Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 74

Just like the Jialing River on the road, cold clouds, light rain and wet dusk.

June had slipped past without noticing, only the tail was left, and the morning by the Jialing River was a thin mist, and it was slightly wet on the face.

During the few days of rest, the soldiers of the Zhou army sharpened their swords, mended their armors, and hoarded food and grass for the first battle.

Wuwei City is more than ten kilometers south of Huanghua Valley. It is built on a river beach with gentle water flow. In the east, a high bluestone brick city wall spreads to the mountain, and the west wall directly connects to the Jialing River.

In front of Wuwei City, the Jialing River turned a big bend and washed out a wide river beach.

The road at the bottom of the East-West River Valley is wide, and there are villages and towns located in it. At this time, when I heard that the Zhou army was coming, I was so scared that my family left, and most of them retreated into Wuwei City.

There are only a few left, the old, the weak, the sick, the mentally challenged, who feel that they have enough to live and don't care about life and death, and still stare blankly on the roadside at the strange army from the north.

Zhou Jun passed by, lined up neatly and continued to walk forward. The water of the Jialing River on the right was rushing, but the sound of the army's neat steps could not be concealed.

The squeaking sound of military boots stepping on the gravel ground gathered together, and immediately covered the flowing water by the river.

This kind of disciplined neatness makes people naturally fearful, and even the old people and fools with cloudy eyes on the side of the road move back subconsciously.

Zhou Jun's morale was high, and he went south along the river all the way.

Soon, the scouts in front came back on horseback, and they saw the Shu army leaving the city.

Shi Congyun was a little surprised by the actions of the Shu army, and immediately ordered the entire army to speed up.

In the afternoon of that day, on the east bank of Jialing River, the breeze was breezy, the river was sparkling, the sun scorched the earth, the mountains and forests on the left were dense, the dense trees swayed in the breeze in midsummer, and the rustling sounds gathered together to form a wave running through the green mountains. , echoing the bottom.

Looking from a distance, Wuwei City in the rear is already standing at the end of the line of sight. The city wall is not very high, and it is far less than Taiyuan City in the north.

On the open land to the east of it, there are many flags of the Shu army, and the armor reflects the light in the shining sun, connecting into large pieces, like the neat scales on the koi.

The Shu army knew that they were coming, and they had already started to line up in the east of the city. There was a banner with the character "Li" in the middle, which should be Li Yangui, the general of the Shu army stationed in Wuwei City.

Shi Congyun rode on horseback and looked to the south, and immediately understood the situation. The Shu army did not choose to defend, but prepared to have a showdown with them.

He thought to himself, this is better than fighting a siege!The tragic battle of Taiyuan is still vivid and unforgettable.

Shi Congyun immediately ordered: "The whole army forms a formation! The first battalion is on the left flank of the army, and the second battalion goes to the riverside and occupies the right flank of the army."

It would be dangerous if they waited for the Shu army to form their formation before they finished their formation.

The order was issued quickly, and the hot air became restless.

The Zhou Jun soldiers moved quickly, and they soon lined up on the river bank. The lined up made Shao Ji ride around everywhere on horseback, and mobilized the battalions to enter the designated positions.

The army column is the most commonly used left, middle and right three square squares.

By the river, Zhou Jun quickly finished the formation and waited quietly.

The east-west front stretched for about a mile, from the innermost side of the road, under the cliffs and cliffs, to the west side of the river, with flags fluttering in the wind and hunting.

In order to facilitate the command of the generals, each battalion will display a flag to show its position on the battlefield, and the generals will also display their own flags so that the soldiers know the position of the general.

At the same time, the whole army will also play a fan flag to show the origin of the army's attributes.

When the Zhou army had completed the formation, the Shu army, who had started to leave the city first, had not yet completed the formation.

"Would you like to kill it directly?" Dong Zunhui asked from the rear with a small number of cavalry.

Shi Congyun looked at the distance and nodded. He was not someone who talked about martial arts: "Order, go forward to meet the enemy, and change into a moon formation in the middle."

The military order was issued, and the Zhou army began to move slowly along the Jialing River to the forward Shu army.

The Shu army on the opposite side was obviously a little flustered when they saw that the Zhou army was approaching first, and the Shu army, who had not yet completed the formation, was a little shaken in the face of the Zhou army's approach.

Shi Congyun rode behind him and watched the situation on the battlefield from a distance.

The Zhou army quickly approached within a hundred paces, and the Shu army on the opposite side also hurriedly completed the formation while the generals cursed.

The bows and crossbows were fired on both sides, like a torrential rain on the riverside, and then the tinkling tinkled on the shields and armor, and the screams were endless.

Shi Congyun clearly saw that a few soldiers fell in front of the two sides, but because of the fast formation of the Zhou army, he took the lead and had the upper hand.

Soon, Zhentian shouting and killing broke out from the formation of the two armies at almost the same time.

Soldiers on both sides shouted to boost morale and approached slowly under the rain of arrows, with attrition from time to time.

As they continued to advance, the soldiers of the He-Controlling Army began to execute the formation under the leadership of the platoon envoy Shao Ji and the commanders of the battalions.

This is the most commonly used in the Zhou army, and it is also one of the formations that Shi Yanchao taught him.

The army is called the Yanyue Array, which is like a crescent hanging upside down after the formation.

The two flanks of this formation must be the most capable of fighting, and the central army must be able to withstand it, so Shi Congyun put the two most capable battalions on the two flanks.

As the distance got closer, the long-range soldiers were no longer useful, and the first and second battalions on the left and right flanks of the Zhou Army took the lead in contacting the enemy.

The sword and shield hands were in front, and the armored spearmen and giant axemen at the back followed the sword and shield soldiers in the front to squeeze into the crowd, and then they all stabbed and slashed sharply.

The battle became intensified in an instant after the close-quarters engagement.

Shi Congyun rode on the back of the horse, staring at the wings tightly without letting up for a moment.

He was very ambitious in forming this formation. He wanted to annihilate the Shu army as much as possible, but there were also risks. If the two wings could not stand up, it might become that they were surrounded by the Shu army from both wings.

The right wing near the river and the left wing near the avenue in front of them fought the most fiercely.

Shi Congyun's eyes did not dare to leave the two wings, but there were too many people, densely packed with people, and there were moving heads everywhere. He could only judge the position of each battalion and the battle situation by the flag.

Directly in the distance, the flag of the Central Army of the Shu Kingdom has moved northward and is going deep into the bottom of the formation.

Shi Congyun's palms were soaked with sweat, and he thought silently in his heart to go a little deeper, you fucking come here!
The battle lasted about half an hour, with casualties on both sides.

The middle army of the Shu army was also bulging forward to the bottom of the Yanyue formation without knowing it. Shi Congyun, who was sharp-eyed and kept looking at the two wings to the south, found a lot of new dust floating behind the Shu army. The direction of movement was towards Jiang. side to go!

Shi Congyun's mind turned around, and he immediately thought that the other general might have discovered his intentions.

The general of the Shu Kingdom found that his central army was about to be outflanked!

It's just that at this time, he can no longer effectively command the army, and he doesn't dare to command indiscriminately.

If the general of the Shu Kingdom dared to rashly order the Chinese army to retreat at this time, there would definitely only be an outcome of being chased and killed across the board.

Therefore, Li Yangui, the general of the Shu army, did not order the withdrawal of the army. Instead, he wanted to reinforce the riverside in one go, in an attempt to break the right flank of the Zhou army, and encircle the Zhou army from the front line of the riverside and attack the Zhou army in order to restore the situation.

Just from this point of view, the generals on the opposite side should not be ignorant, very experienced and decisive.

It's just that at this point, Shi Congyun is also clenching his teeth and his nerves are tense.

Victory and defeat are all in one fell swoop. If the right wing of the riverside can withstand the Shu army, it will be over, if the right wing cannot withstand it, they will be over!

(I came back very late today, only one chapter left)

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