Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 329 This is a half-crossing attack!

The words of war were issued, and the sound of drums came from the silent mountains, as if waking up the sleeping mountains and forests. The sound of horse hooves, footsteps, and shouts came and went, resounding throughout Jushui.

The sound of "dong dong dong" drums came from the silent mountains and plains, awakening the sleeping mountains and rivers.The sound of horse hooves and shouts came and went, resounding throughout the wilderness.

In front of the Confederate army, the flag of Cao Jun gradually emerged from the sky. The cavalry galloped in the field and smoke billowed. Cao Jun's infantry and cavalry lined up on the hilly river bank, slowly pressing towards the Confederate army on the river beach.

Seeing how quickly the enemy reacted, the Confederate soldiers who crossed the river did not dare to waste time and hurriedly organized their troops there.

"go!"

Thousands of Qiang cavalry were divided into several groups, holding riding bows, and rushed towards the southern army's formation that had crossed the Ju River.

The water and grass on the riverside are luxuriant, and grass foam splashes under the trampling of horse hooves. Taking advantage of the fact that the Southern troops crossing the water had not yet formed a unit, the Qiang cavalry approached the Southern troops, aimed their bows at the enemy soldiers, and galloped their horses to intimidate them.

Arrows shot out of the air and flew sparsely into the Confederate formation, and the sergeant who was hit by the arrow wailed. Facing the thunderous sound of horse hooves and the approaching Qiang cavalry, the Southern infantrymen could not help but feel timid. Only by holding on to their spears and spears and being among the crowd could they gain that pitiful sense of security.

The Qiang cavalry harassed the southern army in this way. Lu Xun also ordered Yang Ang to use strong crossbows and hard bows to fight back in an attempt to drive back these harassing Qiang cavalry. However, the range of the crossbows was limited, and the Qiang cavalry retreated outside the range. Sometimes they took advantage of the Confederate army's unpreparedness to sneak in, shoot arrows, and then retreat.

After repeated pulling and pulling, the southern infantry slowly formed a square formation under Lu Xun's command against the pressure exerted by the Qiang cavalry. At this time, the infantry of Cao's army had also completed their formation, and under the sound of golden drum orders, they pressed against the southern army who was arrayed against the water.

Three hundred steps!
Two hundred steps!
Seeing the enemy troops approaching, Lu Xun drew his sword and shouted: "Fight with your back against the enemy. If you retreat, you will perish, if you advance, you will survive. All armies can only fight forward."

Yang Ang almost rolled his eyes when he heard Lu Xun's words. Why was he so unlucky to meet such an excellent commander? Could it be that Lu Xun became Liu Bei's son-in-law just because of his face?
If he relied on talent, wouldn't he himself be able to become Liu Bei's son-in-law?

If he could not win this battle and fled back to Yangping Pass, the first thing he would do would be to kill Lu Xun and then lead his troops to surrender to Cao Cao.

Yang Ang was cursing in his heart, but he cooperated with Lu Xun and shouted: "Leave him to die for the rest of his life. If there are any escapees, they will be killed without mercy!"

"Wan Sheng!"

Most of the soldiers and horses crossing the river were descended from Hanzhong under Yang Ang's tent. They were equipped with many armors, weapons, and bows and crossbows. They could also be called elite soldiers. Now, under Yang Ang's encouragement, he shouted loudly and his morale was quite high.

Amidst the shouts, Hanzhong's soldiers advanced step by step, with the armor-clad and spear-wielding soldiers in front. They advanced slowly and steadily with steady steps. Seeing this, Zhang He ordered his men to march forward with heavy steps, with the crossbowmen at the back and the Qiang cavalry on the left and right.

"Bowmen!"

Cao Jun's crossbowmen moved in unison, took out the arrows from the quivers at their waists, and stuck them upside down in the soil. The crossbowman stepped on the ground, pulled the bow string with both hands, and made a heart-wrenching winding sound, then loaded the crossbow bolts and loaded the crossbow.

"shoot!"

The flag symbolizing the volley was waved down, the crossbowman fired the crossbow machine, and the archer drew the bow and nocked an arrow. With the ear-piercing sound of breaking through the air, the arrows hit the Confederate army formation intensively.

The Confederate army advanced slowly in an infantry phalanx. The front row held large shields. Most of the arrows they fired were blocked by the shields. Only a few unlucky ones were hit by cold arrows. The arrow shot into the shield by gravity, and the tail of the arrow trembled there.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, there was a deafening drum beat in the southern army. The sergeant's blood boiled with passion. He quickened his pace and suddenly collided with Cao Jun.

In Zhang He's eyes, he only saw the Southern Army attacking Cao Jun. The sergeants on both sides were fighting with spears. In the small environment, he could only rely on his extraordinary reflexes and eyesight to use the spears in his hands to stab the dead body in front of him. Only the enemy troops can survive the war.

Although the sergeants under Yang Ang's tent could be called elite, they were limited by the threat of Qiang cavalry on the left and right, and Zhang He sent armored heavy infantry as the vanguard. After the momentum of the initial fierce attack declined, they were unable to push back Cao Jun's infantry. battle front.

I don't know how much time passed, but Zhang He saw that the Southern Army's offensive was blocked. He sneered a few times, raised his flag, and said: "The enemy crossed the river with thousands of troops and horses, and arrayed themselves with their backs to the water. This is really a way to die. He ordered the Qiang cavalry to press forward from the left and right. The infantry advanced.”

"promise!"

The dispatching banner was held high, and elite Qiang soldiers in the infantry formation pressed forward to the battle amidst the sound of drums. The Qiang soldiers, both on foot and on horseback, were all good at using spears and spears, and most of them fought bravely, but they lacked discipline.

Zhang He's core idea for this battle was to use heavy troops to withstand the fierce attack of the southern army, which was arrayed against the water. Then, when the southern army was exhausted, he took advantage of the heroic fighting characteristics of the Qiang soldiers and sent in infantry and cavalry to strengthen the fierce attack. Under this situation, the Confederate soldiers and horses were basically unable to resist and could only retreat.

It has to be said that Zhang He is a veteran and has been fighting for more than [-] years. The arrangement of his troops in this way is just as he expected. The infantry Qiang soldiers joined the battlefield with spears and directly disrupted the southern army's formation. The formation was in danger and almost crumbling.

Zhang He looked at the confused flags of the Confederate army and laughed and said: "The battle in the military formation is not just a matter of words. Lu Xun's troops are like Zhao Kuo's child. He thinks he has a plan, but he doesn't know that he is in despair."

Zhang He felt comfortable. Since the war, he finally met such a good opponent!

At this time, the Qiang cavalry received Zhang He's military order and pressed on the two wings of the southern army in a chaotic manner. Arrows flew, making the slightly chaotic military formation even more chaotic. The army sergeants became anxious and shot randomly at the Qiang cavalry outside the formation.

Seeing that the southern army's formation was no longer as strict as before, the Qiang cavalry began to shout excitedly, just like hyenas on the grassland, meeting a seriously injured lion, constantly gathering their companions to surround them, and using their bows to harass the army's formation. Waiting for the military formation to suddenly collapse at a certain moment, they will rush out to gnaw down the general formation.

The situation took a turn for the worse. Not only the enemy soldiers were aware of the chaos in the military formation, but Lu Xun and Yang Ang were also aware of it.

Yang Ang looked ugly and said: "General, the current situation is critical and the military formation is about to be broken. How should we fight?"

Lu Xun's face was calm, showing no sign of nervousness, and said: "On the east bank, there are 3000 elite soldiers left, mostly cavalry. Withdrawing the troops across the river now will turn the tide of the war."

Yang Ang's face became increasingly ugly. He restrained the anger in his heart and asked questioningly: "Is that all?"

Lu Xun looked at Yang Ang, who was on the verge of rage, and comforted him: "General, don't worry. Last night I ordered Deyan to lead a thousand men to the upper reaches of the Ju River and intercept the Ju River with sandbags. Our army withdrew to the east bank and led Cao's army across. River, Deyan immediately intercepted the Ju River, and he will be able to annihilate all the soldiers who pursued him across the river, and drowned Cao's army across the river."

The anger in Yang Ang's heart subsided, and then he showed a look of shock and said: "Isn't it the general's strategy to lure the enemy into arraying with his back to the water?"

Lu Xun nodded and said with a wry smile: "How can I not be like Huo Du, who can defeat the enemy's army several times his own by forming a formation with his back to the water? I can only be arrogant and adopt the strategy of replacing troops with water to lure the enemy deep into the water. Destroy the army."

Although Huo Jun used the Queyue Formation as a trick, he actually formed a formation with his back against the water, relied on hard power to defeat Cao's army, defeated Sun's army, and captured the Yangtze River ship. With a small number of enemies, they are all facing powerful enemies. With such micro-management arrangements, Lu Xun thought that he could not compare.

Lu Xun was good at using terrain to restrain enemy troops, and of course he was also good at understanding the enemy's psychology. Lu Xun acted so realistically in this scene that not only his own team thought he was Zhao Kuo, but his teammates also thought he was Zhao Kuo II.

Of course, Lu Xun couldn't defeat Zhang He head-on. The core reason was that the elite soldiers and horses in the northwest dared to fight. They were not comparable to the elites of Wu Chu and Bashu. If they forced a field battle, his troops would definitely be defeated.

Knowing that Lu Xun was behind, Yang Ang was very excited. He raised his hands and said, "General, please tell me how to use our troops now!"

Lu Xun pursed his lips and said: "The military formation is now shaken. Please ask the general to withdraw the troops with gold. The general and I will retreat to the east bank with the big banner to lure Zhang He to pursue."

"With such a withdrawal, our army will undoubtedly be defeated!" Yang Ang said.

Lu Xun glanced at Zhang He from a distance and said, "Zhang He is experienced in using troops and knows how to advance and retreat. If we don't lure the enemy with a real defeat now, how can we lure Zhang He to cross the river and use the best strategy?" "General, please rest assured." , after forcing Cao's army back, the general's sergeants will be replaced as many as possible. I will not tell the generals about the strategy of Jinshui Jue, for fear of being discovered by Cao's army's scouts."

"promise!"

Yang Ang was very reluctant to give up, but considering the overall situation, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and agree to Lu Xun's instructions.

On the chaotic battlefield, the Confederate army's formation was crumbling, the sergeants gradually lost their fighting spirit, and the line continued to retreat toward the river. The swaying retreat of 'Lu' Dagu seemed to take the lead for the sergeants. The sergeants who were already afraid of battle retreated one after another and waded along the Ju River to the east bank.

For a time, the southern army was shaken, and the generals were unable to withstand the fierce attack of Cao's soldiers and retreated. The sergeants threw away their helmets, their flags fell down, and they retreated eastward in chaos.

The hyena-like Qiang cavalry seemed to see the smell of meat, drove their horses, and suddenly rushed towards the retreating Confederate soldiers, using their spears and spears to stab the defeated soldiers.

What's more, they rode horses and waded into the water to chase and kill them, using bows and arrows in the water to shoot at the soldiers who fled in the Ju water. After a few splashes, several infantrymen who had been hit by arrows fell into the water and died, and the river surface was stained with red blood.

The riverside was full of flags and golden drums left over from the defeat of the Confederate army. Looking at the defeated army from a distance, they no longer had the same spirit as before when they crossed the river to invite battle.

Zhang He was overjoyed, drew his sword and pointed to the other side, shouting: "Infants cross the river and hunt down Lu Xun."

"promise!"

Yang Fu stopped Zhang He and said: "The general is the commander-in-chief, so he should stay on the west bank to support the army. Although Fu is not talented, he is willing to be the general's vanguard."

"I am not as familiar with the terrain of Hanzhong as you are. But when it comes to the opportunity to advance, you are not as good as me. Please ask the prefect to stay on the west bank, raid the front for He, and observe the situation before marching."

After saying that, Zhang He whipped his horse and left!

Zhang He commanded thousands of Cao's soldiers to pursue the retreating Southern Army. The infantry and cavalry each held weapons and waded through the river, stepping on it with iron hooves, splashing water and making a splashing sound.

At this time, Lu Xun and Yang Ang had led Dahu and hundreds of people on their left and right to safely evacuate to the east bank. Lu Xun rode up the hillside, his horse's wet hooves leaving traces of hoofprints.

Seeing that all the sergeants under the tent had escaped, I saw that Cao's army had also chased them ashore. Lu Xun took a few deep breaths to calm down and waited for more Cao Jun to cross the river.

Seeing Zhang He approaching the east bank with his cavalry, half of Cao's army rushed to the east bank and pursued the defeated army unscrupulously.

Lu Xun showed a fierce look on his face and struck half-crossed. This was the true half-crossed strike!

Cao Jun has joined us!
Lu Xun pulled out his long sword and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Send smoke!"

"promise!"

On the hillside, the sergeant held a torch to light the firewood, and the smoke instantly rose up, drifting diagonally up to the sky in the spring breeze.

Zhang He, who had just rode his horse to the east bank, saw wolf smoke suddenly rising. He suddenly looked at Lu Xun on the hillside and felt something bad in his heart.

Could it be that Lu Xun was feigning defeat to lure himself across the river?
Before Zhang He could think about it for long, strange roaring sounds suddenly sounded in the upper reaches of Ju River, like thunder. It is also like the sound of horse hooves.

Birds fluttered their wings in the sky, hovering high and not landing for a long time; many frogs jumped out of the river and went to the shore, as if they were taking refuge; at the same time, the horses in the river noticed something and galloped toward the shore frantically, neighing endlessly by the river. Dare to stay in the river for a long time.

Zhang He looked to the north, and his hair stood on end. Could it be that Lu Xun lured him across the river and decided to use the water to make a decision?

But what did Zhang He guess at the moment?

"Boom!"

The next moment, waves several meters high rushed down from the upstream, hitting the sergeant who was crossing the river with a terrifying momentum.

The sergeants in the river were either frightened, trying to escape, or already running away. In any case, except for a few sergeants who survived by chance by the river, the sergeants of Cao's army in the river were washed away by the waves, engulfed by the river water, and even swallowed.

Both the Southern and Northern armies on the riverside were in a state of sluggishness, as if the flow of the river had disrupted the rhythm of the battle.

"kill!"

On the hillside, Lu Xun drew his sword and shouted angrily, blowing the horn for counterattack.

After receiving the military order, the southern army who stayed on the east bank rushed towards Cao Jun. The cavalry rushed towards the group of Qiang cavalry, and the infantry marched up in formation to meet Cao Jun's infantry.

The fleeing Southern soldiers, under Yang Ang's integration, also tried to pounce on Cao's army.

For a time, Cao's army was chasing the Southern Army, to the Southern Army besieging Cao's army on the east bank. The situation suddenly reversed.

After the water was cut off, the Ju River became a natural chasm, and Cao Jun's sergeants left on the west bank were unable to support him. The sergeants on the east bank were washed away by the water, and they were already timid. They were killed by the Confederate army and fled in all directions.

Zhang He, who had regained his composure, did not dare to lead his troops to fight against the enemy, so he chose to escape because of his good luck.

Zhang He summoned the people around him and said, "We are no longer able to fight now, so we should withdraw our troops!"

The attendant asked: "Where can we flee with a river behind us and pursuers in front of us?"

Zhang He pointed to the mountains to the north and said: "The Qinling Mountains stretch far and wide. If a horse enters the forest quickly and abandons his horse, it will be difficult for the enemy to pursue him."

Zhang He took advantage of the chaos on the battlefield, abandoned his big banner, took off his helmet, and with a dozen people on his left and right, disappeared into the crowd.

With Zhang He's escape and the loss of his general, Cao's army on the east coast collapsed and was unable to fight against the southern army.

Zhang He's escape ability is certainly not bad, perhaps second only to Liu Bei among the Three Kingdoms. In the battle of Danqu, Zhang Fei was blocked in a small road. There was no way forward and there were pursuers behind him. He gave up his horse to climb mountains and led more than a dozen of his subordinates on horseback. He actually climbed hundreds of miles of mountain roads and ran back to Hanzhong. He was not a bad runner.

In history, if Sima Yi had not forced Zhang He to pursue him, Zhang He would not have died at the hands of Zhuge Liang.

For a person who is very mobile and changeable, perhaps he should be like thunder when advancing, and good at running when defeated, that's all!

　Today's coding status is poor and even slower!

　　
　
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