Shu Chen

Chapter 207 Ming Jin
The sun was slowly setting in the middle, and the battle continued.

The scorching sun in May in summer added a touch of heat to the raging battlefield.

On the high nest cart behind Wei Jun, Cao Zhen stood on the railing and watched the battle.

The huge body that has been in a high position and pampered for a long time makes him even more impatient with the hot and dry sun.Sweat kept coming out of the silver-white hair from the temples, sticking to the dust on the battlefield and covering his face.The close-fitting lining inside the armor was also completely soaked, sticking sticky to the skin, like many ants crawling, it was extremely uncomfortable.

But his hands on the fence are still steady, and his eyes are still as usual.

Although the right-wing Xiahou Ba's offensive was difficult to advance, and the left-wing Fei Yao's army was strangled after more than [-] steps into the enemy's formation, but such a result was not unacceptable to Cao Zhen.

The war has continued to this day, and the Han army has no support for the chariot formation, and the battle losses of both sides have begun to change lives.

It's time to fight for consumption.

Whoever fails first will lose.

Cao really wouldn't call for gold to withdraw his troops first, although his own cavalry could support them, making it impossible for the Han army to cover up and kill them.

Both sides are hurting, Wei Guo can afford it, but the Han army can't afford it.

It doesn't matter even if there are more casualties among Wei's soldiers.

Now that the Han army has lost one point of its war background, it will be easier to send troops to recover Longyou at the end of the year.

Backed by strong national strength, Wei State is in an invincible position, and there is no need to stick to temporary victory or defeat.It is also a good choice to use an evenly matched battle to establish the next victory.

In any case, the main force led by Prime Minister Zhuge Liang of the Han Dynasty was not so easy to win in one battle.

At least Cao Zhen didn't have such illusions.

Cutting flesh with a blunt knife is also very good.

"Send an order to let the rear army suppress the left wing."

"Bang the drum, urge the battle."

He wiped the sweat from his face lightly, and gave orders to the messengers around him.

"promise!"

The messenger hurriedly agreed, took out a small command flag and shook it at the bottom of the nest cart, causing the drums to sound like thunder, the footsteps of soldiers marching and the clanging of armored swords and spears to blare loudly.

Also let the other person on the nest car opened his mouth to say something, but closed it again.

He is Zhao Yan.

The word Boran, together with Chen Qun, Du Xi and Xin Pi, is called the "Four Famous Men of Yingchuan".

He is well versed in military affairs and rich in strategy. During Wei Wu Cao Cao's time, he often led the military governor and guard army, and now he is a military advisor of Da Sima.

He just wanted to say "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."

Because Cao Zhen's order was very decisive, which was equivalent to suppressing all the pawns.

Although there are more than [-] cavalry in the formation to protect the Yaqi from being attacked by the Han army, if the infantry is not supported, the entire army will be defeated.

Furthermore, Anding County was handed over.

This kind of scheduling is a bit reckless, and the gambling is too big.

It is not in line with the practice that soldiers should be cautious.

At least not in line with what he thought.

In his mind, it was enough to block Ni Shu's offensive this time, without causing too much damage to the soldiers.

First, he felt that the main force of Nishu was here, and with more than [-] soldiers and horses in the general area of ​​​​Nishu Pingbei, it was impossible to capture the gate of the Hexi Corridor, Yuyinsai.

Since Hexi is worry-free, why bother to lose too many soldiers?
Now that the battle is at a stalemate, Nishu's morale is still high, and the balance of victory and defeat has not yet tilted, why bother to take the lead in overwhelming all the troops in one fell swoop?Even if both sides are hurt, they can't take advantage of the situation to seize Xiaoguan or take a detour to attack Longyou, right?
The other is that he is worried about the war in Liaodong.

Liaodong is located in a remote place, and the general Sima Yi has not experienced many battles. With [-] troops running thousands of miles, there are too many uncontrollable factors.

It's okay if we win, and there is nothing to do about how many soldiers are lost in the battle here.

But if Sima Yi is defeated, there will be more soldiers in the northern border of Wei State, which will definitely affect the defense of Guanzhong-now many troops in Guanzhong are guarding Jizhou and Bingzhou!

It is really unwise to give up everything here when the victory or defeat of Liaodong is not yet known.

It's just that Zhao Yan swallowed the words that Zhao Yan wanted to remonstrate.

He also knew where the fundamental gap between Han and Wei was.

In particular, Cao Zhen stated to the Luoyang Temple more than once: the destruction of Shu is a battle that consumes national power.

Now that the general order has been exported, he is really not good at giving advice.

A deeper thought is that he knows Cao Zhen's physical condition.

Suffering from constant minor illnesses and lack of energy, the time to support the director is getting shorter and shorter.

Perhaps, after a year or two, I have to put aside my business and recuperate my sick body.

It is understandable that Cao Zhen's tactics are a little more aggressive in the situation where time is waiting for no one.

Forget it, I still don't persuade.

Anyway, in terms of dispatching in front of the battle, no one in Wei State is better than Cao Zhen.

Letting go of his thoughts, Zhao Yan also leaned forward slightly, blocking the sunlight with his hands and looking far away.

Then, he discovered the intention of Cao Zhen's dispatch.

When the rear army hurried towards the left flank, the governor general Fei Yao began to slow down the offensive of the soldiers in front, and turned into an array to confront the Han army, continuing to occupy the advantage of breaking into the enemy's line for more than [-] steps.

The rear army that came rushing to help was able to avoid the crossbows of the Han army smoothly, spread horizontally, and inserted obliquely from left to right into the Chinese army and the rear army's chariot formation against Shu.

It turned out that Da Sima Cao's true intention was to hide the horse with his steps and win with his horse.

It is to give full play to one's own advantages, use infantry to destroy Nishu's chariot formation, clear obstacles for the cavalry to rush into the formation, and create a chance for victory!

I just don't know, how did Zhuge Liang, the prime minister against Shu, deal with it?
Zhao Yan, who knew it well, couldn't help but set his eyes on the central formation of the Han army in the distance.

At this moment, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang sighed in his heart.

He also saw Wei Jun's change of formation, and he also knew Cao Zhen's plan to dispatch in this way.

It's not that there is no countermeasure, but in this situation, he has to show his cards first.

Of course!

He has been indifferent to Wei Jun's attack on the left flank for more than [-] steps, but he just wanted to use the crumbling front to lure Cao Zhen to cover up and kill all the cavalry.

Or in other words, he changed his original intention of holding back and came out to fight against Ni Wei, just to ambush Ni Wei's cavalry!
The big man, who has not recovered Longyou for a few years, still has too few cavalry.

It is impossible to take into account the Wushui Basin and the battlefield here at the same time.

However, Anding County has a vast territory, sparsely populated land, and counties are too far apart. If the more than [-] cavalry of the Wei army were not wiped out, the Han army would not be able to guarantee the safety of the food roads and concentrate on fighting against the besieged city.

Forget it, since he didn't fall for the trick, he didn't plan to capture Anding County.

After sighing, the prime minister waved his hand and asked Fu Qian beside him to raise two command flags.

The Wei Yan Department of the Central Army and the Gao Xiang Department of the Rear Army all went to the left for support.The strength of Feiyao's army against Wei has skyrocketed to more than [-]. If it is not contained, it is a foregone conclusion that the outer car formation will be destroyed.

With such a dispatch, only the heavy infantry of the three schools were left to guard the Yaqi flag of the Han army.

It also made Cao Zhen, who was on the Gaogao Nest car of the Wei Jun Zhongjun, his eyes burst out suddenly, his hands holding on to the fence were clenched instantly, and his fingers turned white from the force.

Have a chance to kill Zhuge Liang, the pillar prime minister against Shu!

Have a chance to cut off the Chinese army's banner against Shu!
This kind of opportunity, this kind of temptation, even Cao Zhen, who has experienced many battles, can't help but make his breathing thick.

He automatically ignored the three schools' heavy-hitters.

It's just pawns from the three schools!

He also has more than a thousand heavy infantry commanded by Xu Gai in his army. With these thousand heavy infantry as the forerunner, let the five thousand cavalry in the rear will definitely be able to break through the heavy infantry of the three schools in Nishu!
The price is just a little more casualties.

In other words, as long as you can capture or kill Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Nishu, and smash the big flag of Nishu, all the more than a thousand heavy steps and more than [-] cavalry led by Xu Gai will be killed or injured, it is worth it!
Zhao Yan also saw it.

His breathing also became heavy in an instant, and his face turned red, as if drunk.

With his hands hanging down, he twisted his thighs fiercely, letting the pain stimulate his head to wake up, and then he tried to breathe calmly and said to Cao Zhen, "Da Sima, there will be no fraud in Nishu, right?"

Indeed, things are too weird.

The Han army has not yet reached the point of desperation, but Zhuge Liang, the prime minister against Shu, suddenly endangered his own safety and exposed it to the eyes of the five thousand cavalry of Wei State. This approach is too weird.

He didn't think Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, was a reckless person.

"Heh~~~"

Cao Zhen took a few deep breaths secretly, calmed down, and laughed softly, "If there is a fraud, you will know if you try it. Since he dares to take risks, why don't I dare to attack him!"

After saying that, he took the command flag and waved it himself, and let Xu Gai's heavy infantry and cavalry attack.

Zhao Yan didn't intend to refute this time.

As Cao Zhen said, if Ni Shu is a fraud, you will know if you try it.

With the mobility of the cavalry, the heavy infantry of the three Nishu Schools could not ambush.

Moreover, the fighter planes on the battlefield are fleeting.

Indecision and indecision are taboos before the battle.

"kill!"

Xu Gai, who had won the general, led more than a thousand heavy infantry and pushed forward slowly.

And the five thousand cavalry pawns also reined in their horses and retreated slowly, detouring enough to complete the acceleration of the horses in order to rush into the formation, and waited in formation.When Xu Gai gets close to the Chinese army against Shu and the heavy infantry of both sides fight together smoothly, they will charge forward on horseback.

At this moment, Cao Zhen and Zhao Yan's eyes were extremely deep.

The small voice of the commander in the heavy infantry formation magically resonated in sync with their heartbeats.

"bang"

"Bang bang."

The voice was slow, and the voice urged, which aroused their blood.

Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the central army of the Han army, when he saw the heavy infantry of the central army of the Wei army approaching and the cavalry turning back, he shook his head, and said in a lonely voice to Fu Qian next to him, "Gongyuan, send the items Pack it up. The war is over."

The war is over?
Hearing this, Fu Qian was astonished.

He had just seen Wei Jun start to attack the Chinese Army, and he wanted to advise the Prime Minister to bring back some soldiers from the right-wing Wu Squad to guard the Chinese Army's banner!

"Hehe~~~"

Seeing that Fu Qian was in a daze, the prime minister couldn't help laughing, "Forget it, there's no rush to clean up for a while, you can continue to watch the battle."

"Oh no."

Fu Qian, who came to his senses, hurriedly saluted, and set his eyes on the heavy infantry formation of the third school not far away.

The two thousand four hundred heavy infantry were assembled from various troops and horses before the battle, and today they are temporarily under the command of the Xiangfu to join the army.

This is where Fu Chen's doubts lie.

The impromptu patchwork of the three schools, Zong Yu, who has never personally commanded the battle, why did the prime minister assert that they can repel Ni Wei's cavalry several times?

And still, the war is over?
Soon, he understood.

When Xu Gai led more than a thousand heavy infantry and the five thousand cavalry of Niwei also began to trot slowly, preparing to speed up the attack, Zong Yu let out a loud shout.

"Minute!"

"Score! Score!"

All the uncles of the three schools, who were heavy-footed, also screamed loudly.

Let the soldiers in the ring formation quickly separate from the two sides, leaving a big gap in the middle.

There are more than [-] huge bed crossbows placed on the ground. The crossbow arms are more than two meters long. On the bow strings that have been rounded, there is a half-foot-long crossbow front, shining colorfully in the sun, blooming smiling at death.

Fu Qian had seen these bed crossbows before.

It was originally located on the Xiao Pass, but at some point, the prime minister had someone dismantle it and bring it here.

It's too late, it's too soon.

Fifty soldiers held small wooden hammers and knocked on the machine with a "bang-dang".

"Boom!"

The teeth-stinging sound of bowstrings sounded, and fifty arm-thick crossbow arrows, with a sharp sound of piercing through the air, were as fast as lightning, roaring towards the original Wei army soldiers.

"Lie down!"

"Lie down!"

Xu Gai, who was running in the front row, fell to the ground with sharp eyesight and hands, and shouted loudly.

Before he finished speaking, he felt a strong wind blowing over his head and back, even through his armor, he still felt a burning pain.

The soldiers behind were not so lucky.

When a foot-long crossbow touched the arm, the arm broke; when it touched the chest and abdomen, it passed through a big hole; when it touched the waist, half of the stomach exploded, and the intestines and liver flowed all over the floor.

The worst thing was hitting the head. The bright red blood, white brain, and black-blue liquid instantly overflowed in mid-air like a courgette crushed by a huge force, splashing four or five meters away.

It is often said in the military that the range of a bed crossbow is a thousand steps.

Although it is a bit exaggerated, four or five hundred steps are still easy.

The bed crossbow fired at close range in the half-arrow place, even the thick armor of the heavy infantry, could not prevent the crossbow from piercing through a person and still continue to castrate.

Almost every crossbow arrow penetrated the array of the Wei army.

It also made the front of the Han army's middle army instantly empty, and the ground was full of twitching corpses, and the lucky ones with missing arms and legs.

Yes, the lucky ones.

It is a kind of luck to be able to survive under the bed crossbow.

The cavalrymen of the State of Wei who had started to speed up and roared like thunder were also suffocated by this change, as if they were directly strangled by ducks.

However, they instinctively reined in the horse's reins.

In front of the bed crossbow, the war horse weighing a thousand catties (Han) is like paper paste, and it will die in it.

If they rushed over regardless and killed more than [-] cavalry, they wouldn't hurt half a hair of the Prime Minister of Han.

Although there are only fifty bed crossbows in the Han army, the horses shot to death will become obstacles, tripping up the subsequent robes and disrupting the formation, making it impossible for the cavalry to penetrate the heavy infantry of the third school of the Han army.

Cao Zhen on Gao Gaochao's chariot saw that Xu Gai's thousand heavy infantry lost two or three out of ten of them in an instant, and when the rest were fleeing back in a hurry, they couldn't help raising their heads and closing their eyes, and sighed.

After a while, he opened his eyes.

Seeing that the left and right army Fei Yao and Xia Houba were unable to break through the Han army again, they said in a lonely voice, "Boran, let people ask for gold to stop the army. It will be useless to fight any more."

(End of this chapter)