Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

234 AD, October [-]th.

When it was early winter, the westerly wind was bitingly cold, the flags on both sides of the river were rolling, and the golden drums shook the sky.

On the Weishui River with a gentle flow, the Wei army built eight pontoon bridges for the army to pass through. The soldiers of the Wei army walked across the bridges with leather shields, spears and other weapons.As Xiahouru's dental flag appeared on the Weihe pontoon bridge, the morale of the soldiers of the Wei army was greatly boosted, shouting "Wan Sheng".

The battlefield on the south bank also entered the anxious period. Soldiers of the Han and Wei armies brandished their swords, the sound of swords and spears slashing and piercing the armor, the clang of spears striking each other, the sound of piercing armor into flesh, and the shouts of soldiers. The sound of drinking, and the wailing of dying and injured.These voices gathered in one place, filling the ear bones of everyone present.

Liu Yin's troops assembled more than [-] Han soldiers and took advantage of the geographical advantages to press the Wei army on the bank of the Wei River. After a long battle, they retreated all the way to the Weishui River.

With the help of crossbows and crossbows on small boats docked in the Weishui River, as well as the rapid support of Wei Jun on the boat bridge, the generals of the Wei Army formed an army formation again, stepping on the water splash, feeling the cold water flowing towards the river bank. The soldiers of the Han army advanced.

On the small mound beside the river bank, Huang Quan led more than a hundred cavalry soldiers and stood on it, watching the current situation of the two armies' confrontation.

There were eight pontoon bridges that the Han army had to guard against along the Weishui River, but the distance between each bridge was too long for the Han army to take care of everything. More importantly, the Wei army still had small boats to transport soldiers back and forth.This made the defending Liu Yin's troops somewhat stretched. Before the Han army rushed over the newly built boat bridge, the Wei army had already stepped on the shore, forming an array to resist the attack of the Han army's rangers.

The two pontoon bridges were where the Han and Wei armies fought. Before reaching the river bank, a large number of Wei soldiers jumped into the river to form an army formation and marched to the bank.

As the formation of Wei soldiers and soldiers on the boat bridge in the distance gradually formed, the flag of Xia Houru also gradually reached the river bank.The rangers of the Han army did not dare to break into the enemy's position, so they could only shoot arrows from a distance to harass the Wei army.

Huang Quan squinted his eyes, waved his hands, and said, "The two troops of Liu Yin and Zhao Guang were ordered to withdraw and Zhao Guangdian to be behind. Afterwards, the two armies alternately covered and retreated to rely on the camp for defense. I will wait to see the intention of the Wei army."

"promise!"

Withdrawing to the rear, Zhao Guang simply bandaged up, picked up the discarded armor due to the rapid march, commanded the generals and schools, reorganized the army formation, and planned to lead the soldiers under his command to reinforce Liu Yin's troops.

A scout from the Han army with a flag on his back rode a steed, and the smoke and dust billowed in, shouting loudly: "General Zhao! The general of chariots and cavalry has ordered that the soldiers of the Wei army have arrived at the river bank. Order your troops to cover General Liu's troops and withdraw first." On the battlefield, withdraw to the camp built by our army to stop the enemy."

"it is good!"

The herald waved the command flag and notified more than a thousand people under Zhao Guang's command.The scouts ran out from the central army, shouting slogans: "The whole army obeys orders, forms an formation to cover the front army, and retreats alternately with the front army."

Zhao Guang looked at the small mound not far away, and saw that Huang Quan led more than a hundred light cavalry, had withdrawn from the mound, and headed for the Han army camp.I couldn't help but admire Huang Quan for ordering the whole army to overhaul the barracks to deal with the Wei army who came to help.

When Huang Quan first arrived in Chencang, he ordered the army to build the fortifications. They never stopped, rain or shine, and it took more than half a year to build the fortifications. There were twelve layers of fortifications from the inside to the outside, which can be said to be extremely strong.The Weishui River was only the first natural barrier for the Han army on the south bank to resist the Wei army, and it was not expected to stop the Wei army from crossing the river. After all, the Weishui River was too long to be defended at all.

In the ancient fortifications, Juma is only one of them, and its name is Xingma, and there are several other items such as Tianluo, Wuluo, and Tribulus (Note ①).

When Guan Yu besieged Fancheng outside, he set up ten-story fortifications, and the allusion that Xu Huang drove straight in was that he broke through the ten-story fortifications in one breath. years unheard of.

Now Huang Quan has set up twelve layers of fortifications outside Chen Cang, and there are elites. It is not easy for the Wei army to break through. After all, there is no one in the Cao Wei state who is comparable to Xu Huang.

Huang Quan, who had already retreated to the camp, rode his horse, pulled the reins, and shouted: "Inform General Wu to prepare for battle immediately and defend the fortifications of the camp to meet Generals Zhao Guang and Liu Yin."

"promise!"

The banner carried by another scout galloped in the direction of Wu Yi first.

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On the earth barrier on the north bank of the Weishui River, Zhao Yan looked at the Han army on the opposite bank. He saw the flags of the Han soldiers defending against the Wei army crossing the river fluttering and retreating in an orderly manner.

Although Xia Houru was lacking in strategy, he, who had battled for a long time, knew very well that this was not a good opportunity for the whole army to pursue. Instead, he sent elites to take the lead in the formation to prevent the Han army from returning to their horses and shooting them back.Then the troops commanded slowly formed a team, raised the flag high, and pretended to be a large army.

Wei Jun estimated that about 8000 people crossed the river, and nearly 30,000 people's flags were unfurled.The Xiahouba army sent to attack Liao Hua's troops selected 5000 people soldiers, intending to attack the Han army in the first battle, occupy the Qianwei meeting, and continue to attack the Jingwei meeting where the Han army garrisoned food.

Zhao Yan looked at the Wei Army cavalry pawns who were ready, and ordered: "Send the order, the cavalry pawns will cross the river!"

"promise!"

The herald waved the flag, indicating that the cavalry would cross the river first, and the infantry would march and then cross the river.

The Wei army ordered that more than [-] elite cavalry led their horses, divided into eight groups, and crossed the river on eight pontoon bridges, followed closely by infantry.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Yan looked at the water village of the Han army on the opposite bank, and said: "Order the boat division to go forward and isolate the Shu army on the north bank, and cover our army to build a boat bridge in Qianshui."

"promise!"

"Zhongquan (Xiahouba) went to Qianshui to gather his army and prepare for war, and waited for the military order to cross the river at any time." Zhao Yan said.

"promise!"

Xia Houba arched his hands, pressed the long sword on his body, walked down the earth barrier, got on his horse, and went towards the main army.

After a while, a Wei cavalry with a flag on his back reined in, got off his horse and reported, "Report, military advisor. The 5000 people under Li Fu's troops have crossed the river from Yulu County to the west bank of Qianshui. There are Shu army camps stationed there. Here, prepare for our army going south."

Zhao Yan stroked his beard, looked in the direction of Qianshui in a calm manner, and said, "The order is for Li Fu to lead the army to the south and ask Xia Houba to send a thousand people to cross the river under the camp of the Shu army to cut off the Shu camp. Force them to retreat. If they don't retreat, they will attack from front to back and take down the Shu army."

While speaking, Zhao Yan glanced at Wei Jun's boat division, who was already cruising near the Wei River in the Shu Jun camp, and said, "Raise the flag, let General Xia Houba lead his troops to cross the river and seize the meeting of Qian Wei."

"promise!"
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① "Six Secret Teachings·Military Strategy": "If you set up a camp, there will be Tianluo, Wuluo, Xingma, and Tribulus."