Beside the turbulent water, arrows are like rain, and stone bullets are like locusts.

The Shu Han army set up a covering position on the west bank of the turbulent water, and dozens of thunderbolts and hundreds of crossbow vehicles were fired at the same time, and the arrows broke through the air, emitting a piercing whistle, crossing the river fifty or sixty paces wide, and pounced on the Wei army position opposite. Three rows of crossbow cars are fired in turn, a round of shooting, the winders quickly shake the wooden wheels, with the creaking sound, dozens of bowstrings are tightened one by one, re-buckled on the crossbow machine, the archers quickly pull out the empty arrow box, accurately push into the arrow box full of arrows, and then bow their heads, keep waving, put a sharp arrow into the arrow slot, waiting for the next shot.

The thunderbolt roared one after another, and its long arms were like strong arms, throwing stone bullets into the sky, and with an ominous roar, they smashed into the Wei army on the opposite bank. As soon as the stone bullet flew out, the tip arm rebounded back, and the gunners had already stepped forward, grabbed the tip arm, and made a concerted effort to re-fix the tip arm, and the upper bomber broke the connecting rod, and a stone bullet rolled down from the wooden trough and entered the net basket.

Everything was so orderly, except for the archers, no one even looked up at the Wei position opposite, they just followed the command, firing sharp arrows and stone bullets one by one, destroying the enemy's position and will.

Not to be outdone, the Wei army also launched a fierce counterattack.

The arrows flew across the river, into the positions of the Wei army, on the ballista carts, on the thunderbolts, and on the Wei soldiers. The stone bullets roared, and everywhere they went, there was a roar, and the smashed ballista was torn apart, and the thunderbolt groaned violently, and the soldiers who were hit were bleeding from their heads. Broken arm, fractured, and even died.

The screams came and went, and from time to time some people were injured and fell to the ground, some screamed loudly, and some remained motionless and stopped breathing, only blood flowed.

Ma Tan assumed a posture of strong attack from the beginning, and launched an attack on the west bank of the turbulent water on the north and south sides of Lixian.

Lixian itself is not tall, and the defenders are not very many, if it is only Lixian. That's not a big threat. What threatened was the three pontoon bridges on the turbulent water behind Lixian and the Wei positions on the opposite bank. There were only two thousand defenders at most. But there were nearly 5,000 on the other side. If Ma Jian attacked Li County, those people could continue to support Li County through the pontoon bridge, relying on the city wall of Li County and Ma Jian to fight for consumption.

No matter how tall the walls of Lixian are, the offensive and defensive sides are still not equal. Even if Ma Tan relied on the superiority of the armament, he could reduce the casualty ratio somewhat. The price he paid will also be staggering. After fighting Lixian, he probably didn't have much to move on.

The intention of the Wei army was very obvious, that is, to rely on the city wall of Lixian County and the turbulent water. Consume Ma Tan's strength to achieve the purpose of blocking Ma Tan's progress.

It is also not easy for Ma Tan to attack the turbulent water first. The Wei army erected three pontoon bridges on the turbulent water, the middle one is the lifeline of Lixian, and the north and south two are covering positions, these two positions are not complete, there are still ten steps away from the west bank, from the east bank can smoothly enter and exit the pontoon bridge, but the west bank can not easily board the pontoon bridge. In this way, the difficulty of seizing the pontoon bridge was greatly increased, and the Wei army on the pontoon bridge could firmly hold the position and hold the lifeline of Lixian.

However, between besieging the city and seizing the position on the opposite bank first, Ma Tan still chose to cross the water first. Of course, he did not directly attack the pontoon bridge behind Lixian, but chose to open up positions on both sides of the Wei army's pontoon bridge, forcing the Wei army to re-establish a blocking position at the location he chose, and making the three pontoon bridges, which were very well prepared, unable to function.

Fighting in a position of one's own choosing, this is the privilege of the attacker. Taking advantage of the advantages in troops, opening up two positions at the same time, while maintaining pressure on Lixian, forcing the Wei army to divide the troops, this is also Ma Tan's tactic to give full play to his advantages.

As soon as the battle began, the Shu Han army showed a strong superiority in armaments.

Ma Tan came from Shangluo and went down the river, and he had already brought a lot of large ordnance with warships, seized the road of Wuguan, and obtained a lot of ordnance from the Wei army, and now he has a lot of money on hand. After arriving in Lixian, Wei Ba went north to Shijian Mountain to look for opportunities, and he was not idle and made full preparations. As soon as the war began, the Shu Han army completely suppressed the Wei army, and the dense rain of arrows and stone bullets made the Wei army unable to raise its head.

Whether it was number, speed, range or accuracy, the Shu Han army had the upper hand. After the two sides had fired at each other for nearly an hour, the Wei army's position was in shambles, full of smashed thunderbolts, ballistas, wounded and killed people, wailing one after another, blood wetting the land, and even flowing into the turbulent water.

In contrast, although the Shu Han army also had losses, it was much smaller than the Wei army, and its morale was very high.

The Wei army was forced to retreat its position to relieve the pressure. If they continue to attack the Shu Han army like this, I am afraid that it will not take a day, and they will have no available ordnance.

Seeing that the Wei army was retreating, the morale of the Shu Han army was greatly boosted, and Wei Feng and Deng Zhi ordered the soldiers of the baggage battalion to build a pontoon bridge at the same time to prepare for the attack.

With the sound of a neat trumpet, a section of the wooden bridge was pushed out from a distance, and in the face of the sporadic counterattacks of the Wei army, the soldiers of the baggage battalion pushed the wooden bridge to the shore and pushed down the turbulence.

As the soldiers of the baggage battalion were busy, the wooden bridge quickly lengthened, and under the traction of ropes, it was pushed towards the opposite bank.

The Wei army was stunned by the Jishu of the Shu Han army building a bridge.

Under normal circumstances, the erection of pontoon bridges is a dangerous thing, especially when there are people on the opposite bank to block the attack, the soldiers and craftsmen who build the bridge have to brave the enemy's arrow rain, first lay wooden stakes in the shallow water of the river, lay wooden planks, and sometimes even swim across the river, and carry out operations under the noses of the enemy, even if there is cover, the casualties of these people will be very large.

However, the Shu Han army pushed the prefabricated pontoon bridge directly into the water, and there was no need for people to go into the water to drive wooden piles, which not only greatly saved time, but also minimized casualties. According to this situation, it will not be long before the Shu Han army can set up pontoon bridges, and then a large number of soldiers will step on these pontoon bridges to kill the opposite bank.

The pressure on the Wei army increased suddenly, and they had to go out with their whole army to establish a position at the place where the Shu Han army crossed the water to block the Shu Han soldiers who came ashore. No matter how strong the armaments of the Shu Han army were, after all, they could not transport heavy equipment such as thunderbolts to the other side, and once the two sides fought together, the power of these ordnance would be greatly reduced. This is the Zuihou opportunity for the Wei army to block, if this position cannot be held, then the pontoon bridge will not be able to hold.

Looking at the Wei army on the opposite side, the position became thicker and thicker, and both Deng Zhi and Wei Feng scratched their heads a little. Powerful ordnance has a certain advantage, but it cannot completely decide the victory, and they will eventually use their swords to achieve victory, and it will be a fierce battle.

When the pontoon bridge was erected, Wei Feng sent the news to Ma Jian that the pontoon bridge was about to be erected, so should he immediately launch an attack on crossing the river?

Ma Tan replied, keep the pressure on, and don't attack in an all-out way for the time being.

Wei Feng breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, but he was also a little worried, he knew Ma Yan's intention to do this, this was waiting for Wei Ba's attack to begin. Their current attacks are all to attract the attention of the Wei army and create opportunities for Wei Ba. They could have avoided heavy casualties, but they put Wei Ba in more danger.

……

Shijian Mountain, a small cave, lit with several torches, projecting shaking figures onto the arms of the cave, looks a little terrifying.

Wei Ba held one hand behind him, pinched his eyebrows lightly with the other, and paced back and forth in the cave. Wei Wu, Tang Qianyu and others sat aside, Ding Feng held his knife and stood against the cave wall, and several lieutenants and lieutenants sat scattered, and no one dared to speak loudly.

Wei Ba has been thinking like this for half an hour.

In the evening, I received news from Ma Tan, and learned that the turbulent offensive was progressing smoothly, and the Wei army had transferred most of the main force to the shore, preparing to block Wei Feng and Deng Zhi from crossing the river to attack, and now was the best time for Wei Ba to attack, if he set off at this moment and arrived in Lixian at dawn, he could flank the Wei army tomorrow morning and win a complete victory. It is mainly a plain, and there is no danger even if you march at night, but if you want to be safe or to ensure your strength, you can make half the way tonight.

The relevant jihua has been discussed, but Wei Ba has not made a decision for a long time, which makes Wei Wu and the others very puzzled.

However, no one dared to ask, for fear of interrupting Wei Ba's train of thought. Wei Ba encouraged everyone to express their opinions, but it did not mean that he had no prestige, on the contrary, his past brilliant achievements made him have enough majesty even if he didn't speak to silence others.

At this moment, the kind of power revealed in silence made Wei Wu both envious and a little nervous.

It's a kind of prestige that exudes self-confidence.

Time passed slowly in Wei Ba's monotonous footsteps.

I don't know how long it took, there was a rush of footsteps outside, and Dunwu walked in panting, his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and his left arm was still wrapped in a cloth, oozing dark blood. Wei Wu and Tang Qianyu glanced at each other and involuntarily stood up. Dunwu hasn't shown up for two days, and when he suddenly comes back, he looks like this again, something big must have happened.

"Young master, I met the tiger and leopard rider." Dun Wu took out a palm-sized piece of leather armor from his arms and handed it to Wei Ba.

"Tiger and leopard riding?" Wei Ba took it and took a look, raised his eyebrows, threw it on the case, reached out and took a wooden bowl, and poured a bowl of hot water for Dunwu: "Don't worry, drink saliva first, and then take a breath." ”

Dunwu drank a few sips of water, then wiped the corners of his mouth, and said with palpitations: "I found traces of cavalry in the east of Lixian, so I followed and found a hidden military camp in Liudaoyan, with no military flags and no signs. I wanted to sneak around to check, but I was entangled by two dark tsubakis. These two dark tsubaki were very piercing, I didn't react at the time, and then two knights chased me and were killed by me, I saw the military badge of the tiger and leopard rider from them, and then I remembered that those two dark tsubaki should be the tiger warriors of the Wuwei battalion. ”

"Wuwei Battalion?" Tang Qianyu, who was looking at the tiger and leopard cavalry emblem, couldn't help but gasp: "Could it be that Cao Rui came in person?" ”…… (To be continued......)

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