Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 288 The Battle of Gaoping City ([-])

On June [-], under the expectation of Cao Zhen, the grain road of the Han army seemed to be affected by the heavy summer rain, and Zhuge Liang finally went out to fight.

Cao Wei's main force of 60,000 people, led by Cao Zhen, spread out from east to west along the Wushui River; Zhang He's 9000 people marched from north to south, trying to break through Wang Ping's defense line;

And what they are about to face is the 8000 main force of the Han army, and Wang Ping's [-] people not far away.

The Wei army had a total of 3000 people, and the Han army had a total of 8000 people.It can be said that this is the largest battle between Han and Wei after the Battle of Hanzhong.

Looking at the local battlefield, the Wei army had 4000 people, and the Han army had 50,000 people.From this point of view, the number of the Han army is smaller than that of the Wei army, but Cao Zhen is not too happy about this situation.

War is not a simple numbers game. The Wei army and the Han army seem to have a total of more than [-] people, but half of them are auxiliary soldiers, not the main force of the battle.

After further analysis, although the Wei army has an advantage, it is not an overwhelming advantage; besides, the enemy general is still Zhuge Liang, which should not be underestimated.

Therefore, Cao Zhen knew very well that his real opponent was the main force of the Han army under the command of Zhuge Liang. As long as the main force was defeated, the rest of the army would naturally disperse and flee.

At Maoshi (6:00), the two armies pulled out their camps and marched towards each other, advancing slowly, and soon the scouts and rangers who were the vanguard took the lead in fighting.

Cao Zhen's cavalrymen were very elite, facing the Han army cavalry without fear, they greeted the nearby Wei cavalry with friends, and strangled the Han army cavalry together.Soon the scouts and rangers of the Han army were quickly defeated and returned to the formation.

It seems that all of a sudden, the vast space outside the battle is no longer the figure of Han Qi, but the galloping figure of yellow Wei Qi.

Among the marching ranks of the Wei army, Cao Zhen looked at the cavalry of the Wei army cruising not far away with a more pleasant expression.

Cao Zhen guarded the Northwest for many years, put down an unknown number of rebellions, and an unknown number of Hu people who died under his command.His cavalry pawns were honed by fighting Hu Qi for a long time, and they were extremely brave.And these brave cavalry pawns are Cao Zhen's confidence in defeating Zhuge Liang.

Therefore, Cao Zhen was never afraid of Zhuge Liang's field battles, but it would be best if Zhuge Liang's army food was exhausted so that he could retreat without fighting.

Zhuge Liang in the Han army looked at the Wei army cavalry pawns protesting around the formation, but he was not angry, but he couldn't help but praised: "Cao Zhen's cavalry pawns are indeed my strong enemy! Let Xiang Yu go out to fight, and then retreat , don’t fall into the majesty of my big man.”

"promise!"

Xiang Yu personally led the Qingjiawei Qingqi, roared out of the formation, and ran towards the Wei army cavalry outside the formation.

After the big Han conquered Longyou, the Qingjiawei expanded rapidly, increasing from more than a thousand riders to five thousand riders.And here it is divided into Qingqi and Trapped Cavalry. Qingqi is mainly composed of Qingyi Qiang people, while Trapped Cavalry is mainly composed of Qiang people recruited from Longyou.

The fighting ability of this group of Qingjiawei far exceeded the expectations of the rangers of the Wei army. They came and went like the wind, and their riding skills were superb.

"Wang Sheng, you will be able to meet this general if you lead a fine horse."

Cao Zhen looked at the cavalry pawns of the two armies who were fighting not far away, and ordered.

"This cavalry general of the Shu army is brave, and his arrows never fail."

Wang Sheng led hundreds of cavalry to join the battlefield, and the Qingjiawei Qingqi who was about to support was also stopped by the follow-up Wei cavalry. After a long fight, Xiang Yu led the cavalry and fought and retreated. They withdrew from the battlefield and roamed among the infantry Beside the army formation.

Although Wang Sheng repelled the Han cavalry, he was still in shock, because Wang Sheng almost died under the arrow of the opposite Han general.

At this time, Wang Sheng had a feathered arrow inlaid on his chest, and the arrow had pierced through the outer armor. If it wasn't for the chain armor inside, the feathered arrow would have hit his chest.

"This Shu cavalry is still a bit inferior to our army." Da Sima joined the army Zhao Yan said with a smile on his face.

Cao Zhen didn't change his face, he just won for a while. The Han army is good at fighting on foot, with chariots outside and powerful crossbows, it is not easy to win.

"Order Wang Sheng to suppress the Shu cavalry and guard our army's flanks." Cao Zhen said.

"promise!"

At four o'clock (7:00), the sky was bright, and the battle range of the [-] armies of Han and Wei stretched for several miles.The red-hot crowd has already formed an army formation on the field, and the khaki-colored wave three miles away is also waiting for it.
Cao Zhen held the hilt of his sword in his hand, and stood above the nest cart, overlooking the dark Han army formation not far away.

There are several military officials standing behind Cao Zhen, such as heralds, soldiers, chief bookkeepers and others.General Wei has already led the trilogy and commanded the army.

As time passed, the Han and Wei armies kept approaching, and Cao Zhen gradually saw the general situation of the Han army's formation.

"The flag of the former army of Western Shu is 'Wu', presumably the leader of Wu Ban, and the flag of 'Huo', it should be Huo Yi who has become famous in recent years."

Cao Zhen squinted his eyes and looked ahead, muttering.

And Zhao Yan also just received the information from the scouts, and added: "The right army of Xishu has the 'Chen' tooth flag, and the left army has the 'Liu' tooth flag."

With a big belly, Cao Zhen pressed his long sword and said with a smile, "Shu generals Chen Shi and Liu Ba are just there. I just don't know where Deng Ai is?"

"Deng Ai!"

Zhao Yan stroked his beard and thought for a while, he had heard of this name before.He was praised as "Wang Deng Jiang Huo" by the people of Shu, and he was the four emerging generals.

Among the four emerging generals in Western Shu, Wang Ping was the oldest, followed by Deng Ai, and Jiang Wei and Huo Yi ranked third and fourth respectively.

But what is ridiculous is that two of these four are descended generals from the Wei people, but Deng Ai and Huo Yi are not.

Deng Ai, a native of Xinye in Nanyang, was from the same hometown as Shu general Wei Yan. He was one of the greatest heroes in Western Shu's seizure of Long. On a snowy night, he climbed Sizhong Mountain and attacked Shangyu.

Then he became famous in one fell swoop and became famous all over the world. He jumped from a general in Tunliang to a high-ranking official of two thousand stones and served as Sima of Qinzhou, assisting Huang Quan in the military of Qinzhou.

When Da Sima seized Longshan, Deng Ai made repeated suggestions, which made Da Sima return without success and was blocked in Longshan.

"Order the whole army, beat the drums and attack!"

Cao Zhen drew out his long sword, his eyes were determined, and he shouted in a deep voice.

"promise!"

All of a sudden, in the formation of the Wei army's central army, dozens of horsemen carrying flags and ordering galloped among the gaps between the formations, issuing Cao Zhen's military orders layer by layer.

Hao Zhao, the former army, waved his command flag, indicating to attack, and the army of Wei army moved after hearing the sound;

Xia Houba, who commanded the cavalry, looked solemn, led the horse, and slowly followed up.

Wei Jun launched an attack!

And several miles away, Zhuge Liang, who was also above the nest cart, held the handle of the fan in his hand, waved it forward, and shouted in a deep voice: "Meet the enemy!"

Following Zhuge Liang's order, the fiery tide of the Han army moved forward and rolled forward.

The former saber and shield hands of the Han army advanced in an orderly manner with their shields, and behind them were several rows of crossbowmen holding their crossbows tightly, ready to shoot arrows at any time.

"Woo~"

Suddenly, the desolate sound of horns resounded through the army formation, and the originally silent Han and Wei armies rushed forward, and their murderous aura shot straight into the sky in an instant.

(End of this chapter)