Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 917
Watching the battle from the top of the city, I don't have a deep feeling, but to the army of Yedi on the river, it is as bloody and cruel as a nightmare, and it can't even be called a battle, it is a one-sided massacre.

The two armies had also fought across the river for several days before, and the offense and defense were in contact with each other, and the outcome was not easy to judge.Although the people of Yedi were also amazed at the excellent use of Huainan's military equipment and elite soldiers, the gap between them was not so large that it was hopeless, so that they felt that the Huainan Army was nothing more than that.

A few years ago in the Huaishui battle, the Huainan army defeated the strong with the weak, defeating the tens of thousands of strong troops of the Jie Kingdom.And not long ago, they ran far away with light teachers. Before Yecheng had time to react, they directly attacked Jijun and succeeded, encircling and annihilating Tianni's [-] troops, and directly smashed into the heart of Ye.

Such a fierce record is enough to leave a huge shadow in the minds of the Huainan Army in the hearts of these Hebei soldiers in Yedi.It seems that the Huainan army is too strong to be defeated, and all opponents are defeated.

This kind of mentality is by no means an isolated case, but generally exists in the hearts of soldiers and civilians in Ye.Even when the corvée came to Ji County to prepare for the battle, many Hebei civilians dispersed in a hurry, and the soldiers were extremely procrastinating. Even after arriving at the east bank of Fangtou, their morale was very low.

This kind of psychology is similar to the fear of Jiehu among Jiangdong soldiers and civilians in the early years.Do they really know how strong the Jiehu army is?Not necessarily, some people have not even seen Jiehu's army with their own eyes, but they just echo what others say, thinking that Jiehu's army is not as strong as normal people, otherwise how could it cause chaos in the Central Plains and be invincible?
The Huainan Army now has almost such an image in the minds of the soldiers and civilians in Hebei, timid before fighting.Psychologically, the Huainan Army has been determined to be invincible, and in action, even if it has to follow the military order to confront the enemy, but in action, it is timid and afraid to advance.

But now, they were pleasantly surprised to find that the Huainan army was just normal people. Although they were strong, they were not strong beyond their comprehension, and they didn't have the miraculous methods preached in those absurd legends.

So after a few days of deliberation, the army of Yedi decided to fight a big battle, broke through the obstruction of the Huainan army in one fell swoop, went around to the rear of Jijun, and expelled the Huainan army from the country.

However, when they thought they knew a lot about the Huainan Army, reality dealt them a heavy blow.They hadn't even touched the Huainan Army's battle line, and the overwhelming rain of arrows came pouring down. The front line was fan-shaped, covering almost all of it. Then throw one piece!
The crossbow with a super long range, as thick as a baby's arm, several feet long, pierces through the night and screams, let alone a body of flesh and blood, even if it is shot at the bulkhead of the ship, it will be pierced through a huge hole in an instant. hole.The splintered sawdust fragments are as powerful as a jet arrow, once hit or brushed, blood will flow instantly!
Crockpots with the size of human heads were continuously thrown onto the ship. After the crockpots burst, greasy ointment flowed all over the cabin, and the soldiers let out sharp howls, but it didn't help. A large number of soldiers in the battle are worth abandoning the ship and fleeing for their lives, otherwise they will soon be engulfed by the smoke and fire!

"Rush forward quickly! There will be no danger after rushing through this process!"

In the ship formation, the commander's ship continued to hear urgent orders, and the huge ship first started to accelerate, relying on its taller hull and stronger momentum to smash away the already destroyed ships in front of it, With all his strength, he rushed straight to Qishui.

This section of the waterway is artificially narrow, and the cofferdam squeezes the riverway. It was originally repaired by the Jie Kingdom to better control the waterway. Now this narrow riverway has become the life and death line of the army in Yedi.

The protective equipment of a huge building ship is much more comprehensive than that of a small boat, and no matter whether it is a fire attack or an arrow attack, it will have little effect.However, the Huainan Army did not intend to let go of this large ship. For a while, all the bed crossbows and catapults were aimed at this target. Screaming and running in fear.

The broken ship crossbows of the Huainan Army are all specially made crossbow arrows, which do not have sharp edges, but a huge oval iron fist. This kind of arrows have a short range and poor accuracy, but as long as they are within the range, they will have great strength. Just like a hammer, it kept hitting the hull of the ship.

Accompanied by the falling stones thrown by dozens of trebuchets, the building boat seemed to be completely lost in the turbulent waves. After a sound, the roaring air wave directly tore the person's body into pieces!

When the Huainan army on the shore focused on attacking the Louchuan, several enemy ships took advantage of the gap and rushed directly into the Qishui, but this did not help the overall situation.In this chaotic environment, more enemy troops just saw that huge building ship was destroyed to death. The boats were capsized.

Then the Huainan Army's offensive spread again, and several warships had already left the river bay full of soldiers, and slowly accelerated to rush into the already chaotic enemy formation.

In the chaotic environment, individual voices have long been drowned out by the chaotic sound waves. Even if there is a hasty drum order, the enemy soldiers who have been devastated to the point of losing their sanity at this moment can't recognize it at all.Their only thought is to escape from here as soon as possible, to escape from this bloody slaughter field!
Guo Shi, who was soaked in river water and his face was ashen-faced, returned to Dongfang City in the middle of the night. He rushed into the camp with a shining saber in his hand, and walked all the way in front of Guo Rong, then waved his fists and roared: " But that's it! Is that what you said? More than 2000 soldiers, a total of more than 2000 soldiers, they didn't even touch the clothes of the southern bandits, and they all died on the river!"

Following Guo Shi's roar, all the water droplets on his body splashed onto Guo Rong. Guo Rong just closed his eyes and didn't even dare to raise his hands to cover them. He sighed: "I didn't expect..."

"I didn't expect it? Why didn't you expect it! I didn't expect it, more than 2000 of my elite soldiers died overnight! They have experienced hundreds of battles, from Hebei to Guanzhong, each of them is extremely brave, but they were shot and killed by thieves on the pedal river. !"

Hearing this, Guo Shi's eyes were shattered, and he directly put the knife on Guo Rong's shoulder, and said in a concentrated voice: "You have to give me an explanation, otherwise I will have no face to see my uncle, and I will never forgive you!"

"What do you want to say? Do you think that if you lose this battle, you still have a chance to see Father Ji?"

Guo Rong sneered when he heard the words, he said Ji's father was Guo Jing.These two people are actually members of the Guo clan in Taiyuan, but the difference is that Guo Rong's branch is the direct line of Taiyuan Yangqu, while Guo Jing and Guo Shi's branch is the Shuzong of Wu County.

Guo Jing was the benefactor of Shi Le, and later joined the begging army to fight, and gradually became prominent in Shi Zhao because of his own efforts.As for Guo Rong, who considered himself a gentry, it was only after the Liu family encountered the Jin Zhun Rebellion that Shi Le used it for his own use.

Because of the different methods and positions, Guo Rong's uncle Guo Yin was only a vain priest, while Guo Shi's uncle Guo Jing was a general in charge of the army.Although they belong to the same sect, they are actually quite separate from each other.

"Regardless of whether or not I can see my uncle, a mere dummy in Shikan is not worthy of my allegiance! You have to be loyal to the dummy, but you can't pave the way with the lives of my soldiers!"

Guo Shi snorted coldly after hearing this.

"I'm not loyal to anyone, I'm only for my family's merits! You may not have heard of Langya Wang Yanjiaotu's Three Caves, but you must have heard of Wang's Sima Pianyi Yinjiang! Now my family is divided into different parties, Xiangguo Chengya has No support, Shi Jilong is about to become the master. Even if my family takes shelter, vanity is acceptable, but it will never be possible to hold power. The king of Wei is struggling to establish a life and needs a good assistant. If you can work with me, wait until the strong enemy in Huainan is defeated, and the future will be king The position of Dun and Wang Dao is divided between you and me!"

When Guo Rong talked about this, a flash of determination flashed in his eyes: "The southern bandits are coming from afar, and they can't continue to use them. Although we use force to stop them today, they can't last long. The battle tonight is indeed my miscalculation. Later I will bring the rest of the army under your command, and then ask the king of Wei for reinforcements, you must grasp it as soon as possible, this is the foundation of my brother's life, there is no point in asking for distant relatives!"

Guo Shi was taken aback when he heard this. Although he is a martial artist, he also knows the deeds of Wang Dun and Wang Dao. He didn't expect Guo Rong to take this as his goal. Fiery, but thinking about the loss of many elite soldiers tonight, still heartbroken, coldly snorted: "Next time, don't miscalculate again!"

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In the early morning, the Huainan Army swept the battlefield.Wang Guang and the others couldn't sleep at night, they followed and watched all the way, and when they saw corpses floating on the river, they all secretly felt tongue-tied.However, they are not ignorant of soldiers, and they understand that the Huainan Army's results are based on huge expenditure.And these spent ordnance cannot be replenished in a short period of time. This kind of brilliance is at best only a flash in the pan.

"This way of playing is indeed unstoppable."

After returning to the army account, Xie Ai didn't hide the questions of these surrendered generals, and answered directly.The battle last night did not last long, but the arrows, fire materials, damaged crossbows, trebuchets, etc. consumed were almost half of the reinforcements used by Henan during this period.In other words, if the Huainan army continues to use this style of play in the future, it can only last for a while at most.

"But why does Master Wang want to pursue it for a long time? A mere thief, Shi Kan, and tens of thousands of old, weak and disabled people, will spend a few months here?"

But soon, Xie Ai laughed again, and said to everyone in a heart-to-heart conversation: "Earlier when Ji County was recovered, you all saw that I led only more than four thousand people. I will not hide it from you, the warriors under the Governor's Mansion Like the cloud, there are many famous generals, Xie Ai and his like, but the last advance, if not for the battle in Ji County, who would know who Xie Ai is? Now the governor is at the riverside, Huainan's [-] soldiers, this time going north, Shi Kan is destined to be hard to eat new rice! "

　I will try my best to write the third update tomorrow. I only have time to sit down and write at night. It is really difficult to explode more updates. . .

　　
　
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