Chapter 238: The Battle of Fucheng (4)

The low-lying terrain, the dilemma of the backwater array, and the difficulties of having no danger to rely on have undoubtedly put Hu Lie, who crossed the river in advance, in danger.

What's more, the Wu army is condescending, and there is an unstoppable momentum in launching an attack, Hu Lie only has about 10,000 men and horses crossing the water at the moment, facing the Wu army that is several times his own, his heart is terrified, and he urgently ordered the Wei army to shrink its forces and form a defensive formation, with sword and shield soldiers on the outermost side, pikemen following closely behind, and archers at the end, forming a formation to resist the fierce offensive of the Wu army.

The Wu army's three-way men and horses were like three sharp knives, directly piercing into the battle formation that the Wei army had just assembled and was still a little flustered.

Liuping is a rare fierce general in Eastern Wu, a big knife in his hand, the knife is heavy and fierce, several Wei soldiers with spears and shields tried to stop him, Liuping roared angrily, the knife fell, the shield was broken, the gun was broken, and the person died, several spears and shield soldiers were immediately on the spot, and even the person with the shield was split into two.

The left-hand men led by Liuping took the lead in breaking through the Wei army's defensive line, rushed into the Wei army's battle array, and slaughtered on a large scale. Lu Kang's men and horses in the middle and Zhang Xian's men and horses on the right also broke through the Wei army's defense line respectively, and Hu Lie's first camp was dismembered into several pieces by the Wu army.

At this moment, Hu Lie's son Hu Yuan also stepped across the pontoon bridge, and when he saw Hu Lie in a heavy position, he couldn't help but be shocked, and immediately summoned a few cavalry to rescue him.

When the first camp crossed the river, the infantry was also arranged to cross the river first, and the cavalry was lined up behind. At this time, there were only five or six hundred cavalry crossing the river. Hu Yuan was only nineteen years old. Seeing that his father was in trouble, he didn't care about waiting for more people and horses to cross the river before rescuing, but immediately mounted his horse and speared, leading more than 500 horsemen to rush towards the place where Hu Lie was surrounded.

The Liangzhou Xiaoqi of the Wei army is really worthy of its reputation, although the number is not large, but the impact is very strong. Five hundred horsemen rushed up, as if they were in a no-man's land. The Wu army was all infantry, unable to stop, and retreated one after another.

"Daddy, I'm here to save you!" Hu Yuan jumped on his horse and held a gun, heroic, although he was in the midst of the chaos, he was fearless, like chopping waves, looking at Hu Lie's side.

Hu Lie smiled and said, "My son is really a young hero!" Then he led his troops outward. One with Hu Yuanbing. The father and son fought to the death side by side, blocking the offensive of the Wu army.

Zhong Hui watched Hu Lie fight to the death on the other side. He was also secretly anxious, and urgently ordered the Wei army to speed up the march and strive to pass through Fushui as soon as possible.

Lu Kang never thought that a young general of the Wei army would be so brave, and he dared to go against the trend with only a few hundred cavalry, but it was this inconspicuous hundreds of cavalry that stopped the offensive of the Wu army.

In Lu Kang's plan, it was to take advantage of the unstable foothold of the Wei soldiers, kill him by surprise, completely annihilate the Wei army on the south bank, and snatch the Fushui Ferry. But it backfired, although the attack of the Wu army was good, but it was still far from the total annihilation of the Wei army, seeing that more and more Wei troops crossed the river, Lu Kang decisively gave up the attack, Mingjin withdrew.

The offensive of the Wu army is like a tide, it comes quickly, and it goes quickly, and the entire south bank of Fushui is full of corpses, Hu Lie secretly screamed a fluke, and did not chase after it, reorganized the soldiers and horses, and waited for the second sneak attack of the Wu soldiers.

After Zhong Hui crossed the river, Hu Lie Hu Yuan stepped forward to pay homage, only a water separation, Zhong Hui saw the battle situation here clearly, it was precisely because Hu Lie took the lead in the camp to fight desperately, blocking the attack of the Wu army, so that the whole Wei army crossed the river to win time, Zhong Hui praised repeatedly, for Hu Lie to remember a great achievement, and at the same time Hu Yuan was full of praise, he had such courage at a young age, it was indeed commendable, and he was immediately promoted to Yamen General and rewarded with a thousand gold.

Lu Kang led the army to retreat to Fucheng, the whole division of the Wei army crossed Fushui, and the first battle between the two sides was evenly matched, with casualties on each other, but this was only a tentative contact between the two sides, and the real vicious battle had just begun.

It was late after crossing Fushui, Zhonghui did not rush to attack Fucheng overnight, but set up camp north of Fucheng, and more than 100,000 troops set up camp for dozens of miles, and the lights were bright.

Lu Kang looked at the Wei camp at the head of the city, the layman looked at the liveliness, the insider looked at the doorway, Lu Kang saw that the Wei camp was well-walled, the camp tent was neat, uneven, and orderly, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Zhong Huiguo Wei's famous general is also!" ”

Liuping said: "The Wei people are far away, and today is a battle in Fushui, and he is extremely tired to think about it, and the last general is willing to lead an elite army to rob the camp at night, even if he can't win completely, he can also stir up his personal back." ”

Lu Kang smiled slightly, shook his head and said: "Good fighters have no outstanding achievements, so good fighters, no miracle victory, no wisdom and no brave feats, Zhong Hui is a famous general of Wei, how can such a little trick of sneak attack and robbery be played in front of him, you see, the camp wall of the Wei army is strict and invulnerable, and there is no way back to sneak attack at night." Command the army, strengthen the vigilance, no one without the order of the governor will not be allowed to go out of the city to fight, and those who violate the order will be beheaded! ”

The generals listened to the order in horror and did not dare to slack off.

In the military tent of the Wei army, the fire and candles are bright, Zhong Hui holds a scroll in his hand, and reads at night with a lamp, this habit Zhong Hui has insisted on for many years and has never been interrupted.

"Qi Governor, all battalions have been set up, please give instructions to the governor." Tian Xu reported to Zhong Huiyu in the account.

Zhong Hui put down the scroll and said indifferently: "You take an army to patrol inside and outside the camp, and the rest of the armies rest early, recuperate, and prepare to attack the city tomorrow." ”

Tonight, Tian Xu was on duty to inspect on duty, but when Tian Xu heard Zhong Hui's order, he was slightly stunned, and said: "Only the last general will lead an army to patrol, is there a little little manpower, if the Wu army sneaks up at night, I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist." ”

Zhong Hui smiled and said: "General Tian is too worried, a certain person who sees Lu Kang is not a greedy and reckless person, these little tricks such as stealing camps and robbing villages will never come, and it is enough to use your army to escort and inspect!" ”

Although Tian Xu was suspicious, he didn't dare to disobey, gave up his promise, and turned away.

Zhong Hui smiled slightly, today's battle of Fushui, he saw that the army of Lu Kang was rigorous, there was a degree of advance and retreat, although the trick of stealing camps and robbing villages had a miraculous victory, but it was one or two out of ten, when the real famous generals were fighting, why not count these, those so-called tricks are just in the level of unequal generals can be reflected, the real master of the move, fight is a dignified teacher, win with the right way, fight the danger, often end up very miserable, Deng Ai is a significant example.

Zhong Hui stood outside the tent, looking south, the dark and towering city walls of Fucheng are clearly visible, tomorrow is the day of the general attack, the biggest battle after Zhong Hui entered Shu is about to start, and the opponent is ghostly replaced by Wu State, the world is changing, so that Zhong Hui is also unexpected. (To be continued......)