I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 317

Even sent cavalry to fight on the beach?Not really.

After the Chu army crossed the river, they certainly didn't squeeze into the tidal flats. They would march inward for a certain distance and then establish a preliminary camp.

The tidal flats only accounted for about three-tenths of the Chu army camp, and the rest of the place was considered to be relatively hard soil, not really the sandy or muddy areas of the tidal flats.

Zhishi's cavalry led the horses with grass in their mouths. The hooves of the horses were wrapped in cloth, and there were bits in their mouths to prevent neighing.

This is the standard equipment for the cavalry that is about to launch a night attack, and many film and television works are performed in this way.

Zhiyao knows that Tianchao's film and television works pay less attention to details, and they pay attention to the meaning of "as long as you can understand it", and you will try it if you don't need it temporarily. In the process of developing cavalry, repeated training and experiments have been carried out long ago.

Thanks to the Chu army who had crossed the Wei River for clearing the vegetation, and the Chu army did not have time to set up fences outside the camp. Zhi's cavalry came close enough, and the knights mounted their horses and waited for orders.

After Zhishi's cavalry received the signal, they didn't immediately kick the horse's belly and slap the horse's buttocks to make the horse gallop instantly, but just lightly kicked the horse's belly to make the horse enter a steady speed. way of travel.

The thirteenth moon can already provide enough light, even if you have night blindness, you can't see anything, but it will make your vision relatively blurred.

Actually, right?Soldiers in the Spring and Autumn Period rarely suffered from night blindness. They had their own good property, and they usually ate vegetables and fruits. Fish could not be obtained casually due to the "lord's patent", and they had no white skin and did not eat animals." Most soldiers can still see at night.

Even if people can't see so clearly, the horses they pull actually have strong night vision capabilities.According to modern scientific research, the night vision of horses is six times that of normal people.

The Zhi clan's troops, who were about to launch a night attack, slowly approached the Chu army's camp on the north bank of the Wei River from three directions.

Zhishi's cavalry was followed by infantry, about [-] cavalry and [-] infantry in each direction, and there were no chariots in between.

The cavalry led, followed by infantry.

After walking slowly for a certain distance, the cavalry was signaled to speed up, and soon entered a state of high-speed galloping. Then, because the Chu army had no barriers, repelling horses, antlers, etc. to stop them, they rushed in very easily.

Until Zhi's cavalry entered the camp, many Chu soldiers were too tired during the day, let alone the sound of horseshoes and slight vibrations, even someone talking loudly beside them could not wake them up.

The soldiers of the Chu army who woke up had a confused look on their faces. It wasn't that they couldn't distinguish the camp being attacked, it was simply that they were awakened without alleviating their fatigue, which had a negative effect of doubling their fatigue.

Bai Gongsheng, who was on the south bank of the Weishui River, was woken up in his sleep. When he heard the report, he didn't even put on his clothes or armor.

Because the distance is a bit far away, unless the eyesight is really amazingly good, otherwise, if you look at a distance of more than [-] meters, you can only see the constantly shaking figures.

"How many enemy troops are there, who is coming?" Bai Gongsheng asked.

Tonight happened to be Governor Ye Gong who was on duty. The terrible thing was that the people he sent to the north bank of the Weishui River hadn't returned yet, so he had to watch the situation on the south bank of the Weishui River by himself, and could not get more detailed information.

What they were able to initially confirm was the Jin army. As for which noble family belonged to the Jin country, they had not been able to see the banner that could identify the family's affiliation for the time being.

Encountered a night attack?It is still the case that a quarter of the troops are on the opposite bank and three quarters are on the south bank.

Bai Gongsheng fell into a state of being at a loss for a while.

I don't know how many Jin troops there are on the north bank of the Weishui River, let alone which family's army is coming. Just because I don't know these two points, I really can't come up with a well-founded decision in the first place.

Ye Gong said: "The pontoon bridge must not be lost!"

Of course Bai Gongsheng knew, he hesitated again and again before ordering: "Zigao leads the headquarters to reinforce."

Ye Gong, who put himself in a little bit, didn't hesitate, responded "No!" and then hurried to the camp where the headquarters was stationed.

"I heard that the state of Jin dispatched two legions to march west. One of the Han's legions is attacking 'Gaoling'. The whereabouts of the Zhi, Hu, and Zhong families are uncertain, and the Wei family is guarding the rear. Many of the Jin army on the north bank are riding alone. , is it the Fox family?" Bai Gongsheng thought.

At present, there are not too many families who use horseback riding to fight in large quantities. It is well known that the Fox family of Jin State turned Hu into Xia, and they still maintain the act of carrying a large number of horses when they go out.

Bai Gongsheng didn't know that the Zhi family had already used cavalry when attacking the Zhao family, so it seemed normal to make a wrong judgment.

Since he guessed that the Jin army on the north bank of the Wei River came from the Hu family, Bai Gongsheng didn't panic so much.

If it was the Zhi family, the Wei family, or the Han family, the Chu army would still feel jealous, and they were more afraid of the Zhi family and the Wei family than the Han family.

The Han family is in "Gaoling".

The Wei family is looking after Gu Jinjun's retreat.

Only the Zhi family, the Hu family, and the Zhong family disappeared, and a large number of Jin troops who appeared on the north bank of the Weishui River rode alone. From Bai Gongsheng's point of view, if it was not the Hu family, who could it be?

Based on that judgment, Bai Gongsheng gave Ye Gongxin reinforcements, with an order for Ye Gong to cross the river and repel the Jin army.

Ye Gong, who first brought a group of brave men to the north bank of the Weishui River, found that the Jin army's offensive was very fierce, but the desire to seize control of the pontoon bridge seemed to be lacking?

This made Ye Gong quite confused. He thought: "Launch a night attack and then seize the pontoon bridge. Only by capturing the pontoon bridge can we prevent our army from sending reinforcements to the north bank. There is no reason for the enemy to even understand this."

Not only did the Jin army who launched the attack fail to seize the pontoon bridge, could it be that the Chu army on the north bank of the Wei River resisted too tenaciously, making it impossible for the Jin army to break through the line of defense and reach the vicinity of the pontoon bridge for a while?

The area where the battle is breaking out is not small, and if some trees block the view, Ye Gong will really not be able to get the answer for a while.

It wasn't until another batch of about [-] Chu troops arrived on the north bank of the Weishui River that Ye Gong discovered that the Jin army seemed to have been intercepting the Chu troops who were about to retreat to the pontoon bridge.

"Quickly report to Bai Gong, the person who came is Zhi Shi!" Ye Gong ordered.

That's right, Ye Gong can be regarded as seeing that the attacking Jin army came from the Zhi family.

It is not difficult to identify the soldiers of the Zhi family. The uniforms are red on the top and black on the bottom, and the style is not only different from other families in the Jin Kingdom, but no other family in other countries has that style.

Another point, don't think that the Zhi family is a maverick in the state of Jin, each family may have the same color of war robes, like the Fox family, a large number of soldiers have the habit of wearing a piece of animal skin on their shoulders.

Knowing that it was Zhi Shi who attacked, the idea of ​​counterattack and counterattack disappeared from Ye Gong's mind, and he changed to defending the tidal flat to protect the pontoon bridge, and then waiting for Bai Gongsheng on the south bank of the Weishui River to make a decision.

On the south bank of the Wei River, a troop was marching in the dark. They were [-] cavalry from the Zhi clan and [-] infantry from the Zhong clan.

The Jin army on the south bank of the Weishui River set off when they saw the northern bank of the Weishui River lit up like a daytime fire. The target of the attack was the Chu army camp on the south bank of the Weishui River.

After marching for about three quarters of an hour, they had arrived within two miles of the Chu army camp on the south bank of the Weishui River, waiting for the second signal to launch a surprise attack.

The group of Jin troops who spent half an hour attacking the camp of the Chu army on the north bank of the Weishui River could be regarded as annihilating the Chu army except for the tidal flats with their hard work, and stopped in place for necessary rest.

Although Zhiyao, who is not on the front line, has some delays in the information he has, he can still grasp the progress of the battle in general.

"In this way, there is only one last step left in the war." Zhiyao hid her inner excitement, her face looked a little flat.

In the eyes of others, this kind of mediocrity means that the wisdom pearl is in their hands, and the progress of the battle situation has been expected.

Zhiyao put down the battle report in his hand, and while walking out, he said, "Let's follow Yao to witness the defeat of the Chu army."

Milt has already appeared in the East.

Zhiyao came outside the tent and looked to the south, where the fire was still everywhere, and black smoke was rising from some places.

The Jin army on the north bank of the Weishui River, having rested and reorganized, launched an offensive again. At the same time, it also sent a signal for the friendly forces on the south bank of the Weishui River to launch an offensive.

Bai Gongsheng already knew that it was the Zhi clan's army that was attacking, so he ordered an emergency interruption of the rescue operation on the north bank of the Weishui River, and asked Ye Gong to retreat to the south bank of the Weishui River immediately, and the pontoon bridge should not be destroyed for the time being.

"It's like this, our army lost tens of thousands of horses on the north bank, and the rush to help Qin is even more..." Bai Gongsheng stared at Du in the middle of the original sentence, and was too frightened to say any more.

When Bai Gongsheng wanted to say something, he listened carefully when he heard the change.

A nobleman from the state of Chu broke into the tent without even being notified, and said in a panic: "There are also Jin troops on the south bank, and they are already attacking the camp!"

Bai Gongsheng was startled first, and asked, "How many enemy troops are there?"

No one can give an answer to this for a while.

Bai Gongsheng only knows one thing, they have been stationed here for several months, even if they did not deliberately strengthen the camp, the camp is still relatively complete, if they are lost in a surprise attack, the entire camp will not be destroyed.

The Jin army seems to want to wipe them all out?
Bai Gongsheng gritted his teeth secretly, thinking: "Since Zhishi has such a big heart, how can I not take advantage of it?"

The pontoon bridge is still in the hands of the Chu army, and the camps on the south bank of the Weishui River are not so easy to take down. The Jin army can rely on sneak attacks to defeat the Chu army on the north bank of the Weishui River. The Chu army on the south bank of the Weishui River in a fighting posture is not so easy to collapse, and the operation is good. It can definitely eat the Jin army who dared to come from the south of the pontoon bridge.

Of course, the prerequisite for Bai Gongsheng to realize his idea is that his subordinates can be stable.

Zhiyao, who was watching the development of the battle on the mountain, saw that the Chu army on the north bank of the Wei River voluntarily retreated to the south bank. Even if there were not many Chu troops left on the north bank, they did not destroy the pontoon bridge.

"Didn't retreat immediately? Bai Gongsheng wants our army to cross the river and then stick to the camp? Are there reinforcements, or..." Zhiyao didn't issue any new military orders, but fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)