands were bleeding, and before he could escape, he was captured by Wei Yan and smashed in front of Zhang He.