Water Margin people

Han Shizhong and Wang Yuan led the army to the north. They saw fire in the distance and heard shouts of killing.

"No, I've already handed it over!"

Han Shizhong looked north and said.

"kill!"

Just as Han Shizhong was about to give the order, a killing cry suddenly sounded from behind.

"There's someone behind me!"

Wang Yuan was shocked. They were advancing carefully all the way and did not dare to light torches. How could they be followed by the enemy?

"Quick, the front team will move around, and the rear team will change into the front team to meet the enemy!"

Han Shizhong did not hesitate and immediately shouted an order.

Wang Yuan immediately led the front army to circle back to the left, while Han Shizhong rode to the rear of the army and led the army in formation to meet the enemy.

"Han Shizhong, why didn't you go in when you arrived at Huhe Town? You made us wait all night! We still have to come out to look for you."

Xu Ning, Hua Rong, Zhang Qing, and Shi Xiu arrived with their troops.

"Are you the one setting an ambush in Huhe Town?"

Han Shizhong finally confirmed his suspicion at this moment. Fortunately, he was careful, otherwise the whole army would be annihilated.

"It would be nice if someone else came, but it's a pity that we ambush you!"

Xu Ning looked at Han Shizhong and said, Han Shizhong saw through their ambush.

"kill!"

Shi Xiu waved the knife in his hand, and the army formed a formation and charged towards Han Shizhong's army.

"General, the enemy has tanks!"

Beside Han Shizhong, the soldiers could clearly see the enemy's lineup through the enemy's firelight. In front were chariots, on both sides were infantrymen holding shields, in the rear were crossbowmen, and on both wings were light cavalry. In Puzhou, On this plain, this configuration is almost invincible.

"Throw all the firewood forward and light it!"

Han Shizhong naturally knew that he could not stop the enemy's chariots. The best way to deal with the chariots was antler fences, deep ditches and high bases.

But he doesn't have any of these now. The only thing he has is a row of shield soldiers. This row of shield soldiers is no different from a chariot or a piece of paper.

The soldiers reacted quickly, and the dry firewood that was originally intended to be taken to Huhe Town to burn the grain, grass and baggage was immediately thrown to the front.

"ignition!"

Following Han Shizhong's roar, the torch was thrown into the pile of firewood. When the firewood met the fire, a wall of fire immediately ignited in front of the formation.

The chariot was blocked by the flames, and the forward formation stopped immediately.

"Crossbow! Release!"

Hua Rong's voice sounded, and the crossbowmen immediately stepped forward, raining arrows like locusts on Han Shizhong's military formation.

"Shield soldiers block it!"

Han Shizhong could only order the shield soldiers to raise their shields to block the enemy's arrow rain, but there were too few shield soldiers around him, and they were too sparse to block the overwhelming rain of arrows.

"Fall back!"

Han Shizhong had no choice but to order a retreat. The enemy had already begun to clear the wall of fire and would come again soon.

"Fall back!"

Han Shizhong shouted to Wang Yuan on the flank.

But Wang Yuan was unwilling to withdraw like this. Their mission this time was to make a surprise attack on Huhe Town. Now that Huhe Town was not visited, they were stopped by the enemy halfway. How could they go back without achieving some results?

"The enemy's back is empty, follow me and kill!"

Wang Yuan yelled at the cavalry around him, saying that these 20,000 people were composed of 3,000 cavalry and 17,000 infantry, and now the cavalry are all here with him.

"do not go!"

When Han Shizhong saw the cavalry holding torches circling towards the enemy's rear, he shouted with splitting eyes, the enemy was so well prepared, how could the rear be empty? This time you will only fall into a trap.

Moreover, because Han Shizhong used the wall of fire to block the enemy, but also blocked himself, he could not bring his troops forward to support him. Now Wang Yuan was alone. Wang Yuan was not aware of all this. He only thought that Han Shizhong and the enemy fought fiercely, which was the perfect opportunity for him to sneak attack on the enemy.

"The chariots are around the back, the shield soldiers are in formation, the bows and crossbows are ready, and the hooks and sickles are ready!"

Seeing that someone dared to go deep alone, Xu Ning immediately stopped the soldiers who were clearing the fire wall and asked the army to form an array.

The chariots quickly spread out along the perimeter of the military formation to the rear. The shield soldiers moved out of the way, the crossbowmen had already changed direction, and the hook and sickle gunners were also preparing near the chariots.

Arrows rained down on Wang Yuan's cavalry, and the soldiers and horses kept falling to the ground. However, the cavalry's charge was already strong, and they were very fast, rushing directly to the vicinity of the Qi army's formation.

The chariots formed a sparse line of defense, blocking some of the cavalry, but more cavalry had already charged through.

"kill!"

Wang Yuan was overjoyed, as long as he could rush into the enemy's formation, those shield soldiers were not afraid.

But at this moment, there was a burst of screams, and the cavalry who had just rushed past the chariot fell down one after another, and the hooks and sickles were fired. The horses that passed by were hooked in the legs and fell directly to the ground. The fallen horses and cavalry even tripped. The cavalry behind them stayed.

"Crossbow, shoot continuously!"

Hua Rong opened his bow and shouted. The crossbowmen no longer fired sequentially, but fired freely and quickly.

Some of the few cavalry were blocked by chariots, some were hooked by hooks and sickles, and some were shot down by arrows. The remaining sparse cavalry rushed to the shield soldiers who had been arrayed for a long time and had no impact. Easily blocked.

"Withdraw! Quickly withdraw!"

Han Shizhong yelled anxiously when he saw that there were fewer and fewer torches rushing into the enemy's formation, and that his own army was being reduced rapidly.

"withdraw!"

Wang Yuan also realized his fear at this time and quickly withdrew with the few remaining cavalry.

"Clear the wall of fire, the cavalry attack from both sides, kill!"

Xu Ning immediately ordered.

Hua Rong and Zhang Qing led the cavalry and pursued them around the fire wall from both sides.

Yang Weizhong and Lu Zhishen fought forty or fifty moves, and neither of them could win or lose. However, the situation around them was extremely unfavorable at this time. The army commanded by Zhao Ming and Li Ming was almost unstoppable.

"After so many years, your combat power has become worse and worse!"

Lu Zhishen looked at Yang Weizhong and said that he had served under Yang Weizhong back then and had seen the elite Western Army and the officers and soldiers in front of him.

"Traitor, want to mess with my character?"

Yang Weizhong looked at Lu Zhishen coldly. The Luda in his impression was not the guy who talked so much nonsense. The Ruda was the rough and rude man with a straightforward personality and as violent as fire.

"Why should I disturb your character! If I didn't want to commit more crimes, you people would have died long ago!"

Lu Zhishen looked kind and kind, and even performed a Buddhist salute with one hand, but his words were very harsh.

"Arrogant!"

Yang Weizhong looked at the bald Lu Zhishen and finally realized that the person in front of him was no longer Luda.

"General Yang, the enemy has an ambush! Escape quickly!"

Han Shizhong's shout came.

Yang Weizhong's face was extremely ugly. He had just heard the shouts of killing from behind, and guessed that Han Shizhong and Wang Yuan had fought with the enemy, but he did not expect that it was an ambush by the enemy.

"withdraw!"

Yang Weizhong no longer hesitated and immediately ordered the army to withdraw.

Above Zhen City, when the defenders saw the reinforcements withdrawing, their faces became more desperate.

Lu Zhishen did not lead the troops to pursue them. The enemy wanted to run away at night, and the pursuit would not cause much damage. What they wanted tonight was to make the Zhencheng defenders despair and let the defenders know that no one could save them.

"gone?"

Liu Guangshi looked at the reinforcements going away with disbelief on his face. There were 50,000 troops in Linpu City. Could it be that even 50,000 troops couldn't break their siege?

"The enemy artillery has stopped!"

Wang Zhen looked at the retreating artillery outside the city, but there was no sign of relaxation on his face. Now even if the enemy does not attack the city, the morale in the city cannot be maintained.