Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 664
As the army approached Huainan, the alert scale of the ranger scouts also expanded on a large scale.So soon, the movement in the direction of Huliang Garrison was fed back to the army.

"The villains are really hateful. They abused our Jin people and treated human life as worthless. They should be rewarded with death!"

Hearing the scene reported by the scouts, all the generals changed their countenance and their eyes cracked.Shen Mu and Han Huang, who are the only ones in the commanding army with high mobility, also stood up, and challenged the battle with stern voices: "Peng Biao, the traitor, relies on nothing more than our army's slow progress, so as to fortify the wall and clear the country, and openly drive our Jin people out!" Make a fence of flesh and blood! The last general will force you to go to war, vowing to capture and kill this villain in the wild, and cut off the people for sacrifice!"

"The two armies are at war, and each uses their own methods. Isn't Peng Biao's behavior one of the situations that were expected before? I know that everyone is eager to fight, but if he dares to commit such atrocities, isn't it just to disrupt our army's deployment? This battle has been prepared for a long time, and all the ministries in Jiangbei are making moves. If our army goes out, the consequences are really unpredictable, and there may not be another good opportunity in the future."

Shen Zhezi had no hatred for this, but after weighing it for a long time, he still did not agree to the generals asking for a fight.In the battle of Huainan, his biggest advantage was not far exceeding the enemy's equipment input, but Jiehu's strategic focus in Huai.

The army marched northward in winter, and this battle was not lacking in hardships. If Peng Biao's ability in field battles could not be offset to the greatest extent, even if he won, it would cause great losses.And if the loss is too great, it will directly affect Shen Zhezi's follow-up plan.

He is now a side general in charge, not only responsible for the lives of the troops, but also responsible for Liang Jun's large investment in the early stage, so the pressure is not insignificant.In order to achieve an optimal situation, the safety of the people in Huaidi cannot be given top priority.

This logic is somewhat cruel, but as the general, Shen Zhezi had to make a choice.And for those Huainan people who are about to meet on the battlefield, he can only report regret and helplessness.

In the past few months, during the confrontation and infiltration process between the two sides, Shen Zhezi also sent rangers to try his best to attract those Jin people who were hiding in the countryside.Unfortunately, the results were minimal. Those people either did not have confidence in Liang County, or lacked trust in Shen Zhezi, or were too afraid of Jiehu's fierce power. Few people chose to move south, and most of them stayed there. The county's solicitation turned a blind eye.

Shen Zhezi can't complain that these people are short-sighted and stay in a dangerous place. After all, since the Yongjia period, the will of the Jiangdong court has rarely been felt here.Even if the Zu brothers ruled here, they each had conflicts with the central government, so that the people's centripetal force towards the Jiangdong court was very weak.

In the final analysis, Shen Zhezi did not show enough prestige to make people trust their lives and attract people to vote across borders.

Although the generals were not lacking in indignation, they could only obey military orders.And because battles could happen at any time, in order to ensure the physical strength of the soldiers, the marching speed was slowed down a little.

Another day, in the evening, the two sides met on the flat ground dozens of miles south of Huliang Shu.

Thousands of people in ragged clothes were driven south by more than a thousand Jiehu cavalry. They had no formation at all, and they looked straight at the front of the Yuzhou army.These people may hold wooden sticks and bamboo spears, but most of them are empty-handed, rushing southward crying like wandering souls.On the two wings, the tyrannical Jiehu cavalry restrained the team with whips, knives and guns, and controlled the direction.

Facing such an opponent, the soldiers in the front line were also a little surprised and rioted. Seeing many people who couldn't run in time were cut off by the Jiehu cavalry with a grinning grin, all the eyes from the soldiers to the commanders and generals were completely shattered , the knuckles of the two hands holding the weapon turned white, and a roar full of anger came from his throat!
"Array, meet the enemy!"

Although Shen Zhezi personally sits in the vanguard battalion, Hu Run, the leader of the Shengwu Army, is in charge of directing the battle. With the clear order after order, the flags and drums have already sounded in the formation.A family of chariots were pushed forward to form a formation, and the soldiers boarded the chariots one by one, drawing their bows and strings, waiting for the order to counterattack.

Shen Zhezi's troops brought a total of more than [-] chariots with the army. After the front line was set up to meet the enemy, the left and right wings moved closer to the center to protect the food and grass.

The soldiers in the middle route carried bundles of arrows to the front tanks in an orderly manner. Compared with the immature World War I, the current armaments are more abundant, and the number of bows and crossbows is greatly increased. Hammers, hard spears, etc. The equipment is also more sufficient.

The rangers were cruising in the gaps between several army formations, all of them had put on their armor and mounted their horses, ready to charge at the opponent's formation at any time.

The chaotic crowd had rushed into range, and the Jiehu knights on both wings also began to close their formations and drove them from the rear.Looking at the distorted faces of the crowd who were terrified, the pressure on the soldiers in the car formation was even greater than facing a real strong army. Many people couldn't bear to point their bows and crossbows at such a group of suffering people.

However, in the end, the snare drum for shooting suddenly sounded, shaking people's heartstrings!The deadly arrow seemed to be pouring rain, or like locusts pounced on it, completely covering the area in front of it in an instant!
The Yuzhou Army Yasheng is the best in Jiangbei. Even the well-equipped elite cavalry with Jiehu in the front are amazingly lethal, not to mention the group of people who are not blocked at all.A rain of arrows came suddenly like a gust of wind, and the hundreds of people rushing to the front were shot down in an instant, forming a line of death blood in the front line!
The deadly arrows, the scarlet blood, completely crushed the defenses of the people. Everyone shrank in fear, and no longer dared to run forward, and the momentum stopped completely for a while!

"Those who advance live, those who retreat die!"

Such a violent blow from the rain of arrows took Peng Biao's heart away, and those chariots formed an iron wall and copper wall across the ground, giving people a sense of indestructibility.

And within the range of these arrows, the elite cavalry of his direct lineage are just moving targets slightly covered by cloaks, and it is difficult to shake the opponent's chariot head-on!

Therefore, he ordered the knights under his command to step up and drive away the Jin people, hoping to cause a little impact on the opponent's formation, and at the same time consume the opponent's vigor and arrows.

In the front is the rain of cold arrows, and in the back is the deadly cavalry, and the surroundings of those people have become a terrible situation like hell.All of them have already lost their consciousness, and their six senses have disappeared. Some curled up on the ground and cried, while others buried their heads in one direction, screaming and rushing.
Hu Run's eye sockets twitched slightly at this time, and the venomous light shot out from his one eye. After the round of arrow rain subsided, he did not give the order to continue shooting, but turned to look at the man on the chariot not far away. The chief general, Shen Zhezi, looked inquiring.

"Shoot on the enemy's front, cover the little people and crawl forward!"

Shen Zhezi gave the order immediately after a second thought, and the soldiers in the front line roared in unison: "Fall on the ground to avoid death, crawl to the front!"

At this time, the opponent's formation was already in chaos. Although someone received the order to lie down on the ground, they were soon trampled by those chaotic people.

However, after shouting out this order, the Yuzhou Army didn't give them any more time, pointed upwards, and the second round of arrows rained from the sky.This time, many people were shot and fell to the ground, but most of them were concentrated in the rear.

Especially the part that was entangled with the Jiehu cavalry. In order to drive the people into the formation, some of the Jiehu cavalry had already penetrated into the range.Previously, there were few casualties due to the chaotic formation of the people, but as more and more people fell to the ground, these front cavalry began to suffer casualties.

At this time, there were many people who saved the legs, feet or horses of the slave soldiers because of the chaos. With the addition of several rounds of arrow rain, most of the nearly [-] cavalry in the slave formation who did not withdraw in time were shot and fell!
"Keep shooting!"

Although the slave soldiers had distanced themselves, Shen Zhezi did not give the order to stop shooting. Although they no longer concentrated on shooting, those arrows still intertwined into a curtain of arrows to cover the people who had already prostrated forward, completely fighting against the slave cavalry. isolated.

And because the opponent's cavalry had already separated from the mob team, the number of them was clear at a glance, so the knights led by Shen Mu charged out and went to the opponent's slightly chaotic cavalry formation!At the same time, under the cover of hundreds of rangers, the flanking car array slowly moved forward, surrounding and protecting the people who were still crawling in the front line.

Peng Biao didn't dare to love to fight, and the restrained team cruised to the edge of the battlefield before the opponent charged in the formation.Shen Mu and other knights rode their horses desperately to pursue them. Those who were slightly behind were immediately pierced by arrows full of hatred, or rolled off their horses, or were directly nailed to death on the horse's back. The uncontrolled horses ran aimlessly in the wilderness carrying the dead body.

Fearing that there would be ambushes in the opponent's rear, Shen Mu and the others retreated after chasing for several miles.

At this time, the chariots had passed through the battlefield and continued to form formations in front, and the soldiers in the back began to clean up the battlefield. The corpses were all picked up and piled aside, and the arrows that fell on the ground were also picked up.As for those people who survived by chance, they were driven to one place, and the survivors cried one by one.

While setting up the camp, the battle reports were quickly sorted out. In this round of small-scale confrontation, more than a hundred slave soldiers were shot and killed, but 500 civilians died, most of whom were shot in the first round of arrow rain. In addition, many people were hit by arrows or trampled to death.

As for the [-] people who survived and remained on the battlefield, those who fled in all directions during the chaos cannot be counted, but if those people were allowed to wander in the wilderness, it would be difficult to survive in the end.

The small battle was won, and the slave soldiers were easily repelled. There were people from various Jiangdong families who came with the army in the central army. They all shut up wisely.

"Spread out and ride, be sure to drive the scattered people back here as much as possible."

The real battle didn't last long, and there was still some distance before it got dark, so Shen Zhezi immediately gave the order.The recovery of arrows on the battlefield takes up too much time, so today we can only choose to stay nearby and comfort the surviving people by the way.

　The past few days have been a bit unrestrained, and I need to review it. . .The atmosphere in this chapter is a bit sluggish, so it will be published together with the next chapter. . .

　　
　
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