I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 318 It's purely a game of hell

"I have sent people to search all over the surrounding area for a hundred miles. It is impossible for an army of more than a thousand people to hide."

"Perhaps as this reinforcement of the Chu army, the Qin army in the direction of 'Gaoling' can be regarded as one, and the Zhao family, Bai Zhai, and Lou Fan who ran to attack our army's rear are the second, far away from the Man family's Chu army. The Chinese garrison is the third possibility."

"It is not easy for the Chu army to contact the Zhao family, Bai Zhai, and Lou Fan allied forces who came here at the fastest speed. It will take more than half a month to contact them at the fastest. Wait for Zhao Wuxie to lead the army Come here, Chu Jun should have died long ago."

Zhiyao thought over Bai Gongsheng's possible reinforcements, but couldn't think of any one that could solve the urgent needs of the Chu army.

Then only Bai Gongsheng wanted to turn the crisis around by himself.

The Zhi clan's army on the north bank of the Weishui River had already begun to compete for the pontoon bridge. Instead of letting the cavalry try to charge at the beginning, the infantry lined up moved forward first, and fought with the Chu army on the pontoon bridge.

After the battle for the pontoon bridge started, due to the small space available for standing, the two sides were not only fighting hand to hand, but arrows were also being shot endlessly, and people fell down every moment.

Regarding the matter of archery, the Zhi family obviously suffered less than the Chu army.

Zhishi's iron armor is not popular, but paper armor is a standard supply.

Paper armor is effective in defending against arrows. Not to mention that the bows of the Chu army are basically bamboo bows, and the arrows they shoot are also bamboo arrows. Leather armor is definitely impenetrable. The defense power of paper armor before it is pasted is not lower than leather armor.

Therefore, what I saw was that a large number of Chu troops fell to the ground after being shot by arrows, and the soldiers of the Zhi family could continue to fight endlessly after being shot by arrows.

Many Chu soldiers saw that the soldiers of the Zhi family who had been shot in the body were still so fierce, and it would be a lie to say that they were not envious.

Most of the Chu troops did not wear armor, and most of the Chu troops who wore armor were made of wood or bamboo armor. How could the wooden and bamboo armor be able to defend against Zhi's strong bow and crossbow?

Under the outbreak of fierce fighting, it is difficult to stand up again after falling down on a wide field. Falling to the ground on the pontoon bridge means being trampled by both the enemy and us. If you are not careful, you will fall into the water and be swept away by the water.

"Why not let the cavalry take the lead?" Cheng Wu looked angry.

Zhilin didn't know how to answer.

Although Lao Zhi's family has cavalry, they have not owned them for a long time, and have not tried many things.

To tell the bigger truth, although Zhishi's cavalry had a lot of training subjects, they really didn't have the training to hit the beam bridge.

Cheng Wu had commanded the cavalry before, but he didn't let the cavalry hit the pontoon bridge in the first place, so why did he blame others?

"There are only [-] riders from my family on the south bank, and the rest belong to the Zhong family. If the north bank cannot reinforce in time, they may be defeated." Cheng Wu explained.

They were all soldiers from the Zhi clan. One spear cavalry plus [-] infantry could do something, but there were [-] soldiers from the Zhong clan. It was really hard for Cheng Wu to feel at ease.

Zhilin said: "Why don't you... make them retreat and attack with cavalry?"

It can only be this way.

However, it is unrealistic to order all the soldiers on the six pontoons to retreat. It is just to order the soldiers on two of the pontoons to retreat.

On the other side, Ye Gong, who was directing the battle on the ground, was extremely anxious.

What Ye Gong is worried about is not the pontoon bridge. The camp on the south bank was attacked, and the Jin army was allowed to enter the camp. The high-level officials may be able to stabilize under the restraint of Bai Gongsheng. It is difficult to say whether the nobles can stabilize their own soldiers. .

Of course, if the high-level can stay stable and not become chaotic, it can still give more confidence to the people below.

When Ye Gonggong was hesitating whether to send someone to check the battle situation, he suddenly saw the Jin troops on two of the pontoon bridges retreating.

In the battle for the pontoon bridge, there is no doubt that the Chu army suffered the most. It was purely that Ye Gong sent people to go up to the top regardless of the loss, which made the battle for the pontoon bridge extremely fierce and cruel.

This time, the Chu army confirmed one more thing. Not only is the Han family's long-range attack sharp in Jin, but the Zhi family's development of long-range weapons has become sharper than the Han family's!
The Jin army on the two pontoon bridges withdrew, and the Chu army who had not received the order to pursue them was a little unsure whether they should pursue them.

Ye Gong received the order to stop the Jin army first, and wait for the Jin army attacking the Chu army camp on the south bank of the Weishui River to be stopped. They received new orders before they could pretend to be defeated and retreat, and lure the Jin army on the north bank of the Weishui River to cross the river.

Under this premise, Ye Gong will definitely not push back to the north bank of the Wei River.

But Ye Gong saw that the Jin army's lone horses were gathering towards the beach, and he guessed in an instant that the Jin army was going to let the lone horses hit the pontoon bridge.

"...,???" Ye Gong felt a little complicated.

They must be building pontoons for better quality, allowing hundreds of thousands of people to stand on the pontoon at the same time is a guarantee of quality.

Regardless of the length of the pontoon bridge, the width is about five meters, which can allow six or seven people to stand side by side, and two cavalry in galloping state can also charge side by side.

There was a sound of horseshoes trampling on wood. Because the sound was so special, it attracted many people's attention.

What they saw was ten cavalrymen divided into five echelons, each echelon was about three meters apart, and two cavalrymen charging side by side on horseback.

Ye Gong had never encountered such a style of attack. What he thought of for a while was to let Zhishi's cavalry rush over, and then use the soft ground of the tidal flat to kill him. The soldiers on the pontoon retreated across the board.

At this time, the people Ye Gong sent out before came back and told the Jin army on the south bank of the Wei River to charge the camp with infantry first. The Jin army cavalry was not the same as what they knew about riding alone.

This Jin army launched an attack on the Chu army camp on the south bank of the Weishui River. After they found that it was very difficult to defeat the Chu army, they stopped attacking deeply and made a move to retreat while setting fire everywhere.

ignition?This was really beyond Bai Gongsheng's expectation, and even stunned Ye Gong who received the news.

No matter how many schemes the Chu army had, if the camp was set on fire, their first priority must be to find a way to put out the fire. Otherwise, after the fire took shape, no amount of calculations would be of any use, and they would only end up being buried in a sea of ​​flames.

It was Zhong Wu's idea to ignite the fire. The reason was that they entered and dispatched troops smoothly at the beginning, but the more they entered, the more tenacious the resistance they encountered, and they were almost cut off from the back.

The Chu army panicked at the beginning of the attack on the camp, which indeed made the Jin army's attack smoother.With Bai Gongsheng able to stabilize his mentality, Bai Gongsheng's self-confidence inspired the nobles, and the nobles would not easily escape if they had the determination to resist.

If the nobles do not intend to escape, even if the soldiers attached to the nobles escape now, they will become lonely ghosts behind them, and they can only live and die with their masters. Therefore, there is no large-scale collapse, only a very small number The man went into the woods and fled.

In fact, the same is true. Soldiers are not paid by the country now, and their land is not given equally by the country. Everything they live on is bound to the nobles who are loyal to them, and their "binding" is very firm. If they are so secure that a nobleman is replaced on top of their heads, they may lose everything if they don’t die in battle, and even become a slave. How can there be no centripetal force?

This has something to do with them being Chu people.

After all, even if the state of Chu is in decline, they have at least once claimed hegemony, and their spirit is by no means comparable to that of a small country with few people.

If it is a country that has been bullied all the time, they do not have a glorious history, and they cannot find a glorious chapter from their own history to encourage themselves when encountering things. On the contrary, the history of the country is full of various examples of kneeling down to survive. When it comes to an irresistible crisis, more thoughts in my heart will be how to kneel in order to continue to survive.

A group of the Jin army on the north bank of the Weishui rushed to the south bank first. They did not make any pause, and immediately rushed to the surrounding Chu army after crossing the Weishui.

Zhiyao, who was standing on a certain hill watching the battle, saw the Chu army camp on the south bank of the Weishui River on fire, which was not planned, frowned slightly and then relaxed.

To be honest, Zhiyao suddenly found that Zhong Wu had something.

"Who is the general who guards the Chu army on the tidal flat?" Zhiyao asked.

This requires sending someone to ask, and the answer will come after a while.

Soon after, the answer was sent to Zhiyao.

"Zigao?" Zhiyao was a little confused, and really didn't know who it was.

If it was Ye Gong, Zhiyao must have known who it was immediately.

Zhiyao said to the left and right: "This man is experienced in using troops. If there is no fire in the rear, it will be difficult for our army to seize the tidal flat."

This battle has been fought so far, no matter how you look at it, the Chu army is at a disadvantage. The next thing is that the Chu army will be wiped out, or Bai Gongsheng will lead the defeated army to withdraw, and continue to fight one day. Or directly withdraw to Chu State.

What Zhiyao didn't expect was that Zhong Wu became addicted to setting fire. He not only set fire in the camp of the Chu army, but also led the army to the upper position to set fire.

In fact, unless the sky is dry and the grass is everywhere, and a large number of trees lack water, it is not so easy to set fire in the deep mountains and old forests and burn a large area.

Therefore, Zhong Wu sent people to set fire, and the dead wood and grass that he found deliberately burned up, and the speed of spreading to the surrounding area was very slow. The premise of not being a raging fire was that it was inevitable to produce a lot of thick smoke.

As a result, the thick smoke was blown towards the Chu army camp by the wind, which caused the Chu army camp to be shrouded in thick smoke, and the voices of people were boiling. Combined with the surrounding green plants, the camp facilities faintly appearing from time to time, it seems a little bit It's like a certain ancient battlefield suddenly became apparent, and there was still the meaning of Yin soldiers clamoring inside.

Although it is difficult to burn a large area of ​​fire, if you dare to set fire in a place full of vegetation, you must be brave enough.

What Zhong Wu did was considered wrong, and the soldiers of the Chu army who had been suppressed by the bullets panicked again, and it made Ye Gong, who didn't know the situation, unable to concentrate on sticking to the tidal flat.

Bai Gongsheng, who was repeatedly choked up and coughing, found it difficult to suppress it, and it was even more difficult to mobilize troops under the smog. There were even many nobles who fled the camp with their own soldiers and horses. Wow cool wow cool.

"The old man refuses to accept!"

First he was attacked by half-crossing, and then encountered the Jin army's smoky and choking tactics, Bai Gongsheng was so angry that his blood vessels were about to explode.

Why didn't the people of Jin know how to learn from the people of the Song Dynasty, let the Chu army cross the river first, wait for the Chu army to set up their formation, and then the two armies will fight fiercely! ! !

(End of this chapter)