Chapter 799: The Battle of Luoshui (13)
Cheng Yu laughed: "Hefei Hou is officially playing the banner, it seems that he is determined to win." Chen Gong's face was pale, and he couldn't stop scolding the national thief.
There are a lot of people who see the excitement on the city wall, and when they see these two big flags, some people shouted: "Look at this banner, it turns out that it is not the people who have changed but the Marquis of Hefei." Someone immediately responded: "Nonsense, have you ever seen so many soldiers in the mutants?" ”
Yuan Shu's eyesight was good, and he could see the words on the banner clearly, and after hesitating for a while, he reported it to the Son of Heaven. Liu Hong had a gloomy face: "Liu Yue? My royal brother? I'm not dead yet, is he in a hurry to ascend the throne? ”
Yuan Shu said: "Maybe there is some misunderstanding, it is better to summon the Marquis of Hefei into the city to ask clearly." ”
Liu Hong sneered: "If you were him, would you be willing to come to the city?" Yuan Shu was speechless. Liu Hong glanced at him, waved his robe sleeves and said, "Pass the edict and order He Jin to return to Beijing immediately." ”
Zhang Rang was shocked in his heart, although Xu You had not shown up in the past few days, he repeatedly told him to keep an eye on the movements of the Son of Heaven, and he must not return the edict. Thinking of this, Zhang Rang said loudly: "Your Majesty think twice, recall He Jin at this time, I am afraid that it will be too big in the future and will be controlled for life." ”
Liu Hong glanced at Zhang Rang again, and said coldly: "My royal relatives have all come to Luoyang, don't you even dare to use your relatives?" Although He Jin is domineering, it is impossible to snatch the throne after all. You don't need to say much, go to the purpose quickly. Seeing that the Son of Heaven was resolute, Zhang Rang didn't dare to say any more, and hurriedly summoned the Huangmen squire.
The 200,000 troops acting together were very shocking, with the pace of the drums and the flags covering the sun, and there was really a tendency to sweep the world all over the mountains. Qiu Ming and the others also put away their smiles and began to concentrate on observing the dynamics on the other side.
Baiyue's soldiers were all proficient in water, and even if they were carrying a steel shield like a grinding plate, they easily crossed the Luoshui and lined up on the tidal flats on the south bank. With the support of tens of thousands of archers, Tyumen did not dare to send people to charge the battle, and could only watch as they built a wooden passage similar to a trestle in a few places of silt to lead the follow-up troops across the river.
The follow-up troops are also gradually assembled, judging from the situation of the formation, the first to cross the river should be the sword and shield soldiers, followed by the heavy infantry, and then it is not clear to see, there are too many people, for a small river like Luoshui, it can really be described as a whip to cut off the stream.
Qiu Ming looked at the situation opposite, and then turned to look at the companions around him, Dian Wei and Zhou Tai all looked light, especially Dian Wei still had an imperceptible smile on his mouth; Wei Yan and Lu Yi were talking about the matter of Liangzhou, they were laughing when they talked about the battle to destroy Dian Wu, and they were in tears when they talked about the death of Lu Rong; Zhang He walked through the soldiers with a blank face, dressing them up and cheering them up and dispelling their fears.
Chen Gong also looked ahead expressionlessly, the five fingers of his right hand were constantly bent and extended, as if he was nervously calculating; Cheng Yu will look at the sky, the earth, the left, and the right, not knowing what he is looking at; Tian Feng and Fu Zhu didn't pay much attention to the situation on the battlefield, but they kept their attention on Qiu Ming, and occasionally discussed it in a whisper, and suddenly saw Qiu Ming's gaze sweeping over, both of them smiled shyly, and looked at him in a blink of an eye.
The water flowed quietly, although the water only reached the chest, but the mud under the feet was so deep that it was as difficult as climbing Mount Everest for people who did not know the nature of water, and from time to time soldiers were swept down by the current. Fortunately, there were comrades everywhere, and if they fell, someone would immediately help them up, but there were no casualties.
The first group of sword and shield soldiers slowly and with great difficulty reached the opposite bank, except for some of them who collapsed to the ground to rest, the others quickly moved forward and set up a shield wall, expanding a lot of space for the landing position. A smile appeared on the face of the Marquis of Hefei, now the situation can be said to be progressing well, as long as the heavy infantry crosses the river again, and cooperates with the sword and shield soldiers to knock down the two dirt mountains, then there will be a horse and a flat river ...... behind. For a moment, Hefei Hou seemed to see the golden dragon chair beckoning to him.
As the name suggests, heavy infantry are wearing heavy armor and iron armor, with amazing defense and slow movement, like turtles. They had to rely on the help of auxiliaries to get down into the river, and it took the support of several men to keep themselves upright in the water, to pull their legs out of the mud one by one, and to stagger towards the opposite bank. However, as soon as they could step on solid ground on the opposite bank, these clumsy turtles would soon turn into rampaging tanks, and nothing could stop them except the heavy cavalry.
At the same time, Chen Gong's fingers stopped bending and stretching, Cheng Yu also stopped shaking his head, the two looked at each other, and said at the same time: "The time has come." As soon as Chen Gong waved his hand, a small soldier immediately drew an arrow and shot it into the air, making a sharp whistle.
Before the whistling of the arrow had dissipated, another rattling arrow rose about half a mile to the west, and then another, and another, and gradually drifted away, and I don't know where it went.
Hefei Hou's face changed, and he asked, "What kind of trick is Qiuming doing?" ”
Kan Ze said: "No matter what it is, it's not a good road anyway, or urge the soldiers to cross the river as soon as possible." ”
The Marquis of Hefei waved his hand and said: "Pass on my military order, the first one to break through the gate of Luoyang City, reward millions of money, and seal the Hou of 10,000 households." ”
As soon as this order was given, there was a thunderous cheer in the army, and the heavy infantry who were still in the river immediately felt that their whole body was full of strength, and they could stride towards a bright future almost without the support of others.
The 200,000 troops cheered in unison, like thunder in the middle of the day, and even the people on the city wall in the distance could hear it clearly. Although Liu Hong didn't know what they were messing with, it would definitely not be a good thing, his face was getting worse and worse, and he snorted: "Hasn't the Yellow Gate Squire arrived yet?" ”
Xun You, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, happened to run up from under the city tower, walked a few steps and bowed down and said, "Weichen is late, please forgive your majesty." ”
Zhang Rang also wanted to make the last effort to let the Son of Heaven take back the edict and return He Jin's fate, and preemptively said: "Xun Shilang, I heard that you are also a person who knows the soldiers, you look at the situation below, can our army have a chance to win?" ”
Xun You only glanced down, his face changed, and he said loudly: "Our army outside the city is outnumbered and in danger, I'm afraid it won't last long, please Your Majesty arrange the defense of the city as soon as possible." As soon as he finished speaking, there was another rumbling thunder outside the city, which was much more dull and gloomy than the cheers of Fang Cai.