Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 21 Sun Huan Sends Troops
Cars rattling, horses rustling, the sun slanting to the west, Sun Huanzhong's army held high the "Sun" tooth flag, the front held high the red flag, the rear battalion held a black flag, the middle battalion held a yellow flag, the left battalion held a blue flag, the right battalion held a white flag, and the rest of the small battalion The flags are unfurled in sequence.

The big and small flags are like fierce horses, galloping in the wind, and the flags flutter with the wind, like boats sailing on the Yangtze River.Under the slanting sun, the armor of Wu Jun's soldiers gleamed.

Sun Huan was full of enthusiasm and said to Buqu: "I wanted to go out of the city to meet Liu Bei, but the governor didn't allow it. Now that our army is counterattacking, I finally have a chance to let Liu Bei know how powerful I am Jiang Dongerlang. It's time for my Sun Huan to become famous! "

When Sun Huan left the city, Liu Bei was reading the letter sent by Liu Chan. After reading it, Liu Bei put away the letter and heaved a long sigh.Liu Bei was conflicted in his heart, and what Liu Chan said in the letter was not unreasonable. If Lu Xun was really like what the letter said, he was a sinister and cunning person, and his second brother died in Maicheng.

It is possible for Lu Xun to retreat hundreds of miles in order to lure the enemy to go deeper, and now it is a good opportunity to attack with fire. It is not impossible for Lu Xun to attack with fire, but retreating now is very unwilling. Jingzhou, call me Liu Xuande who can bear it!
Liu Bei paced back and forth, with many thoughts, and thought again: It has been a year since the expedition, the soldiers are homesick, tens of thousands of strong men are fighting outside, and the people's homes must be short of people to cultivate.

The scene of parting with Guan Yu in Jingzhou before entering Shu kept appearing in Liu Bei's mind. The corners of his eyes turned red, his thoughts wavered, he didn't know how to make a choice, and he thought about Fazheng.

Liu Bei was pacing back and forth in the tent, when the scouts reported that Sun Huan had sent five thousand troops to come.

Liu Bei gritted his teeth and said resolutely: "I have been in the army for many years, how can I not be as good as Lu Xun's boy." Then he ordered the attendants to order the troops to retreat under the tree and set up camp. too late).

Liu Bei also summoned generals Fu Qu, Wu Ban, Wu Yi, Liao Hua, Fu Kuang and other generals totaling more than ten thousand troops to fight against Sun Huan.The moment Liu Bei went out to fight, he thought again, "If you defeat Sun Huan, it's better to return home as a teacher, but this time I return to China, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to step into Jingzhou, let alone avenge Yunchang." '
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Liu Bei's army and Sun Huan's army kept approaching, scouting and entanglement between the two sides. They chased and fought in the fields of Yidao, and passed on the military information to the rear army.Although Sun Huan's scout cavalry is less than that of the big Han, it is only a small disadvantage. In terms of elite level, it is almost the same as Liu Bei's elite soldiers.

It is because Sun Huan is a clan member of Eastern Wu. In the battle against Guan Yu and Jingzhou, he recruited more than [-] soldiers and selected elites to enter the trilogy. He obtained a large amount of military equipment and supplies.

Sun Huan's 5000 people marched in a three-column formation, and the former army had to encounter scouts to report, and Liu Bei came out with more than ten thousand elite troops, and the distance was less than 5 miles.The former general of the Wu army ordered the herald to wave a white pennant different from the white flag of the battalion commander on the right to signal Sun Huanzhong's army that Liu Bei was ahead. Yu army.

Sun Huan waited for the meaning of the flag in the middle army, and immediately ordered the commander to wave the formation flag to signal the whole army to put their hooks in formation, hoping that the former army would break through the center of Liu Bei's army and try to attack more with less.

Although Sun Huan was not afraid of tigers as a newborn calf, he tried to defeat Liu Bei's more than ten thousand elite with five thousand troops, but he still did not forget Lu Xun's account of his responsibility to hold Liu Bei back. The former army was defeated and could not delay Liu Bei.

At the same time, Liu Bei was informed of the situation of Sun Huan's army. Liu Bei sneered, and even more aggressively ordered the messenger to wave the flags of the four formations of Qinglong, Baihu, Zhuque, and Xuanwu to form a cone formation. Liu Bei and Sun Huan both adopted the same strategy in the central part. Soldiers are more elite.

The armies of both sides continued to move forward on the field, nearly 300 paces, and hundreds of cavalry soldiers of the Han army set out from the two wings, cruising on the flanks of the Wu army formation.Wu Jun's cavalry pawns huddled under the protection of crossbowmen on both wings.

The army of the Han army rolled forward, converging into separate forests of spears and halberds. The elite soldiers in the front line were wearing armor and holding crossbows, while the soldiers of the Han army in the rear walked forward slowly without stopping.

The distance between the two armies is about 150 steps. The heralds at the front of the Wu and Shu armies waved flags and signaled the crossbowmen to shoot forward. The crossbowmen hid behind the large shields. The soldiers with shields immediately formed a square formation and moved forward slowly. A large number of arrows and crossbows were shot on the big shield, and some of the arrows passed through the big shield and shot into the light armored crossbowmen.The howls were endless.

At this time, the former army Wu Ban ordered the wrestlers to beat the drums, and the sound of the drums filled the front army, and continued to signal the whole army to press forward.

The armies of both sides slowly moved forward again, and Ji Xi's song was also in the formation. Ji Xi's troops had experienced the last small-scale battle with the Wu army and had outstanding military exploits. Wu Ban's tent listened to the order.

When the two sides reached the range of the bow and arrow, Ji Xi was a little nervous. He looked at Qu Chang to see his flag and command, and saw Qu Chang's flag waving. As they fell, Wu Jun's arrow feathers fell into the Han army's formation.

Ji Xi took a deep breath after shooting, and didn't care if the arrow landed on his body, because he knew that throwing the arrow would not affect his armored soldiers at all, except for the injury of some unlucky ones.

Ji Xi threw another round and retreated to the rear to rest. As he already had a war experience, he drank water more at ease this time.He didn't care that his infantry compatriots had already engaged in battle with Wu Jun, and the two sides in the battle raised their spears and halberds to stab each other.

At this time, Wu Ban, the former army, saw that the infantry had already joined the battle, and ordered the wrestlers to increase the sound of the drums.When all the soldiers heard the sound of the drums, it was like injecting chicken blood, and their attacks became more and more fierce. The screams and wails of the soldiers continued incessantly. I saw you picking my gun, and I blocked your halberd. The fierce and powerful soldiers marched forward bravely .

Wu Ban saw that the two armies were locked in a stalemate, so he ordered the crossbowmen to leave the formation from the right, and ordered the cavalry to guard them. For a while, the sentry cavalry of the Han army shuttled through the small square formations.

Hearing the order, Ji Xi came out from the right side of the front army, surrounded by Han cavalry, seeing that there were no infantry guards, Ji Xi subconsciously clenched his spear with his left hand.

Outside the big formation of the Wu and Han armies, a small bow and crossbow phalanx was completed, slowly moving from the right side of the Han army phalanx to the left side of the Wu army phalanx.

(Haha, it’s broken. This is the real use of crossbowmen in warfare. The shooting in the formation is only part of it. The real battle between the two armies appears as a long-range firepower strike team, similar to short-range artillery.)
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