Chapter 306: Yuan Shao was scared
The rumbling of drums and shouts continued to be heard on the dark surface of the river, and I don't know how many soldiers and horses were hidden in the darkness.
The torches on the north bank of the Pan River reflected in the sky, and the soldiers of Gongsun Zhan's army hurriedly arrived, and they formed a formation on the shore to wait for the enemy. They beat a small drum in their hearts, and secretly said that this time it will be true? It's still a waste of time!
The south bank of the Pan River was brightly lit, Yuan Shao raised his glass in the big tent, looked at the fire on the north bank and said: "Brother Zijinxian, this time I will borrow arrows for my brother, and when Gongsun Zhan's arrows are exhausted, it will be when he is defeated!" ”
Qin Feng took a sip, he didn't worry about Yuan Shao's borrowing of arrows, but was thinking about how to keep his strength if Gongsun Chan was defeated.
On the south bank of the Pan River, the 1,000 archers of Gongsun Zhan's army were in place again, and they lined up on the shore for a mile, with ten arrows and rockets for each person.
"Ready, bend the bow and ......." More than a dozen officers gave orders one after another on the battle line.
So a thousand archers bent their bows and arrows.
Yan Liang on the river boat, after Zhang He saw it, his face immediately showed joy, and he said that he succeeded again this time, and he would wait for the reward after he went back. They immediately ordered a hundred small boats to line up, parallel to the positions of the archers on the shore, in order to collect as many arrows as possible.
At this time, Gongsun Chan also came to the front line with Liu Bei's three brothers, and when he saw that the archers were already in place, he was impatient to explore the riverbank. After all, it is to shoot rockets, and if a large canopy flies out, it will have the effect of flares in later generations.
Gongsun Chan took over the command and ordered: "Ignition!" ”
"Ignition!"
"Ignition!" Officers passed orders on long fronts.
"Ignition?" Yan Liang, look at each other!
Gao Ran was the first to come to his senses and shouted, "It's not a good thing. It's a rocket! ”
When Yan Liang heard this, he looked at the boatload of scarecrows again, and his face suddenly turned green.
Whew. A thousand rockets on the shore were ignited at once.
"Shoot the arrows!"
"Shoot the arrows!"
Whew, the rocket flew towards the river with a whistle.
The first time was a tentative shot. A thousand rockets only hit seven or eight small boats, but they immediately ignited the scarecrows on them, and they became fireboats, and the rest of the boats immediately revealed themselves in the firelight.
"Retreat, retreat!" Even the fierce general Yan Liang, facing the rocket on this grass boat, was panicked.
Gao Ran made a decision and said, "It's too late, jump ship and escape!" ”
Plop. He jumped into the water.
Yan Liang hesitated for a moment.......
"Shoot the arrows!"
Whew, the second round of rockets, immediately ignited ninety percent of the boats.
Originally, there would not have been such a high hit rate, but because of Yan Liang, Gao Ran had ordered the ship to stand parallel to the archers of Gongsun Zhan's army in order to facilitate the collection of arrows, which made the rocket's offensive very good!
The fire on the boat was raging, and Yan Liang's face hurt, and he no longer hesitated. One also plunged into the water.
"Wow!"
"Help!"
Plop, plop.
Yuan Shaojun on the small boat, many of his clothes were set on fire, and immediately jumped into the water to take refuge, and the others also jumped into the river to escape.
More than 100 ships full of scarecrows caught fire. The scene was spectacular.
The soldiers of Gongsun Zhan, who were lined up on the shore to wait for the enemy, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, it was obvious that this time it was the enemy who was bluffing and deceiving the arrows.
"Shoot the arrows. Shoot me with arrows and burn me hard. Burn it all out! Gongsun Chan saw that he was almost tricked again, and immediately shouted angrily.
Woohoo. Xiuxiu......
Liu Bei saw that the archers were fiery, and he was clever in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Brother Boqi, don't release arrows anymore, we don't have any arrows anymore!" ”
Gongsun Chan suddenly realized that the two armies were fighting, and if there were no bows and arrows, they would only be chased and shot by the enemy.
By the time he ordered to stop, it was too late, and one man had only ten arrows, and in a few breaths he had shot them cleanly. Since then, Gongsun Zhan's army has no arrows to use.
Don't say that Gongsun Chan beat his chest and regretted it, just talk about the north shore.
Yuan Shao listened to the sound of drums, his expectations for this operation were extremely high, and he was a little apprehensive before success, so he kept toasting with Qin Feng to relieve the anxiety of waiting.
"Brother Zijin, calculate the time, I want to collect the arrows has already begun." Yuan Shao raised his glass again and smiled.
Qin Feng raised his glass in response, and said: "This is the best, when Gongsun Chan is exhausted, we can enter the north shore in the coming day, and we can easily go ashore with only a bow and arrow to suppress it." ”
Yuan Shao nodded yes, and then thought about the next big battle, so he wiped out Gongsun Zhan's entire army, and then there would be no one in the north who was his opponent. As for Qin Feng! Yuan Shao raised his glass and covered it with his wide sleeves, and peeked at Qin Feng, who was drinking. When the time comes, the soldiers will overwhelm the territory and destroy them all.
What if this Qin Zijin surrenders? Yuan Shao instantly thought that he would also be killed, this Qin Zijin is very shrewd, don't stay by his side when the time comes, it will be a scourge.
Yuan Shao's eyes flashed with a fine light, as if he had unified the north of the Yellow River, and he couldn't help but show a smug smile at this time.
At this moment, several large fires suddenly broke out above the river outside. Yuan Shao was shocked, he didn't care about drinking, he stared at the fires, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
In just one breath, a few fires turned into dozens of them, and the sky-high flames were clearly visible across the entire river.
"Ahh Yuan Shao's hand shook, and suddenly the wine glass fell from his hand and smashed between his legs, and his lower body was immediately wet.
"Let's find out what's going on!" He hurriedly stood up and shouted to his soldiers.
Qin Feng had been raising glasses with Yuan Shao frequently, and at this time he was a little drunk, and when he saw the water trails flowing on Yuan Shao's lower body, he was surprised: "Brother Benchu is actually scared to pee!" Don't panic ....... ”
"Hmm!" Yuan Shao subconsciously covered his crotch, only then did he feel a chill underneath, and when he looked down, he understood. His alcohol consumption was not as good as Qin Feng's, and he was also a little drunk at this time, and blurted out: "I didn't pee, it's wine...... The wine is spilled! After saying that, he kicked the wine glass that fell on the seat.
Qin Feng suddenly realized.
At this moment, Yuan Shao's personal soldiers reported, "The lord's big business is not good, Gongsun Chan used a rocket this time!" The straw boat is on fire! ”
"Ahh Yuan Shao was shocked and couldn't help but sit down. Coincidentally, I didn't write a book, and I happened to sit on the wine glass. Eastern Han Dynasty wine glasses. It's all bronze, and the long cup ears suddenly burst chrysanthemums. "Oops!" Yuan Shao screamed. Immediately rushed out!
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Ahh
Approaching winter, high view. Yan Liang came ashore from the cold river and kept sneezing. The two of them swam back because they were in good health, and most of the soldiers had cramps in the water because they were not preparing for exercise, and they became water ghosts, and nine times out of ten they did not come back.
"It turned out to be a rocket!" Qin Feng secretly said that he was lucky, and comforted: "The original brother's day is good, although I didn't receive the arrow this time, I see that Gongsun Chan used rockets. Guess he's run out of arrows. ”
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the production of rockets was cumbersome, and it was difficult and dangerous to preserve for a long time. Therefore, the number of stocks is very small, and most of them are made on the spot. And because the arrow is heavy on the load, not to mention the sharp reduction in lethality, the range is also much shorter, and it is only used in specific situations. For example, when attacking the camp, it is used to burn the tents and other materials of the enemy army, which can also cause chaos.
Surface warfare. The power of the rocket is extremely small, and Gongsun Chan uses a rocket as soon as he comes up, obviously there is no conventional bow and arrow.
Yuan Shao called a grievance, and said in his heart, why am I so unlucky. Qin Zi has 100,000 arrows when he goes in, and when I go, I only have rockets! He wrapped himself in a big coat and swallowed the sulk. Said: "What Brother Zijin Xian said is very true, have a good rest tonight." In the coming day, we will cross the river and fight. ”
Tomorrow, see if Lao Tzu doesn't shoot your grandson Chan into a hedgehog. Yuan Shao muttered. Depressed returns.
Tomorrow.
Yuan Shao didn't go to Qin Feng to fight together, because he knew that if he looked for it, it would be in vain, and this Qin Zijin had many reasons, and he sent him away as soon as he said that the horses were inconvenient to transport quickly.
Therefore, he just asked Fu Zhi to inform Qin Feng that when he seized the beachhead, he would cross the river as soon as possible and fight together.
And he himself, he found a high ground on the shore and commanded his troops and horses to cross the river.
Hundreds of boats competed for the river, hundreds of rafts and boats, carrying thousands of soldiers across the river, of whom two thousand were archers.
When Gongsun Chan saw this, because he had no bow and arrows, he had to send a ship to intercept him as well.
The power of the bow and arrow was suddenly revealed, and the dense rain of arrows almost wiped out the Gongsun Zhan army that came by ferry.
"Brother Bo Jue, this is not the way, the shield bearer should be the first, lined up on the shore, and the spearmen behind, to resist the enemy army ashore!" Liu Bei, who was commanding the battle on the shore with Gongsun Zhan, said.
Gongsun Chan obeyed his words, and sent 5,000 shieldmen to line up, and 5,000 spearmen followed. The rest of the soldiers and horses lined up on the shore, ready to support at any time.
However, Yuan Shao was not a straw bag, and after consulting with his advisers, he ordered the soldiers not to go ashore first, but to release arrows on the water. Didn't you line up on the shore, and I shot you one less.
Xiu Xiu ~ Xiu Xiu ~ The endless rain of arrows smashed on the top of Gongsun Zhan's head, although there were shields to resist, but under such a dense rain of arrows, casualties were inevitable, and thousands of people were soon killed and wounded.
Gongsun Zhan can still bear such casualties for the time being, he originally said that he would clean up the bows and arrows shot by Yuan Jun on the spot, but if he did so, he would inevitably mess up the formation, so he could only bear the rain of arrows from Yuan Jun. At the same time, pray to heaven that Yuan Jun's arrows will be used up quickly.
Yuan Shaojun kept releasing arrows, so the river became lively, and more than 100 rafts came and went on the water, constantly sending bundles of bows and arrows to the archers.
There is no way to fight back, there is no danger to his side, and Yuan Shao also issued a new order on this, precise strikes, not blind arrows.
As a result, Gongsun Zhan's losses increased a lot, and he soon suffered 2,000 casualties
After a while, the number of casualties rose to three thousand.
Just when Gongsun Zhan's army was about to be unable to withstand it, the situation changed, and Yuan Shaojun's arrows were about to run out.
Yuan Shao was in a hurry because of this.
Guo Tu said: "Lord, the morale of Gongsun Zhan's soldiers is completely gone, and the defense line has also been loosened, if there are a large number of arrows to supplement our army, he will definitely be able to scatter his defense line!" ”
How could Yuan Shao not know about this matter, but the arrow is gone, what should I do! (To be continued......)
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