Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 145 Fighting at the Street Pavilion
The winter in the Northwest is extremely cold. At this time, the sky began to snow heavily, and the neighborhood of the street pavilion became white again.

There are four stoves in each tent, and the crackling of firewood can be heard intermittently in the silent tent.The tent owner, Zhang He, was standing at the door of the tent, looking worried and looking at the bright moon with his hands behind his back.

For Zhuge Liang, Zhang Yun couldn't help admiring him. He heard that he was good at governing the country in the early years, but now that he met him on the battlefield, he knew that his army was slightly superior.

Tomorrow when attacking the stronghold, Zhang Yun had doubts, but today he saw that his camp was well-arranged and well-prepared for both offense and defense. With his current numbers, he would not be able to break through the Han army's tents at all.Moreover, the two camps of the Han army were very ingeniously designed, one camp was firmly defended on the mountain, and the other was firmly defended by the river. If any one was attacked, the other camp would inevitably raise troops to rescue.

Now the Han army camp is guarding against danger, and it cannot be broken by an army of [-]. How can it be broken by tens of thousands of cavalry?

However, given the current critical situation in Longyou, Shangyu fell and the Weishui Road was cut off; although Guo Huai, the governor of Yongzhou, insisted on defending Qingshui County and preserving Guanlong Road, it was of little use to the overall situation, because Guanlong Road went to Longyou The two exits, Lueyang and Shanggu, were both occupied by the Shu army.

I was blocked at the Fanxudao Street Pavilion. If there is no result in attacking the stronghold tomorrow, I need to find another plan.If you knock down the street pavilions, you can't break through the Han army camp, and if you cause too many losses to the Chinese army, how can you explain to your majesty with face.

The only plan for now is to try to attack the camp tomorrow to see if there are any loopholes in the Han camp. If there are no loopholes, we will have to find another strategy tomorrow night.

Zhang Yun finally left a sigh at the tent door.

The next day, it snowed heavily last night, and the land at this time turned into a vast expanse of whiteness.The morning light dispelled the night, and the clouds in the east took advantage of the brilliance of the sunrise to instantly glow, dyeing the mountain road red.

In the Wei army camp, the bugles kept sounding, and the flags were flying. The Wei army cavalry who had eaten breakfast had already entered the battlefield first, raising billowing smoke and dust, trying to separate the connection between the two camps of the Han army.

In the face of Cao Jun's actions, the Han army camp did not respond, but handed over the initiative on the battlefield to Zhang Yun.

So in the Wei army camp, under the command of the flag and the bugle, all the Wei troops marched out from the gate of the camp in neat steps.

The general of the Wei Army riding a tall horse walked in the gaps in the queue, loudly boosting the morale of the soldiers, telling the rewards for breaking the stronghold, and describing the post-war military exploits to the soldiers.

The infantry in the Wei army were all cavalry dismounted. The infantry were all wearing double armor, holding a spear in their right hand and a square shield in their left.The soldiers in the front row, carrying huge shields and carrying bows and crossbows, slowly advanced towards the Han army camp like a rainbow.

Seeing the infantry in the front, Zhang Yun of the Chinese army felt a little distressed. It is very expensive to train a cavalry, but for the sake of the overall situation, he had to reluctantly give up.

After the formation of the Wei army, the dense footsteps of the soldiers stopped quickly and were replaced by undulating voices. The officers did not blame excessively, but stopped with their eyes.

At this time, Zhang Yun of the Chinese army was giving orders.

"Dai Ling."

"exist!"

Dai Lingce stepped forward.

"Lead the cavalry to set fire to the mountain and besiege the Han army's camp. If a soldier goes down the mountain one by one, I'll ask you."

Today Zhang Yun needed to fight hard, set fire to the forest, isolate the two camps, and concentrate all his troops to besiege the camp by the river.

"As ordered!"

Dai Ling took the order and led the cavalry out into battle.

"Niu Jin listens to the order and attacks the stronghold today. Those who disobey the order will be executed, those who are hesitant and disorderly will be executed, and those who flinch will be executed!"

Niu Jin made a promise.

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After Zhang Yun finished setting up, the flag of the Chinese army was waved, the bugle sounded from the front, and the command flag was raised high, and the front began to attack the Han army camp.

The cavalry led by Dai Ling prepared sulfur and flames and began to move towards the hill. Half of them got off their horses and burned the mountain, and half rode between the two camps on horseback, cutting off the connection.

The defense of the camp by the riverside of the Han army is divided into two layers. The first layer uses WISCO carts as walls and antlers as obstacles to prevent the enemy from attacking; the second layer is a wooden camp that is still being repaired as a resting place for soldiers. .In Zhuge Liang's view, Zhang Yun couldn't break through his first barrier at all.

In the Wei army's formation, the drums sounded, and the soldiers in the front row raised their huge shields to cover them, and the soldiers behind them moved the antlers away.

At this time, as the soldiers of the Wei army approached, the Han army began to shoot at them. At first, they used powerful crossbows from their waists to break the shield. After getting closer, the Han army launched a small number of bed crossbows, mixed with thousands of Han bows and kicking crossbows. Shoot together.

Waves of arrows splashed down like raindrops, piercing through the air with a whizzing sound, tearing the air, or hitting the wooden shield, or piercing the human body through the shield.

In an instant, the wailing voices of the soldiers of the Wei army in the front line were endless.

But these still couldn't stop Wei Jun's advance. Wei Jun's crossbowmen were not to be outdone. Under the orders of various department officials, a large number of feathered arrows shot out, sliding out countless parabolas in the air, turning into dark clouds, and crossing the WISCO truck. , Falling into the formation of the Han army.

In the camp by the river, under the banner of the Han army, Zhuge Liang, dressed in bright armor and a fiery red war robe, stood majestically on the high platform, holding on to the wooden railing, and looked at the fierce battle with a calm face.

The burning forest fire on the hill on the right side of the Jieting was rapidly spreading towards the Han army camp on the mountain, but Zhuge Liang didn't care about the raging fire at all, but kept staring at the Wei army attacking the camp ahead.

On the contrary, Jiang Wei, who was beside Zhuge Liang, looked at the fire on the mountain from time to time, and his heart was full of admiration for the prime minister.When setting up the village at the top of the mountain before, Zhuge Liang pointed out that the forests and vegetation in front of the village need to be cleaned up to prevent the Wei army from attacking, and now it has come true.

And it didn't stop there. Jiang Wei also admired the prime minister's strategy of obsessing the enemy. The two camps had the same flags and the same amount of cooking smoke. Presumably Zhang He didn't know the real strength of the Han army at this time.

Just as Jiang Wei thought, after facing Zhuge Liang's series of operations, Zhang Yun really didn't know Zhuge Liang's real strength, so he could only order his soldiers to try to attack, while finding out the real strength of the Han army, while waiting for opportunities to find weaknesses.

When Zhuge Liang saw that the Wei army was approaching the WISCO, he suddenly said, "Order the lurking crossbowmen to come forward and shoot arrows together."

As soon as Zhuge Liang finished speaking, flags were waved on the high platform, and bugles were sounded.

Relying on the front row of Han troops covered by WISCO carts, suddenly among the three of them, one of them poured in in an orderly manner, holding a waist-drawn crossbow, and amidst the officer's order, the rain of arrows was denser than before. out.

The soldiers of the Wei army charged, with shields in their hands, and at such a close distance, they were instantly shot through by the crossbow drawn from the waist, and a large number of Wei army's lives were harvested.

The pace of the Wei army's charge stopped, and the soldiers were afraid of the Han army's bows and crossbows.

At this time, the military judge in Wei Jun's formation kept shouting sharply: "The one who retreats dies!"

Under the intimidation, the terrified soldiers and colleagues of the Wei army had no choice but to move forward bravely, stepping on the corpse of the dead comrade, and advancing with their shields.

After the Wei army approached, the Han army immediately formed a dense forest of spears behind the WISCO cart, and the crossbowmen continued to shoot through the gaps.

(End of this chapter)