Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 143
The iron cavalry of the Wei army led by Cao Zhen easily passed through the rest of Zhao Rong's three men. As the whole Wei cavalry spread its wings from the inside to the outside, it gradually deepened. Soldier.

Wei Jun Qingqi withdrew to the left and right sides, sweeping across the entire battlefield like a bird's wings.They stabbed the fleeing Han infantry on both sides with swords and spears, and drove them towards the Han army Dazhai.

The armored heavy cavalry in the center of the cavalry team did not slow down, and continued to ride their horses through the formation, heading straight for the Han army camp, trying to break into the camp by taking advantage of their unpreparedness.And the path they chose was the east gate opened by the Han army's camp when the three of Zhao Rong attacked and chased the enemy.

Huang Quan, who was on the watchtower, saw the disintegrated soldiers of the Han army from a distance, hammered on the railing angrily, and said angrily, "It's a trick, Cao Zhen is cunning."

Cao Zhen stationed his horse on the gentle slope, looking at the watchtower in Hanzhai, he sneered in his heart.When he first attacked the stronghold, he found that the Han army had come prepared. Cao Zhen wanted to retreat instead of making meaningless sacrifices.But then he thought, if he assumed the role of Huang Quan and guessed that he might attack the camp, why wouldn't he plan ahead of time, so he set up the mantis to catch the cicada, and the oriole to follow.

Sure enough, Huang Quan tried to order the cavalry to charge straight to the central army when his central army was empty, trying to kill the general, turning the tide of the battle in one fell swoop.So Cao Zhen obeyed his will, pretended to be defeated, and ordered his elite cavalry to drive away the attacking Han cavalry, so that they could not return to the teacher to report the news.When the Han army pursued and attacked, Cao Zhen led his cavalry to ambush and fight out, trying to take advantage of his unpreparedness and find a fighter to break into the Han camp.

The chasing soldiers fled in panic. Dozens of rout soldiers rushed to the gate of the camp driven by Wei Qi, and a large number of soldiers behind them continued to flee backwards. The Wei army rushed to the Han camp like sheep.

When the rout was less than ten feet away from the Han camp, there were people behind the camp wall, obviously on guard, but the strange thing was that the camp gate was never closed, and there were few people around it.

Cao Zhen's face suddenly changed. The Han army was already prepared, but they did not stop at the gate of the camp. Instead, they continued to lure Wei Qi into the camp.

Cao Zhen had a premonition of danger, and immediately shouted: "Ming Jin withdraws troops, the enemy's camp is deceitful."

But it was too late!

When the rout soldiers were in front and the Wei army's iron cavalry rushed into the camp behind them, the Han army officer waved his knife at the rout soldiers and shouted: "Low your head! Lower your head!"

The smart ones among the routs immediately searched for corners and climbed down, while more routs of the Han army approached the three-sided army formation in the camp in a daze.

In the army formation, hundreds of crossbowmen suddenly appeared behind the pikemen, raised the loaded Chinese crossbow, and suddenly made a frightening sound of the crossbow being pulled, followed by the sound of breaking through the air, and then hundreds of black crossbows appeared in the air. The straight line shot from three sides to Wei Qi who broke into the Hanzhai.

These, wherever the armor-piercing crossbow fired with a heavy crossbow hits, the fine armor and the majestic body of the soldiers are as vulnerable as paper; penetrating wound.

Hundreds of crossbow arrows were fired, and the screams were endless, there were fleeing Han soldiers and Wei cavalry.More than a hundred Wei cavalry in the lead died on the spot, causing heavy casualties in an instant.More than a dozen Han soldiers who had climbed down stood up tremblingly, and walked from the two wings of the army formation under the signal of the officer; twenty or thirty Wei cavalry wailed and fell to the ground with groans, not yet dead.

Following closely behind, Wei Qi, who had not entered the village, ran to the rear in a panic. For a while, the queue was in disarray.

Huang Quan watched the hunting scene from the watchtower, stroked his beard and sneered, the heavy crossbowmen were his last trump card, just like the nearly thousand heavy cavalry in Cao Zhen's hands.

The heavy crossbowman was formed by Huang Quan in the Yong'an period. He recruited and selected powerful men, equipped with a waist to guide the crossbow (Note ①), carrying a huge shield, and holding a spear. They can shoot from a distance and fight from a distance.

Huang Quan said lightly to himself: "You set the bait, and I will set the bait too. I am greedy, so it is possible that you are not greedy."

On the gentle slope, when Cao Zhen saw all this, his eyes were about to burst. These Wei Qimen spent years of painstaking efforts to build them. Under such circumstances, more than a hundred riders were easily beheaded, how could it not make his heart ache.

"Siege and kill the Han soldiers outside the camp, and cut off their ears to record their achievements." Cao Zhen said in a cold tone.

Cao Zhen no longer expects to be able to capture Huang Quan's camp, but in order to ensure his victory and the rewards of his subordinates, he still needs to record his achievements by cutting his ears.

In the morning light, after all the Wei cavalry were ordered, they wandered in the Weinan Plain, besieged and killed the fleeing Han soldiers, and brutally cut off their right ears to record meritorious service. Only 300 people who fled intermittently before fleeing to the Hanzhai survived.

In the stands of the Hanzhai, Huang Quan could only sigh quietly. The Han army suffered heavy losses in this battle. Zhao Rong and others lost 200 people. In addition, nearly 3000 people were damaged in the attack on the Zhai at night, resulting in a total of casualties About [-] people.

"General, look at our army in the north." The personal guard suddenly pointed to the fiery red wave that was approaching from the north.

After Huang Quan narrowed his eyes for a while, he rejoiced and said, "Fortunately, General Zhao is fine."

Then Huang Quan trotted down the steps, ready to meet Zhao Yun in person.

Cao Zhen looked to the north and saw the red tide slowly moving towards Hanzhai, he immediately knew something was wrong.

The Han will return to the stronghold, so Wang Shuang will be in danger!

Cao Zhen looked at the dazzling orange morning light, then sighed, and said in a low voice, "Go back to the village!"

On the way back to the teacher, Cao Zhenxin thought that the Wei army had suffered heavy losses, and he had to behead a thousand people for credit.

At this time, after a night of fierce fighting, the morale of the Han army was low. After Zhao Yun's victory, the morale suddenly rose.

After the Battle of Weishui, the Wei army killed about 6000 people, beheaded a thousand people, and beheaded Zhao Rong; the Han army killed and injured 4000 people, beheaded 2000 people, and beheaded Wang Shuang.

After Cao Zhen returned to the army, in order to allow Huang Quan's army to go deep into the enemy's territory and encircle and suppress, Cao Zhen retreated to the north of the Wei River, leaving a thousand people in the city of Mei, and threatened: "Yang Tiao of Anding County has already approached Du. Yang, the general Cao Zhen led the army to rescue. '

When Huang Quan heard this information, he smiled contemptuously and remained unmoved. He led a large army to garrison at Wuzhangyuan, but ordered Zhao Yun and Miwei to lead light cavalry to go eastward, to lie down day and night, cross the Wugong River, and harass Hu County ( Huyi District, Xi'an City) is less than ten miles away from Chang'an.

Chang'an was shocked suddenly, and the price of food soared. Cao Rui, who was in Chang'an, hurriedly sent someone to ask Cao Zhen about related matters.

Cao Zhen hurriedly led the army back to Meicheng. While pleading guilty to Cao Rui, he personally led Wei Qi to try to surround and kill Zhao Yun, but at this time Zhao Yun had already returned to Wuzhangyuan.

Cao Zhen no longer dared to leave Meicheng lightly, but had been confronting the Han army Huang Quan near Xieshui.
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① Waist-drawing crossbow is developed on the basis of kicking and stretching the crossbow. The "waist-drawing crossbow" means that the crossbowman sits on the ground and pushes the bow forward with both hands.

"Wu Bei Zhi" calls it the waist-opening crossbow, "the weak use the kick to open it, and the strong one still uses the waist to open it."

(End of this chapter)